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IT_PODCAST_140X200.indd 1 26/06/2018 12:42 INTRODUCING THE LE CHEILE SAN EORAIP AWARD

To celebrate the European Year of Cultural Eligible events might, for example Heritage 2018, the Heritage Council is pleased to announce a new Heritage o highlight a person, place or event Week award. with a European dimension

THE IRISH TIMES PODCASTS o recognise European influences Three prizes of €1,000 each will be on architecture, archaeology, awarded to the organisers of events that From politics to popular fiction, and world affairs to what’s literature, technology or crafts best represent heritage links with Europe. on women’s minds, The Irish Times podcasts have a finger on o examine migrations of people, the pulse of life. Entry is free and open to all Heritage plants or animals Week event organisers. The closing date for entries is Friday 14 September 2018 o explore trade links or pilgrim paths Listen in. Join in

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IT_PODCAST_140X200.indd 1 26/06/2018 12:42 HeritageMaps.ie An Chomairle Oidhreachta | The Heritage Council

Interested in what’s around you? Want to find out more about your local and national heritage?

The free one-stop-shop HeritageMaps.ie is the A-Z of ’s Heritage: from Archaeol- for Ireland’s built, ogy to Zoning. Explore a vast range of Ireland’s heritage pilgrim cultural and natural paths, burial grounds, bat landscapes, maritime collections & heritage data walled towns, all accessible from any device.

New & forthcoming datasets include: The Irish Historic Towns Atlas The Archaeology Project Irish Revival - An Túr Gloine & Ireland’s Sheela-na-Gigs TII’s Archaeological Excavation Reports and an exciting array of county-specific 3D datasets

www.heritagemaps.ie www.heritagecouncil.ie

4 Introduction by Michael Parsons 06 Heritage Awards 08 CONTENTS Heritage Officers 10 Competition 12 Supporters and Stakeholders 16

EVENTS BY Aontroim 25 Kilkenny Cill Chainnigh 185 Armagh Ard Mhacha 25 Laois Laois 196 Carlow Ceatharlach 27 Leitrim Liatroim 208 Cavan An Cabhán 30 Luimneach 210 Clare An Clár 33 Longford An Longfort 219 Cork City Cathair Chorcaí 43 Louth Lú 223 Cork County Contae Chorcaí 51 Mayo Maigh Eo 230 Donegal Dún na nGall 73 Meath An Mhí 238 Down An Dún 91 Muineachán 247 City Cathair Baile Átha Cliath 91 Offaly Uíbh Fhailí 254 Dublin Fingal Fine Gall 118 Roscommon Ros Comáin 262 Dublin South Átha Cliath Theas 123 Sligo Sligeach 270 Dublin Dún Laoghaire/Rathdown 133 Tipperary Tiobraid Árainn 277 Dún Laoghaire/Rath an Dún Waterford Port Láirge 282 Gaillimhe 140 Westmeath An Iarmhí 289 Kerry Ciarraí 158 Wexford Loch Garman 297 Kildare Cill Dara 169 Wicklow Cill Mhantáin 308

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Cover photo from Printfest: Family Fun Day at the , Dublin. All event details are correct at Important Notice: The Heritage Council does not own, organise, operate, staff or in any the time of going to print. Please other manner, run any of the events listed either in our Heritage Week Guide Book or on our website or in any other medium, unless otherwise specifically stated. Consequently please check www.heritageweek.ie note and be aware that The Heritage Council does not endorse, promote or recommend the or directly with the organisers suitability or safety of the events listed and consequently cannot and does not accept any liability whatsoever for any incident, injury or loss that might arise or be connected with the before you travel. attendance at any of the events listed.

5 INTRODUCTION

MICHAEL PARSONS Chairman, The Heritage Council

Irish people are inherently storytellers. Our communities in Ireland to preserve and ancient legends and folklore remain relevant promote our natural, built and cultural in placenames, music and art, while our heritage. This year’s Heritage Week archival treasures tell their own stories will also include many activities that about the diverse landscapes of the past. explore connections with our European All the elements of our unique heritage - neighbours and promote a sense of from archaeology and architecture to native belonging to a common European space. wildlife, traditions and crafts - are tethered to the present with strong narrative threads. A Eurobarometer poll conducted in It is imperative that we share the stories that advance of EYCH placed Ireland ahead underpin our identity as in order of the European average in the pride we to animate them in the present and to preserve take in our own national heritage. What them for future generations. The focus on is truly important, however, is how that sharing stories in this year’s programme pride translates into action. We hope that offers an opportunity to do just that. Heritage Week inspires communities across the country to get involved in protecting National Heritage Week is part of European and promoting their local heritage beyond Heritage Days and we are ever-conscious of the ten-day programme of events. the need to acknowledge the strong heritage links with our European neighbours. This is Hundreds of event organisers, from even more relevant in 2018 when Heritage national organisations to local community Week will represent a highlight of the groups have planned events across the European Year of Cultural Heritage (EYCH). country for Heritage Week. People of This Europe-wide initiative coordinated by the all ages will have ample opportunity to Heritage Council in Ireland, aims to deepen uncover the drama of the Irish landscape, the connection between people and heritage. the narratives of our national monuments With this in mind, the Heritage Council issued and the traditions of their own place from a call to organisations and individuals to both new and established communities. ‘Make a Connection’ with heritage in 2018. Our heritage belongs to everyone so The aim of National Heritage Week has get involved, share a story and make a always been to build heritage awareness connection during National Heritage and appreciation while also acknowledging Week 2018. the great work that is carried out in all

6 European Heritage European Year of Days 2018 Cultural Heritage: The Art of Sharing

European Heritage Days (EHDs), a joint initiative of the Council of Europe and the European Commission, are the most widely celebrated participatory cultural events shared by the citizens of Europe.

Over 70,000 events are organised every year in order to help raise awareness of Europe’s common heritage and the continuous need for its protection.

This year, the countries taking part in European Heritage Days are celebrating the European Year of Cultural Heritage through the common theme of The Art of Sharing.

EHDs events take place in the 50 countries party to the European Cultural Convention. During this time, doors are opened to numerous monuments and sites, allowing Europe’s citizens to enjoy free visits and learn about their shared cultural heritage and encouraging them to become actively involved in the safeguarding and enhancement of this heritage for present and future generations. European Heritage Days

Journées européennes du patrimoine www.europeanheritagedays.com

7 The Heritage Council is once again HERITAGE delighted to announce the Heritage Awards, showcasing the best of National Heritage Week and recognising the fantastic work of AWARDS work of heritage enthusiasts across Ireland. 2018

The 2018 award categories are as follows Le Cheile san Eoraip Awards The European Year of Cultural Heritage Heritage Hero 2018 will see the launch of a new Heritage Do you know someone who always goes Award that recognises event organisers who the extra mile for heritage? Nominate an showcase heritage links with other places in individual or organisation who makes an Europe. Did your event highlight a person, outstanding contribution to the protection place or event with a European dimension? and promotion of heritage in your local area. Maybe you explored European influences Anyone can nominate a Heritage Hero. on architecture or archaeology, technology or crafts, or explored migrations of people, Hidden Heritage plants and animals, or trade links and Did your event shine a light on Ireland’s pilgrim paths. Three prizes of €1,000 will be hidden heritage? This award is open to awarded to the organisers of events that best event organisers who successfully explored represent heritage links with Europe. lesser known aspects of Ireland’s heritage during National Heritage Week. All National All National Heritage Week and European Heritage Week Event Organisers can enter. Year of Cultural Heritage Event Organisers can enter. Heritage Communities Did your event reach across your community? Maybe you worked in partnership with other community groups or encouraged young people to take part. This award is open to event organisers who brought their community together to celebrate National Heritage Week. All National Heritage Week Event Organisers can enter.

Cool for Kids Did your event help children learn about and The closing date for entries is Friday the14th enjoy heritage? This award is open to event of September 2018 and entry is free. organisers who encouraged children and Recipients will be honoured at a Heritage families to participate in National Heritage Council Awards Day. Week. All National Heritage Week Event Organisers can enter. Find out more at www.heritageweek.ie

8 The Heritage Council Heritage Awards 2017 HERITAGE showcased the best of National Heritage Week and recognised the fantastic work of AWARD heritage enthusiasts across Ireland. WINNERS 2017

Sharon Slater from Limerick was awarded the Heritage Hero award in recognition of her work in bringing history to life for the people of Limerick. The historian and author established www.limerickslife.com, a treasure trove of the city’s history.

Irish Seed Savers in Co. Clare won the Hidden Heritage Award for The Great Irish Garden, an event highlighting the amazing diversity and heritage of Ireland’s food crops and emphasising the need to save rare crop varieties.

Wild Strands in Co. Donegal won the Heritage Communities Award for The Foyle: Tales of Salmon Fishing, an event celebrating and documenting the rich maritime heritage of local fishermen who used to fish wild salmon on the Foyle.

BirdWatch Ireland in Co. Galway won the Cool for Kids Award for Go Wild Nature Camps, an event which connected children with their local environment, revealing the wonders and importance of local biodiversity through creative exploration.

9 HERITAGE OFFICERS

Cavan: Anne Marie Ward Dún Laoghaire Rathdown Cavan County Council, The Farnham Centre, Heritage Office, County Hall, Marine Road, Farnham Street, Cavan. Dún Laoghaire. Tel: 049 4378614 Tel: 01 204 7011 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Cork City: Niamh Twomey Fingal Cork City Council, City Hall, Cork City. Fingal County Council, P.O. Box 174, Tel: 021 4924018 County Hall, Swords, Co. Dublin Email: [email protected] Tel: 01 8905697 Email: [email protected] Cork County: Conor Nelligan Cork County Council, Floor 3, Galway City: Jim Higgins County Hall, Cork. Galway City Council, City Hall, College Tel: 021 4285905 Road, Galway. Email: [email protected] Tel: 091 526574 Email: [email protected] Clare: Congella McGuire Clare County Council, New Road, , Galway County: Marie Mannion Co. Clare. Galway County Council, Forward Planning Tel: 065 6846408 Section, County Hall, Prospect Hill, Galway. Email: [email protected] Tel: 091 509000 Email: [email protected] Donegal: Dr. Joe Gallagher Donegal County Council, Station Island Kerry: TJ O’Mahony Lifford, Co. Donegal. Áras An Chontae, Tralee, Co. Kerry. Tel: 074 9172576 Tel: 066 7183500 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Dublin City: Charles Duggan Kildare: Bridget Loughlin Dublin City Council, Block 3 Floor 3, Civic Kildare County Council, Áras Chill Dara, Offices, Woodquay, Dublin 8. Devoy Park, Naas, Co. Kildare. Tel: 01 2222856 Tel: 045 980791 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Dublin South: Dr. Rosaleen Dwyer Kilkenny: Dearbhala Ledwidge South Dublin County Council, County Hall, Kilkenny County Council, John’s Green House, Tallaght, Dublin 24. John’s Green, Kilkenny. Tel: 01 4149222 Tel: 056 7794925 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

10 Laois: Catherine Casey Offaly: Amanda Pedlow Laois County Council, Áras an Chontae, Offaly County Council, Áras an Chontae, Portlaoise, Co. Laois. Charleville Road, Tullamore, Co. Offaly. Tel: 057 8664129 Tel: 057 9346839 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Leitrim: Aoife Mulcahy Roscommon: Nollaig Feeney Leitrim County Council, Áras an Chontae, Roscommon County Council, Courthouse, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim. Roscommon. Tel 071 9620005 Ext. 511 Tel: 090 6637100 Email [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Limerick: Tom O’Neill Sligo: Siobhán Ryan Forward Planning Section, Limerick County Sligo County Council, County Hall, Council, County Hall, Dooradoyle, Limerick. Riverside, Sligo. Tel: 061 407229 Tel: 071 9111226 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Longford: Mairead Ní Chonghaile Tipperary: Róisin O’Grady Longford County Council, Library HQ, South Tipperary County Council, County Hall, Town Centre, Longford. Clonmel, Co. Tipperary. Tel: 043 40731 Tel: 052 6134650 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Louth: Brendan McSherry Waterford: Bernadette Guest Louth County Council, County Hall, Waterford County Council, Civic Offices, Millennium Centre, Dundalk, Co. Louth. , Co. Waterford. Tel: 042 9324109 Tel: 058 20839 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Mayo: Deirdre Cunningham Westmeath: Melanie McQuade Mayo County Council, Áras an Chontae, Westmeath County Council, Áras An Chontae, Castlebar, Co. Mayo. Mount Street, Mullingar. Tel: 094 9047684 Tel: 044 9332098 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Meath: Dr. Loreta Guinan Wicklow: Deirdre Burns Meath County Council, County hall, Navan, Wicklow County Council, County Buildings, Co. Meath. Wicklow. Tel: 046 9097507 Tel: 0404 20100 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Monaghan: Shirley Clerkin Monaghan County Council, Council offices, The Glen, Co. Monaghan. Tel: 047 73722 Email: [email protected]

11 HERITAGE COMPETITION

To celebrate Heritage Week, Original Irish Hotels are offering one lucky winner and guest a fantastic two night B&B Win a two night break, including dinner on Original Irish one evening, in one of their unique owner-run hotels Hotels B&B Break located in Ireland’s most outstanding destinations. To celebrate Heritage Week, Original Irish Hotels are offering one lucky winner and guest a fantastic two night B&B break, Prize is subject to availability. including dinner on one evening, in one of their unique owner-run hotels located in To be in with a chance to Ireland’s most outstanding destinations. win, correctly answer these 3 questions at How to enter: heritageweek.ie Visit heritageweek.ie and click on the competition area to submit your answers. This is an online competition. Q1. In what county is Knockranny House Hotel? a. Meath b. Monaghan c. Mayo

Q2. Which Original Irish Hotel has a recently restored walled garden? a.Dingle Benners Hotel b.Knockranny House Hotel Terms and Conditions • The closing date for receipt of entries associated with taking the prize c. Hotel is Friday 31 August 2018 and entries are not included may only be submitted online via www. • It is the responsibility of the winner to heritageweek.ie redeem their prize directly with Original Q3. What festival is hosted by the • The winner will be randomly selected Irish Hotels from entries with all 3 correct answers • No alternative prize will be offered Seaview House Hotel during Heritage • The winner of the competition will be • There is no cash redemption value Week? contacted by the Heritage Council for the prize • The prize is for two night B&B break, • Prize winners will have a choice of a. The Ellen Hutchins Festival including dinner on one evening, in one hotels depending on availability and at b. The Loughrea Medieval Festival of the luxurious Original Irish Hotels the discretion of Original Irish Hotels around Ireland. Transport and other costs c. Festival of Early Irish Harp

12 ORIGINAL IRISH HOTELS HERITAGE WEEK EVENTS

Welcome to a world of difference... Welcome to Original Irish Hotels. Open the door to the magic of unmissable moments with Ireland’s leading collection of independent hotels. Here are some of the highlight events happening at Original Irish Hotels during Heritage Week: Living History: Letter Writing 1808 Seaview House Hotel, Ballylickey, Co. Cork As part of the Ellen Hutchins Festival, learn letter writing practices of 1808, write with a quill pen and hear about Ellen’s correspondence; with Carrie O’Flynn, re-enactor and Anne Secord, researcher. Date: 24th August, 2pm — 4pm Website: ellenhutchins.com

OK EE The Macreddin Mile, A Guided Walk P BO FR BrookLodge & Macreddin Village, Co. Wicklow A self-guided walk along The Macreddin Mile tells the historical story of local landmarks, plants and wild life. Special walk with local historian on Sunday 19 August 5 — 7pm. Date: Sunday 18th —26th August, 7am — 9pm Telephone: 0402 36444 Email: [email protected] Website: brooklodge.com Westport Walking Tour Knockranny House Hotel, Westport, Co. Mayo

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Secret Stories of Dingle Dingle Benners Hotel, Dingle, Co. Kerry Kevin O’Shea will share Dingles best kept secrets as he meanders through the streets of Dingle town. Enjoy Guided Walk & Talk with Lunch complimentary Tea/Coffee & Pastries on your return to the Ballynahinch Castle Hotel, Recess, , historic Dingle Benners Hotel. Co. Galway Date: Wednesday 22nd August, 10am — 12pm A guided walk & talk of the recently restored walled garden Cost: Adult €12, Child €6, Concession €10, Family €25 followed by lunch in the Fisherman’s Pub. Telephone: +353 66 9151638 Date: Wednesday 22nd August, 12pm — 2.30pm Email: [email protected] Cost: €25 Per Person Website: dinglebenners.com Telephone: +353 95 31006

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13 WILD CHILD DAY WEDNESDAY 22nd AUGUST DEDICATED TO WILD CHILDREN EVERYWHERE Water Heritage Day Sunday, 26th August, 2018

Become an explorer, an archaeologist or a Viking for the day. From bug hunts to learning new crafts, archaeological digs to exploring historical buildings there’s something for the whole family to enjoy. Put down the screen, get off the couch and get muddy!

Check out the event listings for lots of fun family events on Wednesday 22nd August!

CelebrateShare a Story, Make aWater Connection

For further information or to have Your say on local water interests and issues, visit www.watersandcommunities.ie

14 @watersandcommunities @LawcoWaterNews Water Heritage Day Sunday, 26th August, 2018

CelebrateShare a Story, Make aWater Connection

For further information or to have Your say on local water interests and issues, visit www.watersandcommunities.ie

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SUPPORTERS & STAKEHOLDERS

The Heritage Council is grateful for the continued support of the following organisations in presenting National Heritage Week each year:

Heritage Ireland lets you explore the many and Tidy Towns varied heritage sites Ireland has to offer. Discover The competition that brings everybody Ireland’s Parks, Monuments, Gardens, Inland together to work in common cause towards Waterways, and National Cultural Institutions. improving their town or village, urban or www.heritageireland.ie rural, big or small. www.tidytowns.ie The Council Of National Cultural Institutions (CNCI) Heritage Island Ten institutions which lie at the heart of Irish Brings together the best of things to do and culture. It was established in 1998, with the see on the island of Ireland. goal of combining their talents, experience www.heritageisland.com and vision, in order both to facilitate their own development and to further the wider national National Archives cultural interest. Holds the records of the modern Irish State www.cnci.ie which document its historical evolution and the creation of Ireland’s national identity. The National Parks & Wildlife Service www.nationalarchives.ie (NPWS) Charged with the conservation of a range Ireland Reaching Out of ecosystems and populations of flora and Irish Diaspora project connecting the Irish fauna in Ireland. Diaspora with their roots. www.npws.ie www.irelandxo.com

The National Biodiversity Data Centre The Discovery Programme A national organisation that collates, manages A public institution for advanced research in and analyses and disseminates data on Irish archaeology. As distinct from the other Ireland’s biodiversity. public bodies that deal with Irish archaeology, www.biodiversityireland.ie the Discovery Programme’s sole activity is to engage in full-time archaeological and related Irish Museums Association research, in order to enhance our knowledge A voluntary, not for profit organisation of Ireland’s past. dedicated to promoting the interests of museums and those who work in them throughout Ireland, both north & south. www.irishmuseums.org

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www.discoveryprogramme.ie Irish Historic Houses Association An Taisce Represents Ireland’s privately owned historic The National Trust for Ireland, houses and castles, irrespective of their size or is founded entirely for the benefit of how well they are known. We assist, represent the people. An Taisce is a membership and inform our membership whilst informing organisation and relies on you to become the general public about this wonderfully rich a member. From our churches, our roads and diverse Irish cultural resource. and our monuments, to our old bridges and www.ihh.ie manor homes; from our parklands to our deer, our waterways, and our flora & fauna, An Coillte Outdoors Taisce works to protect Ireland and help her Each year, Coillte welcomes over eighteen retain her identity as a country of natural and million visitors to its forests. There are ten symbolic beauty. forest parks and more than 150 recreation www.antaisce.ie sites for you to enjoy. www.coillteoutdoors.ie Landmark Trust The Irish Landmark Trust saves heritage Wicklow Uplands Council buildings throughout the island of Ireland that An independent, voluntary organisation are at risk of being lost through neglect or which represents the shared interests of inappropriate use; conserving and restoring over 50 member groups and individuals. It these buildings for use as holiday homes. takes a partnership approach to sustainable www.irishlandmark.com development and promotes projects which bring value to people who live and work in Pilgrim Paths the uplands area and those who use it for The Pilgrim Paths project was set up by the recreational purposes. Heritage Council in 1997 and involves seven www.wicklowuplands.ie routes across Ireland. In association with local communities, its objective is the development The Irish Whale And Dolphin Group of a network of walking routes along medieval Dedicated to the conservation and better pilgrimage paths. The project aims to raise understanding of whales, dolphins and awareness of the different aspects of heritage, porpoise in Irish waters built and natural, encountered along the www.iwdg.ie routes, while contributing to sustainable tourism and community development in each local area. www.pilgrimpath.ie

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Bere Island Projects Group The Beara Breifne Way With Cork County Council, the Heritage The Beara Breifne Way is an ambitious Council has supported the production undertaking which will see the development of and implementation of the Bere Island a walking and cycling route along the spine Conservation Plan through specific- purpose of the country, from Beara in Co. Cork to grant aid. After working with Bere Islanders Breifne in Co. Leitrim. All aspects of the route’s and Cork County Council since 2000, the heritage will be presented along the walk, Heritage Council launched the Bere Island and archaeological and ecological surveys Conservation Plan in 2003. The need for are currently being undertaken. Plaques and such a plan had evolved from the Islanders’ map-boards will be erected along the way, concern for the future development of their covering topics ranging from local mythology island. They wanted to have a say in its to bird life and hedgerows. development, ensuring that it would not be www.bbgreenway.com detrimental to the island or its way of life. www.bereisland.net

Burren Beo Burrenbeo Trust is based in the Burren, Co. Clare and is Ireland’s very first landscape charity. They are a multidimensional resource for the Burren region. Their function is to promote and support the sustainable management and use of this unique landscape and heritage in an accessible, inclusive and effective manner. www.burrenbeo.com

18 FUNDING SUPPORT PUBLIC LIBRARIES

The Department of Culture, Heritage There is a range of exciting and informative and the Gaeltacht websites online developed by Public Libraries The Department’s remit includes built and in Ireland and An Chomhairle Leabharlanna – natural heritage functions providing a wider, The Library Council. more holistic environmental mandate. The department has a range of policy, regulatory, Ask About Ireland educational and promotional roles. The place to find information about Ireland Ph: LoCall 1890 383000 or 01 631 3800 past and present and to look at a huge www.ahrrga.gov.ie variety of photographs, paintings, historical documents, maps, audio, videos items about Fáilte Ireland our heritage and culture. The portal site to all Fáilte Ireland, the National Tourism of Ireland’s libraries. Development Authority, supports and helps the www.askaboutireland.ie/libraries Irish tourism industry to meet the challenges facing the entire global tourism market and to Learning Zone on Ask About Ireland sustain, or increase, the level of activity in the Lots of information and fun activities to sector. make learning enjoyable for students and www.failteireland.ie teachers alike! www.askaboutireland.ie/learning- Creative Ireland zone Creative Ireland is a culture-based programme designed to promote individual, community BorrowBooks and national wellbeing. It is a five year all-of- The public libraries online library loan service. Government initiative, from 2017 to 2022, to With BorrowBooks you can search across place creativity at the centre of public policy. the catalogues of public libraries across the www.creative.ireland.ie country and request an item to be delivered to your local library branch. European Year of Cultural Heritage www.borrowbooks.ie 2018 is the European Year of Cultural Heritage, a year of events, activities and Lifesteps celebrations all around Europe to get people A broad range of online guides on the best interested and involved in cultural heritage. way to use the internet as a tool in numerous It is coordinated by the Heritage Council in life events, such as buying a house, learning Ireland. to drive. www.eych2018.com www.lifesteps.ie

The Library Association of Ireland The official website of the Library Association of Ireland, the professional body representing libraries and librarianship across the country. www.libraryassociation.ie

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Dungarvan Harbour Heritage Walk and Exhibition with William Fraher

Sunday 26th August at 3 – 4.30pm Meet outside Civic Offices, Dungarvan at 3pm Refreshments afterwards Share a story and make a connection with the heritage Further info contact : Phone: 058 45960 of Dungarvan Harbour on Email: [email protected] Water Heritage Day 2018.

21 LOUGHREA MEDIEVAL FESTIVAL A Taste of the Past FREE FAMILY FUN!

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24 EVENTS BY COUNTY ANTRIM AONTROIM ARMAGH ARD MHACHA ANTRIM ARMAGH

Whale Watch Ireland 2018 Murder Mystery Tour The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group invites you to Who shot landlord and magistrate Meredith Chambre? their annual, free and guided land-based whale watch Where and why? Did he survive? Join local guide Seamus on at a local headland, as part of All-Ireland Whale a bus tour to the key sites of this story, bringing the tale to life. Watch day on Saturday 25th August 2018. Venue: Slieve Gullion, Forest Park, Coach Bay, BT35 8SW Venue: Portrush Coastal Zone, Ramore Head Organiser: Ring of Gullion Landscape Partnership Scheme Organiser: Irish Whale and Dolphin Group Admission: Adult €2 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 078 76516032 Telephone: +44 28 30828593 Website: iwdg.ie Website: ringofgullion.org

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Whale Watch Ireland 2018 Carrickmacross lace, have-a-go The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group invites you to Workshop with the S.Armagh Lace-Makers Group; suitable their annual, free and guided land-based whale watch for beginners. You will learn the basic skills, to complete at a local headland, as part of All-Ireland Whale a piece of Carrickmacross Lace. The fee covers all tuition Watch day on Saturday 25th August 2018. materials and handouts. Venue: Portmuck Car Park Venue: Libby’s Tea Room, Finnegan’s Garden Centre, 35 Organiser: Irish Whale and Dolphin Group Silverbridge Rd, Silverbridge, BT35 9LG Email: [email protected] Organiser: Ring of Gullion Landscape Partnership Telephone: 075 11160658 Admission: Adult €20 Website: iwdg.ie Email: [email protected] Telephone: +44 7585020706 Date Start Time End Time Website: ringofgullion.org Sat 25th 14:00 17:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR P th www.heritageweek.ie Sat 18 10:30 15:30

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Céilí Dancing at Lúnasa Date Start Time End Time th Join us in celebrating Lúnasa with a céilí and tea-dance; Mon 20 19:00 21:00

guided through a series of traditional dances by Raymond OK EE P BO FR Carroll. A light supper and refreshments will be provided. Venue: The Hut, 37a St Monina Park, Meigh, BT35 8SL Organiser: Ring of Gullion Landscape Partnership Basket Weaving have a go

ARMAGH ARD MHACHA Admission: Adult €8 Learn how to weave your own traditional potato basket from Email: [email protected] a selection of willow. You will be expertly guided to create Telephone: +447816835147 your own basket. There will also be a display of other willow Website: ringofgullion.org/events creations. Venue: Tí Chulainn Cultural centre, Bog Rd, Mullaghbane, Date Start Time End Time BT35 9TT th Sat 18 19:00 22:00 Organiser: Ring of Gullion Landscape Partnership Scheme

OK Admission: Adult €10 P BO Email: [email protected] Telephone: +44 28 30828594 Booley Site Hike Website: ringofgullion.org Guided hike on Slieve Gullion Mountain to learn about the ancient summer tradition of booleying. This hike will take Date Start Time End Time st place on open mountain with sections of boggy ground; Tue 21 10:00 17:00

hiking boots are essential. OK P BO Venue: Information Board, lower Carpark, Slieve Gullion Forest Park, Dromintee, Meigh BT35 8SW Organiser: Ring of Gullion Landscape Partnership Mystery Mammals of Slieve Gullion Admission: Adult €2 Join experts, Dave and Josh, to learn about the mystery Email: [email protected] mammals that call Slieve Gullion home. Our mammals are Telephone: 0873671861 often elusive, particularly during the day, but they leave plenty Website: ringofgullion.org of clues at dusk. Venue: Slieve Gullion forest Park, Dromintee, Meigh Date Start Time End Time BT35 8SW th Sun 19 10:00 14:00 Organiser: Ring of Gullion Landscape Partnership

OK Email: [email protected] P BO Telephone: +44 28 30828590 Website: ringofgullion.org Land and People of Slieve Gullion Join Seamus for this interactive talk. Discover how, over a Date Start Time End Time nd period of 6,000 years an almost empty stretch of hill, forest Wed 22 19:30 20:45

and bog evolved into the most densely populated rural areas OK EE P BO FR in the country. Venue: The Treaty Room, , , BT35 7EF Mythical Mullaghbane Organiser: Ring of Gullion Landscape Partnership Scheme Take a 2.5 hr circular walk highlighting Mullaghbane’s Email: [email protected] hidden history. Visit the little-known Mass rock, hear the Telephone: +44 28 30828593 sinister histories of the Barracks and the Meeting Place. Website: ringofgullion.org Fabulous Gullion views. Venue: Tí Chulainn Cultural centre, Bog Rd, Mullaghbane, BT35 9TT

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Organiser: Ring of Gullion Landscape Partnership Admission: Adult €2 CARLOW Email: [email protected] Telephone: 076479715 Website: Ringofgullion.org Reflections on Borris Lace This is an exhibition exploring the history of lacemaking by Date Start Time End Time Borris Lacemakers where they share their knowledge of this rd Thu 23 14:00 16:30 craft and its place in the heritage of Co. Carlow

OK Venue: Carlow Central Library P BO Organiser: Fiona O’Toole Email: [email protected] Historical Coach Tour Telephone: 059 9129705 Fully guided tour, taking in the most impressive sights Website: carlowlibraries.ie and monuments of the area. Experience the breath-taking landscape and the rich natural, archaeological and cultural Date Start Time End Time th heritage of the area. Sat 18 10:00 13:00 th Venue: Newry Museum, Begenal’s Castle, Castle St, Newry, Mon 20 10:00 17:30 st BT34 2BY Tue 21 10:00 17:30 nd Organiser: Ring of Gullion Landscape Partnership Wed 22 10:00 17:30 rd Admission: Adult €12, Child €10, Concession €10 Thu 23 10:00 17:30 th Email: [email protected] Fri 24 10:00 17:30 th Telephone: +44 28 30828594 Sat 25 10:00 13:00

Website: ringofgullion.org EE FR Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 10:30 16:30 Sugar Factory Exhibition th Sat 25 10:30 16:30 5th Class from Carlow Educate Together N.S. did a project on

OK Carlow Sugar Factory through art and stories with the help of P BO Lorraine Fenlon Artist. See Exhibition at Carlow Library. Venue: Carlow Library The Last Mountain Community Organiser: Fiona O’Toole Join us for a guided hike on Slieve Gullion Mountain to Email: [email protected] learn about the last mountain community, This hike will take Telephone: 059 9129705 place on open mountain with rough ground; hiking boots are Website: carlowlibraries.ie essential. Venue: Three Steps Bar, 97 Drumintee Rd, BT35 8SW Date Start Time End Time th Organiser: Ring of Gullion Landscape partnership Sat 18 10:00 13:00 th Admission: Adult €2 Mon 20 10:00 17:30 st Email: [email protected] Tue 21 10:00 19:30 nd Telephone: +44 28 30828593 Wed 22 10:00 17:30 rd Website: ringofgullion.org Thu 23 10:00 19:30 Fri 24th 10:00 17:30 Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 10:00 13:00 Sun 26th 10:00 13:00 EE FR OK P BO

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Coins & Measurements for Children Heritage Week Garden Tours **CHILDREN’S INTERACTIVE EVENT** To celebrate heritage week we are organising a garden tour Why / How is a horse measured in hands? What do you which will feature the main historical aspects of the garden get if you add a penny, a farthing and shilling? Children, including the yew walk and 17th century gardens. parents, grandparents are all welcome. Venue: Courtyard at Huntington Castle Venue: Mountmellick Public Library Organiser: Huntington Castle & Gardens

CARLOW CEATHARLACH Organiser: Mountmellick Heritage Society Admission: Adult €9, Child €4, Concession €4, Email: [email protected] Family €20 Telephone: 0578644572 Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0539377160 Date Start Time End Time Website: huntingtoncastle.com Sat 18th 11:00 14:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR P Sun 19th 15:00 16:00 Sun 26th 15:00 16:00 Tullow Agricultural Show P A great day out with something for everyone in the family. Classes for cakes, art, flowers, crafts, photography, cattle, sheep, horses and much much more! Irish Wildflower Garden Venue: Coppenagh Tullow Co Carlow Guided tour on the heritage and Biodiversity of the Irish Organiser: Tullow Agricultural Show Wildflower garden, including cultivation, aftercare, benefits Admission: Adult €10, Child FREE, Concession €5 to wildlife and Pollination. Email: [email protected] Venue: Altamount Gardens Car Park Telephone: 087 0530887 Organiser: Office of Public Works, Altamount Gardens Website: tullowshow.com Email: [email protected] Website: heritageireland.ie Date Start Time End Time Sun 19th 08:30 18:30 Date Start Time End Time Mon 20th 14:00 15:00 P Wed 22nd 14:00 15:00 Fri 24th 14:00 15:00

Wildlife Walk under Mount EE P FR A beautiful scenic walk along ancient lanes, looking at the interesting flora and fauna along the way. These will include birds, insects, wild flowers, ferns and mosses. Demonstrating Wool Dying Venue: Raheen Cross Roads, 1km east of Killedmond. O.S Enjoy a fun filled afternoon learning about the wool dying Grid Ref. S 795522 ( Marked Raheenkyle Cross, Tomduff on that used to take place in the 17th century with plants that is Google maps) used from the garden. Organiser: Carlow Branch of Birdwatch Ireland Venue: Weavers Cottage Clonegal, Co.Carlow Email: [email protected] Organiser: Weavers Cottages Clonegal Telephone: 0868968794 Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0539376749 Date Start Time End Time Sun 19th 10:00 11:30 Date Start Time End Time Tue 21st 14:00 17:00 EE P FR EE P FR

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Talk on the Royal Oak Bagenalstown Eugene Carbery’s talk on the life, politics and business of his A talk by Myles Kavanagh, local historian on the Royal Oak, maternal grandfather’. Bagenalstown, Co. Carlow. Venue: St Patrick’s, Carlow College Venue: Bagenalstown Library Organiser: Carlow Historical & Archaeological Society Organiser: Bernie Brennan Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: carlowhistorical.com Telephone: 059 9129705 Website: carlowlibraries.ie Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 20:00 09:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR Tue 21st 20:00 21:00 P

EE FR Rambling Night Story telling, music, dance, listeners. Everyone welcome. Light Tough Times in Tullow refreshment served. This talk by Eugene O’Connor is based on his booklet ‘Tough Venue: The Old School, Ballon, Co. Carlow Times in Tullow 1940’s to the 1960’s’ written in tribute to the Organiser: Ballon Improvement Group great people of Tullow who survived and prospered despite Email: [email protected] hard times. Telephone: 0872424934 Venue: Tullow Library, Co.Carlow Website: ballonvillage.com Organiser: Fiona O’Toole Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time nd Telephone: 059 9129705 Wed 22 20:00 23:00

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EE Old Photos of Council Staff P FR A nostalgic presentation of old photos of Council Staff over the years by Paul Curran. History Talk on FR. Andrew Mullen Venue: Carlow Library A history talk on Fr Andrew Mullen marking the 200 Organiser: Fiona O’Toole anniversary of his death in 1818 who lived in Killinure and Email: [email protected] was briefly burried Clonmore it is also hoped to have mass Telephone: 059 9129705 on the evening. Website: carlowlibraries.ie Venue: Weavers Cottage, Killinure, Tullow, Co. Carlow Organiser: Killinure Pure Mile Date Start Time End Time rd Email: [email protected] Thu 23 19:30 20:30

Telephone: 0863136270 EE FR Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 19:00 21:00 Tour of Adelaide Memorial Church

EE Adelaide Memorial Church Myshall is one of the hidden P FR gems of County Carlow. Venue: Myshall Village, Co. Carlow Mini Lectures Organiser: John Kelly, Church Warden, and guide, Avril Hogan ‘Haddens 1848-1976 -Five generations of Adelaide Church of Christ the Redeemer Retailing in the South East’, & ‘The Life of Michael Governey- Email: [email protected]

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Telephone: 0879293661 Venue: Murtagh’s Yard, Main Sreet, . Organiser: Bailieborough Heritage Society Date Start Time End Time Email: [email protected] th Sat 25 13:00 14:30 Telephone: 0872244159 Sun 26th 13:00 14:30 Date Start Time End Time EE FR P Sat 18th 12:00 21:00 Sun 19th 11:00 17:00

Tinryland Trail Finder EE P FR Free brochure at trail finder map in village showing all areas of historical interest, directions and information in relation to many interesting sites. Corravahan: Architecture & History Venue: Tinryland village Informative hourly tours of the historic Georgian-style CAVAN CARLOW CEATHARLACH AN CABHÁN Organiser: Tinryland Area development country house, exploring its architecture and history, and its Email: [email protected] connections to the Beresford and Leslie families. Telephone: 0857605241 Venue: Corravahan House, Drung Organiser: Corravahan House & Gardens Date Start Time End Time Admission: Adult €7, Child €5, Concession €5 th Sun 26 — — Email: [email protected]

EE Telephone: 0879772224 P FR Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 14:00 18:00 CAVAN Sun 19th 14:00 18:00 Mon 20th 14:00 18:00 Tue 21st 14:00 18:00 Making The Connection Wed 22nd 14:00 18:00 rd A fun and light-hearted event, including workshop on local Thu 23 14:00 18:00 th Archaeology, Geology, Geophysics, field walk, survey, Fri 24 14:00 18:00 th demonstrations, biodiversity & history talk, refreshments Sat 25 14:00 18:00 th entertainment and storytelling. Sun 26 14:00 18:00 Venue: Gallonray House, Maudabawn, Co.Cavan P Organiser: Drumgoon Hill / Old Graveyard Maintenance and Support Group Admission: Adult €15, Family €50 Making More Connections Email: [email protected] Enjoy the beauty of Drumlin Cavan from scenic Drumgoon Hill Telephone: 0870695196 in a friendly social occasion with surveying demonstrations, biodiversity and history talks. Date Start Time End Time Venue: Drumgoon Hill Old Graveyard th Sat 18 10:00 13:00 Organiser: Drumgoon Hill / Old Graveyard Maintenance

OK and Support Group P BO Email: [email protected] Telephone: 087 0695196 Industrious Bailieborough An exhibition of machinery and artefacts. These items will Date Start Time End Time th hep us ‘Make a Connection’ and in ‘Sharing Stories’ about Sat 18 14:30 18:00 the lives of our ancestors and of our industrial past.

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EE P FR O’Farrelly of Raffoney House 1902-1905. This wonderful collection details the social history of the time. Venue: St Killians Heritage Centre Moybologue: Stories from the Stones Organiser: St. Killian Heritage Trust What can photogrammetry tell us about the old stones in our Email: [email protected] graveyards? A talk by members of Moybologue Historical Telephone: 049 437 8300 Society & Gary Dempsey, Digital Heritage Age. Venue: St. Mary’s Hall, Tierworker, Kells, Co. Meath Date Start Time End Time st Organiser: Moybologue Historical Society Tue 21 20:00 21:45

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Date Start Time End Time Embracing Our Heritage th Sun 19 15:00 16:00 Join us at Jampa Ling, Buddhist Centre, Bawnboy for

EE mindfulness and yoga led by residents of Jampa Ling. P FR Venue: Jampa Ling Buddhist Centre, Bawnboy Organiser: Cavan County Council Heritage Office Heritage Walk around Lurgan and Email: [email protected] Local Place Names Telephone: 049 437 8300 A guided historical walk around ruins of Lurgan Church, cemetery and mill. Date Start Time End Time rd Venue: Lurgan Church, Virginia Thu 23 19:00 20:30

Organiser: Virginia and Dirstrict Historical Society EE P FR Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0863498586 Discover Castlesaunderson Date Start Time End Time Join Shailagh Healy of Woodland Wanders and unleash your th Mon 20 19:00 20:30 inner forager for this unique exploration and historic talk on

EE the grounds of Castlesaunderson. FR Venue: Castlesauderson Car Park Organiser: Global Geopark The Architecture of the Rath Church Email: [email protected] Conservation Architect Kevin Blackwood will tell the story of Telephone: 049 9526121 how the community brought the Jacobean Rath Church back to life over the past 30 yrs. Date Start Time End Time st Venue: Martin Memorial Hall, Killeshandra Tue 21 14:00 15:30

Organiser: Killeshandra Tidy Towns EE OK P FR BO Email: [email protected] Telephone: 086 2576154 Memories of Traditional Irish Craft Date Start Time End Time A demonstration of traditional Irish Crafts, Basket-weaving, th Mon 20 19:00 20:30 Bee-keeping and Bread-making, with a chance to sample

EE traditional Irish breads. P FR Venue: Bear Essentials, Bawnboy Organiser: Heritage Office, Cavan County Council Exhibition of Old Postcards Email: [email protected] Launch of an exhibition of old postcards collected by Lily Telephone: 049 9523461

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Date Start Time End Time Thu 23rd 19:00 21:00 Sheelin Boat Trip

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CAVAN AN CABHÁN out about Lough Sheelin and its heritage. Venue: Crover House Pier Lecture on Poetry of W. B. Yeats Organiser: Waters and Communities Office and IFI An illustrated lecture on the poetry of W. B Yeats. Email: [email protected] Venue: Show Centre, Lake Road, Virginia Telephone: 0858085756 Organiser: Virginia and District Historical Society Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time th Telephone: 0863498586 Sun 26 12:00 18:00

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EE Holy Wells & Early Churches P FR Join local Geopark Guide Andrew King for this early Christian archaeology “drive and debate”. Open Day at Knocknalosset House Venue: Doobally Church, Dowar An opportunity to see the conservation work of Irish Landmark Organiser: Marble Arch Caves Global Geopark Trust. Enjoy a self-guided tour of this faithfully restored pretty Email: [email protected] C18th farmhouse now available as holiday accommodation. Telephone: 087 6638428 Venue: Knocknalosset House, Canningstown Organiser: Irish Landmark Trust Date Start Time End Time th Email: [email protected] Sun 26 13:00 15:00

Telephone: 01 6704733 EE OK P FR BO Website: irishlandmark.com

Date Start Time End Time Siúlóid as Gaeilge th Sun 26 10:00 16:00 Turas treoraithe as Gaeilge le Treora Geopháirc Séamus

EE Ó h’Ultacháin. I dtenga ár sinsear agus ag céiliúradh ár P FR n-oidhreachta. Venue: Páirc Bhoireann an Chabháin, Learga The Castles of the O’Reilly Family Organiser: Marble Arch Caves Global Geopark The purpose of the tour is to visit the sites of the various Email: [email protected] castles of the O’Reilly family in the environs of the River Telephone: 087 9653178 Annalee (such as Tullyvin, Dunmurry (Bunnoe) and Bellanacargy etc). Date Start Time End Time th Venue: Meeting Point: The White Horse Hotel, Cootehill Sun 26 13:45 16:00

Organiser: Eoghan Moore EE P FR Email: [email protected] Telephone: 086 3669198

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Venue: Glencolumbkille Co Clare CLARE Organiser: Burren Bushcraft Admission: Adult €15, Child €8, Concession €12, Family €35 Dolphins & Local Heritage Email: [email protected] Join us on a wildlife adventure at the Mouth of the Shannon, Telephone: +353 87 377 8753 Ireland’s greatest river to learn about the resident bottlenose Website: burrenbushcraft.com dolphins that live here and our shared heritage. Venue: Carrigaholt Date Start Time End Time th Organiser: Dolphinwatch Sat 18 10:00 12:15 th Admission: Adult €30, Child €15 Sat 18 13:00 15:15 th Email: [email protected] Sat 18 16:00 18:15 th Website: dolphinwatch.ie Sun 19 10:00 12:15 Sun 19th 13:00 15:15 Date Start Time End Time Sun 19th 16:00 18:15 Sat 18th 08:00 18:00 Thu 23rd 10:00 12:15 Sun 19th 08:00 18:00 Thu 23rd 13:00 15:15 Mon 20th 08:00 18:00 Thu 23rd 16:00 18:15 Tue 21st 08:00 18:00 Fri 24th 10:00 12:15 Wed 22nd 08:00 18:00 Fri 24th 13:00 15:15 Thu 23rd 08:00 18:00 Fri 24th 16:00 18:15 Fri 24th 08:00 18:00 Sat 25th 10:00 12:15 Sat 25th 08:00 18:00 Sat 25th 13:00 15:15 Sun 26th 08:00 18:00 Sat 25th 16:00 18:15 Sun 26th 10:00 12:15 OK BO P Sun 26th 13:00 15:15 Sun 26th 16:00 18:15

Loop Head Trail Free Audio Guide OK P BO Free* self-guided audio tour to Loop Head, where wonderful scenery, interesting stories and great hospitality abound! Visit our website to access your audio guide. Entry fees to some Daily Guided Tours of Scattery Island sites may apply. Free Guided Tours of Saint Senan’s 6th century monastic Venue: Your self-guided tour begins at the West Clare settlement including our famous high round tower, ruins of 6 Railway, Moyasta, churches,holy well and hear also about the island’s maritime Organiser: Abarta Heritage history. Email: [email protected] Venue: Scattery Island, Kilrush, Co. Clare. Website: abartaheritage.ie/product/loop-head-heritage- Organiser: OPW Scattery Island Vistor Centre trail-audio-guide/ Email: [email protected] Telephone: 085-2505512 EE FR P Website: scatteryislandtours.com

Woodland Coppice & Furniture Date Start Time End Time Making Sat 18th 10:00 17:00 th From furniture, wattle & gate hurdles, to the various Bushcraft Sun 19 10:00 17:00 th skills, We will finish this experience by designing & building Mon 20 10:00 17:00 st your very own piece of Bushcraft Art, & seeking the elusive Tue 21 10:00 17:00 nd Pine Martin Wed 22 10:00 17:00

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rd Thu 23 10:00 17:00 Telephone: 0863308236 th Fri 24 10:00 17:00 Website: nevsailwatersports.ie/home.html Sat 25th 10:00 17:00 Sun 26th 10:00 17:00 Date Start Time End Time

CLARE AN CLÁR Sat 18th 10:30 13:00 OK EE BO FR P Sun 19th 11:30 14:00 Mon 20th 13:00 15:30 Shannon Wetland Restoration Project Tue 21st 14:30 17:00 nd What is now Shannon Town used to be covered in wetlands. Wed 22 15:15 17:45 rd The Shannon Wetland Restoration Project seeks to reinstate Thu 23 16:00 18:30 th a small part of this original habitat for wildlife and for the Fri 24 16:15 18:45 th community to enjoy. Sat 25 17:00 19:30 th Venue: Meet at carpark between Gaelscoil Donncha Rua Sun 26 17:45 20:15

and Tír na nÓg playground OK P BO Organiser: Shannon Wetland Restoration Project Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0857107581 Kayaking along Wild Atlantic Way The Tour will allow you to do a great amount of sightseeing Date Start Time End Time along the Wild Atlantic Way. You will explore gullies, caves, th Sat 18 10:00 11:30 cracks and different rock formations created by the raw force

EE of the Atlantic. P FR Venue: Kilkee Bay, Nevsail’s Hut, Kilkee Organiser: Nevsail Watersports Guided Heritage Cycle Admission: Adult €25, Child €25 A Guided 25km Heritage Cycle taking in many historical sites Email: [email protected] and monuments, lakes and breathtaking scenery. Suitable for Telephone: 0863308236 a moderate level of fitness. Please bring Cycle helmet & fluid. Website: nevsailwatersports.ie/home.html Venue: Quin Community Hall, Quin Organiser: Clare Walks Ltd. Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time th Telephone: 0872675722 Sat 18 14:30 17:00 th Website: clarewalks.ie Sun 19 14:30 17:00 Mon 20th 14:30 17:00 Date Start Time End Time Tue 21st 14:30 17:00 Sat 18th 10:00 13:00 Wed 22nd 14:30 17:00 Thu 23rd 14:30 17:00 EE FR P Fri 24th 14:30 17:00 Sat 25th 14:30 17:00 Kayaking Tour Sun 26th 14:30 17:00

Viewing these astounding medieval buildings along with their OK P BO awesome architecture and their thrilling past from the water makes our Bunratty Castle Kayaking Tours worth all the hype. Venue: Accross Durty Nelly’s Bar, Bunratty West, Bunratty, Soldiers of The Passion Panels Co. Clare Interested in Irish Arms & Armour of the 15th c ? Join Brendan Organiser: Nevsail Watersports Halpin, captain of Medieval Armoured Combat Ireland, for a Admission: Adult €40, Child €40 talk on the weapons & armour depicted in the passion panels Email: [email protected] in Ennis Friary.

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Venue: OPW Ennis Friary, Abbey Street, Ennis, V95 AN28 taking in historical sites and monuments with fantastic views Organiser: OPW Ennis Friary over the Estuary. Email: [email protected] Venue: Newmarket-on-Fergus (Car park across from the Telephone: 065 6829100 Weavers Inn) Website: heritageireland.ie Organiser: Clare Walks Ltd. Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Telephone: 086 3586293 th Sat 18 15:00 16:00 Website: clarewalks.ie

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Traditional Craft Skills Open Day EE P FR All welcome to this public open day, involving demonstrations of traditional craft skills in the unique setting of An Cabhail Mhor, a 16th century plantation fort, where repair works will Medieval Quest be ongoing. Join OPW guide Michelle for a Medieval Quest. Our Venue: An Cabhail Mhór, Killinaboy challenge, if you choose to accept, will require talented Organiser: The Society for Protection of Ancient Buildings young investigators, 5-12 yrs. Children must be accompanied (S.P.A.B.) Ireland by an adult. No booking required Email: [email protected] Venue: OPW Ennis Friary, Abbey Street, Ennis V95 AN28 Telephone: 085151645 Organiser: OPW Ennis Friary Website: spab.org.uk/about-us/spab-ireland Email: [email protected] Telephone: 065 6829100 Date Start Time End Time Website: heritageireland.ie Sat 19th 10:00 15:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR P Sun 19th 12:00 13:00

EE FR Visit Ennis Friary Come and visit. View the numerous 15th century sculptures, and hear the history of the site, which gave Ennis its name. Napeolonic Fort Guided Walk Enjoy a leisurely stroll through the grounds and around the Guided Tour of Napoleonic Fort, lovely gentle walk, nice ambulatory. coastal location with interpretation of military history and Venue: Ennis Friary, Abbey Street, Ennis local culture. 1.5 hours, meeting at Doonaha Church Co. Organiser: OPW Ennis Friary Clare. Booking essential Email: [email protected] Venue: Meet at Doonaha Church, Doonaha, Co. Clare Telephone: 065 6829100 Organiser: Carmel Haugh Website: heritageireland.ie Admission: Adult €5, Child FREE Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Telephone: 0877800062 Sun 19th 10:00 17:00 Sun 26th 10:00 17:00 Date Start Time End Time Sun 19th 13:30 15:00 EE P FR OK P BO Guided Walk An 8km Guided Walk along parts of the

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An Exhibition of Kilrush Ceramics Tue 21st 10:00 12:15 st Kilrush Ceramics was established in 1961 and traded until Tue 21 13:00 15:15 st 1983. The exhibition will present a selection of its colourful Tue 21 16:00 18:15 nd and quirky products including dinners sets, tea sets, vases Wed 22 10:00 12:15

CLARE AN CLÁR nd and collectibles. Wed 22 13:00 15:15 nd Venue: Teach Ceoil, Grace Street, Kilrush, County Clare Wed 22 16:00 18:15

Organiser: Kilrush and District Historical Society OK P BO Email: [email protected] Website: kdhs.ie Loop Head Geology Walk Date Start Time End Time Join us on a coastal walk as we explore the geological history th Sun 19 14:00 17:00 of the Loop Head Peninsula, taking in the famous Bridges

OK of Ross, ancient sand volcanoes and submarine landslides, P BO fossils and more! Venue: Meet at Bridges of Ross car park, Loop Head In search of the Dreamtime on Organiser: iCRAG (Irish Centre for Research in Applied Scattery Island Geosciences) & Burren and cliffs of Moher UNESCO Global OPW Guide and author Michael Houlihan will lead a walk Geopark on Scattery Island to discuss the local topography - stones, Email: [email protected] trees, springs and archaeology and what they tell about early Telephone: 0831847843 Clare people. Website: icrag-centre.org/ Venue: OPW Scattery Island Visitor Centre Organiser: OPW Scattery Island Vistor Centre Date Start Time End Time th Email: [email protected] Mon 20 10:30 12:00

Telephone: 085-2505512 EE P FR Website: scatteryislandtours.com

Date Start Time End Time A Ten Million Year Burren Walk th Sun 19 14:00 14:45 Take a 10 million year walk along the road and ascend

OK EE through time to the foot of Slieve Elva as the stories contained P BO FR in the surrounding rocks of the Burren are translated by the Geopark Geologist. Farming & Built History Trail Venue: Craggagh, Fanore Spanning over 3000 Years, we discover who shaped this Organiser: Burren and cliffs of Moher UNESCO Global Unesco Geo Park. Geopark Venue: Glencolumbkille Co Clare Email: [email protected] Organiser: Burren Bushcraft Telephone: 087 900 8031 Admission: Adult €15, Child €8, Concession €12, Website: burrengeopark.ie Family €35 Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time st Telephone: +353 87 377 8753 Tue 21 10:00 13:00

Website: burrenbushcraft.com/ EE P FR Date Start Time End Time Mon 20th 10:00 12:15 Song of Granite — A Film Screening th Mon 20 13:00 15:15 The film revolves around the life of the great traditional th Mon 20 16:00 18:15 Irish singer, Joe Heaney. The black-and-white picture invites

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EE P FR Burren Wild Child Join the Burrenbeo Trust for a fun and active exploration Templemaley Church Visit of the Burren’s heritage. Featuring fun tasks and activities, A talk on recent conservation works to the south window of families can get to know this fascinating a place a little better. the ruined Templemaley church. This work has been grant- Venue: The Burren aided by the Heritage Council (European Year of Cultural Organiser: Burrenbeo Trust Heritage) Email: [email protected] Venue: Templemaley Church, near Ennis Telephone: 091 638096 Organiser: Clare Archaeological and Historical Society Website: burrenbeo.com Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0872262259 Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 14:00 16:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR Tue 21st 19:00 20:00 P

EE P FR Who The Hell Am I? A tapestry of Irish storytelling weaving the voices of the past Reconnecting with Celtic Trees with the new voices of our future through music, dance, song Learn how trees (based on the lunar year) were teaching aids and drama. Humorous,poignant, tragic and challenging. in the past. Jackie Queally guides through the Celtic Year with Venue: Royal Spa Hotel, Lisdoonvarna anecdotes and illustrations. Organiser: Saol Venue: Seán Lemass Public Library, Shannon, Co. Clare Admission: Adult €10, Child €7, Concession €7, Organiser: Clare County Library Family €25 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] / [email protected] Telephone: 061 364266 Telephone: 087 7974871 or 085 2101033 Website: clarelibrary.ie Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 15:30 17:00 Wed 22nd 15:00 16:00 Wed 22nd 20:00 21:30

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The Workhouses of County Clare Cats in The Wall A special lecture by Steve Dolan of the Irish Workhouse Protection Sacrifice in Irish Tradition Ennis Friary is one Centre on the Workhouses of County Clare, and the launch of of many locations throughout Ireland & Britain where the free booklet (limited edition) on Workhouses in the county. mummified bodies of cats have been deliberately placed into

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the walls of buildings resource for young and old, and showing of interview of Venue: OPW Ennis Friary, Abbey Street, Ennis, V95 AN28 retired PP, Canon Séamus Mullin. Organiser: OPW Ennis Friary Venue: Malbay Hotel, Miltown Malbay Email: [email protected] Organiser: Oidhreacht an Chláir CLARE AN CLÁR Telephone: 065 6829100 Email: [email protected] Website: heritageireland.ie Telephone: 0851611443 Website: oac.ie Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 19:00 20:00 Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 20:00 22:30 EE FR EE P FR Sharing Memories Come along to hear some fantastic recordings of local people Guarding Loophead interviewed in the early 1990’s sharing their memories from A talk on the World War 2 look-out posts and the little-known past times in Killaloe & Ballina. story behind these heritage buildings. Venue: Wood & Bell Cafe, Main Street, Killaloe Venue: Kilkee Library Organiser: Killaloe-Ballina Local History Society Organiser: Kilkee Civic Trust Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 086 3586293 Telephone: 086 8343019 Website: killaloeballinalhs.wordpress.com Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 20:00 21:00 Wed 22nd 19:30 20:30 EE P FR EE P FR Bat Walk 12th Annual Bat Meeting & Bat Walk Bat Walk with Ruth Minogue Both the talk and the walk that follows it, have proved very Venue: Tuamgraney Village meet at St Cronan’s 10th. popular with children of all ages and their parents. They are Century Church both fun and educational. Children must be accompanied by Organiser: Tuamgraney Development Association / an adult. Tidy Towns Venue: The Inn at Dromoland (NOT the The Dromoland Email: [email protected] Castle Hotel) Telephone: 0876547202 Organiser: Clare Association of An Taisce, the National Trust for Ireland Date Start Time End Time nd Email: [email protected] Wed 22 20:30 21:45

Telephone: 086-349 7946 EE P FR Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 20:00 22:30 Making Connections — Ennis Town

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Telephone: 0872787463 Organiser: Kilshanny House Website: clarememories.ie Admission: Adult €15.00, Child FREE Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Telephone: +353(65)7071660 rd Thu 23 13:00 14:00 Website: kilshannyhouse.ie

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Your Long Barrelled Gun of the Sea OK P BO Two punt guns and a 1960s punt boat will form a centrepiece for a maritime/fishing exhibition of old photographs that reflects the link that Clarecastle has had with the River Fergus Sculpture Unveiling and the sea. Free admission to tour the Castle on Sunday The unveiling of the 2018 Féile Brian Ború sculpture, which 26th August. will be created by members of our local communities and Venue: Men’s Shed (Abbey Hall), Clarecastle visitors to Killaloe & Ballina during the festival. Organiser: Clarecastle & Ballyea Heritage & Wildlife Venue: Killaloe Library Group Organiser: Féile Brian Ború Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 087-979195 Telephone: 086 3586293 Website: feilebrianboru.com Date Start Time End Time Thu 23rd 18:45 21:00 Date Start Time End Time Sun 26th 12:45 14:00 Fri 24th 19:00 19:30

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Tulla Famine Walk Come Here I Want You The Tulla Famine Walk will take place during Heritage Week. A superbly humorous exploration of how North Clare evolved The walk will cover the period during the Famine in Tulla and out of the 1950s From the arrival of TV, the coming of the some of the places of note during this time. Ogies and the summer of ‘73, Gerry Conneely takes us on Venue: Library Car Park, Main Street, Tulla our journey to the present. Organiser: Tulla Reaching Out Venue: Kilshanny House Email: [email protected] Organiser: Kilshanny House Telephone: (065) 683 5912 Admission: Adult €10.00 Website: irelandxo.com/ireland-xo/events Email: [email protected] Telephone: +353(65)7071660 Date Start Time End Time Website: kilshannyhouse.ie Thu 23rd 19:00 20:30 Date Start Time End Time EE FR P Fri 24th 20:00 22:00

OK P BO Foraging & Folklore Local historical sites and habitat weave together on this guided walk with local herbalist, Emma. Discover wondrous Give It A Go! wild foods and healing herbs as you reconnect with nature in Join the Burrenbeo Conservation Volunteers for an open day the vale of Kilshanny. and see and participate in the work they are carrying out, Venue: Kilshanny House striving to care for the stunning landscape of the Burren.

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Venue: The Burren local headland, as part of All-Ireland Whale Watch day on Organiser: Burrenbeo Conservation Volunteers Saturday 25th August 2018. Email: [email protected] Venue: Loop Head Lighthouse, Loop Peninsula Telephone: 091 638096 Organiser: Irish Whale and Dolphin Group CLARE AN CLÁR Website: burrenbeo.com Email: [email protected] Telephone: 086 8545450 Date Start Time End Time Website: iwdg.ie Sat 25th 11:00 15:00 Date Start Time End Time OK EE BO FR P Sat 25th 11:00 15:00

EE P FR Loop Head Geology Walk Join us on a coastal walk as we explore the geological history of the Loop Head Peninsula, taking in the famous Bridges Whale Watch Ireland 2018 of Ross, ancient sand volcanoes and submarine landslides, The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group invites you to their fossils and more! annual, free and guided land-based whale watch at a Venue: Meet at Bridges of Ross car park, Loop Head local headland, as part of All-Ireland Whale Watch day on Organiser: iCRAG (Irish Centre for Research in Applied Saturday 25th August 2018 Geosciences) - University College Dublin Venue: Lighthouse, Black Head, the Burren Email: [email protected] Organiser: Irish Whale and Dolphin Group Telephone: 0831847843 Email: [email protected] Website: icrag-centre.org/ Telephone: 086 6061869 Website: iwdg.ie Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 11:00 12:30 Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 14:00 17:00 EE P FR EE FR The Tour of the Kilkerrin Peninsula Labasheeda has a rich and varied History and every year we Tours of The Merchant’s House invite people to explore our built, natural and cultural heritage The Merchant’s House and Store are heritage holiday homes. through our popular tour of the Kilkerrin peninsula. We welcome you to tour our restored Georgian Townhouse. Venue: St. Kieran’s Community Centre, Labasheeda Following the tour we will serve refreshments in our restored Organiser: Dan Furey Set Dancing Weekend, Labasheeda, Victorian Bar. Co. Clare Venue: The Merchant’s House and Store, The Market Email: [email protected] Square, Kilrush Telephone: +353 87 9662744 Organiser: Paul B Gleeson Website: clare.ie/event/dan-furey-weekend-of-set-dancing/ Email: [email protected] Telephone: +353876831587 Date Start Time End Time Website: gleesonskilrush.ie Sat 25th 13:00 15:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR P Sat 25th 14:00 16:00

EE FR Whale Watch Ireland 2018 The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group invites you to their annual, free and guided land-based whale watch at a

40 SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN FULL WHEELCHAIR ACCESS PARTIAL WHEELCHAIR ACCESS PERFORMANCE OR RE-ENACTMENT TALK OPEN HISTORIC PROPERTY FESTIVAL AN CLÁR CLARE Non Nobis Domine Sing “Ode to Joy” Kilfenora Timeline Heritage Day The Shannon based mixed voice choir whose repertoire Kilfenora Timeline Heritage Day will provide a walk around ranges from Bach to Bruckner, religious to secular, folk songs the historic sites of the village & locations mentioned in to spirituals, will sing a short programme in the 13th C Ennis the Timeline exhibition. The event will culminate in tea, Friary. refreshments & chat. Venue: OPW Ennis Friary,Abbey Street, Ennis, V95 AN28 Venue: St Fachnan’s Cathedral, Kilfenora. Organiser: OPW Ennis Friary Organiser: The Kilfenora Timeline Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 065 6829100 Telephone: 0868322099 Website: heritageireland.ie Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 16:00 18:30 Sat 25th 15:00 15:30 EE P FR EE P FR Open Day at Loop Head House Labasheeda’s link to the Great War An opportunity to see the conservation work of Irish Landmark In conjunction with National Heritage Week and the Dan Trust. Imagine life as a lighthouse keeper on your self-guided Furey Set Dancing Festival, we would like to remember those tour of this restored lightkeeper’s house now run as holiday with Labasheeda connections that died in the Great War. accommodation. Venue: St. Kieran’s Community Centre, Labasheeda Venue: Loop Head LIghtkeeper’s House, Kilbaha, Kilrush Organiser: Dan Furey Set Dancing Weekend, Labasheeda, Organiser: Irish Landmark Trust Co. Clare Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: irishlandmark.com Telephone: +353 87 9662744 Website: clare.ie/event/dan-furey-weekend-of-set-dancing/ Date Start Time End Time Sun 26th 10:00 16:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR Sat 25th 15:00 17:00 P

EE P FR Open Day at Inchiquin House An opportunity to see the conservation work of Irish Landmark WW1—Labasheeda’s Connection Trust. Enjoy a self-guided tour of this elegant Georgian Local historians will talk about people from the area involved country house set in gardens and now available as holiday in the war, this will be interspersed with music and song. accommodation. Venue: St. Kieran’s Community Centre Venue: Inchiquin House, Corofin Organiser: Dan Furey Weekend of set-dancing Organiser: Irish Landmark Trust Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0872220289 Telephone: 01 6704733 Website: danfurey.ie Website: irishlandmark.com

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The Great Irish Garden River of Life Walk Tours, tastings, kid’s activities, apple and vegetable displays. Come join us for a ramble along the banks of Wood River Talks from Mary Reynolds, Vivienne Campbell & Fiann Ó and learn all about the ecosystem services this river can Nualláin. A fun filled family day in our beautiful 20 acre provide us. Let’s have a chat and listen to some history of the CLARE AN CLÁR gardens & orchards. local area. Venue: Irish Seed Savers, Capparoe, Scariff. Venue: River of Life Walk in Kilrush Woods meeting in Organiser: Irish Seed Savers Vandeleur Car Park Admission: Adult: €10, Child: €0 Organiser: Kilrush Tidy Towns Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 061921856 Telephone: 0868366218 Website: irishseedsavers.ie Website: kilrushtidytowns.ie

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Exploring Kilmacreehy’s Secrets Burren Stories: A Roam Through Time Visit Kilmacreehy Church, with our guide Martina McCarthy. How did the Burren form? Who was St. Colmán MacDuagh? Encounter Saint MacCreiche, visit the drowned forest nearby Why are wildflowers growing in profusion here? Find out by and learn about the Liscannor stone industry. Waterproof joining National Park guides and local experts for a guided footwear essential. walk through time! Venue: Meet at Liscannor Harbour Venue: Slieve Carran Nature Reserve, Carran Organiser: Shannon Archaeological and Historical Society Organiser: Burren National Park - National Parks and Admission: Adult: €5, Child: €0 Wildlife Service Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 065 682 7693 Date Start Time End Time Website: burrennationalpark.ie Sun 26th 11:30 16:30 Date Start Time End Time P Sun 26th 14:00 16:30

OK EE P BO FR Remember Death and Pray For Me Join OPW guides Edel and Aoife as they give a tour of some of the gravestones found in the Friary focusing on those with Stories from County Clare beautiful & unusual imagery, thought provoking poetry and Ruth Marshall, storyteller, Heritage in Schools Specialist, and fascinating eulogies. OPW tour guide will spend the afternoon sharing stories from Venue: OPW Ennis Friary, Abbey Street, Ennis County Clare - including tales of Scattery Island’s own Saint Organiser: OPW Ennis Friary Senan. Email: [email protected] Venue: Scattery Island Visitor Centre Telephone: 065 6829100 Organiser: OPW Scattery Island Vistor Centre Website: heritageireland.ie Email: [email protected] Telephone: 085-2505512 Date Start Time End Time Website: scatteryislandtours.com Sun 26th 12:00 13:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR Sun 26th 14:15 16:00

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Historical Exhibition CORK CITY Of special interest this year is the story of the Port of Cork. You will also see our latest selection of black and white photographs plus some video footage of historical interest. Claude Pélieu: On All Frequencies Venue: COFFA House, Church St., near Shandon This exhibition offers an overview of the trajectory & diverse Organiser: Shandon Area History Group work of this Beat Generation figure. He left a unique legacy Email: [email protected] in his strange & electrifying texts, collages & translations. Telephone: 0877508692 Venue: Boole Library, UCC Library, UCC. Website: shandonareahistorygroup.com Organiser: UCC Library Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time th Telephone: +353 21 490 2292 Sat 18 10:00 17:00

Website: libguides.ucc.ie/library EE FR Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 10:00 12:45 Heritage Experience Free! th Mon 20 08:00 20:00 In celebration of Cork Heritage Open Day the fantastic st Tue 21 08:00 20:00 Heritage Experience at Nano Nagle Place is open free to the nd Wed 22 08:00 20:00 public all day on Saturday 18th August. rd Thu 23 08:00 16:45 Venue: Nano Nagle Place th Fri 24 08:00 16:45 Organiser: Nano Nagle Place th Sat 25 10:00 12:45 Email: [email protected]

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Matters French Date Start Time End Time th Matters French offers an overview of some of the connections Sat 18 10:00 16:45 between Ireland & France from the Anglo-Normans to Beckett. EE FR These interconnected traditions are represented in UCC Library’s collections. Venue: UCC Library, Cork City Historic & Architectural Tours Organiser: UCC Library Tours of the North Cathedral & Visitor Centre. The foundation Email: [email protected] stone for this historic sandstone building was laid in 1799 Telephone: 021 490 2292 & is one of the first examples of Neo-Gothic Revivalist work Website: libguides.ucc.ie/library in Ireland. Venue: Cathedral of St Mary & St Anne Date Start Time End Time Organiser: North Cathedral Visitor Centre th Sat 18 10:00 12:45 Email: [email protected] th Mon 20 08:00 20:00 Telephone: 021 4228198 st Tue 21 08:00 20:00 Website: corkcathedral.ie Wed 22nd 08:00 20:00 Thu 23rd 08:00 16:45 Date Start Time End Time Fri 24th 08:00 16:45 Sat 18th 10:00 16:00 Sun 26th 10:00 12:45

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EE P FR Tour Triskel Christchurch Triskel Christchurch was the main civic church of Cork city from mid-17th to mid-19th century and was the burial place Vintage North Main Street of some of the chief citizens of Medieval Cork. Learn more on Join a street-wide celebration of life on North Main Street in our guided tour. the 50’s and 60’s with family-friendly events including live Venue: Triskel Arts Centre, Tobin Street music, interactive vintage games and guest speakers to keep Organiser: Triskel Arts Centre you entertained! Email: [email protected] CATHAIR CHORCAÍ CORK CITY CATHAIR Venue: North Main Street Telephone: 021-4272022 Organiser: St Peter’s Cork Website: triskelartscentre.ie Email: [email protected] Telephone: 021 427 8187 Date Start Time End Time th Website: stpeterscork.ie/ Sat 18 11:00 12:00 Sat 18th 15:00 16:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR Sat 18th 10:00 17:00

OK EE BO FR Open Archives for Heritage Open Day The Presentation Archives at Nano Nagle Place will be Free Printmaking Workshops open to the public between 11.00-13.00 and 14.00-16.00 Print workshops with Cork Printmakers taking inspiration from on Saturday 18th August 2018 to mark Cork Heritage the exhibition Heroes and Villains at 10am, 12 noon and Open Day. 2pm. Booking essential. Venue: Nano Nagle Place Venue: Long Room, Organiser: Nano Nagle Place Organiser: Crawford Art Gallery Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0214193580 Telephone: 021 4907862 Website: nanonagleplace.ie/ Website: crawfordartgallery.ie Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 11:00 13:00 Sat 18th 10:00 16:00 Sat 18th 14:00 16:00

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Pillars and Pediments Cork Coal Quay Family Festival 2018 The Neo-Classical architecture of the South Mall and beyond. Annual voluntary fun-filled family festival celebrating the heart The walking tour lead by Kevin Hurley will look at some and soul of Cork City - the Coal Quay with its rich vibrant period building exteriors and their architectural details. colourful heritage, tradition and culture in music, song & story. Venue: The Imperial Hotel South Mall Cork Venue: Cornmarket Street Organiser: Kevin Hurley Organiser: Cork Coal Quay Family Festival Committee Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Telephone: 089 4153500 Sat 18th 10:30 12:00 Date Start Time End Time OK EE BO FR Sat 18th 10:00 16:00

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44 SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN FULL WHEELCHAIR ACCESS PARTIAL WHEELCHAIR ACCESS PERFORMANCE OR RE-ENACTMENT TALK OPEN HISTORIC PROPERTY FESTIVAL CORK CITY CATHAIR CHORCAÍ Free Guided Tour: Naked Truth Drimoleague Famine Memorial Free guided tour of the exhibition Naked Truth: The Nude in Visit the recently renovated Famine Memorial for a talk on at 2 pm. No booking necessary. how The affected the people of Drimoleague. Venue: Lower gallery, Crawford Art Gallery Venue: The Famine Memorial, Rockmount, Drimoleague Organiser: Crawford Art Gallery Organiser: Drimoleague Community Development Email: [email protected] Association Telephone: 021 4907862 Email: [email protected] Website: crawfordartgallery.ie Telephone: +353876989336

Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 14:00 15:00 Sun 19th 15:00 15:30 Mon 25th 14:00 15:00 EE P FR EE FR The Forgotten Wisdom Of Trees Otters of Blackpool Ted Cook will guide participants through the kingdom of the Come and learn about our otters! Find out about the latest forest and Irish nature’s highest achievement whilst recalling research into this important population of urban otters by how ancient Brehon forest law served a forest people. UCC graduate Grace Walsh and Cork Nature Network using Venue: Playground carpark, Glenbower woods, Killeagh remotely activated cameras. (betwen Castlemartyr and Midleton) Venue: Blackpool Library, Redforge Road, Blackpool. Organiser: Glenbower Woods Committee and Ted Cook Organiser: Cork Nature Network Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: Ted Cook: 0868789891 Telephone: 0894188213 Website: glenbower.com Website: corknaturenetwork.ie/ Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sun 19th 14:00 17:00 Sat 18th 15:00 17:00 EE P FR OK EE P BO FR Celebrating Display of Parish Registers Celebrating 50 years of Blackpool Community Cooperative. Come visit the cathedral to view parish baptism and marriage Venue: Blackpool Community Centre registers, some dating from 1730’s, before and after Organiser: Blackpool Community Co-op Service Centre Ltd conservation & restoration work. Email: [email protected] Venue: Cathedral of St. Mary & St. Anne, Roman Street, Telephone: 021-4501787 mobile 087-3964736 Cork Organiser: Cathedral Parish Cork Date Start Time End Time th Email: [email protected] Mon 20 09:00 19:00 st Telephone: 021 4304325 Tue 21 09:00 19:00 nd Website: corkcathedral.ie Wed 22 09:00 19:00 Thu 23rd 09:00 19:00 Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 09:00 19:00 Sat 18th 17:00 19:00 EE FR Sun 19th 10:30 13:00 P

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OK EE The Story of Cork BO FR Read the fascinating story of Cork portrayed in an easy to read format on colourful story boards from the time of St. Finbarr to the 20th Century. Many interesting photographs Share Our Ursuline Story Since 1535 included. Sharing our story through the letters, artefacts and annals in Venue: Cathedral of St. Mary & St. Anne Visitor Centre, our archives. Roman St. Venue: Ursuline Covent, Blackrock, Cork Organiser: Shandon Area History Group Organiser: Ursuline Sisters CATHAIR CHORCAÍ CORK CITY CATHAIR Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0877508692 Telephone: 087 7910785 Website: shandonareahistorygroup.com Website: ursulines.ie

Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Mon 20th 09:00 15:30 Mon 20th 15:00 16:00 Tue 21st 09:00 15:30 OK EE BO FR Wed 22nd 09:00 15:30 P Thu 23rd 09:00 15:30 Fri 24th 09:00 15:30 Cork Strolls: Exploring Cork’s

EE Architectural Treasures P FR Stroll with Dr Gregory Bracken. Venue: Waterstones Bookshop Blackpool Community Centre Organiser: Waterstones Booksellers This is an Exhibition celebrating the fifty years of the Email: [email protected] Blackpool Community Centre and its contribution to the life of Telephone: 021 4276522 this urban village of Cork city. Website: waterstones.com/ Venue: Blackpool Community Centre Organiser: Blackpool Historical Society Date Start Time End Time th Email: [email protected] Mon 20 18:30 19:30

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EE Ó Bhéal includes an hour of poetry-films (8.30-9.30pm), the FR five-word poetry challenge and guest poets Eriko Tsugawa- Madden and Matthew Geden, who begin at 10.15pm. An Hop into History! open-mic ends the evening. An interactive hop into Nano’s Cork for children aged Venue: Hayloft Bar (upstairs at The Long Valley Bar) 4-7 years, children are to be accompanied by a parent / Winthrop St guardian. Spaces limited to 12 children. Organiser: Ó Bhéal Venue: Nano Nagle Place Email: [email protected] Organiser: Nano Nagle Place Telephone: 085712629 Email: [email protected] Website: obheal.ie Telephone: 0214193580 Website: nanonagleplace.ie/ Date Start Time End Time Mon 20th 20:30 23:45 Date Start Time End Time OK EE BO FR Mon 20th 09:00 21:00

46 SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN FULL WHEELCHAIR ACCESS PARTIAL WHEELCHAIR ACCESS PERFORMANCE OR RE-ENACTMENT TALK OPEN HISTORIC PROPERTY FESTIVAL CORK CITY CATHAIR CHORCAÍ Tour of Cork Folklore Project Date Start Time End Time st Tour of Cork Folklore Project exhibitions & the project’s work: Tue 21 12:00 13:45 rd Interactive quiz on Cork folklore & traditions, Cork Memory Tue 23 12:00 13:45

Map, & Audio-Visual Wall to hear stories & memories OK EE BO FR recorded by the project. Venue: Cork Folklore Project Outreach Hub, North Cathedral Visitor Centre, corner of Cathedral Road & Roman Street. Currach Workshop — Open Day Organiser: Cork Folklore Project An opportunity to visit an active currach workshop in the Email: [email protected] heart of Cork City. Telephone: 021 4228100 Venue: Meitheal Mara, Crosses Green House, Crosses Website: ucc.ie/en/cfp/ Green Organiser: Meitheal Mara Date Start Time End Time Email: [email protected] st Tue 21 10:00 11:00 Telephone: 021 4316813 st Tue 21 12:00 13:00 Website: meithealmara.ie Tue 21st 14:00 15:00 Tue 22nd 10:00 11:00 Date Start Time End Time Tue 22nd 12:00 13:00 Tue 21st 14:30 16:30 Tue 22nd 14:00 15:00 EE FR EE P FR Creative Connections Discovering the Goldie Chapel Join us in the gallery, meet community makers and try some In association with Cork Decorative and Fine Arts Society. simple textile techniques. This is a free event, no booking is A building detectives mission for young people aged 8-12 required and all ages are welcome. years, who are to be accompanied by a parent/guardian. Venue: Crawford Art Gallery Venue: Nano Nagle Place Organiser: Crawford Art Gallery Organiser: Nano Nagle Place Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 021 4907862 Telephone: 0214193580 Website: crawfordartgallery.ie Website: nanonagleplace.ie/ Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 10:30 12:30 Tue 21st 11:00 12:15 EE FR Tue 23rd 11:00 12:15

OK EE BO FR Tour of Cork City’s Republican Plot A tour of the Republican Plot in St. Finbarrs cemetery, Cork Cork Historic Spine Walking Tour City. This tour will tell the stories of the men who are buried Join us for a free guided tour of Cork most historic streets and within the perimeter wall of the Republican plot. sites: the Historic Spine of Cork! Take a walk through Cork’s Venue: St. Finbarrs Cemetery, Cork City colourful past with tales of monks, vikings and local legends! Organiser: Phoenix Historical Society Venue: St. Peter’s Cork Email: [email protected] Organiser: St Peter’s Cork Telephone: 0858729281 or 0879818497 Email: [email protected] Telephone: 021 427 8187 Date Start Time End Time nd Website: stpeterscork.ie/ Wed 22 11:00 11:30

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EE P FR The Irish Stoat Pound for pound one of the most ferocious Irish predators – but how much do you know about the Irish stoat? Join us The Orthopaedic: An Oral History to learn more about stoats with mammal expert Dr. Paddy A chance to hear some of the recorded stories and memories Sleeman. from the Cork Folklore Project’s oral history of the St Mary’s Venue: Blackrock Castle, Castle Rd, Blackrock Orthopaedic Hospital Gurranabraher. Organiser: Cork Nature Network Venue: Hollyhill Library Harbour View Rd, Gurranabraher Email: [email protected] CATHAIR CHORCAÍ CORK CITY CATHAIR Organiser: Cork Folklore Project Telephone: 0894188213 Website: ucc.ie/en/cfp/ Website: corknaturenetwork.ie

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A Geological Tour of UCC Cóisir an tSamhraidh See the variety of iconic Irish rocks sourced from around the Annual get-together in Fota House for an entertaining night of country in the Geological Garden of UCC, and take a tour of music. Beidh an oíche go léir as Gaeilge. Beagáinín bia ag the building stones that give the campus its unique character. an briseadh. Venue: Enterprise Centre, Distillery Fields, North Mall Venue: Fota House Carrigtwohill Campus, UCC. Organiser: Gaeilge Bheo Organiser: Cork Geological Association Admission: Adult €20, Child €20, Concession €20 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0860476789 Telephone: 0214613222 Website: corkgeology.com Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 19:30 22:30 Wed 22nd 18:00 20:00 OK EE P BO FR EE P FR North Main Street Walking Tour Heritage of Flames Historian and genealogist David Ryan will lead a tour of A walking tour of Cork city centre led by Pat Poland, North Main Street in 1901. historian and author looking at the history of some former Venue: St Peter’s Cork fire stations and stories of famous fires that affected Cork Organiser: David Ryan throughout the years. Email: [email protected] Venue: Grand Parade by Nano Nagle foorbridge Telephone: (021) 427 8187 Organiser: Cork Historical and Archaeological Society Website: stpeterscork.ie Email: [email protected] Telephone: 087 2808 301 Date Start Time End Time rd Website: corkhist.ie Thu 23 17:00 18:00 Fri 24th 17:00 18:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR Wed 22nd 19:00 21:00

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New Voices in an Old City Venue: Nano Nagle Place Join us on a cycle through Cork’s past, present, and future. Organiser: Nano Nagle Place With new Corkonians as our guides, we’ll rediscover old Email: [email protected] favourites and find new ones as we explore the city. Telephone: 0214193580 Venue: Berwick Fountain, Grand Parade, Cork City Website: nanonagleplace.ie/ Organiser: Cork Cycling Campaign Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time th Website: corkcyclingcampaign.com Fri 24 11:00 12:30

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EE Greeks Bearing Gifts FR Talk on the history of the Canova Casts which will have a particular focus on Laocoön and His Sons – a source for the Hiberno Norse Settlement in Cork proverb ‘Beware of Greeks bearing gifts and a a whistle- Learn about Cork cities early Hiberno Norse Settlement on blower ahead of his time South Main Street in light of recent excavations. Illustrated talk Venue: Crawford Art Gallery presented by the project archaeologist Dr Maurice Hurley. Organiser: Crawford Art Gallery Venue: Cork City Library Email: [email protected] Organiser: Cork City Council Telephone: 021 4907862 Email: [email protected] Website: crawfordartgallery.ie Telephone: 087 9931564 Website: corkcitylibraries.ie/ Date Start Time End Time Fri 24th 13:00 14:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR Thu 23rd 19:00 20:00

EE FR South Pres Past Pupils Photos & Fun Another great chance to catch up with other South Pres Past Callanan’s; Heritage & Hospitality Pupils and bring in any old school photos for us to scan and Join the Crowley family & author Tom Spalding in Callanan’s add to the collection! Bar to learn a little about this Edwardian pub, the history of Venue: Nano Nagle Place the parish, and see film of how Cork looked the pub was Organiser: Nano Nagle Place built. Over 18s only. Email: [email protected] Venue: Callanan’s Bar, 24 George’s Quay, Cork Telephone: 0214193580 Organiser: Tom Spalding Website: nanonagleplace.ie/ Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 10:00 12:30 Thu 23rd 19:30 21:30 EE FR OK EE BO FR Ballyphehane Stories and Memories Lives at South Pres School A chance to hear and share stories and memories of the In association with the Archives at Nano Nagle Place. A local Ballyphehane area. History, myth, tales of much-loved journey of discovery of past lives for teenagers aged 13-16 characters, memories of long-gone ways of life and a few using school registers & the 1911 Census. Places limited. laughs will all feature!

