Red alert as Crosshaven prepares to celebrate all things ginger

A wacky, ginger-loving celebration of everything to do with red hair takes place this month in Crosshaven, Co Cork.

Each summer for the past six years the small coastal village has been transformed into a glorious sea of ginger when thousands of redheads from all over the world gather there for the festival of fiery hair, freckles, and frolics.

Carrot-tossing, ginger speed-dating, freckle counting, group photo-shoots, and a redhead parade are just some of the colourful events taking place from August 21 to 23.