By Kim O'Leary
As the annual Kildare Derby Festival continues this week with numerous events taking place around the county, residents have been enjoying themselves in the sunshine as they attend the various events.
The derby festival is a fantastic event for the whole family to enjoy with plenty of leisure activities including cake sales, games and face-painting, bouncy castles, photo exhibitions, racing at the Curragh on Saturday, and much more.
![[caption id="attachment_170876" align="alignnone" width="800"] The viewing stand at the Kildare Town Derby Festival Parade last Sunday as viewed from an Emma Hughes wigwam.[/caption]](https://www.connachttribune.ie/jpim-static/image/2026/04/29/21/iconic-upload-2017-06-27124524-Kildare-Derby-pic-2.jpg?crop=4:3&trim=&width=800)
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[caption id="attachment_170876" align="alignnone" width="800"] The viewing stand at the Kildare Town Derby Festival Parade last Sunday as viewed from an Emma Hughes wigwam.[/caption]
![[caption id="attachment_170877" align="alignnone" width="583"] Kildare-Newbridge Municipal District Mayor Mark Stafford with the 2017 Derby Festival Queen Nicole Hyland on the viewing stand at the Kildare Town Derby Festival Parade last Sunday.[/caption]](https://www.connachttribune.ie/jpim-static/image/2026/04/29/21/iconic-upload-2017-06-27124524-Kildare-Derby-pic-3.jpg?crop=4:3&trim=&width=583)
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[caption id="attachment_170877" align="alignnone" width="583"] Kildare-Newbridge Municipal District Mayor Mark Stafford with the 2017 Derby Festival Queen Nicole Hyland on the viewing stand at the Kildare Town Derby Festival Parade last Sunday.[/caption]
![[caption id="attachment_170878" align="alignnone" width="800"] Pat Donlan and Sally Purcell with Croatian visitor Nika Konstanovich at the Kildare Town Derby Festival Parade last Sunday.[/caption]](https://www.connachttribune.ie/jpim-static/image/2026/04/29/21/iconic-upload-2017-06-27124524-Kildare-derby-pic-5.jpg?crop=4:3&trim=&width=800)
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[caption id="attachment_170878" align="alignnone" width="800"] Pat Donlan and Sally Purcell with Croatian visitor Nika Konstanovich at the Kildare Town Derby Festival Parade last Sunday.[/caption]
![[caption id="attachment_170881" align="alignnone" width="800"] The smiles of the wonderful Kildare Town Community First Responders at the Derby Festival Parade last Sunday would certainly revive any ailing patient.[/caption]](https://www.connachttribune.ie/jpim-static/image/2026/04/29/21/iconic-upload-2017-06-27124524-Kildare-derby-pic-6.jpg?crop=4:3&trim=&width=800)
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[caption id="attachment_170881" align="alignnone" width="800"] The smiles of the wonderful Kildare Town Community First Responders at the Derby Festival Parade last Sunday would certainly revive any ailing patient.[/caption]