Steel Bangers 2026

🔥 Steel Bangers 2026 🔥

🕙 10:30 AM – 5:00 PM each day

Get ready for two days of sparks, skill, and serious craic at Steel Bangers 2026! Hosted in the covered Ennis Market Building this is a celebration of blacksmithing and traditional crafts you won’t want to miss.

Other Crafts & Makers

Alongside the clang of hammer on steel, meet talented makers including basket weavers, potters, pole wood turners, and more.

Join the Fun

• Blacksmithing challenges: nails, belt buckles, knife blades, arrowheads, and more
• The legendary National Blacksmith Game – nail driving competition (open to everyone… sober or otherwise)
• A chance to learn, share, and connect with fellow makers

Extras

• Camping with toilets available at Ciara House (15 minutes away - Newmarket on Fergus - Eircode V95H9C0)
• Just bring your own tools, steel, and coal – and be ready to work and laugh!

Last year was a blast – this year will be even better. Come for the craft, stay for the craic.