The Leitrim Cycling Festival 2025 invites you to explore the beautiful walking and cycling opportunities in Leitrim. This event encourages active living while attracting visitors to experience the scenic landscapes and vibrant community of the area.
Camping spaces can be booked in advance by emailing leitrimcyclingfestival@gmail.com
23rd May 2025
FRIDAY EVENING
4pm Pretty up your bike
5pm Launch Feast *
Suggested donation €5 - see form to book yours!
6pm Official launch with Seamus O’Rourke
Leitrim’s award-winning writer, director and actor
6pm Launch lap to the Coastal Access Path
Bring your bikes and bells
7pm Storytelling with Seamus O’Rourke
Stories and health for older people
7pm Film screening: Wadjda
Saudi Arabian film of one girl’s dream to buy a bicycle
8pm Film screening: Man of Arran in conversation with the director.
A cinematic exploration of the beauty of Ireland’s coastline
24th May 2025
SATURDAY MORNING
8am - 10am Breakfast baps*
9am Outdoor gym session
10am Zumba
10am Cycle training workshops
Adult and child on road confidence
10am Fishing at the Drowse
Watch or learn to fish
SATURDAY AFTERNOON
11am 4km + 10km Community Cycle
11am Art Workshops - Kids/adults
1.30pm Picnic*
Bring some, share some
2-5pm Fuinseog Woodland Crafts
Magical wooden games for all ages
2pm Cycling across borders - a conversation
Leading voices in cycling advocacy across our shared island
3pm Cycling Adventures
Stories from touring on the Rhine from the Alps to the Hook of Holland
SATURDAY EVENING
4pm Slow Bicycle Race
5pm Stove demo & race
Bring your camping stove and race to make the best coffee!
5pm Cards and Board Games
6pm Food truck TBC
7pm Ceili TBC
SUNDAY MORNING
8am - 10 am Breakfast Baps*
9am Yoga
10am Cycle maintenance workshop
Learn to confidently fix a puncture
Kelp Yourself Seaweed Workshops
10am Coastal Walk
11pm Marbling with Carageen
Celebrate Biodiversity Week with us!
11am Mini bus tour with guide - Kinlough/Glenade
Limited numbers - book your place
12pm 6km Community Cycle #2
Cycle to Bundoran for ice-cream
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
1pm Tea + sandwiches*
2pm Pony Drive
3pm Teddy Bear’s Picnic and Tug O’War on the Coastal Access Path
SUNDAY EVENING
5pm Dinner*
7pm Quiz night
Further information see Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leitrimcyclingfestival or Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leitrimcyclingfestival
Eircode: F91 EVP8
