1 FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 18TH Culture Night 2015 LIMERICK CITY & COUNTY revolves around you! Limerick is alive with Culture and it revolves around you! Be part of the Cultural Revolution and not just on Culture night, but for the whole month of September as we celebrate a veritable feast of cultural offerings! including Element Arts and Culture Festival, Limerick Jazz Festival, Love Letters from Limerick, Westfest and the visit of internationally renowned author Richard Ford and the 10th year of Castleconnell Concert Series. 061 - Dial into Limerick Culture as it showcases and celebrates the very best it has to offer as we prepare for Limerick's European Capital of Culture 2020 bid. This year Limerick’s Culture Night will be bigger and better than ever! We have a jam packed night of over 80+ FREE EVENTS taking place all over Limerick City and County. It promises to be a great night of fun events suitable for the whole CULTURE NIGHT family to enjoy. Don’t miss this opportunity to #ExperienceLimerick on this very special night. Not only will our usual cultural and LIMERICK 2015 historical venues be opening their doors free of charge for everyone to enjoy, this year there will also be rare opportunities to visit places FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 18TH in Limerick for the first time. REVOLVES AROUND YOU Visual Art, Dance, Design, Film, Heritage, Literature, Music, Theatre The Hunt Museum houses one of and much, much more, we encourage each and every citizen of Limerick to experience something new this Culture Night. Ireland's greatest private collections In 2014, Culture became the new byword for Limerick. Building on of art and antiquities; it also www.culturenight.ie this confidence we are submitting Limerick's bid for designation of www.limerick.ie European Capital of Culture 2020. The bid goes in in October and if provides an extensive education you can show your support and be part of the journey, then come program and wide array of public www.facebook.com/ and meet the team at the park kiosk (event 39) or engage in the bid CultureNight process by keeping an eye on updates on www.limerick2020.ie, on events throughout the year. Twitter or Facebook or by submitting your own thoughts via the website itself. Both Culture Night and the Limerick 2020 bid are about you, our citizens and how you experience Limerick’s culture. So flick through Celebrate with us on on Friday September 18th! culturenight LimerickArts the brochure to see the full programme of events showcasing the @ @ 5pm Meta-Perception Tour wealth of activities Limerick has to offer, building on our Limerick patterns Dance collective #culturenight #limerick 2014 legacy and reinforcing our current Limerick 2020 Bid for Riverside Garden 5.30pm Artists’ Talk and Demo #limerick2020 European Capital of Culture. 6pm-9.30pm Try on the helmets The Arts Office, Limerick City and County Council 7pm, 8pm, 9pm opera Delights 5pm to 10pm culture Bites! Culture Night Information Hub, Limerick Tourist Office, 20 O’Connell Street, Limerick City 5pm-10pm 7.15-8.15pm Drop into the Culture Night information hub to find out more about what’s on over the course of the night. Our choir workshop 5pm-10pm Culture Night team will be on hand giving out free brochures, badges and balloons and can advise you on what 5.30pm, 6.30pm, 7.30pm, 8.30pm classic car Display events/venues you might like to visit. collection Tours 9pm Limerick Arts Office. Limerick City & County Council Seisiún Email: artsoffi[email protected] Phone: 061-407421 / 061-407363 6pm, 7pm, 8pm, 9pm All event details correct at the time of going to print. Some events require advance booking. father Browne Exhibition Tours Please see www.culturenight.ie for up to date event details. Contact the Arts Office directly for specific queries. 6pm-7pm Culture Night is supported by the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in partnership with Limerick Spoken music: A collaboration City and County Council & Limerick 2020 Bid of word and chord 5pm, 6pm, 8pm, 9pm hERITAGE chIlDREN ART & ThEATRE poETRY & muSIc & & fAmIlY DESIGN & fIlm wRITING DANcE Arts & crafts for Kids [email protected] 061 312833 www.huntmuseum.com See event details on: http://bit.ly/1IYufk3 2 3 FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 18TH FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 18TH LIMERICK CITY & COUNTY LIMERICK CITY & COUNTY

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HegRe ITAGe 5. Walk the Medieval 7. The Parish: Walls of Limerick A History of meet on the pavement alongside the St Mary’s, 1. Limerick Civic Trust, entrance to St John’s hospital Accident Limerick & Emergency Department The Carrol Collection - A Starts 5pm St mary’s church, Athlunkard Street Story of an Irish Family The walk is led by Dan Tietzsch-Tyler, a 8pm The Bishop’s palace, castle Street medieval historian and specialist in 6pm-8pm archaeological and historical A lecture on the history of reconstruction drawing. The walk explores St. Mary’s by Very Rev. Limerick Civic Trust welcomes the public several of the thirteen extant surviving Donough O'Malley (Canon, to its exhibition of the Carrol Collection in stretches of the medieval city walls. The P.P) St. Mary’s is probably the Bishop’s Palace. Many members of the walk takes about 1.5 hours and ends at the oldest of the five original Limerick City O’Carroll family held key positions in King John’s Castle King John's Castle in time to permit last parishes, in existence before the Synod of military and political affairs. The exhibition access to the castle. A map-handout is Rathbrassill in 1111, nine centuries in the presents a wide range of memorabilia. 3. King John’s Castle provided and those coming along may heart of the city. www.limerickcivictrust.ie 061 313399 Nicholas St, limerick leave at any time to visit other Culture 061 416300/414092 5pm-8pm. last admittance 7.45pm Night attractions. 2. Stand up and Fight: [email protected] www.dantt.net Visitors of all ages will find something to 8. North Munster Limerick’s Military inspire and excite them at King John’s Masonic Centre History from the Wild Castle. The castle boasts a brand new 6. Camino: Glimpses visitor centre. Touch-screen technology, 3D from a Limerick Archive 9 castle Street, King’s Island, limerick Geese to Gallipoli models and discovery drawers connect you 5pm-10pm limerick museum and Archives, city to tales of siege and warfare. In the busy limerick Diocesan Archive, limerick Open house with informative talks on the hall, merchant’s Quay, limerick courtyard, discover a medieval campaign Diocesan office, Social Service centre, history of Freemasonry and its long history 6pm-9pm tent, blacksmiths forge and scenes from a henry Street, limerick in Limerick. Full access to the meetings seventeenth century siege. 6pm, 7pm, 8pm rooms and museum where members will Never seen before artefacts are on display www.shannonheritage.com/KingJohnsCastle be on hand to answer questions. Short as part of 'Stand Up and Fight…’. The An introduction to the 061 360788 Irish harp recitals throughout the evening. exhibition documents Limerick's ties to holdings of Limerick www.FreemasonsNorthMunster.com international military campaigns and the Diocesan Archive and social and economic effects of these at 4. Amazing Artists in accompanying home. The exhibition coincides with the the Book of Kells exhibition. Collections 9. Tours of St John’s 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli campaign include the fourteenth Cathedral which claimed the lives of 800 members of limerick School of Art and Design, century Black Book of the Royal Munster Fusiliers, 75 of whom clare Street campus, lIT Limerick, eighteenth- St. John’s cathedral, cathedral place, were from Limerick. 7pm: 1 hour (approx) century annals of the limerick city and diocese, the so- www.limerick.ie/archives/standupandfight A brief overview of the book using an online 6.30pm, 7.30pm called White 061 407293 facsimile. Don MacGabhann, who is manuscript and the Guided tours of St. John’s Cathedral. completing a PhD on the manuscript, papers of successive Cathedral Parish of the Dioceses of highlights some of the features that make bishops of Limerick Limerick and one of the five original it such a special manuscript and beginning with Dr. parishes of Limerick city. introduces its extraordinary artists. www.limerickdiocese.org Dennis Conway (1779-96). 061 407363 (Limerick Arts Office) www.limerickdiocese.org 061 414624 Event is free but ticketed. Please book on 061 315856.