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Venue: Tory Top Library, Ballyphehane Telephone: 0214941500 Organiser: Cork Folklore Project Website: lifetimelab.ie Website: ucc.ie/en/cfp/ Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sun 26th 11:00 16:00 Sat 25th 14:00 15:00 EE P FR EE P FR CATHAIR CHORCAÍ CORK CITY CATHAIR A Picnic in Beaumont Quarry Viking Cork Extravaganza Come and celebrate our amazing nature and join Cork A fun Viking day - learn about Cork’s Medieval past under the Nature Network in an annual picnic. This is a fun packed roads you walk on every day, explore and celebrate with the day, with food, music, childrens activities and tours of the site. Middle Parish Community and . A free event. Venue: Grattan Street Community Centre/ Grattan Street Venue: Beaumont Quarry, Beaumont Drive, Cork City AND Cork Public Museum, Fitzgerald Park Organiser: Cork Nature Network Organiser: Middle Parish Community; Cork Public Museum; Email: [email protected] Department of Archaeology, UCC Telephone: 0872282040 Email: [email protected] Website: corknaturenetwork.ie

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Restore Relationships: Irish Forest A Day on the Bog St. Gobnaits wood is a prime example of a residual Atlantic Experience a day on some of Europe’s most precious Oakwood sustained by the warm wet fleeces of onshore near-natural habitats with the Living Bog team. From magic weather fronts from the Southwest with Iron Age features from mosses to flesh-eating plants, life on the bog is not what you’d the early Celtic period. expect! Venue: St. Gobnaits Wood Carpark (opp.Mills Pub) Venue: St Kilian’s Heritage Centre, Mullagh then to Organiser: Ted Cook And Dan O’keeffe (N.P.W.S) Killyconny Bog SAC Email: [email protected] Organiser: The Living Bog & St Kilians Heritage Trust Telephone: 0868789891 Email: [email protected] Telephone: 046 9242433 Date Start Time End Time Website: raisedbogs.ie Sat 25th 15:00 20:00 Date Start Time End Time P Sun 26th 13:00 16:00

OK EE P BO FR Water Heritage Day A special event for Heritage Week, Old Cork Waterworks Experience presents “Water Heritage Open Day”, a family Development: Nature’s Recovery fun day themed on the industrial heritage and history of By kind permission, invitees will be introduced to the best Cork’s Victorian Waterworks. practice management and maintenance that guard the Venue: Old Cork Waterworks Experience spirits of woods and water within productive farmland and Organiser: Old Cork Waterworks Experience participate in a tree-planting. Email: [email protected] Venue: Castle Gate Entrance

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Date Start Time End Time Ellen Hutchins Festival th Sun 26 13:00 16:00 The Ellen Hutchins Festival is an annual event celebrating

OK EE Ireland’s first female botanist. Events include walks, talks, P BO FR workshops, exhibitions, children’s events, live art demos, boat trips and more. Nano’s Cork: 18th Century City Life Venue: Bantry area Tom Spalding, local author and historian, will give an Organiser: Ellen Hutchins Festival illustrated lecture about everyday life in the bustling Georgian Email: [email protected] City of Cork. In collaboration with Cork Decorative and Fine Telephone: 0876781613 Arts Society. Website: ellenhutchins.com Venue: Nano Nagle Place Organiser: Nano Nagle Place Date Start Time End Time th Email: [email protected] Sat 18 09:00 18:00 th Telephone: 0214193582 Mon 20 09:00 22:00 st Website: nanonagleplace.ie/ Tue 21 09:00 18:00 Wed 22nd 09:00 18:00 Date Start Time End Time Thu 23rd 09:00 18:00 Sun 26th 14:00 15:00 Fri 24th 09:00 18:00 Sat 25th 09:00 18:00 EE FR Sun 26th 09:00 18:00

EE P FR CORK COUNTY Ellen Hutchins Heritage Trail Explore Bantry Bay’s shores, woods & mountains by following Seaweed Drawings: Mini Art Trail a self-guided trail telling the story of Ireland’s 1st female Ellen Hutchins Festival event: prints of Ellen’s beautiful, botanist. Leaflets: Bantry Tourist Office. Audio guide: www. detailed and accurate watercolour drawings of seaweeds ellenhutchins.com (1808 to 1812) displayed in shop windows of Bantry to form Venue: Bantry to Adrigole a mini art trail. Organiser: Ellen Hutchins Festival Venue: Bantry town centre Email: [email protected] Organiser: Ellen Hutchins Festival Telephone: 087-6781613 Email: [email protected] Website: ellenhutchins.com Website: ellenhutchins.com Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 09:00 18:00 Sat 18th 07:00 21:00 Mon 20th 09:00 22:00 Mon 20th 07:00 21:00 Tue 21st 09:00 18:00 Tue 21st 07:00 21:00 Wed 22nd 09:00 18:00 Wed 22nd 07:00 21:00 Thu 23rd 09:00 18:00 Thu 23rd 07:00 21:00 Fri 24th 09:00 18:00 Fri 24th 07:00 21:00 Sat 25th 09:00 18:00 Sat 25th 07:00 21:00 Sun 26th 09:00 18:00

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EE P FR Doneraile Park Free Audio Guide Free self-guided audio tour to this historic North Cork estate, with its beautiful parkland and magnificent house. Simply visit Great Famine Exhibitions Tour our website to access your free audio guide. Tracton Genealogy/Local History is organising a tour to Venue: Your self-guided tour begins at Doneraile Park, Main Skibbereen, August 18th. to the permanent Famine Exhibition, Street, Doneraile Skibbereen Heritage Centre and to Quinnipiac University’s Organiser: Abarta Heritage Great Hunger Exhibition. Email: [email protected] Venue: Bus leaves from the Tracton Arts and Community Website: abartaheritage.ie/product/doneraile-park-audio- CONTAE CHORAÍ CORK COUNTY CONTAE Centre, Minane Bridge. guide/ Organiser: Tracton Genealogy/Local History Committee EE FR Admission: Adult €35, Child €35 P Telephone: Eileen — 087 6113856 Orla — 086 6024352 Jacqueline — 0863175125 Bantry Through the Ages Website: tracton.org This exhibition contains five panels of text and images, outlining Bantry and its environs archaeologically, spiritually, Date Start Time End Time socially and economically, together with significant events th Sat 18 09:00 18:00 in history.

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Ellen Hutchins Free Audio Guide Kinure Graveyard, Oysterhaven The Ellen Hutchins Trail is a free self-guided audio tour telling Kinure Graveyard is situated overlooking Oysterhaven the story of Ireland’s first female botanist and the stunning Harbour near Kinsale.This graveyard dates back to 1302. scenery of West Cork. Visit our website to access your free A plaque at the entrance provides the visitor with relevant audio guide. historical information. Venue: Your self-guided tour begins at Bantry Tourist Office Venue: Kinure Graveyard, Oysterhaven, Co.Cork Organiser: Abarta Heritage Organiser: Oysterhaven and Nohoval Residents’ Email: [email protected] Association Website: abartaheritage.ie/product/ellen-hutchins-trail/ Email: [email protected] Telephone: 087 2146546 EE P FR Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 09:30 18:30

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EE Website: theewe.com P FR Date Start Time End Time West Cork History Festival Sat 18th 10:00 17:00 th The West Cork History Festival is for everyone interested in Sun 19 10:00 17:00 th history, with talks, discussions & screenings by historians, Mon 20 10:00 17:00 st curators, writers and diplomats on a huge variety of subjects Tue 21 10:00 17:00 nd & periods. Wed 22 10:00 17:00 rd Venue: Rosebank, Castletownshend Road, Skibbereen Thu 23 10:00 17:00 th Organiser: West Cork History Festival Fri 24 10:00 17:00 th Admission: Adult €30 Sat 25 10:00 17:00 th Email: [email protected] Sun 26 10:00 17:00 Telephone: +353 (0)87 356 1871 P Website: westcorkhistoryfestival.org/

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OK Bandon, this unique and charming exhibition transports P BO visitors through time to experience Bandon town as it was in time’s past. Spike Island Tour Venue: West Cork Heritage Centre, North Main Street, Included: Bus departing museum Kilmurry, boat, guided tour Bandon light refreshments (morning and evening) entry to Kilmurry Organiser: West Cork Heritage Centre, Bandon independence museum. Please feel free to bring a picnic. Admission: Adult €3, Child FREE Venue: Bus departing Kilmurry Museum Email: [email protected] Organiser: Kilmurry Historical and Archaeology Telephone: 023 8844193 Association Website: westcorkheritagecentre.com/ Admission: Adult €30.00, Child €20.00 Telephone: 0851470058 Date Start Time End Time th Website: Kilmurrymuseum.ie Sat 18 10:00 17:00 Sun 19th 10:00 17:00 Date Start Time End Time Mon 20th 10:00 17:00 Sat 18th 10:00 17:30 Tue 21st 10:00 17:00 Wed 22nd 10:00 17:00 OK BO P Thu 23rd 10:00 17:00 Fri 24th 10:00 17:00 The Ewe Natural History Experience Sat 25th 10:00 17:00 th An innovative learning experience for all ages about our Sun 26 10:00 17:00 natural history and environment on a one kilometre walk.

Learn through information boards, art installations, games and a poetry trail. Venue: The Ewe Experience, N71 Kenmare Road, Children’s Historical Treasure Hunt Glengarriff Google-free, outdoor fun learning experience for 5-12 year Organiser: The Ewe Experience old children (and their parents) exploring and discovering the Admission: Adult €7.50, Child €6.00, Family €25.00 history of Clonakilty. Lots of prizes. Email: [email protected] Venue: Collect forms at Michael Collins House, 7 Emmet

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Square, Clonakilty Date Start Time End Time th Organiser: Dúchas Clonakilty Heritage Sat 18 10:30 11:30 th Email: [email protected] Sun 19 10:30 11:30 th Telephone: 0857447424 / 0877642465 Mon 20 10:30 11:30 st Website: duchasclonakiltyheritage.com/ Tue 21 10:30 11:30 Wed 22nd 10:30 11:30 Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 10:30 11:30 Sat 18th 10:00 17:00 Sun 26th 10:30 11:30

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EE Venue: Bank House, Main Street, Ballydehob P FR Organiser: Ballydehob Community Council Email: [email protected] Milling and More Around Macroom! Telephone: 02825922 Macroom Library host a photographic exhibition on Website: ballydehob.ie archaeological discoveries made in advance of the N22 Baile Bhuirne to Macroom road, with a talk by archaeologist Date Start Time End Time th Deirdre McCarthy (24th Aug, 2pm). Sat 18 11:00 17:00 th Venue: Macroom Library, Macroom Sun 19 11:00 17:00 th Organiser: Macroom Library Mon 20 11:00 17:00 st Email: [email protected] Tue 21 11:00 17:00 nd Telephone: 026 42483 Wed 22 11:00 17:00 rd Website: corkcoco.ie/macroom Thu 23 11:00 17:00 Fri 24th 11:00 17:00 Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 11:00 17:00 Sat 18th 10:00 17:30 Sun 26th 11:00 17:00

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Kinsale Heritage Town Walks Free State C1 Fishing Boat A guided walk to show that the history of Kinsale is the Visit the Schooner Bar Ballycotton, learn about the Free history of Ireland. Guided walk of Kinsale illustrated with State C1, the first fishing boat registered in Cork after maps and photographs. independence. Hear how the boat was fished by three Venue: Kinsale Tourist Office generations over 70 years. Organiser: Dermot Ryan Venue: Schooner Bar Ballycotton Admission: Adult €5, Child FREE Organiser: Peter O’Shea Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 086 8267656 Website: kinsaleheritage.com Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 10:30 13:30

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Visit this historic and atmospheric building. Guided tours at EE P FR 12 noon and 3pm. Paper crafts in the Children’s Corner of the Cathedral from 2.30pm to 4.15pm. Venue: St. Colman’s Cathedral, Cloyne Gunpowdermill Walk Organiser: Friends of Cloyne Cathedral, Cloyne Discover how Gunpowdermill was made in the 19th Century Co. Cork on this 2.5km walk on the banks of the River Lee. This is the Email: [email protected] Largest Industrial Archaeological site in Ireland. Telephone: +353214652426 Venue: Outside Film Centre by GAA in Ballincollig Organiser: Ballincollig Heritage Festival Date Start Time End Time Email: [email protected] th Sat 18 11:30 16:30 Telephone: 087 1089524

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Children’s Games of Yesteryear EE FR Sat. 18th. Aug. “Children’s Games of Yesteryear”1.30 — 2.30pm Fun for Children & Adults Donations for Festival Welcome! Ballycotton Lifeboat Station Venue: Passage West Library Come visit and explore Ballycotton Lifeboat Station and learn Organiser: Passage West Maritime Heritage Festival about what we do. Meet some of the volunteer crew and hear Committee about our 160 years of lifesaving in the area. Email: [email protected] Venue: Ballycotton Lifeboat Station Telephone: 087-1357634 Organiser: Ballycotton Lifeboat Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Telephone: 021 4646903 Sat 18th 13:30 15:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR P Sat 18th 14:30 16:30

EE FR St. Colman’s Cathedral Cobh Co Cork Come and see the splendour of St. Colman’s Cathedral overlooking Cobh. It is an exquisite gem of Neo-Gothic Mary Stanford Lifeboat Ballycotton architecture. Its lofty spire soars to 300 feet and encases the Come visit the Mary Stanford Lifeboat and learning about carillon in its belfry. her almost of lifesaving service. Including the most Venue: St. Colman’s Cathedral Cobh famous rescue of the Daunt Rock Lightship. Organiser: Cobh Parish Cobh Co. Cork Venue: At the Mary Stanford Lifeboat Ballycotton Email: [email protected] Organiser: Mary Stanford Ballycotton Telephone: 0214 813222 Parish Office Email: [email protected] Website: cobhcathedralparish.ie Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 14:30 16:30 Sat 18th 14:00 16:00 EE FR Sun 19th 14:30 16:30 P

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The Bean Feasa/Wisewoman of Beara 1913 Tales of Emigration Cork / Oz Niamh Ní Lochlainn will give a talk on Máire Ní Mhurchú - a In 1913, Michael Johnny O’Sullivan emigrated from bean feasa/wisewoman on the Beara Peninsula and how Inchigeelagh to Australia. He wrote a 6 week Diary on board the role of the bean feasa was inspired by the Cailleach, the ship. Mick posted home the Diary. Listen to his words read in Hag of Beara. his brother’s shop. Venue: Bere Island Heritage Centre Venue: Store of Memories Museum, Inchigeelagh Organiser: Bere Island Projects Group Organiser: Lee Valley Taste Trails Email: [email protected] Admission: Adult €5, Child FREE Telephone: 027 75099 Email: [email protected] CONTAE CHORAÍ CORK COUNTY CONTAE Website: bereisland.net Telephone: 0868539744 Website: leevalleytastetrails.ie Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 14:30 16:00 Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 19:30 21:30 EE P FR OK P BO Killeagh Heritage Trail The Killeagh Inch Historical Group will host a walking tour The Gab Storytelling through the main street of Killeagh village and Glenbower The Gab Storytelling presents traditional and folk stories Wood revealing a rich tapestry of history from the 6th century along with traditional Irish music to celebrate Heritage Week to the present. in AlphaSud, Blarney. Venue: Killeagh Community Hall car park, main street Venue: AlphaSud, Blarney, Co. Cork Organiser: Killeagh Inch Historical Group Organiser: The Gab Storytelling Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0877550365 Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 14:30 16:30 Date Start Time End Time Sat 19th 10:30 12:30 Sat 18th 19:30 22:00

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Heritage Talk & Viaduct Walk Kids Nature Walk An account of ‘The Schull & Skibbereen Light Railway & its Nature Walk and exploration of Regional Park, with a most iconic landmark - Ballydehob’s 12 Arched Bridge of chance of seeing mini beasts, small mammals and wildflowers 1886. including a scavenger hunt. Suitable for ages 5 to 12 and Venue: Bank House on Main Street & 12-arch bridge kids accompanied by an adult. for walk Venue: Main Entrance, Regional Park, Ballincollig Organiser: Ballydehob Area Community Council Organiser: Ballincollig Tidy Towns Email: [email protected] Telephone: 087 6348807 Telephone: 02825922 Website: ballydehob.ie Date Start Time End Time Sun 19th 10:30 12:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR Sat 18th 17:00 19:00 P

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56 SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN FULL WHEELCHAIR ACCESS PARTIAL WHEELCHAIR ACCESS PERFORMANCE OR RE-ENACTMENT TALK OPEN HISTORIC PROPERTY FESTIVAL CORK COUNTY CONTAE CHORAÍ introduction to the intriguing world of our smallest plants family grave in the woods and to see the John Saul Plaque in with Dr Joanne Denyer (Irish Conservation Officer, British the Castlemartyr Resort Hotel grounds History talk . Bryological Society). Venue: Castlemartyr Disability viewing Area by the Kiltha Venue: Glengarriff Woods Nature Reserve River Organiser: Ellen Hutchins Festival Organiser: The Castlemartyr John Saul Appreciation Society Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 087-6781613 Telephone: 0873669364 Website: ellenhutchins.com Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sun 19th 14:00 16:00 Sun 19th 10:30 12:30 EE P FR EE P FR Castledonovan Talk & Tour Youghal Medieval Festival A talk & tour of Castledonovan, its history and heritage will Celebrating its 12th year, Youghal Medieval Festival brings commence at 2pm. Climb the spiral staircase of O’Donovans together over 150 performers, entertainers, musicians, Castle and view the remnants of the bawn and its surrounding historians, re-enactors and over 40 events , creating a festival landscape. time for all ages. Venue: Castledonovan, Drimoleague Venue: St. Mary’s Medieval Gardens & St Mary’s Collegiate Organiser: Drimoleague Community Development Church, The Raleigh Quarter, Youghal. Association Organiser: Youghal Heritage Committee Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0877641420 Telephone: 024 81814 Website: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Donovan Website: youghal.ie Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sun 19th 14:00 14:45 Sun 19th 12:00 18:00 EE P FR EE FR The Glebe Cemetery Castletownbere Brideweir Country House Historian Michael Hall recounts the history on the ancient 200 Years of History - View the House and Gardens cemetery and church ruins, the burial place of the O Sullivans Venue: Brideweir, Aghern Beare, Chieftains of Beara. Organiser: Ronan Fox Venue: The Glebe, Castletownbere. Meet at G.A.A. Pitch Admission: Adult €5, Child FREE, Concession FREE, Organiser: Beara Historical Society Family €10 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 086-8556190 Telephone: 025 36386 Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sun 19th 14:30 16:00 Sun 19th 14:00 18:00 EE P FR P Walking Tour of Midleton John Saul Famous Horticulturist A walking tour of sites to illustrate the sites linked to the John Saul From Castlemartyr to the Whitehouse Walk to the development of Midleton from 1180 to 1910.

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Venue: Midleton Venue: St Colman’s Cathedral, Cobh Organiser: Tony Harpur Organiser: Cobh Carillon Committee Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 087 2969 382 Telephone: 0214813222 Website: homepage.eircom.net/~adriangebruers Date Start Time End Time Sun 19th 14:30 16:00 Date Start Time End Time Sun 19th 16:30 17:30 EE FR P Sun 26th 16:30 17:30

EE P FR Doneraile Park & Creagh House Guided tour through the historic garden spaces , highlighting connection between 17th century Castle Boat Trip & Seaweed Tasting Gardens, 18th century parkland, and 19th century Court Ellen Hutchins Festival event: Boat trip to see where Ireland’s and townhouse gardens. first female botanist studied seaweeds followed by seaweed Venue: Main car park, Doneraile Park tasting. Sponsors: Zenith Energy & WASi. Advance booking Organiser: Doneraile Development Association essential. Email: [email protected] Venue: Bantry Bay Telephone: 087-9049767 Organiser: Ellen Hutchins Festival Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Website: ellenhutchins.com Sun 26th 14:30 16:30 Date Start Time End Time EE FR P Sun 19th 17:00 18:00

OK EE P BO FR Presentation on Piracy in Baltimore Slide show and presentation of Baltimore’s pirate history, including the Barbary raid in 1631 known as the ‘Sack of Art Exhibition of Hillwalking Baltimore’. Following on from the St Finbar’s Pilgrim Walk to Gougane Venue: Baltimore Castle Barra over the weekend, we are hosting an Art Exhibition Organiser: Bernadette McCarthy, Baltimore Castle related to Hill Walking, and Pilgrimage walking at the Pod Admission: Adult €5, Child FREE, Concession €5, Pairc. Family €10 Venue: Top of the Rock Pod Park, Drimoleague, Email: [email protected] Organiser: Top of the Rock Pod Pairc Telephone: 028 20735 Email: [email protected] Website: baltimorecastle.ie Telephone: 0879793482 Website: topoftherock.ie Date Start Time End Time Sun 19th 15:00 16:00 Date Start Time End Time Sun 19th 20:00 21:30 EE FR EE P FR Cobh Bell Recitals These recitals will be given by Julie Zhu (19 August), Flora of West Cork carillonneur of St Thomas Church in Manhattan (New Ellen Hutchins Festival event: An illustrated talk about the York), and Adrian Gebruers (26 August), the resident Cobh unique wild flowers of West Cork and a glimpse into the life Cathedral Carillonneur. of Ireland’s first female botanist by Clare Heardman (NPWS

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& BSBI). Cruise Terminal. Venue: Glengarriff Park Hotel, Glengarriff Venue: Cobh Museum, Scots Church, High Road, Cobh Organiser: Ellen Hutchins Festival Organiser: Cobh Museum Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0876781613 Telephone: 0214814240 Website: ellenhutchins.com Website: cobhmuseum.com/

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Making Their Mark: Women’s Vote Lovely Carrig long Ago Local Studies Library launches their exhibition marking the Walking tour of Carrigadrohid Killinardrish villages. Map centenary of women’s suffrage, with a particular focus on of route provided also historical notes on buildings. Tour Cork figures; with an accompanying talk by Dr. Sandra is self guided. Attendees in period costume is optional McAvoy on the subject. but appreciated. Venue: Cork County Library Building, Carrigrohane Road, Venue: Carrigadrohid village Cork, T12 K335 Organiser: Carrigadrohid killinardrish tidy towns Organiser: Cork County Library Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0876373718 Telephone: 021-4546499 Website: corkcoco.ie/library-services Date Start Time End Time Mon 20th 18:30 21:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR Mon 20th 13:30 15:00 P

OK EE P BO FR The Story of Fernhill House A historical walk of the house & gardens by Michael jnr, one Butterfly Walk of the 4th generation of the O’Neill family at Fernhill. The Butterfly and wild flower walk led by Damaris Lysaght. Learn Georgian mansion was the most expensive in Clonakilty and about these beautiful insects and the plants they rely on. has a rich history. Venue: Three Castle Head, Dunlough, Car park Venue: Fernhill House Hotel, Clonakilty Organiser: Cork Nature Network Organiser: Dúchas Clonakilty Heritage Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0894188213 Telephone: 0877642465 Website: corknaturenetwork.ie/ Website: duchasclonakiltyheritage.com/

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Four Score String Quartet Recital Newberry Cemetery. A Guided Tour Enjoy these young musicians in the wonderful setting of Cobh This cemetery contains the direct ancestors of the future Kings Museum situated in the historic ambience of Scots Church. of England through Princess Diana and the Lombard family. Take time to discover our exhibitions overlooking Cobh The great grandparents of Nano Nagle are also buried here .

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Venue: Newberry Cemetery, Drommahane, Mallow fears as they embarked on a new life in a new country. Organiser: Lombardstown Community Council Venue: Youghal Library, Rivergate Mall, Youghal Email: [email protected] Organiser: Marian O’Halloran Telephone: 086/2579106, 087/9105147, 0872389457 Email: [email protected] Telephone: 024-93459 Date Start Time End Time Mon 20th 19:00 21:00 Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 11:00 12:30 EE P FR EE P FR Kilshinahan Church and Mass Rock Talk at 11—12 Century Romanesque Church followed by a Boat trip: Bantry Bay short walk to near-by Mass Rock for another talk at the river- Ellen Hutchins Festival event: An exclusive tour of inner side from Penal Times Bantry Bay with Bantry Bay Boat Hire. Join a small flotilla Venue: Kilshinahan RC Church Ruin, near Timoleague/ of motor boats exploring the ecology & history of the bay. Kilbrittain, Bandon, Co. Cork Booking required. Organiser: Ann Marie Desmond, Kilshinahan Meitheal Venue: Railway Pier, Bantry Group in conjunction with Timoleague Harvest Festival Organiser: Ellen Hutchins Festival Email: [email protected] Admission: Adult €10, Child €10, Concession €10 Telephone: 0877718926 Website: ellenhutchins.com

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Beginners Family History Sessions Mines of Bygone Days Do you have knowledge of your Cork grandparents or great A guided mining heritage tour to sites on the eastern part of grandparents but don’t know where to find records for them? the Mizen Peninsula, around Ballydehob, where bronze age These beginners’ one-to-one sessions will help to get you & 19th century mining occurred. started. Venue: Bank House, Main Street, Ballydehob Venue: Cork County Library Organiser: Ballydehob Area Community Council Organiser: Cork County Library Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 02825922 Telephone: 021 4285640 Website: ballydehob.ie Website: corkcoco.ie/library-services Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Tue 21st 14:00 17:00 Tue 21st 09:30 16:00 OK EE BO FR Wed 22nd 09:30 16:00 P Thu 23rd 09:30 16:00

OK EE The Images We Left Behind P BO FR The story of emigration and early photography told through narration and slides. Cobh (then Queenstown) was a major Sharing My Story port of emigration. Migrants share their stories of their decision to relocate to Venue: Cobh Pastimes Old Time Photography Studio, Ireland and Youghal. We will learn about their hopes and 14 Pearse Square, Cobh

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Organiser: Cobh Pastimes Old Time Photography Studio Organiser: Beara Historical Society Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0214814302 Telephone: 0868556190 Website: cobhpastimes.ie Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Tue 21st 20:30 22:00 Tue 21st 17:00 18:00 EE FR Wed 22nd 17:00 18:00 P

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CONTAE CHORAÍ CORK COUNTY CONTAE E P FR Free Garden Entry is holding a free entry day into the garden on World War 1 Plaque Unveiling 22nd August. Reduced rate of €5 per adult ( over 18) for The unveiling of a plaque commemorating Beara men who visiting the House on the 22nd August with guided tours at lost their lives in World War One 11am and 2pm. Venue: East Pier Castletownbere Venue: Bantry House and Garden Organiser: Beara Historical Society Organiser: Bantry House and Garden Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 086-8556190 Telephone: 027 50047 Website: bantryhouse.com Date Start Time End Time Tue 21st 19:30 20:00 Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 10:00 17:00 EE P FR OK EE BO FR Dr Donovan: Great Famine Hero Dr Dan Donovan was a doctor in the Skibbereen Workhouse Children’s Nature-Art during the Famine. Philip O’Regan will give an outline of his Ellen Hutchins Festival event: Creative nature activities for contribution towards Famine relief and also offer an insight children such as creating flower impressions on cloth, making into the man himself. wooden identification discs & scavenger hunt. Advance Venue: Skibbereen Credit Union Conference Room, Main booking essential. Street, Skibbereen Venue: Bantry House Gardens Organiser: Skibbereen Heritage Centre Organiser: Ellen Hutchins Festival Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 028 40900 Website: skibbheritage.com Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 10:00 12:00 Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 14:00 16:00 Tue 21st 20:00 21:30 OK EE P BO FR OK EE P BO FR Open Day Talk on ‘Cork and The Great War’ On the anniversary of the death of Michael Collins, Michael Following the unveiling of a commemorative plaque, Collins House will hold an open day with free entry. Historian and Chairman of Cork Western Front Association Venue: Michael Collins House Gerry White will give an illustrated talk on ‘Cork and The Organiser: Michael Collins House Great War’. Email: [email protected] Venue: Twomeys Lounge, Castletownbere Telephone: 023-8858676

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Website: michaelcollinshouse.ie/ Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 14:00 16:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR Wed 22nd 10:00 16:00 P

EE FR Talks in the Old Admiralty House Presentations featuring archive material, by Tim and Anne Garden Tour McSweeney. 3.30pm: (children aged 6-12) “Every Picture A guided tour of the Arboretum & Gardens, highlighting the tells a story”. 7pm ( adults) “Over There” the US Navy in unique collection of plants and remembering the dedication Cork Harbour during WW1. of the garden staff who helped develop it, from the 1820’s to Venue: St. Benedict’s Priory, Beechmount, Cobh the present day. Organiser: St. Benedict’s Priory, Cobh Venue: Fota Arboretum & Gardens, Fota Estate, Email: [email protected] Carrigtwohill Telephone: 0214811354 Organiser: Office of Public Works Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time nd Telephone: 021 4812728 Wed 22 15:30 16:30 nd Website: heritageireland.ie Wed 22 19:00 20:00

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EE Botanical Art Demonstration P FR Ellen Hutchins Festival event: Award-winning botanical artist, Shevaun Doherty, will be demonstrating her exquisite art skills Teddybears Picnic and Fairy Tour live and talking about botanical art. Fun event for the Younger Children with tour of Fairy Trail with Venue: Manning’s Emporium, Ballylickey near Bantry Elder Fairy. Wear your Fairy costume (Optional) Puppet Show Organiser: Ellen Hutchins Festival and Face painters. Email: [email protected] Venue: Near Playground, Regional Park, Ballincollig Website: ellenhutchins.com Organiser: Ballincollig Heritage Festival Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time nd Telephone: 087 9002300 Wed 22 17:00 18:00

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EE Historical Walk of Clonakilty Town P FR Trace the footsteps of Clonakilty’s famous characters: Michael Collins, Tadhg an Asna (1798 Leader), Mary Jane Irwin Ellen Hutchins’ Story in 10 Objects (poet, campaigner and wife of Fenian Jeremiah O’Donovan Ellen Hutchins Festival event: Discover the story of Ireland’s Rossa) and much more. First Female Botanist (1785-1815) through a drawing, Venue: Clonakilty her letters, books, and the type of microscope and writing Organiser: Dúchas Clonakilty Heritage materials she used. Email: [email protected] Venue: The Loggia, Bantry House, Bantry Telephone: 0877642465 Organiser: Ellen Hutchins Festival Website: duchasclonakiltyheritage.com/ Email: [email protected] Website: ellenhutchins.com

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Date Start Time End Time History Talks @ MCH nd Wed 22 18:30 19:30 History Talks Presents: Michael Collins and the Financial War.

EE Dr. Andrew McCarthy examines Collins’ role as Minister for P FR Finance & how this may have encouraged his fatal journey to Cork in Aug 1922. A Social History of South Main St Venue: Clonakilty Parish Centre An historical walking tour of South Main Street, Bandon. Organiser: Michael Collins House Venue: Steps of St Peter’s Church of Ireland, Bandon Email: [email protected] Organiser: Cumann Seanchais na Banndan Telephone: 023-8858676 CONTAE CHORAÍ CORK COUNTY CONTAE Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0863689939 Date Start Time End Time nd Website: bandon-genealogy.com Wed 22 19:30 21:00

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EE Tales of Yore and More P FR A collection of interesting local and general heritage stories presented in new ways, by story tellers, The Gab Yarns & Songs (Adults) Storytelling group. Yarns, some tall, some fishy, all enjoyable & a few songs and Venue: Church of The Resurrection Blarney relax with a cuppa. Organiser: Blarney and District Historical Society Venue: Passage West Men’s Shed Email: [email protected] Organiser: Passage West Maritime Heritage Festival Telephone: 0872153216 Committee Website: blarneyhistory.ie Email: [email protected] Telephone: 087-1357634 Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 20:00 21:30 Date Start Time End Time EE FR Wed 22nd 19:30 21:30 P

EE P FR West Cork Stained Glass The history of West Cork - social, economic, political and The Nature Story of the Mangala religious - can be read in its stained glass. But stained glass Will O’Halloran from SECAD Wild Work will guide you is also a thing of beauty. Discover the story of this art form in through the story of wetlands, grasslands and woodlands in West Cork, with speaker Finola Finlay. the Mangala (Ballybrack Woods). Venue: Skibbereen Credit Union Conference Room, Main Venue: Ballybrack Wood – the Mangala / Meet outside Street, Skibbereen Douglas Community Centre, Church Road, Douglas, Cork Organiser: Skibbereen Heritage Centre Organiser: Douglas Tidy Towns Telephone: 028 40900 Email: [email protected] Website: skibbheritage.com/ Telephone: 086 846 33 99 Website: douglastidytowns.ie Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 20:00 21:00 Date Start Time End Time OK EE BO FR Wed 22nd 19:30 21:00 P

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A Tour of Inniscarra Landmarks Venue: An Caipín, Coppeen A visual journey through the parish of Inniscarra, with details Organiser: Coppeen Archaeological, Historical & Cultural of the historical significance of major landmarks, described Society by local historian Tim O’Brien, supported by other members Email: [email protected] of the Society. Telephone: 0868531761 Venue: Griffins Garden Centre Restaurant, Dripsey Website: coppeenheritage.com Organiser: Inniscarra Historical Society Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time rd Telephone: 086 0621947 Thu 23 19:00 21:00

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Organiser: Ellen Hutchins Festival Telephone: 086 8972808 Email: [email protected] Website: corkfilmcentre.com Telephone: 0876781613 Website: ellenhutchins.com Date Start Time End Time Thu 23rd 14:00 17:00 Date Start Time End Time Fri 24th 14:00 17:00 Thu 23rd 10:00 12:30 Sun 26th 14:00 17:00

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Fabulous Fruit in Watercolour Skibbereen Historical Walk Ellen Hutchins Festival event: 2 day botanical art workshop Join local historian Philip O’Regan on an historical walk with Shevaun Doherty. Inspired by the rich colours and through Skibbereen town, focussing particularly on the Great voluptuous shapes of fruit. For anyone wishing to improve Famine. Booking essential. their watercolour skills. Venue: Courthouse Building, North Street, Skibbereen Venue: Bantry House. Bantry Organiser: Skibbereen Heritage Centre Organiser: Ellen Hutchins Festival Email: [email protected] Admission: Adult €100 Telephone: 028 40900 Website: skibbheritage.com/ Date Start Time End Time Thu 23rd 10:00 16:00 Date Start Time End Time Thu 23rd 18:30 19:45 EE P FR OK EE P BO FR Military History Guided Walk Join islander & local historian Chris O’Sullivan for a walk Atlas of the Great Irish Famine around the east end of Bere Island. Learn about the island’s A talk by Mike Murphy of UCC using images and maps from unique place in world history as a strategic British military the ‘Atlas of the Great Irish Famine’ and showcasing the ‘The base during WW1. Great Irish Famine Online’ resource. Venue: Rerrin Village, Bere Island Venue: Skibbereen Credit Union Conference Room, Main Organiser: Bere Island Projects Group Street, Skibbereen Email: [email protected] Organiser: Skibbereen Heritage Centre Telephone: 02775099 Email: [email protected] Website: bereisland.net Telephone: 028 40900 Website: skibbheritage.com/ Date Start Time End Time Thu 23rd 11:00 13:00 Date Start Time End Time Thu 23rd 20:00 21:30 EE P FR OK EE P BO FR Gunpowdermill in Film A film created by Future Filmmakers from the Cork Film Centre School Heritage & Folklore Project showcasing the Gunpowdermills and also a photo exhibition Modern Heritage and Folklore Project by the pupils of of the Mills. Glenville National School, based on the 1937 survey done Venue: Cork Film Centre ( Near Gaa) Regional Park, by the pupils of Chimneyfield National School. Ballincollig Venue: Glenville National School Organiser: Cork Film Centre Organiser: Glenville Community Council

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Email: [email protected] Telephone: 027-51246 Telephone: 0872886474 Website: bantryhistorical.com

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Sharing Stories Old Butter Roads & Lee Food Tour Share stories of times past in Aghabullogue, Coachford and Starting at the Opera House in Cork see the Butter Museum. Rylane. Join us for a good old fashioned chat; cup of tea/ Then take guided Bus tour of the Lee Valley Food Producers coffee; recollect older days; share memories and even learn and travel the Old Butter Road back to to Cork city. something new! Venue: Opera House Cork Venue: Coachford GAA Community Centre, Nadrid, Organiser: Old Butter Roads Food Trails Coachford Admission: Adult €65 Organiser: ACR Heritage Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0874129698 Telephone: 086-0456554 Website: OldButterRoads.ie Website: acrheritage.info/ Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Fri 24th 10:00 17:00 Thu 23rd 20:00 21:30 OK BO EE P FR Guided Micro-Nature Trail Storytelling with Paddy O’Brien Ellen Hutchins Festival event: An introduction to the lichens Paddy O’Brien of Cork Yarnspinners has been telling stories and tiny plants on the rocks and trees on the shore of Bantry over many years to all ages. He regularly holds workshops Bay. With leading Irish botanists Howard Fox (NBG/OPW) throughout Cork and Maria Cullen. Venue: Oriel House Hotel, Ballincollig Venue: Snave beach. Snave - near Ballylickey Organiser: Ballincollig Heritage Festival Organiser: Ellen Hutchins Festival Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: ellenhutchins.com Date Start Time End Time Thu 23rd 20:00 22:00 Date Start Time End Time Fri 24th 10:00 12:00 EE P FR OK EE P BO FR The Doonour Stone Mould and its Significance in Early Bronze Age Family History Curiosities Metalworking Mallow Library presents an illustrated talk on the strange An exciting talk given by Sharon Weadick, Assistant Keeper, and interesting finds that arise when carrying out family Irish Antiquities Division, National Museum of Ireland, about history research. our local treasure - the Doonour Stone Mould for Axeheads. Venue: Mallow Library Venue: Bantry Library, Bridge St., Bantry Organiser: Mallow Library Organiser: Bantry Historical and Archaeological Society Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

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Telephone: 022 21821 Website: bereisland.net Website: corkcoco.ie/library-services Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Fri 24th 14:30 16:30 Fri 24th 14:00 15:00 EE P FR OK EE BO FR History Talks @ MCH Historical Walk at Lough Hyne History Talks presents Michael Collins: Fact vs. Fiction. CONTAE CHORAÍ CORK COUNTY CONTAE A guided walk through 4,000 years of the archaeology, Michael Collins’ portrayal in popular culture and history and folklore of Lough Hyne by Terri Kearney, author public sentiment often varies from the historical fact, of 2 books on Lough Hyne. Alan McCarthy discusses. Venue: Base Knockomagh Hill carpark, Lough Hyne Marine Venue: Clonakilty Parish Centre Nature Reserve Organiser: Michael Collins House Organiser: Skibbereen Heritage Centre Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 023-8858676 Telephone: 028 40900 Website: michaelcollinshouse.ie/ Website: skibbheritage.com/ Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Fri 24th 19:30 21:00 Fri 24th 14:00 16:45 EE P FR OK EE P BO FR The Drowned Coast of West Cork Living History: Letter Writing 1808 A guided walk led by Anthony Beese, consultant geologist. Ellen Hutchins Festival event: Learn letter writing practices A narrative of the coast of West Cork - its submerged of 1808, write with a quill pen and hear about Ellen’s landscapes and some of the extreme natural events that have correspondence; with Carrie O’Flynn, re-enactor and Anne impacted it. Secord, researcher. Venue: Warren Strand car park, Rosscarbery Venue: Seaview House Hotel, Ballylickey Organiser: Anthony Beese, Geologist Organiser: Ellen Hutchins Festival Admission: Adult €5, Child FREE, Concession FREE, Email: [email protected] Family €10 Website: ellenhutchins.com Email: [email protected] Telephone: 086 890 8934 Date Start Time End Time Fri 24th 14:00 16:00 Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 14:30 17:00 OK EE BO FR P Sun 26th 14:30 17:00

OK BO Bere Island Community Radio Launch Bere Island is delighted to be part of the EU Grassroots Wavelength Project which aims to set up community radio Junior Fun Basketball Event stations in a number of rural communities throughout Europe. A fun event for Junior Basketball players. Non members most Venue: Bere Island Heritage Week welcome to come along and try out this sport. Organiser: Bere Island Projects Group Venue: Multiuse Games Area, Regional Park, Ballincollig Email: [email protected] Organiser: Ballincollig Basketball/Ballincollig Heritage Telephone: 02775099 Festival

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Email: [email protected] Organiser: Southgate Associates, Heritage Conservation Telephone: 085 8851429 Specialists Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Telephone: 0871336506 th Sat 25 10:00 12:00 Website: southgateassociates.ie

EE FR P Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 11:00 16:00 Touch Tanks at Lough Hyne P Join UCC marine biologists as they interpret marine species from Lough Hyne. Touch and feel underwater creatures from the tanks while you learn. The Puxley Papers by Mr Paul Curtis Venue: North Pier, Lough Hyne Marine Nature Reserve Conservator and book binder, Paul Curtis will give a talk on Organiser: Skibbereen Heritage Centre/UCC the most recent edition to the Allihies Copper Mines Museum Email: [email protected] collection, The Puxley Papers. Telephone: 028 40900 Venue: Copper Mines Museum, Allihies, Co Cork Website: skibbheritage.com/ Organiser: Allihies Copper Mines Museum Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Telephone: 027-73218 th Sat 25 11:00 13:00 Website: acmm.ie

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Garden, Feast & Escape! OK EE P BO FR Garden ..See the ancient art of Charcoal Making & discover hidden plant stories. Feast ..Make tasty Cornish treats celebrating historic mining links. Escape ..On a cinematic The Wreck of RMS Celtic journey back in time. Historian Marita Foster describes the last voyage of the Celtic, Venue: Two Green Shoot HQ, Glengarriff the salvage operation and the tragic events of November Organiser: Two Green Shoots 1929 which led to the death of a number of men working on Admission: Adult €15, Child €12, Concession FREE, the wreck. Family €50 Venue: Cobh Library Email: [email protected] Organiser: Cobh Library Telephone: 0897081099 Email: [email protected] Website: twogreenshoots.com/ Telephone: 021 4811130 Website: corkcoco.ie/library Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 11:00 16:30 Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 11:30 12:30 OK P BO OK EE P BO FR 21 Years Conserving a Georgian Ruin The Smith family lived for years in 3 rooms of a semi-ruinous Genealogy Talk Georgian mansion while conserving the house to best-practice Talk and exhibition on “Researching your Irish family history” standards. Tour the house, meet the conservation specialists, Venue: Midleton Library bring a picnic. Organiser: Midleton Library Venue: Laurentinum, Doneraile Email: [email protected]

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Telephone: 021 4613929 Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 14:00 17:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR Sat 25th 12:00 13:00

EE FR Caring for Lough Hyne Litter Pick Come along and help Skibbbereen Tidy Towns with their Heritage of The Longueville House worthy endeavour ‘Caring for Lough Hyne’ litter pick Longueville’s beautiful view of the Blackwater Valley belies a Venue: North Pier, Lough Hyne Marine Nature Reserve CONTAE CHORAÍ CORK COUNTY CONTAE turbulent history. The house was built in 1720, join us for a Organiser: Skibbereen Heritage Centre/Skibbereen Tidy leisuraly walk & talk on the History & Heritage of the estate. Towns Venue: Longueville House, Mallow, Co Cork P51KC8 Email: [email protected] Organiser: O’Callaghan / Longueville House Telephone: 028 40900 Email: [email protected] Website: skibbheritage.com/ Telephone: 02247156 Website: longuevillehouse.ie Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 14:00 15:30 Date Start Time End Time EE FR Sat 25th 13:00 17:00 P Sun 26th 12:00 16:30

OK EE Plants Under the Microscope P BO FR Ellen Hutchins Festival event: a drop-in session for all ages. Use microscopes, stereoscopes and hand lenses, with expert The Geology of Allihies guidance from leading Irish botanists Howard Fox (NBG/ Get up close and personal with the rocks of Allihies: an OPW) and Maria Cullen. overview of the local geology and why the mine is where Venue: Future Forests, Kealkil it is. We might even find some copper! Organiser: Ellen Hutchins Festival Venue: Mine Museum, Allihies Email: [email protected] Organiser: IQUA Website: ellenhutchins.com Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0862224664 Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 14:00 16:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR Sat 25th 14:00 16:00 P

EE FR The Birds of Rosscarbery Estuary The purpose of the event is to introduce the special groups Whale Watch Ireland 2018 of birds that use Rosscarbery Estuary, how they use it, the The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group invites you to their journeys they take to get there and the importance of this “bit annual, free and guided land-based whale watch at a of mud”. local headland, as part of All-Ireland Whale Watch day Venue: Opposite Celtic Ross Hotel, Rosscarbery on Saturday 25th August 2018. Organiser: BirdWatch Ireland West Cork Branch Venue: Galley Head Lighthouse, near Ardfield Email: [email protected] Organiser: Irish Whale and Dolphin Group Telephone: 087 121 5256 Email: [email protected] Website: birdwatchirelandwestcork.ie Telephone: 086 3850568 Website: iwdg.ie

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Guided Tour of Passage West Museum Sunday opening of Blarney House Take a guided tour of the newly opened Passage West Tours will run between 10am with the last tour at 2pm! Maritime Museum which tells the story of Passage West the Venue: , House & Gardens Birthplace of Steamship Industry. Organiser: Blarney Castle, House & Gardens Venue: Passage West Maritime Museum Admission: Adult €8, Child €4, Concession €6, Organiser: Passage West Maritime Heritage Festival Family €22 Committee Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0214385252 Telephone: 087-9630462 Website: blarneycastle.ie Website: passagewestMaritimemuseum.ie Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sat 26th 10:00 14:00

th Sat 25 14:30 16:30 P P Open Day at Annes Grove Castle Botanical Art for Beginners Class An opportunity to see the conservation work of Irish Landmark Ellen Hutchins Festival event: New to watercolour and love Trust. Self-guided tour of this restored C19th miniature castle plants? Take your first steps into Botanical Art with Shevaun now available as holiday accommodation. Doherty in this fun and friendly introductory class held in a Venue: Annes Grove Miniature Castle, Castletownroche magical building. Organiser: Irish Landmark Trust Venue: Future Forests, Kealkil Email: [email protected] Organiser: Ellen Hutchins Festival Telephone: 01 6704733 Admission: Adult €30 Website: irishlandmark.com Email: [email protected] Website: ellenhutchins.com Date Start Time End Time Sat 26th 10:00 16:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR Sat 25th 14:30 16:30 P

OK P BO Open Day at Galley Head An opportunity to see the conservation work of Irish Landmark Come foraging in the Mangala! Trust. Imagine life as a lighthouse keeper on your self-guided Join botanist and herbalist Jo Goodyear to explore the tour of these restored lightkeepers houses now run as holiday Mangala (Ballybrack Woods) and find out about the wildlife accommodation. and edible/medicinal plants it supports. Venue: Galley Head Lightkeepers’ Houses, Galley Head, Venue: Ballybrack Wood – The Mangala/Outside Douglas Castlefreke, Clonakilty Community Centre, Church Road, Douglas, Cork Organiser: Irish Landmark Trust Organiser: Douglas Tidy Towns Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 01 6704733 Telephone: 086 846 33 99 Website: irishlandmark.com Website: douglastidytowns.ie

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River Insects Tell a Story Tai Chi Join our local Community Water Officer, Kieran Murphy Introduction to Tai Chi wading in the river to survey for and identify aquatic Venue: Soccer Pitches by Playground, Regional Park, invertebrates, which can indicate if a river or stream is Ballincollig CONTAE CHORAÍ CORK COUNTY CONTAE healthy. Great fun! Organiser: Ballincollig Heritage Festival Venue: Ballybrack Woods – The Mangala/Meet outside Email: [email protected] Douglas Community Centre, Church Road, Douglas, Cork Organiser: Douglas Tidy Towns Date Start Time End Time th Email: [email protected] Sat 26 12:00 13:30

Telephone: 086 846 33 99 EE P FR Website: douglastidytowns.ie

Date Start Time End Time Ecological Walk of The Gearagh th Sat 26 11:00 12:00 Join us for an ecological guided walk through last intact

EE primeval river forest left in Western Europe. Discover the P FR unique biodiversity that lies within the Gearagh, An Gaoire, The wooden river. Whiddy Island Seaweed Event Venue: The Gearagh, Macrrom, Gearagh Car Park Ellen Hutchins Festival event: An exciting chance to discover Organiser: Ecologist Alisha Murphy & Ecologist Patricia the seaweeds along Whiddy Island’s shore with Dr Susan Beecher Steele (SFPA) and try identifying & preserving seaweed specimens 1800s style. Date Start Time End Time th Venue: Whiddy Island Sat 26 12:00 14:00

Organiser: Ellen Hutchins Festival OK EE P BO FR Email: [email protected] Telephone: 087-6781613 Website: ellenhutchins.com Clay Days - Modern Cob Building Visit some of the new cob buildings at The Hollies Centre for Date Start Time End Time Practical Sustainability. Tours/talks will focus on modern earth th Sat 26 11:30 13:30 building techniques, such as clay and lime plasters, floors

EE and paints. P FR Venue: The Hollies Centre for Practical Sustainability, Enniskeane Tour of Sing-Sing Prison Organiser: Earthen Building UK and Ireland (EBUKI) Knockraha History & Heritage will host tours of Sing-Sing Email: [email protected] Prison Knockraha every hour on the hour from 12-6pm. Sing- Telephone: 023 884 7001 Sing was using to hold prisoners by the IRA during the War Website: ebuki.co/ of Independence. Venue: Kilquane Graveyard, Knockraha Date Start Time End Time th Organiser: Knockraha History & Heritage Society Sat 26 14:00 16:00

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Crab Fishing — Catch That Crab Venue: Bank House marquee, Whiddy Island, Bantry Enjoy a fantastic fun event suitable for all the family Organiser: Ellen Hutchins Festival Venue: Top Quay, Passage West Email: [email protected] Organiser: Passage West Maritime Heritage Festival Website: ellenhutchins.com Committee Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time th Telephone: 087-9630462 Sat 26 14:30 16:00

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EE Doneraile Development Association P FR Guided tour through the historic garden spaces , high- lighting connection between 17th century Castle Gardens, Midleton in the Great Famine 18th century parkland, and 19th century Court and A tour of Midleton taking in sites associated with the townhouse gardens. Great Famine. Venue: Doneraile Park & Creagh House Venue: Midleton Courthouse, Midleton Organiser: Doneraile Development Association Organiser: Tony Harpur Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 087-9049767 Telephone: 087 2969 382 Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sat 26th 14:30 16:30 Sat 26th 14:00 16:00 EE P FR EE P FR Ceol Cois Laoi Connecting with our Native Trees An afternoon showcasing the best of local traditional music in Enjoy a guided walk through the beautiful wooded estate Ballincollig with guests. All musicians welcome to join in. with over 300 acres of old broadleaf woodland, our recently Venue: Picnic Area, Regional Park by Inniscarra Bridge established sustainable woodland project, rivers and historic Organiser: Ballincollig Heritage Festival walled orchard. Telephone: 087 7732387 Venue: Manch Estate, Ballineen. Organiser: Green Economy Foundation Date Start Time End Time th Email: [email protected] Sat 26 15:00 17:00

Telephone: 023 882 2823 EE P FR Website: greeneconomyfoundation.ie

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EE P FR Railway House and Surroundings Living History: Ellen and Seaweeds A 100 year history of the Railway station, the demolished Ellen Hutchins Festival event: Q&A on why and how Ellen Oatfield factory and more. In a 24/7 multimedia exhibition collected seaweed in the early 1800s with Anne Secord, including complimentary tea, coffee and cakes. researcher on history of science and Carrie O’Flynn, Venue: Railway House, Ramelton Road, Letterkenny, re-enactor (in costume). F92 R902

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Organiser: Motley Crow Anti-cafe Date Start Time End Time th Admission: Adult: €5.00 Sat 18 09:30 21:30 th Email: [email protected] Sun 19 10:30 22:30

Telephone: +353 89 474 4686 EE P FR Website: motleycrow.ie

Date Start Time End Time Traditional Buildings Skills Days th Sat 18 00:00 23:45 Cathedral Quarter is hosting two Traditional Building Skills th Sun 19 00:00 23:45 Training Days as part of Heritage Week. A great opportunity CONTAE CHORAÍ CORK COUNTY CONTAE th Mon 20 00:00 23:45 to educate whilst implementing the Conservation Plan. st Tue 21 00:00 23:45 Venue: Letterkenny Cathedral Quarter office, Church Lane, nd Wed 22 00:00 23:45 Letterkenny rd Thu 23 00:00 23:45 Organiser: Letterkenny Cathedral Quarter th Fri 24 00:00 23:45 Email: [email protected] th Sat 25 00:00 23:45 Telephone: 0863452457 th Sun 26 00:00 23:45 Website: facebook.com/LkennyCathedralQuarter/

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Large Selection of Local Art Work and Crafts. Fine Art Work EE P FR The Non-Profit Burtonport Welcome Centre incorporates Musems,Martime,Railway, Agricultral Artefacts, and Old Curiosity Shop. Jailbreak 1828 — Escape Room Venue: Burtonport Welcome Centre Learn about prison life as you try to escape from Hugh Organiser: Burtonport Welcome Centre Society Gallagher’s cell before you are transported to Australia. Email: [email protected] Great for adults, teens & suitable for ages 9+. Booking not Telephone: 0834465654 essential but advisable. Website: bwcs.ie Venue: Lifford Old Courthouse Organiser: Lifford Old Courthouse Date Start Time End Time Admission: Adult €10, Child €6 th Sat 18 07:00 19:00 Email: [email protected] th Sun 19 07:00 19:00 Telephone: 0749141733 th Sun 26 07:00 19:00 Website: liffordoldcourthouse.com

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Carving a Future from the Past EE FR Events include guided walk, genealogy workshop, Bliain na Gaeilge Get Writing, history of the alcohol factory, traditional music workshop, exhibition of schools’ projects, and launch Images from Donegal Archives of website. ‘A Trek through Time’ Donegal County Archives Touring Venue: Colgan Community & Resource Centre Exhibition showcasing some of its popular collections. Incudes Organiser: Colgan Heritage railways, schools, politics, emigration, GAA, Elections, Maps, Email: [email protected] workhouses. Telephone: 0749329377 Venue: Milford Community Library Website: colganheritage.com

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Organiser: Donegal County Archives & Milford Community Celebrating Heritage Week Library. Complimentary tea/coffee with admission to museum during Email: [email protected] Heritage Week. Guided tour of Museum & Cells during Telephone: Tel: 074 9153927; 074 9172490 Heritage Week. Website: donegalcoco.ie/culture/archives/ Venue: St Connell’s Museum Glenties Organiser: St Connell’s Museum Date Start Time End Time Admission: Adult €5.00, Child €3.00, Family €15.00 th Sat 18 10:00 17:00 Email: [email protected]

EE Telephone: 0868215801 P FR Date Start Time End Time Doon Fort Connections & Communities Sat 18th 10:00 17:00 Bus tour & exhibition exploring the European cultural heritage P of Doon Fort & its hinterland. Come share your photos, memories & stories about monuments & built heritage in this area of SW Donegal. Exhibition & Poetry Reading Venue: Kilclooney Dolmen Centre, Portnoo Road, Portnoo, An exhibition from the extensive archive of poetry by the late Co. Donegal Michael O’Donnell, Kilcar 1925 - 2013. Poetry Reading Organiser: Ardara GAP Heritage and History Group Friday 24th August 7.30 p.m. Refreshments served. Free Admission: Adult €10, Child €5, Concession €5, Admission. Family €25 Venue: Áislann Chill Chartha Email: [email protected] Organiser: Áislann Chill Chartha, Kilcar Telephone: 0879214206 Email: [email protected] Telephone: 074 9738376 Date Start Time End Time Website: aislann.ie Sat 18th 10:00 16:00 Date Start Time End Time OK BO P Sat 18th 10:00 17:00 Mon 20th 10:00 21:00 Craft Stalls at the Visitor Centre Tue 21st 10:00 21:00 nd Pick up a beautiful, unique gift or souvenir from local artisans Wed 22 10:00 21:00 rd & craftspeople. Explore the exhibitions at the Visitor Centre, Thu 23 10:00 21:00 th highlighting different aspects of Glenveagh National Park. Fri 24 19:30 21:00 th Venue: Glenveagh National Park Visitor Centre Sat 25 10:00 17:00

Organiser: Glenveagh National Park EE P FR Email: [email protected] Telephone: 076 1002537 Website: glenveaghnationalpark.ie/ Coastal & Island Heritage Cruise All aboard for a coastal boat tour to step back in time and Date Start Time End Time recall days gone by of island life. Discover stunning rock th Sat 18 10:00 17:00 formations & their Irish descriptions from the unique platform th Sun 19 10:00 17:00 of the sea. th Sat 25 10:00 17:00 Venue: Kincasslagh Pier th Sun 26 10:00 17:00 Organiser: Saoire Mara Charters

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Date Start Time End Time 1500 Years of History in Fahan th Sat 18 10:30 12:30 A walk through 1500 years of History from a pre-Christian th Sun 19 10:30 12:30 graveyard to the memorial to the dead of the Laurentic (1917) th Mon 20 10:30 12:30 Venue: Car Park at St Mura’s Church of Ireland st Tue 21 10:30 12:30 Organiser: Fahan Community Council nd Wed 22 10:30 12:30 Email: [email protected] rd Thu 23 10:30 12:30 Telephone: 00447834561433 / 00353863345137 /

DONEGAL DÚN NA NGALL th Fri 24 10:30 12:30 00353868744335 th Sat 25 10:30 12:30 Website: fahanheritage.ie Sun 26th 10:30 12:30 Date Start Time End Time OK BO P Sat 18th 11:00 13:00 Sun 19th 14:30 16:30 Preserving your Old Photos & Stories Wed 22nd 14:30 16:30 nd Bring along your old photos, maps, documents, etc.. and Wed 22 20:00 21:30 th have them digitised, preserving them for future generations. Sat 25 11:00 13:00 th There will be an opportunity to share the stories behind these Sun 26 14:30 16:30

artefacts. EE P FR Venue: The Base, Stranorlar Organiser: Ballybofey, Stranorlar & District Historical Society Teach John Mhici Ban Carrigart Email: [email protected] Traditional two story house and its contents convey a sense Telephone: 0872027193 of life on this farm in the 19th and 20th centuries. Farm equipment and implements on display and hooping cart Date Start Time End Time wheels: Sat 25th from 2pm th Sat 18 10:30 16:00 Venue: teach John mhici ban carrigart

EE Organiser: Hugo and Margaret Boyle P FR Telephone: 0872515387

Siúlóid Abhainn Chroithlí Date Start Time End Time th Siúlóid seo a dhéanfaidh cur síos ar stair ársa na hAbhanna, Sat 18 11:00 18:00

ó luath stair, stair Mhonarcha Chroithlí agus teacht na EE P FR traenach Beidh an chuid is mó den tsiúloid ag plé le an nádúr fiáin an Ghleanna. Venue: Monarcha Chroithlí, An Coillín Darrach, Croithlí, Tradition and Innovation Co. Dhún na nGall A selection of works from the RHA Collection. Featured artists Organiser: Ealaín na Gaeltachta Teo. i gcomhar le Cumann include Charles Harper, Richard Gorman, Alice Maher, Iascaireachta Chroithlí Eithne Jordan & Mick O’Dea. Email: [email protected] Venue: The Glebe Gallery Telephone: 074 9560100 Organiser: The Glebe House & Gallery OPW Website: ealain.ie/en Email: [email protected] Telephone: 074 91 37071 Date Start Time End Time Website: [email protected] Sat 18th 10:30 11:45 Date Start Time End Time EE FR P Sat 18th 11:00 18:30 Sun 19th 11:00 18:30

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th Mon 20 11:00 18:30 for everyone. st Tue 21 11:00 18:30 Venue: The Workhouse, Dunfanaghy nd Wed 22 11:00 18:30 Organiser: The Workhouse rd Thu 23 11:00 18:30 Admission: Adult FREE, Child €5.00, Concession FREE, th Fri 24 11:00 18:30 Family FREE th Sat 25 11:00 18:30 Email: [email protected] th Sun 26 11:00 18:30 Telephone: 0749136540

EE FR P Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 11:00 18:30 Walking Tour of Historical Sites P Walking tour of the historical sites of Newtowncunningham and surrounding area. Discover the graves of founding fathers of the village and find out what ties the area has to Art Workshops — Plein Air other parts of the island. Come and enjoy an afternoon of painting in the beautiful Venue: Starting from the Church of Ireland Car Park, Glebe Gardens, under the expert guidance of our resident Newtowncunningham artists. Bring your own art materials and dress for the Organiser: Newtowncunningham & District Historical outdoors. Society Venue: The Glebe House & Gallery Email: [email protected] Organiser: The Glebe House & Gallery OPW Telephone: 0879307487 Email: [email protected] Telephone: 074 91 37071 Date Start Time End Time Website: glebegallery.ie Sat 18th 11:00 16:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR P Sat 18th 12:00 16:00 Sea Safari & Marine Heritage Tour Sun 19th 12:00 16:00

A spectacular 2.5 hours marine tour taking in the history EE P FR and heritage of the islands off Burtonport, the rich marine wildlife, seabirds and the stunning cliffs, caves and sea stacks of Arranmore. The O’Doherty Castles of Venue: Burtonport Pier slipway, Burtonport, Co.Donegal Learn about the history of O’ Doherty’s Keep in Buncrana Organiser: Divearranmore Charters and discover the connection with Carrickabraghy Castle Admission: Adult €25.00, Child €12.50 near Ballyliffin. Email: [email protected] Venue: Buncrana Library, St. Mary’s Road, Buncrana Telephone: 0863300516 Organiser: O’Doherty’s Keep Development Group Website: divearranmore.com/ Email: [email protected] Telephone: 086-1292582 Date Start Time End Time Website: odohertyskeep.com Sat 18th 12:00 19:00 Date Start Time End Time OK BO P Sat 18th 12:30 15:00

EE P FR Family Fun Day It promises to be a fun-filled afternoon for all the family with face painting, bouncy castle, slime making and lots more. Northwest Showbands & Bands So come along and join the fun, there will be something An exhibition of photographs and memorabilia from the

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1950s, ‘60s & ‘70s – the golden era of the showbands Date Start Time End Time th and bands in the North West of Ireland. Sat 18 13:00 16:00 th Venue: Sun 19 13:00 16:00 nd Organiser: Donegal County Museum Wed 22 13:00 16:00 th Email: [email protected] Sat 25 13:00 16:00 th Telephone: 074 9124613 Sun 26 13:00 16:00

Website: donegalcoco.ie/culture/countymuseum/ EE FR DONEGAL DÚN NA NGALL P Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 13:00 16:30 Glenties: A Walk in the Past th Mon 20 10:00 16:30 Free guided tours of the museum. Walk down memory lane, st Tue 21 10:00 16:30 view the artefacts from Glenties and the surrounding areas. 3 nd Wed 22 10:00 16:30 p.m.: Ernan O Donnell, local historian will give a talk on local rd Thu 23 10:00 16:30 author J.P. Crai. th Fri 24 10:00 16:30 Venue: St Connell’s Museum and Heritage Centre th Sat 25 13:00 16:30 Organiser: St Connell’s Museum and Heritage Centre

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Step Back in Time Date Start Time End Time th Step back in time to join Dark Daughter Productions for a Sat 18 14:00 17:30

re-enactment of life at Glenveagh Castle during the Victorian EE P FR Era, when Mrs Adair was in residence. Book at the Castle upon arrival. Venue: Glenveagh Castle “Painting the Past” Open Studio Organiser: Glenveagh National Park Open Studio The artist Eddie O’Kane will open his studio Email: [email protected] to the public. Work based on Cavanacor House and other Telephone: 076 1002537 historic locations on display. Observe the artist at work. Website: glenveaghnationalpark.ie/ Venue: Cavanacor House, Ballindrait, Lifford Organiser: Cavanacor House Date Start Time End Time Email: [email protected] th Sat 18 13:00 16:30 Telephone: 074 9141143 th Sun 19 13:00 16:30 Website: Cavanacorgallery.ie Sat 25th 13:00 16:30 Sun 26th 13:00 16:30 Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 14:00 18:00 EE P FR EE P FR Traditional Music Session at Castle Enjoy the craic with local traditional musicians in The Museum Opening Orangery in the spectacular surrounds of Glenveagh Castle Magh Ene Historical Society in association with Ballyshannon Gardens. District Museum and Bundoran Community Development CLG Venue: Glenveagh Castle are opening a museum in Bundoran Community Centre. Organiser: Glenveagh National Park Venue: Bundoran Community Centre, Bundoran Email: [email protected] Organiser: Magh Ene Historical Society / Bundoran Telephone: 076 1002537 Community Development CLG/Ballyshannon and Website: glenveaghnationalpark.ie/ District Museum

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Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0719829675 Telephone: 0749370478 Website: malinheadcommunity.ie Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 15:00 17:00 Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 16:00 19:30 EE FR P Sun 19th 14:00 19:30

EE P FR Beach Walk & Talk Learn about the plants, shells and sea life that inhabit our seashore. Hosted by West Inishowen History & Heritage Wildlife Spotting Trip to Hornhead Society and Wild Inishowen. (Children must be accompanied Come and see the rugged and dramatic coastline of by adults). Hornhead. Along the way we pass the bird colony and the Venue: Shore Front, Buncrana seal colony. See the Basking Sharks, Whales and Dolphins Organiser: West Inishowen History & Heritage Society that call Sheephaven bay their home. Email: [email protected] Venue: Portnablagh Pier, Dunfanaghy, Co. Donegal Telephone: 087 9227 038 Organiser: Seas The Bay Website: buncranahistory.com Admission: Adult €20, Child €10 Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Telephone: 00353 87 6136400 th Sat 18 15:00 17:00 Website: seasthebay.ie

EE FR P Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 18:00 19:30 Talk / Visit to St Peter’s Turas Sun 19th 18:00 19:30 th Talk by historian Helen Meehan, at Green Pump, Mon 20 18:00 19:30 st Mountcharles, followed by visit to the Turas at St Peter’s Tue 21 18:00 19:30 nd Lough, Turrishill Wed 22 18:00 19:30 rd Venue: Mountcharles Thu 23 18:00 19:30 th Organiser: Mountcharles Heritage and Walking Group Fri 24 18:00 19:30 th Email: [email protected] Sat 25 18:00 19:30 th Telephone: 087 9785314 Sun 26 18:00 19:30

Website: mointcharlescommunity.ie OK P BO Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 15:00 18:00 Children’s Heritage Book Launch

EE The Glebe Gallery is delighted to host the launch of P FR Carol O’Callaghan first children’s book “Good Morning Glenveagh” based on the life of Derek Hill’s housekeeper Malin Head Heritage Exhibition Gracie and her mouse Little Blue. A window into our past through living history stories, home Venue: The Glebe House & Gallery and farm artifacts, photos of local life and weddings, Organiser: The Glebe House & Gallery OPW information on Malin Head’s schools, land and sea and an in Email: [email protected] depth study of Ardmalin Telephone: 074 91 37071 Venue: Malin Head Community Hall Website: glebegallery.ie/ Organiser: Malin Head Heritage Group Admission: Adult €2, Child €2

