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Ireland's best kept secret! Monaghan has so much to offer - www.monaghantourism.com County Monaghan is one of Ireland's best kept secrets!

Unspoiled landscape, wildlife, beautiful scenery, and lots to do for both local and visitor alike. If your ideal holiday is fishing, walking, cycling, horse riding or playing golf then you will have too much to choose from. If you are interested in history, poetry, lace making, music and art there are many hours of entertainment in store. In addition the night life and local hospitality is second to none and there is a wide variety of festivals to choose from throughout the year.

03/11/2026

⚡ Three fabulous things to do around the County this weekend, with something for everyone!⚡️

🎻 Tradoodle Festival the traditional arts and music festival for children, runs 5-8 November. Programme highlights include the Family Day at Garage Theatre Monaghan featuring music, storytelling, puppetry and creative activities this coming Sunday, 10am-3pm.

🥃 The Druid's Dram Wh***ey Weekend organised by Old Carrick Mill takes place at various venues around Carrickmacross on Saturday 7th, including 'The Druid's Table' w**e and food experience by Dundalk Food & Drink Society at Shirley Arms Hotel, and craft b**r tasting with Brehon Brewhouse at the Valley Lodge. Find out more and book tickets at thedruidsdram.com

🧖‍♀️ Enjoy a restorative sauna session followed by a refreshing dip in Hollywood Lake (📷 Reportage Creative) with The Sauna Society.

Monaghan Has It Carrickmacross Chamber of Commerce Monaghan County Council

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03/11/2026

📢 2027 Grant Funding Now Open!

Monaghan County Council is delighted to announce that applications for its 2027 Grant Funding Schemes are now open.

Funding is available across a range of areas:

🎨 Arts Partnership Grant Scheme
🎭 Artists Support Scheme
🤝 Community Development Fund
🌱 Environment, Biodiversity & Circular Economy Fund
☘️ Seachtain na Gaeilge
📍 Tourism Festival & Events Funding

Opening the schemes earlier gives community groups, organisations and individuals more time to plan projects, organise match funding where required and prepare their applications.

📅 Closing date: Friday, 4 December 2026

⚠️ Important: Applications will not be accepted by post or email this year. All applications must be submitted through the Council’s online funding portal.

Full guidelines, application forms and information on how to apply are available at https://monaghan.ie/grants/

02/11/2026

Some places shout to be heard. Monaghan speaks softly.

Today we launch Softly Spoken, Monaghan’s new Place Brand film, celebrating the people, places and possibilities that make our county a great place to live, work, visit and invest.

🎥 Spot On Production
🎤Aoibhinn McGinnity

01/11/2026

We think we've found the perfect spot to sit and soak up the autumn sunshine 🍁🍂🥰

📍 Lough Muckno, Castleblayney

📷 Reportage Creative

Castleblayney-Love Our Town

29/10/2026

Congratulations to our three TidyTowns Ireland gold medalists, Glaslough (County First 🥇) Monaghan Town and Carrickmacross! 👏🏆

A special thanks to the many dedicated, hard-working volunteers and committee members who so generously devote their time to making our towns and villages look their best, making County Monaghan such a beautiful place to live and to visit ✨

Monaghan Tidy Towns Carrickmacross Tidy Towns Glaslough Tidy Towns

28/10/2026

✨ Three things to do in Monaghan this weekend!

🎬 Spooky Film Screenings at Iontas Theatre, include a screening of The Exorcist on Thursday 29th October.

🌟 The monthly Glaslough food and crafts market takes places on Saturday 31st, from 10am.

🧙‍♀️ Join Annan's Arch for wand and mask-making family craft session at Monaghan County Museum, 11.30am-3.30pm also on Saturday 31st.

⚠️ Don't forget, The Haunting of Rossmore Park on Friday 30th (last tickets remaining!!) and the annual Féile Samhain at Emmet Park organised by Carrickmacross Street Festival kicks off at 6.30pm (fireworks at 8pm) on Saturday 31st.

Monaghan Has It Monaghan County Council

27/10/2026

Lots of family-friendly things happening at Monaghan County Museum this mid-term! 🎃

🎃👻 HALLOWEEN AT THE MUSEUM! 🕸️🦇

Get ready for a week of spooky fun, exciting adventures, and Halloween magic! 🧙‍♀️✨

🎃 Fun for all the family! 🦇 And best of all… IT’S ALL FREE! 🎉🙌

📅 Join us ALL NEXT WEEK for frightfully fun events in our new home at Monaghan Peace Campus 👻🧡

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22/10/2026

We're still buzzing from a fantastic Monaghan showing at the Blas Na HEireann
Irish Food Awards in Di**le earlier this month, with our fabulous food producers taking home no fewer than eight coveted Blas awards! 🏆🏆🏆

The winners included Foraged & Infused (📷 Kevin Redmond, Andy's Bar & Restaurant Monaghan), Tara Gartlan Chocolate and Silver Hill Duck (📷 Courthouse Restaurant Carrickmacross). Huge congratulations to all 👏

Address

The Glen
Monaghan

Telephone

+3534730500

Website

http://www.monaghantourism.com/

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