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10. Frank McCourt Museum COUNTY LIMERICK St. Nicholas church of Ireland, Adare, hartstonge St, limerick co. limerick (across from entrance to 6pm-9pm Adare manor) 15. A Plate of Mungret, 5pm-7pm: The museum consists of the old classroom 35-45 minute tour (approx) in which Frank McCourt spent his early Mungret Heritage St. Nicholas Church is 700 years old this learning years. There is also a recreation of mungret college, mungret year, having been founded in 1315 as a the Kitchen/Bedroom of 1930’s Limerick 7pm-9pm friary of the Augustinian Order, one of three complete with all the memorabilia. Join Mungret medieval monasteries in Adare. The www.FrankMcCourtMuseum.com Heritage for a taste of building has withstood ravages of history, 061 319710 traditional Mungret as well as repeated storms and floods of food, beautifully the nearby River Maigue. The tour will 11. Hunt Collection Tours Father Browne Exhibition presented on old- point out significant features of the time ware. We'll building and some of the people who have prologue Room, hunt museum, 13. Alternative start by re-enacting been part of the history. St. Nicholas The custom house, Rutland St. the Irish myth of the Church is the home of a congregation in 5.30pm, 6.30pm, 7.30pm, 8.30pm Perspectives at the Salmon of Knowledge. Once cooked, try the the Church of Ireland. Explore the Hunt Hunt Museum salmon on brown bread and see if you have www.adarekilmallock.org 061 396227 Museum’s The hunt museum, Rutland Street, gained all the world's knowledge! There'll collection with one limerick be home-baked breads and cakes, 17. Tour of of our expert 2pm-4pm smothered in creamy butter with a dollop guides. Learn of berry jam. Copious mugs of strong tea Desmond Castle Help us test a new device for discovering about the history for the adults and home-made juice for the stories behind the Hunt Museum Adare Village, Adare, county limerick of this unique young ones. Veteran gravedigger Patsy collection! Choose between two themed 5pm-7pm collection and McCarthy will regale us with tales of the tours that reveal information surrounding enjoy the many weird and wonderful things that Irish Enjoy a guided tour of one of Europe’s most objects related to those themes using a tales attached to people like to bury with their loved ones. authentic Norman Castles, a 13th century these treasures digital tool called the Loupe. The Loupe Heritage Building, located in the beautiful will be provided by the museum from 2pm from the piece of Come and experience our evening of bia, village of Adare. – 4pm on Friday 18th September. Limited silver supposedly deoch agus craic! www.adareheritagecentre.ie 061 396666 Loupes available. use to pay Judas [email protected] 087-0529121 to the mysterious Olmec man from the www.huntmuseum.com 18. Irish-German most ancient civilisation in Mesoamerica. [email protected] 083 3978898 www.huntmuseum.com 061 312833 16. Tour of Augustinian Connections – the 14. Culture Bus Tours Friary/St. Nicholas Limerick angle 12. Father Browne pick up from: Red Viking Tours bus stop, Church university of limerick, room tbc