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Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 19:00 21:00 Sun 19th 14:00 16:00

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My Place Knitters Walk... After the River Art exhibition with work from Gortahork-based artist Mary Continuing in the footsteps of the Rosses women at the end DONEGAL DÚN NA NGALL Comiskey Toland focusing on the people and surroundings of of the nineteenth century - their difficult journey from the North-West Donegal - around Gortahork and Gweedore. Gweebarra to Glenties to deliver their knitted gloves and Venue: An tSean Bheairic socks to the agents. Organiser: An tSean Bheairic Venue: Glenties Museum Email: [email protected] Organiser: Sean Scoil Traigheanach Community Telephone: 074 9180655 Email: [email protected] Website: falcarraghvisitorcentre.com Telephone: 00353876352939

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Ros Ban Wildlife Open Garden The Heritage of Kilbarron Castle A garden with a Celtic theme, displays of medicinal plants, To celebrate the rich historic heritage of Kilbarron Castle, and educational posters of flora and fauna. A garden birthplace of Mícheál Uí Cléirigh , to raise awareness designed to encourage wildlife. Good walking shoes advised. locally and from further afield of this project to conserve Guided Tour on the day. the castle ruins. Venue: Ros Ban Garden near Mongorry, Raphoe, Venue: Marine Centre, Creevy, Ballyshannon Organiser: Ann Kavanagh Organiser: Kilbarron Castle Conservation Group Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 086 0805214 Telephone: +353 71 985 2896

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Guided Walk down Binnion Road Remembering WW1 — The Donegal Clonmay’s Greenway: The tree-lined tranquil Binnion Road Story along the Clonmany river has many stories - about fishermen, This ground floor exhibition tells the story of World War I farmers, landlords and landless - which will be shared by through the experiences of Donegal men and women at locals on this walk. home and abroad. Venue: Market Square, Clonmany Venue: Central Library, Oliver Plunkett Road, Letterkenny Organiser: St Columba’s Straid Conservation Group Organiser: Donegal County Council Library Service Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 086-2670503 Telephone: 07491 24950 Website: stcolumbasstraid.com Website: donegallibrary.ie

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Date Start Time End Time Website: glenfolkvillage.com Mon 20th 09:30 17:30 Sat 25th 09:30 17:30 Date Start Time End Time Mon 20th 12:30 14:30 EE FR EE P FR Saltwater Music in the Ink On display will be a selection of the 90 posters featured Open House at the Station House in the artist & author’s recently published BARRY BRITTON A former Railway Station on the L’Derry and Lough Swilly POSTERS book. Pick out your favorite & Barry will share the Burtonport Extension Line, the newly restored Station (now story behind it. self catering accommodation) will be open to the public for Venue: Local Hands Arts & Crafts, Main Street, one day only. Ballyshannon Venue: Cashelnagor Railway Station Organiser: Barry Britton Organiser: Cashelnagor Railway Station Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0868728770 Telephone: 086 8234449 Website: localhands.ie Website: dunsuan.ie

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Plein Eire Art Exhibition Dunfanaghy Market House — Its Story Taispeántas ealaíne ón ghrúpa Pleín Eire Gaeltacht Thiar Tír The Market House in Dunfanaghy serves as a key reference Chonaill ag taispeáint na radharcanna agus an tírdhreach for elements of the social and historical development of the suntasach atá le feiceáil i nDún na nGall. town and offers an important heritage communicated to us Venue: Leabharlann Phobail Ghaoth Dobhair from the past. Organiser: Leabharlann Phobail Ghaoth Dobhair Venue: The Workhouse, Dunfanaghy Email: [email protected] Organiser: Dunfanaghy Tidy Towns Telephone: 074 9560862 Email: [email protected] Website: donegallibrary.ie Telephone: 0749100988

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Hands on Heritage Tour of St Cartha’s Church, Kilcar Glencolmcille Folk Village invite you to see demonstrations A tour of of St Cartha’s Church, Kilcar led by Sister Catherine and try your hand at, hand weaving, net making, spinning Campbell author of ‘St Cartha’s, Sacred Sites in the Parish and carding, knitting, rope twisting and baking bread in a of Kilcar’. traditional pot oven. Venue: St Cartha’s Church, Kilcar Venue: Glencolmcille Folk Village Organiser: Coiste Oidhreachta Chill Chartha / Kilcar Organiser: Glencolmcille Folk Village Heritage Committee Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0749730017 Telephone: 074 9739133

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Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Mon 20th 19:00 20:30 Tue 21st 11:30 15:45

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Disert Guided Tour Wild Flower Walk Find out about the fascinating landscape, history and Join our experienced guide, Anne Donovan on a walk DONEGAL DÚN NA NGALL archaeology at Disert with a guided tour. Reputedly this early along the Gortnamullan road and we will examine the flora medieval monastery was founded in the 6th century by St growing there. Colmcille. Venue: Gortnamullan, Malin Head Venue: Meet 7:15pm Bluestack Centre, Drimarone or Organiser: Malin Head Heritage Group 7:30pm Tymeen Football Field Email: [email protected] Organiser: Disert Heritage Group/IT Sligo Telephone: 0749370478 Email: [email protected] Website: malinheadcommunity.ie Website: disertheritage.com Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Tue 21st 16:00 18:00 Mon 20th 19:15 20:30 EE FR Mon 20th 19:30 20:30 P

EE P FR Genealogy, An Introductory Workshop Come along to our free Introductory Workshop where you Éistigí — Hear Our Story can see and hear how to start researching your family tree Listen to local stories about life in the Rosses in days gone by, using the free online resources. visit our exhibition of everyday items from those days to see Venue: Ballybofey Library the changes in our lifestyles, can you guess what some of the Organiser: Ballybofey, Stranorlar & District Historical items are? Society Venue: Ionad Teampall Chróine Email: [email protected] Organiser: Ionad Teampall Chróine Telephone: 0872027193 Email: [email protected] Telephone: 074 9522198 Date Start Time End Time st Website: therosses.ie Tue 21 18:00 20:00

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EE Reflections on WW1 Musical Journey FR Join acclaimed musician Tracey McRory for an amazing musical journey through the battlefields of World War 1. Fr. Tommy Doherty Letterkenny Films Using film, music and narrative this evocative piece will Fr. Tommy Doherty left his immense film collection to the capture your imagination. Diocesan Archive. We will be showing the Letterkenny Venue: Central Library, Oliver Plunkett Road, Letterkenny footage for this event. Organiser: Donegal County Council Library Service Venue: Raphoe Diocesan Archive, Sentry Hill, Letterkenny Email: [email protected] Organiser: Raphoe Diocesan Archives Telephone: 074 91 24950 Email: [email protected] Website: donegallibrary.ie Telephone: 074 9161109

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OK / ‘The Emergency’ . . . it even left a mark in the landscape. P BO Come and hear some of the fascinating stories from this period in our history. So, Who Are the Covenanters? Venue: The very end of St John’s Point at the EIRE Sign Come and enjoy local historian Raymond Blair giving a tour Organiser: Dunkineely community Ltd and talk on the 200 year history of the Covenanter Church in Email: [email protected] Convoy. Light refreshments afterwards. Telephone: 0858500081 Venue: Convoy Covenanter Church, Ballyboe, Convoy Organiser: Convoy Covenanter Church Date Start Time End Time nd Email: [email protected] Wed 22 11:00 12:00 th Telephone: 074 91 47431 Sat 25 11:00 12:00

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EE The event will include a guided tour of Doe Castle and re- P FR enactments of the lives and history of some people who lived at of Doe Castle over the last 600 years. Family Connections — Larry Mc Nutt Venue: Doe Castle, Castle Doe, Creeslough, on Sheephaven Discover the connection and relationships of families in Bay, just off the r245 between Carrigart and Creeslough. Buncrana and elsewhere. there will be a sign at the end of the narrow lane to Venue: The Plaza, Buncrana Doe Castle. Organiser: West Inishowen History & Heritage Society Organiser: Moving Mevagh Forward Email: [email protected] Admission: Adult €3 Telephone: 087 9227 038 Email: [email protected] Website: buncranahistory.com Website: opw.ie/en/Lá na Tuile/

Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Tue 21st 19:30 20:30 Wed 22nd 11:00 16:30 Thu 23rd 11:00 16:30 EE FR P Fri 24th 11:00 16:30 Sat 25th 11:00 16:30 1918 Donegal Women Sun 26th 11:00 16:30 Talk by local Historian Helen Meehan on the social and P economic effect of prominent Donegal Women during 1918 Venue: The Carpet Factory, Killybegs Organiser: Killybegs History & Heritage Committee Marú an Mháirtínigh Email: [email protected] The 1880 Flood in St. Mary’s Church when five were Telephone: 086b2627722 drowned. The 1898 Killing of Inspector Martin & the Website: killybegsgraves.ie subsequent Trial. Venue: Sean Teach Pobail Doirí Beaga/ Old Church Date Start Time End Time Derrybeg nd Wed 22 20:00 21:00 Organiser: Uinsionn Ó Breisleáin

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Rathmullan Stories and Poems Stone to Screen — Virtual Heritage An evening sharing Rathmullan stories from Tadhg Ó Cianáin Join CINE Project for intro to Photogrammetry & Artefact DONEGAL DÚN NA NGALL to the 20th century writers Louis Walshe, John D. Sheridan, Digitisation learn how to capture artefacts digitally. View a Fr John Silke and local poets. Share your own stories over a demo of ongoing virtual reality visualization of St Catherine’s cup of tea. Church, Killybegs. Venue: SVP Centre, Chapel Road, Rathmullan Venue: Killybegs International Carpet Making & Fishing Organiser: Rathmullan and District Local History Society Centre, Fintra Rd, Killybegs Email: [email protected] Organiser: Donegal County Museum Telephone: 0860846720 Email: [email protected] Website: rathmullan.ie Telephone: 0749124613 Website: donegalcoco.ie/culture/countymuseum/ Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 19:30 22:00 Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 14:00 16:00 EE P FR EE P FR Manny Man Drawing History Workshop Local History Talk John D Ruddy Author of the Manny Man Does History series History talk with specific reference to the local area. Drawing Workshop based on his illustration style of Manny Venue: Buncrana Community Library Man. Drawing of an historic battle explore the details of the Organiser: Buncrana Community Library history & the weapons. Email: [email protected] Venue: Dillons Hotel, Letterkenny Telephone: 07493 61941 Organiser: Letterkenny Cathedral Quarter Website: donegallibrary.ie Admission: Adult €5, Child €2, Family €10 Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time nd Telephone: 0838762565 Wed 22 18:30 19:30

EE FR Date Start Time End Time P Wed 22nd 14:00 15:30 Book Launch — Bundoran’s Saviour P Mr Emmet Travers with Magh Ene Historical Society and Bundoran Library are delighted to invite you to the launch of Wild Child Family Fun Day Emmet’s first publication, “ Bundoran’s Savior”, The Rights of Come and celebrate nature - build your own mini bug hotel. Way Case. Make a nature - inspired craft and follow the nature trail Venue: Bundoran Community Library around the garden Organiser: Bundoran Community Library Venue: The Glebe House & Gallery Email: [email protected] Organiser: The Glebe House & Gallery OPW Telephone: 0719829665 Email: [email protected] Website: donegallibrary.ie Telephone: 074 91 37071 Website: glebegallery.ie

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EE P FR “Twin Towns Festival” Film Show Don’t miss this chance to view raw footage of the Twin Towns Festival from the early ‘80s. You might be the star of the Stones to Screen — Virtual Heritage show. Launch of Historical Society website and 2018 / 9 Join CINE Project for intro to Photogrammetry & Artefact Calendar on the night. Digitisation learn how to capture artefacts digitally & view Venue: Villa Rose Hotel, Ballybofey demo of ongoing virtual reality visualization of St Catherine’s Organiser: Ballybofey, Stranorlar & District Historical Church, Killybegs. Society Venue: Donegal County Museum Email: [email protected] Organiser: Donegal County Museum Telephone: 0872027193 Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0749123613 Date Start Time End Time Website: donegalcoco.ie/culture/countymuseum/ Wed 22nd 19:30 23:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR P Thu 23rd 14:00 16:00

EE P FR Heritage Lego and Pavement Art Public event for children where they will create local heritage buildings using LEGO. Guided Walk by Bren Whelan Venue: Buncrana Community Library Guided walk led by Bren Whelan on ‘Malin Head, History, Organiser: Buncrana Community Library Heritage and Star Wars’ Email: [email protected] Venue: The Tower, Malin Head Telephone: 07493 61941 Organiser: Malin Head Heritage Group Website: donegallibrary.ie Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0749370478 Date Start Time End Time Website: malinheadcommunity.ie Wed 22nd 11:00 12:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR P Thu 23rd 17:00 19:00

OK EE P BO FR Photographic Exhibition Reminisce over old photographs from the area incl the Twin Towns, Convoy, Cloghan, Crossroads & Killygordon. See the Historical Walk changes that have shaped our towns, some more dramatically A walk through the history of Dunlewey. Local guides will tell than others. you the stories behind Dunlewey House, the old Church, and Venue: 1st Floor Foyer, McElhinneys Department Store, the poisoned glen as well as the myths and legends. Ballybofey Venue: Dunlewey - Old Church Organiser: Ballybofey, Stranorlar & District Historical Organiser: Forbairt Dun Luiche Society Admission: Adult €5, Child FREE Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0872027193 Telephone: 0868234449

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Genealogy with Tina Porter Walk Around St Catherine’s Complex Learn how to discover your family roots and connections Meet 2pm at St Catherine’s Holy Well car park, proceed DONEGAL DÚN NA NGALL using latest research techniques. to guided tour of the Church and graveyard and the latest Venue: The Plaza, Buncrana conservation works. Organiser: West Inishowen History & Heritage Society Venue: St Catherine’s Archaeological Complex Email: [email protected] Organiser: Killybegs History & Heritage Committee Telephone: 087 9227 038 Email: [email protected] Website: buncranahistory.com Telephone: 086 2627722 Website: killybegsgraves.ie Date Start Time End Time Thu 23rd 19:00 20:30 Date Start Time End Time Thu 24th 14:00 15:00 EE P FR EE P FR Seán Ó hEochaidh — Béaloideasóir Aisling Ni Churraighín is a PhD student in NUIG working Are You Going For A Mineral? closely with sean-nós singer and Irish professor Dr Lillis Ó Join us to take a trip down memory lane to relive the golden Laoghaire. She is a native of Teileann, the home community era of the North West showbands and bands. Come along of Dr Seán Ó hEochaidh. for a evening of nostalgia and reminiscing of your favorite Venue: Foras Cultúr Uladh bands and dance halls. Organiser: Oideas Gael Venue: Donegal County Museum Email: [email protected] Organiser: Donegal County Museum Telephone: 0749730248 Email: [email protected] Website: oideasgael.ie Telephone: 0749124613 Website: donegalcoco.ie/culture/countymuseum/ Date Start Time End Time Thu 23rd 20:30 22:00 Date Start Time End Time Thu 24th 19:30 20:30 EE P FR OK EE P BO FR Saltwater Music in the Ink A selection of original posters from the artist/author’s recently Folk Tales of Donegal published Barry Britton Posters book will be on display. Story Time- Donegal Folk Tales for Children with Arts Choose your favourite one & Barry share the story behind and Crafts. its’ inspiration. Venue: Bundoran Community Library Venue: Britton & Daughters Art Studio, the Seafront, Organiser: Bundoran Community Library Rossnowlagh Email: [email protected] Organiser: Barry Britton Email: barrybrittondesign@gmail. Telephone: 0719829665 com Website: donegallibrary.ie Telephone: 0868728770 Website: localhands.ie Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 11:00 12:00

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EE P FR Open House The Pilot’s Cottage A chance to see inside the cottage and here the history of the Pilot’s of Mulroy Bay. Explore the shoreline and maybe Bees in Trees see some local wildllife! Please note access is by foot down Do you want to learn more about the natural habitat of a grassy path honeybees and help us making a hive for them? Venue: Dundoan, Downings, F92 YW57 Venue: Tullyarvan lane, buncrana Organiser: Eddie Kelly Organiser: Boomtreebees Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0868529006 Telephone: 0862698474 Website: Www.boomtreebees.com Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 14:00 17:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR Sat 25th 12:00 16:00 P

EE P FR Whale Watch Ireland 2018 The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group invites you to their Launch of a restored Foyle Ferry annual, free and guided land-based whale watch at a Launch of the St. Anthony a restored Mc Donald built local headland, as part of All-Ireland Whale Watch day on traditional boat, a Foyle Ferry and Salmon boat donated by Saturday 25th August 2018 the Kelly Family restored by master boatbuilder, Brian Mc Venue: Foreland Heights bar car park, Bloody Foreland Donald by Moville Men’s Shed Organiser: Irish Whale and Dolphin Group Venue: Moville Pier Email: [email protected] Organiser: Moville Men’s Shed Telephone: 086 2223328 Email: [email protected] Website: iwdg.ie Telephone: 00353749385347 Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 14:00 17:00 Sat 25th 13:00 17:00 EE P FR EE P FR Whale Watch Ireland 2018 Unveiling of Marker The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group invites you to their Unveiling of a stone carved townlands marker of Loughros annual, free and guided land-based whale watch at a Point, depicting the sixteen townlands on the peninsula. local headland, as part of All-Ireland Whale Watch day on This beautifully hand carved map shows each in Saturday 25th August 2018. both Irish and English. Venue: Inishowen Head Tower, Inishowen Peninsula Venue: Top of Loughros Point road, Drimaha, Ardara. Organiser: Irish Whale and Dolphin Group Organiser: Loughros Heritage Group Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 087 6478183​ Telephone: 087 7852520 Website: iwdg.ie Website: loughrosheritage.wordpress.com Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 14:00 17:00 Sat 25th 13:30 15:30 EE FR EE P FR

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The Path of the Kings Guided Trail railway gatekeeper’s cottage which is now available as Trail visits the Monastery, the Abbey, Doon Rock, and Ethnes holiday accommodation. Well also known as the Station of the Kings where successive Venue: Railway Crossing Cottage, Gate House 9, Drumark, O’ Donnell chieftains made a ‘Turas’ immediately after Donegal Town being inaugurated. Organiser: Irish Landmark Trust Venue: Kilmacrennan Abbey, Milford Road, Kilmacrennan Email: [email protected] Organiser: Kilmacrennan Abbey Preservation Society Telephone: 01 6704733 DONEGAL DÚN NA NGALL Email: [email protected] Website: irishlandmark.com Telephone: 087 4116037 Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sun 26th 10:00 16:00 Sat 25th 15:30 17:30 EE P FR EE P FR Open Day St Johns Point Houses Masonic Hall Open Evening An opportunity to see two restored lightkeepers’ houses. Come along and look around the Lodge room of Ancient Imagine life as a lighthouse keeper on your self-guided tour of Donegal Masonic Lodge which was formed in 1781 and these two houses now run as holiday accommodation through is still in operation. Talk with some of the members about Irish Landmark Trust. freemasonry and its role in society. Venue: Clipper and Schooner, St John’s Point Lightkeepers’ Venue: Masonic Hall, Waterloo Place, Donegal town Houses, Dunkineely Organiser: Ancient Donegal Masonic Lodge Organiser: Irish Landmark Trust Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Telephone: 01 6704733 th Sat 25 17:00 21:00 Website: irishlandmark.com

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Open Day at Termon House EE FR An opportunity to see the conservation work of Irish Landmark Trust. Enjoy the stunning views and a self-guided tour of this restored C18th land agent’s house now available as Medieval Magic and Weaponry holiday accommodation. Display Venue: Termon House, Maghery, Nr Dungloe Join us for an exhibition of Medieval Magic and Weaponry Organiser: Irish Landmark Trust Display at . Admission free. Email: [email protected] Venue: Donegal Castle Telephone: 01 6704733 Organiser: Donegal Castle Website: irishlandmark.com Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0749722405 Date Start Time End Time Sun 26th 10:00 16:00 Date Start Time End Time Sun 26th 11:00 15:00 EE P FR EE FR Open Day - Railway Crossing Cottage An opportunity to see the conservation work of Irish Landmark A Talk on Whales and Dolphins Trust. Enjoy a self-guided tour of this traditional restored A talk with Michael Marrinan Bsc Marine Biology on the

88 SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN FULL WHEELCHAIR ACCESS PARTIAL WHEELCHAIR ACCESS PERFORMANCE OR RE-ENACTMENT TALK OPEN HISTORIC PROPERTY FESTIVAL DONEGAL DÚN NA NGALL whales and Dolphins in Irish waters and how our lives affect Play the organ, ring the bell, have a cup of tea! Church the ocean. Service at 6pm. Venue: Dillons Hotel Venue: Donegal Parish Church (1828) Organiser: Letterkenny Cathedral Quarter Organiser: Donegal Parish Church Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 083876265 Telephone: 0749721075 Website: donegal.raphoe.anglican.org Date Start Time End Time Sun 26th 11:00 12:00 Date Start Time End Time Sun 26th 14:00 16:00 EE P FR EE FR Tullyhogue Fort, Co. Tyrone. Day Trip to the ancient inauguration site of the O’Neill’s. Reconnecting Our Coastal Neighbours Explore the ancient cultural links between the Cenel Eoghain A Maritime Tourism Company, Wild Strands, aims to promote of Tyrone and Inishowen. and celebrate the uses of local traditional boats and food. Venue: Meet: Supervalu Car Park, Buncrana See / experience the first voyage of restored ferry boat Organiser: West Inishowen History & Heritage Society crossing the River Foyle. Email: [email protected] Venue: Meeting point, Mc Donalds Boatyard, Greencastle, Telephone: 087 9227 038 Co Donegal Website: buncranahistory.com Organiser: Wild Strands - Dúlamán Fada Admission: Adult €10 Date Start Time End Time Email: [email protected] th Sun 26 11:00 17:00 Telephone: 0851053893

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An opportunity to study and identify a range of macro OK P BO invertebrates using field microscopes. Learn about the life cycles of salmon, trout, sea trout artic char and eels to name a few. Heritage Panels Unveiling Venue: Glenveagh National Park — car park beside Information panels will be unveiled in 6 locations of historical visitors centre importance in Ballyshannon; the event will be enhanced by Organiser: Inland Fisheries Ireland short talks by local historian, Anthony Begley. Email: [email protected] Venue: Market Yard, Ballyshannon, Telephone: 0035386 8182948 Organiser: Ballyshannon Regeneration Group Website: fisheriesireland.ie Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0872409626 Date Start Time End Time Website: discoverballyshannon.ie Sun 26th 12:00 16:30 Date Start Time End Time EE FR P Sun 26th 15:00 16:30

EE P FR Fun Heritage Open Day! Fun Heritage Open Day at recently restored Donegal Church. Kids’ treasure hunts, historical artifacts, family history display.

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Field day in Kilcar Area Aifreann Tulach a’Bheaglaoich Patrick McBrearty, well known historian from Kilcar, will tell This is a sixth century church established by St. Begley, the us the history of Leitir Corn Mill, St. Chartha’s Graveyard graveyard reputed to be the oldest Christian graveyard & Church and much more. Meeting will be at Aslainn Chill in North West Donegal. A place of worship by Church of Charth at 3pm. Ireland between 1610 & 1834. Venue: Kilcar and surrounding areas Venue: Reilig Tulach a’Bheaglaoich, An Fálcarrach Organiser: Historical Society Organiser: Cumann Staire Chloich Cheann Fhaola DONEGAL DÚN NA NGALL Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0872261378 Telephone: 074 91 35401 Website: donegalhistory.com Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sun 26th 18:00 19:00 Sun 26th 15:00 17:30 EE P FR EE FR Bus to Upper Glen & Lough Inshagh Leghowney Markets at Donegal Castle Meet at the Visitor Centre by 9.50am to get tickets. Walk Join us for a market day in the grounds of Donegal Castle either the Upper Glen Trail or Lough Inshagh Trail back to the and enjoy local produce and crafts from Leghowney Markets. Castle. Continue on the Lakeside Walk or get the bus back to Admission Free. the Visitor Centre Venue: Donegal Castle Venue: Glenveagh National Park Organiser: Donegal Castle OPW Organiser: Glenveagh National Park Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0749722405 Telephone: 076 1002537 Website: heritageireland.ie Website: glenveaghnationalpark.ie/

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Walk/Talk — Mountcharles Village EE P FR Meet at Green pump at 3pm for walk around the village, along the walls of Hall House, Wee Pier, Big Pier, Salthill - a 5 km walk led by Anne Leonard who will give a talk on the Medieval Family Day history of area. Join us for medieval fancy dress and hear stories of times Venue: Mountcharles gone by from some great storytellers. Admission Free. Organiser: Mountcharles Heritage and Walking Group Venue: Donegal Castle Email: [email protected] Organiser: Donegal Castle OPW Telephone: 087 9785314 Email: [email protected] Website: mountcharlescommunity.ie Telephone: 0749722405 Website: heritageireland.ie Date Start Time End Time Sun 26th 15:00 17:00 Date Start Time End Time Sun 19th 11:00 15:00 EE P FR EE FR

90 SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN FULL WHEELCHAIR ACCESS PARTIAL WHEELCHAIR ACCESS PERFORMANCE OR RE-ENACTMENT TALK OPEN HISTORIC PROPERTY FESTIVAL DOWN AN DÚN DUBLIN CITY CATHAIR BAILE ÁTHA CLIATH Guided Tour of St Audoen’s Church DOWN Take a lively guided tour of one of Dublin’s oldest buildings and find out more about its place in the history of medieval Dublin. Whale Watch Ireland 2018 Venue: St Audoen’s Church Visitor Centre The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group invites you to their Organiser: St Audoen’s Church Visitor Centre Centre annual, free and guided land-based whale watch at a (OPW) local headland, as part of All-Ireland Whale Watch day on Email: [email protected] Saturday 25th August 2018 Telephone: 01 6770088 Venue: Bloody Bridge, Car Park Website: heritageireland.ie Organiser: Irish Whale and Dolphin Group Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time th Telephone: 077 71762355 Sat 18 09:30 15:45 th Website: iwdg.ie Sun 19 12:00 15:45 Mon 20th 09:30 15:45 Date Start Time End Time Tue 21st 09:30 15:45 Sat 25th 14:00 17:00 Wed 22nd 09:30 15:45 Thu 23rd 09:30 15:45 EE FR P Fri 24th 09:30 15:45 Sat 25th 09:30 13:00 Sun 26th 12:00 13:00

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Adam and Eve’s Franciscan Church Heritage All-Sorts! Visit the Historic Franciscan Church of Adam and Eve, the Join us throughout Heritage Week for themed tours, talks, only Catholic Church in Ireland named after a Pub! art activities for children, quizzes and more! Venue: Franciscan Church of Adam and Eve, Merchants’ Venue: St Audoen’s Church Visitor Centre Quay, Dublin 8 Organiser: St Audoen’s Church Visitor Centre (OPW) Organiser: Franciscan Friars Merchants Quay Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 01 677 0088 Telephone: 01-6742500 Website: heritageireland.ie Website: franciscansdublin.ie Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 09:30 15:45 Sat 18th 09:30 15:45 Sun 19th 12:00 15:45 Sun 19th 09:30 15:45 Mon 20th 09:30 15:45 Mon 20th 09:30 15:45 Tue 21st 09:30 15:45 Tue 21st 09:30 15:45 Wed 22nd 09:30 15:45 Wed 22nd 09:30 15:45 Thu 23rd 09:30 15:45 Thu 23rd 09:30 15:45 Fri 24th 09:30 15:45 Fri 24th 09:30 15:45 Sat 25th 09:30 13:00 Sat 25th 09:30 13:00 Sun 26th 12:00 13:00 Sun 26th 09:30 13:00 EE FR EE P FR

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Oral History Project As part of an ongoing Oral History project, Christ Church is gathering personal stories about the cathedral. Do you have a story for us? If so, come and tell us and enjoy free Bellringing Tours admission and tour. Join the Bellringers of Saint Patrick’s Cathedral for an Venue: Christ Church Cathedral amazing opportunity to see the inside of the tower and Organiser: Christ Church Cathedral of see them in action live. Free but registration essential. Email: [email protected] Spaces limited. Telephone: 016778099 Venue: Saint Patrick’s Cathedral Website: christchurchcathedral.ie Organiser: Saint Patrick’s Cathedral Dublin Email: [email protected]

CATHAIR BAILE ÁTHA CLIATH DUBLIN CITY CATHAIR Date Start Time End Time Website: stpatrickscathedral.ie Sat 18th 09:30 18:00 Sun 19th 09:30 18:00 Date Start Time End Time Mon 20th 09:30 18:00 Sat 18th 10:00 11:00 Tue 21st 09:30 18:00 Sat 18th 12:00 13:00 Wed 22nd 09:30 18:00 Sat 18th 14:00 15:00 Thu 23rd 09:30 18:00 Sat 18th 16:00 17:00 Fri 24th 09:30 18:00 Sat 25th 10:00 11:00 Sat 25th 09:30 18:00 Sat 25th 12:00 13:00 Sun 26th 09:30 18:00 Sat 25th 14:00 15:00 Sat 25th 16:00 17:00 EE FR OK EE BO FR Children’s Stories Trail Discover Christ Church’s fascinating stories as you explore the Totally Terrific Tomato Festival building with our special Heritage Week Stories Trail. Answer An exhibition of tomato cultivars and their relatives - tobacco, questions as you go and claim your prize at the end! potatoes, chilies, petunias, and even deadly nightshade - will Venue: Christ Church Cathedral be on display until Sunday 2nd September Organiser: Christ Church Cathedral Venue: National Botanic Gardens of Ireland Admission: Adult €7, Child €2.50, Concession €5.50, Organiser: National Botanic Gardens of Ireland Family €12 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: (01) 804 0319 or 857 0909 Telephone: 016778099 Website: botanicgardens.ie Website: christchurchcathedral.ie Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 10:00 17:30 Sat 18th 09:30 18:00 Sun 19th 10:00 17:30 Sun 19th 09:30 18:00 Mon 20th 09:00 16:30 Mon 20th 09:30 18:00 Tue 21st 09:00 16:30 Tue 21st 09:30 18:00 Wed 22nd 09:00 16:30 Wed 22nd 09:30 18:00 Thu 23rd 09:00 16:30 Thu 23rd 09:30 18:00 Fri 24th 09:00 16:30 Fri 24th 09:30 18:00 Sat 25th 10:00 17:30 Sat 25th 09:30 18:00 Sun 26th 10:00 17:30 Sun 26th 09:30 18:00 EE P FR

92 SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN FULL WHEELCHAIR ACCESS PARTIAL WHEELCHAIR ACCESS PERFORMANCE OR RE-ENACTMENT TALK OPEN HISTORIC PROPERTY FESTIVAL DUBLIN CITY CATHAIR BAILE ÁTHA CLIATH Emigrant Story Collecting Weekend Date Start Time End Time th Share your migration story with us! Bring an object that Sat 18 10:00 16:30 th symbolises your migration story. It can be anything: letters, Sun 19 14:00 16:30 st clothes, recipes, art. We’d particularly like to hear from new Tue 21 10:00 16:30 nd Irish communities. Wed 22 10:00 16:30 rd Venue: EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum, CHQ Building, Thu 23 10:00 16:30 th Custom House Quay, Dublin 1 Fri 24 10:00 16:30 th Organiser: EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum Sat 25 16:30 17:30 th Email: [email protected] Sun 26 14:00 16:30

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Date Start Time End Time The Old Glebe th Sat 18 10:00 17:00 This 300 Year Old Queen Anne Style Property sits on 6 Acres th Sun 19 10:00 17:00 with trout filled lake. A labour of love and the genius mind of

EE the late Architect Wilfred Raftery. 4 conducted tours daily. No FR effort is spared to share this Gem with visitors during Heritage Week, open daily 10am- 2pm, with 4 conducted tours daily . Dodder Walk and General History Venue: The Old Glebe, Newcastle River Dodder Walk. A leisurely stroll along the lovely Email: [email protected] Dodder old paths, exploring the source, the mills, the flora and the wildlife. Date Start Time End Time th Venue: Meet at Dropping Well Pub and Restaurant, Milltown Sat 18 10:00 14:00 th Road, Dublin 6 Sun 19 10:00 14:00 st Organiser: Kevin Flood Tue 21 10:00 14:00 nd Admission: Adult €10 Wed 22 10:00 14:00 rd Email: [email protected] Thu 23 10:00 14:00 th Telephone: 0894062089 Fri 24 10:00 14:00 th Website: wix.com/dublinwalkswithkevin Sat 25 10:00 14:00 Sun 26th 10:00 14:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR Sat 18th 10:00 11:30 P Sun 19th 10:00 11:30

OK Six Word Story BO Can you tell a story in just six words? Visit the Museum during Heritage Week and write a six word story inspired by any Story Trail: Myths and Legends of the objects and add your story to the display. Drop-in, no Take a Story Trail of the Museum to discover how some of booking required. Ireland’s artefacts feature in Ireland’s ancient myths and Venue: National Museum of Ireland - Decorative Arts & legends! No booking required. Drop-in activity. History Venue: Reception, National Museum of Ireland , Organiser: National Museum of Ireland—Decorative Arts Archaeology, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 & History Organiser: National Museum of Ireland, Archaeology Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 01 6486453 Telephone: 01 6486 332 Website: museum.ie Website: museum.ie

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Date Start Time End Time Drawing Statues th Sat 18 10:00 17:00 Drawing Statues is an outdoor drawing workshop in th Sun 19 10:00 17:00 Stephen’s Green Park. It aims to bring us closer to our statues st Tue 21 10:00 17:00 through drawing them! Each participant will get their own nd Wed 22 10:00 17:00 notebook. All welcome! rd Thu 23 10:00 17:00 Venue: St. Stephen’s Green Park - The Summer House by th Fri 24 10:00 17:00 the pond th Sat 25 10:00 17:00 Organiser: Heather Gray th Sun 26 09:00 17:00 Admission: Adult: €10, Child: €10, Family: €35

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CATHAIR BAILE ÁTHA CLIATH DUBLIN CITY CATHAIR Date Start Time End Time A Great Irish Woman Sat 18th 11:00 13:00 th The multifaceted exhibition portrays the life and work of a Sat 18 14:00 16:00 th remarkable Irish woman. Learn about Mary Aikenhead, the Sat 19 11:00 13:00 th first woman to open and run a hospital for the poor in Ireland. Sat 19 14:00 16:00 th Venue: The Heritage Centre In The Grounds Of Our Lady’s Sat 25 11:00 13:00 th Hospice, Harold’s Cross Sat 25 14:00 16:00 th Organiser: THE MARY AIKENHEAD HERITAGE CENTRE Sun 26 11:00 13:00 th Email: [email protected] Sun 26 14:00 16:00

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Date Start Time End Time Church Building, Story, Message th Sat 18 14:30 16:30 A book in a building- find stories behind the exterior of this th Sun 19 14:30 16:30 impressive bulding, the tales of the people and the continuing st Tue 21 14:30 16:30 narrative as in the script of today. nd Wed 22 14:30 16:30 Venue: Abbey Presbytrian Church Parnell Square Dublin 1

EE Organiser: Abbey Presbyterian Church P FR Email: [email protected] Telephone: +353 87 967 4885 Claymation Workshop for teens Website: abbeychurch.ie Claymation with Paper Panther Productions for teens Join us and discover how to produce your own stop-motion and clay Date Start Time End Time th animations inspired by the characters found at the Chester Sat 18 11:00 15:00

Beatty Library. EE FR Venue: Chester Beatty Library Organiser: Chester Beatty Library Email: [email protected] Hidden Stories in Stained Glass Telephone: 01 4070772 Venue: St. Bartholomews Church Clyde Road Dublin 4 Website: cbl.ie Organiser: St. Bartholomews Church Clyde Road Dublin 4 Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Telephone: 01-6688522 th Sat 18 10:15 13:00 Website: stbartholomews.ie Sat 18th 13:45 16:30 Date Start Time End Time OK EE BO FR Sat 18th 11:00 12:15

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OK EE BO FR Raheny, Dublin 5, Ireland. Organiser: St Francis Hospice Dublin Email: [email protected] Tours of Telephone: 01 8327535 The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is delighted to Website: sfh.ie announce we will be opening Iveagh House to the public for guided tours when you can learn about the fascinating history Date Start Time End Time th of the building. Sat 18 12:00 15:00 th Venue: Iveagh House, 80 St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2. Sun 19 12:00 15:00

Organiser: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade EE P FR Email: [email protected] Website: dfa.ie/about-us/iveaghhousetours/ Children’s Tour Date Start Time End Time A guided tour of for children aged 8 th Sat 18 11:00 16:00 -12 years old. Explore the architecture of the prison and

EE hear stories of crimes committed by children. Children must FR accompanied by an adult. Venue: Kilmainham Gaol Museum Dublin’s Medieval Story Organiser: Kilmainham Gaol Museum & Courthouse Discover Dublin’s Medieval Story. Learn of warfare, crime (OPW) and punishment. Smell the aromas and learn to play medieval Website: kilmainhamgaolmuseum.ie/ games at our fair. Walk along a cramped street and learn about Dublin’s curfew! Date Start Time End Time th Venue: Sat 18 12:00 13:00 th Organiser: Dublinia Sun 19 12:00 13:00

Email: [email protected] OK EE BO FR Telephone: 016794611 Website: dublinia.ie/ Dress-Up Monks Tour Date Start Time End Time Join our fun dress-up monks tour and learn all about life as th Sat 18 11:30 12:00 a medieval monk at Christ Church. Tour is free but usual th Sun 19 11:30 12:00 admission applies. Max 30 people. Most suitable for children th Mon 20 11:30 12:00 aged 7-12. st Tue 21 11:30 12:00 Venue: Christ Church Cathedral nd Wed 22 11:30 12:00 Organiser: Christ Church Cathedral rd Thu 23 11:30 12:00 Admission: Adult €7, Child €2.50, Concession €5.50, th Fri 24 11:30 12:00 Family €12 th Sat 25 11:30 12:00 Email: [email protected] th Sun 26 11:30 12:00 Telephone: 016778099

OK EE Website: christchurchcathedral.ie BO FR Date Start Time End Time Guided Tours of Walmer Villa Sat 18th 12:00 13:00 Walmer Villa is a restored 19th Century Villa, originally built by the Duff family in 1815, and now used by St. Francis Hospice. Venue: Walmer Villa, St. Francis Hospice, Station Road,

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Sharing Stories at the Dead Zoo Date Start Time End Time th Join zoologist, Sarah Sarsfield, to hear stories from the Dead Sat 18 13:00 14:00 th Zoo including who has the largest antlers in the world! No Sat 25 13:00 14:00 st booking required but places limited. Age 8+ Tue 21 18:00 19:00 nd Venue: National Museum of Ireland, Natural History, Wed 22 18:00 19:00

Merrion Street, D.2 OK EE BO FR Organiser: National Museum of Ireland, Natural History Email: [email protected] Telephone: 01 6486316 Art Installation: Mandala Making Website: museum.ie/Visit-Us/Events Explore the story of an oak tree and the rich biodiversity that surrounds it, while creating a giant mandala around its base.

CATHAIR BAILE ÁTHA CLIATH DUBLIN CITY CATHAIR Date Start Time End Time This is a communal activity and families are welcome. th Sat 18 12:00 12:45 Venue: National Botanic Gardens of Ireland, Glasnevin th Sat 18 14:00 14:45 Organiser: National Botanic Gardens of Ireland

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The Writers Entertain Date Start Time End Time th Neil O’Shea’s acclaimed one-man show uses extracts from Sat 18 14:00 17:00

works by and about Irish writers (Wilde, Yeats, Shaw and EE P FR others) to present a lively and humorous picture of Irish literature. Venue: , 18 Parnell Square North, Print, Protest, and the Polls Dublin 1 This exhibition will commemorate the centenary of the first Organiser: Dublin Writers Museum female vote in Ireland through exploration of the use of print Email: [email protected] media by the Irish suffragists and their opponents. Telephone: 01 8722077 Venue: National Print Museum Website: writersmuseum.com Organiser: National Print Museum Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Telephone: 016603770 th Sat 18 13:00 14:00 Website: nationalprintmuseum.ie/ Sun 19th 13:00 14:00 Sat 25th 13:00 14:00 Date Start Time End Time Sun 26th 13:00 14:00 Sat 18th 14:00 17:00 Sun 19th 14:00 17:00 EE FR Mon 20th 09:00 17:00 Tue 21st 09:00 17:00 Walking Tours of Medieval Dublin Wed 22nd 09:00 17:00 rd The Friends of Medieval Dublin are offering free walking tours Thu 23 09:00 17:00 th of medieval Dublin. Tours last an hour and are conducted Fri 24 09:00 17:00 th by experts with an intimate knowledge of Dublin during the Sat 25 14:00 17:00 th Middle Ages. Sun 26 14:00 17:00

Venue: Meeting Point is Barnardo Square (beside City Hall), EE P FR Dame Street, Dublin Organiser: Friends of Medieval Dublin Email: [email protected] Glasnevin: Dublin’s Garden Cemetery Website: fmd.ie Join us at for a free genealogy workshop

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OK EE P BO FR Curator’s Talk Join exhibition curator, Donna Gilligan, as she walks us Fighting Words Story Workshop through Print, Protest, and the Polls, sharing the story of Come and be inspired by some of Christ Church Cathedral’s her research on the first female vote in Ireland and its fascinating stories. Then have a go at writing your own story contemporary connections. with a team from Fighting Words and an illustrator. Ages Venue: National Print Museum 8-11. Max 25 people. Organiser: National Print Museum Venue: Christ Church Cathedral Email: [email protected] Organiser: Christ Church Cathedral Telephone: 016603770 Email: [email protected] Website: nationalprintmuseum.ie/visit-us/event-calendar/ Telephone: 016778099 Website: christchurchcathedral.ie Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 14:15 16:15 Date Start Time End Time EE FR Sat 18th 14:00 16:00 P

OK EE P BO FR Stories from the Archives Join former Keeper, Michael Kenny to hear some of the Story Trail: Myths & Legends surprising and unusual stories he has discovered from Take a Story Trail of the Museum to discover how some of researching the 1916 Military Archive Witness Statements. Ireland’s artefacts feature in Ireland’s ancient myths and No Booking Required. legends! No booking required. Drop-in activity. Venue: National Museum of Ireland - Decorative Arts & Venue: Reception at National Museum of Ireland, History Archaeology. Kildare Street, Dublin 2. Organiser: National Museum of Ireland-Decorative Arts & Organiser: National Museum of Ireland - Archaeology History Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 01 6486 332 Telephone: 01 6486453 Website: museum.ie Website: musuem.ie

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From the Castle to the Cathedral Medieval France: Storytelling Weaving the threads: From Swift-ly encounters to a knightly Family time: Medieval France Celebrate Miniature order, Ludovica Neglie will bring you through times and Masterpiece: The Coëtivy Hours exhibition by taking a

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journey back in time with storyteller Róisín Murphy, as she Email: [email protected] recounts tales from medieval Franc Telephone: 01-676 1264 Venue: Chester Beatty Library Organiser: Chester Beatty Library Date Start Time End Time th Email: [email protected] Sat 18 15:00 16:15

Telephone: 01 4070772 OK EE P BO FR Website: cbl.ticketsolve.com/shows/1173587989

Date Start Time End Time Revolutionary Women th Sat 18 14:30 15:30 While much is spoken about the male political prisoners

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CATHAIR BAILE ÁTHA CLIATH DUBLIN CITY CATHAIR discover more about its female political prisoners. Venue: Kilmainham Gaol Stories from Marsh’s Library Organiser: Kilmainham Gaol Museum & Courthouse (OPW) Marsh’s has a multitude of stories over its 300 year history. Website: kilmainhamgaolmuseum.ie So join us and listen to some of our intriguing tales! Tours of the library and the hidden garden will start at 3pm and Date Start Time End Time th 4pm daily. Sat 18 15:00 16:00

Venue: Marsh’s Library OK EE BO FR Organiser: Marsh’s Library Email: [email protected] Telephone: 014543511 Walking Tour Website: marshlibrary.ie Step back in time with a guided walking tour of old tenement Dublin and the Monto. Date Start Time End Time Venue: North Inner City Folklore Project, Railway Street, th Sat 18 15:00 15:30 Dublin 1 th Sat 18 16:00 16:30 Organiser: North Inner City Folklore Project th Mon 20 15:00 15:30 Admission: Adult €10, Concession €5 th Mon 20 16:00 16:30 Telephone: 087 9210673 Wed 22nd 15:00 15:30 Wed 22nd 16:00 16:30 Date Start Time End Time Thu 23rd 15:00 15:30 Sat 18th 16:00 18:00 Thu 23rd 16:00 16:30 Sun 19th 16:00 18:00 Fri 24th 15:00 15:30 Mon 20th 16:00 18:00 Fri 24th 16:00 16:30 Tue 21st 16:00 18:00 Sat 25th 15:00 15:30 Wed 22nd 16:00 18:00 Sat 25th 16:00 16:30 Thu 23rd 16:00 18:00 Fri 24th 16:00 18:00 EE FR Sat 25th 16:00 18:00 Sun 26th 16:00 18:00

Helena Brennan: Her Life and Craft OK P BO Irish artist-potter Helena Brennan talks about her life, which began in Merrion Square, and her craft, illustrated with a documentary filmed by her son Fergal at her studio Vierne: The Symphonies in Wicklow. Join resident organist David Leigh for 4 evenings of Vierne’s Venue: 74 Merrion Square Symphonies in the beautiful atmosphere of Saint Patrick’s Organiser: Central Catholic Library Cathedral. Free but registration required.

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Venue: Saint Patrick’s Cathedral Venue: Dublin Castle Organiser: Saint Patrick’s Cathedral Dublin Organiser: Dublin Castle Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: stpatrickscathedral.ie Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sun 19th 11:30 13:30 Sat 18th 16:00 18:00 OK EE BO FR Mon 20th 16:00 18:00 Wed 22nd 16:00 18:00 Printfest: Family Fun Day th Fri 24 16:00 18:00 Join us for an afternoon full of printing activities. There are

OK EE sure to be lots of interesting stories shared by the Museum’s BO FR volunteer active retired printers and compositors on the day. Venue: National Print Museum Art Dock at EPIC: Build-A-Book Organiser: National Print Museum At this fun art workshop, we’ll be using our imagination to Email: [email protected] make our own creative books! Children must be accompanied Telephone: 016603770 by an adult at all times. Each event ticket counts as 1 child Website: nationalprintmuseum.ie/visit-us/event-calendar/ entry to the museum. Venue: EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum Date Start Time End Time th Organiser: EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum Sun 19 12:00 16:00

Admission: Child €5.00 OK EE BO FR Email: [email protected] Telephone: (01) 906 0861 Website: epicchq.com Canal Walks and Stories Stories of characters and events linked with the Date Start Time End Time and its environs. th Sun 19 11:00 12:00 Venue: Grand Canal; Mount St Bridge to Ringsend Sea Lock

EE Organiser: Amenity Group FR Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0872114324 Jazz Eucharist Our liturgical offering for Heritage Week with a Jazz Date Start Time End Time th Eucharist sung by The Close Chorale with music by Bob Sun 19 12:00 13:30 st Chilcott (A Little Jazz Mass). All are welcome. Tue 21 19:00 20:30 rd Venue: Saint Patrick’s Cathedral Thu 23 19:00 20:30 th Organiser: Saint Patrick’s Cathedral Dublin Fri 24 12:00 13:30

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Date Start Time End Time The Runner (2009) th Sun 19 11:15 12:00 This RTE Radio documentary tells the story of Christy Fagan

EE – a child sent to Ferryhouse Industrial School and the man - FR Jemmy Gunnery - who helped him escape. With introduction by Terry Fagan. Writing (in) the Castle Venue: North Inner City Folklore Project, Railway Street, Writing Workshop for 9 to 13 year olds. Fighting Words - Dublin 1 Walking through Walls. Part of the Enquiring Castle series, Organiser: North Inner City Folklore Project

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Email: [email protected] Venue: National Museum of Ireland - Decorative Arts & Telephone: 087 9210673 History Organiser: National Museum of Ireland-Decorative Arts & Date Start Time End Time History th Sun 19 13:00 14:00 Email: [email protected]

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Canal Walks & Stories Date Start Time End Time th Stories of events and characters associated with the canal Sun 19 14:00 16:30

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CATHAIR BAILE ÁTHA CLIATH DUBLIN CITY CATHAIR 2 and 3 km long and are easy. There is no charge but donations can be made to RCAG. Venue: Binns Bridge, Drumcondra Grand Canal Quarter Walking Tour Organiser: Royal Canal Amenity Group This 1.5km tour of the Grand Canal Quarter uncovers the Email: [email protected] history of Dublin through every iconic event that’s shaped our Telephone: 01-6991113 nation from the Vikings & Oliver Cromwell, the to economic rebirth Date Start Time End Time Venue: Grand Canal Square th Sun 19 14:00 15:45 Organiser: 1916 Easter Rising Coach Tour st Tue 21 19:00 20:45 Email: [email protected] nd Wed 22 14:00 15:45 Telephone: 0851442088 Fri 24th 19:00 20:45 Date Start Time End Time OK EE BO FR Sun 19th 15:00 16:00 Fri 25th 18:00 19:00

Raheny Graveyard Tour EE P FR Guided tour of medieval graveyard and ruin of St Assam’s Church, normally not open to public, conducted by members of Raheny Heritage Society on site of the Rath of Raheny. Tour: Women in Medieval Ireland Venue: Marie Hayes Cross, Raheny Village, Dublin 5 Take this special tour of the artefacts associated with Organiser: Raheny Heritage Society women at the National Museum of Ireland Archaeology. Email: [email protected] Irish Sign Language interpretation will be provided for this Telephone: 0861605099 tour. Booking required. Website: rahenyheritage.ie Venue: Reception, National Museum of Ireland, Archaeology, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 Date Start Time End Time Organiser: National Museum of Ireland , Archaeology th Sun 19 14:00 14:45 Email: [email protected] th Mon 20 15:00 15:45 Telephone: 01 6486 334

EE Website: museum.ie/Home P FR Date Start Time End Time Grow Your Story Sun 19th 15:00 16:00

Drop into Clarke Square to add your chalk story to our big OK EE BO FR picture tree with artist Claire Halpin. All Ages. Drop-in, no booking required.

100 SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN FULL WHEELCHAIR ACCESS PARTIAL WHEELCHAIR ACCESS PERFORMANCE OR RE-ENACTMENT TALK OPEN HISTORIC PROPERTY FESTIVAL DUBLIN CITY CATHAIR BAILE ÁTHA CLIATH The Enquiring Stories Prodigies of Learning Suppressed, surprising, hidden narratives in and around Explore the varied worlds of five women selected as Dublin Castle. Workshop behind the scenes and behind Honorary Members of the Academy in the nineteenth-century the acts. — the antiquarian and artist, the two astronomers, Venue: Dublin Castle the lexicographer and the novelist. Organiser: Heritage Services, Office of Public Works Venue: Academy House, 19 Dawson Street Dublin 2 Email: [email protected] Organiser: Royal Irish Academy Library Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Telephone: 01-6090620 th Sun 19 16:00 17:45 Website: ria.ie/library

OK EE BO FR Date Start Time End Time Mon 20th 10:00 17:00 Family Workshop; Tilemaking Tue 21st 10:00 17:00 nd Join family workshop facilitator Katherine McCormack for Wed 22 10:00 17:00 rd a fun session in which kids have an opportunity to make Thu 23 10:00 17:00 th their own tiles. Suitable for ages 5-12 years old. Free but Fri 24 10:00 17:00 registration required. EE FR Venue: Saint Patrick’s Cathedral Organiser: Saint Patrick’s Cathedral Dublin Email: [email protected] A Walk in Time Website: stpatrickscathedral.ie Dublin in days of yore. view the old House of Lords, surrounding statues, and streets. Visit the best of Temple Bar Date Start Time End Time walk around Dublin Castle, Christchurch, and the Liberties. th Mon 20 11:00 12:00 Venue: Henry Grattan Statue, College Green, Dublin 2

OK EE Organiser: Kevin Flood BO FR Admission: Adult €10 Email: [email protected] From Man-Midwife to Female Master Telephone: 0894062089 Drawing on RCPI’s unique collections this exhibition explores Website: wix.com/dublinwalkswithkevin the development of the profession of obstetricians and gynaecologists in Ireland from the 17th to 21st century. Date Start Time End Time th Venue: 6 Kildare Street Mon 20 10:00 11:30 st Organiser: Royal College of Physicians of Ireland Tue 21 10:00 11:30

Email: [email protected] OK BO Telephone: 016698817 Website: rcpi.ie/heritage-centre/ Exhibition - Archive Books & Maps Date Start Time End Time Exhibition of archive manuscript books and historical maps th Mon 20 10:00 16:00 from the Valuation Office Archive. st Tue 21 10:00 16:00 Venue: Valuation Office, Irish Life Centre, Lower Abbey St., nd Wed 22 10:00 16:00 Dublin 1. rd Thu 23 10:00 16:00 Organiser: Valuation Office

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Date Start Time End Time Free Guided Tours th Mon 20 10:00 15:00 The Museum’s daily interactive guided tours are free of st Tue 21 10:00 17:00 charge for Heritage Week. The 11.30 tour is suitable for nd Wed 22 10:00 17:00 adults and the 14.30 tour is activity-based and suitable rd Thu 23 10:00 17:00 for families. th Fri 24 10:00 17:00 Venue: National Print Museum

EE Organiser: National Print Museum P FR Email: [email protected] Telephone: 016603770 2-Day Workshop: Time Travellers Website: nationalprintmuseum.ie/visit-us/event-calendar/ Join us to travel in time and discover the fascinating shapes

CATHAIR BAILE ÁTHA CLIATH DUBLIN CITY CATHAIR and colours of The Coëtivy Hours. You will learn how to Date Start Time End Time th make a screen print and create your own images on paper Mon 20 11:30 14:30 st and fabric. Tue 21 11:30 14:30 nd Venue: Chester Beatty Library Wed 22 11:30 14:30 rd Organiser: Chester Beatty Library Thu 23 11:30 14:30 th Email: [email protected] Fri 24 11:30 14:30

Telephone: 01 4070766 OK EE P BO FR Website: cbl.ie

Date Start Time End Time Heritage Tour of Grand Canal Dock th Mon 20 10:30 12:00 Join Ancestry’s genealogists on a walking tour of the Grand st Tue 21 10:30 12:00 Canal Dock area. Inspired by maps, documents and old

OK EE newspapers, they will uncover the fascinating history behind BO FR today’s ‘Silicon Docks’. Venue: Outside Ancestry Ireland Unlimited Company, 52-55 Guided Tours Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin 2 Take a guided tour of the magnificent Victorian home of the Organiser: Ancestry Ireland Unlimited Company Royal College of Physicians on Kildare Street, and find our Email: [email protected] about over 350 years of Irish medical history. Telephone: 017651508 Venue: 6 Kildare Street Organiser: Royal College of Physicians of Ireland Date Start Time End Time th Email: [email protected] Mon 20 12:00 13:00 nd Telephone: 016698817 Wed 22 12:00 13:00

Website: rcpi.ie/heritage-centre/ EE FR Date Start Time End Time Mon 20th 11:00 12:00 Sharing Stories from the Liberties th Mon 20 14:30 15:30 James Madigan, our local history tutor, along with other guest st Tue 21 11:00 12:00 speakers, will give a talk on the local history of the area from st Tue 21 14:30 15:30 12pm to 1pm each day in the Centre during Heritage Week. nd Wed 22 11:00 12:00 All welcome. nd Wed 22 14:30 15:30 Venue: Warrenmount Community Education Centre, Mill rd Thu 23 11:00 12:00 Street, Dublin 8 rd Thu 23 14:30 15:30 Organiser: Warrenmount Community Education Centre

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Website: warrenmountcentre.ie Venue: Christ Church Cathedral Organiser: Christ Church Cathedral Date Start Time End Time Admission: Adult €7, Child €2.50, Concession €5.50, th Mon 20 12:00 13:00 Family €12 st Tue 21 12:00 13:00 Email: [email protected] nd Wed 22 12:00 13:00 Telephone: 016778099 rd Thu 23 12:00 13:00 Website: christchurchcathedral.ie Fri 24th 12:00 13:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR Mon 20th 13:15 14:00

Music at Lunchtime Join us for 45 minutes of music in the Lady Chapel of Saint Patrick’s Cathedral. Details of music available on the website Tales And Tails From The Museum (follow link). Free but registration recommended. Come and listen to the stories behind our wonderful collection Venue: Saint Patrick’s Cathedral of animals. How did they get here? Why are they so special? Organiser: Saint Patrick’s Cathedral Dublin Why are they so rare? Why are they gone? Fun for all the Email: [email protected] family. Website: stpatrickscathedral.ie Venue: The Zoological Museum, Trinity College Dublin Organiser: The Zoological Museum, Trinity College Dublin Date Start Time End Time Email: [email protected] th Mon 20 13:00 14:00 Telephone: 8961366 st Tue 21 13:00 14:00 Website: tcd.ie/Zoology/museum/ Wed 22nd 13:00 14:00 Thu 23rd 13:00 14:00 Date Start Time End Time Fri 24th 13:00 14:00 Mon 20th 13:30 14:45 Tue 21st 13:30 14:45 OK EE BO FR Wed 22nd 13:30 14:45 Thu 23rd 13:30 14:45 Preserving Ireland’s Online Stories Fri 24th 13:30 14:45

Be introduced to the NLI’s web archive and hear how the EE FR library is saving the record of 21st century Ireland. Venue: National Library of Ireland Organiser: National Library of Ireland Glasnevin: Dublin’s Garden Cemetery Email: [email protected] Join us at Glasnevin Cemetery as we explore the history and Telephone: 01 6030259 natural heritage of the oldest parts of Ireland’s most famous Website: nli.ie cemetery with two free tours. Venue: Glasnevin Cemetery Museum Date Start Time End Time Organiser: Glasnevin Cemetery Museum th Mon 20 13:00 13:45 Email: [email protected]

EE Telephone: 01 882 6577 FR Date Start Time End Time Ring The Bells! Mon 20th 14:00 15:30 nd Free guided tour of the Cathedral and Belfry and the chance Wed 22 14:00 15:30 to ring the famous Christ Church bells. Normal cathedral OK EE P BO FR admission applies. Max 20 people.

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Tour of Tailors’ Hall Tue 21st 15:00 16:00 nd Tours of the early 18th C Tailors’ Hall, near Christ Church, Wed 22 15:00 16:00 rd Dub 8 and An Taisce HQ will run 2.15 p.m. Mon 20 - Fri 24 Thu 23 15:00 16:00 th Aug. See this unique historic building including rare “barley Fri 24 15:00 16:00

sugar” staircase. OK EE BO FR Venue: Tailors’ Hall, Back Lane, Dublin 8. Organiser: An Tasice - The National Trust for Ireland Email: [email protected] Guided Tours of Academy House Telephone: 01 4541786 The Royal Irish Academy is one of the oldest institutions in the Website: antaisce.org country. Learn about the history of the Academy, the building it has called home for over 160 years and its unique Library

CATHAIR BAILE ÁTHA CLIATH DUBLIN CITY CATHAIR Date Start Time End Time collections. th Mon 20 14:15 15:00 Venue: Academy House, 19 Dawson Street Dublin 2

EE Organiser: Royal Irish Academy Library FR Email: [email protected] Telephone: 01-6090620 National Gallery Public Tours Website: ria.ie/library Join us for a free tour of some of the highlights of the national collection. All welcome. No booking required. Date Start Time End Time th Venue: National Gallery of Ireland Merrion Square Mon 20 15:00 16:00 st Information Desk Tue 21 11:00 12:00 rd Organiser: National Gallery of Ireland Thu 23 15:00 16:00 th Email: [email protected] Fri 24 11:00 12:00

Telephone: (01)6633510 EE FR Website: nationalgallery.ie

Date Start Time End Time Research Workshop: Using the NLI th Mon 20 14:30 15:00 Join us for advice and guidance on researching the rich and st Tue 21 14:30 15:00 varied collections of the National Library. The workshop is nd Wed 22 14:30 15:00 suitable for those who are using the library for the first time. rd Thu 23 14:30 15:00 Venue: National Library of Ireland th Fri 24 14:30 15:00 Organiser: National Library of Ireland th Sat 25 14:30 15:00 Website: nli.ie

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Free Guided Tour of St Patrick’s OK EE BO FR Cathedral Dublin Join us for a free guided tour of the Cathedral with one of our staff or volunteers. Free but registration required Worship Through the Ages Venue: Saint Patrick’s Cathedral Join us for a fascinating week of Evensong at the Cathedral Organiser: Saint Patrick’s Cathedral Dublin as the choir perform music from different phases of history. Email: [email protected] Full details of music available on the website. All welcome! Website: stpatrickscathedral.ie Venue: Saint Patrick’s Cathedral Organiser: Saint Patrick’s Cathedral Dublin Date Start Time End Time Email: [email protected] th Mon 20 15:00 16:00 Website: stpatrickscathedral.ie

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Date Start Time End Time Website: iarc.ie/exhibitions/previous-exhibitions/ th Mon 20 17:30 18:15 townscape/ Tue 21st 17:30 18:15 Wed 22nd 17:30 18:15 Date Start Time End Time Thu 23rd 17:30 18:15 Mon 20th 13:15 14:00 Fri 24th 17:30 18:15 EE FR EE FR African Stories & Tails Bring Out Your Dead, A Burials Tour Join Storyteller, Adekunle Gomez, from the African Cultural Join guide Linda Taylor for a fascinating tour of the hidden Project and Africa Institute in Ireland to discover where stories burials in Saint Patrick’s Cathedral. Free but registration come from! Pre-booking essential. Event for Families. required. Venue: National Museum of Ireland, Natural History, Venue: Saint Patrick’s Cathedral Merrion Street, D.2 Organiser: Saint Patrick’s Cathedral Dublin Organiser: National Museum of Ireland, Natural History Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: stpatrickscathedral.ie Telephone: 01 6486316 Website: museum.ie/Visit-Us/Events Date Start Time End Time Mon 20th 18:30 19:30 Date Start Time End Time Tue 21st 11:00 11:45 OK EE BO FR Tue 21st 12:00 12:45

OK EE BO FR Demons and the Medieval Afterlife A dramatised reading of a pilgrim’s journey to St Patrick’s purgatory by the Heritage group Friends of Medieval Dublin. Family Workshop: Exploring Sculpture Venue: Event Takes Place at: Wood Quay Venue, Dublin Become a sculptor and see the world in 3D! Explore City Council Civic Offices, Wood Quay, Dublin 8 the statues of Saint Patrick and others with artist Anouk Organiser: Friends of Medieval Dublin Sallansonnet and be inspired to make your own sculpture of Email: [email protected] Saint Patrick. Ages 7-14 Website: fmd.ie Venue: Saint Patrick’s Cathedral Organiser: Saint Patrick’s Cathedral Date Start Time End Time Email: [email protected] th Mon 20 18:30 20:30 Website: stpatrickscathedral.ie

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Talking Towns Talk & Art Exhibition OK EE BO FR Members of the team from the Irish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2018, will discuss their installation “Free Market”, which highlight the possibility in the common spaces of Sharing Stories Through Ancestry Ireland’s market towns. Join us on a journey to the past where Ancestry members Venue: Irish Architectural Archive, 45, Merrion Square, share some of their unique stories, colourful characters and Dublin 2. family tales. Learn how to make a connection using Ancestry’s Organiser: Laois Arts Office & Irish Architectural Archive tools and resources. Email: [email protected] Venue: Ancestry Ireland Unlimited Company, 52-55 Sir John Telephone: 057 8664109 Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin 2

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Organiser: Ancestry Ireland Unlimited Company Venue: North Inner City Folklore Project, Railway Street, Email: [email protected] Dublin 1 Telephone: 017651508 Organiser: North Inner City Folklore Project Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Telephone: 087 9210673 Tue 21st 12:00 13:00 Thu 23rd 12:00 13:00 Date Start Time End Time Tue 21st 13:00 14:00 OK EE BO FR Thu 23rd 13:00 14:00

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CATHAIR BAILE ÁTHA CLIATH DUBLIN CITY CATHAIR This fun interactive workshop merges the ancient Celtic nature based stories the latest research in Eco-psychology to prove Irish Architectural Archive the mental health benefits of truly connecting with nature. A series of weekday lectures which will coincide with Venue: Kilmashougue Wedge Tomb (meet at Marlay Park ‘Architecture and the Pattern Book: an exhibition of volumes back car park.) from the Rowan Collection’ in the Architecture Gallery. Organiser: Conn Fitzgibbon EcoTherapy Booking advisable. Email: [email protected] Venue: 45 Merrion Square, Dublin 2 Telephone: 0892518674 Organiser: Irish Architectural Archive Website: connfitzgibboncounselling.ie/outdoors/ Telephone: 01 6633040 Website: iarc.ie Date Start Time End Time Tue 21st 12:00 13:00 Date Start Time End Time Tue 21st 12:00 13:00 Tue 21st 13:15 14:00 Wed 22nd 13:15 14:00 OK EE BO FR P Thu 23rd 13:15 14:00 Fri 24th 13:15 14:00

Conservation at the NLI OK EE BO FR How we care for our national heritage. Join our conservators and learn about the work of the conservators in the NLI and how the library’s collections are cared for. Stamping Stories! Drop-in Workshops Venue: National Library of Ireland Use the Museum’s collection of children’s stamps and Organiser: National Library of Ireland colourful inks to create a unique picture, a story, or a comic! Telephone: 016030200 No advance booking required – a self-guided activity suitable Website: nli.ie for all the family! Venue: National Print Museum Date Start Time End Time Organiser: National Print Museum st Tue 21 13:00 13:45 Email: [email protected]

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The Rare Aul Times? Date Start Time End Time st North Inner City memories recorded locally over the past 40 Tue 21 14:30 16:30 nd years. With introduction and talk on sharing memories by Wed 22 14:30 16:30 rd Mary Muldowney, Historian in Residence for Dublin City’s Thu 23 14:30 16:30

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OK Growin’ & Ogham: Irish AgriCulture P BO Step back in time and experience how ancient Ireland communicated using ogham slabs. Immerse yourself in Ireland’s evolution of sustainable agriculture and gardening The Marino Allotments of 1917 throughout the ages. Unemployed young women attended a School of Market Venue: GLAS Community Garden, Shangan Road, Gardening in Marino House in 1917 and worked land there. Ballymun, D09 W6P9 Nearby, 400 men tended their vegetable plots, won prizes Organiser: Global Action Plan Ireland and wrote letters to newspapers. Email: [email protected] Venue: Carleton Hall (Marino Community Centre), 53 Telephone: 018832185 Shelmartin Ave., Clontarf, Dublin 3. Website: globalactionplan.ie Organiser: Marino Residents’ Association Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Telephone: 01 8053310 st Tue 21 16:00 19:00 Website: marino.ie

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Cathedral After Hours EE FR Join us for this open evening and explore the Cathedral after hours self guided or take a guided tour with one of our guides. Free but registration required Photography Workshop Walking Tour Venue: Saint Patrick’s Cathedral This is a photo-focused city walking tour in Dublin. Your tour Organiser: Saint Patrick’s Cathedral Dublin guide John Brady, is a native Dubliner, has over the years Email: [email protected] refined his photography skills on the very streets that the tour Website: stpatrickscathedral.ie routes cover. Venue: Statue, Westmoreland Street - Date Start Time End Time College Street Junction, Dublin 2, st Tue 21 18:30 20:30 Organiser: John Brady / Photo Tours Dublin

OK EE Email: [email protected] BO FR Telephone: +353879789596 Website: phototoursdublin.com/ Observer Course Seasearch Ireland encourages divers and snorkelers to record Date Start Time End Time nd the biodiversity they see on Ireland’s coasts. This introductory Wed 22 10:00 12:30 th course covers topics such as Identification of Marine Life and Sun 26 11:00 13:30

Habitats. OK EE BO FR Venue: University College Dublin Organiser: Seasearch Ireland Admission: Adult €65, Child €65, Concession €65 Medieval Cathedral Workshop Email: [email protected] Join family workshop facilitator Katherine McCormack for a Website: diving.ie/seasearchireland/ fascinating, hands on workshop exploring life in the medieval cathedral. Suitable for ages 6-12. Free but registration Date Start Time End Time required. st Tue 21 19:00 21:00 Venue: Saint Patrick’s Cathedral rd Thu 23 19:00 21:00 Organiser: Saint Patrick’s Cathedral Dublin th Sat 25 19:00 21:00 Email: [email protected] Website: stpatrickscathedral.ie

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Date Start Time End Time Telephone: 01 6486 334 nd Wed 22 11:00 12:00 Website: museum.ie

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Wigs, Waistcoats, and Ballgowns EE FR Wigs, Waistcoats & Ballgowns: A behind-the-scenes tour of Lord & Lady Powerscourt’s beautiful eighteenth Century Townhouse as preparations for dinner & dancing are Robert Boyle and Irish Printing underway. ‘Robert Boyle’s Irish character printing type: how the Irish Venue: Powerscourt Townhouse, 59 South William St scientist adopted the Irish/Gaelic typeface’ a free Lunchtime

CATHAIR BAILE ÁTHA CLIATH DUBLIN CITY CATHAIR Organiser: Powerscourt Centre Lecture by Dr Dermot McGuinne. Email: [email protected] Venue: Academy House, 19 Dawson Street Dublin 2 Telephone: 01 6717000 Organiser: Royal Irish Academy Library Website: powerscourtcentre.ie Email: [email protected] Telephone: 01-6090620 Date Start Time End Time Website: ria.ie/library Wed 22nd 11:00 12:30 Date Start Time End Time EE FR P Wed 22nd 13:00 14:00

EE FR Drop-in: The King & the Arctic Fox Discover the stories behind two of the largest carnivores on display at the Museum and touch ‘bio-facts’ from the handling Curator’s Tour of the Museum collection. No booking required but there may be short Curatorial staff in Kilmainham Gaol will give a tour of the waiting time. Ages 8 + permanent exhibition with a particular focus on some of the Venue: National Museum of Ireland, Natural History. more unusual objects on display and the fascinating stories Merrion Street Upper, Dublin 2 behind them. Organiser: National Museum of Ireland, Natural History Venue: Kilmainham Gaol Museum Email: [email protected] Organiser: Kilmainham Gaol Museum & Courthouse Telephone: 01 6486 316 Website: kilmainhamgaolmuseum.ie Website: museum.ie Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 13:00 13:45 Wed 22nd 11:00 13:00 Thu 23rd 13:00 13:45 Fri 24th 13:00 13:45 EE FR OK EE BO FR Drop-in: Brilliant Brooches! What stories can the ancient brooches on display in the Photo Detectives: Guided Tour Museum tell about the people who made and used them? Join us for a guided tour of our Photo Detectives exhibition. Find out by popping into the Museum of Archaeology and Pop in and discover more about our photographs, and our make your own brooch to take home! great volunteers who’ve helped us learn more about them! Venue: Learning Resource Room, National Museum of Venue: Meeting House Squsre, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 Archaeology, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 Organiser: National Photographic Archive Organiser: National Museum of Ireland , Archaeology Telephone: 016030200 Email: [email protected] Website: nli.ie

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Join Christ Church Research Advisor Stuart Kinsella for a OK EE BO FR special tour of the cathedral focusing on its architectural history. Tour is free but usual admission applies. Venue: Christ Church Cathedral Film: A Man for All Seasons Organiser: Christ Church Cathedral This 1966 classic recounts the political and religious battle Admission: Adult €7, Child €2.50, Concession €5.50, between Sir Thomas More (Paul Scofield) and Henry VIII, Family €12 when the corrupt King demands approval to divorce his wife Email: [email protected] and marry his mistress. Telephone: 016778099 Venue: Chester Beatty Library Website: christchurchcathedral.ie Organiser: Chester Beatty Library Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Telephone: 01 4070750 nd Wed 22 13:15 14:00 Website: cbl.ie

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Tour of Old Bewley’s Family Home EE FR Sandford Lodge was a former Bewley home built on this estate in 1894. In 1951, the National College of Ireland started out as the Catholic Workers College here. Since Guided Tour of Blackhall Place 2010 NALA works in the building. Visitors will be given a tour of the building and grounds and Venue: Sandford Lodge, Sandford Close, Ranelagh, will be shown how the vision of the original Architect, Thomas Dublin 6 Ivory, was realised and how the building has been adapted Organiser: National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA) for modern use. Email: [email protected] Venue: The Law Society Headquarters, Blackhall Place, Telephone: +35314127900 Dublin 7, D07 VY24 Website: nala.ie Organiser: The Law Society of Ireland Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Telephone: 01 6724800 nd Wed 22 14:00 17:00 Website: lawsociety.ie

EE FR P Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 17:00 18:00 Old Stories, New Sounds at ITMA Fri 24th 13:00 14:00 th A live concert, interviews & audiovisual presentation Sat 25 14:00 15:00 th celebrating the restoration of four unique traditional music Sat 26 15:00 16:00 instruments from the ITMA Collection EE FR Venue: Irish Traditional Music Archive / Taisce Cheol Dúchais Éireann 73 Merrion Square Dublin 2 Ireland D02 WK75 The Life & Times of Lundy Foot Organiser: Irish Traditional Music Archive Lundy Foot (1735-1805) developed the business of tobacco

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and snuff manufacture in Dublin and became extremely evening. Facilitated by Cathy Scuffil, Historian in Residence, wealthy and celebrated. Who were the Foot family & what Dublin City Libraries. happened to the business? Venue: Walkinstown Library Venue: Dublin City Library and Archive Conference Room, Organiser: Dublin City Public Libraries 138-144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2 Email: [email protected] Organiser: The Old Dublin Society Telephone: 01 4558159 Email: [email protected] Telephone: 01-6744999 / 086-3049706 Date Start Time End Time nd Website: olddublinsociety.ie Wed 22 18:30 19:45

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OK EE Lecture: Save As BO FR Save As: creating and preserving Irish digital design. A collaborative event with The 100 Archive and the National EVER READY Factory and People Library of Ireland Share the story of Ireland’s dry battery business over the past Venue: National Library of Ireland 100 years. The talk will focus on the role played by Ever Organiser: National Library of Ireland Ready’s factory at Portobello Harbour Dublin 8. Email: [email protected] Venue: Rathmines Public Library, Lwr. Rathmines Road, Telephone: 01 6030259 Dublin 6. Website: nli.ie Organiser: Dublin City Public Libraries Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time nd Telephone: 01 497 3539 Wed 22 18:30 19:30

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OK EE This illustrated lecture by Kevin Whelan offers an overview BO FR of the shifting relationships between Paris and Ireland from 1600 - 1930. Talk on the Knights of St Patrick Venue: Kilmainham Courthouse Join Cathedral historian, Albert Fenton, for a short talk on Organiser: Kilmainham Gaol Museum & Courthouse the history of the Order of the Knights of St Patrick. Free but (OPW) registration recommended. Website: kilmainhamgaolmuseum.ie Venue: Saint Patrick’s Cathedral Organiser: Saint Patrick’s Cathedral Dublin Date Start Time End Time nd Email: [email protected] Wed 22 19:30 20:30

