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For now check out the Festival of Finn 2014 Provisional Programme. Also Ireland’s Best Beard & Moustache Competition, Garden Fête at The Farmyard, Myths & Legends Bus Tour and Guided Walking Tour – Burren National Park.

The revival of the Festival of Finn, as part of the Gathering initiative, is being met with great excitement and enthusiasm in Corofin; a testimony to this fondly remembered community event.

Visitors from overseas including members of our nostalgic diasporas will be attracted by a fun filled programme which will include the World Stone Throwing Championship, Ireland’s Best Beard Competition, Garden Fête at The Farmyard, the Anglers Paradise Fishing Competition and Lark At the Lake as well as a whole host of cultural and sporting events showcasing Corofin as an ideal welcoming tourist destination in its unique surroundings of lakeland and Burren landscape.

The Festival of Finn will have something to offer everybody so that when they leave they will want to come back!

• Festival of Finn Returns to Corofin (The Clare Herald)
• No close shaves needed in Corofin (The Clare Champion)
• Hair we go: Best beard contest to be highlight of festival comeback (Irish Examiner)
• Have you got what it takes to win the World Stone-throwing Championships? (World Irish)