Skyfest

Skyfest was an annual fireworks display, accompanied by background music compiled by Mark McCabe, which took place in Ireland.

The fireworks display took place for a number of years in the country's capital, Dublin; however in 2008 it relocated to the Rock of Cashel, County Tipperary.

[5] The 2007 event, which would have been the final one in the capital with an expected attendance of 200,000 people, was eventually cancelled due to extreme weather conditions.

[6] The display involved the setting off of approximately 4,000 multi-coloured "shots" over the area,[6] taking in Rice Bridge, the Odlum silos, the spire of the Sacred Heart Church and the tower of Saint Mary's Abbey.

[3] Mark McCabe, an employee of Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) who televise the event live, has compiled the background music for Skyfest since 2005, although he only witnessed the event live for the first time alongside his fiancée, Joanna Hammond, in 2009.