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OK EE Heritage BO FR Join the Rediscovery Centre for a fun-filled nature workshop for kids! We will be exploring the richness of Ireland’s natural Share Stories About Your Ancestors heritage and creating wildlife- inspired art and crafts. Grandchildren join your grandparents in this reminiscence Venue: Rediscovery Centre

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Organiser: Rediscovery Centre Treasures of the National Museum Admission: Child €25 Learn how archaeology can help uncover the stories behind Email: [email protected] the manufacture, use and discovery of the iconic treasures in Telephone: 018933801 the National Museum, including the ‘Tara’ Brooch and the Website: rediscoverycentre.ie/ Ardagh Chalice. Ages 7+ Venue: National Museum of Ireland, Archaeology, Kildare Date Start Time End Time Street, Dublin 2 rd Thu 23 10:00 14:30 Organiser: National Museum of Ireland, Archaeology

OK EE Email: [email protected] BO FR Telephone: 01 6486 334 Website: museum.ie Sandymount Stories From St John’s Turbulent Priests, Anglican Nuns and a Boy with a Bicycle; Date Start Time End Time rd stories from St John’s Church, Sandymount. Exhibition Thu 23 11:00 11:45 detailing significant moments in the vibrant history of St John’s EE FR between 1900-1960. Venue: St John the Evangelist Church, Park Avenue, Sandymount Pop-Up Chat: What is Falconry? Organiser: St John the Evangelist Church, Park Ave., Meet, Ellen Hagen, from the Museum of Archaeology Sandymount, Dublin 4 in Norway for a quick chat about falconry. No booking Email: [email protected] required. This talk will be 20 mins and based in the Irish Telephone: 086-392 3470 Room beside the bird of prey cabinet. Website: sandymount.dublin.anglican.org Venue: National Museum of Ireland, Natural History, Merrion Street, D.2 Date Start Time End Time Organiser: National Museum of Ireland, Natural History rd Thu 23 10:00 16:00 Email: [email protected] th Fri 24 10:00 16:00 Telephone: 01 6486316 th Sat 25 10:00 16:00 Website: museum.ie/Visit-Us/Events Sat 26th 10:00 16:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR P Thu 23rd 12:30 13:00

EE P FR Sharing Stories @ The Hugh Lane Join art historian Jessica Fahy for this guided tour of highlights of the Hugh Lane’s collection followed by tea and Intricate Indian Miniatures coffee and an opportunity for sharing your thoughts on your Intricate Indian Miniatures through the Eyes of a Conservator favourite artworks. with Alice Derham, Heritage Council Intern in Conservation, Venue: Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane Chester Beatty Library. Organiser: Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane Venue: Chester Beatty Library Email: [email protected] Organiser: Chester Beatty Library Telephone: 01 2225550 Email: [email protected] Website: hughlane.ie Telephone: 01 4070750 Website: cbl.ie Date Start Time End Time Thu 23rd 11:00 12:30 Date Start Time End Time Thu 23rd 13:00 14:00 OK EE BO FR

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EE FR Copenhagen’s Earliest History Jane Jark Jensen, Curator at the Københavns Museum, “My Heart Jumped with Pleasure” Denmark, will discuss archaeological work in Copenhagen Creating the : Listen Now Again exhibition. including the Copenhagen Metro and City Hall Square. Venue: National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. Venue: City Wall Space, Wood Quay Venue, Dublin Civic Organiser: National Library of Ireland Offices, Dublin 8. Email: [email protected] Organiser: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Telephone: 01 6030259 Email: [email protected] Website: nli.ie Telephone: 01 - 6463600 Website: tii.ie/archaeology

CATHAIR BAILE ÁTHA CLIATH DUBLIN CITY CATHAIR Date Start Time End Time Thu 23rd 13:00 13:45 Date Start Time End Time Thu 23rd 18:00 21:00 EE FR OK EE BO FR Tour Museum Conservation Studios Get behind the scenes at the Museum and take a tour of Print Industry Reminiscence Evening the conservation studios. A great opportunity to see the Join us for an evening of stories with the Museum’s volunteer work behind the scenes at the Museum, and meet Museum retired printers and compositors. Hear the captivating conservators. memories of the printing industry shared in an informal and Venue: National Museum of Ireland - Decorative Arts relaxed setting. & History Venue: National Print Museum Organiser: National Museum of Ireland-Decorative Arts Organiser: National Print Museum & History Email: [email protected] Telephone: 01 6486453 Telephone: 016603770 Website: museum.ie Website: nationalprintmuseum.ie/visit-us/event-calendar/

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Tour of the NGI Library & Archives Instagram Evening Behind the scenes tour of the National Gallery of Ireland’s Visit the Cathedral after hours for a chance to take and share Library and Archives. photos of this stunning building. A big screen will show Venue: Centre for the Study of Irish Art, National Gallery images uploaded using #instacathedral. Free but registration of Ireland required. Organiser: Library and Archives, National Gallery of Venue: Saint Patrick’s Cathedral Ireland Organiser: Saint Patrick’s Cathedral Dublin Telephone: +35316615133 Email: [email protected] Website: nationalgallery.ie/ Website: stpatrickscathedral.ie

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112 SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN FULL WHEELCHAIR ACCESS PARTIAL WHEELCHAIR ACCESS PERFORMANCE OR RE-ENACTMENT TALK OPEN HISTORIC PROPERTY FESTIVAL DUBLIN CITY CATHAIR BAILE ÁTHA CLIATH The New Romantics Viking Needle Binding Workshop The New Romantics is bringing back nature poems for a new Meet Ellen Hagen from the Museum of Archaeology at the age. The Irish Wildlife Trust teams up with Dublin spoken University of Stavanger, Norway to discover the history & word poets to bring our natural heritage to the stage. technique of Viking ‘Nålbindning’ or needle binding. Adult Venue: Toner’s Pub workshop, booking required. Organiser: Irish Wildlife Trust Venue: Reception, National Museum of Ireland, Email: [email protected] Archaeology, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. Telephone: 0858162853 Organiser: National Museum of Ireland, Archaeology Website: iwt.ie Email: [email protected] Telephone: 01 6486 334 Date Start Time End Time Website: museum.ie Thu 23rd 19:30 22:00 Date Start Time End Time OK EE BO FR Fri 24th 12:00 13:00

OK EE BO FR Discovery History Hands On GPO Witness History’s Handling Collection relate to the 1916 Easter Rising, the War of Independence and the Irish Grangegorman: Making New City Civil War. Children will touch and try artefacts and clothing, Space as a historian would! Grangegorman - a site of 200 years of social and Venue: GPO Witness History architectural history. Join us and discover what Organiser: GPO Witness History Grangegorman was, is and will be as this new piece Email: [email protected] of city emerges. Telephone: 01873 2107 Venue: Grangegorman Campus, Grangegorman Lower, Website: gpowitnesshistory.ie/ Dublin 7 Organiser: Grangegorman Development Agency Date Start Time End Time Email: [email protected] th Fri 24 10:30 11:30 Telephone: 01 4024140

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Join us at Geological Survey Ireland to see the work we do EE FR and learn about the 1.8 billions years of Irish geological history. Learn about Irish rocks, minerals, groundwater and our offshore. Bleachtairí Grianghraf Venue: GSI Beggars Bush Turas Treoraithe - Photo Detectives: Guided Tour Organiser: Geological Survey Ireland. Venue: National Photographic Archive, Meeting House Email: [email protected] Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 Telephone: 01 6782760 Organiser: National Photographic Archive Website: gsi.ie Email: [email protected] Telephone: 01 6030259 Date Start Time End Time Website: nli.ie Fri 24th 11:00 16:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR Fri 24th 12:00 15:00

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EE P FR Shared History-Shared Stories Join Dr Audrey Whitty, for a talk examining the shared stories hidden in the museum’s Asian art collections, focusing on The Remarkable Herbert Simms such gems as a Damascus Room from Syria. No Booking As Housing Architect to Dublin Corporation, Herbert Simms Required. transformed the face of Social Housing in Dublin in the 1930s Venue: National Museum of Ireland - Decorative Arts and ‘40s. Historian and broadcaster Donal Fallon examines & History his legacy. Organiser: National Museum of Ireland-Decorative Arts Venue: , Dublin D01 HH34

CATHAIR BAILE ÁTHA CLIATH DUBLIN CITY CATHAIR & History Organiser: Dublin City Council Culture Company Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 01 6486453 Telephone: 014853732 Website: museum.ie Website: 14henriettastreet.ie

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The Remarkable Herbert Simms Local Walking Tour As Housing Architect to Dublin Corporation, Herbert Simms Join historian Mike O’Neill as he guides you on this walking transformed the face of Social Housing in Dublin in the 1930s tour of the cathedral and neighbourhood. Tour includes and ‘40s. Historian and broadcaster Donal Fallon examines access to St Werburgh’s. Free tour but normal admission his legacy. applies. Venue: 14 Henrietta Street, Dublin D01 HH34 Venue: Christ Church Cathedral Organiser: Dublin City Council Culture Company Organiser: Christ Church Cathedral Email: [email protected] Admission: Adult €7, Child €2.50, Concession €5.50, Telephone: 014853732 Family €12 Website: 14henriettastreet.ie Email: [email protected] Telephone: 016778099 Date Start Time End Time Website: christchurchcathedral.ie Fri 24th 13:00 13:45 Date Start Time End Time OK EE BO FR Fri 24th 13:15 14:15

The Boys of Foley Street What happened to the children who were first interviewed by Pat Kenny in 1975 and 1988? This 2008 radio documentary Heritage Week: Nature Workshop finds out. With talk by Louise Lowe of Anu Productions. Celebrate Heritage Week with a fun-filled nature and craft Venue: North Inner City Folklore Project, Railway Street, workshop for kids at the Rediscovery Centre! Explore Ireland’s Dublin 1 natural heritage and create wildlife- inspired art and crafts. Organiser: North Inner City Folklore Project Venue: Rediscovery Centre Email: [email protected] Organiser: Rediscovery Centre Telephone: 087 9210673 Admission: Child €10 Email: [email protected]

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OK Library and Archives Open Day BO Open Day in Irish Railway Record Society (IRRS) Library, Archives and Small Exhibits Museum of railway memorabilia Use It Or Lose It Grand Canal Dock in the former goods offices at Dublin Heuston Station. Presented by Inland Waterways Association of Ireland, Venue: Irish Railway Record Society, Dublin Heuston Station, Dublin Branch. The seminar will consider the history of GCD, Dublin 8 the Dublin boatbuilding tradition and case studies on urban Organiser: Irish Railway Record Society (IRRS) waterways conservation. Email: [email protected] Venue: Pearse Street Library Website: irrs.ie Organiser: Dublin City Public Libraries Telephone: 01 674 4888 Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 11:00 17:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR Sat 25th 10:00 13:00 P

OK EE BO FR Moving to the Suburbs (1964) More than half a century ago, people talk about being moved Study Morning: The Artist Archive from inner city tenements to new houses in the suburbs This Study Morning will bring together collectors, artists, Venue: North Inner City Folklore Project, Railway Streetf, academics and archivists to examine archiving artists’ Dublin 1 collections, while also considering what artists collect. Organiser: North Inner City Folklore Project Venue: Lecture Hall, National Gallery of Ireland Email: [email protected] Organiser: Library and Archives, National Gallery Telephone: 087 9210673 of Ireland Telephone: +35316633589 Date Start Time End Time th Website: nationalgallery.ie/ Sat 25 13:00 14:00

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EE Illustrated talks on Irish Towns FR 11am. Dr Margaret Murphy ‘Anglo-Norman Castle-Towns in Medieval Ireland’ 12pm. Dr Annaleigh Margey ‘Plantation The Camac River Tells a Story Towns in Early-Modern Ireland’ Celebrate the natural and built heritage of the Camac River Venue: 63 Merrion Square South, Dublin 2 through storytelling, images, song and poetry. Join special Organiser: Group for the Study of Irish Historic Settlement guest speakers , explore the exhibition and learn about this Email: [email protected] unique river. Telephone: 087 1301736 Venue: Wood Quay Venue, Dublin 8 Website: irishsettlement.ie Organiser: Dublin City Council and the Waters and Communites Office Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 11:00 13:00

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EE P FR Organ Recital Come and listen to a recital by Christ Church organ scholar Caroline who will play a selection of music on the cathedral’s Treasures of the Bog Trail fine organ. Recital is free but normal admission applies. Take our Treasures of the Bog trail to learn more about the Venue: Christ Church Cathedral unusual artefacts found in bogs- from butter, to books and Organiser: Christ Church Cathedral even an entire boat! No booking required. Drop-in activity. Admission: Adult €7, Child €2.50, Concession €5.50, Ages 8+. Family €12 Venue: Kildare Room, National Museum of Ireland,

CATHAIR BAILE ÁTHA CLIATH DUBLIN CITY CATHAIR Email: [email protected] Archaeology, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 Telephone: 016778099 Organiser: National Museum of Ireland, Archaeology Website: christchurchcathedral.ie Email: [email protected] Telephone: 01 6486 334 Date Start Time End Time Website: museum.ie Sat 25th 12:45 13:15 Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 14:00 16:00

EE P FR The Green Mile St Stephen’s Green has played a key role in Irish history, so why not take a 60-minute tour in the company of expert local Women Writers and Kilmainham Gaol guide Donal Fallon? Donal’s tours are packed with anecdote, A tour of Kilmainham Gaol focusing on female writers who humour & theatre. were held in the prison or who were inspired by its prisoners. Venue: The Little Museum of Dublin 15 St Stephen’s Green, Featured writers include Dorothy Macardle and Eva Gore Dublin 2 Booth. Organiser: The Little Museum of Dublin Venue: Kilmainham Gaol Museum Email: [email protected] Organiser: Kilmainham Gaol Museum & Courthouse Telephone: 00353 1 661 1000 (OPW) Website: littlemuseum.ie Website: kilmainhamgaolmuseum.ie

Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 13:00 14:00 Sat 25th 15:00 16:00 Sat 25th 15:00 16:00 OK EE BO FR OK EE BO FR Open Day at Merrion Mews A Guided Chat on Irish History An opportunity to see the conservation work of Irish Landmark This event is about sharing knowledge of Irish History. Trust. Enjoy a self-guided tour of this restored Georgian mews Venue: Blanchardstown Library and stables which is now used by the Garda Mounted Unit. Organiser: Blanchardstown Castleknock History Society Venue: Merrion Mews, 63 Fitzwilliam Lane, Dublin 2 Email: [email protected] Organiser: Irish Landmark Trust Telephone: 018212437 Email: [email protected] Website: blanchardstowncastleknockhistorysociety. Telephone: 01 6704733 wordpress.com/ Website: irishlandmark.com

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EE FR Down Memory Lane Photographic Display – One hundred years of photographic Our Games our Heritage archive of Chapelizod village life on display. Join us for an Croke Park is situated in Dublin’s North Inner City. In the afternoon of tea, coffee, homemade scones and nostalgia. process we hope to unfold some interesting heritage stories. Venue: Bandroom, Maiden’s Row, Chapelizod Venue: Arts and business Campus Drumcondra Dublin 9 Organiser: Chapelizod Heritage Society Organiser: Forest Friends Ireland Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 01 6268702 Telephone: 0852536650 Website: forestfriends.ie Date Start Time End Time Sun 26th 14:00 17:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR Sun 26th 11:00 13:00

EE Public Tour: Recovered Voices FR Join a public tour of Recovered Voices exploring the experience of Irish men and women during World War I. GENEius Little Stories No booking required, places allocated on a first-come basis Come along to our arts and crafts party and tell your story. 15 minutes before tour starts. We’ll be getting creative, making fingerprint family trees on Venue: National Museum of Ireland - Decorative Arts & canvas, and trying on some time-travelling costumes! History Venue: Irish Family History Centre, The CHQ Building, IFSC, Organiser: National Museum of Ireland-Decorative Arts & Dublin 1 History Organiser: Irish Family History Centre Email: [email protected] Admission: Child €5.00 Telephone: 01 6486453 Email: [email protected] Website: museum.ie Telephone: 01 905 9216 Website: irishfamilyhistorycentre.com Date Start Time End Time Sun 26th 15:00 16:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR Sun 26th 11:00 12:00 P

OK BO Getting to Know Native Wildflowers Noble trees and fairy steeds-our wildflowers are steeped in St Luke’s, Newmarket to Ropers Rest stories.Once protected under law, our wildflowers are now The Liberties Cultural Association presents a selection of lost underfoot, forgotten.Hear those stories as you learn to id stories from St Lukes in Newmarket to Ropers Rest in the our native flora. Blackpitts by various speakers. Venue: St. Annes Park Venue: Meeting outside St Luke’s in Newmarket Organiser: Wildflower Walks Ireland Organiser: James Madigan, Liberties Cultural Association Admission: Adult €5, Child FREE, Concession €5, Email: [email protected] Family €10 Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Sun 26th 12:00 13:30 Date Start Time End Time Sun 26th 15:00 16:30

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th OK Mon 20 14:00 16:00 P BO Tue 21st 14:00 16:00 Wed 22nd 14:00 16:00 Homo Narrans, Peripatus, ...Oscopus Thu 23rd 14:00 16:00 th Is there such a thing as the heritage of the behind, below Fri 24 14:00 16:00 th and beside? We will invade the lanes of Dublin’s cultural (in Sat 25 14:00 16:00 th many senses of the word!) quarter to map our questions and Sun 26 14:00 16:00

our narratives. EE P FR Venue: Olivier Cornet Gallery, 3 Great Denmark Street, Beside Belvedere College Organiser: Jenny Papasotiriou The Local Magdalene Laundry Email: [email protected] Personal accounts from women who spent their adult lives in the convent of Our Lady of Refuge, the Gloucester Street Date Start Time End Time Magdalene Laundry. This 45 min documentary was broadcast th Sun 26 16:30 18:30 on RTÉ Radio in 1990.

OK EE Venue: North Inner City Folklore Project, Railway Street, BO FR Dublin 1 Organiser: North Inner City Folklore Project Disney Concert for Families Email: [email protected] Join Judith Lyons for a special family performance of some Telephone: 087 9210673 CATHAIR BAILE ÁTHA CLIATH DUBLIN FINGAL FINE GALL BAILE ÁTHA CLIATH DUBLIN CITY CATHAIR Disney classics in the atmospheric setting of Saint Patrick’s Cathedral. Dress up definitely encouraged! Free but Date Start Time End Time th registration required. Sat 25 12:00 13:00

Venue: Saint Patrick’s Cathedral EE P FR Organiser: Saint Patrick’s Cathedral Dublin Email: [email protected] Website: stpatrickscathedral.ie DUBLIN — FINGAL Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 13:00 14:00 Sat 25th 13:00 14:00 Tom and Terrys Tower

OK EE Hidden away in North Dublin, Portrane’s lovingly restored BO FR Martello Tower and Gardens. Explore two centuries of history encased in 8ft thick stone walls built to withstand maritime Explore Our Treasure Trove! attack by Napoleon. View memorabilia, artefacts, photos and tenement items Venue: Portranes Martello Tower gatherered by local historian, Terry Fagan over the past Organiser: Bryan greene four decades. Listen to stories and memories recorded in the Admission: Adult €5, Child FREE, Concession €2 community. Email: [email protected] Venue: North Inner City Folklore Project, Railway Street, Telephone: 0861221273 Dublin 1 Organiser: North Inner City Folklore Project Date Start Time End Time th Telephone: 087 9210673 Sat 18 09:00 17:00 Sun 19th 09:00 17:00 Date Start Time End Time Mon 20th 09:00 17:00 Sat 18th 14:00 16:00 Tue 21st 09:00 17:00 Sun 19th 14:00 16:00 Wed 22nd 09:00 17:00

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rd Thu 23 09:00 17:00 Venue: th Fri 24 09:00 17:00 Organiser: Ardgillan Castle Ltd. th Sat 25 09:00 17:00 Email: [email protected] th Sun 26 09:00 17:00 Telephone: 018492212

OK Website: ardgillancastle.ie/ P BO Date Start Time End Time Swords Heritage Free Audio Guide Sat 18th 11:00 16:00

Discover the story of Swords with this free audio guide. EE P FR Simply visit our website to access your free audio guide. Venue: Your self-guided tour begins at St. Colmcille’s Well, Well Road/Church Road, Swords, Bremore Archaeological Survey Organiser: Abarta Heritage Archaeological survey at Bremore, Co. Dublin led by the Email: [email protected] CHERISH Project, The Discovery Programme and Fingal Website: abartaheritage.ie/product/swords-heritage-trail- County Council. audio-guide/ Venue: Farm yard, Sandfield, Coney Hill, Balbriggan (Farm yard on right hand side as driving on the road towards the EE FR P coast). Organiser: CHERISH / The Discovery Programme / Fingal Guided Cliff Walk Tours County Council Your fun and informative tour will start from the Martello Email: [email protected] Tower Donabate to Martello Tower Portrane taking in the Telephone: 016393039 stunning cliff walk views with a history of the local sights. Website: discoveryprogramme.ie/news/294-heritage-week- Venue: Donabate Martello Tower events-2018 Organiser: Donabate Portrane Cliff Walk Tours Admission: Adult €5.00, Child FREE Date Start Time End Time th Telephone: 0894726470 Sat 18 11:00 14:00

Website: donabateportranecliffwalktours.com EE P FR Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 10:00 12:30 Family Seashore Explore th Sun 19 10:00 12:30 Exploring the seashore and its surroundings with lots of family th Mon 20 10:00 12:30 fun through seashore activities. st Tue 21 10:00 12:30 Venue: Donabate Beach nd Wed 22 10:00 12:30 Organiser: Secrets of the Seashore rd Thu 23 10:00 12:30 Admission: Adult €2.50, Child €5.00 th Fri 24 10:00 12:30 Telephone: 0871428589 th Sat 25 10:00 12:30 Website: secretsoftheseashore.ie/ Sun 26th 10:00 12:30 Date Start Time End Time EE FR P Sat 18th 14:00 15:30 Sun 19th 14:00 15:30 FREE Castle Tours Mon 20th 14:00 15:30 st There will be free guided tours of Ardgillan Castle throughout Tue 21 14:00 15:30 nd Heritage Week. A great opportunity to immerse yourself Wed 22 14:00 15:30 rd in the history of the castle. Tours will run on the hour from Thu 23 14:00 15:30 th 11am - 4pm. Fri 24 14:00 15:30

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EE P FR Malahide — Guided Historical Walk Historian Joe Varley will lead a walk around the central Museum Opening streets with a light-hearted commentary on the history of the Artifacts, collections and photographs of local and national area and some of its former residents. Meet at Malahide DUBLIN FINGAL FINE GALL interest. Library at 2.45 pm. Venue: Stewards House beside coach park at Malahide Venue: Malahide Village - Meet at Library Castle Organiser: Malahide Historical Society Organiser: Malahide Historical Society Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 086 3175952 Telephone: 086 3175952 Website: malahideheritage.com Website: malahideheritage.com Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 15:00 16:15 Sat 18th 14:30 17:00 EE FR Sun 19th 14:30 17:00 Mon 20th 14:30 17:00 Tue 21st 14:30 17:00 Walk Through Santry’s History nd Wed 22 14:30 17:00 Local Author/Historian Gerry Cooley takes his annual walk rd Thu 23 14:30 17:00 through the Santry Court estate. The Baronets and Lords of th Fri 24 14:30 17:00 Santry, The Irish Army, Guinness family and even the Beatles th Sat 25 14:30 17:00 connection explained. th Sun 26 14:30 17:00 Venue: Santry Park. Meet at the Grand Gates entrance.

EE Organiser: Santry Resource centre P FR Email: [email protected] Telephone: 087 6672192 Matchbox Exhibition Large collection of colourful once ubiquitous matchboxes from Date Start Time End Time th around the world. Sat 18 10:30 12:00

Venue: Malahide Historical Society museum beside coach EE P FR park at Organiser: Malahide Historical Society Email: [email protected] Conducted Tours & History Telephone: 086 3175952 Tours of this historic church & surroundings, together with Website: malahideheritage.com snippets of history. This one of the very few buildings in Ireland with a stone roof. In continued use for 800 years. Date Start Time End Time Venue: St Doulaghs Church Balgriffin on Malahide Road th Sat 18 14:30 17:00 Organiser: The Friends of St Doulaghs Church th Sun 19 14:30 17:00 Email: [email protected] st Tue 21 14:30 17:00 Telephone: 087 774 5086 Wed 22nd 14:30 17:00 Thu 23rd 14:30 17:00 Date Start Time End Time Fri 24th 14:30 17:00 Sat 18th 14:00 17:30 Sat 25th 14:30 17:00 Sun 19th 14:00 17:30 Sun 26th 14:30 17:00

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Skerries Mills Guided Tours Date Start Time End Time th Special National Heritage Week reduction on guided tours Mon 20 14:30 16:00

Monday to Friday of the unique and historical Skerries Mills. OK EE P BO FR Including Watermill, Four Sail Windmill and Five Sail Great Windmill of Skerries. Venue: Skerries Mills Heritage Centre Nuts about Nature Workshop Organiser: Skerries Mills Explore our natural heritage, the importance of biodiversity Admission: Adult €5.00, Child €3.00, Concession €4.00, and what we can do to protect our wildlife through fun Family €14.00 activities and games. Suitable for children 6 to 12years. Email: [email protected] Venue: Swords Library Telephone: 018495208 Organiser: Rediscovery Centre Website: skerriesmills.ie Email: [email protected] Telephone: (01) 8905894 Date Start Time End Time Mon 20th 10:30 16:30 Date Start Time End Time Tue 21st 10:30 16:30 Wed 22nd 15:00 16:30 Wed 22nd 10:30 16:30 OK EE BO FR Thu 23rd 10:30 16:30 P Fri 24th 10:30 16:30 Children’s Heritage Workshop P This Rediscovery Centre Natural Heritage Workshop for 6 – 12 year olds explores the natural heritage of the local Nuts About Nature Workshop area and what we can do to protect our wildlife through fun Explore our natural heritage, the importance of biodiversity activities and games. and what we can do to protect our wildlife through fun Venue: Swords Library activities and games. Suitable for children 6 to 12years. Organiser: Fingal Libraries Venue: Donabate Library Email: [email protected] Organiser: Rediscovery Centre Telephone: 018905582 Email: [email protected] Website: fingal.ie/libraries/ Telephone: 01-8905609 Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 15:00 16:30 Mon 20th 14:30 16:00 OK EE P BO FR OK EE P BO FR Ireland’s Vanishing Nature Children’s Heritage Workshop Pádraic Fogarty’s talk, based on his book Whittled Away, This Rediscovery Centre Natural Heritage Workshop for Ireland’s Vanishing Nature, describes how pollution has 6 – 12 year olds explores the natural heritage of the local decimated wildlife habitats and discusses what can be done area and what we can do to protect our wildlife through fun to change this situation. activities and games. Venue: Howth Library Venue: Donabate Library Organiser: Fingal Libraries Organiser: Fingal Libraries Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 018905026

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Website: fingal.ie/libraries/ Date Start Time End Time Thu 23rd 18:30 19:30 Date Start Time End Time EE FR Wed 22nd 18:30 19:30 P

EE P FR Talk on Dunsink Observatory Sam Green, PhD student at the Dublin Institute for Advanced DUBLIN FINGAL FINE GALL Share a Story, Make a Connection Studies, gives a talk on Dunsink Observatory - the oldest Members of various Fingal historical societies will give short purpose-built scientific research centre in Ireland, having accounts of how chance encounters, either verbal or written, opened in 1785. can lead to exciting new discoveries. Venue: Blanchardstown Library Venue: St. Sylvester’s Parish Centre, Malahide Organiser: Fingal Libraries Organiser: Fingal Heritage Network Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 018905563 Telephone: 086 3175952 Website: fingal.ie/libraries/

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Talk on Bremore Castle Deaf History Lecture Bremore Castle is a national monument owned by Fingal This events will be talking about the history of Deaf Artist, County Council. Join Fingal’s Senior Parks Superintendent Poor Workhouse, Well Being and story of Monsignor Rev Kevin J. Halpenny for a talk on the project to reconstruct this Yore, one of the founder of Catholic Institute for the Deaf. Balbriggan landmark. Venue: Deaf Heritage Centre, Thomas Mahon Building, Venue: Balbriggan Library Deaf Village Ireland, Ratoath Road, Dublin 7 Organiser: Fingal Libraries Organiser: Deaf Heritage Centre Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 018704401 Website: deafheritagecentre.com Website: fingal.ie/libraries/ Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Thu 23rd 19:00 21:00 Thu 23rd 18:30 19:30 Fri 24th 19:00 21:00

EE OK EE P FR P BO FR Marriage Sources for Family History Ireland’s Vanishing Nature In this workshop, genealogist Fiona Fitzsimons explores Pádraic Fogarty’s talk, based on his book Whittled Away, marriage sources for family history and helps you research Ireland’s Vanishing Nature, describes how pollution has and write your family history story. decimated wildlife habitats and discusses what can be done Venue: Balbriggan Library to change this situation. Organiser: Fingal Libraries Venue: Malahide Library Email: [email protected] Organiser: Fingal Libraries Telephone: 018704401 Email: [email protected] Website: fingal.ie/libraries/ Telephone: 018704430 Website: fingal.ie/libraries/

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Whale Watch Ireland 2018 Balbriggan Cotton Mills 1770 - 1870 The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group invites you to their Boom and Bust: The Cotton Mills of Balbriggan 1770 – 1870 annual, free and guided land-based whale watch at a In the late 1770s Balbriggan was at the forefront of cotton local headland, as part of All-Ireland Whale Watch day on production in Ireland. Alas it was not to last. Saturday 25th August 2018. Venue: Bracken Court Hotel, Balbriggan Venue: Balscadden Car Pk, Howth Head Organiser: Balbriggan Tourism Organiser: Irish Whale and Dolphin Group Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 085 805 4979 Telephone: 086 3537900 Website: facebook.com/BalbrigganHeritage/ Website: iwdg.ie Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sun 26th 19:30 21:00 Sat 25th 14:00 17:00 EE P FR EE P FR

Sources For Family History DUBLIN — SOUTH In this workshop, genealogist Fiona Fitzsimons examines wills, burial records, gravestones, newspaper records, and tontines and shows how to use them to research your family history. Open Venue: Blanchardstown Library Join us at Rathfarnham Castle where we will be running a Organiser: Fingal Libraries series of talks, themed tours and children’s activities to mark Email: [email protected] Heritage Week 2018. Please contact us for further details. Telephone: 018905563 Venue: Rathfarnham Castle Website: fingal.ie/libraries/ Organiser: Office of Public Works Admission: Adult €5, Child €3, Concession €4, Date Start Time End Time Family €13 th Sat 25 14:30 16:30 Email: [email protected]

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Canal Walk and Stories Date Start Time End Time th Short and easy walk (2.5 km) along a quiet and rural stretch Sat 18 09:30 17:30 th of the Royal Canal. No charge but donations to RCAG will Sun 19 09:30 17:30 th be accepted. Mon 20 09:30 17:30 st Venue: Castleknock 12th Lock -- to Ashtown 10th Lock. Tue 21 09:30 17:30 nd Organiser: Royal Canal Amenity Group Wed 22 09:30 17:30 rd Email: [email protected] Thu 23 09:30 17:30 th Telephone: 01-6991113 Fri 24 09:30 17:30 th Website: royalcanal.ie Sat 25 09:30 17:30 Sun 26th 09:30 17:30

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Natural Heritage Walk in Tallaght My Hero Now! Arts Making Spend 90 minutes in the company of Christopher Moriarity Workshop and Michael Finn learning about the amazing diversity of Art workshop for 8 -11 Years. Participants will create lifesize fauna and flora in Tallaght’s Central Park. Starts in the park’s figures with collage and colour to create My Hero Now! Sensory Garden. Facilitated by Tallaght Community Arts. Booking advised. Venue: Sensory Garden, Sean Walsh Memorial Park, Venue: Tallaght, Dublin 24 Organiser: Pearse Museum / St. Enda’s Park ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS DUBLIN SOUTH ÁTHA CLIATH Organiser: Tallaght Community Council Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 01 4934208 Telephone: 0879077149 Website: pearsemuseum.ie Website: tallaghtcommunitycouncil.ie/ Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 11:00 13:00 Sat 18th 10:30 12:00 Sat 18th 14:00 16:00 Sat 18th 15:00 16:30 OK EE BO FR EE P FR Bohernabreena Reservoir Walk A guided walk of one of South Dublin County’s most stunning St. Enda’s Park Folly Tour areas of natural beauty. Meet at the County Library, Tallaght A historical tour of St. Enda’s Park, the former home of the for bus to the starting point of the walk. 1916 leader , focusing on its fascinating Venue: County Library, Tallaght, Dublin 24 collection of 18th and 19th century follies. Meet at museum Organiser: South Dublin County Council Libraries reception. Email: [email protected] Venue: Meet at the Pearse Museum reception area Telephone: 01 4620073 Organiser: Pearse Museum / St. Enda’s Park Website: southdublinlibraries.ie Email: [email protected] Telephone: 01 4934208 Date Start Time End Time Website: pearsemuseum.ie Sat 18th 11:00 14:00 Date Start Time End Time OK EE BO FR Sat 18th 12:00 13:00 Sat 25th 12:00 13:00

Chapelizod Heritage Podcast EE P FR This event will showcase three new episodes of the Chapelizod Heritage Podcast following its launch in July. Visitors can listen to the podcast and share their own stories A Tale of Two Donnybrooks and More to inspire future episodes. Some stories from 19th and 20th century Donnybrook, and Venue: Chapelizod Bandroom, Madien’s Row possibly other Donnybrooks. Historical talk with music and Organiser: Chapelizod Heritage Society slides. Possible dramatisations. Light refreshments after. Email: [email protected] Venue: The Hive, Herbert Park Road [beside Lolly & Cooks] Telephone: 0852845662 Organiser: Beaver Row Heritage Players Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Telephone: 0861249456 Sat 18th 11:00 13:00

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Date Start Time End Time Belfield, Dublin, D04 V1W8 th Sat 18 16:00 18:00 Organiser: UCD Access & Lifelong Learning th Sun 19 16:00 18:00 Email: [email protected] th Sat 25 16:00 18:00 Telephone: 01 716 7123 th Sat 26 16:00 18:00 Website: ucd.ie/all/study/alltastersheritageweek/

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Dublin Concert Band OK EE P BO FR Free open-air concert by the award-winning Dublin Concert Band in the grounds of St.Enda’s Park. Venue: The Courtyard, St. Enda’s Park Living Folklore: Daily Archive Tour Organiser: Pearse Museum / St. Enda’s Park Original manuscripts. Rare recordings. Stunning photographs. Email: [email protected] Join a daily tour of the National Folklore Collection and Telephone: 01 4934208 unearth a piece of local lore or discover a family connection. Website: pearsemuseum.ie Venue: National Folklore Collection UCD, Newman Building, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4 Date Start Time End Time Organiser: National Folklore Collection, UCD th Sun 19 15:00 17:00 Email: [email protected]

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Tallaght Motor Racing 1935—1948 Date Start Time End Time th An exhibition of photographs recalling the days when the Mon 20 11:00 12:00 st streets of Tallaght resounded to the roar of racing car engines. Tue 21 11:00 12:00 nd Venue: County Library, Tallaght, Dublin 24 Wed 22 11:00 12:00 rd Organiser: South Dublin County Council Libraries Thu 23 11:00 12:00 th Email: [email protected] Fri 24 11:00 12:00

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Date Start Time End Time Bumblebee Walk th Mon 20 09:45 20:00 Come with the Beekeepers of St Enda’s on a Bumblebee Walk st Tue 21 09:45 20:00 in the Walled Garden and learn more about our friendly nd Wed 22 09:45 20:00 pollinators. Numbers limited, booking essential. rd Thu 23 09:45 20:00 Venue: Nature Room, St Enda’s Park, Pearse Museum, th Fri 24 09:45 20:00 Grange Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16 th Sat 25 09:45 20:00 Organiser: OPW Pearse Museum and St Enda’s Park

EE Email: [email protected] FR Telephone: 01 4934208 Website: pearsemuseum.ie Colonial Latin America This lecture examines the history of Latin America from the Date Start Time End Time th Columbian discovery of the New World in 1492 to the end Mon 20 11:00 12:00 th of Spanish dominion in the Americas in 1898. Mon 20 14:00 15:00 st Venue: UCD Access & Lifelong Learning Centre Level 1, Tue 21 11:00 12:00 st Library Building, University College Dublin, Tue 21 14:00 15:00

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OK EE P BO FR Organiser: North Inner City Folklore Project Email: [email protected] Telephone: 087 9210673 Drop-in Folklore Collection Clinic Interested in undertaking a folklore collection project in your Date Start Time End Time th local community? Not sure how to begin? Drop into the Mon 20 13:00 14:00 nd National Folklore Collection where staff members will offer Wed 22 13:00 14:00

tips and advice. EE P FR Venue: National Folklore Collection UCD, Newman Building, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4 ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS DUBLIN SOUTH ÁTHA CLIATH Organiser: National Folklore Collection, UCD Glorious Defeats Email: [email protected] The aim of this lecture is to examine military events of the Telephone: 01 716 8216 19th and 20th century that ended in disaster and consider Website: ucd.ie/irishfolklore/en/ why the scale of the defeat is overshadowed by the legend of battle. Date Start Time End Time Venue: UCD Access & Lifelong Learning Centre Level 1, th Mon 20 12:00 13:00 James Joyce Library Building, University College Dublin, st Tue 21 12:00 13:00 Belfield, Dublin, D04 V1W8 nd Wed 22 12:00 13:00 Organiser: UCD Access & Lifelong Learning rd Thu 23 12:00 13:00 Email: [email protected] th Fri 24 12:00 13:00 Telephone: 01 716 7123

OK EE Website: ucd.ie/all/study/alltastersheritageweek/ P BO FR Date Start Time End Time Sharing Stories Ancient Greek Vases Mon 20th 14:00 14:45

Pottery is one of our chief sources for understanding the OK EE P BO FR ancient Greek world. But perhaps the most striking aspect of Greek pottery is its role as a medium for storytelling. Venue: UCD Access & Lifelong Learning Centre Level 1, Dublin Myths and Legends James Joyce Library Building, University College Dublin, Lose yourself in a world of myth and magic. A world of Belfield, Dublin, D04 V1W8 legendary heroes, epic battles, doomed romances and fairy Organiser: UCD Access & Lifelong Learning enchantments as we explore the heritage of Dublin. Age 7+ Email: [email protected] Venue: Library Telephone: 01 716 7123 Organiser: Clondalkin Round Tower Heritage Group Website: ucd.ie/all/study/alltastersheritageweek/ Telephone: 01 4593315

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An Oral History of Food Rathfarnham Heritage Walk Historian Donal Fallon talks about his bid to capture the A guided tour of historic Rathfarnham Village with local memories and experiences of those who have worked historian Tomás Maher. All welcome. feeding Dubs. Venue: Anne Devlin Statue, Rathfarnham Village, Dublin 14 Venue: North Inner City Folklore Project, Railway Street, Organiser: South Dublin County Council Libraries Dublin 1 Email: [email protected]

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Telephone: 01 4620073 Email: [email protected] Website: southdublinlibraries.ie Telephone: 01 716 7123 Website: ucd.ie/all/study/alltastersheritageweek/ Date Start Time End Time Mon 20th 19:00 20:00 Date Start Time End Time Tue 21st 10:30 11:15 EE FR OK EE P BO FR and Patrick Pearse Brian Crowley, Curator of the Pearse Museum, will explore Monastic Tallaght Talk the fascinating relationship between Patrick Pearse and the A talk on Tallaght’s rich monastic heritage, with local historian artist Beatrice Elvery Tomás Maher. All welcome! Venue: Pearse Museum Venue: County Library, Tallaght, Dublin 24. Organiser: Pearse Museum Organiser: South Dublin County Council Libraries Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 01 4934208 Telephone: 01 4620073 Website: pearsemuseum.ie Website: southdublinlibraries.ie

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Walk and Talk along the Camac River Mindfulness & Compassion for Living The flow of the Camac through time. Listen to and share An introduction to mindfulness and compassion, including stories about the river, its rich heritage and its importance short, led mindfulness practices as well as a discussion about both past and present. what mindfulness entails, its impact on the brain, and how it Venue: Meet at the Plaza in front of the Civic Offices, 9th benefits people. Lock Road, Clondalkin Venue: UCD Access & Lifelong Learning Centre Level 1, Organiser: Friends of the Camac James Joyce Library Building, University College Dublin, Email: [email protected] Belfield, Dublin, D04 V1W8 Telephone: 087 2812626 Organiser: UCD Access & Lifelong Learning Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Telephone: 01 716 7123 th Mon 20 19:15 20:30 Website: ucd.ie/all/study/alltastersheritageweek/

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Psychology of Creative Writing OK EE P BO FR This lecture introduces Positive Psychology, the Psychology of Creativity and the benefits of creative writing. You’ll enjoy this lecture if you’re interested in human happiness, creativity, Managing Your Family Archive the Arts. A talk by Róisín Berry, Archivist, NUI Maynooth. Organised Venue: UCD Access & Lifelong Learning Centre Level 1, in partnership with the Society of Old Lucan. James Joyce Library Building, University College Dublin, Venue: Lucan Library, Lucan Shopping Centre, Newcastle Belfield, Dublin, D04 V1W8 Road, Lucan, Co. Dublin Organiser: UCD Access & Lifelong Learning Organiser: South Dublin County Council Libraries

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OK EE P BO FR Tullys Castle on Monastery Road Talk will be given by Patrick Ging at the castle. Tully’s castle is probably an outpost of the Pale. ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS DUBLIN SOUTH ÁTHA CLIATH Managing Your Family Archive This session with Róisín Berry, Archivist from the Library, Venue: Tullys Castle, Clondalkin Maynooth University, will guide you in the practical care and Organiser: Clondalkin History Society handling of your family archives. Email: [email protected] Venue: Seminar room, Lucan Library Telephone: 087 2812626 Organiser: Society for Old Lucan (SOL) Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time st Website: societyforoldlucan.wordpress.com/ Tue 21 19:00 20:00

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OK EE Bee Day at St Enda’s P BO FR Come and meet the Beekeepers at St Enda’s. Learn about our native Honey Bees and see them busy at work in a special Whitechurch Heritage Walk observation Hive. Rathfarnham - touched by faith, surrounded by history. A Venue: Nature Room, Pearse Museum, St Enda’s Park, guided walk of the historic Whitechurch area with local Grange Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16 historian Tony Duffy. All welcome. Organiser: OPW Pearse Museum and St Enda’s Park Venue: Moravian Graveyard Entrance, Whitechurch Road, Email: [email protected] Dublin 16. Telephone: 01 4934208 Organiser: South Dublin County Council Libraries Website: pearsemuseum.ie Email: [email protected] Telephone: 014941900 Date Start Time End Time nd Website: southdublinlibraries.ie Wed 22 10:00 16:00

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EE Recreate Rathfarnham with Lego! P FR Drop in throughout the day and help us to recreate Rathfarnham Village 100 years ago, using old maps, Newcastle Heritage Walk photographs and Lego! Suitable for children aged 8-12. Guided walk of historic Newcastle Village with local historian Venue: Ballyroan Library Tomás Maher. All welcome! Organiser: South Dublin County Council Libraries Venue: St. Finian’s Church of Ireland, Main Street, Newcastle, Email: [email protected] Co. Dublin Telephone: 014941900 Organiser: South Dublin County Council Libraries Website: southdublinlibraries.ie Email: [email protected] Telephone: 01 4620073

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Seoda Scripte: A glimpse into Ireland’s manuscript heritage OK EE P BO FR is a exhibition of manuscripts in UCD Special Collections Venue: UCD Access & Lifelong Learning Centre Level 1, Massy’s Woods Treasure Hunt James Joyce Library Building, University College Dublin, If you go down to the woods today, you’d never know what Belfield, Dublin, D04 V1W8 you’d find! Join us for a fun heritage trail in Massy’s Woods. Organiser: UCD Access & Lifelong Learning Venue: Hellfire Club Carpark, Killakee Road, Rathfarnham, Email: [email protected] Dublin 16. Telephone: 01 716 7123 Organiser: South Dublin County Council Libraries Website: ucd.ie/all/study/alltastersheritageweek/ Email: [email protected] Telephone: 01 4620073 Date Start Time End Time Website: southdublinlibraries.ie Wed 22nd 11:00 16:00 Date Start Time End Time OK EE BO FR P Wed 22nd 14:30 16:00

OK EE P BO FR Sound Research for Irish Ancestry Join genealogist Fiona Fitzsimons of Find my Past for this talk on researching your family tree. Book at www. Looking After Old Papers & Photos ballyroanlibrary.eventbrite.ie from 30th July. Damien Burke, Archivist, will give a workshop on Caring for Venue: Whitechurch Library, Taylor’s Lane, Rathfarnham, your family papers, on causes and signs of damage to paper Dublin 16. and photographs, good practice on handling and storage Organiser: South Dublin County Council Libraries and basic conservation. Email: [email protected] Venue: Clondalkin Library Telephone: 014941900 Organiser: Clondalkin Round Tower Heritage Group Website: southdublinlibraries.ie Telephone: 01 4593315

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Perceptions of Islam Three Dublin Families and WWI Well informed perspectives on Islam or its adherents from Local historian David Power will tell the stories of three Dublin medieval Ireland & Britain are exceedingly scarce. This families, two from Tallaght and one from the city centre, who lecture will share the stories of Western pilgrims to Jerusalem, lost family members in the Great War. Willibald & Arculf. Venue: Lucan Library Venue: UCD Access & Lifelong Learning Centre Level 1, Organiser: South Dublin County Council Libraries James Joyce Library Building, University College Dublin, Email: [email protected] Belfield, Dublin, D04 V1W8 Telephone: 01 6216422 Organiser: UCD Access & Lifelong Learning Website: southdublinlibraries.ie

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Bird Walk Memories Join us for a walk around St Enda’s Park to spot some of the Memories are potent. When we come to write fiction we Birds that nest in the grounds. Bring Binoculars if you have draw on the sum total of our life experiences, and the skill is them; dress apppropriately for the weather on the day. Meet in knowing how best to manage these memories. at the Nature Room Venue: UCD Access & Lifelong Learning Centre Level 1, ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS DUBLIN SOUTH ÁTHA CLIATH Venue: Pearse Museum, St Enda’s Park, Grange Road, James Joyce Library Building, University College Dublin, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16. Belfield, Dublin, D04 V1W8 Organiser: OPW Pearse Museum and St Enda’s Park Organiser: UCD Access & Lifelong Learning Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 01 4934208 Telephone: 01 716 7123 Website: pearsemuseum.ie Website: ucd.ie/all/study/alltastersheritageweek/

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Sum-Enchanted Evenings Sound Research for Irish Ancestry Revealing the Beauty, Utility and Fun of Mathematics Join genealogist Fiona Fitzsimons of Find my Past for this talk Venue: UCD Access & Lifelong Learning Centre Level 1, James on researching your family tree. Book at www.talib.eventbrite. Joyce Library Building, University College Dublin, Belfield, ie from 1st August. Dublin, D04 V1W8 Venue: County Library, Tallaght, Dublin 24. Organiser: UCD Access & Lifelong Learning Organiser: South Dublin County Council Libraries Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 01 716 7123 Telephone: 01 4620073 Website: ucd.ie/all/study/alltastersheritageweek/ Website: southdublinlibraries.ie

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Motor Racing Workshop for Children The Voices that Shaped America Relive the by-gone days of the Tallaght Motor Races by America draws together peoples from diverse cultural, ethnic, making your own balloon powered car! religious, & socio-economic backgrounds. This lecture will Venue: County Library, Tallaght, Dublin 24. consider some of the voices that have been to the fore in Organiser: South Dublin County Council Libraries sculpting America. Email: [email protected] Venue: UCD Access & Lifelong Learning Centre Level 1, Telephone: 01 4620073 James Joyce Library Building, University College Dublin, Website: southdublinlibraries.ie Belfield, Dublin, D04 V1W8 Organiser: UCD Access & Lifelong Learning Email: [email protected]

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OK EE From Garden to Gut and Beyond P BO FR From garden to gut and beyond: the plant remains from Rathfarnham Castle WWI: the Rathfarnham Connection Venue: Rathfarnham Castle In this talk, local historian David Power will explore the stories Organiser: Office of Public Works of Rathfarnham people who took part in the Great War. Email: [email protected] Venue: Whitechurch Library, Taylor’s Lane, Rathfarnham, Telephone: 014939462 Dublin 16. Website: rathfarnhamcastle.ie Organiser: South Dublin County Council Libraries Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time rd Telephone: 014941900 Thu 23 19:30 20:30

Website: southdublinlibraries.ie OK EE P BO FR Date Start Time End Time Thu 23rd 18:30 20:00 Happiness in Every Day Life

EE Happiness is a feel-good emotion that most of us would all P FR like to experience daily. This talk will cover 10 key activities that you can integrate into your daily life that can contribute Hill’s Mills 1863 - 1988 to happiness A talk by Joe Byrne on the history of Hill’s textile mills, Lucan. Venue: UCD Access & Lifelong Learning Centre Level 1, Venue: Lucan Library, Lucan Shopping Centre, Newcastle James Joyce Library Building, University College Dublin, Road, Lucan, Co. Dublin Belfield, Dublin, D04 V1W8 Organiser: South Dublin County Council Libraries Organiser: UCD Access & Lifelong Learning Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 01 6216422 Telephone: 01 716 7123 Website: southdublinlibraries.ie Website: ucd.ie/all/study/alltastersheritageweek/

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Mount St. Joseph 1813 Opera: Sharing the Story of Orpheus A talk by Padraig Murphy at the cemetery on Monastery In opera, the legend of Orpheus holds a special place. We Road. The site of the first monastery established in Ireland will look at different versions of the story and see how each since the dissolution of religious houses by Henry VIII of re-telling reflected the values of its audience. England. Venue: UCD Access & Lifelong Learning Centre Level 1, Venue: The Cemetery, Monastery Road, Clondalkin James Joyce Library Building, University College Dublin, Organiser: Clondalkin History Society Belfield, Dublin, D04 V1W8 Email: [email protected] Organiser: UCD Access & Lifelong Learning Telephone: 087 2812626 Email: [email protected] Telephone: 01 716 7123

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OK EE P BO FR Ballyfermot Heritage Day Video’s and Photos of Ballyfermot and the surrounding areas. Clondalkin Village Heritage Walk Reunion of a musical school that learned their music in Children must be accompanied by an adult. All welcome. Ballyfermot Irish Dancers, Tea/Coffee/snacks available most Venue: Meet at the plaza in front of Civic Offices, 9th Lock, of the day. ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS DUBLIN SOUTH ÁTHA CLIATH Clondalkin Venue: Ballyfermot Library Organiser: Clondalkin Round Tower Heritage Group Organiser: Ballyfermot Heritage Group Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 087 2812626 Telephone: 086 8209337 Website: flickr.com/photos/ballyfermot/albums Date Start Time End Time Fri 24th 19:30 20:30 Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 11:00 16:30 EE FR EE P FR Looped Dodder Walk Join us for a special guided looped walk along the Dodder The Viking Experience taking in the stunning Balrothery Weir. Discover your local Enter the Viking tent to encounter objects and crafts from the heritage and history. Viking era! All welcome. Venue: Bolbrook Enterprise Centre, Avonmore Rd, Tymon Venue: Clondalkin Round Tower Heritage Centre, Brú South, Dublin 24 Chrónáin Organiser: Tallaght Community Council Organiser: Clondalkin Round Tower Heritage Group Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0879077149 Telephone: 087 2812626 Website: tallaghtcommunitycouncil.ie/ Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 12:00 17:00 Sat 25th 10:30 12:30 EE FR EE FR Patrick Sarsfield & Henry Luttrell St. Maelruain’s Churchyard Tour Short talk by Darren Tully on the military exploits of Patrick Tour of the historic church and grounds of St. Maelruain’s Sarsfield and Henry Luttrell. Church, Tallaght Village, led by local historian Tomás Maher. Venue: Esker Boxing Club, Hills Mill Centre, Lucan Village, All welcome! Co. Dublin Venue: St. Maelruain’s Church, Main Street, Tallaght, Organiser: Society for Old Lucan Dublin 24 Email: [email protected] Organiser: South Dublin County Council Libraries Website: societyforoldlucan.wordpress.com/home/events/ Email: [email protected] Telephone: 01 4620073 Date Start Time End Time th Website: southdublinlibraries.ie Sat 25 12:00 13:30

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OK EE BO FR Venue: Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Organiser: Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Email: [email protected] The History of the Irish Kilt Website: events.dlrcoco.ie/event/summer-heritage-2018 Tomás MacCormaic of the Irish Kilt Society will look at the origins of the Irish kilt and its revival and use by members Date Start Time End Time th of the Gaelic League and 1916 leaders such as Tomás Sat 18 10:00 18:00 th MacDonagh. Sun 19 10:00 18:00 th Venue: Pearse Museum Mon 20 10:00 18:00 st Organiser: Pearse Museum / St. Enda’s Park Tue 21 10:30 20:00 nd Email: [email protected] Wed 22 10:30 20:00 rd Telephone: 01 4934208 Thu 23 10:00 20:00 th Website: pearsemuseum.ie Fri 24 10:30 18:00 Sat 25th 10:00 18:00 Date Start Time End Time Sun 26th 10:30 18:00 Sat 25th 14:00 16:00 EE P FR OK EE P BO FR Kill Abbey, Deansgrange Medieval Church and Graveyard Tours The church at Kill Abbey, believed to have been dedicated to Short tours for visitors to medieval village graveyard of the St Fintan, dates back to the tenth or eleventh century and is Church of the Blessed Virgin, which is open for 2 hours only one of the oldest in South Dublin. Four FREE guided tours on 2-4pm (normally closed to the public). the hour 1pm-5pm Venue: Graveyard (to rear of O’Neills/Vesey Arms), Lucan Venue: Kill Abbey, St Fintan’s Church, Kill Abbey Estate, Village, Co. Dublin. Deansgrange. Organiser: Society for Old Lucan Organiser: Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: societyforoldlucan.wordpress.com/home/events/ Website: events.dlrcoco.ie/event/summer-heritage-2018

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Carrickbrennan Cemetery DUBLIN — Visit one of the most historic graveyards in South Dublin and hear the stories of United Irishman, Joseph Holt, the victims of DÚN LAOGHAIRE / the Rochdale and Prince of Wales shipwrecks. Venue: Carrickbrennan Cemetery, Carrickbrennan Road, RATHDOWN Monkstown. Organiser: Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Email: [email protected] Summer of Heritage 2018 Website: events.dlrcoco.ie/event/summer-heritage-2018 Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Summer of Heritage is a programme of FREE guided tours and events. We have Date Start Time End Time st 32 heritage sites open to the public in many locations this Tue 21 13:00 14:00 Heritage Week.

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EE FR Organiser: Airfield Estate Email: [email protected] Telephone: 01 969 6666 Laurelmere Cottage Website: airfield.ie Laurelmere Cottage is in the centre of Marlay Park. This two storey 17th and 18th Century cottage was recently restored Date Start Time End Time th by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. Two FREE Sun 19 11:00 15:00

guided tours 10am and 11am. OK EE P BO FR Venue: Laurelmere Cottage, Marlay Park, Rathfarnham Organiser: Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Email: [email protected] St Patrick’s Church 175th Year Website: events.dlrcoco.ie/event/summer-heritage-2018 The church opened in 1843. Exhibition of historic photos, plans and records of the church, lodge, parish hall, school Date Start Time End Time and rectory. Guided tours and children’s treasure hunt th Sat 18 10:00 12:00 available. th Sat 25 10:00 12:00 Venue: St Patrick’s Church, Harbour Road, Dalkey

EE Organiser: St Patrick’s Parish, Dalkey P FR Email: [email protected] Telephone: 086 6696812 Art in the Park Website: stpatricksdalkey.com DÚN LAOGHAIRE/RATH AN DÚN DÚN LAOGHAIRE/RATH DUBLIN DÚN LAOGHAIRE/RATHDOWN Exhibition and sale of paintings by artists Pam Bowie,Rose Thompson and Wendy O’Donohoe. Featuring new works and Date Start Time End Time th particularly showcasing the beautiful Marlay Park. Sat 18 12:00 16:30 th Venue: The Orangery Walled Garden, Marlay Park, Sun 19 12:00 16:30 th Rathfarnham Mon 20 12:00 16:30 st Organiser: Pam Bowie Tue 21 12:00 16:30

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Date Start Time End Time The Oratory, Dún Laoghaire th Sat 18 10:30 17:30 The Oratory, Dún Laoghaire is a hidden gem of Celtic revival th Sun 19 10:30 17:30 art. Home to some of the most spectacular artwork from the th Mon 20 10:30 17:30 first half of 20th Century Ireland. Four FREE guided tours on st Tue 21 10:30 17:30 the hour 1pm-5pm. nd Wed 22 10:30 17:30 Venue: The Oratory, Library Road, Dún Laoghaire rd Thu 23 10:30 17:30 Organiser: Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council th Fri 24 10:30 17:30 Email: [email protected] th Sat 25 10:30 17:30 Website: events.dlrcoco.ie/event/summer-heritage-2018

EE FR P Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 13:00 17:00 Airfield Anecdotes & Artefacts Sun 19th 13:00 17:00 nd Opportunity for visitors to make audio recording of their first Wed 22 13:00 17:00 th hand Airfield/Overend memories. We will also photograph Sat 25 13:00 17:00 th for our archive artefacts people bring with Airfield / Overend Sun 26 13:00 17:00

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1805. Four FREE guided tours on the hour 1pm-5pm. EE FR Venue: Seapoint Martello Tower, Monkstown Organiser: Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Email: [email protected] Monkstown Parish Church Website: events.dlrcoco.ie/event/summer-heritage-2018 Self-guided tours for adults, WW1 memorabilia, Hall School, Goff diaries, Monkstown Hospital, the school, organ, Date Start Time End Time monuments, windows, local history, historic artifacts, fun th Sat 18 13:00 17:00 treasure hunts for children. th Sun 19 13:00 17:00 Venue: Monkstown Parish Church nd Wed 22 13:00 17:00 Organiser: Monkstown Parish Church th Sat 25 13:00 17:00 Email: [email protected] th Sun 26 13:00 17:00 Telephone: 087 2657708

EE Website: monkstownparishchurch.com P FR Date Start Time End Time Marlay House Sat 18th 14:00 17:00 th Take a guided tour of the wonderful country house. Hear the Sun 19 14:00 17:00 th story of its owners and how the original 17th Century house Mon 20 14:00 17:00 st called The Grange was renamed Marlay. Four guided tours Tue 21 14:00 17:00 nd on the hour 1pm-5pm. Wed 22 14:00 17:00 rd Venue: Marlay House, Marlay Park, Rathfarnham Thu 23 14:00 17:00 th Organiser: Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Fri 24 14:00 17:00 th Email: [email protected] Sat 25 14:00 17:00 th Website: events.dlrcoco.ie/event/summer-heritage-2018 Sun 26 14:00 17:00

EE FR Date Start Time End Time P Sat 18th 13:00 17:00 Tue 21st 13:00 17:00 Telemachus at the Tower th Sat 25 13:00 17:00 Actor Paul O’Hanrahan recreates the entire first episode of

EE James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’ on its original locations on top of the P FR tower, in the room below and on the path to the Forty Foot bathing place. The Obelisk, Venue: James Joyce Tower, Sandycove The Stillorgan Obelisk is believed to have been built in Organiser: James Joyce Museum 1727 by Lord Allen as a monument to his wife, Lady Allen. Email: [email protected] Designed by eminent architect, Sir Edward Lovett Pearce. Telephone: 01 2809265 Four tours Saturday 1pm-5pm. Website: joycetower.ie Venue: The Obelisk, Carysfort Wood, Carysfort Ave, Stillorgan. Date Start Time End Time th Organiser: Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Sat 18 14:00 17:00 nd Email: [email protected] Wed 22 14:00 17:00

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EE Historic Dundrum FR A thousand years ago half the land of Dundrum was granted to the church, giving two local histories, and this tour takes in both. Starting at the Castle and then looking at the village Historic Blackrock on the way. Let our guide bring you on a journey back in time through Venue: Meet at the Barton Road roundabout, near the historic Blackrock. The tour starts at the main gate of the bridge over the bypass. magnificent Blackrock Park and finishes in the village. Organiser: Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Venue: Meeting at the main gate of Blackrock Park. Email: [email protected] Organiser: Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Website: events.dlrcoco.ie/event/summer-heritage-2018 Email: [email protected] Website: events.dlrcoco.ie/event/summer-heritage-2018 Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 14:30 15:30 Date Start Time End Time Tue 21st 19:00 20:00 Sun 19th 12:00 13:00 Sat 25th 14:30 15:30 Tue 21st 12:00 13:00

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Dublin Mountains Walk Cabinteely House, Cabinteely Park. Come and enjoy a guided heritage walk of Barnaslingan Enjoy a guided tour of Cabinteely House, a stunning DÚN LAOGHAIRE/RATH AN DÚN DÚN LAOGHAIRE/RATH DUBLIN DÚN LAOGHAIRE/RATHDOWN Wood, Carrickgollogan and the Lead Mines with volunteers eighteenth-century country house. Hear the colourful story of from the Dublin Mountains Partnership. the house and its owners. Four Free guided tours on the hour Venue: Meeting Barnaslingan Wood car park. 1pm-5pm. Organiser: Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Venue: Cabinteely House, Cabinteely Park, Cabinteely. Email: [email protected] Organiser: Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Website: events.dlrcoco.ie/events/summer-heritage-2018 Email: [email protected] Website: events.dlrcoco.ie/event/summer-heritage-2018 Date Start Time End Time Sun 19th 11:00 12:30 Date Start Time End Time Sun 26th 11:00 12:30 Sun 19th 13:00 17:00 Wed 22nd 13:00 17:00 EE FR P Sun 26th 13:00 17:00

EE P FR Historic Milltown This tour explores the lost history of an ancient village. As the name suggests, Milltown used to be a thriving centre for Kilgobbin Church, Stepaside milling. It was also a crossing place on the Dodder. The picturesque remains of Kilgobbin church stand on a Venue: Meeting at the steps below Classon’s bridge beside prominent hill near Stepaside. The church was built three the Dropping Well Pub. hundred years ago, but the site has a much longer history. Organiser: Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Venue: Meeting at Kilgobbin Cross on Kilgobbin Lane. Email: [email protected] Organiser: Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Website: events.dlrcoco.ie/event/summer-heritage-2018 Email: [email protected] Website: events.dlrcoco.ie/event/summer-heritage2018 Date Start Time End Time Sun 19th 11:30 12:30 Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 19:00 20:00 Sun 19th 13:00 14:00 Sun 26th 11:30 12:30

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th Sun 19 14:00 15:00 Venue: UCD Archives, James Joyce Library, University th Sun 19 15:00 16:00 College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4 th Sun 19 16:00 17:00 Organiser: UCD Archives th Sun 26 13:00 14:00 Email: [email protected] th Sun 26 14:00 15:00 Telephone: 01 7167555 th Sun 26 15:00 16:00 Website: ucd.ie/archives Sun 26th 16:00 17:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR Mon 20th 10:00 16:00 Tue 21st 10:00 16:00 The Metals, Dún Laoghaire/Glasthule Wed 22nd 10:00 16:00 rd Join historian Rob Goodbody, author of the book on the Thu 23 10:00 16:00 th history of the Metals, as he brings you back in time to the Fri 24 10:00 16:00 construction of the harbour and the birth of the town of Dún EE P FR Laoghaire. Venue: Meeting at the Queen Victoria Fountain, Dún Laoghaire. Church Tour Organiser: Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council A rare chance to discover more about this unusual octagonal Email: [email protected] church with its towers and turrets – a guided tour and a Website: events.dlrcoco.ie/event/summer-heritage-2018 treasure hunt for children. Venue: St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Mount Merrion Date Start Time End Time Avenue, Blackrock th Sun 19 14:00 15:00 Organiser: St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Blackrock st Tue 21 19:00 20:00 Email: [email protected] th Sun 26 14:00 15:00 Telephone: 01 284 2046

EE Website: standrewsblackrockpc.org FR Date Start Time End Time Foxrock Beckett Walk Mon 20th 12:00 14:00 st Join a fascinating guided tour of writer and Nobel Laureate Tue 21 12:00 14:00 nd ’s biographical and literary association with Wed 22 12:00 14:00 rd his native Foxrock. Thu 23 12:00 14:00 th Venue: Meeting at Tullow Church, Brighton Road, Foxrock Fri 24 10:00 16:00

Organiser: Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council EE FR Email: [email protected] Website: events.dlrcoco.ie/event/summer-heritage-2018 Deansgrange Cemetery Military Tour Date Start Time End Time Join a member of the Cemetery staff for a ramble around the th Sun 19 15:15 16:15 military graves of the men who fought in the 1916 rising and th Sun 26 15:15 16:15 both world wars.

EE Venue: Meeting at the office entrance to Deansgrange P FR Cemetery, Deansgrange Road. Organiser: Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Women and the Vote, 1910-1937 Email: [email protected] ‘Unconquered and unconquerable’: women and the vote, Website: events.dlrcoco.ie/event/summer-heritage-2018 1910-1937: an exhibition of documents from our collections marking the 100th anniversary of partial women’s suffrage.

