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== Culture and sport ==
Each summer, groups of Irish teenagers visit Spiddal for three-week Irish language courses. {{lang|ga|Coláiste Chonnacht}} and {{lang|ga|Coláiste Lurgan}} are two Irish language summer schools. American students visit for the autumn term each year to study Irish-language literature and culture.{{fact|date=April 2024}}

Live [[Music of Ireland|traditional Irish music]] is regularly performed in the village's [[Irish pub|pubs]].{{fact|date=April 2024}} The music group [[The Waterboys]] recorded part of their ''[[Fisherman's Blues]]'' album in Spiddal.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.hotpress.com/music/day-1988-waterboys-release-fishermans-blues-22791967 | work = [[Hot Press]] | title = On this day in 1988: The Waterboys release Fisherman's Blues | date = 17 October 2019 | accessdate = 3 April 2024 }}</ref> They also recorded a song called ''Spring Comes to Spiddal'' on their album ''[[Room to Roam]]''. The television series {{lang|ga|[[Ros na Rún]]}} is filmed there, and broadcast on [[TG4]].<ref>{{cite web|url = https://xn--anspidal-g1a.ie/an-spideal/an-spideal-stair-agus-pobal/ | website = anspidéal.ie | title = An Spidéal: Stair agus Pobal | language = ga | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20230605210720/https://xn--anspidal-g1a.ie/an-spideal/an-spideal-stair-agus-pobal/ | archivedate = 5 June 2023 | url-status = live }}</ref>

The local [[Gaelic Athletic Association]] club is {{lang|ga|Cumann Lúthchleas Gael An Spidéal}}, with [[Gaelic football]] and [[hurling]] being the most popular sports. There is also a sailing club in the village.