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www.cathedral.limerick.anglican.org 25. Culture Bites! CHILDReN, [email protected] FAMILY & YOuTH [email protected] courtyard, hunt museum, The custom house, Rutland St. 19. urban Horse – 21. Open Night at 5pm-10pm These events will be held on our courtyard Share a Picnic Fab Lab and other outdoor locations in and around the museum. Watch out for a whole host of people’s park, pery Square, limerick fab lab limerick, 7 Rutland Street different street artists, dancers, singers 5pm-7pm 5pm-10pm and much more! Each performance will be Limerick’s Fab Lab Limerick celebrates its second 20 minutes long. This is an exciting chance Urban Herd are Culture Night with tutorials and activities to see the great talent we have in Limerick. back with five on 3D printing, 3D scanning and laser For a running order of performances see Urban Horses. cutting. Adults and children, artists and 23. Fresh Five the notice board outside the museum café. Everyone is technologists, students and professionals… Friday Market invited to the everyone is welcome to come and take Urban Horse part! limerick milk market, 26. Mobile Printing share a Picnic fablab.saul.ie [email protected] cornmarket Row, limerick Press Event. These art 12pm-7pm courtyard, hunt museum, The custom works invite 22. Limerick Smarter The Friday market will open 12pm till 7pm young and old to in celebration of Culture Night with a host house, Rutland St. interact with the work; the sculptures can Travel Open House of fun activities and an eclectic mix of stalls 7pm-9pm (depending on availability) be touched, sat on and children have been for all to enjoy. Delicious range of lunch Join Limerick Printmakers in making your limerick Smarter Travel, first floor, known to slide down the horse’s nose. deals with flavours from across the globe. very own printed piece! Limerick The Granary, Bank place Produced and brought to you locally at the Printmakers are committed to promoting Following collaboration from Limerick 6pm-8pm Corridor Art “LCAP” and clients of the Limerick Milk Market, also featuring printmaking as an art form and supporting Join us at the Limerick Smarter Travel HQ Probation and Linkage Programme, bring fashion, section of quality hand crafted printmakers by providing a professional to celebrate all things sustainable travel. the latest addition, PALL’S Horse. This is a products, live music, speciality culture open access printmaking studio, exhibition Films, freebies and fun on the night. See Limerick National City of Culture 2014 night activities, surprises and much opportunities and education program. you there! Limerick is Ireland's Legacy and Commission Project. more... www.huntmuseum.com Demonstration City for walking, cycling, www.lcap.ie 087 9972172 www.milkmarketlimerick.ie 061 214782 See event details on: http://bit.ly/1IYUFk3 and car sharing and public transport. 061 312833 www.LimerickSmarterTravel.ie 20. Bells, Bell Ringing 061 407453 24. Arts & Cras for and Clay Decorations Kids Fab Lab St mary’s cathedral, Bridge Street Education wing, hunt museum, 6pm-9pm The custom house, Rutland St. 5pm, 6pm, 8pm, 9pm Visit St. Mary's Cathedral and see how the bells are rung and meet the people who Come and unlock your creativity in these ring them. Visit the tower and see the bells fun-filled sessions inspired by the objects in action. Try your hand at learning to ring in the museum. Places are limited so be on the magnificent set of 'mini-bells', sure to collect your ticket on arrival! suitable for all ages. Look around St. www.huntmuseum.com Mary’s Cathedral, the Historic Jewel in the See event details on: http://bit.ly/1IYUFk3 Crown of the City. Children can make their 061 312833 own bell shaped clay decoration and engrave it with a figure from one of the 15th century Misericords. Tea and coffee Art & Craft for Kids at available. the Hunt Museum 10 = pre-booking required 11 FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 18TH FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 18TH LIMERICK CITY & COUNTY LIMERICK CITY & COUNTY

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C m i L Dance limerick, John’s Square L 30. Fresh Film Festival 7pm Dance limerick, John’s Square 6pm-8pm 5.30pm-9pm LYT will present three short films produced Call: Fresh film festival call young people by the company with performances by LYT 27. A Way of Seeing, to make 6 second films based on the members. ‘I have sex daily/I have dyslexia’ theme 'Youth Culture' and we will screen Family Workshops written by Dermott Petty and directed by them on Culture Night. SUBMIT YOUR Ann Blake. ‘Losing Grip’ written and limerick city Gallery of Art, pery Square VINES by tagging your Vine performed by LYT members. Directed by 6pm-7.30pm #freshfilmfestival#culturenightlimerick Marie Boylan. ‘Láimhe Báis – Hand of Family Workshops will take place in the Make: Come along to Dance Limerick and Death’ written and performed by LYT HUB at LCGA with a number of different using the Vine mobile app we will make members. Directed by Philip Dunne (LYT themes/workshops. Workshops are on a Vines with you during Culture Night. member). Co-ordinated by Tammy drop in basis with materials provided. Watch: Fresh Film Festival will screen Bennett. Music by Little Tents. LYT was set award winning short films made by The County Limerick Youth Choir will up in 1997 with a vision of providing a 28. Ceramic filmmakers aged 7-18. perform a short programme of 15-20 unique opportunity for young people from Demonstrations, www.freshfilmfestival.net minutes of choral music spanning differing all backgrounds to cross social/cultural info@freshfilmfestival.net genres and centuries. The County Limerick divides through youth drama experiences. Family Workshop Youth Choir welcomes as members young www.lyt.ie 061 311100 people between the ages of 17 to 27. The limerick city Gallery of Art, 31. Limerick Youth choir has won many awards across Ireland pery Square Dance and Europe since its foundation in 2009. 6pm-7.30pm [email protected] 087 6561909 COUNTY LIMERICK Creative Ceramic Dance limerick, John’s Square Demonstrations such as 6pm 33. Limerick Music pinch pot constructions as 35. Castleconnell well as ceramic throwing. Generation – The Teens Culture Night Workshops are on a drop in Dance limerick, John’s Square Starting at fairy woods, castleconnell basis with materials 7.30pm/8pm provided. For ages 5-14 6pm until late… years. Music Generation showcase the talents of Start an evening of culture in Castleconnell young songwriters, rappers and musicians with a trip to the Castleconnell Fairy Woods from across the city performing their own to hear tales of local fairy folklore with 29. Young evA Pop-up works. audience participation, followed by music exhibition Limerick Youth Dance perform live excerpts www.musicgenerationlimerickcity.com performed by local artists in a nearby 087 2104583 venue. The Historical Society will host a limerick city Gallery of Art, pery Square from Stoixeia / Elements. Limerick Youth talk on the history of the local area and 6pm-8pm Dance is a great opportunity for young people who have a passion for dance to 34. Limerick Youth various local artists will display their Join us for a very special event. A fantastic develop as a dancer, to create new dance works. selection of drawings created by pupils of pieces and to perform on stage and screen. Theatre www.facebook.com/CultureNightCastleconnell Scoil Mháthair Dé will be exhibited in the It welcomes all young people aged 15-25 lYT, The Basement, 73 o’connell Street shane.cliff[email protected]