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Quaker Burial Ground Blackrock EE FR Enjoy a unique tour of one of Dublin’s most unusual graveyards learn about its 150-year history as well as the history of the Quakers religion in Ireland. Dalkey Town and Coastal Walk Venue: Meeting inside the gate of the Quaker Burial Guided by local historian, Alice Cullen. learn about Dalkey Ground, Temple Hill, Blackrock. Town its history and the connection to the sea. Organiser: Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Venue: Dalkey Church, Car Park Email: [email protected] Organiser: Anna Scudds , Dun Laoghaire Borough Website: events.dlrcoco.ie/event/summer-heritage-2018 Historical Society Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Telephone: 012806213 st Tue 21 14:30 15:30 Website: dunlaoghairehistorical.com Tue 21st 16:00 17:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR Wed 22nd 19:00 20:00 DÚN LAOGHAIRE/RATH AN DÚN DÚN LAOGHAIRE/RATH DUBLIN DÚN LAOGHAIRE/RATHDOWN

EE P FR Monkstown Castle Monkstown Castle was constructed in the 13th century and expanded over the following centuries. It was built by the Dún Laoghaire Harbour Walk monks of the great Cistercian house of the Blessed Virgin Join a Dún Laoghaire harbour walk hear about the earlier Mary. harbour and how the present harbour was built to walk along Venue: Monkstown Castle the landward side of the harbour to the former ferry port. Organiser: Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Venue: Meeting at the stone bridge over the Dart line at Email: [email protected] Crafton Road, near the Old Coast Guard Station. Website: events.dlrcoco.ie/events/summer-heritage-2018 Organiser: Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Website: events.dlrcoco.ie/event/summer-heritage-2018 Tue 21st 15:00 16:00 Tue 21st 16:00 17:00 Date Start Time End Time Thu 23rd 15:00 16:00 Wed 22nd 19:00 20:00 Thu 23rd 16:00 17:00 EE P FR EE FR The Obelisk, Killiney Hill Park Historic Dún Laoghaire Visit the Killiney Obelisk built in 1742 to enjoy one of the Explore Dún Laoghaire and discover the Forty Foot Road, a most striking panoramic views in Ireland and discover the 19th-century Lying-in Hospital, a shopkeeper knighted by a history of one of the most stunning public parks in Dublin. King, a stroll down Stable Lane and where ‘The Robin Hoods’ Venue: Meeting at the dlr notice board just inside the dined in 1916. Victoria Park Gate. Venue: Meeting at the entrance to the Old Town Hall, Organiser: Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Marine Road, Dún Laoghaire. Email: [email protected] Organiser: Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Website: events.dlrcoco.ie/event/summer-heritage-2018

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Date Start Time End Time Organiser: Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council rd Thu 23 13:00 14:00 Email: [email protected] rd Thu 23 14:00 15:00 Website: events.dlrcoco.ie/event/summer-heritage-2018 Thu 23rd 15:00 16:00 Thu 23rd 16:00 17:00 Date Start Time End Time Thu 23rd 17:00 18:00 EE P FR EE FR Deansgrange Cemetery People of Note August 1922 Shankill Civil War Raid Join a member of the Cemetery staff for a guided walk to the This talk recalls a night in August 1922 when Republicans graves of the People of Note of Deansgrange Cemetery. attempted to blow up two road over railway bridges in Venue: Meeting at the office entrance to Deansgrange Shankill and took part in fire fight with National Army troops Cemetery, Deansgrange Road. on the Bray Road. Organiser: Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Venue: Shankill Library, Library Road, Shankill Email: [email protected] Organiser: The Old Dublin Society Website: events.dlrcoco.ie/event/summer-heritage-2018 Email: [email protected] Telephone: 01-282 3081 Date Start Time End Time Thu 23rd 14:00 15:00 Date Start Time End Time Thu 23rd 19:00 19:30 EE P FR OK EE P BO FR Ancient Greeks, Romans & Egyptians Learn about life in ancient Greece, Rome and Egypt through 250 years in Old Dunleary exploring the museum’s displays and participating in artefact- The tiny fishing village of Dunleary with its own little harbour, handling sessions. coffee house, and Martello Tower was changed beyond Venue: UCD Classical Museum recognition by the development of the ‘Royal Harbour’ from Organiser: UCD Classical Museum 1818. Email: [email protected] Venue: Meeting at the Purty Kitchen, Old Dunleary Road, Telephone: 01 716 8476 Dún Laoghaire. Website: ucd.ie/classics/about/classicalmuseum/ Organiser: Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Website: events.dlrcoco.ie/events/summer-heritage-2018 Thu 23rd 17:00 19:30 Fri 24th 11:00 17:00 Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 11:00 14:00 Thu 23rd 19:00 20:00

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The Hotels of Kingstown Organ Recital Journey back in time with The Hotels of Kingstown/Dún A short recital of popular organ music by Charles Pearson Laoghaire guided Walk. Hear how hotels developed and on the Andrew Carnegie funded 1912 organ, followed by flourished when the town became a major holiday destination refreshments in the church hall. and passenger terminal. Venue: St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Mount Merrion Venue: Meeting at the entrance to the Old Town Hall, Avenue, Blackrock Marine Road, Dún Laoghaire. Organiser: St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church Blackrock

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Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time th Telephone: 01 284 2046 Sat 25 11:00 13:00 th Website: standrewsblackrockpc.org Sat 25 14:00 16:00

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EE Whale Watch Ireland 2018 FR The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group invites you to their annual, free and guided land-based whale watch at a Conserving Our Cultural Connections local headland, as part of All-Ireland Whale Watch day on Rachel Phelan, accredited specialist in textile conservation Saturday 25th August 2018. and repair, presents a short talk on work currently being Venue: Vico Road, Killiney Bay undertaken on the altar frontal at Kilternan Church of Ireland. Organiser: Irish Whale and Dolphin Group Venue: Kilternan Church of Ireland, Kilternan, Dublin 18 Email: [email protected] Organiser: Kilternan Church of Ireland, Kilternan, Telephone: 087 2759529 Dublin 18 Website: iwdg.ie Email: [email protected] Telephone: 01 2952643 Date Start Time End Time th Website: kilternan.dublin.anglican.org Sat 25 14:00 17:00

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Feathered & Human Migrants’ Stories

GAILLIMHE GALWAY AN DÚN DÚN LAOGHAIRE/RATH DUBLIN DÚN LAOGHAIRE/RATHDOWN Wild birds journeys are among the longest and most Museum and Forge Opening Times hazardous of all living species; hear their stories and those of Come and visit our restored blacksmith forge from the early people fleeing war or persecution. 1800’s and local our heritage museum. Venue: View point, Booterstown Nature Reserve, Rock Road, Venue: Claregalway Museum and Forge, Rooaunmore, Booterstown Baile Chláir (Claregalway) H91 C789 Organiser: An Taisce’s Booterstown Nature Reserve Organiser: The Claregalway Historical and Cultural Society Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0863453946 Telephone: 0867778217 Website: antaisce.org Website: claregalwaymuseum.ie

Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sat 26th 14:00 16:30 Sat 18th 10:00 16:00 Wed 22nd 10:00 16:00 EE FR P Thu 23rd 10:00 16:00 Fri 24th 10:00 16:00 Vulnerable Children and Childhoods Sat 25th 10:00 16:00

Join the Museum of Childhood Project to explore the theme of EE P FR Vulnerable Children and Childhoods, past and present. Venue: Royal Marine Hotel, Dún Laoghaire Organiser: Museum of Childhood Ireland Project The Year of O’Flaherty Email: [email protected] Walk to Moycullen Castle and Medieval Parish Church from

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Moycullen village and learn about the birthplace of Roderic Zoology Museum O’Flaherty the 17th century historian and scholar. An opportunity to meet and learn about a variety of reptiles Venue: An Fuaran (Opposite the Forge Bar Moycullen) and invertebrates. Booking is essential and children must be Organiser: Moycullen Historical Society accompanied by an adult. Email: [email protected] Venue: Quad Archway, National University of Ireland Telephone: 0879508087 Organiser: Dúchas na Gaillimhe - Galway Civic Trust Website: moycullen.galwaycommunityheritage.org/ Email: [email protected] Telephone: 091 564946 Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 11:00 12:30 Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 11:00 12:30 EE FR P Sat 18th 12:30 14:00

OK EE P BO FR Galway City River Walk Come on a tour of Galway with a difference with tourist guide Brendan J. Hynes. This tour is along the banks of the Policing in Oranmore River Corrib taking in the history, culture and importance of A photographic history of policing in Oranmore, Co. the river to the city. Galway, from the time of the Royal Irish Constabulary (R.I.C.) Venue: Spanish Arch through to An Gárda Síochána. Organiser: Brendan J. Hynes Venue: Oranmore Library Admission: Adult €5, Child €2, Family €10 Organiser: Oranmore Heritage Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0877953785 Telephone: 091 792117 Website: galwaylibrary.ie Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 11:00 12:30 Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 11:00 17:00 OK BO Tue 21st 11:00 17:00 Wed 22nd 11:00 20:00 Intro to Common Irish Seaweeds Thu 23rd 11:00 17:00 th Introduction to common Irish seaweeds in English & Irish. Fri 24 11:00 17:00 th Format will be a presentation on seaweed and will be held Sat 25 11:00 17:00 in the Library in An Cheathrú Ru with specimens available for EE P FR ID & pressing. Venue: Leabharlan An Cheathrú Rua Organiser: Seasearch Ireland Exploring Merlin Woods Admission: Adult €5, Child €5, Concession €5, Join Dr Janice Fuller ecologist , as she explore the Family €10 habitats and wildlife of Merlin Woods , the limestone Email: [email protected] pavements,grasslands and woodland species. Telephone: 0872227490 Venue: Merlin Park Woods Galway , entrance off Doughiska road Date Start Time End Time Organiser: Friends of Merlin Woods th Sat 18 11:00 12:30 Email: [email protected]

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Sat 18th 12:30 14:30 Mannion Clan Historical Trail P Join us for a guided tour of the principal sites associated with

GAILLIMHE GALWAY the ancient Ó Mainnín Clan of , led by Clan historian Dr Joe Mannion, and NUI Galway archaeologist Dr A Day on Galway’s Living Bog Mags Mannion. Experience a family Day on the Bog with a difference at Venue: Meet at Mannion’s Bar Car Park, Abbeyknockmoy Galway’s Living Bog, one of Europe’s largest raised bogs. Organiser: The Mannion Clan Association From magic mosses to flesh-eating plants, get the whole story Email: [email protected] with the Living Bog team Telephone: 087-6377172 Venue: Carrownagappul Bog SAC, Mountbellew (Meet at Website: mannionclan.org Co-Op 1pm, bus to/from bog) Organiser: The Living Bog Date Start Time End Time Email: [email protected] th Sat 18 11:00 13:00 Telephone: 09096 79765

EE Website: raisedbogs.ie P FR Date Start Time End Time Clonbur — A History Sat 18th 13:00 16:00

A lecture by Steve Dolan of the Irish Workhouse Centre in EE P FR Portumna on the history of Clonbur. A limited edition pocket- history of the parish will also be launched. Venue: All Saints Heritage Centre, Clonbur Hall of the Red Earl Guided Visit Organiser: Irish Workhouse Centre In keeping with the Heritage Week theme of ‘Sharing Stories’, Email: [email protected] a lunchtime opportunity to learn the story of Galway’s original Telephone: 09097 59200 town hall. Website: irishworkhousecentre.ie Venue: Hall of the Red Earl Organiser: Dúchas na Gaillimhe - Galway Civic Trust Date Start Time End Time Email: [email protected] th Sat 18 12:00 12:30 Telephone: 091 564946

P Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 13:15 13:45 Emigration From Connemara Mon 20th 13:15 13:45 nd A talk by local historians about Emigration from Connemara, Wed 22 13:15 13:45 th past and present. The reasons and the outcomes. Followed by Fri 24 13:15 13:45

refreshments and home baking. OK EE P BO FR Venue: CARNA, CONNEMARA. Organiser: Carna Emigrant & Heritage Centre Admission: Adult €10, Child €4, Concession €5, Tour of the Eglinton Canal, Galway Family €20 Striking off from the Quad in NUI Galway, this walking tour Email: [email protected] in expert company will follow the city’s canals. Come and Telephone: 0879722419 see the hidden history of Galway from the perspective of its Website: carnaemigrantscentre.com industrial waterways. Venue: The Quadrangle in NUI Galway Organiser: Brendan J. Hynes

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Sunday 19th August 2018 1:00pm ~ 5:00pm A Free Family Fun Day: Food Stalls, Medieval Re-Enactments, Arts & Craft Displays, Childrens’ Craft Workshops, Puppet Shows, Archery, Music & Historical Presentations www.athenryheritagecentre.com www.galwaycommunityheritage.org

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Admission: Adult €5, Child €2, Family €10 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: (091) 532460 Telephone: 0877953785 Website: galwaycitymuseum.ie

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GAILLIMHE GALWAY Sat 18th 14:00 15:30 Sat 18th 15:00 16:30

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Family History Workshop Booklet: The Year of the French Members of the association will be on hand to assist Launch of a free booklet marking 220 years since the attendees in the preparation of their family tree and in ‘Year of the French’. This is a limited edition publication answering their queries in relation to family history acknowledging the role that the Inn played during the 1798 Venue: Lackagh Parish Centre, Turloughmore United Irishman Rebellion. Organiser: Western Family History Association Venue: Ruanes of Glentane Email: [email protected] Organiser: Irish Workhouse Centre - Portumna Telephone: 0872735956 Email: [email protected] Website: wfha.info Telephone: 09097 59200 Website: irishworkhousecentre.ie Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 15:00 18:00 Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 18:00 18:30 EE P FR EE P FR The Traditional Uses of Plants Come and hear stories of plants: wound treatment, cures Website Launch & Photo Exhibition for ailments, magical protection and the banishment of Glenamaddy Heritage Project presents their new website at spirits. The uses are many, enlightening and in some cases an exhibition of great Parish Heritage Photos. surprising. Venue: Glenamaddy Community School Lunchroom, Venue: Park Visitor Centre Convent House Organiser: Coole Park Organiser: Glenamaddy Boyounagh Heritage Project Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 091631804 Telephone: 094-96-59029 Website: coolepark.ie Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 20:00 21:30 Sat 18th 15:00 16:30 EE P FR EE P FR Finding Ogle Film Screening: Telling Tom’s Story Local Historian David Broderick provides a lecture on Join our young filmmakers as they share their take on the Workhouse Master, Henry Ogle, and the mystery surrounding story of the legendary African-American bare-knuckle boxer his disappearance. Tom Molineaux (1784-1818), who died tragically in Galway Venue: Irish Workhouse Centre on 4 August 1818. Organiser: Irish Workhouse Centre Venue: Email: [email protected] Organiser: Galway City Museum Telephone: 09097 59200

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Website: irishworkhousecentre.ie Date Start Time End Time Sun 19th 09:30 11:00 Date Start Time End Time OK BO Sat 18th 20:00 21:00

EE P FR Open workshop, Conservation L’frack Guided tour of the Conservation | Letterfrack workshop with Bat Walk demonstrations of traditional woodworking techniques and Come find out about the story of Irish Bats on this night time furniture/wooden conservation projects. walk around Coole Park on our ever popular Bat Walk with Venue: Conservation | Letterfrack NPWS Ranger Raymond Stephens. Organiser: Conservation | Letterfrack Venue: Coole Park Visitor Centre Email: [email protected] Organiser: Coole Park Telephone: 09541036 Email: [email protected] Website: conservationletterfrack.ie Telephone: 091631804 Website: coolepark.ie Date Start Time End Time Sun 19th 10:00 17:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR Sat 18th 20:30 22:30 P

EE P FR Aura - Exhibition of Student Work End of year exhibition of work from students of The Furniture Athenry Castle College - GMIT Letterfrack. Free Admission on Sun 19 August for “Walled Towns Day” Venue: GMIT Letterfrack and Sun 26 August. Events during Heritage Week, check our Organiser: GMIT Letterfrack Facebook page for details. Email: [email protected] Venue: Athenry Castle Telephone: 09541047 Organiser: Athenry Castle-OPW Website: gmit.ie/national-centre-excellence-furniture-design- Email: [email protected] and-technolgy/gmit-letterfrack Telephone: 091 844797 Website: heritageireland.ie Date Start Time End Time Sun 19th 10:00 17:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR Sun 19th 09:30 17:15 P Sun 26th 09:30 17:15

EE Story Scavenger Hunt P FR Pick up your Map Pack from Coole Park visitor centre from 11am-4pm and follow the clues as you make your way Sunday Morning Stroll around the trails to discover the Story of Coole Starting at the Spanish Arch in Galway this tour will make its Venue: Coole Park Visitor Centre way to the Galway Aquarium in Salthill while take in some Organiser: Coole Park spectacular views and historical locations. Email: [email protected] Venue: Spanish Arch, Spanish Parade Telephone: 091631804 Organiser: Brendan J. Hynes Website: coolepark.ie Admission: Adult €5, Child €2, Family €10 Date Start Time End Time Sun 19th 11:00 16:00

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EE P FR See the Wood from the Trees A story of storm-felled oak, beech, ash trees which were gifted by President Higgins to Galway/Mayo IT.The Salthill Prom Walking Tour delivery,processes of conversion/seasoning and being made Starting at the Galway Atlantaquaria this tour will take in into beautifully designed products. a stunning walk of the Ireland most spectacular promenade Venue: GMIT Letterfrack Gallery, Letterfrack covering the history, geology, culture of the area in which the Organiser: GMIT Letterfrack and Artisan House Editions talk will place. Email: [email protected] Venue: Galway Atlantiquaria, Toft Park, Salthill Organiser: Brendan J. Hynes Date Start Time End Time th Admission: Adult €5, Child €2, Family €10 Sun 19 16:00 17:00

Telephone: 0877953785 EE P FR Date Start Time End Time Sun 19th 11:30 13:00 The Master and the Mystery

OK A fun children’s day exploring life in the workhouse through BO art, followed by afternoon tea-party at the Workhouse. Venue: Irish Workhouse Centre Circle of Life Garden Talk Organiser: Irish Workhouse Centre A guided walk around the Circle of Life national organ donor Admission: Adult FREE, Child: €3, Concession: €3 commemorative garden. Email: [email protected] Venue: Circle of Life Garden, Salthill Telephone: 09097 59200 Organiser: Dúchas na Gaillimhe - Galway Civic Trust Website: irishworkhousecentre.ie Email: [email protected] Telephone: 091 564946 Date Start Time End Time Sun 19th 12:30 14:00 Date Start Time End Time OK BO Sun 19th 11:30 12:30 P Mon 20th 14:00 15:00

OK EE Athenry Walled Towns Day 2018 BO FR Savour the Past with Athenry’s Walled Towns Day and celebrate Galway’s Year of Gastronomy with a Feast of Food, Merlin Woods Heritage Project Demo Music & Stories. A demonstration/talk on Merlin Park Woods Heritage Venue: Athenry Park, Athenry Heritage Centre, Athenry Conservation and Woodland Coppicing Research Project Community Hall 2018 with leaders Debbie Reilly and Fergus Packman Organiser: Athenry Arts & Heritage Centre & Galway Venue: Merlin Park Woods Galway, entrance off Doughiska County Council road Email: [email protected] Organiser: Friends of Merlin Woods Telephone: 091 844661 Email: [email protected] Website: athenryheritagecentre.com Telephone: 0852484380 Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sun 19th 13:00 17:00 Sun 19th 12:30 14:00 EE P FR EE P FR

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Siúlóid nádúr ag Dún Aonghasa Email: [email protected] Siúlóid ag cuardach an nádúr a maireann ar Dún Aonghasa, Telephone: 087 7548741 A walk exploring the flora and Fauna of Dun Aonghasa Inis Mór, Oilean Arainn, Inishmore, Aran Islands Date Start Time End Time th Venue: Ionad Dún Aonghasa, Dun Aonghasa Centre Mon 20 10:00 16:00

Organiser: Dun Aonghasa, OPW EE P FR Admission: Adult €5, Child FREE, Concession €4, Family €13 Email: [email protected] Galway Diaspora Project Exhibition Telephone: 09961008 The Galway Diaspora Exhibition is currently gathering the stories and life-experiences of Galway’s global diaspora Date Start Time End Time community and sharing them as an on-line project www. th Sun 19 14:00 16:15 galwaytribe.com. Venue: Hall of the Red Earl, Druid Lane, Galway P Organiser: Dúchas na Gaillimhe - Galway Civic Trust Email: [email protected] Iron Industry — 17th & 18th Century Telephone: 091 564946 Exhibition - scale model of a water-powered 17th century blast furnace, information on the principles of iron production, Date Start Time End Time th history of the iron industry particularly in Woodford, 17th Mon 20 10:00 16:00 st &18th centuries. Tue 21 10:00 16:00 nd Venue: Woodford Heritage Centre Wed 22 10:00 16:00 rd Organiser: East Galway Family History Thu 23 10:00 16:00 th Email: [email protected] Fri 24 10:00 16:00

Telephone: 0909749309 EE P FR Website: galwayroots.com/main/news/heritage- week-2018 Garrison Church & Military Barracks Date Start Time End Time Guided Visit to Renmore Garrison Church & Military th Mon 20 10:00 16:00 Barracks. Booking is essential as places are limited. st Tue 21 10:00 16:00 Venue: Garrison Church, 51A Renmore Road, Galway H91 nd Wed 22 10:00 16:00 Y6N4 rd Thu 23 10:00 16:00 Organiser: Dúchas na Gaillimhe - Galway Civic Trust th Fri 24 10:00 16:00 Email: [email protected] th Sat 25 10:00 16:00 Telephone: 091 564 946 Sun 26th 10:00 16:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR P Mon 20th 10:30 12:00 Mon 20th 14:00 15:30

Lace Up OK EE P BO FR Lace demonstrations in Carrickmacross, bobbin, crochet, and Mount Mellick. Exhibition of lace. Bring your lace project and make lace with us. Share your lace story and take along your Lá Gaeilge vintage lace. A day dedicated to the Irish Language, ag labhairt the cupla Venue: Institute for Lifecourse and Society, National focail, and with tours through Irish. University of Ireland, Upper Newcastle Rd, Galway Venue: Irish Workhouse Centre Organiser: Anne O’Hara Quinn Organiser: Irish Workhouse Centre

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Email: [email protected] footwear is advised. Telephone: 09097 59200 Venue: Merlin Park Woods Meet at Community Garden Website: irishworkhousecentre.ie Organiser: Galway Bat Group Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time

GAILLIMHE GALWAY Mon 20th 10:30 12:00 Date Start Time End Time Mon 20th 21:15 23:00 EE P FR EE P FR Milltown’s Museum Our heritage room located in our local community centre is Bat Walk in Merlin Woods home to our extensive collection of artefacts and memorabilia Join Galway Bat Group for an evening walk in Merlin Woods gathered over the past 60 years. exploring the sights and sounds of the bats as they forage for Venue: Milltown Community Centre, Milltown, Tuam food in the woodlands. Organiser: Milltown Heritage Group Venue: Merlin Park Woods Galway , entrance off Doughiska Email: [email protected] road Telephone: 093 51876 Organiser: Friends of Merlin Woods/GalwayBat Group Website: milltown.galwaycommunityheritage.org Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0852484380 Date Start Time End Time Mon 20th 14:00 17:00 Date Start Time End Time Tue 21st 14:00 17:00 Mon 20th 21:15 23:00 Wed 22nd 14:00 17:00 EE FR Thu 23rd 14:00 17:00 P Fri 24th 14:00 17:00

EE Museum Day P FR Aileen O’Dowd of the Irish Workhouse Centre presents a special talk on workhouse objects, as the centre prepares to History Tour of Galway open the workhouse museum. Galway has always been a city that has revolved around Venue: Irish Workhouse Centre its history, culture and its people. Come and discover what Organiser: Irish Workhouse Centre makes Galway so special to those who visit. Email: [email protected] Venue: Browne Doorway, Eyre Square Telephone: 09097 59200 Organiser: Brendan J. Hynes Website: irishworkhousecentre.ie Admission: Adult €5, Child €2, Family €10 Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time st Telephone: 0877953785 Tue 21 11:30 12:30 Tue 21st 13:30 14:30 Date Start Time End Time EE FR Mon 20th 19:30 21:00 P

OK BO Exploring Merlin Woods Heritage Dr Jim Higgins Heritage Officer will lead a walk through Merlin Park Woods Bat Walk Merlin Park Woods exploring its history and the features of Galway Bat Group will lead an informal talk & walk on the the past Meeting Point Merlin Woods Community garden bats of Merlin Woods. We hope to see and listen to the calls Venue: Merlin Park Woods Galway, entrance off Doughiska of the bats present in the woods. Warm clothing and sturdy road

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Organiser: Friends of Merlin Woods Organiser: Galway Civic Trust - Dúchas na Gaillimhe Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0852484380 Telephone: 091 564946

Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Tue 21st 13:00 14:30 Tue 21st 14:00 15:30 Thu 23rd 14:00 15:30 EE P FR OK EE P BO FR Tour of Fishery Watchtower Museum An opportunity to hear about the fascinating story of this Connaught Rangers Window Victorian building, built to monitor illegal fishing along the Discover more from Joe Loughnane about ‘The Connaught river Corrib but now a museum dedicated to the history of the Rangers’(“The Devil’s Own”) who were an Irish line infantry Galway Fishery. regiment of the British Army. Venue: The Fishery Watchtower Museum Venue: Salmon Weir Bridge Door, Galway Cathedral Organiser: Dúchas na Gaillimhe - Galway Civic Trust Organiser: Galway Civic Trust - Dúchas na Gaillimhe Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 091 564946 Telephone: 091 564946

Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Tue 21st 13:15 13:45 Tue 21st 15:00 15:45 Thu 23rd 13:15 13:45 Wed 22nd 15:00 15:45 Sat 25th 13:15 13:45 Thu 23rd 15:00 15:45

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Dun Aonghasa Foods & Cooking Galway City Mystery Tour Siúlóid timpeall shuíomh Dún Aonghasa ag cur béim ar Come and discover the hidden part of Galway that is not bianna agus modhanna cócaireachta ársa. Guided walk usually discovered by the local and tourist alike. Galway of Dún Aonghasa with an emphesis on ancient foods and is a magical city so why not come and discover it with a cooking methods. professional guide. Venue: Ionad Dún Aonghasa, Dun Aonghasa Centre Venue: Browne Doorway, Eyre Square Organiser: Dún Aonghasa OPW Organiser: Brendan J. Hynes Admission: Adult €5, Child FREE, Concession €4, Admission: Adult €5, Child €2, Family €10 Family €13 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0877953785 Telephone: 09961008 Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Tue 21st 19:30 21:00 Tue 21st 14:00 15:30 OK BO P Disused Schools Photo Exhibition Medieval Walk A photographic exhibition which will be about the disused Join Michael Quinn on a leisurely walk and entertaining school houses of Ireland and will feature images of introduction to the medieval history of Galway City. abandoned school buildings from around the country. Venue: Hall of the Red Earl, Druid Lane

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Venue: Claregalway Museum and Forge, Rooaunmore, edition publication for Heritage Week 2018. Baile Chláir (Claregalway) H91 C789 Venue: Athenry Community Hall Organiser: The Claregalway Historical and Cultural Society Organiser: Irish Workhouse Centre - Portumna Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0867778217 Telephone: 09097 59200

GAILLIMHE GALWAY Website: endaoflaherty.com/ Website: irishworkhousecentre.ie

Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 10:00 16:00 Wed 22nd 16:00 16:30 Thu 23rd 10:00 16:00 EE FR Fri 24th 10:00 16:00 P Sat 25th 10:00 16:00

EE Athenry 200 P FR In the 2nd of 5 lectures (over 5yrs), Steve Dolan of the Irish Workhouse Centre-Portumna presents his 2nd study of Athenry The Raising of Stoney Brennan town in 1821, part of efforts to mark the bi-centenary of the Launch of a free booklet on Loughrea legend Stoney Brennan, first census. from the Irish Workhouse Centre. Who was this man who Venue: Athenry Community Hall warranted an effigy on his former home? And why were Organiser: Irish Workhouse Centre festivals named in his honour? Email: [email protected] Venue: Loughrea Library Telephone: 09097 59200 Organiser: Irish Workhouse Centre Website: irishworkhousecentre.ie Email: [email protected] Telephone: 09097 59200 Date Start Time End Time nd Website: irishworkhousecentre.ie Wed 22 16:30 18:30

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EE An Evening with John Lusby P FR Join us we chat to John Lusby in the Nest area of Merlin Woods .An informal interview, discover how nature has Waterways Walk impacted on his life,the work he does such as Birdwatch This guided walk of Galway’s Waterways with Michael Ireland and Crossing the Lines. Quinn Venue: Merlin Park Woods Galway, entrance off Doughiska Venue: Museum Courtyard, Spanish Arch road Organiser: Galway Civic Trust - Dúchas na Gaillimhe Organiser: Friends of Merlin Woods Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 091 564946 Telephone: 0852484380

Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 12:30 13:00 Wed 22nd 19:00 20:00

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Booklet: Athenry Soldiers Claregalway Fransician Friary Tour A limited edition booklet on nineteenth century Athenry A guided tour of the 750-year-old Franciscan friary, which soldiers by Steve Dolan will be launched. This is a limited will talk about its rich history and point out its well preserved

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EE P FR Field School - River/Waterways Walk As part of the 3rd Annual Community Heritage Field School, Irish Medicine 1500 BC to Present a tour of the river and waterways will be led by Jim Higgins, Medical Practises in Ireland 1500 BC to Present. Practicing Heritage Officer and Martin Fitzpatrick, Archaeologist. Medical Herbalist/Physician Emmett Walsh will discuss the Venue: Car Park, Dangan Hockey Pitch, Dangan, extraordinary history of Irish medicine and its place in world Galway City. medical practices. Organiser: Galway City Council Venue: The Irish Workhouse Centre, St.Brigid’s Road Email: [email protected] Organiser: The Irish Workhouse Centre Telephone: 087 9690308 Email: [email protected] Telephone: 090 9759200 Date Start Time End Time rd Website: irishworkhousecentre.ie/ Thu 23 10:30 11:45

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EE The Truth Behind the Great Famine P FR Author of ‘The truth behind the Great Famine’ Jerry Mulvihill gives a talk on his acclaimed book on the Great Hunger. Back Street Tour of Galway Venue: Irish Workhouse Centre Come and discover the back streets of Galway city that not Organiser: Irish Workhouse Centre normally discovered by those visiting Galway and by locals Email: [email protected] with a professional guide. Telephone: 09097 59200 Venue: Spanish Arch, Spanish Parade Website: irishworkhousecentre.ie Organiser: Brendan J. Hynes Admission: Adult €5, Child €2, Family €10 Date Start Time End Time rd Email: [email protected] Thu 23 13:00 14:00

Telephone: 0877953785 EE P FR Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 19:30 21:00 Tour of Menlo Gate Lodge

OK A tour of the conservation work at the late medieval tower BO and 19th century gate/folly at Menlo Gate Lodge, Menlo Castle, Galway. Exchanging Customs & Cultures Venue: Menlo Gate Lodge, Menlo Castle, Galway City. Show me your heritage and I will show you mine. A night Organiser: Galway City Council

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Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0867778217 Telephone: 087 2751511 Website: claregalway.galwaycommunityheritage.org

Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Thu 23rd 15:30 16:00 Thu 23rd 19:30 21:00 GAILLIMHE GALWAY OK EE EE P BO FR P FR

Celtic Revival & Contemporary Art Graveyard Recording & Workshop A response to Lady Gregory’s influence on the Celtic Revival As part of the ongoing recording and publishing of the Movement examined through contemporary multi-disciplinary gravestone inscriptions of all of Galway City Council’s approaches including visual, literary and audio visual works. cemeteries and graveyards, there will be 2 sessions on Venue: Galway Arts Centre recording historic graves. Organiser: Galway Arts Centre Venue: Forthill Cemetery, Lough Atalia Road, Galway City Email: [email protected] Organiser: Galway City Council Telephone: + 353 (0) 91 565 886 Email: [email protected] Website: galwayartscentre.ie Telephone: 091 536599

Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Thu 23rd 18:00 19:00 Fri 24th 10:30 11:30 Fri 24th 11:30 12:30 EE FR EE FR NUI Galway Campus Walking Tour Come and discover the history of the campus of NUI Galway with professional guide Brendan J. Hynes. Come and Who Do You Think You Are? discover some of the most famous landmarks, lesser known Come to the Irish Workhouse Centre for ‘Genealogy Friday’. facts and much, much more. Genealogists and historians will be on-hand to give advice Venue: The Main Arch, The Quad, NUI Galway on the resources available and give tips on growing your Organiser: Brendan J. Hynes family tree. Admission: Adult €5, Child €2, Family €10 Venue: Irish Workhouse Centre Email: [email protected] Organiser: Irish Workhouse Centre Telephone: 0877953785 Email: [email protected] Telephone: 09097 59200 Date Start Time End Time Website: irishworkhousecentre.ie Thu 23rd 19:30 21:00 Date Start Time End Time OK BO Fri 24th 12:00 17:00

EE P FR Talk on Claregalway’s Heritage A talk on Claregalway’s rich heritage which includes its historical buildings and structures, the Irish language, Quay Lane — Archaeology Pollen education, traditional trades and the Carnmore Cross 1916 An illustrated talk on the archaeology, pollen analysis, built skirmish. and social heritage of Quay Lane, Galway. Venue: Claregalway Museum and Forge, Rooaunmore, Venue: City Library, St. Augustine Street, Galway. Baile Chláir (Claregalway) H91 C789 Organiser: Galway City Council Organiser: The Claregalway Historical and Cultural Society Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 091 536547 / 087 2751511

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Evening Tour of Galway SCÉAL an Evening of Storytelling Come and experience the city of the tribes when it comes This is an evening of informal storytelling led by local alive during the evening with its street performers and historic puppeteer/storyteller Tommy Baker.It is a meeting of old locations. and new,local and global,young and young at heart. Venue: Spanish Arch, Spanish Parade Refreshments will be served. Organiser: Brendan J. Hynes Venue: Kinvara Courthouse, Locoal Mendon St., Kinvara. Admission: Adult €5, Child €2, Family €10 Organiser: KAVA Kinvarea Area Visual Arts Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0877953785 Telephone: 0877761855 Website: kava.ie Date Start Time End Time Fri 24th 19:00 21:00 Date Start Time End Time Fri 24th 19:30 21:30 OK BO EE P FR Lifeways of Gaelic Learned Families As a precursor to the Galway 2020 Milltown project which Talk on will explore traditions of bards& Bardic School @Ceall Talk on George Bernard Shaw by Dr. Adrian Paterson, Cluaine, we are delighted to host Dr Liz Fitzpatrick, Professor Lecturer in English at the National University of Ireland, of Archaeology at NUIG Galway. Venue: Milltown Community Centre Venue: Kilcummin Parish Church, , Co Galway Organiser: Milltown Heritage Group Organiser: Oughterard Courthouse Conservation & Email: [email protected] Heritage Company Telephone: 093 51876 Admission: Adult €5 Website: milltown.galwaycommunityheritage.org/ Email: [email protected] Telephone: 091557589 Date Start Time End Time Fri 24th 19:00 20:00 Date Start Time End Time Fri 24th 20:00 21:30 EE P FR P Loughrea Medieval Festival 2018 Step back in time and experience the sights, sounds & smells Bat Walk of medieval life in Loughrea, Co. Galway. A weekend of free Galway Bat Group will lead an informal talk & walk on bats events, ‘A Taste of the Past’ has something for all ages. at Aughnanure Castle. We hope to see and listen to the calls Venue: Loughrea, County Galway, Ireland of the bats present in the woods. Warm clothing & sturdy Organiser: Loughrea Medieval Festival committee footwear is advised. Email: [email protected] Venue: Aughnanure Castle, Oughterard, Co. Galway Website: loughreamedievalfestival.com Organiser: Galway Bat Group Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Telephone: 0877619400 Fri 24th 19:00 23:45

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Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Fri 24th 21:15 23:00 Sat 25th 11:00 12:00

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GAILLIMHE GALWAY Furnace Festival 2018 A weekend of iron smelting and forging! Local iron ore, Booklet: A Most Ambivalent Heritage charcoal and clay will be used to make iron in the area for Launch of a free booklet by Steve Dolan of the Irish the first time in nearly 250 years. Workhouse Centre on Portumna Soldiers who served in in Venue: Woodford, Co. Galway (at the Bay) the British Army in the nineteenth century. A limited edition Organiser: Sliabh Aughty Furnace Project publication for Heritage Week. Email: [email protected] Venue: Portumna Library Telephone: 0851239550 Organiser: Irish Workhouse Centre Website: furnaceproject.org Email: [email protected] Telephone: 09097 59200 Date Start Time End Time Website: irishworkhousecentre.ie Sat 25th 09:00 18:00 Sun 26th 09:00 18:00 Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 12:00 12:30 EE P FR EE P FR Our Story of the Shore A fantastic guided tour of the ‘Rock pools’ of Grattan’s shore Medieval Ecclesiastical Heritage and will highlight the diversity of life on the shore. Children Uncovering our Medieval Ecclesiastical Heritage at Clonfert must be accompanied by an adult. Suitable clothing should Diocesan Museum, with Colman Shaughnessy & Joe be worn. Loughnane, Loughrea Memorial Group. Loughrea Medieval Venue: Grattan Beach, Salthill Festival Friday 24 - Sunday 26 August. Organiser: Galway Civic Trust - Dúchas na Gaillimhe Venue: Clonfert Diocesan Museum, St. Brendan’s Cathedral, Email: [email protected] Barrack Street, Loughrea Telephone: 091 564946 Organiser: Loughrea Medieval Festival Website: nationalaquarium.ie Email: [email protected] Website: loughreamedievalfestival.com

Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 11:00 12:00 Sat 25th 12:00 16:00

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Secret Stories of Galway’s West End Féile na bhFlaitheartach 2019 Join us on an adventure exploring the hidden history and A time - now virtually lost - can be relived again through a secrets of Galway’s West End. A treasure trail of stories and familiarity with the works of Liam and Tom O’Flaherty. Declan discovery await! Suitable for children aged 7 and over. Kiberd will speak on the social origins to the writings of Liam Venue: Galway Arts Centre O’Flaherty. Organiser: Galway Arts Centre Venue: Inis Mór, Árann Email: [email protected] Organiser: Cumann Liam agus Thomáis Ui Fhlaithearta Telephone: + 353 (0) 91 565 886 Admission: Adult €15.00, Child FREE Website: galwayartscentre.ie Email: [email protected]

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Telephone: 086 2662434 Telephone: 0867778217 Website: endaoflaherty.com/ Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 12:00 22:00 Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 14:00 15:00 P EE P FR Children’s News Day How did we get the news before tv, computers and tablets? How long did it take to print the papers, and who wrote the Picnic in the Garden articles and why? Each year the Ard Gardening Group and the Ard Womens Venue: Irish Workhouse Centre Circle come together to create a family friendly event in the Organiser: Irish Workhouse Centre Merlin Woods Community Garden . Fun for families ,food Admission: Child €2, Concession €2 and activities Email: [email protected] Venue: Merlin Woods Community Garden Telephone: 09097 59200 Organiser: Ard Gardening Group/Ard Womens Circle Website: irishworkhousecentre.ie Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0852484380 Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 13:30 15:00 Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 14:00 17:00 OK P BO EE P FR Galway City Latin Quarter Tour Come and discover Galway’s famous Latin Quarter where Butterfly Walk the city comes alive both day and night. On our visit we will Want to know more about all the butterflies you see in our discover some of the most famous landmarks, lesser known hedgerows and woodlands? Here is your chance to learn to facts and much, much more. get up close to the beauty of Irish butterflies in Coole Park. Venue: St. Nicholas Collegiate Church, Lombard Street Venue: Coole Park Visitor Centre Organiser: Brendan J. Hynes Organiser: Coole Park Admission: Adult €5, Child €2, Family €10 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 091631804 Telephone: 0877953785 Website: coolepark.ie

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Talk on Disused School Houses Galway Hooker Viewing A talk on disused school houses of Ireland by Enda O Come and see the traditional sailing and fishing vessel of Flaherty who will be referring to his photographic exhibition Galway’s Claddagh Village at the mouth of the river Corrib which will be on display in the museum. and talk to the skipper about its rich heritage. Venue: Claregalway Museum and Forge, Rooaunmore, Venue: Spanish Arch, Galway Baile Chláir (Claregalway) H91 C789 Organiser: Dúchas na Gaillimhe - Galway Civic Trust Organiser: The Claregalway Historical and Cultural Society Email: [email protected] with Enda O Flaherty Telephone: 091 564 946 Email: [email protected]

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Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 16:00 18:30 Sat 26th 10:00 10:30

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GAILLIMHE GALWAY What It Said in the Papers Heritage Day Lecture on eighteenth century newspaper reports from County To mark Heritage Week, the Irish Workhouse Centre are Galway, followed by the launch of a limited free booklet on again offering free guided tours for families on August 26th. ‘One hundred County Galway newspaper articles from the Tours take place every hour on the hour from 10am to 3pm. eighteenth century’. Venue: Irish Workhouse Centre Venue: Irish Workhouse Centre Organiser: Irish Workhouse Centre Organiser: Irish Workhouse Centre Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 09097 59200 Telephone: 09097 59200 Website: irishworkhousecentre.ie Website: irishworkhousecentre.ie Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sat 26th 10:00 16:00 Sat 25th 16:00 17:00 EE P FR OK BO Galway in Stone: Guided Walk Theatre & Literature Tour of Galway This walk will highlight the use of shaped natural stone in the Galway has always being known for its literature, theatre and buildings of Galway and participants will visit different sites famous people. Come and discover where the most eccentric where a wide range of local and imported building stone people roamed and visited over the years in Galway. Come can be seen. one, come all. Venue: Quad Archway, National University of Ireland, Venue: Brown Doorway, Eyre Square Galway Organiser: Brendan J. Hynes Organiser: Dúchas na Gaillimhe - Galway Civic Trust Admission: Adult €5, Child €2, Family €10 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 091 564946 Telephone: 0877953785 Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sat 26th 10:30 12:00 Sat 25th 16:30 18:00 OK EE P BO FR OK BO Launch of Rocks Road Trail Visit to Geology Museum Join Moycullen Heritage Group to launch the Rock Road Often called ‘Galway’s Hidden Museum’, James Mitchell heritage trail and visit that unique landscape. Geology Museum at NUI Galway houses 1,725 mineral Venue: Junction Rocks Road and Tullykyne Road GPS specimens and 1,587 rock specimens as well as more than 53.3660115, -9.1688727 400 rough and faceted gemstones. Organiser: Moycullen Historical Society Venue: Meet at the Quad Archway, National University of Email: [email protected] Ireland, Galway Telephone: 087 9508087 Organiser: Galway Civic Trust - Dúchas na Gaillimhe Website: moycullen.galwaycommunityheritage.org Email: [email protected] Telephone: 091 564946

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Date Start Time End Time Website: loughreamedievalfestival.com Sat 26th 11:00 12:30 Date Start Time End Time EE FR P Sat 26th 12:45 14:00

EE P FR Looking Back... Horseshoe Throwing Competition, the Demesne (12-4.30pm). Traditional Blacksmith Display, the Forge Museum (2-4pm). Loughrea Walled Towns Day Mountbellew Vintage Club display of Vintage Cars & Loughrea Walled Towns Day 2018, Sunday 26 August - Join Tractors. All events free. Loughrea Medieval Festival for an afternoon full of free Venue: The Demesne, Mountbellew medieval family fun and learning, as we recreate medieval Organiser: Mountbellew Heritage & Tourism Network life in all its glory. Email: [email protected] Venue: Fairgreen, Gort Road, Loughrea, County Galway Telephone: 086 407 5060 or 086 169 6594 Organiser: Loughrea Medieval Festival committee Website: mountbellewheritagetourismnetwork.wordpress. Email: [email protected] com/ Website: loughreamedievalfestival.com

Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sat 26th 12:00 16:30 Sat 26th 13:00 17:00

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Butterfly Walk in Merlin Woods The Shannon: Sights Sounds Stories Home to 19 species of butterfly ,Merlin Woods is a haven Come on a short walk and talk along the Shannon in for these beautiful species. Colin Stanley will explore habitats Portumna. We will look at flora and fauna.Hear stories of and identify the species . Meeting point is Merlin Woods the nearby Workhouse , and how the river has Community Garden contributed to the local community. Venue: Merlin Park Woods Galway , entrance off Doughiska Venue: Portumna Bridge Galway Side road Organiser: The Irish Workhouse Centre & The Waters and Organiser: Friends of Merlin Woods Communities Office Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0852484380 Telephone: 0909759200 Website: irishworkhousecentre.ie/ Date Start Time End Time Sat 26th 12:00 14:00 Date Start Time End Time Sat 26th 14:00 15:00 EE P FR OK EE BO FR Heritage Walk & Talk of Loughrea Discover the remnants of the historic medieval town of Galway’s Wild West End Tour Loughrea with Colman Shaughnessy & Joe Loughnane, Come and discover the wild west end of Galway city. An Loughrea Memorial Group. This is a walking tour so please area of Galway city that is rarely visited by visitors and locals wear suitable footwear and clothing. alike come and discover. Venue: Clonfert Diocesan Museum, St. Brendan’s Cathedral, Venue: Bridge Mills, O’Briens Bridge, Barrack Street, Loughrea Organiser: Brendan J. Hynes Organiser: Loughrea Medieval Festival committee Admission: Adult €5, Child €2, Family €10 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

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Telephone: 0877953785 Date Start Time End Time Sat 26th 17:00 19:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR Sat 26th 14:00 15:30 P

OK BO KERRY An Irish Airman A guided walk to mark the centenary of Robert Gregory’s death during WW1. Son of Lady Gregory, he is the subject Visit St Brendan Heritage Park

CIARRAÍ GAILLIMHE KERRY GALWAY of WB Yeats’ famous poem ‘An Irish Airman foresees Visit our Heritage Park and explore the extraordinary story of his death’. St Brendan the Navigator. Brendan was born in Fenit, at the Venue: Coole Park Visitor Centre edge of the known world, in 484AD. Organiser: Coole Park Venue: Saint Brendan: What a Story! Email: [email protected] Organiser: St Brendan Heritage Committee Telephone: 091631804 Email: [email protected] Website: coolepark.ie Telephone: 0877677958 Website: fenitharbour.com/St%20Brendan.html Date Start Time End Time Sat 26th 14:30 16:30 Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 07:00 21:00 EE FR P Sun 19th 07:00 21:00 Mon 20th 07:00 21:00 Poetry Plaque Tour of Galway Tue 21st 07:00 21:00 nd Known for its poets and literature come and discover Wed 22 07:00 21:00 rd Galway’s poetry plaque trail. On our visit we will discover Thu 23 07:00 21:00 th some of the most famous landmarks, lesser known facts and Fri 24 07:00 21:00 th much, much more. Sat 25 07:00 21:00 th Venue: Browne Doorway, Eyre Square Sun 26 07:00 21:00

Organiser: Brendan J. Hynes EE P FR Admission: Adult €5, Child €2, Family €10 Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0877953785 Heritage Heros Writing Competition Heritage Heros Writing Competition. Win Two Nights B&B Date Start Time End Time and Dinner for Two in Dunboyne Castle Hotel, Co. Meath. th Sat 26 16:30 18:00 Venue: Nationwide

OK Organiser: Golden Ireland BO Email: [email protected] Telephone: 064 6636765 The Wells of Annaghdown Website: goldenireland.ie Join us for a tour of some of the stone-built wells of the EE FR Annaghdown area, starting at Tobar a’ Bhaile in Cloonboo village. Supported by the Heritage Council. Venue: Cunniffes of Cloonboo Carpark (starting point) 50 Bliain Ag Fás Organiser: Annaghdown Heritage Society This visual arts exhibition celebrates 50 years of productions Email: [email protected] since the first performance by the National Folk Theatre Website: annaghdownheritage.ie/ of Ireland.

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Venue: Siamsa Tíre - Round Gallery Email: [email protected] Organiser: Siamsa Tíre Telephone: 0667127777 Email: [email protected] Website: kerrymuseum.ie Telephone: 066 7123055 Website: siamsatire.com Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 10:00 17:00 Date Start Time End Time Sun 19th 10:00 17:00 Sat 18th 09:00 20:00 Mon 20th 10:00 17:00 Mon 20th 09:00 20:00 Tue 21st 10:00 17:00 Tue 21st 09:00 20:00 Wed 22nd 10:00 17:00 Wed 22nd 09:00 20:00 Thu 23rd 10:00 17:00 Thu 23rd 09:00 20:00 Fri 24th 10:00 17:00 Fri 24th 09:00 20:00 Sat 25th 10:00 17:00 Sat 25th 09:00 20:00 Sun 26th 10:00 17:00

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Exhibit: By Hammer, Lens and Pencil Storybank: Banking the Past By hammer, lens, and pencil: North Kerry landscape in the Storybank is an exhibition / series of events created from a eyes of Frederick James Foot is a tribute to a long forgotten collection of stories from the Iveragh Peninsula, harvesting Irish geologist, who spent time between 1856-59 surveying the knowledge of the past’s making and mending for a more North Kerry landscape. sustainable future. Venue: Venue: The Old Barracks Bridge St, Carhan Lower, Organiser: Kerry Geo Adventures & Kerry County Museum Cahersiveen, Email: [email protected] Organiser: CoDesRes@The Old Barracks Heritage Centre Telephone: 0870610667 Admission: Website: geo.com Email: [email protected] Telephone: +353 66 401 0430 Date Start Time End Time Website: theoldbarrackscahersiveen.com Sat 18th 09:30 17:00 Sun 19th 09:30 17:00 Date Start Time End Time Mon 20th 09:30 17:00 Sat 18th 10:00 17:00 Tue 21st 09:30 17:00 Sun 19th 11:00 16:00 Wed 22nd 09:30 17:00 Mon 20th 10:00 17:00 Thu 23rd 09:30 17:00 Tue 21st 10:00 17:00 Fri 24th 09:30 17:00 Wed 22nd 10:00 17:00 Sat 25th 09:30 17:00 Thu 23rd 10:00 17:00 Sun 26th 09:30 17:00 Fri 24th 10:00 17:00 Sat 25th 10:00 17:00 E RE P F Sun 26th 11:00 16:00 P Rose of Tralee Fashion Exhibition See the fabulous dresses worn by the Roses of Tralee over the past 58 years. Highlights include a recreation of the dress Art in the Park Tralee worn by the first Rose of Tralee, Alice O’Sullivan, in 1959. Artists will be displaying artworks on the railings of the Town Venue: Kerry County Museum, Education Room Park and Pearse Park. On exhibit are drawings, paintings, Organiser: Kerry County Museum prints, photography and mixed media.

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Venue: Located on the rails of Tralee Town Park and Pearse teams from Kerry competing in this annual event. Park on Denny Street in the heart of Tralee Town Centre. Venue: Muckross Traditional Farms Organiser: Mary Greene / Tralee Chamber Alliance Organiser: Trustees of Ltd Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] CIARRAÍ KERRY Telephone: 0667121472 Telephone: +353646630804 Website: tralee.ie Website: muckross-house.ie

Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 11:00 17:00 Sat 18th 11:30 13:00 Sat 25th 11:00 17:00 EE P FR EE P FR Annascaul Community Scanning Day Biodiversity Food and Nature Trail We are inviting members of the Annascaul community to A relaxed walk around the farm looking at the relationship bring along old pictures or documents and we can scan them between wildlife habitats and healthy food production. as they share their stories. This is the first step to building up a Venue: Gortbrack Organic Farm, , Tralee. V92 Community Archive. K302 Venue: Annascaul Village Organiser: Gortbrack Organic Farm Organiser: Annascaul Tidy Towns Action Group Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 087 9246968 Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 12:00 16:00 Sat 18th 11:00 13:00 EE P FR EE P FR Tour of House & Gardens Plant Medicine Workshop Tour Gardens with Head Gardner Michael Explore the garden of a practicing herbalist and discover Doyle and learn about the landscape features and planting how to make your own remedies for everyday ailments. Bring schemes of the grounds. along some lunch, appropriate clothing and an open and Venue: Killarney House & Gardens Reception inquiring mind! Organiser: Killarney House & Gardens, Killarney National Venue: An Paircin Clinic of Herbal Medicine, Park Stacksmountain, Kilflynn, Tralee Email: [email protected] Organiser: Christine Best Medical Herbalist Telephone: 0858017973 Admission: Adult €40, Child FREE, Concession €20 Website: killarneynationalpark.ie Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0861939217 Date Start Time End Time th Website: kerryherbalist.com Sat 18 13:00 14:30

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OK Seashore Safaris P BO Explore the seashore with local marine biologists. Discover the secrets of the creatures living in one of the most extreme Dr. Bill Mangan Hurling Tournament environments. Fun & interesting for old and young! The Dr. Bill Mangan under 10’s Hurling Tournament sees local Venue: Waterville beach / meeting point at Seasynergy

160 SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN FULL WHEELCHAIR ACCESS PARTIAL WHEELCHAIR ACCESS PERFORMANCE OR RE-ENACTMENT TALK OPEN HISTORIC PROPERTY FESTIVAL KERRY CIARRAÍ marine center around Ardfert and surrounding area. Organiser: Seasynergy Marine Awareness and Activity Venue: Ardfert Cathedral Centre Organiser: OPW Admission: Adult €10, Child €10, Concession €8 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 066-7134711 Telephone: +353 87 785 0929 Website: heritageireland.ie Website: seasynergy.org Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sun 19th 10:00 17:15 Sat 18th 10:00 17:30 Sun 26th 10:00 17:15 Sat 25th 10:00 11:30 EE P FR P The History of the Island Sharing Stories: The Vikings & Kerry View the newly refurbished exhibitions which are now This lecture will explore the activities of the Vikings in Co. clearly and concisely displayed, but still retain all the original Kerry, using sources such as archaeology, history and place- information. names. It will be suggested that the Scandinavians quickly Venue: Heritage Centre, School Road, made alliances. Knightstown, Valentia Island Venue: Caherdaniel Hall, Caherdaniel Organiser: Valentia Island Heritage Centre Organiser: Heritage Iveragh/Oidhreacht Uíbh Ráthaigh Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0669476411 Telephone: 0863065299 Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sun 19th 11:00 17:00 Sat 18th 20:00 21:00 EE P FR EE P FR Stories with Seanachaí Pat Speight Saor Cead Isteach / Free Entry Come sit back, relax & an enjoy an afternoon of storytelling Taispeántas ar stair, seandálaíocht agus geolaíocht na with Seanchaí Pat Speight. leithinise. Display about the geology, history and archaeology Venue: The Schoolhouse Muckross Traditional Farms of West Kerry. Changing temporary exhibitions also. Fáilte Organiser: Trustees of Muckross House Ltd roimh chách. Email: [email protected] Venue: Músaem Chorca Dhuibhne, Baile an Fheirtéaraigh Telephone: +353646630804 Organiser: Músaem Chorca Dhuibhne Website: ww.muckross-house.ie Email: [email protected] Telephone: 066-9156333 Date Start Time End Time th Website: westkerrymuseum.com Sun 19 13:30 16:00

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Venue: Loher: Meeting Point, Waterville Community Centre Organiser: Castleisland Chamber Alliance Car-Park (opposite Tech Amergin) Email: [email protected] Organiser: Heritage Iveragh/Oidhreacht Uíbh Ráthaigh Telephone: 00353872850844 Email: [email protected] CIARRAÍ KERRY Telephone: 0863065299 Date Start Time End Time Sun 19th 19:00 20:30 Date Start Time End Time EE FR Sun 19th 14:00 17:00 P

EE P FR Rock Art by Night Aoibheann Lambe of Rock Art Kerry presents Connecting with Maharees Heritage Walk our Prehistoric Ancestors, Rock Art by Night a short torch lit A Heritage Walk around Maharees to discover the history of stroll to a local monumental example created some 5000 the district, including shipwrecks on the coast, public health years ago in times past, abandoned settlements, farming, fishing and Venue: Caherdaniel meeting at St Crohan’s Church Gate much more. Caherdaniel Village Venue: Spillanes Carpark Organiser: Rock Art Kerry Organiser: Maharees Conservation Association Telephone: 087 600 7820 Website: mahareesconservation.com/ Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sun 19th 21:00 22:15 Sun 19th 14:00 16:00 OK EE P BO FR EE P FR Constellation Detective Marconi Experiene This fun activity designed to introduce constellations visable Take a tour with your guide and local historian to the original in the Northern Hemisphere in August & to highlight some site of the first Voice Speeh transmission by the Marconi of the mythology stories associated with them. Followed by Company in 1919 hear the history and the touch the past stargazing. with Danny Houlihan. Venue: Derrynane Caherdaniel Beach in front of Derrynane Venue: Ballybunion Tourist Office Ballybunion House, after Rock Art by Night event Aoibheann Lambe Organiser: Ecotrek Ballybunion Organiser: Caherdaniel Dark Sky Coiste Pobail Cathair Admission: Adult €10.00, Child €5.00 Dónall Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0873539613 Telephone: Kay 0872617522 Website: ecotrekballybunion.com Website: caherdanieldarksky.com

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Con Houlihan Trail Free Tours of Kerry Writers’ Museum Follow The Con Houlihan Trail to get an insight into the life Enjoy a free tour of Kerry Writers’ Museum and learn about and times of one of Ireland’s finest sports journalists who was the lives and works of five of Kerry’s great writers. born and raised here in Castleisland. Venue: Kerry Writers’ Museum, Venue: Castleisland Organiser: Kerry Writers’ Museum

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Email: [email protected] Venue: The Schoolhouse Muckross Traditional Farms Telephone: 068 22212 Organiser: Trustees of Muckross House Ltd Website: kerrywritersmuseum.com Email: [email protected] Telephone: +353646630804 Date Start Time End Time Website: muckross-house.ie Mon 20th 10:00 15:00 Tue 21st 10:00 15:00 Date Start Time End Time Tue 21st 13:30 16:00 EE P FR EE P FR Revolutionary Tale of Two Families Why did a portrait of King Louis XVI of France and Marie Discoveries at Lissaniska Ringfort Antoinette adorn the walls of Killarney House? Discover the Illustrated talk by archaeologist Ed Lyne about his exciting unlikely story of two families and an attempted escape plot discoveries at Lissaniska ringfort, partially excavated on the Venue: Killarney House & Gardens Reception, Killarney route of the N70 Kilderry Bends road project. Organiser: Killarney House & Gardens, Killarney National Venue: Nagle Rice Community Centre, Milltown Park Organiser: Transport Infrastructure Ireland in association Email: [email protected] with Kerry County Council Telephone: 0858017973 Email: [email protected] Website: killarneynationalpark.ie Telephone: 061 951000 Website: tii.ie/archaeology Date Start Time End Time Mon 20th 10:00 15:00 Date Start Time End Time Tue 21st 20:00 21:30 EE FR EE P FR Guided Walk Along Cosán na Naomh Join us for this walk through the western part of the beautiful Geology Talk / Caint Ar Geolaíocht Dingle Peninsula. Bring a packed lunch, and footwear and A talk, in English (with bilingual slides, Irish/English) about clothing suitable for all types of weather, and some wet and “The dramatic geological history and fossils of Corca rough surfaces. Dhuibhne” will be given by Dr Patrick Wyse Jackson, of Venue: Ceann Trá/Ventry Beach car park Trinity College, Dublin. Organiser: Coiste Chosán na Naomh Venue: Músaem Chorca Dhuibhne, Baile an Fheirtéaraigh Email: [email protected] Organiser: Músaem Chorca Dhuibhne Telephone: 066-9156333 or 066-9150100 (ask for Email: [email protected] Fionnán Ó hÓgáin Telephone: +353669156333 Website: pilgrimpath.ie/pilgrim-paths-day/cosan-na-naomh- Website: westkerrymuseum.com kerry/ Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 20:00 21:30 Tue 21st 10:00 16:00 EE FR EE P FR Secret Stories of Dingle The Blacksmith at Work Meeting at Dingle Benners Hotel (OIH) at 10.00 am, Guided An opportunity to see master Blacksmith, Tom Allison Walk of Dingle Town with Kevin O’Shea Complimentary Tea/ demonstrate his age old craft. Coffee & Pastries on your return to Dingle Benners Hotel.

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Venue: Dingle Organiser: Killarney House & Gardens, Killarney National Organiser: Dingle Benners Hotel Park. Admission: Adult €12.00, Child €6.00, Concession Email: [email protected] €10.00, Family €25.00 Telephone: 0858017973 CIARRAÍ KERRY Email: [email protected] Website: killarneynationalpark.ie Telephone: +353 66 9151638 Website: dinglebenners.com Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 14:30 16:00 Date Start Time End Time OK EE BO FR Wed 22nd 10:00 12:00

OK P BO The Ladies of Kenmare Evening An evening tour of Killarney House sharing the stories of the The Architecture of Listowel: WOW! women who brought the House to life over the centuries. You Listowel has made a unique contribution to Irish decorative will be invited to meet many characters from the sublime to art with a wealth of architectural gems along its streets. Join the outrageous. Victoria McCarthy on a journey to discover this architectural Venue: Killarney House & Gardens Reception, Killarney heritage. Organiser: Killarney House & Gardens, Killarney National Venue: Listowel Town Centre - Meet at the Square Park Organiser: Kerry County Council Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0858017973 Telephone: 066 7183793 Website: killarneynationalpark.ie

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Historic Tree Walk Red Bricks and a Stable Block Historic Tree Walk in Muckross Demesne Parkland with local A guided walk from Knockreer House to Killarney House and expert Cormac Foley. Gardens. This event will focus on the former residences of the Venue: The Schoolhouse Muckross Traditional Farms Browne’s and the McShain family. Organiser: Trustees of Muckross House Ltd Venue: Knockreer House, Email: [email protected] Organiser: Killarney House and Gardens, Killarney Telephone: +353646630804 National Park Website: ww.muckross-house.ie Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0858017973 Date Start Time End Time Website: killarneynationalpark.ie Wed 22nd 13:00 16:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR P Thu 23rd 11:00 13:00

OK EE BO FR Wild Walk Take a guided walk in the national park and learn about the ecology of our flora and fauna. Climate Change at Historic Places Venue: Killarney House & Gardens Reception, Killarney Mini pop-up exhibition exploring how climate change impacts on historic places, with Thursday evening talks and tour of

164 SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN FULL WHEELCHAIR ACCESS PARTIAL WHEELCHAIR ACCESS PERFORMANCE OR RE-ENACTMENT TALK OPEN HISTORIC PROPERTY FESTIVAL KERRY CIARRAÍ historic Ballinskelligs and public talks and a tour (Thursday from Ancient Greece to Irish soil in looking at the buildings of evening only.) Denny Street and the creation of the Town Park. Venue: Ballinskelligs Community Hall / An Halla Pobail Venue: Kerry County Museum, Thomas Ashe Memorial Hall, Baile ‘n Sceilg, Ballinskellig Denny Street, Tralee Organiser: Adapt Northern Heritage project Organiser: Kerry County Council Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: adaptnorthernheritage.eu Telephone: 066 7183793

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Lunchtime Lecture: Tom Crean The Brownes and Killarney Town Our lunchtime lecture, delivered by Kerry County Museum A heritage walk through the Demesnes of Killarney National curator, Helen O’Carroll, will focus on the famous antarctic Park and laneways of Killarney Town learning about the explorer Tom Crean. connection between the Browne family and the development Venue: Kerry County Museum, Ashe Memorial Hall, Denny of Killarney’s Industries St. Tralee Venue: Killarney House & Gardens Reception, Killarney Organiser: Kerry County Museum Organiser: Killarney House & Gardens, Killarney National Email: [email protected] Park Telephone: 066 7127777 Email: [email protected] Website: kerrymuseum.ie Telephone: 0858017973 Website: killarneynationalpark.ie Date Start Time End Time Thu 23rd 13:00 13:45 Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 10:30 12:00 EE P FR OK EE BO FR Contemorary Irish Crochet Lace Visit this unique exhibition of Contemporary Irish Lace. Whale Watch Ireland 2018 Demonstrations of Irish Crochet Lace will take place The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group invites you to their throughout the exhibition. annual, free and guided land-based whale watch at a Venue: An Díseart, Green Street, Dingle local headland, as part of All-Ireland Whale Watch day on Organiser: Orla Breslin Saturday 25th August 2018. Email: [email protected] Venue: Signal Tower, Bray Head, Valentia Island Telephone: 0863993241 Organiser: Irish Whale and Dolphin Group Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Telephone: 085 7764918 th Fri 24 10:00 16:00 Website: iwdg.ie Sat 25th 10:00 16:00 Sun 26th 11:00 16:00 Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 14:00 19:00 EE FR EE FR Denny St: Ancient Greece-Irish Soil Join Victoria McCarthy and Helen O’Carroll as we travel

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annual, free and guided land-based whale watch at a EE P FR local headland, as part of All-Ireland Whale Watch day on Saturday 25th August 2018. Venue: Clogher Head Layby, Slea Head Peninsula Harp Concert Organiser: Irish Whale and Dolphin Group Harp concert with Kerry Harp Ensemble. Email: [email protected] Venue: The Schoolhouse Muckross Traditional Farms Telephone: 087 6736341 Organiser: Trustees of Muckross House Ltd Website: iwdg.ie Email: [email protected] Telephone: +353646630804 Date Start Time End Time Website: muckross-house.ie Sat 25th 14:00 17:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR Sat 25th 14:00 15:00

EE P FR Heritage Day in Churchill Heritage Day in Churchill showcases the work of the farrier, has a variety of arts & crafts, a dog show, vintage car and Waterville’s Transatlantic Cable tractor runs, vintage displays, traditional music, song and Join our 10 year celebration of “The Story of Waterville dance. Cable Station” exhibition with Informal talk on Waterville’s Venue: The Forge, Churchill Transatlantic Cable Station including escorted walk around Organiser: Spa Fenit Community Council Cable Station sites Email: [email protected] Venue: Tech Amergin, Waterville Telephone: 087 7657742 Organiser: Friends of Waterville Cable Station in association with Tech Amergin and Charlie Chaplin Comedy Film Festival

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Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: +353861946916 Telephone: 064-6635851 Website: erih.net/i-want-to-go-there/site/show/Sites/ Website: heritageireland.ie waterville-cable-station/ Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sun 26th 10:00 16:45 Sat 25th 16:00 17:15 EE P FR EE P FR Free Admission Hedgeschool Reenactment Free admission and guided tours of Ardfert Cathedral Lisselton Hedgeschool reenactment will give an insight into Venue: Ardfert Cathedral the life of Padraig Liath O Concubhair, famous 18th century Organiser: OPW Hedgeschool master. The event will also feature excerpts from Email: [email protected] local writers. Telephone: 066-7134711 Venue: Maurice Walsh Park, Lisselton Cross, Lisselton, Website: heritageireland.ie Listowel Organiser: Ballydonoghue Bardic Festival Date Start Time End Time th Email: [email protected] Sun 26 10:00 17:00

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EE history and lived experience into a journey beginning at P FR Lough Derriana and ending at the Salt Marshes, Ballinskelligs Bay, Co. Kerry. The Alchemy of Sound Venue: Car park, IRD Waterville Umha Aois annual experimental archaeology symposium Organiser: CoDesRes Iveragh with demonstrations of casting and smelting experiments by Email: [email protected] archaeologists and sculptors, making Bronze and Iron Age Website: codesres horns with authentic methods. Venue: Dromid Community Centre Date Start Time End Time th Organiser: Umha Aois Sun 26 10:00 17:00

Email: [email protected] OK P BO Telephone: 0834251864 Website: umha-aois.com Free Admission Date Start Time End Time Free admission and guided tours of Derrynane House. th Sun 26 10:00 19:00 Venue: Derrynane House

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EE P FR Birthplace of Global Communications Explore the story of the successful transatlantic telegraph cables laid from Valentia Island to Newfoundland that Water Life in a Pristine River spawned a global communications revolution. CIARRAÍ KERRY Dr. Andy Fogarty, Athlone I T will present an interactive Venue: Cable Station, Knightstown, Valentia Island lecture and field trip on river water quality. The talk entitled Organiser: Valentia Transatlantic Cable Foundation will be followed by a field trip. Email: [email protected] Venue: Annascaul Telephone: 0872332491 Organiser: Annascaul Tidy Towns Action Group Website: valentiacable.com Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sun 26th 14:00 17:00 Sun 26th 10:30 13:00 EE P FR EE P FR The McShain Legacy Forest Walk The McShain Legacy: An event to reflect on the contribution of Recreational walk with a discussion on the cultural and the McShain family to Killarney and it’s people. biodiversity of the area. The walk is also a tribute to long Venue: Killarney House and Gardens, Killarney National forgotten Irish geologist and surveyor Frederick James Foot Park Venue: Glanageenty Forest Car Park Organiser: Killarney House and Gardens, Killarney Organiser: Kerry Geo Adventures/Coillte National Park Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0870610667 Telephone: 0858017973 Website: kerrygeo.com/ Website: killarneynationalpark.ie

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Song & Stories with Ger Woulfe Free Guided Tour of Ardfert Friary Cork born singer songwriter Ger Wolfe offers an afternoon of Free guided tour of Ardfert Friary exploring its architectural songs and music and chat, sharing with all, his love of music features and Fitzmaurice connections. in this “Workshop of Song”. Venue: Adjacent car park at 3:00 and proceed to Friary Venue: The Schoolhouse Muckross Traditional Farms Organiser: OPW Organiser: Trustees of Muckross House Ltd Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 066-7134711 Telephone: +353646630804 Website: heritageireland.ie Website: muckross-house.ie Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sun 26th 15:15 16:30 Sun 26th 13:30 16:00 EE P FR EE P FR

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National Autumn Poultry Sale Kildare Monastic Trail Audio Guide Bring and buy sale of poultry, feathered birds and equipment, Follow in the footsteps of Kildare’s early saints with this free with the Irish Poultry Fanciers Society.Beautiful 18thC audio guide. Simply visit our website to access your free parkland garden and walled garden, follies and lake set in audio guide. 60 acres. Venue: Your self-guided tour begins at St. James’ Church of Venue: Larchill Arcadian Gardens Ireland, Castledermot Organiser: Larchill Arcadian Gardens Organiser: Abarta Heritage Admission: Adult €6, Child FREE Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: abartaheritage.ie/product/kildare-monastic-trail- Telephone: 016287354 audio-guide/ Website: larchill.ie EE P FR Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 10:00 14:00 Kildare Town Trail Free Audio Guide P Free self-guided audio tour to Kildare town. Discover the story of Kildare, a town at the heart of the story of Ireland for Heritage Free Audio Guide millennia. Simply visit our website to access your free audio Free* self-guided audio tour that helps you to discover the guide. story of Celbridge & . Simply visit our Venue: Your self-guided tour begins at Kildare Town website to access your free audio guide. Heritage Centre, Market Square, Kildare Town *Entry fee into Castletown may still apply Organiser: Abarta Heritage Venue: Your self-guided tour begins at Castletown House, Email: [email protected] Website: abartaheritage.ie/product/kildare-town-heritage- Organiser: Abarta Heritage trail-audio-guide/ Email: [email protected] EE FR Website: abartaheritage.ie/product/celbridge-heritage-trail- P audio-guide/

E RE P F The Book of Kildare — Exhibition Original drawings from the Book of Kildare by Josephine Hardiman. The Curragh Story Free Audio Guide Venue: Kildare Town Library Free self-guided audio tour to the Curragh of Kildare, telling Organiser: Kildare Community Library the story of the archaeology, history & natural heritage of Email: [email protected] this iconic landscape. Visit our website to access your free Telephone: 045 520235 audio guide. Website: kildare.ie/library Venue: Your self-guided tour begins at Junction 12 on the M7 Motorway, The Curragh Date Start Time End Time th Organiser: Abarta Heritage Sat 18 09:30 12:30 st Email: [email protected] Tue 21 14:00 17:00 nd Website: abartaheritage.ie/product/story-of-the-curragh- Wed 22 14:00 17:00 rd audio-guide/ Thu 23 13:00 20:00 Fri 24th 09:30 17:00

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Sat 25th 09:30 12:30 Children’s Bird Outing

EE Children must be accompanied by Adults. There is a Coillte P FR car park fee of €5 per car. Venue: Donadea Forrest Park Tower of Allen, Hill of Allen Organiser: BirdWatch Ireland - Kildare Branch KILDARE CILL DARA Just 10km from Newbridge & Kildare & 15k from Naas, this Email: [email protected] magnificent tower was built in 1859 by Sir Gerald George Telephone: 0862547424 Aylmer of Donadea Castle. The tower commands sweeping views of surrounding countryside Date Start Time End Time th Venue: Tower of Allen, Hill of Allen, Allen, Co. Kildare Sat 18 10:00 11:30 Organiser: Regina Heavey P Email: [email protected] Telephone: 089 490 6802 St Mary’s Church of Ireland, Date Start Time End Time St Mary’s is a 12th C Norman church believed to have th Sat 18 10:00 18:00 been built on the site of an earlier monastic settlement. The th Sun 19 10:00 18:00 Residential Western Tower is understood to date from the mid th Mon 20 10:00 18:00 to late 14th century. st Tue 21 10:00 18:00 Venue: St Mary’s Church of Ireland, Main Street, nd Wed 22 10:00 18:00 Organiser: Leixlip Union of Parishes rd Thu 23 10:00 18:00 Email: [email protected] th Fri 24 10:00 18:00 Telephone: 01 6240976 th Sat 25 10:00 18:00 Website: lucanandleixlip.org Sun 26th 10:00 18:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR P Sat 18th 10:00 13:00 Sat 18th 14:00 17:00 Echoes an Exhibition by Element 15 Tue 21st 10:30 13:00 st Element 15 mount a collaborative & site-specific exhibition, Tue 21 14:00 17:00 rd exploring the artists response to the house with ceramics, fine Thu 23 10:00 13:00 th art prints & textiles. Fri 24 18:30 21:00 th Venue: Stable Wing Sat 25 10:00 13:00 th Organiser: OPW Castletown Sat 25 14:00 17:00

Email: [email protected] EE P FR Telephone: 01 6288252 Website: castletown.ie Sharing My Story Has anything worth speaking about ever happened to me? Date Start Time End Time And who would listen? In this workshop we are invited to look th Sat 18 10:00 17:00 at our past, consider what we have learned & the stories we th Sun 19 10:00 17:00 might tell. th Mon 20 10:00 17:00 Venue: Ballitore Library & Quaker Museum st Tue 21 10:00 17:00 Organiser: Ballitore Library & Quaker Museum nd Wed 22 10:00 17:00 Email: [email protected]

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Date Start Time End Time or check our facebook page! th Sat 18 10:00 13:00 Venue:

OK EE Organiser: Maynooth Castle P BO FR Email: [email protected] Telephone: 01 6770088 Guided Tour of Maynooth Castle Website: ww.heritageireland.ie Join us for a guided tour and find out more about this fascinating building, home of the once all-powerful Fitzgerald Date Start Time End Time th Family. Sat 18 11:00 17:00 th Venue: Maynooth Castle Sun 19 11:00 17:00 th Organiser: Maynooth Castle Mon 20 11:00 17:00 st Email: [email protected] Tue 21 11:00 17:00 nd Telephone: 01 6770088 Wed 22 11:00 17:00 rd Website: heritageireland.ie Thu 23 11:00 17:00 Fri 24th 11:00 17:00 Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 11:00 17:00 Sat 18th 10:30 17:00 Sun 26th 11:00 17:00 Sun 19th 10:30 17:00 EE FR Mon 20th 10:30 17:00 Tue 21st 10:30 17:00 Wed 22nd 10:30 17:00 Firmount House Tour rd Thu 23 10:30 17:00 Tour of Firmount House. Hear about the renovations th Fri 24 10:30 17:00 completed by the Henry family and how the government th Sat 25 10:30 17:00 used the house as a secret base for De Valera and during the th Sun 26 10:30 17:00 Cold War.

EE Venue: Firmount House FR Organiser: Firmount House Email: [email protected] North Kildare Beekeepers Demo Website: firmounthouse.com Meet members of the North Kildare Beekeepers Association and learn more about the fascinating lives of bees from hive Date Start Time End Time th to honey. View a live display of the native Irish honey bee. Sat 18 11:00 11:45

Venue: Coach House, Stable Wing OK EE P BO FR Organiser: OPW Castletown House Email: [email protected] Telephone: 01 6288252 Calligraphy Together Website: castletown.ie A free workshop for children and their parents A parent and child team join with Josephine Hardiman from 11am- Date Start Time End Time 12.30pm to learn the art of calligraphy. th Sat 18 11:00 16:00 Venue: Kildare Town Library th Sun 19 11:00 16:00 Organiser: Kildare Town Library

EE Email: [email protected] P FR Telephone: 045 520235 Website: kildare.ie/library Heritage Hi-Jinks & Family Fun! Join us for special tours, trails, quizzes and other family Date Start Time End Time th friendly art activities throughout the week! Call us for details Sat 18 11:00 12:30

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OK EE P BO FR Joycean Tour of Clongowes College A visit to all the places that are mentioned in the Clongowes section of ‘A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man’ by James Wildlife Walk at Lullybeg Joyce. Wild Kildare will host a nature walk looking at the wildlife Venue: Clongowes Wood College, Clane. KILDARE CILL DARA of lullybeg including bird’s,butterflies and plants.Meet at the Organiser: Clane Local History Group entrance to the ipcc centre lullymore for directions to lullybeg. Email: [email protected] Venue: Lullybeg wetlands and cutaway bog Telephone: 086 8103717 Organiser: Wild Kildare Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time th Telephone: 0876872939 Sat 18 15:00 17:00

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EE The Sinking of the RMS Leinster P FR Co. Kildare connections to the tragic sinking of the RMS Leinster in 1918. Johnny Magory Adventure Day Venue: Athy Community Library This free family event includes a treasure hunt for all Johnny Organiser: KildareLibrary Service Magory’s animal friends, a fishing demonstration, some healthy snacks & readings from “The Adventures of Johnny Date Start Time End Time th Magory” by the author. Sat 18 15:00 16:00

Venue: Ballynafagh Lake Carpark EE P FR Organiser: Johnny Magory Children’s Books Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0879429989 Kildare folk and ghost stories Website: JohnnyMagory.com Join International Storyteller and author of ‘Kildare Folk Tales’ Steve Lally for an afternoon of folk, fairy and ghost stories Date Start Time End Time from his native Co. Kildare. th Sat 18 14:00 17:00 Venue: Newbridge Community Library

OK EE Organiser: Newbridge Community Library P BO FR Email: [email protected] Telephone: 045448353 Introduction to Poetry Website: kildare.ie/library Introduction to Poetry -encouraging creativity and highlighting our literary heritage links to a local poet Cecil Day Lewis. Date Start Time End Time th Venue: Athy Heritage Centre Museum (Shackleton Museum) Sat 18 15:00 16:15

Organiser: Athy Heritage Centre Museum (Shackleton OK EE P BO FR Museum) Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0598633075 Shackleton — Against the Odds Website: athyheritagecentre-museum.ie Did you know that one of the greatest ever feats of seafaring involved a crew, half of whom were Irish? Hear all about Date Start Time End Time an epic voyage of Shackleton’s lifeboat across the roughest th Sat 18 14:00 15:00 oceans on the planet.

OK EE Venue: Athy Heritage Centre Museum, Emily Square, Athy P BO FR Organiser: Kevin Kenny / Shackleton Committee, Athy

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Email: [email protected] Telephone: 086 8658262 Telephone: 059 8633075 Website: clanecommunity.ie Website: ShackletonMuseum.com Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sun 19th 17:00 18:00 Sat 18th 15:30 16:30 EE P FR EE P FR On Active Service Below Stairs Tour The exhibition ‘On Active Service’: Maynooth College, Meet the housekeeper, maids, stable boy and butler and Chaplains & the Anti-Conscription Crisis explores the themes discover the rooms below stairs as you listen to the lesser of army chaplaincy recruitment and resistance to conscription known stories about the lives and roles of servants at in Ireland during WWI. Castletown. Venue: John Paul II Library, Maynooth University Venue: Reception (inside front door) Organiser: Maynooth University Organiser: OPW Castletown House Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: +353 1 708 3884 Telephone: 016288252 Website: maynoothuniversity.ie/library

Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sun 19th 10:00 14:00 Mon 20th 08:00 17:00 Tue 21st 08:00 21:00 OK EE BO FR Wed 22nd 08:00 17:00 Thu 23rd 08:00 21:00 Hungry Caterpillars Fri 24th 08:00 17:00

Join IPCC and discover the life-cycle of the endangered EE P FR Marsh Fritillary Butterfly. There will fun activities for children and some tips on butterfly gardening for adults. Venue: Bog of Allen Nature Centre Irish High Cross Exhibition Organiser: Irish Peatland Conservation Council Come and find out all about the iconic Irish high cross, Email: [email protected] what they represent and where they can be found before Telephone: 045 860133 wandering across the road to visit the real thing in St James’ Website: ipcc.ie Churchyard Venue: Teach Diarmada Community Centre, Main St, Date Start Time End Time Castledermot th Sun 19 14:00 16:00 Organiser: Castledermot Local History Group

EE Email: [email protected] P FR Telephone: 0599144888

The Mausoleum at Mainham Cemetery Date Start Time End Time th Join in an interpretive reenactment of a burial ceremony of Mon 20 09:30 16:45 st the Wogan Brown Family of Clongowes Castle in the 18th Tue 21 09:30 16:45 nd Century Mausoleum beyond the boundary walls of Mainham Wed 22 09:30 16:45 rd Cemetery. Thu 23 09:30 16:45 th Venue: Mainham Cemetery on Clane Kilcock road Fri 24 09:30 16:45

Organiser: Clane Community Council EE P FR Email: [email protected]

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OK EE End of Days, 1918 P BO FR The end of WWI, the Great Flu pandemic and the General Elections and their connections to Co. Kildare Venue: Maynooth Community Library Guided Walk of Kildare Town Organiser: Kildare Library Service Take a guided walking Tour of one of Ireland’s oldest towns. KILDARE CILL DARA Email: [email protected] Stops Include St Brigid’s Monastic Site, A Norman Castle Telephone: 01 6285530 Tower and more. Climb Ireland’s Second Tallest Round Tower Venue: Kildare Town Heritage Centre Date Start Time End Time Organiser: Kildare Town Walking Tours th Mon 20 10:00 11:00 Admission: Adult €3, Child €1.5

EE Email: [email protected] P FR Telephone: 0035345530672 Website: kildareheritage.com The Country House and the Great War The Country House and the Great War Exhibition will explore Date Start Time End Time th the impact of the First World War on the Irish Country House, Mon 20 11:00 12:15 st the surrounding estate and its inhabitants. Tue 21 11:00 12:15 nd Venue: Russell Library, Maynooth University Wed 22 11:00 12:15 th Organiser: Maynooth University Fri 24 11:00 12:15 Telephone: 01-7083890 P Website: maynoothuniversity.ie/library

Date Start Time End Time Build Your Own Bug Hotel th Mon 20 10:00 13:00 The Irish National Stud & Gardens, in partnership with th Mon 20 14:00 16:30 Wildlife MNG Services invites you to join us in creating your nd Wed 22 10:00 13:00 own bug hotel. Learn the importance of natural habitats & the nd Wed 22 14:00 16:30 world around us. rd Thu 23 10:00 13:00 Venue: Irish National Stud & Gardens rd Thu 23 14:00 16:30 Organiser: Irish National Stud & Gardens

OK EE Admission: Adult €12.50, Child €7.00, Family €29.50 P BO FR Email: [email protected] Telephone: 045521617 Traditional Skills Week Website: irishnationalstud.ie/ This Heritage Week learn a traditional skill at one of our three workshops, Autumn Foraging, Willow Weaving or Date Start Time End Time th Geneaology Mon 20 14:00 15:45

Venue: Kildare Town Heritage Centre, Market Square, OK P BO Kildare Town Organiser: Kildare Town Heritage Centre & Tourist Office Email: [email protected] Jesuit Chaplains in World War One Telephone: 045 530 672 The exhibition ‘Jesuit chaplains in World War One’ will be on Website: kildareheritage.com display in Naas Library for Heritage Week. Material relating to Jesuit chaplains in 1918 & Fr Willie Doyle SJ (1873-1917) Date Start Time End Time will be on show. th Mon 20 10:00 16:15 Venue: Naas Library st Tue 21 10:00 16:15 Organiser: Naas Library th Fri 24 10:00 16:15 Email: [email protected]

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Telephone: 045 879111 unique mixed media piece. Website: kildare.ie/Library/index.html Venue: The Coach House, Castletown House, Celbridge Organiser: element15 - contemporary textile artists Date Start Time End Time Email: [email protected] th Mon 20 14:00 17:00 Telephone: 087 747 3233 st Tue 21 13:00 20:00 Website: element15.ie Wed 22nd 14:00 17:00 Thu 23rd 13:00 20:00 Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 09:30 17:00 Tue 21st 11:30 13:00

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Natural and Built Heritage of Clane Element15 Workshop Learn about the flora and fauna of Clane as we visit some Join members of element15 and create vintage postcards of its historic sites. Notable trees, wildflowers, insects and taking inspiration from the writings of Castletown’s renowned animals will be introduced as we explore its older buildings Lady Louisa. and structures. Venue: Coach House, Stable Wing Venue: Clane The Abbey Community Building Organiser: OPW Castletown Organiser: Clane Community Council Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 01 6288252 Telephone: 086 2583635 Website: castletown.ie Website: clanecommunity.ie Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Tue 21st 11:30 13:00 Mon 20th 19:30 21:00 OK EE P BO FR EE P FR Stories from Life and Death End of Days: 1918 Maynooth College Cemetery has received the mortal remains A talk by Kildare Historian James Durney about the end of the of over 150 college residents over a period of two hundred First World War which took place 100 years ago. The talk years. This tour will focus on the life stories of those interred will be free and open to the general public. Venue: St Patrick’s College Maynooth cemetery (South Venue: Kill Parish Meeting Room Campus, in the parkland at the rear of the college buildings) Organiser: Kill History Group Organiser: St Patrick’s College Maynooth Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 087-3513328 Telephone: 01 4747366 and 01 7083958 Website: localhistorykill.com Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Tue 21st 12:00 12:45 Mon 20th 20:30 21:30 Tue 21st 16:00 16:45 Wed 22nd 12:00 12:45 EE FR P Wed 22nd 16:00 16:45

EE P FR Vintage Postcard Workshop Join members of element15 and create vintage postcards inspired by the writings of Castletown’s renowned Lady Picture Perfect, Camera Workshop Louisa; using text, fabric, ribbons, lace and thread to make a Suitable for 16 years plus, please bring your own Digital

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camera (and tripods, speedlights if you have them) Share Election and their connections to Co. Kildare your story in photographs with a introductory course aimed Venue: Newbridge Community Library at beginners. Organiser: Kildare Library Service Venue: Hunting Room, Stable Wing Email: [email protected] Organiser: OPW Castletown Telephone: 045448353 KILDARE CILL DARA Admission: Adult €15 Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time st Telephone: 01 6288252 Tue 21 19:00 20:00

Website: castletown.ie EE P FR Date Start Time End Time Tue 21st 13:00 17:00 The Sinking of the RMS Leinster

OK Co. Kildare connections to the tragic sinking of the RMS P BO Leinster in 1918 Venue: Naas Community Library The Story of the Naas Redwoods Organiser: Kildare Library Service Mae Leonard a member of ’s Writers She Email: [email protected] broadcasts regularly on RTE Radio One’s Sunday Miscellany. Telephone: 045879111 Come along to our Luisne Gardens hear about The Redwood Trees that reside close to Naas Date Start Time End Time st Venue: Luisne Gardens, McAuley Place, Sallins Road Naas Tue 21 19:00 20:00

Organiser: McAuley Place EE P FR Email: [email protected] Telephone: 045 897833 Website: mcauleyplace.ie Tommy Conneff Clane’s Great Athlete This event is a talk on Tommy Conneff (1866-1912) born Date Start Time End Time near Clane who became Irish and American middle-distance st Tue 21 14:00 15:00 athletic champion.

