First ever Circus Festival Ireland is happening the 15th - 17th February and looks like it could be a good one 
Here's some info from the website:
"Some of Europe's most accomplished circus tutors and performers including John Lee (UK), Stefan Sing (Germany), Amani Acrobats (Ireland), Compagnie with Balls (The Netherlands), Imakokode (France), Meghan Pike (Scotland), Olvier 'Olive' Masson (France), Ronan McLoughlin (Ireland), Kamil 'Dzielny' Dzilinski (Poland) & many more are joining in, and on Saturday 16th February 'when the circus comes to town', they will be showing off their talents in two spectacular city centre shows in Cork’s Firkin Crane"
There are cheap flights directly to Cork with aerlingus.com and also with ryanair.com to Dublin or Shannon followed by a bus journey (check buseireann.ie for bus times etc)
Check circusfestivalireland.com for more info.
Here's some info from the website:
"Some of Europe's most accomplished circus tutors and performers including John Lee (UK), Stefan Sing (Germany), Amani Acrobats (Ireland), Compagnie with Balls (The Netherlands), Imakokode (France), Meghan Pike (Scotland), Olvier 'Olive' Masson (France), Ronan McLoughlin (Ireland), Kamil 'Dzielny' Dzilinski (Poland) & many more are joining in, and on Saturday 16th February 'when the circus comes to town', they will be showing off their talents in two spectacular city centre shows in Cork’s Firkin Crane"
There are cheap flights directly to Cork with aerlingus.com and also with ryanair.com to Dublin or Shannon followed by a bus journey (check buseireann.ie for bus times etc)
Check circusfestivalireland.com for more info.