Festival 2022
Theme: Reconnecting
Saturday 21st to Sunday 22nd May 2022
Day | From | To | Event | Venue |
Saturday | 11am | 2 pm | Dog Show – Registration from 10 am | Harold’s Cross Park |
Saturday | 11am | 4 pm | Open Day of Rose Garden in the Hospice | Our Lady’s Hospice |
Saturday | 11am | 5pm | Tours of Mary Aikenhead Heritage Centre | Our Lady’s Hospice |
Saturday | 1 pm | 5 pm | Village Bookshop | Harold’s Cross Park – Park Shelter |
Saturday | 1pm | 5pm | Vintage Carousel | |
Saturday | 2 pm | 5 pm | Hurling exhibition with Kevins | Harold’s Cross Park |
Saturday | 2 pm | 3 pm | Nikki Collier Yarn Workshop | Harold’s Cross Park |
Saturday | 3 pm | 4 pm | Soccer exhibition with Larkview FC | Harold’s Cross Park |
Saturday | 2 pm | 4 pm | Dublin Concert Band | Harold’s Cross Park |
Saturday | 2 pm | 4 pm | Chess with April Cronin (Irish ladies champion 2008) | Harold’s Cross Park |
Saturday | noon | 5pm | HX Grow – Sunflowers for Ukraine | Harold’s Cross Park |
Saturday | 4 pm | 5 pm | Drama workshop for people aged 16 + exploring play and connection facilitated by Gabrielle Breathnach | Our Lady of the Rosary Pastoral Centre |
Sunday | ||||
Sunday | noon | 1:30 | History Walk le Eoin Bairéad | Harold’s Cross Bridge |
Sunday | 1 pm | 5 pm | Village Bookshop | Harold’s Cross Park – Park Shelter |
Sunday | 1pm | 2pm | Clareville Baton Twirlers | Harold’s Cross Park |
Sunday | 3 pm | Joe Curtis Book Launch by Mary Freehill | Harold’s Cross Park – Park Shelter | |
Sunday | 2 pm | 4 pm | Josephine Spicer Book written by Clare Eager, Launch by Cathy Scuffil | Mount Jerome Tea Rooms |
Sunday | 1 pm | 5 pm | Vintage Carousel, Children’s Inflatable Hoopla, Inflatable basketball, Toy merry-go-round | Harold’s Cross Park |
Sunday | 12pm | 5pm | Faces for our Community Exhibition by Clare Mathews | Harold’s Cross Park |
Sunday | 1pm | 5pm | Arts and Crafts for Children | Harold’s Cross Park |
Sunday | 1 pm | 5 pm | Plant Sale | Harold’s Cross Park |
Sunday | 1:30 | 2:15 | Jack Flash the Magician | Harold’s Cross Park |
Sunday | 2:30 | 3 pm | Ceol le Scoil Mológa | Harold’s Cross Park |
Sunday | 3 pm | 3:45 | Jack Flash the Magician | Harold’s Cross Park |
Sunday | 3:50 | 4:10 | Harold’s Cross Educate Together Secondary School, Artistic Performance Group | Harold’s Cross Park |
Sunday | 4:15 | 4:45 | Herlihy Doyle School of Irish Dancing | Harold’s Cross Park |
Sunday | 1:30 | 2:10 | Musically Sound | Harold’s Cross Park |
Sunday | 2:30 | 3:10 | The Nameless | Harold’s Cross Park |
Sunday | 3:30 | 4:30 | Garda Band | Harold’s Cross Park |
Sunday | 2 pm | 5 pm | Face Painting | Harold’s Cross Park |
Sunday | 2 pm | 4 pm | Chess with Alexander Baburin (Ireland’s only chess grandmaster) | Harold’s Cross Park |
Sunday | 4:45 | 5 pm | Art Competition Prizegiving | Harold’s Cross Park |
The annual community festival in May is organised by the Harold’s Cross Village Community Council with the support of the Harold’s Cross Business Association, Dublin City Council, Terenure and Rathmines Gardaí, Civil Defence, Defence Forces, Local Businesses, Artists, Musicians, Historians, Writers and Photographers.
If you would like to be involved in any way please email us on haroldscrossf@gmail.com


Patrons please note photos and images may appear on Festival related Social Media and publications