EE Venue: Clane Community Library, Clane. P FR Organiser: Clane Community Library Email: [email protected] Katherine Conolly: Her Life & Letters Telephone: 045 892716 Join us for a talk on `Katherine Conolly: Her Life & letters ‘, delivered by Gaye Ashford Date Start Time End Time st Venue: Hunting Room, Stable Wing Tue 21 20:00 21:30

Organiser: OPW Castletown House EE P FR Email: [email protected] Telephone: 01 6288252 Website: castletown.ie Teddy Bears Picnic at McAuley Place Teddy Bears Picnic, join us in the Luisne Gardens, for Date Start Time End Time storytelling with Rua the Squirrel from Naas Library and a st Tue 21 19:00 20:00 treasure hunt. Bring along your favourite Teddy Bear and a

EE picnic. P FR Venue: Luisne Gardens, McAuley Place, Sallins Road Naas Organiser: McAuley Place End of Days, 1918 Email: [email protected] The end of WWI, the Great Flu pandemic and the General Telephone: 045 897833

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Website: mcauleyplace.ie walk. This event is family friendly and refreshments will be provided. Date Start Time End Time Venue: Bog of Allen Nature Centre nd Wed 22 10:30 11:45 Organiser: Irish Peatland Conservation Council

OK EE Email: [email protected] P BO FR Telephone: 045 860133 Website: ipcc.ie Pottery Painting or Clay Workshop As part of Heritage week, on wild child day 22nd August Date Start Time End Time nd & Saturday 25th August we invite you to Florence & Milly Wed 22 14:00 16:00

Pottery Painting & Craft Studio, for a Pottery Painting or Clay EE P FR workshop. Venue: Florence & Milly Pottery Painting & Crafts Studio, Coffee Bar & Gift shop Annals of Ballitore, 1798 Organiser: Florence & Milly Ballitore, a Quaker village during the Rebellion of 1798 Admission: Adult FREE, Child: €6.00, Concession FREE, Venue: Ballitore Community Library Family FREE Organiser: Kildare Library Service Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 045838675 Telephone: 0598623344 Website: florenceandmilly.com Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 14:30 15:30 Wed 22nd 11:00 16:00 EE P FR OK EE P BO FR Donaghmore Cemetery - History Walk Tell A Story Workshop For Children Donaghmore is probably the oldest occupied site in North Children will learn the basics of storytelling in a workshop Kildare. It’s Ogham stone dates to the 5th century. Many with storyteller Sarah Tully. With the help of prompt-cards, aspects of Ireland’s history since then is reflected in this puppets and props, children will tell their own story on their cemetery. own story. Venue: Maynooth Royal Canal Harbour, for walk to and Venue: Newbridge Community Library, Athgarvan Road, from Donaghmore Cemetery Newbridge. Organiser: Maynooth Local History Group/ Donaghmore Organiser: Newbridge Community Library Cemetery Maintenance Committee Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 045-448353 Telephone: 0860222880 Website: kildare.ie/library Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 18:30 20:30 Wed 22nd 11:00 12:15 EE P FR OK EE BO FR Great Connell Abbey Graveyard I Heard the Curlew Cry A guided tour of the old Great Connell Abbey burial ground. Join IPCC for a talk about how the Curlew fared on Lodge This talk by Paul Cooke will focus on the history of the Bog in 2018. The talk will be followed by a sensory earth graveyard and the individuals and families interred therein. Venue: Great Connell Abbey graveyard

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EE Organiser: Newbridge Local History Group P FR Email: [email protected] Website: newbridgehistory.org The Wonder of Willow Date Start Time End Time Haunters of waterways and hedgerow guardians, jewels of

KILDARE CILL DARA nd Wed 22 19:00 20:30 the garden and common sally of the field, willows are at once

EE the most poetic and practical of plants. “Alison Syme” A talk P FR and display. Venue: Friary Hall, Kildare End of Days, 1918 Organiser: Kildare country market The end of WWI, the Great Flu pandemic and the General Email: [email protected] Election and their effect on Co. Kildare Telephone: 0876650577 Venue: Kilcullen Community Library Organiser: Kildare Library Service Date Start Time End Time rd Email: [email protected] Thu 23 11:00 11:45

Telephone: 045482193 EE P FR Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 19:30 20:30 Webs and Wings

EE This event will train volunteers to monitor the Marsh Fritillary P FR larval nests as part of the National Marsh Fritillary Monitoring Scheme. It will include a presentation and a field trip. Weather Conditions 1946-1947 Venue: Bog of Allen Nature Centre Weather is always a topic of conversation in Ireland. Padraig Organiser: Irish Peatland Conservation Council Laffan’s talk will give an in depth description of the summer Email: [email protected] 1946 and winter of 1947 . It is a wonderful account. Telephone: 045 860133 Venue: Elm Hall Golf Club Celbridge Website: ipcc.ie Organiser: Elm Hall Heritage Group Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Thu 23rd 12:00 15:00 Date Start Time End Time OK EE BO FR Wed 22nd 20:00 22:00 P

EE P FR Ballitore, recording local history A conversation about recording local history with Co. Kildare Ringing Swallows - Pollardstown Fen Executive Librarian Mario Corrigan In autumn each year large numbers of migrating swallows Venue: Ballitore Community Library gather to roost in the rushes in Pollardstown Fen. These birds Organiser: Kildare Library Service are getting ready to make the long journey to Africa for the Email: [email protected] winter. Telephone: 0598623344 Venue: Pollardstown Fen Organiser: Irish Midlands Ringing Group Date Start Time End Time rd Email: [email protected] Thu 23 14:30 15:30

Telephone: 086 3537561 EE P FR Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 20:00 22:00

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The Sinking of the RMS Leinster Organiser: Leixlip Tidy Town Association Co. Kildare connections to the tragic sinking of the RMS Email: [email protected] Leinster in 1918. Telephone: 0851007369 Venue: Kildare Community Library Organiser: Kildare Library Service Date Start Time End Time rd Email: [email protected] Thu 23 19:00 20:30

Telephone: 045520235 EE FR Date Start Time End Time Thu 23rd 19:00 20:00 In the Footsteps of St. Corban

EE A walk and talk by Local History Group members in the P FR footsteps of the patron saint of Naas, Co. Kildare, St. Corban. End of Days, 1918 Venue: Lawlor’s Hotel, poplar Square, Naas The effect of the end of WWI, the Great Flu pandemic and Organiser: Naas Local HIstory Group the General Election on Co. Kildare. Email: [email protected] Venue: Leixlip Community Library Telephone: 0868724770 Organiser: Kildare Library Service Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time rd Telephone: 016060050 Thu 23 19:15 21:00

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EE In the Name of God and of the Dead P FR Tour of the graveyard with an emphasis on the resting place of Republicans buried there. The full title of the talk is’ In the Kildare Folk Tales & Ghost Stories Name of God and of the Dead Generations’. taken from Join storyteller Steve Lally for an evening of folk, fairy and 1916 Proclamation. ghost stories from Co Kildare. Hear about the deeds and Venue: Donoughcumper Graveyard dealings of Dan Donnelly, Moll Anthony, The Wizard Earl of Organiser: Ardclough, Celbridge, Leixlip 1916 Kildare and many more. Commemoration Committee Venue: Naas Library Email: [email protected] Organiser: Naas Library Telephone: 087 2712 492 Email: [email protected] Telephone: 045 879111 Date Start Time End Time rd Website: kildare.ie/library/ Thu 23 19:15 20:30

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OK EE The Wildlife of County Kildare P BO FR Wild Kildare and Rathangan tidy towns will host a talk about the wildlife of co Kildare.We shall look at various habitats Heritage Walk & Talk and what species live there. Heritage walk and talk from Gallivan’s Cross taking in Hilford Venue: Rathangan community centre House, The Covered Well, Old Hill, Wonderful Barn and the Organiser: Wild Kildare Canoe Club. All welcome including children Email: [email protected] Venue: Meet at Gallivan’s Cross Telephone: 0876872939

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Date Start Time End Time A History of McAuley Place rd Thu 23 20:00 21:30 Given by Paddy Behan, local historian with Naas History

EE Group. He tells the story of McAuley Place, from the 1800’s P FR when Catherine McAuley founded the Mercy Order in Naas. Venue: Luisne Gardens, McAuley Place, Sallins Road Naas KILDARE CILL DARA Broga Nua — Fun as Gaeilge! Organiser: McAuley Place ‘BRÓGA NUA’ le Áine Ní Shúilleabháin Aine will assist Email: [email protected] children, parents, grandparents, and childminders in Telephone: 045 897833 exploring the simple rhymes and games in her book Bróga Website: mcauleyplace.ie Nua For Pre-school up to 7 years. Venue: Celbridge Community Library Date Start Time End Time th Organiser: Celbridge Community Library Fri 24 17:00 18:00

Email: [email protected] EE P FR Telephone: 01 6272207 Website: kildare.ie/library Kildare Town Nostalgia Night 2018 Date Start Time End Time Nostalgia Night - Music Photos & Memories The old ‘CY’ is th Fri 24 10:00 11:00 the perfect venue to meet and share memories and to hear

OK EE and sing along to songs from our past. BO FR Venue: CMWS Hall ( formerly CYMS Hall), Kildare Town Organiser: Cill Dara Historical Society The Sinking of the RMS Leinster Admission: Adult €25.00 The Co. Kildare connections to the tragic sinking of the RMS Email: [email protected] Leinster in 1918 Telephone: 0861686236 Venue: Kilcock Community Library Organiser: Kildare Library Service Date Start Time End Time th Email: [email protected] Fri 24 20:00 23:15

Telephone: 016284403 OK EE P BO FR Date Start Time End Time Fri 24th 11:00 12:00 Poetry Reading by

EE Join Galway born Irish poet & playwright Rita Ann Higgins P FR for an intimate poetry reading in the Dining Room Venue: Dining Room, Main House The Sinking of the RMS Leinster Organiser: OPW Castletown House Co. Kildare connections to the tragic sinking of the RMS Admission: Adult €10 Leinster. Email: [email protected] Venue: Castledermot Community Library Telephone: 01 6288252 Organiser: Kildare Library Service Website: 2castletown.ie Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0599144483 Date Start Time End Time Fri 24th 20:00 21:30 Date Start Time End Time OK EE BO FR Fri 24th 19:00 20:00 P

EE P FR Museum Open Day & Talk Curragh Local History Group Open Day is an opportunity

180 SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN FULL WHEELCHAIR ACCESS PARTIAL WHEELCHAIR ACCESS PERFORMANCE OR RE-ENACTMENT TALK OPEN HISTORIC PROPERTY FESTIVAL KILDARE CILL DARA to visit the Groups museum and discover many fascinating Telephone: 0876872939 artifacts relating to the rich history of the Curragh Camp. All welcome. Date Start Time End Time th Venue: The Old Band Hall, opposite the Post Office, Sat 25 11:30 13:30

McSweeney Road, Curragh Camp EE P FR Organiser: Curragh Local History Group Email: [email protected] Website: curragh.info Lullymore and its Environs Lullymore really is a special place - a rich green island Date Start Time End Time surrounded by Ireland’s largest peatlands, the Bog of Allen. th Sat 25 11:00 14:30 It allows visitors to gain a comprehensive understanding of

EE Irish bogs P FR Venue: Lullymore Heritage and Discovery PPark Organiser: County Kildare Archaeological Society The Sinking of the RMS Leinster Email: [email protected] Co. Kildare connections to the tragic sinking of the RMS Telephone: 087-4164820 Leinster in 1918. Website: kildarearchsoc.ie Venue: Celbridge Community Library Organiser: Kildare Library Service Date Start Time End Time th Email: [email protected] Sat 25 14:30 17:00

Telephone: 016272207 EE P FR Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 11:00 12:00 A Short Story of Kildare Town

EE Guided walking tour P FR Venue: Kildare Town Library Organiser: Kildare Community Library St. James Church Open Day Email: [email protected] Opportunity to view St. James Church with its interesting Telephone: 045 520235 stained glass windows. Graveyard includes two ancient High Website: kildare.ie/library Crosses. Venue: St. James Church, Castledermot. Date Start Time End Time th Organiser: St. James Church Sat 25 14:30 15:30

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EE Guided Walking Tour — Historic Clane P FR Historical walk and talk - History of Clane from earliest times to the present day. Visiting the abbey (sixth century) Wildlife Walk on the River Barrow Bullan Stone, Moat, Franciscan Friary, Presentation Convent Join wild Kildare on a gentle stroll along the river barrow Grounds (1839). looking at all the wildlife present.Meet at the car park at the Venue: Clane Main Street and Environs - Start Manzor’s three counties pub maganey.Wear appropriate footwear. Car-Park Venue: Maganey Organiser: Rathcoffey History Group Organiser: Wild Kildare Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 087-2239410

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Date Start Time End Time Open Day at Batty Langley Lodge th Sat 25 14:45 17:00 An opportunity to see the conservation work of Irish Landmark

OK EE Trust. Enjoy a self-guided tour of this restored C18th P BO FR gatelodge now available as holiday accommodation. Venue: Batty Langley Lodge, Castletown Estate, Leixlip KILDARE CILL DARA Walking Tour of a Chapel Village Organiser: Irish Landmark Trust The tour is a walk in the village to a penal mass house - onto Email: [email protected] the old school house, talking about the execution of 3 men Telephone: 01 6704733 then a walk into the graveyard to look at the tomb of Rev Dr Website: irishlandmark.com Murphy. Venue: Newtown Kilcock Co Kildare - meeting at the Village Date Start Time End Time th Hall/Opp Church Sun 26 10:00 16:00

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Date Start Time End Time Open Day at the Round House th Sat 25 19:00 20:00 An opportunity to see the conservation work of Irish Landmark

th EE Trust. Enjoy a self-guided tour of this restored C18 gatelodge P FR which is now available as holiday accommodation. Venue: Round House, Main Street, Celbridge Bats About Newbridge at Sunset Organiser: Irish Landmark Trust Enjoy a Bat walk & talk in the Liffey Linear Park - guide Anna Email: [email protected] Collins & experts from Kildare Bat Group. While a family Telephone: 01 6704733 friendly riverside event, children should be accompanied by a Website: irishlandmark.com responsible adult. Venue: Liffey Linear Park Newbridge Date Start Time End Time th Organiser: Newbridge Tidy Towns Association Sun 26 10:00 16:00

Email: [email protected] EE FR Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 20:30 22:30 Open Day at the Gate House

EE An opportunity to see the conservation work of Irish P FR Landmark Trust. Enjoy a self-guided tour of this restored C19th gatelodge which is now available as holiday Country Market & Craft Fair accommodation. Meet friends & family & support local small businesses at the Venue: Gate House, Main Street, Celbridge Country Market & Craft Fair. Organiser: Irish Landmark Trust Venue: Stable Wing and Courtyard Email: [email protected] Organiser: OPW Castletown Telephone: 01 6704733 Email: [email protected] Website: irishlandmark.com Telephone: 01 6288252 Website: castletown.ie Date Start Time End Time Sun 26th 10:00 16:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR Sun 26th 10:00 17:00

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182 SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN FULL WHEELCHAIR ACCESS PARTIAL WHEELCHAIR ACCESS PERFORMANCE OR RE-ENACTMENT TALK OPEN HISTORIC PROPERTY FESTIVAL KILDARE CILL DARA 1500 Years of History Award Winning Medieval Walking Discover the history and folklore of Rathangan’s rath through Tour historical written evidence, literature and school children’s Step back into Medieval Athy and experience it through a folklore collections. This is a self-guided event. guided walking tour. Venue: Rath field, Leinster St., Rathangan Venue: Athy Heritage Centre Museum, Emily Square, Athy Organiser: Rathangan Tidy Towns Organiser: Athy Heritage Centre Museum (Shackleton Email: [email protected] Museum) Telephone: 0879258226 Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0598633075 Date Start Time End Time Website: athyheritagecentre-museum.ie Sun 26th 10:00 18:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR P Sun 26th 13:00 14:00

OK EE P BO FR Tour Celbridge Mill Turbine & Abbey Guided tour of Mill Turbine House followed by tour of Celbridge Mill & adjacent Celbridge Abbey (the beautiful Ballymore Eustace Concert Band courting grounds of & Vanessa). Live outdoor music from the Ballymore Eustace Concert Band Venue: Celbridge Mill Community Centre, Main Street, at the Castletown Country Market & Craft Fair. Celbridge Venue: Stable Wing Courtyard Organiser: Celbridge Community Centre Organiser: OPW Castletown Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0879630719 Telephone: 01 6288252 Website: celbridgemillcommunitycentre.ie/ Website: castletown.ie

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A Wander in Rathangan Celbridge Mini Heritage Festival Join local historian Laurence Fullam on a guided tour of Mini Heritage Family Festival featuring Straw Craft & Green Rathangan and discover its rich historical and architectural Woodwork Ireland, Falconry Display Musicians & More heritage. Meet at the Community Centre. Venue: Slip Hall, Castletown Gates , Main Street Celbridge Venue: Community Centre RYARC, Chapel Square, Organiser: Tea Lane graveyard committee Rathangan Email: [email protected] Organiser: Rathangan Tidy Towns Telephone: 087 9630719 Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0879258226 Date Start Time End Time Sun 26th 14:00 17:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR Sun 26th 12:00 13:45 P

EE P FR Falconry Display Newgrange Falconry will be displaying birds of prey in the Church grounds. All are welcome. The church will be open for tours, and an audio visual History of Celbridge.

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Venue: Christchurch, Celbridge church grounds (inside Website: athyheritagecentre-museum.ie Castletown house gates) Organiser: Church of Ireland Celbridge & Straffan Heritage Date Start Time End Time th Group Sun 26 14:00 15:00

Email: [email protected] EE FR KILDARE CILL DARA P Telephone: 087 782 1050 Website: cs-nl.blogspot.com/ Grand Canal Heritage & Wildlife Walk Date Start Time End Time Come along and enjoy a walk and talk along the banks of th Sun 26 14:00 17:00 the Grand Canal in Monasterevin. Discover the heritage

EE and biodiversity associated with the Grand Canal in this P FR community. Venue: River Barrow Aqueduct Monasterevin The ’s Chair in Hortland Organiser: Monasterevin Tidy Towns Hortland and Archbishop Josiah Hort: talk and poetry Email: [email protected] readings by Teresa Brayton about Hortland Telephone: 045-860133 Venue: Knockanally Golf Club Organiser: Teresa Brayton Heritage Group Date Start Time End Time th Email: [email protected] Sun 26 14:30 19:00

Telephone: 0876448069 EE P FR Date Start Time End Time Sun 26th 14:00 17:30 National Autumn Poultry Sale

EE Bring and buy sale of poultry, feathered birds and equipment, P FR with the Irish Poultry Fanciers Society.Beautiful 18thC parkland garden and walled garden, follies and lake set in The Grand Canal in Rathangan (1928) 60 acres. Join us for us for a screening of a re-edited Pathé film Venue: Larchill Arcadian Gardens featuring a local Turf-Cooperative and life on the Grand Organiser: Larchill Arcadian Gardens Canal in Rathangan. Complementary tea/coffee afterwards Admission: Adult €6, Child FREE Venue: Community Centre RYARC, Chapel \Square, Email: [email protected] Rathangan Telephone: 016287354 Organiser: Rathangan Tidy Towns Website: larchill.ie Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0879258226 Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 10:00 14:00 Date Start Time End Time Sun 26th 14:00 15:30 P

OK EE Below Stairs Tour P BO FR Meet the housekeeper, maids, stable boy and butler and discover the rooms below stairs as you listen to the lesser St. John’s Graveyard Tour known stories about the lives and roles of servants at Guide tour St. John’s Graveyard Castletown. Venue: St. John’s Graveyard Venue: Reception (inside front door) Organiser: Athy Heritage Centre Museum Organiser: OPW Castletown House Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0598633075 Telephone: 016288252

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Date Start Time End Time ecclesiastical site! Hear about the Norman lords and th Sun 19 12:00 13:00 Augustinian Priors of Kells and see some beautiful sculpture.

OK EE Venue: Kells Priory (near the Priors Tower), Kells BO FR Organiser: Kells Priory OPW Email: [email protected] Sharing Stories at Castletown Telephone: 056 7724623 Meet our storytellers who will enthrall you with stories of love Website: heritageireland.ie and loss, gossip and scandal in some of the most beautiful locations in Castletown House. Date Start Time End Time th Venue: Castletown House Entrance Hall Sat 18 10:00 15:30 th Organiser: OPW Castletown House Sun 19 10:00 15:30 nd Email: [email protected] Wed 22 10:00 15:30 rd Telephone: 016288252 Thu 23 10:00 15:30 Fri 24th 10:00 15:30 Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 10:00 15:30 Wed 22nd 19:30 20:30 Sun 26th 10:00 15:30

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St. Mary’s Graveyard KILKENNY This year’s Heritage Week coincides with the bi-centenary of the consecration of St Marys Church, which took place in August 1818. St. Marys Graveyard is open during Heritage Castle Park Self-guided Trail Week from 2-6pm daily. Come and follow this self-guided discovery trail through Venue: St. Mary’s Graveyard, Market Street, Thomastown, Park. Co. Kilkenny Venue: KIlkenny Castle Park Organiser: Kery Mullaly Organiser: OPW-Kilkenny Castle Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 086 7273888 Telephone: 0567704105 Website: kilkennycastle.ie/ Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 14:00 18:00 Date Start Time End Time Sun 19th 14:00 18:00 Sat 18th 08:30 19:30 Mon 20th 14:00 18:00 Sun 19th 08:30 19:30 Tue 21st 14:00 18:00 Mon 20th 08:30 19:30 Wed 22nd 14:00 18:00 Tue 21st 08:30 19:30 Thu 23rd 14:00 18:00 Wed 22nd 08:30 19:30 Fri 24th 14:00 18:00 Thu 23rd 08:30 19:30 Sat 25th 14:00 18:00 Fri 24th 08:30 19:30 Sun 26th 14:00 18:00 Sat 25th 08:30 19:30 EE FR Sun 26th 08:30 19:30

EE FR Tile Painting Workshop Get creative! Use your imagination to decorate a replica of Free Guided Tours the medieval floor tiles that adorned the Abbey church. Try Enjoy a free guided tour of Ireland’s largest enclosed our treasure hunt and find the clues around the Abbey!

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Venue: The Chapter House, Jerpoint Abbey, Jerpoint Abbey Date Start Time End Time th Visitor Centre, Thomastown Sat 18 10:00 13:30 st Organiser: Jerpoint Abbey OPW Tue 21 10:00 20:00 nd Email: [email protected] Wed 22 10:00 17:00 rd Telephone: 056 7724623 Thu 23 10:00 17:00 th Website: heritageireland.ie Fri 24 10:00 17:00 Sat 25th 10:00 13:30

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EE Exploring Nature P FR A workshop for children with special needs exploring mini-beasts, trees and flowers in the Castle Park. Bug Family Heritage Card Draw hunting, scavenger hunts and games. All children must be For the duration of National Heritage Week, with every accompanied. Booking essential. admission there will be free entry to a daily draw for a Venue: Kilkenny Castle Park chance to win a family heritage card. Organiser: OPW - Kilkenny Castle Venue: Kilkenny Castle Email: [email protected] Organiser: OPW-Kilkenny Castle Telephone: 0567704105 Admission: Adult €8, Child €4, Concession €6, Website: kilkennycastle.ie/ Family €20 Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time th Telephone: 0567704105 Sat 18 10:00 11:00

Website: kilkennycastle.ie/ OK EE BO FR Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 09:00 17:00 Graiguenamanagh Brass Band history th Sun 19 09:00 17:00 Come along to Graiguenamanagh Library, and view a th Mon 20 09:00 17:00 beautiful exhibition of photo and other memorabilia that st Tue 21 09:00 17:00 played a part in the history of the popular Graiguenamanagh nd Wed 22 09:00 17:00 Brass Band. rd Thu 23 09:00 17:00 Venue: Graiguenamanagh Library th Fri 24 09:00 17:00 Organiser: Kilkenny Library Service th Sat 25 09:00 17:00 Email: [email protected] th Sun 26 09:00 17:00 Telephone: 056 7794178 Website: kilkennylibrary.ie

Kilkenny City Scenes Date Start Time End Time th A Collection of images of Kilkenny City dating from the early Sat 18 10:00 13:30 st to mid-twentieth century Tue 21 10:00 20:00 nd Venue: City Library, John’s Quay, Kilkenny Wed 22 10:00 17:00 rd Organiser: Kilkenny County Library Thu 23 10:00 17:00 th Email: [email protected] Fri 24 10:00 17:00 th Telephone: 0567794174 Sat 25 10:00 13:30

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186 SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN FULL WHEELCHAIR ACCESS PARTIAL WHEELCHAIR ACCESS PERFORMANCE OR RE-ENACTMENT TALK OPEN HISTORIC PROPERTY FESTIVAL KILKENN Y CILL CHAINNIGH Guided Heritage Tour Guided Tour of Dunmore Caves Guided Heritage Tour of the footprints of a deserted 12th Free guided tours of Dunmore Caves. Consisting of a series Century Medieval Town called Newtown Jerpoint plus the of chambers formed over millions of years, the caves contain Tomb Effigy of Saint Nicholas. some of the finest calcite formations in any Irish caves. Venue: Jerpoint Park Venue: Dunmore Caves, Ballyfoyle Organiser: Jerpoint Park Organiser: OPW - Dunmore Caves Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0866061449 Telephone: 0567767726 Website: jerpointpark.com Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 11:00 16:00 Sat 18th 10:30 11:30 Sun 26th 11:00 16:00 Sun 19th 14:30 15:30 EE FR Sat 25th 10:30 11:30 P Sun 26th 14:30 15:30

EE Animal Adventures Junior P FR Join Una for bug-hunting, games and creative challenges and find out about some of the creatures of the Castle Open Day at Allotment site Park. Workshop for children aged 3-6. Children must be You are invited to our open day at the Allotment site where accompanied at all time. you will see diversity, different plot layouts, various growing Venue: Kilkenny Castle Park methods and a range of fruits, vegetables and plants. Organiser: OPW - Kilkenny Castle Venue: At the rear of ShandonPark/Altomount Residential Email: [email protected] Estate, Dublin Road, Kilkenny City Telephone: 0567704105 Organiser: Kilkenny Allotments and Community Gardens Website: kilkennycastle.ie/ Association Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time th Telephone: 085 1333641 Sat 18 12:00 13:00

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EE The Bronze Age fort of Corrandhu’ P FR Kilenny’s largest prehistoric monument, Corrandhu, Toor More, is in N Kilkenny. Prof. Wm O Brien, who did an Exhibition of Photographs & Prints archaeological survey, will give a talk in Conahy Hall An interesting exhibition of photographs and memorabilia followed by a walk on Toor More. relating to Dunmore Caves in Kilkenny Venue: Conahy Parochial Hall Venue: Dunmore Caves, Ballyfoyle Organiser: Conahy Heritage Society Ltd Organiser: OPW - Dunmore Caves Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0872515465 Telephone: 0567767726 Website: conahyhs.com

Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 11:00 16:00 Sat 18th 14:00 16:30 Sun 26th 11:00 16:00 EE P FR EE P FR

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Animal Adventures Senior Kilkenny Famine Experience Talk Join Una for bug-hunting, games and creative challenges Dr Jonny Geber and Lauren Meckel, MA will visit from and find out about some of the creatures of the Castle University of Otago, New Zealand to present their on-going Park. Workshop for children aged 6-12. Children must be research into the Kilkenny Famine Victims. accompanied at all time Venue: MacDonagh Junction Shopping Centre Venue: Kilkenny Castle Park Organiser: MacDonagh Junction Shopping Centre Organiser: OPW - Kilkenny Castle Email: [email protected]

KILKENN Y CILL CHAINNIGH Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0567777600 Telephone: 0567704105 Website: macdonaghjunction.com Website: kilkennycastle.ie/ Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sun 19th 16:00 17:30 Sat 18th 14:00 16:00 OK EE P BO FR OK EE BO FR Rambling House Introduction to Digital Photography This event will re-enact the olden days before TV, tall This workshop will help you move away from auto mode, stories will be told, songs will be sung and the local news providing tips and tricks through practical examples. exchanged. Audience participation would have happened Participants should bring their own digital camera for at the time. photographing in Rothe House gardens Venue: Parish Hall, Paulstown, Co. Kilkenny Venue: Rothe House Gardens Organiser: Majella Prendergast/Breda McHugh Organiser: Rothe House and Gardens Email: [email protected] Admission: Adult €2.00 Telephone: 0868473788/0863543539 Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0567722893 Date Start Time End Time th Website: rothehouse.com Mon 20 10:00 12:00 Tue 21st 10:00 12:00 Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 10:00 12:00 Sat 18th 15:30 16:30 Thu 23rd 10:00 12:00 Fri 24th 10:00 12:00

An American Wake EE P FR This is to re-enact the Emigration of the thousands of Irish People that were forced to emigrate during the Famine. It will have storytelling, music,dance plenty of entertainment for young and old. Guided Tours Venue: Killure Lodge,Goresbridge Join our experienced staff for a guided tour of Kilkenny Castle Organiser: Majella and Michael Prendergast and discover the magnificent victorian stately home of the Admission: Adult €5.00, Child FREE, Concession: €5.00, Bulter family. Family: €10.00 Venue: Kilkenny Castle Email: [email protected] Organiser: OPW-Kilkenny Castle Telephone: 086 8141967 Admission: Adult €8, Child €4, Concession €6, Family€2 Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Telephone: 0567704105 th Sat 18 19:15 22:45 Website: kilkennycastle.ie/

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Date Start Time End Time rest in the graveyard and meaning of the symbols that adorn th Mon 20 10:00 10:45 their ornate tombs. st Tue 21 10:00 10:45 Venue: St Canice’s Cathedral nd Wed 22 10:00 10:45 Organiser: St Canice’s Cathedral rd Thu 23 10:00 10:45 Email: [email protected] th Fri 24 10:00 10:45 Telephone: 0567764971

OK Website: stcanicescathedral.ie BO Date Start Time End Time Sketching in the Gallery Mon 20th 18:00 19:00

Kilkenny Castle is opening the magnificent Picture Gallery OK EE BO FR free of charge to artists who wish to sketch paintings from the Ormonde Picture Collection. Venue: Kilkenny Castle Free Guided Tour Organiser: OPW-Kilkenny Castle A Free Guided Tour of St Canice’s Cathedral. Email: [email protected] Venue: St Canice’s Cathedral Telephone: 0567704105 Organiser: St Canice’s Cathedral Website: kilkennycastle.ie/ Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0567764971 Date Start Time End Time Website: stcanicecathedral.ie Mon 20th 15:00 17:00 Tue 21st 15:00 17:00 Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 15:00 17:00 Mon 20th 09:00 10:00 Thu 23rd 15:00 17:00 OK EE BO FR Fri 24th 15:00 17:00

OK EE BO FR Seven Soldiers, 7 stories, 7 PM. Seven stories over five evenings re-remembering the lives Bowen and the Big House of seven soldiers and nurses lost in the great war over 100 This talk will focus on how Elizabeth Bowen, one of the years ago. most prolific Anglo-Irish writers, portrayed the detachment & Venue: Kilkennys Great war memorial increasing irrelevance of her social class whithin the comfort Organiser: Larry Scallan of the Big House. Email: [email protected] Venue: Kilkenny Castle - Tapestry Room Telephone: 0873875753 Organiser: OPW - Kilkenny Castle Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0567704105 Date Start Time End Time th Website: kilkennycastle.ie/ Mon 20 19:00 19:30 Tue 21st 19:00 19:30 Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 19:00 19:30 Mon 20th 16:00 16:45 Thu 23rd 19:00 19:30 Fri 24th 19:00 19:30 OK EE BO FR EE FR Graveyard Tour St Canice’s Cathedral Graveyard Tour: Explore the Cathedral’s grounds, discover the stories of the people who

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Past From The Press A Garden Rediscovered National Library of Ireland Touring Exhibition: “Past From In Conversation with Rothe House Head Gardener Mary The Press”. Pyke about the history of the site, key features, horticultural Venue: Loughboy Library practices and some interesting thriving specimens. Organiser: Kilkenny County Library Venue: Rothe House Gardens Email: [email protected] Organiser: Rothe House and Garden Telephone: 0567794176 Email: [email protected]

KILKENN Y CILL CHAINNIGH Website: kilkennylibrary.ie Telephone: 0567722893 Website: rothehouse.com Date Start Time End Time Tue 21st 10:00 17:00 Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 10:00 17:00 Tue 21st 12:00 13:00 Thu 23rd 10:00 17:00 EE FR Fri 24th 10:00 17:00

EE P FR Children’s Craft Workshop Children’s Craft Workshop at St Canice’s Cathedral: Tour of the Deerpark Colliery Connecting children with our Cathedral’s history through story Castlecomer Discovery Park commemorates its mining legacy and historical craft. with a tour of the Deerpark Colliery. Enjoy this fascinating Venue: St Canice’s Cathedral guided tour of the former Deerpark Colliery site with ex-miner Organiser: St Canice’s Cathedral Seamus Walsh. Admission: Concession €5 Venue: Castlecomer Discovery Park Visitor Centre Email: [email protected] Organiser: Castlecomer Discovery Park Telephone: 0567764971 Email: [email protected] Website: stcanicecathedral.ie Telephone: 0564440707 Website: discoverypark.ie Date Start Time End Time Tue 21st 11:00 15:00 Date Start Time End Time OK BO Tue 21st 10:30 12:30

EE P FR The Suffrage Movement in Ireland This talk will cover the campaign of the early suffragists Family Research Sources Online from 1870s-1918, including the militant campaign of Irish A guide to free Genealogical sources available in Ireland. Women’s Franchise League;the suffragist journal and the Venue: Loughboy Library movement during 1913-1918 Organiser: Kilkenny County Library Venue: City Library, John’s Quay Email: [email protected] Organiser: Kilkenny Library Service Telephone: 0567794176 Email: [email protected] Website: kilkennylibrary.ie Telephone: 0567794174 Website: kilkennylibrary.ie Date Start Time End Time Tue 21st 11:30 13:00 Date Start Time End Time Tue 21st 13:15 14:00 EE P FR EE P FR

190 SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN FULL WHEELCHAIR ACCESS PARTIAL WHEELCHAIR ACCESS PERFORMANCE OR RE-ENACTMENT TALK OPEN HISTORIC PROPERTY FESTIVAL KILKENN Y CILL CHAINNIGH Life In Rothe House - Guided Tour Date Start Time End Time st Come on a guided tour of Rothe House, discover how the Tue 21 19:00 19:45 family and their twelve children lived in their 17th Century EE P FR merchant’s townhouse Garden, a recreation of the Rothe family Tudor garden. Venue: Rothe House An Irish Hero Hung in Malta Organiser: Rothe House and Garden Irish man ,Thomas Mac Sweeney hung in Malta in 1847 by Admission: Adult €2.00, Child €1.00 the British as a warning to the Maltise , not to object to the Email: [email protected] take over of St Johns Cathedral for Anglican Worship. Telephone: 0567722893 Venue: Kcat Center Mill lane Callan Website: rothehouse.com Organiser: Callan Heritage Society Callan co Kilkenny Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Telephone: 0567725309 Tue 21st 14:30 15:15 Wed 22nd 14:30 15:15 Date Start Time End Time Thu 23rd 14:30 15:15 Tue 21st 20:00 21:30 Fri 24th 14:30 15:15 EE FR Sat 25th 14:30 15:15 P

Hands - Irish Craft Film Screening Hands films are a unique series of 37 documentaries Hands - Irish Craft Film Screening capturing on film the final years of traditional rural & urban Hands films are a unique series of 37 documentaries life. They were originally produced for RTE during the 70’s capturing on film the final years of traditional rural & urban and 80’s. life. They were originally produced for RTE during the 70’s Venue: Castlecomer Library & 80’s. Organiser: Kilkenny Library Service Venue: Graiguenamanagh Library Email: [email protected] Organiser: Kilkenny Library Service Telephone: 056 4440561 Email: [email protected] Website: kilkennylibrary.ie Telephone: 0596 7794178 Website: kilkennylibrary.ie Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 11:00 12:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR Tue 21st 14:30 15:15 P

EE P FR The Tale of Hubert Walter Peter Kenny, OPW, will discuss the neglected figure of Hubert The Suffrage Movement in Ireland Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury and the establishment of This talk will cover organized action by suffragists that his legacy within the Butler family history. developed from the 1870s,campaign of the early suffragists; Venue: Kilkenny Castle - Tapestry Room the militant campaign of Irish Women’s Franchise League & Organiser: OPW - Kilkenny Castle movement during 1913-1918 Email: [email protected] Venue: Castlecomer Library Telephone: 0567704105 Organiser: Kilkenny Library Service Website: kilkennycastle.ie/ Email: [email protected] Telephone: 056 4440561 Date Start Time End Time nd Website: kilkennylibrary.ie Wed 22 16:00 16:45

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EE FR Hands - Irish Craft Film Screening Hands films are a unique series of 37 documentaries capturing on film the final years of traditional rural & urban Digitising Graveyard Inscriptions life. They were originally produced for RTE during the 70’s Digitising Graveyard Inscription records with Anne-Karoline

KILKENN Y CILL CHAINNIGH & 80’s. Distel.Anne will give a brief introduction to putting archival Venue: Thomastown Library records online; steps included documenting, digitizing & Organiser: Kilkenny Library Service editing the records. Email: [email protected] Venue: City Library, John’s Quay Telephone: 056 7794331 Organiser: Kilkenny Library Service Website: kilkennylibrary.ie Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0567794174 Date Start Time End Time Website: kilkennylibrary.ie Wed 22nd 18:30 19:30 Date Start Time End Time EE FR P Thu 23rd 12:30 14:30

EE P FR Patrick Street Conducted Tour Guiding walking tour along Patrick’s Street, led by Ms Maura Kenealy, knowledgeable resident. Petticoat Politics Venue: The Horse Trough, The Parade/Rose Inn Street The talk will focus on the role of the women in the Junction, Kilkenny City development of Kilkenny Castle and the extent of their Organiser: Kilkenny Archaeological Society involvement in managing the household and estates. Email: [email protected] Venue: Kilkenny Castle - Tapestry Room Telephone: 056 77 22 893 or 087 24 11 9 55 Organiser: OPW - Kilkenny Castle Website: kilkennyarchaeologicalsociety.ie Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0567704105 Date Start Time End Time Website: kilkennycastle.ie/ Wed 22nd 19:00 20:30 Date Start Time End Time EE FR P Thu 23rd 16:00 16:45

OK EE BO FR Lá na mBan Women of 1918 KAS Library has a ledger with signatures of 1015 women who marched in Kilkenny on Lá na mBan 1918, and signed The Grail - The Legend an anti-conscription pledge. A project launched in June will Join us for an evening reading where Author Robert Barry will be displayed in the Library. describe how his book came into being, Robert found and Venue: The Library (KAS), Rothe House, Parliament Street, used the Holy Grail, the most sought after artefact of the last Kilkenny two millennia. Organiser: Kilkenny Archaeological Society (KAS) Venue: Rothe House Email: [email protected] Organiser: Rothe House Trust Telephone: 0567722893 Email: [email protected] Website: kilkennyarchaeologicalsociety.ie Telephone: 0567722893 Website: rothehouse.com

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Bug Hotels for Children From Kilkenny City to Washington DC A workshop on Insect Hotels for families with Lineke Smith. Denis Bergin will discuss the amazing connections between Venue: Graiguenamanagh Library The Marble City and the early U.S. Republic, focusing on the Organiser: Kilkenny County Library career of Jame Hoban, the Kilkenny-born designer & builder Email: [email protected] of the White House. Telephone: 0567794178 Venue: Kilkenny Castle - The Parade Tower Website: kilkennylibrary.ie Organiser: OPW-Kilkenny Castle Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Telephone: 0567704105 th Fri 24 11:30 13:00 Website: kilkennycastle.ie/

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Family Research Sources Online EE FR A guide to free Genealogical sources available in Ireland Sources covered include the National Archives, National Library of Ireland, Askaboutireland and Irish Genealogy Graiguenamanagh Town of Books Venue: Ferrybank Library Join us for a weekend full of books and booksellers. Discover Organiser: Kilkenny Library Service thousands of bargains rare & specialist second hand books Email: [email protected] from booksellers all over Ireland and UK. Telephone: 051897200 Venue: various venues throughout Graiguenamanagh Website: kilkennylibrary.ie Organiser: Graiguenamanagh Festivals Committee Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Telephone: 087 9270624 th Fri 24 11:30 13:00 Website: graiguenamanaghtownofbooks.ie

OK EE BO FR P Date Start Time End Time Fri 24th 14:00 18:00 Eanna + Wildlife on the Barrow Sat 25th 10:00 18:00 th Eanna explores wildlife along the River Barrow. No Sun 26 10:00 18:00 plant, bird, tree or flying insect will escape her detection. EE P FR Participants will be regaled by their life and times. #FamilyFun Venue: Outdoor Activities Hub, Pitch N Putt Area, Graiguenamanagh Trees In The Irish Landcape Organiser: Eanna Ní Lamhna and Waters and Communities Come along to listen to a fascinating talk by Teagasc Forestry Office Advisor Michael Somers on the importance of trees in the Irish Email: [email protected] landscape. Telephone: 0858084067 Venue: Rothe House Gardens Website: watersandcommunities.ie Organiser: Rothe House Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0567722893

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Website: rothehouse.com Telephone: 056 7726894 Website: heritageireland.ie Date Start Time End Time Fri 24th 16:00 17:15 Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 13:00 14:00 EE FR EE P FR

KILKENN Y CILL CHAINNIGH Friggers Alley — Book Launch Friggers Alley is a collection of stories,songs and poems St Mary’s Church, Gowran OPW of Freshford compiled by Ned Kennedy. Preceding the After enjoying the wonderful lunchtime concert get a book launch,a lecture will be delivered, titled A History of keepsake of your visit to St Mary’s written in the ancient Entertainment in Freshford Ogham alphabet. Venue: St Lachtain’s Church of Ireland, Freshford, Co, Venue: St Mary’s Church, Gowran Kilkenny. Organiser: Ogham Workshop Organiser: St Lachtain’s Church of Ireland Freshford Co, Email: [email protected] Kilkenny. Ned Kennedy, Author of Friggers Alley and Acorn Telephone: 056 7726894 Club Freshford. Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time th Telephone: 0868072040 0876789239 Sat 25 14:00 15:00

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EE Free Admission to Kilkenny Castle P FR Discover the ancestral home of the Butler family with a free self-guided visit of the magnificent victorian period rooms of Johnstown Stories 1918-1923 Kilkenny Castle. Capt. Larry Scallan captures the History & Heritage of the Venue: Kilkenny Castle local area during the turbulent years of WW1, War of Organiser: OPW - Kilkenny Castle Independence and the Civil War including stories of some of Email: [email protected] the men and women involved. Telephone: 0567704105 Venue: ST. Kieran’s Community Centre, Johnstown Website: kilkennycastle.ie/ Organiser: Johnstown Heritage Group Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time th Telephone: 0863272288 Sun 26 09:00 17:00

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EE Stories of the River Nore P FR A guided walk of Industrial and Natural Heritage along the River Nore. Enjoy stories of Grennan Mill and the Lunchtime Concert Railway Viaduct. Visit an nationally important site of the now Relax and enjoy a lunchtime performance by St Patrick’s endangered Meadow Saffron. Brass & Reed Band in the beautiful setting of St Mary’s Venue: Meet at the Ollie Walsh Statue, Mill Street, medieval church. Thomastown Venue: St Mary’s Church, Gowran Organiser: Thomastown Community Network Organiser: St Mary’s Church, Gowran OPW Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 087 2996540

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Website: thomastowncommunitynetwork.com Telephone: 0567704105 Website: kilkennycastle.ie/ Date Start Time End Time Sun 26th 11:00 13:00 Date Start Time End Time Sun 26th 14:45 16:30 EE P FR OK EE BO FR Care of Collections Fine Art Conservator Siobhan Conyngham will present a The Prodigal Daughter talk on ‘Care of Collections’. Conygham has over 30 years Written by Francis Sheehy-Skeffington in 1914, this comic experience and will share tips on best practice in the care of play tells the story of an Irish suffragette who campaigns art and collections. for women’s right to vote against the objections of her Venue: Butler Gallery, Kilkenny Castle conservative family. Organiser: Butler Gallery Venue: Pearse Museum Email: [email protected] Organiser: Pearse Museum / St. Enda’s Park Telephone: 056-776-1106 Email: [email protected] Website: butlergallery.com Telephone: 01 4934208 Website: pearsemuseum.ie Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 12:00 13:00 Date Start Time End Time Sun 26th 15:00 16:30 OK EE BO FR OK EE BO FR Lady Elizabeth Butler Siobhan Conyngham will give and illustrated talk about the Launch of Inistioge Heritage Trail conservation of this portrait. Elizabeth a noted 17th century With support form the Heritage Office, Kilkenny County beauty and became one of the “Beauties of the Court of King Council, we have commissioned a graphic artist to present Charles II”. the story of the village. Local historians have provided the text Venue: Parade Tower, Kilkenny Castle of the guide. Organiser: Kilkenny Castle OPW Venue: Cois Abhann Centre, Inistioge Email: [email protected] Organiser: Inistioge Tidy Towns Telephone: 0567704100 Email: [email protected] Website: kilkennycastle.ie Website: inistioge.ie/

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Secret Tricks of Master Painters The House of Ormond and Inistioge Learn how to draw like an old master with the help of your Launch of ‘The Chief Butlers of Ireland and the House of smart phone. A unique drawing class for all levels where Ormond’, the story of one of the most influential and powerful we will show you a shortcut to drawing like the great artists families in Irish history, by local historian John Kirwan. of old. Venue: Cois Abhann Centre, Inistioge Venue: Kilkenny Castle - The Parade Tower Organiser: Inistioge Tidy Towns Organiser: OPW-Kilkenny Castle Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: inistioge.ie/

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LAOIS Laois Monastic Trail Audio Guide Follow in the footsteps of Ireland’s ancient saints along the Laois Monastic Trail. Simply visit our website to access your free audio guide. House tours Venue: Your self-guided tour begins at Abbey, Venue: KILKENN Y CILL CHAINNIGH LAOIS Stradbally Hall Aghaboe, . Organiser: Thomas Cosby Organiser: Abarta Heritage Admission: Adult €10, Child FREE, Concession €10, Email: [email protected] Family €20 Website: abartaheritage.ie/product/laois-monastic-trail- Email: [email protected] audio-guide/ Telephone: 00353868519272 EE FR Website: stradballyhall.ie P

Date Start Time End Time Rock of Free Audio Guide th Sat 18 09:00 13:00 Free audio guide to the Rock of Dunamase, an atmospheric th Sun 26 09:00 13:00 fortress built high over the lowlands of County Laois. Simply visit our website to access your free audio guide. P Venue: Your self-guided tour begins at The Rock of Dunamase, which is off the N80 between Portlaoise and Abbeyleix Heritage Free Audio Guide Stradbally. Free self-guided audio tour to Abbeyleix, one of Ireland’s Organiser: Abarta Heritage finest heritage towns. Abbeyleix is a beautiful example of a Email: [email protected] planned estate town. Simply visit our website to access your Website: abartaheritage.ie/product/rock-of-dunamase- free audio guide. audio-guide/ Venue: Your self-guided tour begins at Abbeyleix Heritage EE FR Centre, Abbeyleix P Organiser: Abarta Heritage Email: [email protected] Website: abartaheritage.ie/product/abbeyleix-heritage- Photography Portarlington Buildings town-audio-guide/ A collaboration from three community groups in the town to showcase the built heritage of Portarlington. This exhibition EE FR P will include photographed building with a historical fact included. Laois Heritage Free Audio Guide Venue: Portarlington Library Free* self-guided audio tour helping you to discover the rich Organiser: Lea Castle Conservation heritage of Laois. Simply visit our website to access your free Email: [email protected] audio guide. *entry fee to some sites may still apply. Website: leacastle.ie Venue: Your self-guided tour begins at Donaghmore Famine Workhouse & Agricultural Museum, Donaghmore, County Date Start Time End Time th Laois Sat 18 10:00 13:00 st Organiser: Abarta Heritage Tue 21 10:00 17:30

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EE Bat Walk, with Kildare Bat Group P FR See and hear the bats of Timahoe, using bat detectors, and learn about how they live and why they re important, from Nostalgia Irish Coins, Measurements Kildare Bat Group. Exhibition of Irish coinage & measuring systems from Venue: The Green, Timahoe foundation of to introduction of the Euro Organiser: Laois Heritage Office Venue: Mountmellick Public Library Email: [email protected] Organiser: Mountmellick Heritage Society Telephone: 057-866 4129 Email: [email protected] Website: laois.ie/heritage Telephone: 0578644299 Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 20:30 22:00 Sat 18th 10:00 14:00 EE FR Tue 21st 10:00 13:00 P Tue 21st 14:00 17:30 Wed 22nd 10:00 13:00 Free Tours with Guides in Costume nd Wed 22 14:00 17:30 Come join us for free tours of with Guides in rd Thu 23 10:00 13:00 Historical Costume rd Thu 23 14:00 17:30 Venue: Emo Court th Fri 24 10:00 13:00 Organiser: Office of Public Works th Fri 24 14:00 17:00 Email: [email protected] th Sun 26 14:00 14:00 Telephone: 057 8626573

EE Website: heritageireland.ie P FR Date Start Time End Time In Search of the Pine Marten Sun 19th 10:00 17:00 th Once common throughout Ireland, the pine marten is now Sun 26 10:00 17:00 considered one of the rarest animals in Ireland. At exhibition EE P FR of photographs by Paul Lalor Venue: The Forum Mountmellick Organiser: Mountmellick Heritage Society Family Nature Walk Email: [email protected] A family nature walk & talk in Garryhinch Woods between Telephone: 0578644299 Portarlington and Mountmellick. Led by the volunteers of the Badger Club of the Irish Wildlife Trust (Laois/Offaly). All Date Start Time End Time welcome. th Sat 18 14:00 17:00 Venue: Garryhinch Woods th Sun 19 14:00 17:00 Organiser: Irish Wildlife Trust (Laois/Offaly Branch) th Mon 20 14:00 17:00 Email: [email protected] Tue 21st 14:00 17:00 Wed 22nd 14:00 17:00 Date Start Time End Time Thu 23rd 14:00 17:00 Sun 19th 11:00 13:00 Fri 24th 14:00 17:00 EE FR Sat 25th 14:00 17:00 P

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Beekeeping Demonstration Abbeyleix Estate Open Day 2018 Demonstration on beekeeping Abbeyleix Estate (Formerly De Vesci Estate) is open to the Venue: Emo Court public by Abbeyleix & Portlaoise District Lions Club by kind

LAOIS Organiser: Office of Public Works/ Dunamaise Beekeepers permission of Sir David Davies. Email: [email protected] Venue: Abbeyleix Estate Telephone: 086 8107916 Organiser: Abbeyleix & Portlaoise District Lions Club Website: heritageireland.ie Admission: Adult €5, Child FREE

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Industrial Steam and Vintage Trains Story of Mountmellick Embroidery Enjoy a 1km train trip around the woodlands of Stradbally The Story of Mountmellick Embroidery told by Master Hall. Why not enjoy a picnic before or after the trip. Our Practitioners of the craft. On Wednesday 22nd there will collection of industrial diesel locomotives and wagons will be be a workshop starting at 2pm. Booking is required for this on display also. workshop. Venue: Stradbally Woodland Railway, Stradbally Hall, Main Venue: Mountmellick Embroidery Museum St Stradbally Organiser: Mountmellick Embroidery Museum Organiser: Stradbally Woodland Railway Email: [email protected] Admission: Adult: €7, Child: €0, Concession: €5, Family: Telephone: 057 8624525 €18 Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time th Website: stradballyrailway.webs.com Sun 19 14:00 16:30 Mon 20th 09:30 16:30 Date Start Time End Time Tue 21st 09:30 16:30 Sun 19th 12:00 16:00 Wed 22nd 09:30 16:30 Thu 23rd 09:30 16:30 P Fri 24th 09:30 16:30 Sat 25th 11:00 16:30

Emo Court Nature Walk EE P FR For Heritage Week take a walk on the wild side at Emo Court. Children must be accompanied by an adult. This event is FREE. Meet at the carpark in Emo Court. Dress for the Historic Portlaoise Tour weather! A walk through the secret history of Portlaoise, with Michael Venue: Emo Court car park Parsons, Chair of the Heritage Council. Organiser: Laois Outdoor Education Venue: Outside County Hall, Portlaoise Email: [email protected] Organiser: Laois Heritage Society Telephone: 0877741846 Email: [email protected] Website: laoisoutdooreducation.ie Telephone: 057-8664129 Website: laoisheritagesociety.org Date Start Time End Time Sun 19th 13:00 13:30 Date Start Time End Time Sun 19th 15:00 17:00 EE P FR EE P FR

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The Heath - Prehistoric Connections - exploring nature through games, crafts and reflective A walking tour with an archaeologist on the Heath, practice. Limited spaces. Please email for booking form. Portlaoise. Start to spot the humps and bumps and learn Venue: Emo Park Woods about what they can tell us about our past in a prehistoric Organiser: Reconnect with Nature Europe? Email: [email protected] Venue: Heath, Portlaoise (meet at Heath National School) Website: reconnectwithnatureirl.com Organiser: Eoin Sullivan (Gort Archaeology) Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time th Telephone: 087 2494596 Mon 20 18:30 20:30

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EE Historic Maps of Mountmellick P FR Talk on the historic maps of Mountmellick and area, by Dr Arnold Horner, who has been researching the maps of Laois, Launch of Timahoe Conservation Plan and writing a book on Laois Historic Maps, due out later this Launch of Conservation Plan for the Monastic site at Timahoe, year. written by Margaret Quinlan Conservation Architect in Venue: Mountmellick Library partnership with Timahoe Development Association Organiser: Laois Heritage Office Venue: Timahoe Heritage Centre Email: [email protected] Organiser: Laois Heritage Office Telephone: 057-8664129 Email: [email protected] Website: laois.ie/heritage Telephone: 057-866 4129 Website: laois.ie/heritage Date Start Time End Time Mon 20th 19:30 21:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR Sun 19th 19:00 20:00 P

EE P FR Young Yarns with Michael Creagh Join storyteller, Michael Creagh, for a night of music, poetry Forest Fun for Families and storytelling by local young people on the theme of ‘My Forest school inspired fun for families: games, crafts and Home Place.’ activities exploring nature together. Aimed at families with Venue: Rathdowney Library children aged 5-12, but all ages welcome. Spaces limited. Organiser: Rathdowney Library Booking required. Telephone: 050546852 Venue: Emo Park Woods Website: laois.ie/departments/libraries/ Organiser: Reconnect with Nature Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time th Website: reconnectwithnatureirl.com Mon 20 20:00 22:15

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OK EE Projects and Photographs. P BO FR Local projects and old local Photographs will be on display for the whole week during the Library’s opening hours, call Women in the Woods in and enjoy . An evening of nature connection activities for women Venue: Mountrath Library

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Organiser: Mountrath Library Historical Society. Date Start Time End Time st Telephone: 0578756378 Tue 21 11:00 12:30

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st Tue 21 10:00 17:00 Fri 24th 10:00 17:00 Straw Craft for Adults

EE This workshop with Melanie Lorien combines hands on straw P FR craft making with an exploration of the traditions and folklore associated with the harvest. Genealogy Clinic in the Library Venue: Portlaoise Library Would you like to do your family tree but don’t know where Organiser: Portlaoise Library to start? Have you started your family tree but need helping Email: [email protected] moving forward with your research? If so, the Genealogy Telephone: 0578622333 Clinic could be for you. Website: laois.ie/departments/libraries/ Venue: Mountmellick Library Organiser: Mountmellick Library Date Start Time End Time st Email: [email protected] Tue 21 11:00 14:00

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Date Start Time End Time Irish History Live st Tue 21 10:00 17:00 Michael Moylan brings history to life with costumes and

OK EE artifacts of historic periods. P BO FR Venue: Mountmellick Library Organiser: Mountmellick Library Naturally Wild with Dale Treadwell Email: [email protected] Dale Treadwell reads from his books ‘Harry the Hedgehog’ Telephone: 0578644572 and ‘Robby the Robin’ and explores lots of Irish wildlife. You Website: laois.ie/departments/libraries/ might even meet some in person! Venue: Portarlington Library Date Start Time End Time st Organiser: Portarlington Library Tue 21 11:00 12:00

Email: [email protected] OK EE P BO FR Telephone: 0578643751 Website: laois.ie/departments/libraries/ Naturally Wild with Dale Treadwell Date Start Time End Time Dale Treadwell reads from his books ‘Harry the Hedgehog’ st Tue 21 10:00 11:00 and ‘Robby the Robin’ and explores lots of Irish wildlife. You

OK EE might even meet some in person! P BO FR Venue: Mountmellick Library Organiser: Mountmellick Library Family Nature Walk Email: [email protected] Family nature around the estate and surrounding area. Telephone: 0578644572 Venue: The Park/ Kilnlane Lane Website: laois.ie/departments/libraries/ Organiser: Kiln Lane Residents Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time st Telephone: 0831467257 Tue 21 12:00 13:00

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OK EE P BO FR The Dipper, in its Natural Habitat. To observe the birds in their natural habitat along the river and check for ringed birds at their roost. Irish History Live Venue: Castletown Bridge Michael Moylan brings history to life with costumes and Organiser: Birdwatch Ireland ( Laois Branch) artifacts of historic periods. Email: [email protected] Venue: Portarlington Library Telephone: 086 2291637 Organiser: Portarlington Library Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time st Telephone: 0578643751 Tue 21 19:30 21:30

Website: laois.ie/departments/libraries/ EE P FR Date Start Time End Time Tue 21st 11:00 12:00 Talk on Glenabarrow by Tom Joyce

OK EE Join local artist Tom Joyce for a talk on Glenbarrow, a source P BO FR of inspiration for much of his artwork. Venue: Mountmellick Library Naturally Wild with Dale Treadwell Organiser: Mountmellick Library Dale Treadwell reads from his books ‘Harry the Hedgehog’ Email: [email protected] and ‘Robby the Robin’ and explores lots of Irish wildlife. You Telephone: 0578644572 might even meet some in person! Website: laois.ie/departments/libraries/ Venue: Abbeyleix Library Organiser: Abbeyleix Library Date Start Time End Time st Email: [email protected] Tue 21 19:30 20:30

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Date Start Time End Time Violence, Ridicule and Silence st Tue 21 15:00 16:00 Violence, ridicule and silence: the archives of women’s votes,

OK EE 1918-2018: Exploration of the archives & records that allow P BO FR understanding of this critical period in our history. Venue: Midlands Park Hotel, Portlaoise Irish History Live Organiser: Laois Heritage Society Michael Moylan brings history to life with costumes and Email: [email protected] artifacts of the historic periods. Telephone: 0860 - 437656 Venue: Stradbally Library Website: laoisheritagesociety.org/ Organiser: Stradbally Library Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time st Telephone: 0578641673 Tue 21 20:00 21:30

Website: laois.ie/departments/libraries/ EE P FR Date Start Time End Time Tue 21st 17:30 18:30 County Laois Swift Survey 2018

OK EE Join BirdWatch Ireland to hear the preliminary results of the P BO FR 2018 County Laois Swift Survey and options for protecting Swift populations into the future. Venue: Portlaoise Parish Centre

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Organiser: BirdWatch Ireland Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0578756378 Telephone: 05791 51676 Website: laois.ie/departments/libraries/

LAOIS Website: birdwatchireland.ie Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 10:30 12:30 Thu 23rd 20:00 21:00 OK EE P BO FR EE P FR Tenakill House Restoration Project The Wolfhill Coalmine Project View the first phase of the restoration work which has been Wolfhill miners and their way of life. A collaborative mixed- successfully completed on Tenakill House. Bring your children media exhibition preserving the memories and stories of and grandchildren or come along on your own, all welcome. Wolfhill miners and their way of life. Venue: Tenakill, Raheen Venue: Dunamaise Arts Centre Organiser: Lalor House Restoration Project Organiser: Dunamaise Arts Centre Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 087 9614235 Telephone: 057 8663355 Website: dunamaise.ie Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 11:00 17:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR Wed 22nd 07:00 21:00 P

EE P FR Irish History Live Michael Moylan brings history to life with costumes and Genealogy Clinic in the Library artifacts of the historic periods. Would you like to do your family tree but don’t know where Venue: Abbeyleix Library to start? Have you started your family tree but need helping Organiser: Abbeyleix Library moving forward with your research? If so, the Genealogy Email: [email protected] Clinic could be for you. Telephone: 0578730020 Venue: Portlaoise Library Website: laois.ie/departments/libraries/ Organiser: Portlaoise Library Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time nd Telephone: 0578622333 Wed 22 11:00 12:00

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OK EE Melanie Lorien will provide a hands-on workshop on straw P BO FR craft, helping children to make a good luck charm and a gift for someone special. Straw Craft for Children Venue: Mountmellick Library Join Melanie Lorien will for a hands-on workshop on straw Organiser: Mountmellick Library craft, helping children to make a good luck charm and a gift Email: [email protected] for someone special. Telephone: 0578644572 Venue: Mountrath Library Website: laois.ie/departments/libraries/ Organiser: Mountrath Library

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Tour of Landlord’s Georgian House Irish History Live The house built by Landlord Edward Randal Skeffington-Smith Michael Moylan brings history to life with costumes and in 1820 has an front hall with beautiful moulded ceilings, artifacts of the historic periods. supported with columns of imitation marble and Portland flag Venue: Rathdowney Library floors. Organiser: Rathdowney Library Venue: Mount St. Anne’s, Killenard, Portarlington, Co. Laois Email: [email protected] R32WN59 Telephone: 050546852 Organiser: Elizabeth Maxwell Website: laois.ie/departments/libraries/ Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0578626153 Date Start Time End Time Website: mountstannes.com Wed 22nd 15:00 16:00 Date Start Time End Time OK EE BO FR P Thu 23rd 10:00 16:00

OK EE P BO FR ‘’ Gerard Hanberry introduces the great Irish love songs and the women who inspired them. Irish History Live Venue: Portlaoise Library Michael Moylan brings history to life with costumes and Organiser: Portlaoise Library artifacts of the historic periods. Email: [email protected] Venue: Mountrath Library Telephone: 0578622333 Organiser: Mountrath Library Website: laois.ie/departments/libraries/ Telephone: 0578756378 Website: laois.ie/departments/libraries/ Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 18:30 19:30 Date Start Time End Time Tue 21st 14:00 15:00 EE P FR OK EE P BO FR

Sharing our Story of Dance Sharing our story of dance and connecting Irish set dancers Irish History Live with a group of 20 set dancers from Provence, France. Dance Michael Moylan brings history to life with costumes and instruction by Maureen Culleton each day. artifacts of the historic periods. Venue: An Sean Chistin, Irey, Ballyfin Venue: Portlaoise Library Organiser: Maureen Culleton Organiser: Portlaoise Library Admission: Adult: €10 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0578622333 Telephone: 087- 648 2038 Website: laois.ie/departments/libraries/

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Tales of a Small Estate Powell a leading author will give a presentation on the night. Join Dominic and Alison for an informal talk about the people Venue: Portarlington Library and stories of Castlewood through the ages while enjoying a Organiser: Lea Castle Conservation

LAOIS stroll around the picturesque farm. Email: [email protected] Venue: Castlewood Farmshop, Durrow, Co Laois Website: leacastle.ie Organiser: Dominic Leonard Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time rd Telephone: 0879694070 Thu 23 20:00 21:00

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Date Start Time End Time Thu 23rd 15:00 17:00 A Talk on Rathdaire House

EE An architectural and historic appraisal of Rathadair House in P FR Co. Laois by Mairtin D’Alton Venue: Midlands Park Hotel Portlaoise The DNA Atlas of Ireland Organiser: Laois Heritage Society Talk by Edmund Gilbert on the DNA Atlas of Ireland, a Email: [email protected] collaborative study of the historic DNA of the Irish population Telephone: 0862102397 by the RCSI and the Genealogical Society of Ireland. Venue: Portlaoise Library Date Start Time End Time rd Organiser: Portlaoise Library Thu 23 20:00 21:30

Email: [email protected] EE P FR Telephone: 0578622333 Website: laois.ie/departments/libraries/ In Search of the Pine Marten Date Start Time End Time The pine marten was once common throughout Ireland rd Thu 23 18:30 20:00 but is now considered one of the rarest animals in Ireland.

EE An exhibition of photographs by Paul Lalor. Viewing from P FR 7.30pm Venue: The Forum Mountmellick Stradbally Hall in the 18th Century Organiser: Mountmellick Heritage Society The 18th Century landscape of Stradbally Hall, the Cosby Email: [email protected] Family Estate. A talk by Clair McDonald on her recent study Telephone: 0578644299 Venue: Stradbally Library Organiser: Stradbally Library Date Start Time End Time rd Email: [email protected] Thu 23 19:00 21:00

Telephone: 057 8641673 EE FR Website: laois.ie/departments/libraries/

Date Start Time End Time Bulfin Heritage Cycle Rally 2018 rd Thu 23 19:00 20:00 Our cycling event in 2018 will focus in its entirety on the rich

EE heritage of County Laois, with a view to creating a lasting P FR experience of the living culture and hidden heritage of our county. Lea Castle Conservation Update Venue: Durrow The Lea Castle Conservation Project Working Group are Organiser: Irish Country Roads & Culture Trails delighted to give a public update on the work, John Stocks Admission: Adult: €120

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Email: [email protected] Venue: Clanmalire House Ballybrittas Telephone: 086 8694691 Organiser: Lea Castle Conservation Website: bulfinheritagecycle.com Admission: Adult €25.00 Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Website: leacastle.ie Fri 24th 10:00 23:45 Sat 24th 10:00 23:45 Date Start Time End Time Fri 24th 20:00 21:00 OK P BO P

Genealogy Clinic in the Library Would you like to do your family tree but don’t know where Clay Days - Earth Building Stories to start? Have you started your family tree but need helping Join us for coffee to share stories, info and images of earth moving forward with your research? If so, the Genealogy building. Did you live in one or build one or know where Clinic could be for you. there are some? We would love to hear your experiences Venue: Abbeyleix Library while sharing ours. Organiser: Abbeyleix Library Venue: Portlaoise Parish Centre, Portlaoise Email: [email protected] Organiser: Earthen Building UK and Ireland (EBUKI) Telephone: 0578730020 Email: [email protected] Website: laois.ie/departments/libraries/ Telephone: 083 108 9420 Website: ebuki.co/ Date Start Time End Time Fri 24th 10:00 13:00 Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 09:00 12:00 OK EE P BO FR EE P FR

Sunset on The Rock of Dunamase Missing all the Heritage Week events with work? Join a Portlaoise Nature Walk sunset guided tour of The Rock of Dunamase. Learn about the Nature walk around Portlaoise taking in the esker, the Old Kings, Knights and nobility who lived on one of the largest Fort and other places of interest. Booking required. Children fortifications in Ireland must be accompanied by an adult at all time. Dress for the Venue: The Rock of Dunamase Irish weather. Organiser: Experiencing Laois Venue: Parish Centre Email: [email protected] Organiser: Laois Outdoor Education Telephone: 087 7923367 Email: [email protected] Website: experiencinglaois.com Telephone: 0877741846 Website: laoisoutdooreducation.ie/ Date Start Time End Time Fri 24th 18:30 19:30 Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 14:00 15:30 EE P FR OK EE P BO FR

Whiskey Tasting Evening Irish Distillers is Ireland’s leading supplier of spirits and “Sin a bhfuil” Tunes and Stories producer of the world’s most well-known and successful Irish 2018 Siansa Gael linn finalists “Sin a bhfuil” return to whiskeys. They will give a talk on the night about some of perform a selection of traditional music and share stories their products. about the tunes in the stunning marble salon at Emo Court

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Venue: Emo Court Organiser: Mountrath Development Association Organiser: Office of Public Works Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 087 7733050

LAOIS Telephone: 057 8626573 Website: heritageireland.ie Date Start Time End Time Sun 26th 14:00 16:30 Date Start Time End Time EE FR Sat 25th 14:00 15:00 P

EE P FR Céilí Mór Sharing our stories with a group of dancers from Provence, all A Return to the Rainbow Gathering are welcome to this Céilí. All dancers welcome, refreshments A family friendly gathering to mark the 25th anniversary will be served. of the European Rainbow Gathering in Ballyhuppahaun, Venue: Community Centre, Ballyfin Rosenallis in the summer of 1993. Organiser: Maureen Culleton Venue: Mountmellick Admission: Adult €10 Organiser: John Whelan Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: (087) 648 2038 Telephone: 0872509663 Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sun 26th 16:00 18:00 Sat 25th 16:00 19:00 P EE P FR

Through My Eyes: Photo Exhibition Farm and Brewery Tour Photography exhibition of local places and faces. Journey Come and hear the stories of Ballykilcavan, which has through the seasons as you take in the work of local been farmed by the Walsh family for 379 years and 13 photographer Dan Fitzpatrick, capturing the character of generations, on a farm tour including a look at the new on- Abbeyleix. farm brewery that will open soon. Venue: Abbeyleix Heritage House Venue: Ballykilcavan, Stradbally, Co. Laois, R32 PY89 Organiser: Abbeyleix Heritage House Organiser: Ballykilcavan Farm Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0578731653 Telephone: 086 3484128 Website: abbeyleixheritage.com Website: ballykilcavan.com Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 09:00 17:00 Sun 26th 14:00 16:00 Tue 21st 09:00 17:00 Wed 22nd 09:00 17:00 EE FR P Thu 23rd 09:00 17:00 Fri 24th 09:00 17:00 ‘Bee Smart’ - Pollinator Party! Sat 25th 09:00 17:00

Buzz over to the Pollinator Party, a celebration the story of the EE P FR life and work of honey bees and wild bees, Activities, honey, games, movies, drama and music. No registration required & FREE! Free Admission Venue: Mountrath Amenity Area Free admission to Abbeyleix Heritage House for Heritage

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Week. Share in the story of Abbeyleix and Co. Laois through Date Start Time End Time rd exhibition and friendly tour guides Thu 23 10:00 11:30 rd Venue: Abbeyleix Heritage House Thu 23 14:00 15:30 Organiser: Abbeyleix Heritage House P Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0578731653 Website: abbeyleixheritage.com Kid’s Shipwreck Dig Sift, search and dig through the sand to discover the history Date Start Time End Time buried beneath our feet!Children aged 6-12 will become th Sat 18 09:00 17:00 archaeologists and excavate a shipwreck site in search of st Tue 21 09:00 17:00 buried treasure! nd Wed 22 09:00 17:00 Venue: Abbeyleix Heritage House rd Thu 23 09:00 17:00 Organiser: Abbeyleix Heritage House th Fri 24 09:00 17:00 Admission: Concession €5 th Sat 25 09:00 17:00 Email: [email protected]

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The Folklore of Co. Laois Date Start Time End Time th Join us and learn more about the folklore of Abbeyleix and Fri 24 10:00 12:00 th Co. Laois as we delve into the National Folklore archive and Fri 24 14:00 15:00 share our findings. P Venue: Abbeyleix Heritage House Organiser: Abbeyleix Heritage House Admission: Adult: €4 Folklore and Fun Day Email: [email protected] Create traditional crafts such as harvest knots, old Irish Telephone: 0578731653 playground games, hear ancient Irish stories and create your Website: abbeyleixheritage.com storyboards at our Folklore and Fun day! Venue: Abbeyleix Heritage House Date Start Time End Time Organiser: Abbeyleix Heritage House st Tue 21 19:30 20:30 Admission: Concession: €5

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Guided Walking Tour of Abbeyleix Date Start Time End Time th A terrace of houses modeled on a Crimean Palace, a pub Sat 25 09:00 17:00

from the 1700s, site of the Titanic carpet factory, over 60 OK P BO historic listed buildings; Abbeyleix has it all! Venue: Abbeyleix Heritage House Organiser: Abbeyleix Heritage House Admission: Adult €4, Child FREE Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0578731653 Website: abbeyleixheritage.com

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Mohill Then & Now

LEITRIM LIATROIM Manorhamilton Castle Launch of ‘Mohill Then & Now’ Photographic Exhibition by Manorhamilton Castle & Coffee Shop open every day in Mohill Photography Club and members of Mohill Community season 9 AM 4 PM Network, Mohill and Local Studies Libraries. Exhibition will Venue: Manorhamilton Castle run until 25 August. Organiser: Manorhamilton Castle Venue: Mohill Library Admission: Adult €5, Child FREE, Family €10 Organiser: Helen Corcoran Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0863855090 Telephone: 07196 31360 Website: leitrimlibraries.ie Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 09:00 16:00 Date Start Time End Time Sun 26th 09:00 16:30 Sat 18th 11:00 12:00

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Lurganboy Scarecrow Treasure Hunt Trip Down Memory Lane On Saturday starting from Lurganboy Chapel of Ease at 3 pm Photographic display of past events over a number of years. there will be a walking scarecrow treasure hunt through the Name the children? Spot the year? It could be you! The village of Lurganboy. There will be a display of memorabilia photographs will be on display all of Heritage Week. and shared stories. Venue: Drumshanbo Library Venue: Lurganboy Chapel of Ease Organiser: Drumshanbo Library Organiser: Lurganboy Chapel of Ease Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0719641258 Website: leitrimlibraries.ie Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 10:00 18:00 Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 11:00 17:00 EE FR P Sat 25th 11:00 17:00

EE P FR Glenview Folk Museum Co Leitrim The Glenview Folk Museum located just outside Ballinamore in Co. Leitrim , are offering free children admission for Lunchtime Recital heritage week ,accompanied by paying adults. The lunchtime organ recital will be played without any sense Venue: Glenview Museum Ballinamore Co Leitrim n41n6v4 of compromise – not because it represents a conglomeration Organiser: Glenview Folk Museum Aghoo Ballinamore Co of styles but because it has its own character, strength and Leitrim musical logic. Admission: Adult €6.00, Child €3.00, Concession FREE Venue: Church of Ireland Manorhamilton Email: [email protected] Organiser: Church of Ireland Telephone: 087 6971901 Email: [email protected] Website: glenviewmuseum.ie Telephone: 083429485

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st Tue 21 10:00 20:00 Scarecrow and memorabilia display Wed 22nd 10:00 17:30 rd Lurganboy Chapel of Ease are having at 3 pm an evening Thu 23 10:00 20:00 th service all very welcome. Refreshments served through out Fri 24 10:00 17:30 th the day you will have a chance to see the many scarecrows Sat 25 10:00 17:00 made through out the village EE P FR Venue: Lurganboy Chapel of Ease Organiser: Lurganboy Chapel of Ease Email: [email protected] Children’s Colouring Competition Colouring Competition for ages up to 12. Colouring sheets Date Start Time End Time available in the library, bring along colouring pencils, th Sun 19 10:00 18:00 markers etc.

