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Over the years, the number of fairs increased, and by 1880, a fair was held each month. These fairs were not only commercial hubs but also social gatherings where match-making, political discussions, and community bonding occurred. &nbsp;<br \/>In 1985, recognising the cultural significance of these traditional fairs, a group of enterprising locals revived the event, leading to the establishment of the modern Tubbercurry Old Fair Day Festival.&nbsp;<br \/>Today, the festival continues to honour its roots in addition to showcasing traditional crafts such as wood-turning, wool craft, spinning and ceramics.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":35843,"template":"","class_list":["post-35842","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Crafting Creativity and Heritage - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Celebrating 40 Years of Tubbercurry Old Fair Day Festival in 2025, the Tubbercurry Old Fair Day Festival is a vibrant, community-driven event that has become a cornerstone of cultural expression in Tubbercurry, South County Sligo.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/crafting-creativity-and-heritage\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Crafting Creativity and Heritage - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Celebrating 40 Years of Tubbercurry Old Fair Day Festival in 2025, the Tubbercurry Old Fair Day Festival is a vibrant, community-driven event that has become a cornerstone of cultural expression in Tubbercurry, South County Sligo.&nbsp;Managed by dedicated volunteers under the Tubbercurry Chamber of Commerce and Community Association, the festival has grown exponentially since its revival [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/crafting-creativity-and-heritage\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CreativeIrl\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@creativeirl\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/crafting-creativity-and-heritage\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/crafting-creativity-and-heritage\/\",\"name\":\"Crafting Creativity and Heritage - Creative Ireland Programme\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/crafting-creativity-and-heritage\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/crafting-creativity-and-heritage\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/oldfairdaylogo_nodate-400x262-1.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-08T21:35:13+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/crafting-creativity-and-heritage\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/crafting-creativity-and-heritage\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/crafting-creativity-and-heritage\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/oldfairdaylogo_nodate-400x262-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/oldfairdaylogo_nodate-400x262-1.png\",\"width\":400,\"height\":262},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/crafting-creativity-and-heritage\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Crafting Creativity and Heritage\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Creative Ireland Programme\",\"description\":\"The Creative Ireland Programme is guided by a vision that every person in Ireland will have the opportunity to realise their full creative potential. 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