Clonmel Applefest

31/08/2026

The first bite of Applefest 2026 is here… 🍎

Our first batch of preview tickets are now live, with four very different ways to join us this September.

From stories and conversation to music, food and a good old-fashioned Hooley, this is just a little taste of what we have planned around this year’s theme of CARE.

Swipe through for a first look at what’s on sale now →

And there is plenty more to come.

Join us for the Clonmel Applefest 2026 Programme Launch on Saturday 5 September, 12 - 2pm, Under the Arches at the Main Guard, when we’ll reveal the full festival programme.

Clonmel Applefest 2026
24–27 September
🎟️ Preview tickets: clonmelapplefest.ie

28/08/2026

🍎 Things are turning upside down in Clonmel…

Applefest 2026 is taking shape, and this year’s programme is packed with performances, talks, walks, food, music, creativity and a few surprises along the way.

📅 24–27 September 2026

Thanks to TipperaryLive.ie for a lovely glimpse of what’s to come. Read the article: https://www.tipperarylive.ie/news/clonmel/busy-programme-announced-for-clonmel-festival-8939007

Watch this space. We’re nearly ready to reveal the lot.
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📸 Now and Then by Pitch’d Productions | Brian Hartley

23/08/2026

Dancing and singing through the years, the story of the Hewitt sisters of fame and their mother Joan was published in the this week with a beautiful family portrait by John D Kelly .

Thankyou to TipperaryLive.ie for serialising the ten stories that constitute the book which can be purchased for E12 at Hickeys Bakery Clonmel Julie & Paul and The Narrow Space

senseofplace

19/08/2026

More than 120 kgs of apples collected during our 2 hour appletree care sessions with volunteers eagerly cutting back broken or over-burdened branches. Learning about pruning and thinning overly busy trees.

The apples will be saved for our forthcoming River Field day on Sunday 27th September when we will gather to press apples with a little help of people. We will have arts and crafts with Lynn Kirkham The GreenMantle, Lucy Moore and , a children pop up café courtesy of Print Van Go and a chidren's treasure hunt and much else.

While this is not the ideal time for pruning, it did start raining today so the trees will appreciate this! 😊 🌧🌦🌂⛈️ pruning is necessary work especially as some trees are getting damaged because of too much fruit. The pruning will benefit the trees next year... in the meantime, the apples can be saved and brought back for pressing. If you are passing and you see ripe fruit, do pick them and share with us what you are doing with it? juicing, drying, baking? 😋😋😋

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Thankyou to all who came to help!

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15/08/2026

Thankyou TipperaryLive.ie and Nationalist Newspaper for publishing the McNamara family from Marlfield story with a beautiful photography by John D Kelly Photography

Written by Thurles man , the full 10 stories of the book can be purchased at Chou's Cottage, The Narrow Space or Hickey's Bakery for E12

Grant aided by The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon, Tipperary Arts Office, with additional support from Tipperary Museum of Hidden History

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FAMILIES OF CLONMEL

14/08/2026

ANOTHER one of the lovely family stories published in TipperaryLive.ie as part of the series of the book published by Applefest in 2025 with photographs by John D Kelly

The book can be purchased for E12 at or The Narrow Space

The full story can be read here: https://www.tipperarylive.ie/news/clonmel/in-the-presence-of-pure-gold-with-pauline-burke//

14/08/2026

Have you a cúpla focal and why not continue the 'tradition' started during Clonmel Junction Arts Festival by to have a chat as Gailge?

Dedicated ‘Guerrilla Gaeilge’ activist on a mission in Clonmel

11/08/2026

As part of National Heritage Week, we are hosting a morning of appletree care in collaboration with Suircan Environmental to maintain and care for the many appletrees along the River Suir in Clonmel: picking the fruit that is ready, pruning the branches that are too heavy, clearing the weeds around the trees, staking any tree that might be wobbly, there are all kind of jobs that need doing and plenty of chat in between!

Dress appropriately for the day: wear a hat, bring gloves and sunscreen: we look forward to seeing you! Meet at the Greenane Greenway convent bridge entrance (across from Presentation secondary school where you can also park)

River Basin Management Service

06/08/2026

Read the story of the Sheikh family "After living in many countries Tippeary is now home". This interview was one of the ten stories featured in the book which is currently being serialised by TipperaryLive.ie.

🔸️The book can be purchased for €12 at Julie & Paul Hickeys Bakery Clonmel or The Narrow Space.

🔸️FUNDED by the The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon and with additional support from Tipperary Museum special thanks to John D Kelly.

To read the full story click here: https://www.tipperarylive.ie/news/clonmel/an-indian-wedding-and-a-clonmel-home-//