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And be sure to notice the guitar being strummed by the likes of Damien Dempsey, Glen Hansard, David Kitt and Josh Ritter.... It plays a damn good tune and if you keep your fingers crossed and your eyes peeled to hotpress.com it could one day be YOURS!

Stay tuned for details of The Greatest Guitar Giveaway of All Time.

But for now...

Pics:

Photo gallery: Hot Press lensman Roger Woolman brings you all the ringside action

Vids:

Katell Keineg talks to hotpress.com about riding donkeys

Paul O'Reilly chats with Colm Quearney and sings a whisper-soft Songbird tune

Damien Dempsey seizes the biggest day of all

Colm Quearney sings The Buzzcocks' 'Ever Fallen In Love With Someone'

Mundy talks to hotpress.com in between phone calls, and does a rendition of Burt Bacharach's 'This Guy's In Love'

Josh Ritter feels proud to be an honourary Irishman at Lisdoonvarna, and treats us all to 'The Bad Actress'

Glen Hansard gets fired up with his new single, Fake

David Kitt talks about Square One and sings Sam Cooke's Bring It On Home To Me

Words:

Overview John Walshe on the sights, sounds and smells.

Josh Ritter, Damien Dempsey, Colm Querney, and Mark Geary

Katell Kenig, Nina Hynes, Goodtime John, Barry McCormack, Paul O'Reily and Luka Bloom