Dancing the Walls of Limerick Festival

Dancing the Walls of Limerick Festival combines & celebrates two strands of our shared heritage, traditional dance and the medieval City Walls to bring about an afternoon of community interaction & family fun.
The event starts with a parade of bands (City of Limerick Pipe Band & the Boherbuoy Band) from the Milk Market & St John's Square to the Festival location at Old Clare Street.

From 2-3pm there will be a display of traditional dancing from 3 Irish dancing schools, the UL Academy of dance & Ukrainian & Indian dancing groups.

From 3-5pm there will be public participation in dance, learning "The Walls of Limerick Reel" leading to a finale of dancing. There will be street entertainment, Limerick Sports Partnership will have varied sports for children, face-painting & print making provided by Limerick City Partnership.

There will be display of information on the City Walls, the public realm plans for the area and the results of drawing competition in St. John’s Girls School. At 3.30pm there will be a tour of the walls.

The event is funded by Limerick City Council & the Irish Walled Towns Network Events Fund.