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The Sneem International Storytelling & Folklore Festival, running since 2012, brings four days of stories, music, craic and folklore to the village, centred on the Sneem Hotel. Storytellers share the bill with lectures, plays and musicians: the Loft Session, adult story swaps, the pub storytelling club, family sessions, and the South Kerry Rosen Choir in St Michael's Church. Weekend tickets are €75.
Face drooping · Arms weak · Speech slurred · Time to call 999/112. From Sneem Community First Responders. If in doubt — get checked out.
All notices →To celebrate 100 years of golf, this competition offers a massive €4,000 prize fund. It's a 4-person Rumble format, open to Ladies, Gents, Under 18s, and Mixed teams. Teams can enter multiple times to improve scores. The grand finale is on November 8th, 2026.
Weekly meeting for Beaver Scouts, ages 6 to 8 years.
Regular meeting of the Sneem Men's Shed. New members are welcome.
TidyTowns volunteers weed, clean, and litter-pick every Tuesday morning. Text to join the WhatsApp group.
Pickleball sessions for beginners, welcoming anyone interested in trying this fun and active sport.
Bingo sessions held at the Resource Centre.
Pilates class with Caitlin at the Community Centre.
New members are welcome at Sneem Craft Group knitting sessions. Donated wool is available.
Conversation in Irish (as Gaeilge) at Sneem Book Shop.
Board Games Club meeting at the Community Centre. Contact Pál for more information.
The Indoor Bowling Club will resume activities. New members are always welcome.
Weekly meeting for Cub Scouts, ages 9 to 11 years.
Weekly meeting for Venture Scouts, ages 15 to 17 years.
Weekly meeting for Scouts, ages 12 to 14 years.
Film screening at The Carnegie Arts Centre. Tickets are €9, students €7.
The Annual General Meeting for the Sneem Summer Festival will take place. If you are interested in getting involved or have ideas to share, all are welcome.
Circuit Training sessions with Niamh De Jong at the Rowing Club Gym.
A training day with Sneem Walking Club for members and potential members.
An outdoor walk with pieces by James Scanlon and a striking pyramid honouring the village's twinning with Tallinn.
OpenOne of the largest and finest ring forts in Ireland, built in the early Iron Age. 15 minutes' drive west.
OpenA spectacular 18 km section of the Kerry Way over open hill above the Atlantic.
OpenTraditional pub serving fresh seafood chowder, Kerry lamb and a famous Guinness pour.
OpenEarly Autumn
A rotating pick from each part of Sneem's wild cast — birds, mammals, marine life, wildflowers and trees in season right now.
Explore the full field guide →A large brown wader with an unmistakable long, down-curved bill and a haunting bubbling call. Breeding curlew are in catastrophic decline in Ireland; the birds you see at the estuary are mostly winter visitors.
Sneem's most charismatic river resident. Otters are widespread but elusive — early morning and dusk give you the best chance. They patrol the Sneem River from the falls down to the estuary, taking salmon, trout and crab.
Larger and chunkier than common dolphins, and often resident year-round in the bays of west Kerry.
Spiny evergreen shrub with coconut-scented golden flowers. The saying goes that "when gorse is out of flower, kissing is out of season" — and it almost always has at least a few flowers.
