the festivals, since 1971, have been held in various towns and cities in ireland. below is a list of the host cities and their respective years of hosting. the 2001 festival was cancelled due to the foot-and-mouth outbreak. as is shown below, county kerry have hosted the festival twenty-nine times since 1971, with the most recent the 2011 festival, in the town of dingle, who first hosted the event in 2010. county clare have only hosted once in 1997.