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9am – 4.30pm Bellevue Suite Ambassador Hotel max Military Hill 250 TRacING YOUR PEOPLe – One-Day GENEALOGY CONFERENCE This event is for everyone interested in saturday Family History. Expert speakers cover a range Douglas Library of subjects including: pre-Census records; Douglas Village Shopping Centre business and banking records as sources; tracing soldiers who served in the First World march 31 All day War; what’s online and what’s coming. Social Sketchers exhibition, Q&A sessions allow you to quiz leading local continues until April 30 – and national genealogists and find out more details see Tuesday. about getting started, advancing your search, and filling in the blanks. Registration 9am – T 492 4932 9.30am; Conference: 9:30am – 4:30pm Go to www.corkarchives.ie for full details. All Welcome. Organised by Cork City and County Archives Bishopstown Library and the Cork Genealogical Society, which meets monthly to promote family history & help people 11am – 1pm trace their ancestors. T 450 5876 Bishopstown Toastmasters meet here every Timmy O’Connor, Local Government Saturday. Come & hear the group in action Archivist. Email: [email protected] with this workshop on public speaking. They’re or [email protected] always on the lookout for new members. 11am – 4pm Booking closes at 5pm on Wednesday 28 Iryshe Tudor Companye: historical revival - fun March. Tea and coffee provided. The hotel for all the family. See separate entry. offers special lunch rates for those attending. Please indicate when booking if you wish to T 492 4950 avail of them. Hollyhill Library 9am – all day Knocknaheeny James Barry Exhibition Centre CIT Bishopstown 11.30am – 1pm Treasure Hunt for kids: explore the library and LOcatIONS CONtaINED – find hidden treasure. Win Easter eggs. EXHIBITION by LANA SHUKS 2.30pm – 3.30pm Details see Monday. Continues until April 12. Children learn to play chess. Open meeting of the Junior ............................................................................ Chess Club, always 9.30am – 12.30pm recruiting new Mayfield Community Arts Centre max members - children Newbury House, Old Youghal Rd 6 aged 8+ T 492 4928 ART PORTFOLIO CLINIC One-to-one half hour sessions to help people applying for Art College in 2012, 2013 or 2014 www.corkcitylibraries.ie prepare their portfolio. Booking essential. 52 Danielle 086 395 6602 See Tuesday for details. saturday 10am –1pm 11am – 4pm The Lodge, Bessborough max Bishopstown Library, Wilton Off Skehard Rd, Blackrock 16 TERRIBLE TUDORS DEALING WITH LOSS & CHANGE BROUGHT TO LIFE Come to an interactive workshop with What was it like to live in the 16th century? SHEP tutor Kay O’Mahony – it’s for people Speak to an Irish lady who managed to keep experiencing loss & change, whether through her head under the Tudors and to her maid, bereavement, separation, ill-health, redundancy who’ll tell you about life for ordinary people. or otherwise. It’s a safe place to explore the Wearing 16th century clothing, the Iryshe march 31 issues involved & how they can affect lives. Tudor Companye takes you back to the time Booking essential, places limited. Call Geraldine of the Tudors. Learn how people lived, what Flanagan 466 6180 email:socialandhealth@ games were played, try your hand at some 16th eircom.net century crafts and amusements. The Iryshe Tudor Companye brings interactive history to ............................................................................ schools, museums, public & private events. Info: Aislinn 085 710 8273 Melissa 087 926 2048 11am email:[email protected] Meet at the Monument www.iryshetudorcompanye.ie Grand Parade ............................................................................ CORK Walk - CITY CENTRE ISLAND 11am – 4pm Cork Public Museum, Antoin O’Callaghan guides you on this walk Fitzgerald’s Park which traces how the city centre island of Cork developed following the infilling of river LEARN ABOUT channels that ran between a series of marshy THE ROMAN islands. Along the way you’ll see many buildings ARMY & ENLIst of interest and the bridges spanning the north & south channels of the Lee, all playing crucial Bring the family for a re-enactment & display of roles in the city’s story. Self-guided Cork Walks Roman Army drill & combat formations. Children were introduced in recent years by Cork City get to enlist & to use swords & shields & are Council – this is the orange route, the others taught basic military training. Presented by are South Parish (blue) & Shandon (red). This Legion Ireland – the Roman Military Society of weekend you can enjoy all three with expert Ireland & Cork Public Museum. Disc parking on guides to lead you. See 11am & 2.30pm Sunday. Mardyke. Riverview Café in museum. Info: Stella Cherry, Curator, Cork Public Museum 427 0679 ............................................................................ ............................................................................ 11am Lee Fields 11am - 3.30pm Bishopstown Community School LEARN ABOUT WILDLIFE at THE LEE FIELDS INFORMatION Day FOR ADUlts: back TO EDUcatION, caREERS, Join Jim Wilson on a walk ENTITLEMENts along the Lee Fields and discover its wildlife. Jim You may want to learn will be familiar to many new, or improve upon as a regular contributor existing, skills. Perhaps to RTÉ’s Mooney Show, you are considering including its annual Dawn Chorus broadcasts. your next step in Others may know his books, the most recent is education. Maybe you’re Freshwater Birds of Ireland (The Collins Press, a jobseeker looking for Cork, 2011). See his website www.irishwildlife. information. Whatever net for more. His informative and enjoyable your circumstances, this walks are popular every year during the festival. event is for you. Organised by the Bishopstown Wear sensible shoes & bring rainwear. Meet at Glasheen Community Education Network. sculpture. Car parks 300-500 metres past the Info: Damian Ryan 086 399 8613 Kingsley Hotel travelling west. Info re walk: email: [email protected] 53 Tina 086 603 5552 11am - noon & noon – 1pm 11am CIT Sports Stand Lifetime Lab @ Old Cork Waterworks, Lee Rd CIT Bishopstown WORKSHOP: LEARN COMPOstING TRAIN WITH YOUR SPORTING HEROES Repeated at 2.30pm - full details under 11am Monday. The GAA, Soccer & Athletics Clubs in CIT, ............................................................................ saturday together with the Access Service and the Schools Liaison Office, host a sports training 11am event for young people. Cork’s sporting heroes Turner’s Cross Community Centre are on hand to train and teach sports skills. Curragh Rd next to Credit Union march 31 HIstORY WALK & talk Join a nostalgic walk & talk with Liam O hUigín on the historical route of the Bandon Railway as it passed through Turner’s Cross. All welcome Info Joseph Curtin 086 259 1362 www.turnerscrosscommunity.ie ............................................................................ 11am – noon LeisureWorld, Rossa Ave, Bishopstown & LeisureWorld, Knockfree Ave, Churchfield FREE astRO TURF SESSION Bring your friends for a session of 5-a-side soccer this morning, at either Bishopstown or Churchfield. Booking required. Call Reception at Bishopstown 434 6505 or Churchfield 439 7868 www.leisureworldcork.com ............................................................................ 11am Lifetime Lab @ Old Cork Waterworks, Lee Rd WORKSHOP: LEARN COMPOstING Age Group – 8years to 12 years Full details under 11am Monday. BOOKING ESSENTIAL ............................................................................ It is only possible to book into one training session per person. 11am – 1pm max 8 Knockrea Drive, Ballinlough Rd 6 To book a place, call the following: Soccer - CIT Access Service: 433 5138 HEAR ABOUT THE ALEXANDER GAA - Schools Liaison Office: 433 5397 TECHNIQUE Athletics - Schools Liaison Office: 433 5397 Rosemary Moone explains how the Alexander More information: Technique can help singers, actors, teachers Louise Bermingham 433 5139; and public speakers to use their voices more Mervyn O’Mahony 433 5396; effectively. Find out how to increase the Elaine Dennehy 433 5141 resonance & range of your voice, & how to breathe fully & naturally. This is a one-off introduction to the Alexander Technique. Places very limited, you must book. Parking available on street. T 431 1411; M 087 287 2937; email 54 [email protected] www.alexanderteacher.ie saturday 11am – 5pm 12.30pm – 1.30pm The Teaching Rooms max Crawford Art Gallery 6 Sidney Place, Wellington Rd 15 Emmet Place SHIatsu – A daylONG GUIDED TOUR INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP OF BUtts & GROGAN Learn the basic principles of this ancient oriental EXHIBITION therapy with the Cork School of Shiatsu. Simple breathing and stretching exercises included. Details see You’ll also be introduced to some acupoints for Tuesday 11am. march 31 First Aid use. Have fun while learning how to give an easy, gentle treatment to help family ............................................................................ and friends relax. Disc parking (2hrs) on street. Booking essential, as numbers limited. 1pm – 2pm Contact Diana T 487 2324; M 087 207 0132, Lewis Glucksman Gallery email: [email protected]. University College Cork Visit www. learnshiatsu.ie & www.theteachingroomscork.com LUNCHTIME SCREENING: ............................................................................ JOSEF & ANNI ALBERS: ART IS 12 noon EVERYWHERE Bishop Lucey Park, Grand Parade See Thursday for details. LEARN ABOUT LICHENS