There really is a festival for everyone in Ireland

From bog snorkelling to matchmaking, Ireland has a festival to entertain all sorts, writes Áilín Quinlan

Getting in the mood for Ireland’s oldest festival - Puck Fair, Killorglin, celebrating over 400 years of one of the World’s most quirkiest festivals

We don’t bat an eyelid — but visitors from abroad could be forgiven for thinking they’re utterly demented.

From matchmaking to building scarecrows, crowning a wild mountain goat and snorkelling through a bog dressed as a leprechaun, there’s nothing to beat Ireland when it comes to staging wild and wacky summer festivals. Here’s a glimpse of some of the madcap festivals we can safely say could only work in Ireland.