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C you laugh with his quick fire magic tricks. Eugene O’Sullivan tinkles the accordion fab lab limerick, 7 Rutland Street #limerick2020 and #thebid and brings the tunes to life. Joe Ferns 5pm-10pm [email protected] sings and swings to songs. Declan Davern This exhibition celebrates the Craft of hits the low notes as only he can. TJ Carr Traditional Sign Writing and the Art of 40. Art Walk: How and his father Willie will present Hand Painted Lettering. Local Sign Artist memorable comedy sketches. Mike Tom Collins will be sharing twenty years of Street Marks Map the Sullivan tells you stories about the tea man professional Sign work and a rare Area Surrounding King LCGA Collection who arrived in the couple’s house during a collection of signs and mirrors. Using the storm and finds himself in love with the same techniques, alongside some John’s Castle woman of the house and her cake bread. contemporary ones, Peter McCullen King John’s castle, limerick 41. Tour of the Tea and refreshments available. (Drogheda) will be displaying his beautifully 7pm exhibitions at Limerick [email protected] 0868667207 made Reverse Lettering & Glass Work This hour long walk with Paul Tarpey, along with an unfinished personal project Senior Lecturer, Limerick School of Art and City Gallery of Art 37. Drama Workshops he hopes to complete over the course of Design, explores how a variety of street limerick city Gallery of Art, pery Square the exhibition. Other 'works in progress' marks and signage combine to map the honeyfitz Theatre, lough Gur involve the band The Cranberries and a 5pm-10pm 7-12 year olds: 5pm-6.15pm area surrounding King John’s Castle. collaboration with Texas based Sign Tour of the Exhibitions at Limerick City 13-18 year olds: 6.30pm - 8.30pm Dramatic murals are contrasted with Painter Sean & Kayleigh Starr and New temporary conversations held in chalk and Gallery of Art, Mark Curran – The Economy The County Limerick Youth Theatre invite York based Dublin man Simon Robinson. marker that become conversational of Appearances & LCGA’s Permanent you to join them in a drama workshop at www.signpainterslimerick.com reference points created by those who use Collection. the HoneyFitz Theatre. The Culture Night the area daily. Altogether these marks www.gallery.limerick.ie 061 310633 drama workshop will give you a taste of overlap to visualize an amount of urban what being in a youth theatre is like, 39. The Park Kiosk narratives specific to this territory. 42. Plinth creating group scenes in an enjoyable, safe people’s park, limerick [email protected] 086 3752606 environment. The County Limerick Youth 5pm-10pm limerick Sailors' home Theatre, known as The Co.LYT, is an For one night only Limerick’s Park Kiosk, o'curry Street, limerick ensemble set up under the auspices of the an iconic building on the southern side of 5pm-8pm Arts Office for young people who are The People’s Park, will be transformed into Plinth, a heavy base supporting a statue or interested in drama and the theatre. a popup Culture Shop where Limerick vase. Plinth draws graduates from this fqdrama.wix.com/colyt citizens can express their hopes, dreams years L.S.A.D. graduate degree show back fi[email protected] 086 824 6915 into Limerick city for an exhibition of new work with a singular starting point: A Plinth. [email protected] www.plinth.weebly.com

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43. Culture Night 2015 @ 45. Craing Culture 46. The Third Bridge: Maurice Foley, Emma Fisher, Sheila Richardson, Anne-Marie Morrin, Nuala Limerick Printmakers! limerick craft hub, Citizens’ Gathering O’Sullivan, Carl Doran, Kevin O’Keeffe, 9 lower cecil Street, limerick Sheila Stone, Julie Brazil, Declan Greene, limerick printmakers, Bridgeland 5.30pm-9pm ormston house, 9-10 patrick Street house, 3 Johns Square 6pm-8pm Gerry O’Mahony, Kathleen Bartlett, Ann 5pm-last admittance 9.30pm Daly. Join artists Deirdre Power and Andrew [email protected] Limerick Printmakers will be throwing Kearney for the closing of The Third Bridge 087 6161 592 open their doors on Culture Night & exhibition at Ormston House followed by a encouraging the lovely people of this great walk with historian John Logan to the city to ink up a storm in our studio in Johns Sylvester O’Halloran Bridge and a ferry Square! We will have multiple forms of journey (tides permitting) from the Custom printmaking available for all ages to House marina to King John's Castle with experience, ably assisted by our amazing boatman Pat Lysaght. team of volunteers. Everyone will get the www.ormstonhouse.com opportunity to pull their own print & bring Event is free but ticketed. Please book on home their own work of art! Members of [email protected] the public are welcome to bring cotton tote bags or t-shirts to print on the night too… www.limerickprintmakers.com 061 311806 Join us to celebrate Limerick’s Craft Culture in a wide selection of Craft Workshops and Demonstrations, suitable 44. OpenHouse Limerick Wickham Studios: Gerry Davis at work for young and young at heart! Try your hand No. 4 patrick Street or meet the maker in ceramics, smithing, 6pm-8pm felting and knitting. 48. Open Studios: Say hello to the OpenHouseLimerick team 5pm-6pm: Clay Cookies Workshop. Learn and find out about the annual pottery and design skills with Clare Jordan. Wickham Street Studios ‘OpenHouseLimerick’ architectural festival, Limerick Third Bridge Project 1983 6A wickham St 9-11th October 2015. The festival 5:30pm-7:30pm: Embroidery 5pm-10pm comprises a weekend of events, including Demonstration. See how Breed O'Kane buildings open to the public and walking creates unique pictures in Freehand 47. Open Studios: Wickham Street Studios will open its tours. ‘OpenHouse’ is a simple but Embroidery on canvas. Contact Studios doors, providing the public with an powerful concept: showcasing outstanding 6pm-7pm: Wooden Bowl Demonstration. opportunity to meet the artists and see the architecture for all to experience, See how wood turner Barry Lewis creates Grounds of St. Joseph’s hospital, creative process at play. Wickham Street completely free of charge! beautiful handmade bowls from raw wood. mulgrave St. Studios was set up in 2009 to facilitate a www.openhouselimerick.ie 5pm-9pm demand for studio spaces in Limerick. 8pm-9pm: Copper Pendant Workshop. Contact Studios, the longest established Current studio members: Dainne Nic Learn copper jewellery forming techniques independent Artists’ Studios in Limerick, Aoidh, Mary Beatty, Ciara Clifford, Simon and make your own pendant with will open its doors offering a warm Fennessy Corcoran, Gerry Davis, Seán silversmith Fergus Grant Stevenson. welcome to visitors. Visitors may talk to Guinan, Emma Houlihan, Maeve www.limerickcrafthub.ie Humphreys, Luci Lane, Lorraine Masters, 061 315668 individual artists for an inside look at their practice, and Eilish Murrihy, Mike O'Brien, Tim O'Neil, are free to Tom Prendergast, Maurice Reidy, Paul purchase work. Rhatigan, Ian Tully. Refreshments wickhamstreetstudios.blogspot.com will be 086 1565322 available. Current members: = pre-booking required 17 OpenHouse, 4 Patrick Street FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 18TH FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 18TH LIMERICK CITY & COUNTY LIMERICK CITY & COUNTY

