Highlights from the 2017 Dublin Irish Festival - Part 2 of 2
Part of the Summer of TSR (Transit System Review) experience is exploring the new COTA routes. The other part is to explore places and events that I would not have considered going to this time last year. Case in point: The Dublin Irish Festival.
This month marks the 30th Anniversary that the Village of Dublin, Ohio became the City of Dublin, Ohio. In 1988, the first Dublin Irish Festival was held. It has been one of the premier cultural festivals in Central Ohio in its three decades. For one weekend, the first weekend of August, Coffman Park in Dublin is shut down to the public, and gated off for the festival. There are stages with live music and performances, plus tents promoting Irish culture and heritage.
Historic Bridge Street in Downtown Dublin was decked out for the festival with banners promoting the weekend event, and shops welcoming guests into town. By this time next year, with the Bridge Park Development on the other side of the Scioto River, Dublin will be a boomtown, just like with the first Dublin Irish Festival.