clonmel festival is still taking place it is usually late january early feb but to be on the safe side check on the internet.
If you are serious about going you need to be looking for accomadation now. The Digs in Clonmel are almost impossible to get into as people who go every year tend to book for the following year before leaving for home.
When we visited the festival we stayed in a small village about 10 miles away from Clonmel called Ardfinan.as i said in my post it wasnt the same as the waterloo cup but that was just my opinion.nonetheless the experience is one i would not have missed