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T e Interested in reading the classics but don’t m i 59. Dance Film have time for War and Peace? Great books L Screenings: Light Moves 60. Miss Copper Kettle come in all shapes and sizes. Our book and Festival of Screendance The courtyard, hunt museum, poster display on Culture Night will feature The custom house, Rutland St. some amazing classic books which are so Dance limerick foyer, 5pm-9pm short you should have no excuse not to 1 John’s Square, limerick read them!!! On display will be a number of This living statue warms the cockles of 5pm-9pm mini-masterpieces which pack a powerful your heart with her Victorian secrets from impact in under 200 pages. Light Moves Festival of Screendance the past. Cast in solid copper, she will www.quaybooksstore.com 085 8511760 57. Back Stage Tours celebrates Culture Night 2015 with a sneak transport you back in time to a world of preview of some of the exciting works that crinolines, carriages and crackling lime Tree Theatre, will be featured from 19-22 November at firelight, bringing to life the world of 63. An evening with mary Immaculate college Dance Limerick. These dance works will be Charles Dickens. These performances are 6.30pm, 7pm, 7.30pm, 8pm Kate O’Brien screened at Dance Limerick’s foyer where part of the Polish Arts Festival. Ever wondered what it’s like backstage at a visitors can drop in and experience an www.polishartfestival.ie Boru house, mulgrave street, limerick major theatre venue? How do those array of films that are vivid, astonishing www.lutrek.co.uk 6pm-9pm lighting bars work? How many lamps are in and playful in their exploration of To celebrate the Limerick author Kate the grid? How was the stage designed and movement and dance on screen. Light O’Brien a series of readings will take place fitted out? The staff of the Lime Tree Moves festival of screendance is Ireland’s throughout the evening in Boru House, her Tlhiemaetriec kw cilitl ys Ghaolwle ryy ou an area that is only festival focusing specifically on film COUNTY LIMERICK former home in Mulgrave street. The event normally out of bounds to the public and and video art with movement as a central is hosted by the committee of the Limerick let you see how it’s all put together, week theme. 61. A Plethora of New Literary Festival in honour of Kate O’Brien in, week out. The Lime Tree Theatre is a [email protected] Plays and by very kind permission of Boru House state-of-the-art 510 seat theatre. www.lightmoves.ie owners, David and John Fitzgerald. Event is free but ticketed. Please book on friars’ Gate Theatre, www.limerickliteraryfestival.com [email protected] 061 774774 Sarsfield St., Kilmallock www.limetreetheatre.ie 8pm 64. Stanzas Friars' Gate Theatre will present an

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65. White House poetry, stories, comedy, theatre, songs or, 70. Limerick Pipe Organ that one time, hula hoops (don't ask). MuSIC Limerick Poetry Open Stanzas produces monthly books of local & DANCe Festival Mic poetry, stories and art, has a guest from St John’s cathedral, cathedral place either within Limerick or nationally come 69. Guitarchestra 8:30pm–9:00pm white house Bar, 52 o' connell Street, in to read their work, and has a very open limerick Granary library, michael Street Organ recital by Peter Barley, Organist and mic slot for people to share. We aim to 8pm 7pm-9pm encourage new writing, develop those who Choir Director at St Mary’s Cathedral, are struggling, and are wowed by those Limerick and founding member of whose words strike us down in awe. Limerick Pipe Organ Festival. His www.huntmuseum.com programme will include music by Franck, See event details on: http://bit.ly/1IYUFk3 Tournemire and Alain. Limerick Pipe Organ [email protected] Festival was founded in 2014 to celebrate 061 312833 the 150th anniversary of the Hill organ in St. John’s Cathedral and to raise awareness of the rich heritage of pipe organs in the Limerick region. www.lpof.ie [email protected] 087 6497879 COUNTY LIMERICK Poetry Open Mic. Everybody is welcome to 71. Irish Tradition: Guitarchestra is a youth music project from read their poems in a relaxed, friendly and Ceol • Amhráin • Rince • supporting atmosphere, or just to listen 67. Billy’s Adare Ennis that takes popular themes from and enjoy. White House Limerick Poetry movies, TV shows and computer games Cupán Tae “In his own words” and combine them with various musical holds a poetry event with a guest poet and An chistin, halla Íde, 18 Sráid Thomáis an Open Mic session every Wednesday at Adare library, Adare, county limerick influences. Guitarchestra has performed a Afternoon number of very well received concerts in luimneach 9.00pm at the White House Bar. 7pm-10pm www.facebook.com/WhiteHouseLimerick Readings from the book Billy’s Adare “In Ennis, including two at the Glór theatre. Poetry his own words.” Limerick Libraries is delighted to present Organised by the Limerick branch of [email protected] 061 396822 Guitarchestra in their debut Limerick Conradh na Gaeilge which promotes the performance. Irish language and culture. This Limerick www.facebook.com/LimerickLibrary centre at Halla Íde, Thomas Street 66. Spoken Music: A 68. The Spoken Word 061 407510 organises regular events, Naíonra Collaboration of Word Open Mic www.limerick.ie/living/localinformation/l (preschool), Irish language bookshop and ibraries/limerick-city-library information centre, Irish classes, music and Chord Glórach community Theatre, and drama. Abbeyfeale Riverside Garden, hunt museum, The [email protected] 061 417895 8pm custom house, Rutland St. Limerick Pipe Organ Festival 6pm-7pm Short readings by a guest followed by an "open mic" session for anyone who wants 72. Harp Recital from to read their poetry, do a recitation, or tell a the Irish Traditional story. People can attend just to listen, or to Music Institute try out a new poem or story. Poets and storytellers of all styles and experiences No 1 pery Square are welcome to read their work in an open 6.30pm and positive atmosphere. Sure to be a lot of A gathering of harpists at No 1 Pery Square fun, it’s also a great way to meet other for an evening recital on our national writers in the area and find out about the instrument. Works will include traditional local writing community. Stanzas is a monthly event for emerging Irish music including Turlough O’Carolan [email protected] 087 1 38 39 40 writers based in Limerick City. We focus on as well as classical pieces. Words, whether they come in the form of www.itmi.ie [email protected] 061 368 198 22 = An Irish language event 23 FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 18TH FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 18TH LIMERICK CITY & COUNTY LIMERICK CITY & COUNTY

