Culture
The Wild Rose and Thorn Festival brings large crowds to Manorhamilton each August and is proving a great success. The festival features a light-hearted and humorous talent competition to choose a Rose & a Thorn as well as on-street gigs and entertainment in a carnival atmosphere.
Manorhamilton has several top quality pubs with music, craic and nightlife to suit young and old. The area is renowned for traditional Irish music and regular sessions take place in 'Biddy's, 'Heraghty's' and 'The Castle'. Traditional and newly composed Irish music by local musicians including uilleann piper Alan Roberts can be sampled and purchased on iTunes.
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