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Sarajevo Irish Festival

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Sarajevo Irish Festival
GenreCultural festival
Date16–18 March
FrequencyAnnual
LocationsSarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Years active2015–2020
AreaBosnia and Herzegovina
Websitesarajevoirishfestival.com

The Sarajevo Irish Festival (Bosnian: Sarajevski irski festival / Сарајевски ирски фестивал) was an annual festival held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina that celebrated Irish culture.[1][2] The festival was established in 2015 and was held for three days around and including St. Patrick's Day.[3][4] It was founded by Irish expatriates in Bosnia and Herzegovina in cooperation with the Bosnian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Culture Ireland.[5] The festival hosted Irish theatre companies, screens Irish films and organizes concerts of Irish folk musicians.[6][7] The festival has hosted numerous Irish artists, filmmakers, theatre directors and musicians such as Conor Horgan, Ailis Ni Riain, Dermot Dunne, Mick Moloney, Chloë Agnew and others.[8][9][10]

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  1. "Sarajevo Irish Festival". Sarajevo Travel. Archived from the original on 2018-04-05. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  2. "Sarajevo Irish Festival". stpatricksfestival.ie. Archived from the original on 2018-04-05. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  3. "2. Sarajevo Irish Festival". furaj.ba. 16 April 2023.
  4. "Sarajevo Irish Festival od 16. do 18. marta". filmofil.ba.
  5. "Sarajevo Irish Festival team". official website.
  6. "Počeo Sarajevo Irish Festival". N1 Televizija.
  7. "Sarajevo Irish Festival od 16. do 18. marta". filmofil.ba.
  8. "Pripremljen bogat program za ovogodišnji Sarajevo Irish Festival". klix.ba.
  9. "Conor Horgan: Film o Panti Bliss je o tome kako lično jeste političko". lgbti.ba. 15 March 2017.
  10. "Večeras otvaranje Sarajevo Irish Festivala". avaz.ba.
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