73. A Taste of Trad 75. Fox Jaw aims to create dance pieces that allow audiences to observe, reflect and enjoy the Presented by University Concert Hall & ormston house, 9-10 patrick Street recurring movements, events and ideas of Irish World Academy of Music & Dance 9pm-10pm Contemporary Dance. university concert hall Join us on Culture Night for an acoustic 1pm session with Fox Jaw – “one of Ireland's 78. Opera Delights at most inventive and engaging rock bands” Get Culture Night off to a great start with (Hot press) – for "a seductively gloomy The Hunt this lunchtime performance by students of sound in a league of its own ... will both the prestigious MA Irish Traditional Music Presented by University Concert Hall mystify and satisfy.” (State.ie) Ormston & Dance Performance postgraduate & Olive Cowpar House is a cultural resource centre located course. Liven up your lunchtime with this in the heart of Limerick City. captain’s Room, The hunt museum midday taste of Trad on campus! University www.ormstonhouse.com 7pm, 8pm, 9pm Concert Hall is a 1,000 seat entertainment [email protected] 3 Recitals – approx. 30 minutes each venue bringing the biggest names in synchronise their heart beats. The popular, country and classical music, as University Concert Hall and Olive Cowpar Association of Irish Choirs (AOIC) supports well as comedy and Panto, to Limerick. 76. Comhaltas Ceoltóirí present the passion of opera in the and promotes all forms of choral music in www.uch.ie 061 331549 beautiful surrounds of the Hunt Museum. Éireann Garraí eoin Choose from one of three recitals which Ireland. parkway Shopping centre will feature some of Limerick’s most www.aoic.ie [email protected] 061 234823 6.30pm-8.30pm talented young singers, including Sarah Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann is the largest Ellen Murphy, Sinead Fitzpatrick, Kevin 80. Seisiún Neville and Derek Moloney, performing group involved in the preservation and Riverside Garden, hunt museum, promotion of Irish traditional music. arias and duets from the most beautiful and best loved operas. With piano The custom house, Rutland Street We’re a non-profit cultural movement 9pm-10pm with hundreds of local branches around accompaniment by Michael Young. Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann presents live the world. University Concert Hall is a 1,000 seat entertainment venue. traditional music, song and dance. Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann is the largest Event is free but ticketed; collect your 77. Patterns Dance group involved in the preservation and free ticket from reception on arrival. promotion of Irish traditional music. We’re Collective Places are limited, arrive early. a non-profit cultural movement with www.uch.ie 061 331549 Riverside Garden, hunt museum, hundreds of local branches around the www.huntmuseum.com 061 312833 The custom house, Rutland Street world. 74. Luggage Doors 5pm Tomás Ó Maoldomhnaigh; Operating 79. Choral Singing [email protected] limerick city Gallery of Art, pery Square Workshop, Association 6pm-8pm of Irish Choirs (AOIC) 81. Paddy Mulcahy - Luggage Doors Operating are back to Riverside Garden, hunt museum, Composer and producer entertain the visitor and will perform The custom house, Rutland Street Dance limerick, John’s Square original material and their own riffs on 7.15pm-8.15pm 8.30pm classic material. Luggage Doors Operating Celebrate Culture Night with the 2015 has been an exciting year for Paddy. consists of 4 Visual Arts practitioners Patterns Dance Collective consists of Association of Irish Choirs in a choral Having played support to Lubomyr Melnyk based in Limerick, Kevin O'Keeffe, Pamela contemporary dance artists with singing workshop open to all! No need to in Limerick City in January, he released a Dunne, Rory Prout and Carl Doran. intellectual disabilities. The dance group have singing experience; this workshop new solo piano album “Tape Sketches” in www.gallery.limerick.ie have enjoyed a long and successful history will act as a taste of what it’s like to be in a June, followed by an appearance at Body & 061 310633 [email protected] of performing locally, nationally and choir and sing with others. Singing in a Soul Festival, where he performed live on internationally. Under the direction of choir is proven to lift your mood and synthesizers in the woods. Angie Smalis, Patterns Dance Collective studies have found that a group of singers www.dancelimerick.ie

