Dursey Island Summer Festival
14th and 15th June, 2025
Every year since 2011 Dursey Islanders host a festival for visitors and islanders alike. This festival showcases island life at its best with local musicians giving hours of song and tunes, a US Bard Band called Los Lorcas, three storytellers, an extract of a play recently premiered at Strive Theatre Cork and set on Dursey, followed by the annual male and female Dursey Arm Wrestling Championship
Tea, coffee, home baked treats and some fundraising donations are accepted in lieu for our local RNLI station in Castletownbere.
This yearly island festival has developed a reputation for itself and musicians and visitors come to enjoy a unique day on one of Ireland’s most unique and beautiful islands.
It is an excellent way to present the island as not only somewhere to visit, but also to encourage people to relocate and set up home here. Cork is one of only six counties to have permanent island communities; seven West Cork islands are inhabited.
Further details of events taking place on the other West Cork islands during the summer can be found at www.westcorkislands.com.
Every year since 2011 Dursey Islanders host a festival for visitors and islanders alike. This festival showcases island life at its best with local musicians giving hours of song and tunes, a US Bard Band called Los Lorcas, three storytellers, an extract of a play recently premiered at Strive Theatre Cork and set on Dursey, followed by the annual male and female Dursey Arm Wrestling Championship
Tea, coffee, home baked treats and some fundraising donations are accepted in lieu for our local RNLI station in Castletownbere.
This yearly island festival has developed a reputation for itself and musicians and visitors come to enjoy a unique day on one of Ireland’s most unique and beautiful islands.
It is an excellent way to present the island as not only somewhere to visit, but also to encourage people to relocate and set up home here. Cork is one of only six counties to have permanent island communities; seven West Cork islands are inhabited.
Further details of events taking place on the other West Cork islands during the summer can be found at www.westcorkislands.com.

The West Cork Islands Weekend, June, 2015 was a great success on Dursey Island with over 700 euro raised in voluntary donations in aid of the RNLI Castletownbere. Pictured are Rosarie O'Neill, Treasurer of Dursey Island Development Association presenting the cheque to Sheila O'Driscoll, Head of Fundraising, RNLI Castletownbere.