Cork Harbour Festival 2021 launches with events on water, on land and on your screen
Cork Harbour Festival returns this year with a packed programme of events on water, on land and at home on your screen….
Cork Harbour Festival returns this year with a packed programme of events on water, on land and at home on your screen….
Ocean Research Conservation Association Ireland (ORCAIreland) are hosting a fun online event for all wildlife enthusiasts to chat to other like-minded individuals…
Calling all citizen scientists Explore Your Shore Seashore Splash is back again for Heritage Week. So if you’re making the most of…
The Inishowen Maritime Museum in Donegal has long been on Coast Monkey’s bucket list, and with its fascinating maritime displays and exhibits,…
All Dubliners and dart goers will be familiar with the iconic sight of Dalkey Island at the edge of Dublin Bay with…
Although the physical Ocean to City was cancelled due to Covid-19, organisers Meitheal Mara are delighted to bring you “The Ocean to…
Ocean Research and Conservation Ireland are delighted to be hosting an online classroom for kids to chat to marine biologists from all…
Dalkey Lobster Festival returns this weekend (22nd – 25th) with a celebration of Irish seafood and an exciting programme of fun events…
This August you’ll be spoiled for choice with some of the best seafood and maritime festivals taking place around the coast as…
Ah lighthouses! What is it that makes them such potent forces in our imaginations? Is it their simple but vital function? Their stoic isolation? Or…
School’s out and summer is most definitely here! The festival season is now in full swing with plenty of exciting festivals and…
Wexford’s long and rich seafaring history will be celebrated this weekend with their annual Maritime Festival. The festival has been going since 2012…
Set sail for Crosshaven Co Cork this weekend June 14th -19th for a weekend of traditional sailing, family fun and piratey shenanigans!…
World Ocean Day takes place tomorrow Saturday 8th June. The day is an international celebration of our oceans and a reminder that…
The maritime celebrations in Cork continue this weekend with Seafest, Ireland’s largest free family-friendly maritime festival taking place at the Port of…
The annual Cork Harbour Festival returns this weekend with their biggest festival yet! The event takes place over nine days (1st –…
The Rathlin Sound Maritime Festival returns from the 24th May to the 2nd of June with 10 days full of maritime history,…
Summer has arrived and with it begins the real season of seafood! The summer is full of cracking seafood festivals around Ireland…
This May Bank Holiday weekend explore Ireland’s greatest lighthouses with the Shine a Light on Summer Festival. The festival takes place at…
In part 3 of a 3-part series, mountain instructor Iain Miller takes us on a rock climbing adventure in Donegal. County Donegal in the…
In part 2 of a 3 part series, mountain instructor Iain Miller describes the incredible range of walking to be had in…
Lots of great things happening this March, and with the seriously mild weather out there (big change from last year!), make the…
Wow, that year flew by, but luckily we’ve got another fantastic year ahead of us full of great events and festivals all…
Hawk’s Well Theatre will stage a unique piece of theatre, titled The Deepwater Rambler at Sligo Harbour on Sunday the 14th of…
This October marks the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Leinster. In the last few weeks of the First World…
Dalkey Lobster Festival returns this weekend (24th – 26th August) with a celebration of Irish seafood and an exciting programme of fun…
Heritage Week returns from the 18th – 26th August with events all across the country celebrating our natural, built and cultural heritage….
Heritage Week returns from the 18th – 26th August with events all across the country celebrating our natural, built and cultural heritage….
This August you’ll be spoiled for choice with some of the best seafood and maritime festivals taking place around the coast as…
Derry’s rich seafaring past tells the story of the city itself. From pre-history settlements to nineteenth century emigration, from the Siege to…
Villagers in Clogherhead might see the sight and run for the hills but fear not, the SeaFoodRocks’ 10 meter Octopus is a…
As temperatures around the country soared, SeaFest kicked off with a flurry of fun maritime activities on and off the water in…
Howth – rich with natural beauty, steeped in maritime history, home to the always excellent Dublin Bay Prawn Festival and of course full of the…
It will be no surprise for anybody to hear the team at Coast Monkey are seriously big fans of all things on…
We couldn’t be more excited for SeaFest 2018 and as the final countdown begins the full festival lineup has just been announced! This…
This June there’s so many fantastic maritime festivals and events happening all around the coast – it’s the perfect time to make…
If you love beautiful looking ships cancel all your plans this June bank holiday weekend and head into Dublin for the Tall Ships…
Festival season is in full swing and this weekend all the action will be waterside at the Portobello Harbour Festival. The event…
With the May Bank Holiday weekend and the start of the summer festival season, there’s lots of reasons to get out by…
Lots of great things happening this month and when spring finally manages to appear we’ll have plenty of reasons to get outdoors….