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COUNTY LIMERICK 85. Give it a Whirl Rathkeale Arts centre, council 82. Culture Night, West Buildings, New line, Rathkeale Limerick Singing Club 8pm-9pm Give it a Whirl is a tantalising dip into The Ramble Inn, Newcastle west music and song. Rathkeale Community 9.30pm-12.30am Arts Group was established 18 years ago to foster and promote the arts and the artists within our community and to give people the opportunity to enjoy various art forms in their own community. www.rathkealearts.com [email protected] 087 1249955 86. evening of Music, A night of traditional singing and story telling Song and visual Art hosted by the West Limerick traditional Kilmurry Arts & heritage centre, Singing Club with local and visiting (old Kilmurry church of Ire. church, performers. The West Limerick Singing Club behind hurler’s pub), castletroy was founded in 2002 and run monthly 6pm-9pm sessions on the 1st Friday of the month. Showcase opportunity of what the Centre [email protected] 087 2293636 has to offer by way of evening classes and workshops. We demonstrate the great 83. Oíche Cultúra acoustics of the Centre with a few short performances of music and song. Some art Newcastle west library 7pm pieces from the Artist’s weekly workshop will also be on show. For over 15 years Ceol agus filíocht. Beidh an ceoltóir Máire Kilmurry Arts & Heritage Centre has had Ní Ghráda ar píopaí agus an file áitiúil Mike many uses. The newly formed Community Mac Domhnaill ag léamh a chuid filíoctha. Choir ‘Aoide’ under the baton of Owen Newcastle West Library, part of Limerick Gilhooly, rehearse there weekly. City and County Library Service [email protected] 086 2449297 helena.fl[email protected] 069 62273 87. Opening to Self-Love 84. Draíocht Kilmurry Arts and heritage centre, central Bar, Bridge Street, castletroy Newcastle west 7pm-9pm 9.30pm Join us for a taster of Kundalini Yoga with A lively session of Trad with a modern twist Yoga Mia. Sacred sound with Lucia featuring the up and coming group of Sheehan and Tibetan Singing Bowls & talented musicians, Draíocht rounds off Gong with Brenda Ryan. A combination of Culture Night. body movement, relaxation and voice. All [email protected] ages are welcome, no previous experience Facebook: Newcastle-West-Arts is required. [email protected] 086 2099948 26 = An Irish language event 27 FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 18TH FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 18TH LIMERICK CITY & COUNTY LIMERICK CITY & COUNTY

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What’s On & Where 12. Father Browne exhibition Temporary Exhibition Space, 6pm, 7pm, Map Event Where Time Tours hunt museum, The custom 8pm, 9pm house, Rutland St. HeRITAGe 13. Alternative Perspectives at The hunt museum, Rutland 2pm-4pm 01. The Carrol Collection - A Story The Bishop’s palace, castle Street 6 pm- 8pm the Hunt Museum Street, limerick of an Irish Family 14. Culture Bus Tours pick up from: Red Viking Tours 5pm-8pm 02. Stand up and Fight: Limerick’s limerick museum and Archives, 6pm- 9pm bus stop, Arthur’s Quay, limerick Military History from the Wild city hall, merchant’s Quay, Geese to Gallipoli limerick 15. A Plate of Mungret, Mungret mungret college, mungret, 7pm-9pm Heritage co. limerick 03. King John’s Castle Nicholas St, limerick 5pm- 8pm last entry 7.45pm 16. Tour of Augustinian Friary/St. St. Nicholas church of Ireland, 5pm-7pm 04. Amazing Artists in the Book limerick School of Art and 7pm Nicholas Church Adare, co. limerick (across from of Kells Design, clare Street campus, lIT entrance to Adare manor)

05. Walk the Medieval Walls of meet at the entrance to St John’s 5pm 17. Tour of Desmond Castle Adare Village, Adare, 5pm-7pm Limerick hospital A&E Department county limerick

06. Camino: Glimpses from a limerick Diocesan Archive, 6pm, 7pm, 8pm 18. Irish-German Connections – university of limerick, room tbc 6pm-7pm Limerick Archive limerick Diocesan office, Social the Limerick angle Service centre, henry Street, limerick CHILDReN & FAMILY

07. The Parish: A History of St St mary’s church, 8pm 19. urban Horse – Share a Picnic people’s park, pery Square, 5pm-7pm Mary’s, Limerick Athlunkard Street limerick

08. North Munster Masonic Centre 9 castle Street, King’s Island, 5pm-10pm 20. Bells, Bell Ringing and Clay St mary’s cathedral, Bridge 6pm-9pm limerick Decorations Street, limerick

09. Tours of St John’s Cathedral St. John’s cathedral, cathedral 6.30pm, 7.30pm 21. Open Night at Fab Lab fab lab limerick, 7 Rutland 5pm-10pm place, limerick Street, limerick

10. Frank McCourt Museum hartstonge St, limerick 6pm-9pm 22. Limerick Smarter Travel limerick Smarter Travel, first 6pm-8pm Open House floor, The Granary, Bank place 11. Hunt Collection Tours prologue Room, hunt museum, 5.30pm, 6.30pm, The custom house, Rutland St. 7.30pm, 8.30pm 23. Fresh Five Friday Market limerick milk market, 12pm-7pm cornmarket Row, limerick

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24. Arts & Cras for Kids Education wing, hunt museum, 5pm, 6pm, 8pm, ART & DeSIGN The custom house, Rutland St. 9pm 38. Love Letters from Limerick fab lab limerick, 7 Rutland 5pm-10pm 25. Culture Bites! courtyard, hunt museum, The 5pm-10pm Street, limerick custom house, Rutland St. 39. The Park Kiosk peoples park, limerick 5pm-10pm 26. Mobile Printing Press courtyard, hunt museum, The 7pm-9pm custom house, Rutland St. 40. Art Walk: How Street Marks King John’s castle, limerick 7pm Map the Area Surrounding 27. A Way of Seeing limerick city Gallery of Art, 6pm-7.30pm King John’s Castle pery Square 41. Tour of the exhibitions at limerick city Gallery of Art, 5pm-10pm 28. Ceramic Demonstrations limerick city Gallery of Art, 6pm-7.30pm Limerick City Gallery of Art pery Square, limerick pery Square 42. Plinth limerick Sailors' home, 5pm-8pm 29. Young evA Pop-up exhibition limerick city Gallery of Art, 6pm-8pm o’curry St. pery Square 43. Culture Night 2015 @ Limerick culture Night 2015 @ limerick 5pm - last 30. Fresh Film Festival Dance limerick, John’s Square 5.30pm-9pm Printmakers! printmakers! admittance 9.30pm

