Huge crowds and great fun as Glenflesk GAA celebrates

Sean Daly, Donie O’Donovan and Seamus O’Brien

Marie Keane with her niece Eabha Healy

Maria, Nora and Liam Warren with their family

Mairead Roche with Sinead O’Connor, Greta Dineen and Ciara O’Connor

Louise and Keelan O’Hare

Gerard and Marylene O’Donoghue and family

Edel Sweetman, Lauren Horgan and Shauna Somers

Darragh Fleming, Rachel Kelly and Aileen Healy

Corrina Favier and family

Bernadine Roche and Margaret Leader

Aoibhinn O’Donoghue, Sarah Warren, Ali Doyle, Rachel O’Rahilly and Ella O’Connor

Breda Slattery and Kitty O’Sullivan

A proverbial feast of quality family entertainment came to life in Barraduff Community Field at the weekend as the annual community celebration that is the Flesk Fest entertained scores of locals and visitors.

Organised and hosted by Glenflesk GAA Club, it featured a packed schedule with great live bands, including Meadhbh Walsh, Thingamajig, The BorderBoys, Johnny Courtney, Paudie Coffey and the O’Donoghue Sisters, and dancing until late in the night.

There was a busy festival marquee with a full bar, food trucks, polka sets, coverage of the brilliant All-Ireland hurling final on the big screen and a novel Texas Holdem poker tournament.

For the more energetic this year’s programme incorporated a wellness day with masterclasses in pilates, yoga, mindfulness, spinning, a firewood sauna and ice pods with qualified instructors on hand to guide patrons along the way.