EE Venue: Ballinamore Library P FR Organiser: Ballinamore Library, Co. Leitrim Email: [email protected] Cavan Leitrim Railway Photo Telephone: 071 9645566 Exhibition Website: leitrimlibrary.ie An exhibition of photographs of the Cavan Leitrim Narrow Gauge Railway taken by Michael Davies from the early Date Start Time End Time th 1950’s to it’s closure in March 1959. Mon 20 10:30 13:00

Venue: Ballinamore Branch Library EE P FR Organiser: Mary Bohan, Ballinamore Library Email: [email protected] Telephone: 071 9645566 Heritage Craft Workshop for Kids Website: leitrimlibrary.ie Heritage Children’s Craft Workshop : Make and decorate your own Castle with Local Artist Julie Smith. All materials will Date Start Time End Time be provided and the Event is Free to children aged between th Mon 20 10:00 17:30 6 and 10 years. st Tue 21 10:00 20:00 Venue: Carrigallen Library, Main Street, Carrigallen nd Wed 22 10:00 17:30 Organiser: Carrigallen Library rd Thu 23 10:00 20:00 Email: [email protected] th Fri 24 10:00 17:30 Telephone: 049 4339188 Sat 25th 10:00 17:30 Date Start Time End Time EE FR P Mon 20th 14:00 15:30

OK EE P BO FR Display of Heritage Books and DVD’s Display of books and DVD’s on Heritage and Old Arts and Crafts Make your own Nature Book Venue: Ballinamore Branch Library This is a free workshop for 7-10 year olds, where they make Organiser: Ballinamore Library and illustrate their own nature book to keep, record their Email: [email protected] favourite plants and flowers and bring on nature walks. Telephone: 071 9645566 Venue: Carrick on Shannon Library Website: leitrimlibrary.ie Organiser: Carrick on Shannon Library Email: [email protected]

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Telephone: 071 9620789 Venue: Kiltyclogher Heritage Centre Organiser: Kiltyclogher Heritage Centre Date Start Time End Time Email: [email protected] th Mon 20 15:00 16:00 Telephone: 071-9854865

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Date Start Time End Time Screening of Old Arts/ Crafts DVD Tue 21st 11:00 14:00 st Screening of recordings of Old Arts and Crafts, filmed in Tue 21 17:30 20:00

the local area in the early 1990’s ranging from The Art of OK EE P BO FR Thatching to Making Mud Turf etc. Venue: Ballinamore Library Organiser: Ballinamore Library, Co. Leitrim Dromahair’s French Connection! Email: [email protected] We will remember Dromahair’s ‘French connection’. General Telephone: 071 9645566 Humbert marched through Dromahair 220 years ago on his Website: leitrimlibrary.ie ill-fated expedition to Ireland. This will be a French-themed evening. Date Start Time End Time Venue: Luna Restaurant, Main Street, Dromahair th Mon 20 15:00 16:00 Organiser: Susan Gadsby st Tue 21 15:00 16:00 Email: [email protected] nd Wed 22 15:00 16:00 Telephone: 0876445665 rd Thu 23 15:00 16:00 Website: dromahairheritage.ie Fri 24th 15:00 16:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR P Tue 21st 19:30 22:30

OK EE P BO FR Children’s Colouring Competition Children’s Colouring Competition for U8’s and U12’s. Entry forms available in Library. Results of winners announced on ‘The English we speak in Leitrim’ Friday, 24 August at 4pm. Art pieces will be displayed in The English we speak in Leitrim - how words were Library. traditionally pronounced and how the English we speak Venue: Mohill Library today is influenced by the Irish language. A talk by Seán Ó Organiser: Mohill Library Súilleabháin. Email: [email protected] Venue: Ballinamore Library Telephone: 07196 31360 Organiser: Ballinamore Library Website: leitrimlibraries.ie Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0719645567 Date Start Time End Time Tue 21st 11:00 13:00 Date Start Time End Time Tue 21st 20:00 21:30 EE P FR EE P FR Our Local Landscape Participate in a cross border guided walking tour between Manorhamilton Historical Talk Kiltyclogher, Co. Leitrim and Cashel, Co. Fermanagh. Manorhamilton and District Historical Society talk on local Speakers from BirdWatch Ireland , local walking groups and history and heritage including the star fortification. local historians. Venue: Church of Ireland in Manorhamilton

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Organiser: Church of Ireland Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 087 3488954 Telephone: 0834239485 Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 11:00 17:30 Wed 22nd 20:00 21:00 EE P FR EE P FR

Clay Days - Get Muddy Tour of Abbeys & Church of Ireland Niall Miller will give a hands-on demonstration of wattle and Join us for a guided tour of Fenagh’s historical abbeys and daub building. See and learn how people in the past made Church of Ireland warm eco-homes using local hazel, willow, bamboo, straw Venue: Fenagh Visitor Centre and daub. Organiser: Fenagh Visitor Centre Venue: The Leitrim Design House, The Dock, Carrick-on- Email: [email protected] Shannon. Telephone: 071 9645590 Organiser: Earthen Building UK and Ireland (EBUKI) Website: fenagh.com Email: [email protected] Website: ebuki.co/ Date Start Time End Time Thu 23rd 14:00 15:30 Date Start Time End Time Fri 24th 14:00 15:30 Sat 25th 14:00 17:00 Sat 25th 14:00 15:30 EE FR Sun 26th 14:00 15:30 P

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LIMERICK The Story of Boxty Making The story of traditional boxty making and boxty demonstration Venue: Country Markets, Station Road, Mohill Cathedral Open To The Public Organiser: Mohill Country Markets Ltd Saint Mary’s Cathedral was founded in 1168 AD and stands Email: [email protected] majestically over the City Of Limerick on the banks of the Telephone: 0861661177 River Shannon. Venue: Saint Mary’s Cathedral Date Start Time End Time Organiser: Saint Mary’s Cathedral th Fri 24 11:00 13:00 Admission: Adult €5.00, Child €3.50, Concession €3.50

EE Email: [email protected] P FR Telephone: 061 310293 Website: saintmaryscathedral.ie Sharing Stories of Dromahair’s Past Dromahair’s heritage owes much to the English and the Date Start Time End Time th German contributions. This event, which includes walks, talks Sat 18 09:00 16:00 th and an exhibition, explores the contributions of the Lane Fox Sun 19 13:30 16:00 th and Jeiter families. Mon 20 09:00 17:00 st Venue: ‘The Depot’ on the Back Line, & around the village Tue 21 09:00 17:00 nd of Dromahair Wed 22 09:00 17:00 rd Organiser: Dromahair Heritage Group/Grúpa Oidhreachta Thu 23 09:00 17:00 th Dhroim Dhá Thiar Fri 24 09:00 17:00

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Sat 25th 09:00 16:00 Mon 20th 12:30 15:30 Sun 26th 13:30 16:00 Tue 21st 14:00 17:00 Wed 22nd 14:45 17:45 P Thu 23rd 15:30 18:30 Fri 24th 15:45 19:00 Bruff Heritage Free Audio Guide Sat 25th 16:30 19:45 LIMERICK LUIMNEACH th Free self-guided audio tour to the charming rural town Sun 26 17:15 20:15

of Bruff, the ancestral home of the famous Irish-American OK BO Fitzgerald political dynasty. Simply visit our website to access your free audio guide. Venue: Your self-guided tour begins at the Thomas Fitzgerald Bring Out Your Lace Heritage Centre A special event where you can bring in your own items of Organiser: Abarta Heritage lace to be assessed, catalogued and photographed. Whether Email: [email protected] it’s in the attic or a family heirloom, bring it along for our Website: abartaheritage.ie/product/bruff-heritage-trail- experts! audio-guide/ Venue: CB1 Gallery, 51a O’Connell St, Limerick, V94 268W EE FR P Organiser: Limerick Museum, Limerick Archives, & the Friends of Limerick Lace Medieval Kilmallock Free Audioguide Email: [email protected] Discover the medieval marvels of Kilmallock with this free Telephone: 061557740 audio guide. Simply visit our website to access your free Website: limericklace.ie/ audio guide. Venue: Your self-guided tour begins at the public car park at Date Start Time End Time th Castlecourt beside Kilmallock Town Walls Sat 18 11:00 17:00

Organiser: Abarta Heritage EE FR Email: [email protected] Website: abartaheritage.ie/product/kilmallocks-medieval- marvels-audio-guide/ Cré - Clay Connections Workshop Come explore the material of clay with artist Mary Conroy. EE FR P Learn traditional hand building techniques, reflect on what heritage means to you and importantly have fun discovering Limerick City Kayaking Tours your creative side! Discover Limerick’s heritage with a kayak, canoe or boat. We Venue: Narrative4, 58 O’Connell Street, Limerick guaranteed you a whole new perspective of Limerick. Choose Organiser: Design & Crafts Council of Ireland from the 1.5 hours (€25 pp) or 2.5 hours (€35 pp) tour. Email: [email protected] Venue: , Rutland Street, Back Garden, Limerick Telephone: 056 7796134 City Website: learncraftdesign.ie Organiser: Nevsail Watersports Admission: Adult €25, Child €25 Date Start Time End Time th Email: [email protected] Sat 18 12:00 13:30

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Date Start Time End Time Making Spaces: CRAFTed Showcase th Sat 18 10:00 13:00 This showcase celebrate a collaboration between the DCCoI th Sun 19 11:00 14:00 CRAFTed primary schools programme and the EYCH. Schools

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st Tue 21 10:00 17:00 Wed 22nd 10:00 17:00 1709 — Our Families Came to Ireland rd Thu 23 10:00 20:00 Since 1989 the IPA has tried to preserve their rich heritage th Fri 24 10:00 17:00 by encouraging a sense of Identity among Palatine families th Sat 25 12:00 16:00 worldwide and linking with their ancestral homeland,

EE Rheinland-Pfalz in Germany. FR Venue: Irish Palatine heritage Centre, Rathkeale Organiser: Irish Palatine Association (IPA) Opening: Making Spaces Showcase Email: [email protected] Join us for drop in craft and design activities from 12noon- Telephone: 069 63511 4pm. Come explore your creative side and view some of the Website: irishpalatines.org great work from 2018 CRAFTed projects. Venue: Narrative4, 58 O’Connell Street, Limerick Date Start Time End Time th Organiser: Design & Crafts Council of Ireland Sat 18 14:00 17:00 th Email: [email protected] Sun 26 14:00 17:00

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Date Start Time End Time Insider Tips for Nature Lovers th Sat 18 12:00 16:00 Enjoy the local wildlife, as the River Shannon is a nature-

EE lovers paradise with some sections of easy whitewater for FR beginners. Furthermore, you will hear lots of fascinating facts and stories. Limerick’s Historical Treasure Hunt Venue: Hunt Musuem - Back Garden, Rutland Street, Our Limerick City Treasure Hunts are a great way for locals Limerick City and visitors to see Limerick’s fantastic historic sites on foot. Organiser: Nevsail Watersports No matter if you are on tour as a family, a group of friends Admission: Adult €40, Child €40 or a couple. Email: [email protected] Venue: Hunt Museum, Rutland Street, Back Garden, Limerick Telephone: 0863308236 City Website: nevsailwatersports.ie/home.html Organiser: Nevsail Watersports Admission: Adult €10, Child €5 Date Start Time End Time th Email: [email protected] Sat 18 14:00 16:30 th Telephone: 0863308236 Sun 19 15:00 17:30 th Website: nevsailwatersports.ie/home.html Mon 20 16:30 19:00

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st Tue 21 18:00 20:30 Organiser: Limerick Museum, Limerick Archives, & the Friends nd Wed 22 13:00 12:30 of Limerick Lace rd Thu 23 10:00 12:30 Email: [email protected] nd Wed 22 10:00 12:30 Telephone: 061557740 th Fri 24 10:00 12:30 Website: limericklace.ie/ Sat 25th 12:00 12:30 LIMERICK LUIMNEACH Sat 26th 10:00 12:30 Date Start Time End Time Sun 19th 14:00 17:00 OK BO Mon 20th 11:00 17:00 Tue 21st 11:00 17:00 Story of Caherconlish Old Cemetery Wed 22nd 11:00 17:00 rd A tour of the ancient 13th Century church site with the many Thu 23 11:00 17:00 th stories attached to it and the funerary items of families Fri 24 11:00 17:00 th interred in its graveyard Sat 25 11:00 17:00 th Venue: War of Independence Monument Main Street Sun 26 14:00 17:00

Caherconlish EE FR Organiser: Caherconlish Heritage & Historical Society Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0864093010 The Vote - 100 Years of Irish Women 2018 marks 100 years of some Irish women having the Date Start Time End Time right to vote. To mark this centenary, lets share stories of the th Sat 18 15:00 18:00 women within our own family histories over the last century

EE Venue: De Valera Museum and Bruree Heritage Centre P FR Organiser: De Valera Museum and Bruree Heritage Centre Email: [email protected] Seán Ó Riada the Man and his Music. Telephone: 0863949230 A talk on the life and music of Seán Ó Riada followed by a Website: brureerockhill.com/bruree-village/de-valera- performance of traditional tunes related to O’Riada’s legacy museum-and-bruree-heritage-centre/ played on the concertina by Pádraig Mac Aodhgáin in the medieval banqueting hall Date Start Time End Time th Venue: , The Square, Newcastle West. Sun 19 15:00 15:45

Organiser: OPW - Desmond Castle EE P FR Email: [email protected] Telephone: 069-77408 Website: heritageireland.ie/en/shannon-region/ Medieval High Street of Limerick desmondhall/ Archaeologist John Elliott will give a guided tour of the medieval High Street of Limerick, now Nicholas Street and Date Start Time End Time Mary Street. th Sat 18 16:00 17:00 Venue: Meeting at the front of Limerick City & County

EE Council Corporate Headquarters, Merchant’s Quay, Limerick FR Organiser: Limerick Museum Email: [email protected] ‘Amazing Lace’ Exhibition Telephone: 061-557740 An exhibition of Limerick lace, featuring lace garments, Website: limerick.ie/limerick-museum designs, drawings and demonstrations of lace-making Venue: CB1 Gallery, 51a O’Connell St, Limerick, V94 268W Date Start Time End Time Sun 19th 18:30 20:00

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th Sun 26 18:30 20:00 Venue: Ballyorgan Mountain Lodge, meet at reception

EE Organiser: Ballyhoura Beo FR Email: [email protected] Telephone: 06391330 The Women Who Died for Ireland Website: ballyhouradevelopment.org 1918 To mark the centenary of the struggle for women’s rights, Date Start Time End Time th historian & author Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc will give a talk on Mon 20 10:00 13:00 the members of Cumann na mBan who died fighting for Irish OK EE P BO FR Freedom from 1918 to 1923 Venue: Desmond Castle, The Square, Newcastle West. Organiser: OPW - Desmond Castle, Newcastle West Lace-Making Class Email: [email protected] A free lace-making class for beginners, that will show you Telephone: 06977408 how to make pieces of lace. Website: heritageireland.ie/en/shannon-region/ Venue: City Hall, Merchant’s Quay, Limerick City desmondhall/ Organiser: Limerick Archives Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Telephone: 061556535 th Sun 19 20:00 22:00 Website: limerick.ie/archives

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Limerick Archives and the Knocklong Historical Society OK EE P BO FR present an exhibition in City Hall that examines the history of the IRA battalions of Mid and East Limerick, and the local Cumann na mban branch. Limerick Digital Atlas Lecture Venue: City Hall, Merchant’s Quay, Limerick Archaeologist John Elliott presents an illustrated lecture on the Organiser: Limerick Archives & The Knocklong Historical Digital Atlas of Limerick project, focusing on the history and Society development of post-medieval Limerick City. Email: [email protected] Venue: Istabraq Hall, Limerick City & County Council Telephone: 061556535 Corporate Headquarters, Merchant’s Quay, Limerick Website: limerick.ie/archives Organiser: Limerick Museum Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Telephone: 061 557740 th Mon 20 09:00 17:00 Website: limerick.ie/limerick-museum Tue 21st 09:00 17:00 Wed 22nd 09:00 17:00 Date Start Time End Time Thu 23rd 09:00 17:00 Mon 20th 12:00 13:00 Fri 24th 09:00 17:00 EE P FR EE P FR

Treasures of the Archive Wild About Nature The team at Limerick Archives show off some of the most Wild about Nature’ is an environmentally themed, fun, nature precious pieces of Limerick history, with a public display of based camp for children aged 7 to 12 years. This camp is the oldest Limerick treasures in our collection. FREE. Pre-booking is essential. Venue: City Hall, Merchant’s Quay, Limerick

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Organiser: Limerick Archives Organiser: Order of Malta Ireland Ambulance Corps Email: [email protected] Limerick Telephone: 061556535 Email: [email protected] Telephone: 087 6967216 Date Start Time End Time Website: orderofmaltaireland.org Mon 20th 14:00 15:00 LIMERICK LUIMNEACH Date Start Time End Time EE FR P Tue 21st 18:00 21:00

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Mount Saint Lawrence Cemetery Tour EE FR A guided tour around Mount Saint Lawrence, examining the history of the Cemetery, as well as the notable figures that are buried there. Wild About Nature Venue: Mount Saint Lawrence Cemetery, Limerick City Wild about Nature’ is an environmentally themed, fun, nature Organiser: Limerick Museum based camp for children aged 7 to 12 years. This camp is Email: [email protected] FREE. Pre-booking is essential. Telephone: 061-557740 Venue: Kilmallock Pastoral Centre Website: limerick.ie/museum Organiser: Ballyhoura Beo Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Telephone: 06391330 st Tue 21 12:00 13:00 Website: ballyhouradevelopment.com Tue 21st 14:00 15:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR P Wed 22nd 10:00 13:00

OK EE P BO FR JFK in Limerick: 55 Years Later 55 years after the visit of US president John F Kennedy, William O’Neill of Limerick Archives takes a look at the Historical Handwriting Workshop historic visit, using rarely-seen photos, videos and documents Deciphering the past: Learn how to read historic handwriting from our collection with our special workshop. Discover a new skill by using Venue: City Hall, Merchant’s Quay, Limerick copies of real letters, diaries and documents from our archive Organiser: Limerick Archives collection Email: [email protected] Venue: City Hall, Merchant’s Quay, Limerick Telephone: 061556535 Organiser: Limerick Archives Website: limerick.ie/archives Email: [email protected] Telephone: 061556535 Date Start Time End Time Website: limerick.ie/archives Tue 21st 14:00 15:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR P Wed 22nd 10:30 11:30

OK EE P BO FR Exhibition of the Knights of Malta An exhibition of the Knights of Malta an organisation with over 900 years of history and the Limerick Unit of the Order Guided Tour of Griston Bog of Malta. Exhibit will include old uniforms, medical equipment Visitors can enjoy the history and geography of how the and photos. bog has evolved from Ice Age to present day. There is an Venue: St John’s House, 7A Davis Street, Limerick invaluable insight into how ways of life have changed over

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The Story of Lough Gur Tour of Medieval Town and Defences Lough Gur is best appreciated in the company of a Touring the wonderful medieval town of Kilmallock. Starting knowledgeable and able guide. From archaeology to history, from King’s Castle, visiting the Dominican Priory, the from folklore to magic these trained guides will inform and Collegiate Church, passing Blossom Gate & walking the new enchant you. west wall walkway Venue: Lough Gur Heritage Centre Venue: King’s Castle, Sarsfield Street, Kilmallock Organiser: Kate Harrold Organiser: Kilmallock Walled Town Committee Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: loughgur.com Telephone: 063 98727 Website: friarsgate.ie Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 11:30 13:30 Date Start Time End Time Thu 23rd 14:00 16:00 Wed 22nd 19:00 21:00

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Limerick’s Historical Songs Limerick Deaths on the RMS Leinster Róisín Ní Ghallóglaigh of the Irish World Academy of Music Author and Historian Philip Lecane talks about the RMS and Dance in UL performs a number of historical traditional Leinster, and the ship’s destruction in 1918 that resulted in the songs. History with a musical twist! highest-ever loss of life in the Irish Sea. Venue: City Hall, Merchant’s Quay, Limerick Venue: City Hall, Merchant’s Quay, Limerick Organiser: Limerick Archives Organiser: Limerick Archives Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 061556535 Telephone: 061556535 Website: limerick.ie/archives Website: limerick.ie/archives

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Story Exchange Workshop Ballylin; Bronze Age Capital. This workshop will introduce you to the power of stories Dr Bill O’Brien UCC will talk about Ballylin Hill Fort. He will and hone your storytelling skills. Narrative 4 is a global provide an insight into the dig he carried out, findings that organisation that uses the power of stories to foster empathy were made and conclusions he has reached. and build community. Venue: Ardagh Community Centre,Ardagh Co Limerick

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Organiser: St Kierans Heritage Association Organiser: Limerick Archives & Limerick Genealogy Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0879282462 Telephone: 061556535 Website: stkieransheritage.ie Website: limerickgenealogy.com/

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Wild About Nature Limerick 3D Project - Taster Event Wild about Nature’ is an environmentally themed, fun, nature This Limerick 3D taster will enable you to experience the based camp for children aged 7 to 12 years. This camp is magic of photogrammetry and how it uses photographs to FREE. Pre-booking is essential. create 3D models of historic objects. Opportunities too to Venue: The Grove, Bruff create your own 3D model! Organiser: Ballyhoura Beo Venue: The Hunt Museum, The Custom House, Rutland St, Email: [email protected] Limerick Telephone: 06391330 Organiser: The Hunt Museum with Digital Heritage Age Website: ballyhouradevelopment.com Email: [email protected] Telephone: 061 312833 Date Start Time End Time Website: huntmuseum.com Thu 23rd 10:00 13:00 Date Start Time End Time OK EE BO FR P Thu 23rd 11:00 13:00

OK EE BO FR Limerick City Gallery of Art Exhibitions by Gabhann Dunne, Naomi Draper & Karl Blossfeldt look at natural history and heritage through three Limerick Museum Tour different lens. A guided tour of Limerick Museum, which since 1907 has Venue: Limerick City Gallery of Art been collecting, preserving and displaying objects that tell the Organiser: Limerick City Gallery of Art story of Limerick city and county. Email: [email protected] Venue: Limerick Museum, Limerick City Telephone: 061 310633 Organiser: Limerick Museum Website: gallery.limerick.ie/ Email: [email protected] Telephone: 061-557740 Date Start Time End Time Website: limerick.ie/museum Thu 23rd 10:00 19:30 Date Start Time End Time EE FR P Thu 23rd 15:00 16:00

EE P FR ‘Researching Your Family History’ A talk on tracing your Irish ancestry, particularly in Limerick, using online resources, with an opportunity to get expert Prehistoric Burial Sites in 3D advice and guidance from the genealogists of Limerick Illustrated talk by Dr Ros Ó Maoldúin entitled ‘Investigating Genealogy. and illustrating the Prehistoric Archaeology of the Burren’ Venue: City Hall, Merchant’s Quay, Limerick which will present 3D models of ancient Burial sites recently excavated.

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Venue: The Hunt Museum, The Custom House, Rutland 1918: Conscription & Confliction St,Limerick Tom Toomey, renowned historian and author of “The War of Organiser: The Hunt Museum Independence in Limerick, 1919-1921” gives a lecture on Email: [email protected] what was happening in Limerick in 1918. Telephone: 061 312833 Venue: City Hall, Merchant’s Quay, Limerick Website: huntmuseum.com Organiser: Limerick Archives Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Telephone: 061556535 rd Thu 23 19:00 20:00 Website: limerick.ie/archives

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Afraid of Archives? EE P FR Don’t know how to research in an archive? Never been in an archive?? Our team of experts show you how to use the resources available locally and nationally, as well as tell you Limerick’s Amazing Lace Story the Do’s & Don’ts. Established in 1829, Limerick lace is one of the most famous Venue: City Hall, Merchant’s Quay, Limerick of all Irish laces. it was worn by Queen Victoria, Countess Organiser: Limerick Archives Markievicz and American First Lady Edith Roosevelt. Email: [email protected] Venue: Istabraq Hall, Limerick City and County Council, Telephone: 061556535 Merchants Quay, Limerick City Website: limerick.ie/archives Organiser: Limerick Museum Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Telephone: 061-557740 th Fri 24 10:00 11:00 Website: limerick.ie/museum

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Irish Pubs Memorabilia EE P FR The ACM Community Centre in the scenic riverside village of Castleconnell in Co. Limerick are hosting a unique exhibition of Irish Pubs Memorabilia for Heritage Week 2018! Lough Gur after Dark Venue: ACM Centre, 14-15 Castle Street, Castleconnell, Lough Gur will host an evening dedicated to Bats, there will Co. Limerick be a talk about the nature at the lake, followed by a Bat walk Organiser: ACM Community Centre Castleconnell and Bat detecting. Email: [email protected] Venue: Lough Gur Lakefront Telephone: 061 372750 Organiser: Lough Gur Development Co-Operative Society Website: castleconnell.ie Ltd. Admission: Adult €5, Child FREE, Concession €4, Date Start Time End Time Family €15 th Fri 24 10:00 18:00 Email: [email protected] th Sat 25 10:00 18:00 Telephone: +35361385386 th Sun 26 10:00 18:00 Website: loughgur.com

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Newcastle West Food Tour Free Entry to Explore the Museum! As seen on RTE’s Nationwide! Come and join broadcaster Explore the De Valera Museum and Bruree Heritage Centre Sharon Noonan, presenter of the Best Possible Taste radio for free to help us celebrate National Heritage Week 2018! LIMERICK LUIMNEACH show and podcast, on a food tour of her home town, Venue: De Valera Museum and Bruree Heritage Centre Newcastle West, Co Limerick. Organiser: De Valera Museum and Bruree Heritage Centre Venue: Newcastle West Email: [email protected] Organiser: Sharon Noonan Telephone: 0863949230 Admission: Adult: €35 Website: brureerockhill.com/bruree-village/de-valera- Email: [email protected] museum-and-bruree-heritage-centre/ Website: sharonnoonan.com Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 13:00 16:30 Sat 25th 10:00 12:00 EE P FR OK P BO

Miotal - Metal Connections Workshop Tour of the Two Towers Be inspired by the rich heritage of Irish metalwork. Use Visit the two towers in Kilmallock, King’s Castle & Blossom traditional techniques of texturing, stamping and forging Gate. impress your own unique design into copper alloy to create a Venue: King’s Castle, Sarsfield Street, Kilmallock small scale art piece. Organiser: Kilmallock Walled Town Committee Venue: Narrative4, 58 O’Connell Street, Limerick Email: [email protected] Organiser: Design & Crafts Council of Ireland Telephone: 063 98727 Email: [email protected] Website: friarsgate.ie Telephone: 056 7796134 Website: learncraftdesign.ie Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 10:00 12:00 Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 14:00 15:30 EE FR OK EE BO FR

Limerick 3D Project-Event Taster This Limerick 3D taster will enable you to experience the War and revolt in Ireland 1918 magic of photogrammetry and how it uses photographs to Three historians; TV broadcaster Donal Fallon, radio host John create 3D models of historic objects. Opportunities too to Dorney & author Tom Toomey, discuss the 1918 conscription create your own 3D model! crisis, the rise of Sinn Féin & the return of ex-British soldiers Venue: The Hunt Museum, the custom house, rutland st after the war Organiser: The Hunt Museum Venue: Desmond Castle, The Square, Newcastle West. Email: [email protected] Organiser: OPW Heritage Services Telephone: 061 312833 Email: [email protected] Website: huntmuseum.com Telephone: 069-77408 Website: heritageireland.ie/en/shannon-region/ Date Start Time End Time desmondhall/ Sat 25th 11:00 13:00

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Glooming Abbeyfeale Heritage Day Exhibition Launch of David Maloney’s work. David is a young Venue: Bridge Street artist based in south Longford. Influenced by Organiser: West Limerick Heritage Network Abbeyfeale and contemporary idols, his work intertwines the real and Community Council the surreal. Email: [email protected] Venue: Corlea Trackway Visitor Centre Organiser: Office of Public Works Date Start Time End Time Email: [email protected] th Sun 26 14:30 16:00 Telephone: 043 3322386

EE FR P Date Start Time End Time Sun 19th 15:00 18:00 The Call Of The Forest Mon 20th 10:00 17:15 st 2018 marks the 20th year since Broadford Community, in Tue 21 10:00 17:15 nd association with Ted commenced the ongoing and sensitive Wed 22 10:00 17:15 rd conversion of an abandoned quarry, Thu 23 10:00 17:15 th Venue: Wildlife Arb. Entrance (opp. R.C Church), Broadford Fri 24 10:00 17:15 th Organiser: Ted Cook with Pete Beaumont Sat 25 10:00 17:15

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Date Start Time End Time Mythological Tour of Corlea th Sat 18 14:00 16:30 The story of a boy, a girl and a trackway!

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Family & Adult Events EE P FR The site will be hosting a number of Family/Adult events etc talks, walks, literary. Booking esscential for some events. Places will be limited. contact site for details inc date and Childrens Workshops times. Childrens Workshops. Art and Environmental childrens Venue: Corlea Trackway Visitor Centre workshops( 6-12 years). Places limited so booking is Organiser: Office of Public Works essential. Dress for mess. Adult accompaniment required. Email: [email protected] Contact site for details. Venue: Corlea Trackway Visitor Centre Date Start Time End Time Organiser: Office of Public Works th Sat 18 11:30 17:15 Email: [email protected] nd Wed 22 19:30 20:30 Telephone: 043 3322386 Thu 23rd 19:30 20:30

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Date Start Time End Time Website: facebook.com/cumannceoil.chonmhaicne Mon 20th 11:00 13:00 Tue 21st 11:00 13:00 Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 11:00 13:00 Sat 25th 19:30 20:30

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LONGFORD AN LONGFORT Childrens Workshops The Uileen Pipes- a history Corlea will be hosting a number of childrens workshops (6-12 Who can resist the haunting tones of the Uileen Pipes. The years). Places limited so booking is essential. Dress for mess. history of this unique Irish instrament is unfolded followed by Adult accompaniment required. Contact site for details. informal session with traditional musicians Venue: Corlea Trackway Visitor Centre Venue: Corlea Trackway Visitor Centre Organiser: Office of Public Works Organiser: Office of Public Works Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 043 3322386 Telephone: 043 3322386

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Irish Cobs & Way Longford & WW1: Return of Peace Featuring; Pure bred, pedigree Irish Cob horses Locally made A series of events to mark the events of 1918 and WW1, Barrel Top Wagons A photographic exhibition of Gypsy in particular the Armistice and remember those from Co. Vanner Wagons A display on the contribution of these iconic Longford whose lives were impacted by that war. symbols of Traveller heritage and culture Story telling about Venue: Longford town - various venues the Traveller way of life from “days of old”! Light refreshments Organiser: Longford Library, Heritage & Archives Services Venue: Lisanurlan, Longford Email: [email protected] Organiser: Devine Equestrian, Ballydangan Irish Cobs and Telephone: (043) 3341124 Longford Community Resources clg Traveller Project Website: longfordlibrary.ie/library/heritage/heritage-news- Email: [email protected] and-events/longford-at-war-the-return-of-peace.html Telephone: 043 3345555 Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 10:00 21:00 Thu 23rd 12:30 15:30 Sun 19th 11:00 17:00 Sun 26th 11:00 21:00 EE P FR OK EE P BO FR O’Farrell-Reynolds MSS (1865-1930) Fiddle players Antoin MacGabhann, Conor Ward and Granard Harp Festival 2018 Geraldine McLynn will present a musical reinterpretation In 1781, Ireland’s first dedicated harp festival took place in of historical 19th century fiddle music from the Ballinamuck Granard; in 1981 the festival was revived. Now, after a short region of North Longford. hiatus, the festival is back with music and events for young Venue: Granard Library and old. Organiser: Cumann Ceoil Chonmhaicne Venue: Granard town (various venues) Email: [email protected] Organiser: Longford Library, Heritage & Archives Services Telephone: +353877795879 Email: [email protected]

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Telephone: (043) 3341124 Venue: Dundalk Branch Library Website: longfordlibrary.ie/library/heritage/heritage-news- Organiser: Louth Libraries and-events/granard-harp-festival-2018.html Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0429353190 Date Start Time End Time Website: louthcoco.ie/libraries/ Fri 24th 15:00 22:00 Sat 25th 10:00 22:00 Date Start Time End Time Sun 26th 11:00 18:00 Sat 18th 10:00 17:00 Tue 21st 10:00 17:00 EE FR P Wed 22nd 10:00 17:00 Thu 23rd 10:00 17:00 Heritage Walk and Talk Fri 24th 10:00 17:00 th This is the 250th anniversary of the celebrated novelist Maria Sat 25 09:30 17:00

Edgeworth and as connecting is the theme of the European EE P FR Year of Cultural Heritage we will be reading from her letters. Venue: St Mary’s Church Edgeworthstown Organiser: The Edgeworth Society Stories From Days Gone By in Ardee Email: [email protected] Sharing Stories From Days Gone by in Ardee... A display of Telephone: 0436671801 old photographs of the town’s landmarks from a bygone era. Website: edgeworthstown.net Venue: Ardee Branch Library Organiser: Louth Libraries Date Start Time End Time Email: [email protected] th Sun 26 15:00 17:00 Telephone: 0416859023

EE Website: louthcoco.ie/libraries P FR Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 10:00 17:00 LOUTH Tue 21st 10:00 17:00 Wed 22nd 10:00 17:00 Thu 23rd 10:00 17:00 Carlingford Heritage Free Audioguide Fri 24th 10:00 17:00 th Free self-guided audio tour that will help you to discover the Sat 25 09:30 17:00 story of Carlingford, a wonderful and scenic example of a EE P FR medieval town. Simply visit our website to access your free audio guide. Venue: Your self-guided tour begins at the tourist office in Dunleer Schools in the 1930’s Carlingford Read excerpts from the Schools Folklore Commission reports Organiser: Abarta Heritage from local schools in Dunleer & District from the 1930’s. Email: [email protected] Venue: Dunleer Branch Library Website: abartaheritage.ie/product/carlingford-heritage- Organiser: Louth Libraries trail/ Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0416859016 EE FR P Website: louthcoco.ie/libraries

A History of County Louth Through Date Start Time End Time Maps Sat 18th 10:00 17:00 st An exhibition/display of old maps of County Louth. Tue 21 10:00 17:00

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nd Wed 22 10:00 17:00 Week from the mediaeval bell tower of Carlingford Heritage th Fri 24 10:00 17:00 Centre, formerly the Church of the Holy Trinity, overlooking th LOUTH LÚ Sat 25 09:30 13:00 the Viking village.

EE Venue: Carlingford Heritage Centre FR P Organiser: Carlingford Heritage CLG t/a Carlingford Lough Heritage Trust Carlingford Schools in the 1930s Email: [email protected] View excepts from the School Folklore Commission report Telephone: 042 9373454 on local schools in Carlingford and the Cooley Peninsula. Website: carlingfordheritagecentre.com A display of relevant books and photographs will also accompany the exhibition. Date Start Time End Time th Venue: Carlingford Branch Library Sat 18 12:00 12:15

Organiser: Louth Libraries EE FR Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0429324113 Website: louthcoco.ielibraries Archaeological Sites in Mid-Louth Visits to Greenmount (motte), Rathdrummin (triple ringfort) Date Start Time End Time & Lisnaran (fort). Leaders: Kieran Campbell & Micheal th Sat 18 10:00 17:00 McKeown. Assemble on the hard shoulder of R132, south of st Tue 21 10:00 20:00 Kilsaran & Castlebellingham. nd Wed 22 10:00 17:00 Venue: Greenmount, Castlebellingham th Fri 24 10:00 17:00 Organiser: County Louth Archaeological and Historical th Sat 25 10:00 13:00 Society

EE Email: [email protected] P FR Telephone: 086-2377256 Website: clahs.com/ Fleadh Cheoil Photo Exhibition Local photographers celebrate Heritage Week with images Date Start Time End Time th from past Fleadhs. Sat 18 14:00 17:00

Venue: Drogheda Library EE P FR Organiser: Drogheda Library Email: [email protected] Telephone: 041-9876162 Lighting Up Time Website: louthcoco.ie/libraries Uplighting of Carlingford Heritage Centre overlooking ancient Carlingford Village; backlighting of its beautiful stained glass Date Start Time End Time window; and uplighting of the Victorian Station House. th Sat 18 10:00 17:00 Venue: Carlingford Heritage Centre st Tue 21 10:00 20:00 Organiser: Carlingford Heritage CLG t/a Carlingford nd Wed 22 10:00 17:00 Lough Heritage Trust rd Thu 23 10:00 20:00 Email: [email protected] th Fri 24 10:00 17:00 Telephone: 042 9373454 th Sat 25 10:00 17:00 Website: carlingfordheritagecentre.com

EE FR Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 21:00 23:45 Ringing of Bell at Heritage Centre Sun 19th 21:00 23:45 th Bell ringing to announce the beginning of National Heritage Sat 25 21:00 23:45

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Sun 26th 21:00 23:45 EE P FR EE P FR Zoe Conway, John McIntyre Concert Free Guided tours of Old Mellifont Zoe Conway, John McIntyre and Friends raise the rafters at The ruins of Old Mellifont Abbey stand as testament to what historic Carlingford Heritage Centre in concert with uilleann was once the most powerful and influential monastery in piper Eoin Dillon, founder member of renowned folk group medieval Ireland. Come hear its story. Kila. Venue: Old Mellifont Abbey Venue: Carlingford Heritage Centre Organiser: Office of Public Works Organiser: Carlingford Heritage CLG t/a Carlingford Email: [email protected] Lough Heritage Trust Telephone: 041 9826459 Admission: Adult €10 Website: heritageireland.ie Email: [email protected] Telephone: 042 9373454 Date Start Time End Time Website: carlingfordheritagecentre.com Sun 19th 10:00 17:00 Sun 26th 10:00 17:00 Date Start Time End Time Sun 19th 16:00 17:15 EE P FR OK BO Taste Medieval Ale and Mead Ever wondered how the monks brewed ale and made mead? 70 Years: Drogheda Municipal Gallery David O’Shea explains the whole process from the beginning “Discover the great story behind one of Ireland’s foremost and you get to taste the end result! Regional Art Galleries” A guided talk by Ian Armstrong about Venue: Old Mellifont Abbey the 70 year rise of the Drogheda Municipal Art Gallery and Organiser: Office of Public Works its Collection. Email: [email protected] Venue: Telephone: 041 9826459 Organiser: Highlanes Gallery Website: heritageireland.ie Admission: Adult: €2.00 Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Telephone: +353 (0)41 9803311 th Sun 19 14:00 16:00 Website: highlanes.ie

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Paint a Medieval Tile OK BO Old Mellifont Abbey has a wonderful collection of Medieval tiles on display. We have made clay replicas of them and today you are invited to paint one in your favourite colours. The Vikings in Annagassan Talk Venue: Old Mellifont Abbey Local Historian Michael Mc Keown who worked on the Organiser: Office of Public Works archaeological dig in Annagassan will talk about the Vikings Email: [email protected] in Annagassan Telephone: 041 9826459 Venue: The Glyde Inn Annagassan Website: heritageireland.ie Organiser: The Glyde Inn Annagassan Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Telephone: 0429372350 th Sun 19 14:00 16:00 Website: theglydeinn.ie

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Memories of “The Rock” EE FR Come see and hear memories of “The Rock”. Lazy days by the swimming pool, visit Callan’s baths, Blackrock skating troupe, have afternoon tea in the Lifeboat tearooms & dance Rita Duffy: Strength and Glory in the Pavilion Ballroom. Deus praesidium, Mercatura Decus - God our strength and Venue: Cleremont Arms, Blackrock, Co Louth merchandise our glory - the value of Ireland? Arm yourself Organiser: Blackrock Tidy Towns Louth with paper, dry materials and visualise the exhibition through Email: [email protected] your own experience Telephone: 0877987953 Venue: Highlanes Gallery Website: blackrockvillage.ie Organiser: Highlanes Gallery Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Telephone: +353 (0)41 9803311 th Mon 20 20:00 21:00 Website: highlanes.ie/

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A Look at Louth EE FR Calling all local history, nostalgists and archive film enthusiasts, a programme of films from the IFI Irish Film Archive featuring stories made in and about Louth from 1897 Urban Geology Field Trip of Dundalk to more recent times. Learn about the geological treasures you walk on and by Venue: Droichead Arts Centre every day – some of local origin and some from far away! Organiser: Droichead Arts Centre Venue: Dundalk Tourist Office Admission: Adult: €5, Concession: €3 Organiser: Dundalk Tourist Office Telephone: 041 9833946 Email: [email protected] Website: droichead.com Telephone: +353429352111 Website: dundalktown.ie Date Start Time End Time Tue 21st 14:00 15:00 Date Start Time End Time Tue 21st 20:00 21:00 Wed 22nd 11:00 13:00

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Investigations - King John’s Castle Greenore - Railway Hub of Cooley Archaeologist Eoin Halpin gives a talk and walk, beginning Local historian and railway enthusiast Brian Larkin gives a at historic Carlingford Heritage Centre, on the topic: “Recent talk at historic Carlingford Station House on the topic of our Investigations at King John’s Castle, Carlingford”. What neighbouring village: “Greenore, The Railway Hub of the secrets were found? Cooley Peninsula”. Venue: Carlingford Heritage Centre Venue: Carlingford Station House Organiser: Carlingford Heritage CLG t/a Carlingford Organiser: Carlingford Heritage CLG t/a Carlingford Lough Heritage Trust Lough Heritage Trust Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

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Telephone: 042 9373454 Website: carlingfordheritagecentre.com Website: carlingfordheritagecentre.com Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Thu 23rd 19:30 21:00 Wed 22nd 19:30 21:00 EE P FR EE P FR Landscape of Carlingford & Cooley Drogheda Jameson Whiskey Tour Interpreting the Historic Landscape of Carlingford and Cooley Former Jameson Whiskey Distillery walking tour that takes with Carlingford Lough Heritage Trust you through the streets and lanes, you will stop at stone Venue: Carlingford Branch Library malthouses, kilns, distillery, Mr J homes and pubs , Find us Organiser: Louth Libraries on Facebook. Email: [email protected] Venue: Starts at George’s Square, Drogheda. Telephone: 042-9324113 Organiser: Drogheda Whiskey Tour / Jameson Distillery Website: louthcoco.ie/libraries and Jameson Family Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time rd Telephone: 0868505491 Thu 23 19:30 21:00

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OK EE True Stories From Our Past P BO FR Local author Nicola Cassidy takes a look at news stories from Drogheda & surrounds from early 19th century to modern Summer Walk and Talk day as inspiration for contemporary & historical fiction Historical walk and talk tour of the Seatown, Barrack Street creative writing. areas of Dundalk Venue: Drogheda Library Venue: The Redemptorists Church Car Park Organiser: Drogheda Library Organiser: Old Dundalk Society Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 041 9876162 Telephone: 0871241979 Website: louthcoco.ie/libraries

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Interpreting the Historic Landscape The Star of Chester’s Lane Local historian and walker Seamus Murphy gives a talk Quintessence Theatre use their dazzling physical ensemble at Carlingford Court House on the topic: “Interpreting the theatre techniques to reimagine bustling 19th century Historic Landscape of Carlingford and Cooley”. Listen, look Drogheda & tell the true story of one of the town’s infamous and marvel! characters, Kate the Navvy Venue: Carlingford Court House Venue: Droichead Arts Centre Organiser: Carlingford Heritage CLG t/a Carlingford Organiser: Quintessence Theatre Company Lough Heritage Trust Admission: Adult: €18, Concession: €16 Email: [email protected] Telephone: 041 9833946 Telephone: 042 9373454 Website: droichead.com

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Date Start Time End Time Email: [email protected] th Fri 24 20:00 21:30 Telephone: 087 9145363 th LOUTH LÚ Sat 25 20:00 21:30 Website: iwdg.ie

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Connemara/Retreiver Sea Tragedy EE P FR Talk on the Carlingford Lough Sea Tragedy of the Connemara/Retreiver collision which occured on the 3rd of November, 1916 Free Guided Tours of Old Mellifont Venue: Greenore Co-op Euston Street Greenore The ruins of Old Mellifont Abbey stand as testament to what Organiser: Greenore Maritime/Heritage/Railway Museum was once the most powerful and influential monastery in Admission: Adult: €5, Child: €0, Concession: €4, Family: medieval Ireland. Come hear its story. €10 Venue: Old Mellifont Abbey Telephone: 00353429373822 Organiser: Office of Public Works Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Telephone: 041 9826459 th Fri 24 20:00 21:30 Website: heritageireland.ie Sat 25th 20:00 21:30 Date Start Time End Time OK BO P Sun 26th 10:00 17:00

EE P FR Architectural Bus Tour of Dundalk Explore the heritage and architecture of Dundalk from a unique perspective, the upper floor of a Bus Éireann double- Ardee Archers at Old Mellifont decker (limit 50 seats). Ever fancied having a go at Archery? Join the Ardee Archers Venue: Foyer of An Táin Arts Centre, Dundalk Town Hall, and see if you can hit the target. Crowe Street, Dundalk Venue: Old Mellifont Abbey Organiser: An Táin Arts Centre (on behalf of Louth County Organiser: Office of Public Works Council) Email: [email protected] Admission: Adult: €7 Telephone: 041 9826459 Email: [email protected] Website: heritageireland.ie Telephone: 042 9329281 Website: antain.ie Date Start Time End Time Sun 26th 12:00 16:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR Sat 25th 14:00 16:00 P

OK P BO The Victorian Experience Walk and Talk of unique purposely constructed self contained Whale Watch Ireland 2018 former railway village of Greenore. The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group invites you to our annual, Venue: Greenore Co-op Euston Street Greenore free and guided land-based whale watch at a local headland, Organiser: Greenore Maritime/Heritage/Railway Museum as part of All-Ireland Whale Watch day on Saturday 25th Admission: Adult: €5, Child: €0, Concession: €4, Family: August 2018 €10 Venue: Port Oriel Upper Car park, Clogher Head, Email: [email protected] Organiser: Irish Whale and Dolphin Group Telephone: 003539373822

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Ardee Concert Band Recital Feeding Your Senses A recital of popular music by Ardee Concert Band. Come Mindfull Walking/ Forest bathing in Woodlands Connect with and dance, sing along or just sit and enjoy! the landscape Forage in season Hear of Legendary Warriors Venue: Old Mellifont Abbey and Local Landlords Lunch at a quirky farmhouse Relax in the Organiser: Office of Public Works Sensory Herb Gard Email: [email protected] Venue: The Old Church Jonesboro, Ravensdale Dundalk (left Telephone: 041 9826459 at exit 20 on M/N1 heading North opposite Carrickdale Website: heritageireland.ie Hotel Organiser: Venora Hovelt Date Start Time End Time Admission: Adult €15, Child €10 th Sun 26 15:00 16:00 Email: [email protected]

EE Telephone: 087 6479715 P FR Date Start Time End Time Zoe Conway, John McIntyre Concert Sat 18th 11:00 14:30

Zoe Conway, John McIntyre and Friends stir the spirits at OK P BO historic Carlingford Heritage Centre in concert with Liam Ó’Maonlaí, renowned musician and vocalist and founder member of Hothouse Flowers. Venue: Carlingford Heritage Centre MAYO Organiser: Carlingford Heritage CLG t/a Carlingford Lough Heritage Trust Admission: Adult: €10 Stress Reduction Walk In Nature Email: [email protected] Stress Reduction Walk In Nature along Glore River with 15 Telephone: 0429373454 dams/ waterfalls , pond, mill races, , 4 labyrinths, springs,, Website: carlingfordheritagecentre.com picnic areas and thru orchard, gardens of Glore Park and Glore Mill. Date Start Time End Time Venue: Glore Mill Cente For Sustainable Biodiversity, th Sun 26 16:00 17:15 Energy, Living . Kiltimagh

OK Organiser: Glore Mill Centre For Sustainable Biodiversity, P BO Energy, Living Email: [email protected] “The Tide of History” Exhibition Telephone: 087 1040 438 A newly curated exhibition of selected material from the hugely important archive of the Drogheda Port Company that Date Start Time End Time th records its fascinating contribution to the town’s development Sat 18 07:00 09:00 th through the ages. Sat 18 10:00 12:00 th Venue: Drogheda Museum Millmount Sun 19 08:00 10:00 th Organiser: Drogheda Museum Millmount Sun 19 13:00 15:00 th Email: [email protected] Mon 20 09:00 11:00 th Telephone: (041) 983 3097 Mon 20 13:00 15:00 st Website: millmount.ie Tue 21 15:00 17:00

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Tue 21st 17:30 19:30 Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 16:00 13:00 Sat 18th 10:00 18:30 Wed 22nd 10:00 18:00 Sun 26th 10:00 18:30 Thu 23rd 07:00 09:00 EE FR Thu 23rd 14:00 16:00 P MAYO MAIGH EO MAYO Fri 24th 08:00 10:00 Fri 24th 12:00 14:00 Yoga and Heritage th Sat 25 07:00 09:00 Come along and experience an outdoor yoga session at 5h Sat 25 10:00 12:00 wonderfully historic and scenic heritage locations in Mayo. 5h Sun 26 07:00 09:00 Enjoy refreshments afterwards. Suitable for all levels. 5h Sun 26 13:30 15:30 Venue: Enniscoe House, Ballycroy National Park, Ballinafad

EE House, Jackie Clarke Library and Lacken Strand P FR Organiser: Mayo Heritage Office in association with Noga-Yoga Quadruple Labyrinth Walk Email: [email protected] Guided & Self Guided Quadruple Labyrinth walk for Telephone: 094 9047684 or 087 7510180 meditation, peace, relaxation. Self Guided/ Guided Walk Website: mayococo.ie/heritage open for walking from 7am -9pm. Aug 18th - Aug 26th Guided walk by appointment. Date Start Time End Time th Venue: Glore Mill Centre for Sustainable Biodiversity,, Sat 18 10:00 11:30 th Energy, Living Mon 20 10:00 11:30 nd Organiser: Glore Mill Centre for Sustainable Biodiversity, Wed 22 10:00 11:30 th Energy, Living, & Labyrinth Society Fri 24 10:00 11:30 th Email: [email protected] Sun 26 10:00 11:30

Telephone: 087 1040 438 OK EE P BO FR Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 07:00 21:00 A History of Achill in 25 Objects th Sun 19 07:00 21:00 A pop-up exhibition telling the story of Achill Island in 25 th Mon 20 07:00 21:00 archaeological objects from the collection of the Achill Field st Tue 21 07:00 21:00 School. Talks by archaeologists at 12.00, 14.00 and 16.00. nd Wed 22 16:00 13:00 Venue: Achill Folklife Centre, Dooagh, Achill Island rd Thu 23 07:00 21:00 Organiser: Achill Archaeological Field School th Fri 24 08:00 10:00 Email: [email protected] th Sat 25 07:00 21:00 Telephone: 0879935876 5h Sun 26 07:00 21:00 Website: achill-fieldschool.com/

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Now I’m Sixty Four EE P FR An Exhibition of Photographs, Original Artwork & Poster etc. Venue: Westport ( The Octagon - Town Centre) Organiser: James Moran Booklet: The Workhouses of Co Mayo Email: [email protected] Launch of a booklet by the Irish Workhouse Centre on Telephone: 087 7194961 the Workhouses of . This is a limited edition publication for Heritage Week 2018. Venue: Ballinrobe Library

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Organiser: Irish Workhouse Centre - Portumna Star & Moon Light Labyrinth Walk Email: [email protected] Star Light Moon Light Quadruple Labyrinth walk on quartz Telephone: 09097 59200 lined labyrinth paths that reflected light guides walking Website: irishworkhousecentre.ie meditators on their labyrinth walk. Magical sense of awe, wonder in walking. Date Start Time End Time Venue: Glore Mill Centre For Sustainable Biodiversity, th Sat 18 11:00 11:30 Energy, Living

EE Organiser: Glore Mill Centre for Sustainable Biodiversity, P FR Energy, Living Email: [email protected] World’s Healthiest Foods Telephone: 087 1040 438 How cultural heritage affects food choices health and wellness. Date Start Time End Time th Venue: Glore Mill Centre for Sustainable Biodiversity, Sat 18 21:30 22:30 th Energy, Living Sun 19 21:30 22:30 th Organiser: Glore Mill Centre For Sustainable, Biodiversity, Mon 20 21:30 22:30 st Energy, Living Tue 21 21:30 22:30 nd Email: [email protected] Wed 22 21:30 22:30 rd Telephone: 087 1040 438 Thu 23 21:30 22:30 Fri 24th 21:30 22:30 Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 21:30 22:30 Sat 18th 19:00 21:00 Sun 265h 09:30 22:30 Sun 19th 19:00 21:00 EE FR Mon 20th 19:00 21:00 P Tue 21st 19:00 21:00 Wed 22nd 19:00 21:00 All IE Pollinator Plan 2015-2020 rd Thu 23 19:00 21:00 All Ireland Pollinator Plan 2015 -2020 . How to Step by Step th Fri 24 19:00 21:00 Pollinator Program created by National Biodiversity Data th Sat 25 09:00 11:00 Center to protect, save, restore pollinators in Ireland. Free th Sun 26 11:00 13:00 pollinator seed.

EE Venue: Glore Mill Centre for Sustainable Biodiversity, P FR Energy, Living Organiser: Glore Mill Centre for Sustainable Biodiversity, The Glacial Landscape of Clew Bay Energy, Learning As many islands as days in a year. Hear about the glacial Email: [email protected] history of Clew Bay and the origin of its drumlins, admiring Telephone: 087 1040 438 its evening scenery from the slope of beside St Patrick himself. Date Start Time End Time th Venue: Croagh Patrick, Statue of St Patrick’s viewpoint Sun 19 09:00 09:45 th Organiser: Benjamin Thébaudeau / Irish Quaternary Sun 19 10:00 10:45 th Association Sun 19 11:00 11:45 th Website: iqua.ie Sun 19 12:00 12:45 Sun 19th 13:00 13:45 Date Start Time End Time EE FR Sat 18th 20:30 21:30 P

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History of Fishing in Belderrig Date Start Time End Time th Exhibition of vintage and modern day fishing gear, Sun 19 15:00 16:00

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MAYO MAIGH EO MAYO west of Ireland will be on display. Venue: Belderrig Research Centre, Belderrig ballina, Co Kiltimagh Before/ After Photos Mayo Kiltimagh Tidy Town before/after Heritage Photo Exhibit/ Organiser: Belderrig Developement Group Social with Wine/Tea/Coffee/ Sandwiches Served. Free Email: [email protected] Baker Creek Heirloom Flower Seed. Telephone: 083 1885984 Venue: Glore Mill Centre for Sustainable Biodiversity, Energy, Living Date Start Time End Time Organiser: Glore Mill Centre For Sustainable Biodiversity, th Sun 19 14:00 16:00 Energy, Living and Kiltimagh Tidy Towns th Mon 20 14:00 16:00 Email: [email protected] st Tue 21 14:00 16:00 Telephone: 087 1040 438 Wed 22nd 14:00 16:00 Thu 23rd 14:00 16:00 Date Start Time End Time Fri 24th 14:00 16:00 Sun 19th 15:00 17:00 Sat 25th 14:00 16:00 EE FR Sun 265h 14:00 16:00 P

EE P FR Folklore Collection 1937/38 A unique opportunity to view children’s school collection Belcarra Riverside Walk 1937/8 also book/CD launch ‘Songs and Poets of Kilmore’ Discover the aquatic ecology and biodiversity of the Manulla Venue: Cartron, Clogher, Belmullet River and the Riverside Walk. Organiser: Turas Siar Cultural Committee Venue: Belcarra Community Centre Email: [email protected] Organiser: Belcarra Tidy Towns Telephone: 097 85011/087 6990505 Email: [email protected] Website: turassiar.com Telephone: 087 9090046 Website: belcarra.ie Date Start Time End Time Sun 19th 15:30 19:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR Sun 19th 14:00 16:00 P

EE P FR Deserted Village Walk Walk through Achill famous Deserted Village at the base of Wild Pollinators along River Glore Slievemore Mountain and discover the unexpected influences Come and join us for a walk along the River Glore, and learn that caused the decline of this once great village. a little about our wild Irish Pollinators (bees, butterflies and Venue: Deserted Village Car Park other insects). Organiser: Achill Isle Walks Venue: Glore Mill, Kiltimagh Email: [email protected] Organiser: Karina Dingerkus, Giorria Environmental Telephone: +35391765349 Services Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time th Telephone: 0863620928 Mon 20 11:00 12:30 Website: giorria.com

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EE FR Organiser: Knock Museum P Email: [email protected] Telephone: 00353 94 93 75034 Ireland’s Oldest Working Mill Website: knockshrine.ie/museum An intriguing tale woven in the west of Ireland. See the mill as it’s run today and explore the history of Foxford Woollen Date Start Time End Time st Mills. Learn about techniques that have been passed down Tue 21 10:00 18:00 nd through generations. Wed 22 10:00 18:00 rd Venue: Foxford Woollen Mills Thu 23 10:00 18:00 th Organiser: Foxford Woollen Mills Fri 24 10:00 18:00 th Email: [email protected] Sat 25 10:00 18:00

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Date Start Time End Time Guided Walk Kilmovee Heritage Trail th Mon 20 12:00 13:00 Join Archaeologist Michael Gibbons for the first guided tour nd Wed 22 12:00 13:00 of Kilmovee’s Archaeology Heritage Trail th Fri 24 12:00 13:00 Venue: Kilmovee Thatch Cottage, Kilmovee Community

OK EE Centre, Kilmovee, Ballaghaderreen P BO FR Organiser: Kilmovee Heritage & Tourism Email: [email protected] Leave a Memory to Make a Story... Telephone: 094 9649484 Preserving local social history for the future generations. Website: kilmovee.info Leaving a memory in the form of a story, song or a poem to help conserve our social history here in Ballina and the Date Start Time End Time st surrounding hinterlands. Tue 21 16:30 18:30

Venue: Jackie Clarke Collection, Pearse Street, Ballina. EE P FR Organiser: Mayo County Council’s Jackie Clarke Collection Email: [email protected] Telephone: 096 73508 Céide Fields 1993-2018 Website: jackieclarkecollection.ie As Ceide fields is about to have an exciting revamp after 25 years the talk will deal with some of the archaeological Date Start Time End Time research undertaken in Belderrig in the intervening years st Tue 21 10:00 17:00 Venue: Belderrig Research Centre, Belderrig ballina, Co nd Wed 22 10:00 17:00 Mayo rd Thu 23 10:00 17:00 Organiser: Research & Study Group th Fri 24 10:00 17:00 Email: [email protected] th Sat 25 10:00 17:00 Telephone: 086 3528405

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Memories of Family and Faith EE P FR For Heritage Week and to coincide with the World Meeting of Families and the anniversary of the Knock Apparition, Knock Museum will present stories and meorabilia of family Wild Child Day and faith. ‘Wild Child’ Day at the Jackie Clarke Collection A chance Venue: Knock Museum for young visitors to explore our Walled Heritage Garden,

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visit the Bug Hotel on site & take part in nature-themed arts Ordinary Lives Extraordinary Story & crafts. This event will afford an introduction into the military archives Venue: Jackie Clarke Collection, Pearse Street, Ballina, Co. for all those interested in Ireland’s War of Independence. Mayo Venue: Ballina Public Library, Pearse Street, Ballina.

MAYO MAIGH EO MAYO Organiser: Jackie Clarke Collection Organiser: Mayo County Council’s Jackie Clarke Collection Email: [email protected] & Ballina Public Library Telephone: 096 73508 Email: [email protected] Website: clarkecollection.ie Telephone: 096 73508 / 096 70833 Website: jackieclarkecollection.ie Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 11:00 17:00 Date Start Time End Time Thu 23rd 10:00 17:00 Wed 22nd 18:30 20:00

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Impact Mayo Rivers on Mayo Sharing Stories of North Mayo Talk/Walk Impact Mayo Rivers and Nature have on how, The North Mayo heritage centre is dedicated to preserving where, we live, work and play in Mayo. Health of Nature and promoting the rich heritage of the region. determines.defines Human Health on how we live, work and Venue: North Mayo Heritage Centre play. As Nature is we Are. Organiser: The North Mayo Heritage Centre Venue: Glore Mill Centre for Sustainable Biodiversity, Email: [email protected] Energy, Living Telephone: 096 31809 Organiser: Glore Mill Centre For Sustainable Biodiversity, Website: NorthmayoGenealogy.com Energy, Living, & Inland Fisheries Ireland Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time rd Telephone: 087 1040 438 Thu 23 10:00 17:00 Fri 24th 10:00 17:00 Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 10:00 17:00 Wed 22nd 12:00 14:00 Sun 26th 10:00 17:00

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Bronze Age Belderrig for children Storytelling Professor Seamas Caulfield will give Tour of Bronze Age An Evening of Storytelling with Eddie Lenihan, Seanachai. Farm & House, Archaeology lab: pottery reconstruction. Corn Venue: The Drum Inn, Clogher, Claremorris, Co Mayo grinding through the ages, Identifying plants by their pollen Organiser: Clogher Heritage Centre using the microscopes. Admission: Adult €5, Child FREE Venue: Belderrig Research Centre, Belderrig ballina, Co Email: [email protected] Mayo Telephone: 094 9030687 Organiser: Research & Study Group Website: clohgherheritage.com Email: [email protected] Telephone: 086 3528405 Date Start Time End Time Thu 23rd 19:00 20:30 Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 14:00 17:00 P

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234 SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN FULL WHEELCHAIR ACCESS PARTIAL WHEELCHAIR ACCESS PERFORMANCE OR RE-ENACTMENT TALK OPEN HISTORIC PROPERTY FESTIVAL MAYO MAIGH EO Burriscarra Friary & Parish Church Burriscarra Medieval Landscape This tour of the medieval Augustinian friary and parish church This talk will explore the history and archaeology of medieval of Burriscarra will give the public the opportunity to directly Burriscarra, discussing in particular the results of a laser- experience this fascinating landscape. scanning and drone survey carried out last May. Venue: Burriscarra friary (abbey) Venue: Carnacon Community Centre Organiser: Anne-Julie Lafaye, University College Cork Organiser: Anne-Julie Lafaye, University College Cork Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0851467105 Telephone: 0851467105 Website: irishmedievalfriaries.wordpress.com/ Website: irishmedievalfriaries.wordpress.com/

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Boheh Stone Walk Shrule Bat Walk and Talk A guided 2 km walk to the Neolithic Boheh Stone, where Bat Walk and Talk exploring bats found in the locality. Please one can also witness (weather permitting) the Rolling Sun wear suitable clothing and footwear. Please bring a torch if phenomenon - when the sun appears to roll down the side of possible. Croagh Patrick. Venue: Shrule Community Centre Venue: Brackloon Community Centre, Westport Organiser: Shrule Village Enhancement Group Organiser: Croagh Patrick Heritage Trail Email: [email protected] Admission: Adult €5, Child FREE Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time th Telephone: 094 90 30687 Fri 24 20:30 22:00

Website: croaghpatrickheritagetrail.com EE P FR Date Start Time End Time Fri 24th 19:30 21:00 Annagh Walk Walk to remote Annagh Beach and see the influence of far P away Scotland and western Europe on this secluded location. Venue: Dooagh Beach Car Park A Sacred Island Before Christianity Organiser: Achill Isle Walks Mr Alf Monaghan, Middle East expert, in his research Admission: Adult €5, Child €5, Concession €5, traces from the Neolithic period the origin and spread of Family €15 Pre- Christian Eastern religious beliefs to Ireland and there Email: [email protected] impact here. Telephone: 0868439683 Venue: Céide Fields Interepritave Center,Ballycastle Organiser: North Mayo West Sligo Heritage Group. Date Start Time End Time th Email: [email protected] Sat 25 09:45 16:00

Telephone: 096 43325 /0872144483 OK P BO Date Start Time End Time Fri 24th 19:30 21:30 Get Crafty in the Garden

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Barry Street, Ballina unique habitat. You can also follow the trail around the Doon Organiser: Ballina Heritage Costume Company Peninsula. Email: [email protected] Venue: Doon Peninsula, near Burriscarra Friary, Lough Carra Telephone: 09672154 Organiser: Lough Carra Catchment Association

MAYO MAIGH EO MAYO Website: ballinacostumecompany.net Email: [email protected] Telephone: 094 9032422 Date Start Time End Time Website: loughcarra.org Sat 25th 11:00 15:00 Sun 26th 12:00 14:00 Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 14:30 17:00 EE FR EE P FR A Heritage Walk and a History Talk! Visit Moygownagh for the official opening of the Blanemore Why nature is good for you Forest Archaeological Walk by Prof Seamas Caulfield, Join Caitriona Carlin, NEAR Health, NUI Galway who will followed by a talk on the unique ANSEO! project - digitally talk about how nature can benefit health and wellbeing. She saving our school records. will lead a walk along the Glore River to see or hear bats Venue: Moygownagh Community Centre in flight. Organiser: Moygownagh Heritage Group Venue: Glore Mill Sustainability Centre, Kiltimagh Email: [email protected] Organiser: Glore mill Centre for Sustainability Telephone: +353879311666 Email: [email protected] Website: moygownagh.ie Telephone: 087 1040 438

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Whale Watch Ireland 2018 Forest and Nature Therapy The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group invites you to their Nature is the Therapist, the Guide opens the door through annual, free and guided land-based whale watch at a sensory awareness practices that lead to Deep Nature local headland, as part of All-Ireland Whale Watch day on Connection, de-Stress and foster a sense of belonging, inner Saturday 25th August 2018 guidance and wellbeing. Venue: Downpatrick Head Car park Venue: Glore Mill Centre, Kiltimagh Organiser: Irish Whale and Dolphin Group Organiser: Marion Edler Burke Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 085 8276984 Telephone: 0868719714 Website: iwdg.ie Website: ecostayireland.com

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Doon Peninsula, Lough Carra Moore Hall Build & Natural Heritage Discover the aquatic ecology of Lough Carra from the lake Dr Fiona White will talk about the Moore family, Moore shore at Doon. Also, learn about biodiversity of this very Hall and its walled garden. Chris Huxley will cover natural

236 SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN FULL WHEELCHAIR ACCESS PARTIAL WHEELCHAIR ACCESS PERFORMANCE OR RE-ENACTMENT TALK OPEN HISTORIC PROPERTY FESTIVAL MAYO MAIGH EO heritage including the aquatic life of Lough Carra. Venue: Ballycroy Visitor Centre Venue: Moore Hall car park, Lough Carra Organiser: Ballycroy National Park Organiser: Lough Carra Catchment Association Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 098-49888 Telephone: 094 9032422 Website: ballycroynationalpark.ie/http:/ Website: loughcarra.org Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 12:00 16:00 Sun 26th 14:30 17:00 EE P FR EE P FR Species Sunday (Bees/Biodiversity) Experience Wild Atlantic Waves Learn all about our pollinators, the role they play and the art This will enable people to see traditional yawl racing. This is of beekeeping, in conjunction with the Westport Beekeepers a free event to watch. But if people would like to sail in the Association. yawl, there is a €10 for an adult and €5 for a 12-18 year Venue: Ballycroy Visitor Centre olds Organiser: Ballycroy National Park Venue: Achill Sound Email: [email protected] Organiser: Achill Yawl Heritage Day Telephone: 098-49888 Email: [email protected] Website: ballycroynationalpark.ie/ Telephone: 098-45127 Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sun 19th 13:00 16:00 Sun 26th 17:00 21:00 EE P FR EE P FR Guided Walks of Our Nature Trails Weather Trends the West of Ireland Enjoy our bogland landscape with a stroll along the 2km Climatology recorder Padraig McAvock will give an trail at Ballycroy National Park Visitor Centre led by our interesting talk on the changing weather pattern in the west of knowledgeable guides. Ireland over the past 40 years. Venue: Ballycroy Visitor Centre Venue: Belderrig Research Centre, Belderrig ballina, Co Organiser: Ballycroy National Park Mayo Email: [email protected] Organiser: Belderrig Developement Group Telephone: 098-49888 Email: [email protected] Website: ballycroynationalpark.ie/ Telephone: 0831885984 Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Mon 20th 12:00 15:00 Sun 26th 18:00 19:30 Tue 21st 12:00 15:00 Wed 22nd 12:00 15:00 EE FR P Thu 23rd 12:00 15:00

EE P FR Local Craft Making and Social Event Join us at the Visitor Centre for a day of social craft workshops. Exploring our heritage through craftwork and Wildwork: Work With Wildlife. sharing stories. Meet some of our local crafts people and Talk aimed at 12-16 year olds on how you can pave your have a go at making your own. path to working in the world of ecology and conservation.