31. Limerick Youth Dance Dance limerick, John’s Square 6pm 44. OpenHouse Limerick No. 4 patrick Street, limerick 6pm-8pm

32. County Limerick Youth Choir Dance limerick, John’s Square 7pm 45. Craing Culture limerick craft hub, 9 lower 5.30pm-9pm cecil Street, limerick 33. Limerick Music Generation - Dance limerick, John’s Square 7.30pm/8pm The Teens 46. The Third Bridge: Citizens’ ormston house, 9-10 patrick 6pm-8pm Gathering Street 34. Limerick Youth Theatre lYT, The Basement, 73 o’connell 6pm-8pm Street 47. Open Studios: Contact Studios Grounds of St. Joseph’s hospital, 5pm-9pm mulgrave St. 35. Castleconnell Culture Night Starting at fairy woods, 6pm until late… castleconnell, co. limerick 48. Open Studios: 6A wickham St 5pm-10pm Wickham Street Studios 36. Young at Heart hospital Resource centre, 7.30pm-9pm Knockainey Road 49. Ilen School harvey’s Quay 7pm

37. Drama Workshops honeyfitz Theatre, lough Gur 7-12 year olds: 50. Culture Cruise with Limerick customs house Quay, cruise times 5pm-6.15pm City Build behind the hunt museum subject to the 13-18 year olds: weather and 6.30pm - 8.30pm tide times 30 31 FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 18TH FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 18TH LIMERICK CITY & COUNTY LIMERICK CITY & COUNTY

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51. The Gallery 13 Bedford Row, limerick 5pm-8pm 63. An evening with Kate O’Brien Boru house, mulgrave street, 6pm-9pm limerick 52. Roller Derby: The Sport, Dolan’s warehouse 7pm-10pm Subculture and Community 64. Stanzas Dance limerick, John’s Square 9pm

53. Meta-Perception Tour hunt museum, The custom 5.30pm, Artists’ 65. White House Limerick Poetry white house Bar, 52 o' connell 7pm-9pm house, Rutland St. Talk and Demo Open Mic Street, limerick 6pm-9.30pm, Try on the helmets 66. Spoken Music: A Collaboration Riverside Garden, hunt museum, 6pm-7pm of Word and Chord The custom house, Rutland St. 54. Classic Car Display Riverside Garden, hunt museum, 5pm-10pm The custom house, Rutland St. 67. Billy’s Adare Adare library, Adare, Afternoon “In his own words” county limerick 55. Residue Red Door Gallery, The Square, 8pm Newcastle west, co. limerick 68. The Spoken Word Open Mic Glórach community Theatre, 8pm Abbeyfeale, co. limerick 56. Open Studio: Cappamore Arts cappamore library and Arts 7pm-9.30pm MuSIC & DANCe Studios Studios, co. limerick 69. Guitarchestra Granary library, michael Street 8pm THeATRe & FILM 57. Back Stage Tours lime Tree Theatre, 6.30pm, 7pm, 70. Limerick Pipe Organ Festival St John’s cathedral, cathedral 8.30pm-9pm mary Immaculate college 7.30pm, 8pm place, limerick

58. Games for Actors and Civilians, 69 o'connell Street from 5pm, every 71. Irish Tradition: Ceol, Amhráin, An chistin, halla Íde, 18 Sráid 7pm-10pm Workshop 30 mins. last Rince, Cupán Tae Thomáis luimneach workshop begins 7pm 72. Harp Recital from the Irish No 1 pery Square 6.30pm 59. Dance Film Screenings: Light Dance limerick foyer, 5pm-9pm Traditional Music Institute Moves Festival of Screendance 1 John’s Square, limerick 73. A Taste of Trad, Presented by university concert hall 1pm 60. Miss Copper Kettle The courtyard, hunt museum, 5pm-9pm university Concert Hall & The custom house, Rutland St. Irish World Academy of Music & Dance 61. A Plethora of New Plays friars’ Gate Theatre, Sarsfield St., 8pm Kilmallock, co. limerick 74. Luggage Doors Operating limerick city Gallery of Art, 6pm-8pm POeTRY & WRITING pery Square, limerick

62. Poetry and Writing, Quay Books, Arthur’s Quay 7pm-9pm 75. Fox Jaw ormston house, 9pm-10pm Quay Books Shopping centre 9-10 patrick Street

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76. Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann parkway Shopping centre 6.30pm-8.30pm Garraí eoin

77. Patterns Dance Collective Riverside Garden, hunt museum, 5pm The custom house, Rutland Street, limerick

78. Opera Delights at The Hunt captain’s Room, The hunt 7pm, 8pm, 9pm Presented by university museum 3 Recitals – approx. 30 Concert Hall & Olive Cowpar minutes each

79. Choral Singing Workshop, choral Singing workshop, 7.15pm-8.15pm Association of Irish Choirs Association of Irish choirs (AOIC) (AoIc)

80. Seisiún Riverside Garden, hunt museum, 9pm-10pm The custom house, Rutland Street

81. Paddy Mulcahy - Composer and Dance limerick, John’s Square 8.30pm Producer

82. Culture Night, West Limerick The Ramble Inn, Newcastle 9.30pm-12.30am Singing Club west, co. limerick

83. Oíche Cultúra Newcastle west library, 7pm Newcastle west, co. limerick

84. Draíocht central Bar, Bridge Street, 9.30pm Newcastle west, co. limerick

85. Give it a Whirl Rathkeale Arts centre, council 8pm-9pm Buildings, New line, Rathkeale

86. evening of Music, Song and Kilmurry Arts & heritage centre, 6pm-9pm visual Art (behind hurler’s pub), castletroy

87. Opening to Self-Love Kilmurry Arts and heritage 7pm-9pm centre, castletroy

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