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rd Ways to get involved locally as well as the many different Thu 23 07:00 23:45 th areas you can work in. Fri 24 07:00 23:45 th Venue: Ballycroy Visitor Centre Sat 25 07:00 23:45

Organiser: Ballycroy National Park EE P FR Email: [email protected] Telephone: 098-49888 Website: ballycroynationalpark.ie/ The Boyne Valley Free Audio Guide Free self-guided audio tour to help you discover some of Date Start Time End Time Ireland’s most iconic heritage sites. The Boyne Valley has an Fri 24th 14:00 15:30

AN MHÍ MAIGH EO MEATH MAYO unparalleled wealth of stories. Visit our website to access your

EE free audio guide P FR Venue: Your self-guided tour begins at the Brú na Bóinne Visitor Centre Community and the Environment Organiser: Abarta Heritage Find out how you can make a difference for biodiversity and Email: [email protected] wildlife in your locality and how communities have been Website: abartaheritage.ie/product/boyne-valley-audio- shaped by wildlife over the years. guide/ Venue: Ballycroy Visitor Centre Organiser: Ballycroy National Park Date Start Time End Time th Email: [email protected] Sat 18 09:30 17:00 th Telephone: 098-49888 Sun 19 09:30 17:00 th Website: ballycroynationalpark.ie Mon 20 09:30 17:00 Tue 21st 09:30 17:00 Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 09:30 17:00 Sat 25th 13:00 15:00 Thu 23rd 09:30 17:00 Fri 24th 09:30 17:00 EE FR P Sat 25th 09:30 17:00 Sun 26th 09:30 17:00

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Kells Heritage Free Audio Guide Oldcastle: Lives & Livelihoods Free self-guided audio tour to the heritage town of Kells. The A photographic exhibition celebrating the history of some of guide will help you to discover the fascinating stories of this the commercial premises in Oldcastle through the memories of historic town. Simply visit our website to access your free former owners and people who worked in them. audio guide. Venue: Oldcastle Venue: Your self-guided tour begins at the Old Courthouse, Organiser: Sue Russell Headfort Road, Kells, County Meath Email: [email protected] Organiser: Abarta Heritage Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Website: abartaheritage.ie/product/kells-heritage-town- th Sat 18 07:00 23:45 audio-guide/ Sun 19th 07:00 23:45 E RE Mon 20th 07:00 23:45 P F Tue 21st 07:00 23:45 Wed 22nd 07:00 23:45 The Devenish Lands at Dowth See the archaeological excavation at the Devenish Lands

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Free Admission to Loughcrew Cairn T Connecting Threads Enjoy free admission to one of Ireland’s most ancient Oldcastle Kraft Kaffee Quilting group will hold an exhibition monuments. of their work in Oldcastle library entitled ‘Connecting Venue: Cairn T Loughcrew Threads’. Organiser: Office of Public Works Venue: Oldcastle Library, Hillbrook Road Email: [email protected] Organiser: Kathleen O’Reilly Kraft Kraffee Oldcastle Telephone: 0870524975 Email: [email protected] Website: heritageireland.ie Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 10:00 13:00 Sat 18th 10:00 17:00 Sat 18th 14:00 17:00 Sun 19th 10:00 17:00 Tue 21st 14:00 17:00 Mon 20th 10:00 17:00 Tue 21st 18:00 20:00 Tue 21st 10:00 17:00 Wed 22nd 10:00 13:00 Wed 22nd 10:00 17:00 Wed 22nd 14:00 17:00 Thu 23rd 10:00 17:00 Thu 23rd 14:00 17:00 Fri 24th 10:00 17:00 Thu 23rd 18:00 20:00 Sat 25th 10:00 17:00 Fri 24th 10:00 13:00 Sun 26th 10:00 17:00 Fri 24th 14:00 17:00 Sat 25th 10:00 13:00 EE FR P Sat 25th 14:00 17:00

OK EE P BO FR Blackfriary Community Dig Join us as we uncover the Monastic Gardens at the Blackfriary. Come along and be an archaeologist, guided by Guided Heritage Trail Walk professional archaeologists, and discover the joy of digging. Guided walking tour of the heritage sites of Ashbourne as Venue: Blackfriary Archaeology Site, Griffin Park, Trim described in our Heritage Trail booklet and on the information Organiser: Blackfriary Community Archaeology Heritage board at the library. Project (BCHAP) Venue: Parish Hall, Frederick Street, Ashbourne Email: [email protected] Organiser: Ashbourne Historical Society Telephone: 0876849964 Email: [email protected] Website: bafs.ie Telephone: 0877865124 Website: ashbournehistoricalsociety.com

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Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 11:00 13:00 Sat 18th 14:00 18:00 Sun 19th 14:00 18:00 EE FR P Mon 20th 14:00 18:00 AN MHÍ MEATH Tue 21st 14:00 18:00 The River Connection Wed 22nd 14:00 20:00 rd Martry Mill will be opening its doors for tours and talks Thu 23 14:00 18:00 th by our miller, James on the history of our 300-year-old mill Fri 24 14:00 18:00 th and its unique connection to the River Blackwater and its Sun 26 11:00 14:00

inhabitants. EE P FR Venue: Martry Mill Organiser: Martry Mill Admission: Adult €5, Child €5 Free Hill of Slane Tours Email: [email protected] Where St Patrick began his missionary work, later site of a Telephone: 0868173205 great monastery, and the first ! There is much Website: martrymill.ie/ more than meets the eye at this historic site. Venue: Tours leave from the car park on the Hill of Slane. Date Start Time End Time Organiser: Hill of Slane Guides th Sat 18 11:00 17:00 Email: [email protected] Telephone: 041-9824000 P Website: hillofslane.wordpress.com

Medieval Family Day Date Start Time End Time th Join us at the Blackfriary Archaeology Site for a Medieval Sat 18 14:00 15:00 th Family Fun Day! Tours of the archaeology excavation and Sun 19 14:00 15:00 th ‘mock dig’ for kids. Your opportunity to ask the excavators Mon 20 14:00 15:00 st about their findings. Tue 21 14:00 15:00 nd Venue: Blackfriary Archaeology Site, Griffin Park, Trim Wed 22 14:00 15:00 rd Organiser: Blackfriary Community Heritage and Thu 23 14:00 15:00 th Archaelogy Project Fri 24 14:00 15:00 th Email: [email protected] Sat 25 14:00 15:00 th Telephone: 0857563671 Sun 26 14:00 15:00

Website: bafs.ie EE P FR Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 12:00 16:00 Photographic Exhibition: Navan

EE 1900s P FR Come along to this photographic exhibition of Navan Town in the 1900’s. Launching Saturday 18th August at 5 pm in the Exhibition Paintings by Thomas Ryan Solstice Arts Centre, Navan, Co. Meath. Exhibition of paintings and sketches of the Ashbourne area by Venue: The Solstice Centre, Navan. renowned Irish artist Thomas Ryan. Organiser: Clare Ryan/ Navan and District Historical Venue: Parish Hall, Frederick Street, Ashbourne, Co. Meath Society Organiser: Ashbourne Historical Society Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0873070300 Telephone: 087 9243722 Website: navanhistory.ie Website: ashbournehistoricalsociety.com

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Date Start Time End Time OK EE P BO FR Sat 18th 17:00 18:30 P Display of Falcons, Hawks and Owls See these wilds birds up close and personal Free Guided Tours of Tara Venue: Hill of Tara The Hill of Tara is renowned as the seat of the High Kings Organiser: Office of Public Works of Ireland. It is an archaeological site of international Email: [email protected] importance. Come and learn about its long history. Telephone: 046 9025903 Venue: Hill of Tara Website: heritageireland.ie Organiser: Office of Public Works Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time th Telephone: 046 9025903 Sun 19 12:30 16:30

Website: heritageireland.ie EE P FR Date Start Time End Time Sun 19th 10:00 17:00 Ogham Workshop at Knowth th Sun 26 10:00 14:00 Learn about Ogham. Try your hand at writing your name in

EE Ogham. P FR Venue: Knowth via Brú na Bóinne Visitor Centre Organiser: Office of Public Works Free Guided Tours of Admission: Adult: €6.00, Child: €4.00, Concession: Enjoy a free guided tour of Ireland’s largest Anglo Norman €4.00, Family: €14.00 Castle Email: [email protected] Venue: Trim Castle Telephone: 041 9880300 Organiser: Office of Public Works Website: heritageireland.ie Email: [email protected] Telephone: 046 9438619 Date Start Time End Time th Website: heritageireland.ie Sun 19 14:00 16:00

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EE Tour of Garden of Remembrance P FR Aodh Mac Domhnaill, Irish poet, 1802; Patrick Reilly, poet, 1825; Pat Ward, Piper, 1847; Máire Ní Raghallaigh, 1867 How to Photograph a Monument and Fr. M Saul S.J., 1884, Irish language enthusiasts and Con Brogan, Senior photographer for the National Drumconrath GFC. Monuments Service for many years shares some of his Venue: Drumconrath Garden of Remembrance secrets. Organiser: Drumconrath Cultural & Heritage Society Venue: Brú na Bóinne Visitor Centre Email: [email protected] Organiser: Office of Public Works Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time th Telephone: 041 9880300 Sun 19 15:00 17:00

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Weapons Week Admission: Adult €20.00, Child €10.00, Family €50.00 Hands on display with medieval weaponry for both children Email: [email protected] and adults. Hold a real sword, try on a Norman helmet and Telephone: 0863616420 feel real chain mail. In the shadow of Trim castle. Website: boyneboats.ie AN MHÍ MEATH Venue: Trim Visitor Centre, Castle Street, Trim. Organiser: Trim Medieval Armoury/Trim Tidy Towns Date Start Time End Time th Admission: Adult €1, Child €1, Concession €1, Family Mon 20 11:00 12:30

€4 OK P BO Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0852723858 Stories: Vikings & the Middle Ages Date Start Time End Time An interactive storytelling event for kids about the Vikings and th Mon 20 10:00 14:00 the middle ages in Ireland. st Tue 21 10:00 14:00 Venue: Ashbourne Library nd Wed 22 10:00 14:00 Organiser: Meath County Council Library Service rd Thu 23 10:00 14:00 Email: [email protected] th Fri 24 10:00 14:00 Telephone: 01 8358185

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There are over 1000 stones in Co Meath decorated with OK EE P BO FR Megalithic art making it the richest source of Stone Age art anywhere in Europe Venue: OPW Headquarters, Jonathan St, Trim Stories: Vikings & the Middle Ages Organiser: Office of Public Works An interactive storytelling event about the Vikings ans the Email: [email protected] middle ages in Ireland with Michael Moylan Telephone: 046 942600 Venue: Dunboyne Library Website: heritageireland.ie Organiser: Meath County Council Library Service Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Telephone: 01 8251248 th Mon 20 10:00 16:00 Website: meath.ie Tue 21st 10:00 16:00 Wed 22nd 10:00 16:00 Date Start Time End Time Thu 23rd 10:00 16:00 Mon 20th 15:00 16:00 Fri 24th 10:00 16:00 OK EE P BO FR EE P FR Historic Graveyard Mapping Paddle a Game of Thrones Currach Castlekieran Graveyard has 3 high crosses, ruins of 8th Take to the Boyne River canal for a tour in handcrafted century church & an Ogham Stone. The committee will traditional Kerry Naomhog currachs that have starred in the present story of mapping & uploading gravestone photos & TV hit – Game of Thrones; paddling through 5,000 years of details to historic graves website Ireland’s Ancient East Venue: Castlekieran Graveyard, Castlekieran, Carnaross, Venue: Boyne Canal, Battle of the Boyne site, Oldbridge, Kells.A82XP65 Drogheda Organiser: Castlekieran Graveyard Committee Organiser: Boyne Boats Email: [email protected]

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EE P FR Let the 7 Arch Bridge Carry You The 7 Arch Bridge is probably the only Pack Horse Bridge Meath in 12th Century Ireland in Ireland. It consists of six land based stone arches, with Learn how the Anglo-Norman invasion and conquest placed the final 20’ arch over the Knightsbrook River. We plan to the province of Meath at the top of the political hierarchy. explore its purpose. Venue: OPW Headquarters, Jonathan St, Trim Venue: OPW HQ Jonathan Swift Street, trim Organiser: Office of Public Works Organiser: Scurlogstown Olympiad Ltd Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 046 942600 Telephone: 0876441182 Website: heritageireland.ie Website: trimhaymakingfestival.com

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Bee A Wild Child at Bee Wise Graveyard and Headstone Recording Explore 5 acres of woodland to learn about wildlife. Take Join us on a tour of Kilberry graveyard to launch our part in a nature activity trail. Study the bees in a large graveyard recording project. Learn about the tales behind the observation hive to learn the inner workings. A demonstration headstones, the meaning of their carvings and the history of on honey extraction. some of the families. Venue: Bee Wise Garden Walk, Crerogue, Kilmessan, Co. Venue: Kilberry Graveyard, R163 Meath Organiser: Kilberry Amenity and Heritage Group Organiser: Bee Wise Garden Walk Email: [email protected] Admission: Adult €4.00, Child €5.00, Family€15.00 Telephone: 085 1673463 Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0863446791 Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 19:30 20:30 Date Start Time End Time EE FR Wed 22nd 10:30 13:00 P

OK P BO Ballivor Bat Walk We will explore the twilight life of the Ballivor Bats with Bat Beekeeping in Meath expert, Dr. Tina Aughney. A fun free event where we will An informative event for children and adults on Beekeepng in discover what type of bats inhabit the village of Ballivor. Meath with a live hive. The event will look at the life of bees Venue: Entrance to Church and how we can support them. Organiser: Ballivor Tidy Towns Venue: Dunboyne Library Email: [email protected] Organiser: Meath County Council Library Service Telephone: 0868053293 Email: [email protected] Telephone: 01 8251248 Date Start Time End Time rd Website: meath.ie Thu 23 20:45 21:45

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EE P FR The Battle of Tara 1798- Talk AN MHÍ MEATH 220 years ago the United Irishmen chose the Hill of Tara as their last stand during the 1798 Rebellion. Learn all about Meet the Flint Knapper rebels, redcoats and how Irish history is far from black and Dr. Bernard Gilhooly (UCD) will give a flint knapping and white stone working demonstration, highlighting the range of Venue: OPW Headquarters, Jonathan St, Trim methods prehistoric Irish people used to manufacture stone Organiser: Office of Public Works tools and objects. Email: [email protected] Venue: Newgrange and Knowth via Brú na Bóinne Visitor Telephone: 046 942600 Centre Website: heritageireland.ie Organiser: Office of Public Works Admission: Adult €7.00, Child €4.00, Concession €6.00, Date Start Time End Time Family €16.00 rd Thu 23 16:00 17:00 Email: [email protected]

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Wildlife Photography Talk Date Start Time End Time th Free Wildlife Photography Talk by award winning wildlife Fri 24 11:00 12:00 th photographer Andrew Kelly. A wonderful opportunity if you Fri 24 14:00 15:00 are interested in wildlife and/or photography to come and P learn from an expert! Venue: Ashbourne Library Organiser: Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland Stories: Vikings & The Middle Ages Email: [email protected] An innteractive storytelling event about the Vikings and the Website: wri.ie middle ages in Ireland with Michael Moylan Venue: Navan Library Date Start Time End Time Organiser: Meath County Council Library Service rd Thu 23 19:00 20:00 Email: [email protected]

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Photo Exhibition & Info Pack Launch Date Start Time End Time th Open day and photo exhibition cataloguing the life’s of Fri 24 11:15 12:00

Travellers over the past six decades their struggles and OK EE P BO FR achievements,. Launch of our Traveller Cultural Information Pack. Light Refreshments Venue: Meath Travellers Workshop, CYWS Hall, Fairgreen, Beekeeping in Meath Navan A talk on Beekeeping in Meath with a live hive. The event Organiser: Meath Travellers Workshop will look at the life of Bees and how we can help them in our Email: [email protected] daily lives. Telephone: 046-9027801 Venue: Oldcastle Library Website: travellerheritage.ie Organiser: Meath County Council Library Service Email: [email protected] Telephone: 049 8542084

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OK EE Open Afternoon at Agher Church P BO FR In Agher Church (c. 1904) stands a rare example of an 18th-century painted enamel stained glass window by the Stories: Vikings & the Middle Ages Irish artist Thomas Jervais (d. 1799), which underwent urgent An Interactive storytelling event about the Vikings and the conservation work in 2016. middle ages in Ireland with Michael Moylan Venue: Agher Church, Summerhill Venue: Trim Library Organiser: Irish Georgian Society Organiser: Meath County Council Library Service Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 016798675 Telephone: 04609436063 Website: igs.ie Website: meath.ie Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 12:00 16:30 Fri 24th 15:00 16:00 EE P FR OK EE P BO FR

A Geological Extravaganza Visit St. Mary’s Church Join Dr Robert Meehan for an informal talk on the geology St. Mary’s Church of Ireland Church is a well known and landscape of the Loughcrew Hills landmark in the beautiful village of Julianstown. The present Venue: Cairn T Loughcrew church was built in 1770 and enhanced in the years since. Organiser: Office of Public Works Venue: St. Mary’s Church of Ireland Church, Julianstown Email: [email protected] Organiser: St. Mary’s Church of Ireland Church, Telephone: 0870524975 Julianstown, Co Meath Website: heritageireland.ie Telephone: 0419829962 Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 15:00 16:00 Sat 25th 11:00 15:00 EE P FR EE P FR Broadmeadow River Project Historic Old Donore Cemetery Water day on the Broadmeadow river Recycling event River Old Donore cemetery dates from medieval times. Here you clean Biodiversity walk Inland Fisheries Ireland river quest. will see a Cistercian church ruin, many ancient headstones, Includes recycling event, Riverclean, Biodiversity walk, Inland the oldest inscribed 1609 and panoramic views of the Boyne Fisheries Ireland, river quest. Valley. Venue: Playground, Castle Street, Ashbourne Venue: Donore Old Cemetery Organiser: Ashbourne Tidy Towns Organiser: Old Donore Cemetery Committee Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0876117669 Telephone: 087 2459300 087 2205222 Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sun 26th 10:00 16:00 Sat 25th 12:00 18:00

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OK P BO Boyne Currach Centre Open Day AN MHÍ MEATH All welcome to join us here at the Boyne Currach Centre, where you will learn about the tradition of currach making, Our Local Orchards Old and New help carve a paddle and take a trip down the canal in a At this event we talk about our local orchards, where they leather skinned currach. are located and the varieties of apples growing in them. We Venue: Boyne Currach Centre will have a cider tasting session of the cider made with last Organiser: Boyne Currach Heritage Group year’s harvest Email: [email protected] Venue: Euro Mart, Dunshaughlin Telephone: 0863577002 Organiser: Tidy Towns Dunshaughlin Website: boynecurrach.com Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0862335826 Date Start Time End Time Sun 26th 11:00 16:00 Date Start Time End Time Sun 26th 14:00 15:30 EE P FR OK EE P BO FR Story of Honey from Flower to Pot Visit our 5 acre bee friendly woodland garden. See bees in a A Fun Day for all in Balrath Wood real working observation hive, complete a nature activity trail. You will learn and be entertained with poetry, music, Watch the extraction of honey from uncapping to spinning storytelling, woodland walk, bush craft, pop up ecology, pop for a full visual up geology, children’s activities and much more. Venue: Bee Wise Garden Walk, Crerogue, Kilmessan, Co. Venue: Balrath Wood, Balrath, Navan, Co Meath Meath Organiser: Balrath Woods Preservation Group Organiser: Bee Wise Garden Walk Email: [email protected] Admission: Adult €5.00, Child €3.00, Family €15.00 Telephone: 0868398178 Email: [email protected] Website: balrathwood.com Telephone: 0863446791 Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sun 26th 14:30 17:30 Sun 26th 14:00 17:00 EE P FR OK P BO History St. Mary’s C.of I. Navan Summer in the Mossy Bog St.Mary’s Church of Ireland, built between 1815-18 is a This event will include Sphagnum identification memory tricks, treasure trove of history and part of Navan’s rich local pond dipping and a bog walk. IPCC will discuss results from heritage. It has early associations with the Beaufort family. our Birds n Bogs survey. Family friendly. Strong footwear Venue: St. Mary’s Church of Ireland Navan required. Organiser: Navan & District Historical Society Venue: Causey Farm Email: [email protected] Organiser: Irish Peatland Conservation Council Telephone: 046 9021898 Email: [email protected] Website: navanhistory.ie Telephone: 045 860133 Website: ipcc.ie Date Start Time End Time Sun 26th 15:00 16:30

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EE P FR The Battle of Dungans Hill A presentation on the “Rebellion of 1641” which will include the hugely influential (local) “Battle of Dungans Hill” will be Feis Teamhra/A Turn at Tara given by Dr. Padraig Lenihan NUI Galway. Join Susan McKeown and for their annual Feis Venue: Summerhill Community Centre, Summerhill Co. Teamhra celebrating Tara in music and words. Meath. Venue: Hill of Tara Visitor Centre Organiser: Summerhill History Group Organiser: Office of Public Works/Poetry Ireland Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 087 6788941 Telephone: 046 9025903 Website: heritageireland.ie Date Start Time End Time Sun 19th 16:00 18:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR Sun 26th 15:00 16:00 P

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MONAGHAN A Neolithic Afternoon Out Meet the Flint Knapper, try your hand at grinding corn on a quern, handle Stone Age tools, build your own small tomb Heritage Week Colouring Competition and much more..... Colouring Competition for ages up to 12 - add your own Venue: Cairn T Loughcrew background and design! Prizes for under 6 and up to 12 Organiser: Office of Public Works years - winners announce 14th September. Email: [email protected] Venue: Clones Telephone: 0870524975 Organiser: Canal Stores Website: heritageireland.ie Email: [email protected] Telephone: 047 52125 Date Start Time End Time E RE Sun 26th 15:00 16:30 P F

EE P FR Biodiversity Colouring Competition Check out the Northern Standard on 9th August for a Ardee Concert Band Recital Biodiversity Colouring Competition. Please check for further Come hear the Award winning Ardee Concert Band perform details in this edition a variety of lively tunes at the Largest Anglo Norman Castle Venue: Northern Standard in Ireland. Organiser: Monaghan Co Council Venue: Trim Castle Email: [email protected] Organiser: Office of Public Works Telephone: 047 73722 Email: [email protected] EE FR Telephone: 046 9438619 P Website: heritageireland.ie A Built Heritage Day in Co Monaghan Date Start Time End Time Sharing Conservation Stories: A one day summer school th Sun 19 15:00 16:00 event for young people (18-35) interested in sustainable

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Organiser: Irish Georgian Society & Ulster Architectural Workhouse etc Heritage Venue: Carrickmacross Courthouse Admission: Adult €15 Organiser: Carrickmacross Chamber of Commerce Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 016798675 Website: carrickmacrosschamber.com Website: igs.ie Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 11:00 12:30 MONAGHAN MUINEACHÁN Sat 18th 09:00 18:00 Sat 25th 11:00 12:30

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Monaghan Walking Tours Biodiversity Detectives on da Loose Enjoy a tour around Monaghan, find out all you ever wanted General wildlife biodiversity “hunt” around Black Island. to know about the towns Heritage. Please arrive 15 minutes We will search for evidence of different types of flowers, prior to the walk & wear suitable gear trees, birds, mammals etc. & compile a list in Gate Lodge, Venue: Westenra Hotel, The Diamond afterwards Organiser: Monaghan Co Council Venue: Gate Lodge, Castleblayney Email: [email protected] Organiser: Monaghan Co Council Telephone: 087 2525457 Email: [email protected] Telephone: 047 73722 Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 11:00 12:30 Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 11:00 12:30 Sat 18th 14:00 17:00

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Walking Tours in Clones Show This tour takes in the Round Tower, Celtic Cross, ‘Wee Tydavnet is hosting its 67th annual show this year & there Abbey” & other buildings of architectural & historical is something for everyone! Heritage crafts, vintage exhibits, interest. Please arrive 15 minutes prior to the walk and wear horse competitions, bonny baby, fancy dress competition, appropriate walking attire fruit n veg stalls etc. Venue: Ulster Canal Stores Venue: Drumshevra Showgrounds, Organiser: Clones Ulster Canal Stores Organiser: Tydavent Show Committee Email: [email protected] Admission: Adult €10.00, Child €5.00 Telephone: 047 52125 Email: [email protected] Telephone: 086 698 2362 Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 11:00 12:30 Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 11:00 12:30 Sat 18th 09:00 18:30

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Walking Tour of Carrickmacross Archaeology of North West The Carrickmacross Walking Tour takes place every Saturday Monaghan morning during the summer months. It gives an insight into the A tour of various archaeological monuments in the early history of the Bath & Shirley Estates, Carrickmacross Lace, the medieval kingdom of Fernmag (northwest Monaghan)

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Venue: Meeting Point: High Cross, the Diamond, Clones Email: [email protected] Organiser: Eoghan Moore Telephone: 0862572767 Email: [email protected] Website: facebook.com.laraghheritagemonaghan Telephone: 086 3669198 Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sun 19th 16:30 18:00 Sun 19th 12:00 18:00 EE P FR EE P FR The Lost Gardens of Poll an Aiffrinn to St Dympnas Well Guided tour of the Walled Garden at Estate. Meet at the historic site at Poll an Aiffrinn Mass Rock for a This tour is unsuitable for buggies/wheelchairs and walking talk on Penal times, followed by a walk to St Dympnas Well. shoes /wellies are advised. Come and see what’s been afoot The walk is around 10k, not suitable for children & please in the garden this year. wear walking gear. Venue: Front Gate & Garden Lodge at Castle Leslie Estate, Venue: Poll an Aiffrinn Mass Rock (signposted from Sliabh Main Street, Glaslough Beagh Hotel) Organiser: Castle Leslie Estate Organiser: Monaghan Co Council Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: +3534788099 Telephone: 047 73722 Website: castleleslie.com

Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sun 19th 13:00 17:00 Mon 20th 11:30 13:00 Tue 21st 11:30 13:00 OK EE P BO FR EE P FR Exhibition Exhibition on the life of Patrick Kavanagh. Heritage Trail, Glaslough Village Venue: Patrick Kavanagh Centre The tour will begin in St. Salvator’s Church and continue Organiser: The Patrick Kavanagh Rural & Literary Resource around Glaslough village led by a guide from Glaslough Centre Development/Tidy Towns Association. Email: [email protected] Venue: St Salvators Church Telephone: 042 9378560 Organiser: Jean Wallace Website: patrickkavanaghcountry.com Email: [email protected] Telephone: 047 88104 Date Start Time End Time Sun 19th 15:00 17:00 Date Start Time End Time Mon 20th 14:00 15:30 EE FR P Tue 21st 14:00 15:30

EE P FR Tin Church Laragh Heritage group was set up in August 2012 and is finally ready to ring the bell in the spire of the tin Church Early Man Movie for the first time since 1963. Join us to celebrate this special A plucky cave man named Dug, his sidekick Hognob and the event. rest of their tribe face a grave threat to their simple existence. Venue: Tin Church Laragh Co Monaghan Venue: Market House, Monaghan Town Organiser: Laragh Heritage Organiser: Monaghan Co Council

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Email: [email protected] Telephone: 047 73722 Telephone: 047 73722 Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Tue 21st 13:00 14:00 Mon 20th 14:00 15:30 Wed 22nd 13:00 14:00 Thu 23rd 13:00 14:00 OK EE BO FR OK EE BO FR MONAGHAN MUINEACHÁN Bat Walk & Talk Join Bat Conservation Ireland to discover the mystery of Lace Making Class — Beginners bats of Rossmore Park. All are welcome. Children must be Clones Lace was introduced to the area in 1847 as a accompanied by an adult. Please wear warm clothing & famine relief scheme. Within a few years 1500 people were outdoor footwear. crocheting collars &other attire, which became high fashion Venue: Rossmore Forest Park Carpark, Monaghan Town all over the world. Organiser: Monaghan Co Council Venue: Clones Courthouse Email: [email protected] Organiser: Monaghan Co Council Telephone: 047 73722 Admission: Adult €10.00 Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Telephone: 047 73722 Mon 20th 20:00 22:15 Date Start Time End Time OK EE BO FR P Tue 21st 14:00 17:00

OK P BO Christ Church, — Open Day A simple Church of Ireland sited on one of the two highest points in Ballybay, the other now home to the later Catholic St Maeldoids Church Open Day Church. In 1880s, the architect John Henry Fullerton did some St Maeldoids Church is a well composed Gothic style church work on the church. characteristic of the mid nineteenth century. The Church will Venue: Christ Church be open for you to view this fabulous historical building. Organiser: Monaghan Co Council Venue: St Maeldoids Church, Castleblayney Email: [email protected] Organiser: Monaghan Co Council Telephone: 042 974 1967 Email: [email protected] Telephone: 086 101 2871 Date Start Time End Time Tue 21st 11:00 12:00 Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 11:00 12:00 Tue 21st 15:00 16:00 Wed 22nd 15:00 16:00 EE P FR EE P FR Yoga in The Market House Yoga has been practiced for thousands of years as a life History of Historic Structures philosophy to join the individual self with what practitioners Talk on the design and construction of historic structures. call the Divine. So enjoy the art of Yoga on your lunch! Don’t Venue: Meet at Rossmore mausoleum forget your mat. Organiser: Rossmore mausoleum conservation group Venue: The Market House, Monaghan Town Email: [email protected] Organiser: Monaghan Co Council Telephone: 087 9567016 Email: [email protected]

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EE P FR Tanagh Heritage Canoe Trail Tanagh Heritage Canoe Trail.Taking in the sights and scenes The Meaning of Clones Placenames of the beautiful meandering Dromore River. Frequent stops Join local historian and author of ‘A Time of Desolation- to observe and investigate both the natural and cultural Clones Poor Law Union 1845-50’ Brian MacDonald, as he landscape. enlightens us on the meaning of place names in Clones and Venue: Tanagh Outdoor Education & Training Centre environs. All welcome! Organiser: Tanagh Outdoor Education & Training Centre Venue: Ulster Canal Stores Admission: Adult €30 Organiser: Ulster Canal Stores Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 049-5552988 Telephone: 047 52125 Website: tanaghoutdooreducation.com

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Monaghan Gothic Film Linking Cultural & Natural Heritage Find out how the style of the great European cathedrals came A look at some of Irelands Natura2000 sites and how to Monaghan in the Middle Ages & has been shaping our they are influenced by human activity. A talk with an open landscape ever since including Monaghan Cathedral, St discussion on the topic afterwards with Dr. Rory Sheehan. Patrick’s Monaghan, Bessmount. Venue: Gatehouse, Castleblayney Venue: Carrickmacross Workhouse Organiser: Monaghan Co Council Organiser: Monaghan Co Council Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 047 73722 Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 19:30 21:00 Date Start Time End Time OK EE BO FR Tue 21st 20:30 21:30 P

EE P FR Monaghan Gothic FIlm Find out how the style of the great European cathedrals came Go Wild On Wild Child Day to Monaghan in the Middle Ages & has been shaping our “Wild Child Day”, a chance for your little ones to experience landscape ever since including the Cathedral and Bessmount the great outdoors & nature. Activities include pond dipping, House. electro fishing, nature walks etc. Feel free to bring a picnic Venue: Monaghan County Museum Venue: Rossmore Park Organiser: Monaghan Co Council Organiser: Monaghan Co Council Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 047 73722 Telephone: 047 73722 Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 20:00 21:30 Wed 22nd 10:00 16:00 EE FR

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Mullyash Cairn — Lughnasa Traditions Venue: Market House A Morning of gathering stories in the locality with tea & Organiser: Monaghan Co Council - Market House coffee served with local crafts on display followed by a walk Admission: Adult €10.00, Child FREE, Concession FREE in the afternoon to the mountain top to view the prehistoric Email: [email protected] cairn. Telephone: 047 38162 Venue: Mullyash Community Centre, Castleblayney Website: seantyrell.com Organiser: Clogher Historical Society Cumann Seanchais Date Start Time End Time MONAGHAN MUINEACHÁN Chlochair rd Email: [email protected] Thu 23 20:00 23:00

Telephone: 047 71984 OK BO Date Start Time End Time Thu 23rd 10:30 15:00 Guided tour of Coolshannagh Graveyard P Learn all about the Monaghan families who are buried here. Montgomerys of Bessmount, Hazletts of Glaslough St & Monaghans Rare Birds Givens, Old Cross Square Join Dr Marc Ruddock for a talk on Monaghans rare birds, Venue: Coolshannagh Graveyard afterwards head into the wilderness to see if you can spot a Organiser: Monaghan Co Council curlew,hen harrier or grouse to name but a few!!! Bring your Email: [email protected] binoculars!! Telephone: 047 73722 Venue: Sliabh Beagh Hotel, Knockatallon Organiser: Monaghan Co Council Date Start Time End Time th Email: [email protected] Fri 24 14:30 16:00

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OK EE Monaghan Town 1902 by Ena P BO FR Rodgers A talk will be given by Eammon Fitzsimmons titled Monaghan Corduff Raferagh Local Ramble Town 1902 by Ena Rodgers. The historic building and Lodge Local Ramble to places of interest around the area. room will be open to view from 7pm and again after the talk. Refreshments served. Venue: Masonic Lodge Glaslough street Monaghan Venue: Corduff Raferagh Community Centre Organiser: Masconic Lodge 55 Monaghan Organiser: Corduff Raferagh Heritage Group Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0862480434 Telephone: 087 9555762 Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Fri 24th 20:00 21:00 Thu 23rd 18:30 21:00 EE P FR EE P FR Open Day Tyrone Guthrie Centre Message of Peace — Sean Tyrell The Tyrone Guthrie Centre at Annaghmakerrig is a residential Told through spoken word and song, this is the deeply workplace for artists of all disciplines. Numbers are strictly moving story of lesser-known Irish hero John Boyle O’Reilly limited to 20 per tour & strictly no children, refreshments will (1844-1890).

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OK EE P BO FR Wildlife Animal Workshop “Build Your Irish Wildlife Animal” with Bear Essentials Clay Days — Muddy in Monaghan Ireland. This workshop suits age 3+ and all children must be Check out a contemporary cob house at its building stage, try accompanied by an adult. Booking is essential out some foot mixing and building using just clay straw and Venue: Ballybay Wetlands Centre sand. Learn more about this amazing material and its use in Organiser: Monaghan Co Council

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Admission: Child €15.00 Mountmellick Embroidery Email: [email protected] Exhibition of Mountmellick Embroidery Telephone: 047 73722 Venue: Edenderry Library, J.K.L. Street, Edenderry Organiser: Offaly County Library Date Start Time End Time Email: [email protected] th Sun 26 15:00 17:00 Telephone: 046 9731028

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Heritage Trail audio guide that leads you around this EE P FR picturesque town. Simply visit our website to access your free self-guided audio tour. Venue: Your self-guided tour begins in the Market Square, The Saving Banagher’s Swifts Story Edenderry Swift art work display by 4th class primary school pupils as Organiser: Abarta Heritage part of the ongoing ‘Saving Banagher’s Swifts’ local nature Email: [email protected] conservation project. Display will run until 26 August. Website: abartaheritage.ie/product/edenderry-heritage- Venue: Banagher Library trail-audio-guide/ Organiser: Banagher Tidy Towns Email: [email protected] EE FR P Telephone: 0858009463

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and icons to complete the Quest! You only have 1 hour EE P FR to complete the Quest to gain your Questor’s Certificate, wristband and a treat! Venue: Birr Library, Wilmer Road, Birr Guided Tour of Organiser: Offaly County Library Guided tour through the main reception rooms of Birr Castle, Email: [email protected] home of the Parsons family since 1620. Includes access to Telephone: 057 9124950 the Science Centre, the Great Telescope and 120 acres of Website: offaly.ie/eng/Services/Libraries/ gardens and parklands. Venue: Birr Castle Gardens and Science Centre Date Start Time End Time Organiser: Birr Castle Gardens and Science Centre th Sat 18 09:30 13:00 Admission: Adult €18.00 st Tue 21 09:30 17:30 Email: [email protected] nd Wed 22 09:30 20:00 Telephone: 00353 (0)57 9120336 rd Thu 23 09:30 17:30 Website: birrcastle.com Fri 24th 09:30 17:30 Sat 25th 09:30 13:00 Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 10:00 15:00 EE FR P Sun 19th 10:00 15:00

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th Mon 20 10:00 15:00 Venue: Garryhinch Woods st Tue 21 10:00 15:00 Organiser: Irish Wildlife Trust (Laois/Offaly Branch) nd Wed 22 10:00 15:00 Email: [email protected] Thu 23rd 10:00 15:00 Fri 24th 10:00 15:00 Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 10:00 15:00 Sun 19th 11:00 13:00 Sun 26th 10:00 15:00 EE P FR OK P BO Annual Gooseberry Fair Go Wild ‘n the Woods @ Mt. Briscoe The Gooseberry Fair. Social gathering, games, side shows, ‘Go Wild in the Woods’ A chance to explore the woods football, children’s sports, threshing , display of restored cars at Mount Briscoe and undertake activities including den and tractors. Story telling and readings to celebrate local building, bushcraft, exploring nature, charcoal art and heritage. campfire cooking. Venue: Brennan’s Field adjacent to village of Cloneygowan Venue: Mount Brisoce Organiser: Catholic Young Men’s Society Cloneygowan Organiser: Mount Briscoe Organic Farm branch & local community members Admission: Child €5.00 Admission: Adult €5, Child FREE, Concession €5, Email: [email protected] Family FREE Telephone: 0872507827 Website: mountbriscoe.ie/ Date Start Time End Time Sun 19th 13:30 17:30 Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 10:30 14:30 P

OK P BO Tour of Tullamore Industries Tour of sites of old industries of Tullamore from malting, Mushroom Stones Near Clonmacnoise distilling, to silk and glass with Michael Byrne and Maurice Introductory lecture on Friday 17 August at 8.00pm. John Egan on Tanyard Lane, High Street, Bridge Street and Patrick Feehan will explain and explore these geological features Street. which tell us so much about the post glacial landscape. Venue: O’Connor Square, Tullamore Venue: Shannonbridge Organiser: Offaly Historical and Archaeological Society Organiser: Offaly Naturalists’ Field Club Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 057 932 1421 Telephone: 057 9346839 Website: offalyhistory.com Website: offaly.ie/heritage Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sun 19th 14:00 16:00 Sat 18th 11:00 16:00 EE P FR OK EE P BO FR Tell Your Story, Make Your Book! Family Nature Walk Arts and crafts workshop for children aged 7-12 A family nature walk & talk in Garryhinch Woods between Venue: Tullamore Library, O’Connor Square Portarlington and Mountmellick. Led by the volunteers of the Organiser: Offaly County Library Badger Club of the Irish Wildlife Trust (Laois/Offaly). All Email: [email protected] welcome. Telephone: 057 9346832

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Website: offaly.ie/eng/Services/Libraries/ Date Start Time End Time Tue 21st 19:00 20:15 Date Start Time End Time EE FR Mon 20th 14:30 15:15 P Mon 20th 15:30 16:15 UÍBH FHAILÍ OFFALY OK EE Famous Fashionistas of Birr P BO FR To celebrate Votail100, the 4th and 5th class girls of the Mercy Primary School have designed an exhibition of paper Education, Landlords and Railways. dolls based on the “Famous and Notable” women of Birr. Join Brian Kennedy and Jimmy Shortt for a walk and talk Venue: Birr Library through the ancient village of Seffin, taking in the Railway Organiser: Mercy Primary School Station, houses of the gentry, origins of the GAA, and Birr’s Email: [email protected] educational past. Telephone: 0579124950 Venue: County Arms Hotel Carpark, Birr Website: offaly.ie/eng/Services/Libraries/Libraries/ Organiser: Birr Historical Society. Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Tue 21st 09:30 17:30 Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 09:30 20:00 Mon 20th 19:00 20:30 Thu 23rd 09:30 17:30 Fri 24th 09:30 17:30 EE FR P Sat 25th 09:30 13:00

EE P FR Swallow Bird Ringing at Pallas Lake Experienced bird ringer Declan Manley will show how swallows are ringed and explain why at this lake side Zoo To You location. Experience a range of exotic animals, from the National Venue: Pallas Lake Reptile Zoo. Brought to you by Offaly County Library Organiser: Offaly Heritage Office in association with the Creative Ireland culture-based Email: [email protected] programme. Telephone: 057 9346839 Venue: Banagher Library Website: offaly.ie/heritage Organiser: Offaly County Library Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Telephone: 057 9151471 th Mon 20 20:30 22:00 Website: offaly.ie/eng/Services/Libraries/

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Geashill Carved in Words and Stone OK EE P BO FR We will celebrate the poetry of Edward Egan with the unveiling of a stone slab carved with a verse of his Geashill poem, with contemporary responses from local young writers. Forest School Taster For Ages 5—12 Venue: The Green Geashill Forest school inspired activities and crafts to encourage Organiser: Geashill Tidy Towns children to reconnect with the natural environment. Children Email: [email protected] must be accompanied. `Booking essential, places limited - Telephone: 0864664566 email for booking form. Venue: Glebe Walk, Geashill

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Organiser: Reconnect with Nature Organiser: Jim Feery / Dunkerrin Historical Society Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0505 45375 Website: reconnectwithnatureirl.com Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Tue 21st 18:30 20:30 Tue 21st 11:00 13:00 EE FR Tue 21st 14:00 16:00 P

OK EE P BO FR Wild Child Day at Birr Castle Join us for a host of activities dedicated to wild children Zoo To You everywhere. A day for both young and old to show their Experience a range of exotic animals, from the National “wild side”, and reconnect with nature and the great Reptile Zoo. Brought to you by Offaly County Library outdoors. in association with the Creative Ireland culture-based Venue: Birr Castle Gardens and Science Centre programme. Organiser: Birr Castle Gardens and Science Centre Venue: Birr Library, Wilmer Road, Birr Admission: Adult €9.00, Child €5.00, Concession €7.50, Organiser: Offaly County Library Family €25.00 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 057 9124950 Telephone: 00353 (0)57 9120336 Website: offaly.ie/eng/Services/Libraries/ Website: birrcastle.com

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Every Picture Tells a Story Zoo To You How photographs can be enhanced through clever use of Experience a range of exotic animals, from the National smartphone applications. Ages 12+. Brought to you by Offaly Reptile Zoo. Brought to you by Offaly County Library County Library in association with the Creative Ireland culture- in association with the Creative Ireland culture-based based programme. programme. Venue: Tullamore Library, O’Connor Square, Tullamore Venue: Edenderry Library, J.K.L. Street, Edenderry Organiser: Offaly County Library Organiser: Offaly County Library Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 057 9346832 Telephone: 046 9731028 Website: offaly.ie/eng/Services/Libraries/ Website: offaly.ie/eng/Services/Libraries/

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Rolleston Trail Indigenous Nature Crafts Jim Feery has developed a driving trail from Dunkerrin to To celebrate wild child day we are holding an Indigenous Shinrone exploring the links to T.W.Rolleston. He will lead the Crafts workshop. Children will be making their own Native 2 hour tour. American ‘Medicine Bags’ and Talking Sticks. Venue: The Arches, Dunkerrin Venue: Old Banbh Market on Castle Street, Birr

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Organiser: Social Soil Network Email: [email protected] Admission: Adult €2.00, Child €3.00 Telephone: 057 9346839 Email: [email protected] Website: offaly.ie/heritage Telephone: 0894294242 Date Start Time End Time

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Walking Tour of Gloster Demesne Stories From Bygone Days on the Bog 2018 sees the commencement of the conservation of the Hear stories about bygone days on the bog on the looped Gloster Arch folly. To mark this the owners are hosting two boardwalk in the unique and magical surroundings of Clara tours of the demesne at 5.30pm and 7.00pm. Booking Bog. essential. Venue: Clara Bog Visitor Centre Venue: Gloster House, Birr Organiser: Clara Bog Visitor Centre Organiser: Gloster House and Gardens Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 057 9368878 Telephone: 084 2342135 Website: clarabognaturereserve.ie Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Tue 21st 17:30 20:30 Wed 22nd 14:00 15:30 OK EE P BO FR EE P FR Mount Briscoe Demesne Lime Kilns Zoo To You Join us to discover the ‘unwholesome’ job of lime burning. Experience a range of exotic animals, from the National Two lime kilns exist 600m apart. Built c. 1800 Mount Briscoe Reptile Zoo. Brought to you by Offaly County Library Demesne lime kiln is a superb example in Offaly. in association with the Creative Ireland culture-based Venue: Mount Brisoce, Daingean programme. Organiser: Mount Briscoe Organic Farm Venue: Daingean Library, Main Street, Daingean Email: [email protected] Organiser: Offaly County Library Telephone: 0872507827 Email: [email protected] Website: mountbriscoe.ie/ Telephone: 057 9353005 Website: offaly.ie/eng/Services/Libraries/ Date Start Time End Time Tue 21st 18:00 20:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR Wed 22nd 15:00 16:00 P

OK EE P BO FR Every Picture Tells a Story How photographs can be enhanced through clever use of Glassmaking in 17th Century Offaly smartphone applications. Ages 12+. Brought to you by Offaly This bus tour will visit two sites connected with 17th century County Library in association with the Creative Ireland culture- glassmaking in Offaly, Clonoghill and Glasshouse near based programme. Shinrone. Guided by archaeologist Caimin O’Brien. Venue: Birr Library, Wilmer Road, Birr Venue: Marian Hall / Cornmarket Carpark, Birr Organiser: Offaly County Library Organiser: Offaly Heritage Office Email: [email protected]

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Telephone: 057 9124950 Email: [email protected] Website: offaly.ie/eng/Services/Libraries/ Telephone: 057 9151471 Website: offaly.ie/eng/Services/Libraries/ Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 18:00 19:30 Date Start Time End Time Thu 23rd 14:00 14:45 OK EE P BO FR OK EE P BO FR Zoo To You Experience a range of exotic animals, from the National Zoo To You Reptile Zoo. Brought to you by Offaly County Library Experience a range of exotic animals, from the National in association with the Creative Ireland culture-based Reptile Zoo. Brought to you by Offaly County Library programme. in association with the Creative Ireland culture-based Venue: Clara Library, Ballycumber Road, Clara programme. Organiser: Offaly County Library Venue: Tullamore Library, O’Connor Square, Tullamore Email: [email protected] Organiser: Offaly County Library Telephone: 057 9331389 Email: [email protected] Website: offaly.ie/eng/Services/Libraries/ Telephone: 057 9346832 Website: offaly.ie/eng/Services/Libraries/ Date Start Time End Time Thu 23rd 10:00 11:00 Date Start Time End Time Thu 23rd 15:00 16:00 OK EE P BO FR OK EE P BO FR Open Day at You will find our entrance at Heartworks the Castle Lodge. Bloomville House Coming from town see our gate on the right. Coming from the Bloomville House 1794 is an elegant Georgian House. ByPass or South, at Charleville Roundabout, follow direction Includes cut stone stables, with 70 species of trees in the to Tullamore, parkland. Nothing has changed for 200 years. Great for Venue: Charleville Castle families & old world charm. Organiser: Charleville Castle Heritage Trust Venue: Bloomville House, Sranure, Geashill Email: [email protected] Organiser: Clemens von Ow Telephone: 0579323039 Website: charlevillecastle.com Date Start Time End Time Thu 23rd 15:00 20:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR Thu 23rd 12:00 16:00 P

EE P FR Storytelling and fun Storytelling and fun with storyteller, artist and poet Paul Storytelling and Fun Timoney, for children aged 7-12. Brought to you by Offaly Storytelling and fun with storyteller, artist and poet Paul County Library in association with the Creative Ireland culture- Timoney, for children aged 7-12. Brought to you by Offaly based programme. County Library in association with the Creative Ireland culture- Venue: Ferbane Library based programme. Organiser: Offaly County Library Venue: Banagher Library Email: [email protected] Organiser: Offaly County Library Telephone: 090 6454259

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Website: offaly.ie/eng/Services/Libraries/ Telephone: 057 9346832 Website: offaly.ie/eng/Services/Libraries/ Date Start Time End Time Thu 23rd 16:00 16:45 Date Start Time End Time Fri 24th 11:00 12:00 OK EE BO FR

UÍBH FHAILÍ OFFALY P OK EE P BO FR The Wildlife of Ferbane Bog Come discover the wildside of Ferbane Bog SAC - from Storytelling and Fun magical mosses to flesh-eating plants to rare birds, insects Storytelling and drawing with author and illustrator Dolores & animals, life of all kind calls a raised bog its home. Living Keaveney, for children aged 7-12. Brought to you by Offaly Bog tour at 5pm. County Library in association with the Creative Ireland culture- Venue: Ferbane Bog SAC based programme. Organiser: The Living Bog Venue: Edenderry Library, J.K.L. Street, Edenderry Email: [email protected] Organiser: Offaly County Library Telephone: 076 1002627 Email: [email protected] Website: raisedbogs.ie Telephone: 046 9731028 Website: offaly.ie/eng/Services/Libraries/ Date Start Time End Time Thu 23rd 17:00 19:00 Date Start Time End Time Fri 24th 14:30 15:30 EE P FR OK EE P BO FR Mount Briscoe’s Dowry of Trees Join Margaret for a walking tour of Mount Briscoe Demesne LIFE on Clara Bog glorious canopy of trees and wonder at a dowry well spent! Come discover 10,000 years of history on Clara Bog SAC, Witness their gnarled formations some centuries later. with something for all the family: from turf-cutting tales to bog Venue: Mount Brisoce, Daingean restoration to giant spiders to Sphagnum moss in space! Organiser: Mount Briscoe Organic Farm Venue: Clara Bog SAC (Boardwalk) Email: [email protected] Organiser: The Living Bog Telephone: 0872507827 Email: [email protected] Website: mountbriscoe.ie/ Telephone: 076 1002627 Website: raisedbogs.ie Date Start Time End Time Thu 23rd 18:00 19:30 Date Start Time End Time Fri 24th 15:00 17:00 EE P FR OK EE P BO FR Storytelling and Fun Storytelling and drawing with author and illustrator Dolores West Offaly 400 Years Ago Keaveney, for children aged 7-12. Brought to you by Offaly After a brief introduction we will explore the landscape of County Library in association with the Creative Ireland culture- West Offaly as depicted in the letters and maps of Mathew based programme. De Renzy, 1613-20, and other sources during his struggle Venue: Tullamore Library, O’Connor Square, Tullamore with the MacCoghlan Clan. Organiser: Offaly County Library Venue: Crank House, Main Street, Banagher followed by Email: [email protected] bus trip - limited seating of 25 Organiser: James Scully and Kieran Keenaghan

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OK EE Medieval Dancing with Horses P BO FR Clonony Castle is hosting a day of Medievall dancing with horses. Beautifully costumed girls dance traditional steps to Tour of Durrow Monastic Site historic music while a horse and rider in center do exactly the Visit to Durrow High Cross and Monastic Site presented by same steps. Society President Helen Bracken. Durrow High Cross is now Venue: Clonony Castle within the old church building which has been restored in Organiser: Clonony Castle and Cochise Stud recent years. Email: [email protected] Venue: Meet at the old Abbey Church, Durrow Demesne Telephone: 087 7614034 Organiser: Offaly Historical and Archaeological Society Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time th Telephone: 0579321421 Sun 26 14:00 14:45

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EE Medical Practises in Ireland 1500 BC to Present Practicing P FR Medical Herbalist/Physician Emmett Walsh will discuss the extraordinary history of Irish medicine and its place in world Walking Tour of Birr Barracks medical practices. Birr Barracks was a garrison situated a mile outside the town Venue: Roscore Clinic,Blueball, Tullamore, Co. Offaly of Birr in the village Crinkill, however little remains today. Organiser: Roscore Clinic Join Stephen Callaghan for a walking tour of the remains of Email: [email protected] the barracks. Telephone: 057 935 5844 Venue: Outside The Thatch restaurant, Crinkill. Website: medicalherbalist.ie/ Organiser: Stephen Callaghan Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Sun 26th 14:30 16:30 Date Start Time End Time EE FR Sat 25th 17:00 18:15 P

EE P FR Open Air Ceili Open Air Ceile with wooden dance floor, reliving the old Railway, Salts, and Kilcruttin traditional platform dancing that took place in the area in Tour of the railway (Charlie Finlay), the old Salts factory, and olden times.. Dal gCais Ceili Band will perform at the Barack Kilcruttin Cemetery (Michael Byrne). Obama Plaza. Venue: Meet at Town Park car park Venue: Barack Obama Plaza Organiser: Offaly Historical and Archaeological Society Organiser: Michael Searson Cairdin Accordians & Barack Email: [email protected] Obama Plaza Telephone: 0579321421 Admission: Adult €10.00 Website: offalyhistory.com Email: [email protected]

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Date Start Time End Time Sun 26th 17:00 20:00 Guided Tour: Tea & Home Baking Enjoy a tour of Castlecoote House, followed by tea and home P baking. Built on the grounds of a ruined 16th century castle, the house has been lovingly restored by local craftsmen over the past 20 year ROSCOMMON Venue: Castlecoote House, Castlecoote, Co. Roscommon Organiser: Castlecoote House, Home of the Percy French Festival Restored Windmill: West of Ireland Admission: Adult €5.00 Stepping back to the 1730s, you will discover how wheat Email: [email protected] and oats were converted into flour in the oldest and only, fully Telephone: 090 666 3794 UÍBH FHAILÍ ROSCOMMON ROS COMÁIN OFFALY restored Windmill in the West of Ireland. Website: castlecootehouse.com Venue: Elphin Windmill, Windmill Road Organiser: Elphin Windmill Date Start Time End Time th Admission: Adult €5, Child €3, Family €12 Sat 18 15:00 18:00 Email: [email protected] P Website: Elphinwindmill.blogspot.ie

Date Start Time End Time Kings Heritage Trail — Bus Tour th Sat 18 12:00 16:00 Let us take you on an unforgettable journey through th Sun 19 12:00 16:00 Roscommon’s fascinating landscape, where the stories and th Mon 20 12:00 16:00 characters of the counties key heritage sites will be brought to st Tue 21 12:00 16:00 life along the way. nd Wed 22 12:00 16:00 Venue: Boyle Craft Shop, The Grounds of King House, Boyle rd Thu 23 12:00 16:00 Organiser: Úna Bhán Tourism Cooperative th Fri 24 12:00 16:00 Admission: Adult €30, Child €25, Concession €28, th Sat 25 12:00 16:00 Family: €110 th Sun 26 12:00 16:00 Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0719663033 P Website: unabhan.ie

Monksland and France 1000 yrs Ago Date Start Time End Time th Monks from Cluny, France(c1100) had an Irish Priory in Sat 18 09:30 16:30 th Athlone.King Turlough wished to make Athlone the Capital.He Sat 25 09:30 16:30

asked them for land to build /Bridge. In return OK P BO he gave them, Monksland Venue: Athlone Springs Hotel, Monksland Organiser: Monksland Town Team Sharing Family Stories Email: [email protected] 3 guest speakers will share their family stories and guide you Telephone: 0872128842 on how best to present your genealogy research. Venue: Roscommon Library Date Start Time End Time Organiser: Roscommon County Library st Tue 21 20:00 21:30 Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0906637272

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EE FR Industrial underground heritage Explore Energy Themes past and present and gain an Insight into the fascinating life of a coal miner during the Traditional Hand Woven Baskets underground tour. Display of traditional hand woven baskets made using local Venue: willow and rush by Patricia O’Flaherty of http://www. Organiser: Arigna Mining Experience naomhpadraighandcrafts.com/ Admission: Adult €10, Child €6, Concession FREE, Venue: Strokestown Library Family €28 Organiser: Roscommon County Council Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0719646466 Telephone: 087 9078860 Website: arignaminingexperience.ie/ Website: roscommoncoco.ie/en/

Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 10:00 17:00 Sat 18th 10:00 13:00 Sun 19th 10:00 17:00 Tue 21st 14:00 18:00 Mon 20th 10:00 17:00 Wed 22nd 13:00 17:00 Tue 21st 10:00 17:00 Wed 22nd 17:30 19:30 Wed 22nd 10:00 17:00 Thu 23rd 12:00 16:00 Thu 23rd 10:00 17:00 Fri 24th 10:00 13:00 Fri 24th 10:00 17:00 Fri 24th 14:00 17:00 Sat 25th 10:00 17:00 Sat 25th 10:00 13:00 Sun 26th 10:00 17:00 EE P FR P What Do These Stones Know? Karst, Turloughs & Eskers Follow the self-guided trail for a new perspective. Go Find out about the geological heritage of Co. Roscommon. through the servants’ tunnel, find the creek, learn about the See amazing photographs of mushroom rocks, quarry & road superstitions of the Big House and some little known history. cuttings and much more. Earn a certificate. Venue: Castlerea Library Venue: Woodland Walk Cafe and Gift Shop, Strokestown Organiser: Roscommon County Council Park Email: [email protected] Organiser: and the Irish Heritage Trust Telephone: 087 9078860 Email: [email protected] Website: roscommoncoco.ie/en/ Telephone: 071 963 3013 Website: StrokestownPark.ie Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 10:00 13:00 Date Start Time End Time Tue 21st 13:30 17:00 Sat 18th 10:30 17:00 Tue 21st 18:00 20:00 Sun 19th 10:30 17:00 Wed 22nd 10:00 13:00 Mon 20th 10:30 17:00

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st Tue 21 10:30 17:00 Organiser: Co. Roscommon Historical and Archaeological nd Wed 22 10:30 17:00 Society rd Thu 23 10:30 17:00 Email: [email protected] th Fri 24 10:30 17:00 Telephone: 090 6663856 Sat 25th 10:30 17:00 Sun 26th 10:30 17:00 Date Start Time End Time Sun 19th 15:00 16:30 EE P FR

ROSCOMMON ROS COMÁIN EE P FR Genealogy Clinic Are you starting your family history research or require some The Mapother Connection help? These popular genealogy clinics provided by Eilish Reconnecting with the forgotten world of the Mapothers, a Feeley, Professional Genealogist will help you along your local landlord family: a talk and walk recounting remembered journey of discovery. stories about them and their contributions to Kilteevan Parish Venue: Roscommon County Library and beyond. Organiser: Eilish Feeley, Irish Clann Connections Venue: Meet at the former Mapother gatehouse at the road Email: [email protected] to Kilteevan Graveyard Telephone: 087 2940544 Organiser: Kilteevan Graveyard Committee Website: irishclannconnections.com Telephone: 086 2412436

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A Traditional Thatched Cottage Guided Tour, Tea & Home Baking Visitors are welcome to explore a traditional thatched Enjoy a tour of Castlecoote House, followed by tea and home cottage, which was carefully re-thatched a few years ago to baking. Built on the grounds of a ruined 16th century castle, ensure that it remains a testament to Irish design heritage. the house has been lovingly restored by local craftsmen over Venue: “Teach Luinín”, Moyvannion, Kiltoom Athlone L 7553 the past 20 year. Organiser: Bridie Leonard Feeney Venue: Castlecoote House, Castlecoote, Co. Roscommon Email: [email protected] Organiser: Castlecoote House, Home of the Percy French Telephone: 086 1223787 Festival Website: [email protected] Admission: Adult €5.00 Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Telephone: 090 666 3794 th Sat 18 12:00 17:00 Website: castlecootehouse.com Sun 19th 12:00 17:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR P Sun 19th 15:00 18:00 Mon 20th 15:00 18:00 Heritage Tour, Fuerty and Athleague Tue 21st 15:00 18:00 nd Starting at Fuerty Graveyard, the tour, which will be guided Wed 22 15:00 18:00 rd by Albert Siggins, will explore sites of historical interest in Thu 23 15:00 18:00 th Fuerty and Athleague. Own transport necessary, as sites are Fri 24 15:00 18:00 th scattered. Sat 25 15:00 18:00 th Venue: Fuerty Graveyard Sun 26 15:00 18:00

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Harpist Teresa O’Donnell will perform music by Carolan, OK EE P BO FR Moore, Percy French and classical and contemporary works. The recital will be followed by tea and home baking. Venue: Castlecoote House, Castlecoote, Co. Roscommon Every Place has a Story Organiser: Castlecoote House, Home of the Percy French Would you like to know the story of your house, home-place Festival or Farm? Discover resources linking Griffiths Valuation & Admission: Adult €5.00 Cancelled Land Books with all properties and occupants from Email: [email protected] 1850’s and modern era. Telephone: 090 666 3794 Venue: Seminar Roon, County Library, Roscommon Town Website: castlecootehouse.com Organiser: Mary Leyden Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Telephone: 087 9078860 th Sun 19 15:00 17:30 Website: roscommoncoco.ie/en/

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Talk to an American Scientist EE P FR Do you wonder what a scientist does? Dr. James Hoban will answer your questions, and show you some vintage lab equipment for photography in the 1890’s and scientific Wild Child Day Bug Hunt experiments from the 1930’s. Meet up with Nature’s Little Creatures with the help of a Venue: Woodland Walk Cafe and Gift Shop, Strokestown Nature Expert. Bug Pots and Nets provided for groups of up Park to 12 children on a first come first served basis every 30 mins Organiser: Strokestown Park and the Irish Heritage Trust starting @ 12.00pm Email: [email protected] Venue: The Fairy House, Fairy Village, The Demesne, Telephone: 071 963 3013 Castlerea Website: StrokestownPark.ie Organiser: Roscommon County Council Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Telephone: 087 9078860 st Tue 21 11:00 11:45 Website: roscommoncoco.ie/en/ Fri 24th 11:00 11:45 Date Start Time End Time EE FR P Wed 22nd 12:00 15:45

EE FR Children’s Walk, Roscommon Town Children’s walking tour of interesting historical sites in Roscommon Town. The walk is suitable for children of Exhibition on Dr. approximately 8 to 13 years of age. Children must be Dr. Hyde’s contribution to modern Ireland is traced through accompanied by an adult. the medium of charts, books of his poems, prose, letters and Venue: Roscommon Tourist Office, The Square, Roscommon photographs. Through audio visual material the spirit of his Town like is captured. Organiser: Roscommon Town Tourist Office Venue: DouglasHyde Interpretative Centre, Portaghard, Email: [email protected] Frenchpark Telephone: 087 9555392 Organiser: Roscommon County Council

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Website: roscommoncoco.ie/en/ OK EE P BO FR Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 14:00 17:00 A Sacred Island Before Christianity rd Thu 23 14:00 17:00 Alf Monaghan traces the origin and spread of Pre-Christian

ROSCOMMON ROS COMÁIN EE Eastern Religious Beliefs, to Ireland, and their impact here. P FR Venue: Ardcarne Church Of Ireland (on The N4 midway between Boyle and Carrick On Shannon) Heritage Hour Organiser: Ardcarne Parish Graveyards Committee A radio show about heritage and archaeology. Email: [email protected] Venue: On the radio Telephone: 0879667009] Organiser: RosFM 94.6 Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time nd Telephone: 0906628161 Wed 22 20:00 21:15

Website: rosfm.ie EE P FR Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 15:00 16:00 Bat Talk and Walk

EE Come and learn about Ireland’s Bats! The local conservation P FR ranger will give a presentation on Bats, followed by a walk using Bat Detectors to help us spot our acro-BAT-ic flying Folklore Recordings — Phase 12 friends! The launch of the 12th phase of the Folklore and Oral History Venue: Kilteevan Community Centre recordings, a database of recordings of local Roscommon Organiser: Kilteevan Tidy Towns & National Parks and people available in all libraries in the County. Wildlife Services Venue: County Library, Roscommon Email: [email protected] Organiser: Roscommon County Council Library Service Telephone: 0858074591 Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0906637270 Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 21:15 22:30 Date Start Time End Time EE FR Wed 22nd 15:30 16:30 P

EE P FR If Teacups Could Talk Volunteer Mary will take you into the galleried kitchen to New Guidebook & Museum Exhibit show some of the many intriguing objects discovered in the All are welcome to the launch of ‘Rathcroghan - the nooks and crannies of the house. You can bring a show-and- Guidebook’ and new museum display cases. tell of your own. Venue: Rathcroghan Visitor Centre, Tulsk, Co. Roscommon Venue: Woodland Walk Cafe and Gift Shop, Strokestown Organiser: Rathcroghan Visitor Centre, Tulsk, Co. Park Roscommon Organiser: Strokestown Park and the Irish Heritage Trust Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 071 9639268 Telephone: 071 963 3013 Website: rathcroghan.ie Website: StrokestownPark.ie

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Mighty Moths Exploring the Family Tree Come along to the front steps of King House to see a moth Family Heritage Evening researching the family tree; with trap opened to reveal what wonderful creatures are found information boards, photographs and a household vintage flying around the grounds of King House during the night exhibition. Historical parish family tree displayed at Moore while you are asleep! church Mass, at 7pm. Venue: Meet at the front steps to King House, Boyle Venue: Moore Community Hall Organiser: Roscommon County Council Organiser: Moore History Group Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 087 6078860 Telephone: 0877871907 Website: roscommoncoco.ie/en/ Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Thu 23rd 20:00 21:30 Thu 23rd 11:00 12:00 EE P FR EE P FR Prof. M Herity Memorial Lecture Family Nature Walk 3rd Annual Prof. Michael Herity Memorial Lecture Meet at the front steps of King House, Boyle and take a family Venue: Rathcroghan Visitor Centre, Tulsk, Co. Roscommon nature walk through the Pleasure Grounds beside King House, Organiser: Rathcroghan Visitor Centre, Tulsk, Co. with Michael Bell from Nature Learn. Roscommon Venue: Meet at the front steps of King House, Boyle Email: [email protected] Organiser: Roscommon County Council Telephone: 071 9639268 Email: [email protected] Website: rathcroghan.ie/ Telephone: 087 9078860 Website: roscommoncoco.ie/en/ Date Start Time End Time Fri 24th 19:30 21:30 Date Start Time End Time OK EE BO FR Thu 23rd 12:00 13:00 P

EE P FR Biodiversity walk in St. Johns Wood Come and joins us for a walk through the magical woodlands Basket Weaving Demonstration of St. John’s Wood along the shores of Lough Ree. Learn Ballaghaderreen Library will be hosting a traditional basket about the huge variety of plants and animals that make this weaving demonstration with Patricia O’Flaherty, of Naomh place so special! Padraig Crafts, on Thursday 23rd August, from 1.00 pm to Venue: Carpark at St. John’s Wood, Lecarrow. 5.00 pm. Organiser: National Parks and Wildlife Services Venue: Ballaghaderreen Library Email: [email protected] Organiser: Ballaghaderreen Library Telephone: 0858074591 Email: [email protected] Telephone: 094 - 9877044 Date Start Time End Time Fri 24th 11:00 12:30

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Celtic Camp Dig It - Archaeology for Children The Celtic Camp Annual Games combines storytelling, the ‘Dig It’ is a fun, educational, hands-on archaeological skills of the warrior, and the Spirit of our Celtic ancestry in a experience for ages 3+, where children will carry out a ‘mini two day event every August! excavation’ with the promise of hidden treasure.

ROSCOMMON ROS COMÁIN Venue: Rathniamh, Candlefield, Trien Venue: Lough Key Forest & Activity Park Organiser: Celtic Druid Temple Organiser: Roscommon County Council Admission: Adult: €90.00, Child: €45 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 087 9078860 Website: celticcamp.com/ Website: roscommoncoco.ie/en/

Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 10:00 22:00 Sat 25th 11:00 16:30 Sun 26th 10:00 17:00 EE P FR OK P BO Cloontuskert Natural Heritage Tour Biodiversity Story at the Shore A guided-walk for the community on local flora and fauna as Make a Connection with Portrunny’s Rich Biodiversity and a celebration of our rich natural heritage. experience Portrunny Heritage Trail. Venue: Cloontuskert village Venue: Portrunny Amenity and Playground Organiser: Cloontuskert Residents Association Organiser: Portrun Development Association Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: cloontuskerttidytowns.weebly.com/ Telephone: NA Website: portrun.ie Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 12:00 14:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR Sat 25th 10:30 11:45 P

EE P FR Lake & Legends Herigate Tour Join us for a guided bus tour of the historic and Walking Tour, Roscommon Town archaeological attractions starting from Ballaghaderreen and Starting at Roscommon Tourist Office, the walk will explore taking in the beauty of its hinterland. sites of historical and architectural interest in Roscommon Venue: Community Resource Centre, The Shambles, Market Town. Suitable for adults and individuals over 12 years of Street, Ballaghaderreen age. Organiser: Lake & Legends Venue: Roscommon Tourist Office, The Square, Roscommon Admission: Adult: €10, Child: €5, Family: €25 Town Email: [email protected] Organiser: Roscommon Tourist Office Telephone: 094 9862565 Email: [email protected] Telephone: 090 6625613 Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 14:00 17:00 Date Start Time End Time OK BO Sat 25th 11:00 12:30 P

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Traditional Hand Woven Basket Demo bat detector for people to use. Please wear sturdy shoes, Traditional hand woven basket making demo with Patricia dress for the weather and bring a torch. Children must be O’Flaherty of www.naomhpadraighandcrafts.com. Watch accompanied by an adult. Patricia at work and have a chat with her about her craft. Venue: Roscommon Castle in Loughnanene Park Maybe even have a go yourself! Organiser: Roscommon Tidy Towns Association Venue: Ballaghaderreen Library Email: [email protected] Organiser: Roscommon County Council Telephone: 086 3726743 Email: [email protected] Telephone: 087 9078860 Date Start Time End Time th Website: roscommoncoco.ie/en/ Sat 25 20:30 22:00

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EE Sounding The Shore P FR An audio and film screening, premiering the documentary “Sounding the Shore” and archival footage of Lough Ree A Ramble around the Turlough facilitated by a Men’s Shed larch clinker-built lake boat and Come on a ramble in the Park and learn why Turloughs are its traditional sprit sail. so important in Roscommon Venue: Meet at the gate outside of Rindoon to be guided to Venue: Loughnaneane Park, Roscommon Town Centre Safe Harbour, Rindoon Castle, Co. Roscommon Organiser: Roscommon Tidy Towns Association Organiser: Nollaig Molloy and Ballyleague Men’s Shed Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 086 3726743 Telephone: 0863060539

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Open Day Free Entry There will be a presentation about this successful community- Sunday 26th based (Red Grouse and breeding Curlew) raised bog No charge Sunday 26th August to visit the famous Irish conservation project in Moore Hall followed by a guided field National Famine Museum in Strokestown Park. trip to Ballydangan Bog. Venue: Woodland Walk Cafe and Gift Shop, Strokestown Venue: Moore Hall, Ballydangan Park Organiser: Ballydangan Bog Red Grouse Project Organiser: Strokestown Park and the Irish Heritage Trust Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 086-2501475 Telephone: 071 963 3013 Website: ballydanganbog.com/ Website: StrokestownPark.ie

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Bat Talk in Roscommon Castle The Fair Day in Ballyfarnon Ecologist David Fallon will give a talk on bats and has a Stories from the Fair Day in Ballyfarnon, these stories

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rd collected by the school children of the parish of Kilronan and Thu 23 10:00 17:00 th the neighbouring schools from their grandparents about the Fri 24 10:00 17:00 th Fair Day. Sat 25 10:00 17:00 th Venue: Crescent Ballyfarnon Sun 26 10:30 15:00

Organiser: Ballyfarnon Community Enperprise Group lTD EE P FR Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0872695821 A History of Play Date Start Time End Time In this colourful three-dimensional installation, children are th Sun 26 16:00 18:00 invited to explore shape, colour and constructive design

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Sligo Heritage Free Audio Guide Date Start Time End Time th Free audio guide to Sligo. This guide will help to introduce Sat 18 10:00 17:00 th you to some of the stories and places that make Sligo such Sun 19 10:30 15:00 th an atmospheric town. Simply visit our website to access your Mon 20 10:00 17:00 st free audio guide. Tue 21 10:00 17:00 nd Venue: Your self-guided tour begins at the Town Hall, Quay Wed 22 10:00 17:00 rd Street, Sligo Thu 23 10:00 17:00 th Organiser: Abarta Heritage Fri 24 10:00 17:00 th Email: [email protected] Sat 25 10:00 17:00 th Website: abartaheritage.ie/product/sligo-heritage-trail- Sun 26 10:30 15:00

audio-guide/ EE P FR EE P FR Out on the Ocean Portrait of a Family Cliadhbh O’Gibne from the Boyne Currach Heritage Group This exhibition presents an intimate look at the Yeats Family will demonstrate the ancient art of constructing a hide-covered through the portraits of John Butler Yeats and a selection of boat using natural materials and techniques. other artists. Venue: Carrowmore Visitor Centre Venue: The Model Organiser: Carrowmore Visitor Centre Organiser: The Model Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 071 9161534 Telephone: 0719141405 Website: heritageireland.ie/en/north-west/ Website: themodel.ie carrowmoremegalithiccemetery/

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Sligo Port By Sligo Weekender Website: michaelahargadon.com The Port of Sligo grew from a basic medieval quay into one of Ireland’s principle emigration ports. The Sligo Weekender Date Start Time End Time th opens it’s archives to share stories about industry & people Sat 18 13:00 14:00 th behind the port. Sun 19 1800 19:00 th Venue: Hawk’s Well Theatre Mon 20 13:00 14:00 st Organiser: Hawk’s Well Theatre Tue 21 13:00 14:00 nd Email: [email protected] Wed 22 13:00 14:00 rd Telephone: 0719161518 Thu 23 13:00 14:00 th Website: hawkswell.com Fri 24 13:00 14:00 Sat 25th 13:00 14:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR Sat 18th 10:00 17:30 P Sun 19th 14:30 17:30 Mon 20th 10:00 17:30 Clay Days - Sculpt and Build st Tue 21 10:00 17:30 Get hands on under the guidance of Colin and Feile. Mix nd Wed 22 10:00 17:30 your own mud for building and sculpting, and take a look rd Thu 23 10:00 17:30 around the Mud and Wood House (as seen on Home of the th Fri 24 10:00 17:30 Year and the Ray D’Arcy Show). th Sat 25 10:00 17:30 Venue: Mud and Wood, Grange Beg, Skreen, Co. Sligo

EE Organiser: Earthen Building UK and Ireland (EBUKI) FR Email: [email protected] Telephone: 086 806 8382 200 Years of Sligo Gaol Website: ebuki.co/ 2018 is the bicentenary anniversary of the establishment of Sligo Gaol. As part of events to mark the Year of Sligo Gaol Date Start Time End Time th we will be holding tours of this unique historic building. Sat 18 14:00 17:30

Venue: Sligo Gaol OK EE P BO FR Organiser: Friends of Sligo Gaol Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0868796529 Story Sharing Session Website: sligogaol.ie Imelda will share her tale Mr & Mrs Oldenday, winner of 2011 Heritage Week Story Telling Competition, in her Date Start Time End Time home - an old stables brought back to life via an eco-friendly th Sat 18 11:00 15:00 renovation project.

OK EE Venue: The Outhouses, Riverstown Village P BO FR Organiser: Imelda Ryan-Jones Email: [email protected] Hargadon @ Hargadons Telephone: 083 801 6027 Enjoy readings from the works of Michael Hargadon followed by a nice pub lunch. Readers will include the descendants of Date Start Time End Time th Michael Hargadon; local dignitaries; academics and Sligo Sat 18 15:00 16:00 residents. EE P FR Venue: Hargadon Bros Pub, O’Connell St., Sligo Organiser: Calry Local History Society Email: [email protected] Wild Plant Foraging & Wildlife Walk Telephone: 085-8585498 Foraging and Wildlife Walk for wild edible plants in urban;

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woodland and river habitats with Fred Symmons who has 25 Two Churchyard Yews years experience as a Forager, Ecologist and Environmental The event will be a graveside remembrance at the Hargadon Consultant. and McLoughlin graves with readings from the works of Venue: Doorley Park, Sligo Town Michael Hargadon.

SLIGO SLIGEACH Organiser: Forager Fred - Professional Environmental Venue: Clogher Graveyard, Calry (L34082 off the R278) Consultant and Forager Organiser: Calry Local History Society Admission: Adult €10, Child €5 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 087-2972592 Telephone: 0872641979 Website: michaelahargadon.com

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Treading on my Stones Monasteraden, Neighbourhood Tour An introduction to the Geology of North Sligo with the help of PJ O’Neill will escort the group around the sites of St Drumcliffe Church stone walls, artefacts and gravestones. Attracta’s Well,Clougher Stone Fort, Carrowntemple telling Venue: Drumcliffe small car park, Drumcliffe (the one you their history and stories and their significance to the local leading to the church) area and people. Organiser: North West Environmental in partnership with Venue: Drury’s Pub, Monasteraden, the Heritage Office, Sligo County Council Organiser: Sligo Field Club Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0876159616 Telephone: 0857531918 Website: sligofieldclub.com Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 16:00 18:00 Date Start Time End Time Sun 19th 14:30 16:30 EE P FR EE P FR Carrowkeel Tombs Heritage Trail We’ll start our trail in an ancient sea canyon! The walls Archaeological walk: Deerpark,Calry are made of 300 million years old coral reef. We’ll trek a Join Dr Sam Moore for a guided tour of the archaeological mountain path to 5000 year old megalithic tombs while sites of the Deerpark, Calry. The central court tomb from the soaking up stunning views. Neolithic period c.3700-3550 BC is one of the best of its Venue: Carrowkeel *Meeting Point, Castlebaldwin Petrol type in Ireland. Station Venue: Assemble at car park outside Deerpark on R-278 Organiser: Seatrails approx 4 miles from Sligo Admission: Adult €5, Child FREE Organiser: Calry Local History Society Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0872405071 Telephone: 087-2972592 Website: seatrails.ie/?pagid=home Website: memoryofcalry.com

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Explore the Ballyconnell Fossils Website: sligoroots.com Explore the Ballyconnell Fossils with local historian Leo Leydon and the Irish Quaternary Association. Hear the story Date Start Time End Time st of Serpent Rock, where St. Patrick banished the snakes out Tue 21 10:00 12:30 of Ireland. EE FR Venue: Meet at Dunleavys Shop, Maugherow, Co. Sligo at 3pm Organiser: Leo Leydon and the Irish Quaternary Newpark Garden Nature Walk Association A guided tour of Newpark grounds & nature walk led by Email: [email protected] Michael Bell Telephone: Leo Leydon 086 8099891 Venue: Newpark House Newpark Ballymote Website: heritageweek.ie Organiser: Anthony & Rosemary Kitchin Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Telephone: 086 3375741 Sun 19th 15:00 17:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR P Tue 21st 14:30 15:30

EE P FR Michael Hargadon Exhibition View the life and works of Michael Hargadon (1888- 1968) poet and journalist from Calry, Sligo. Included Evening Tour Gleniff Mining Valley are photographs of Sligo characters and celebrities that Tour of Gleniff mining valley inc. old Gleniff Barytes Mill site. Hargadon met in the Roaring Twenties. Small dam/larger one up stream on the Ballintrillick river. Venue: City Hall, Sligo Drive to Gore Booth, mine/Barton aerial tramway & miners Organiser: Calry Local History Society accommodation. Email: [email protected] Venue: Old Gleniff Barytes Mill Site. Telephone: 086-1950375 Organiser: Sligo Field Club Website: michaelahargadon.com Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0857531918 Date Start Time End Time Website: sligofieldclub.com Mon 20th 09:00 17:00 Tue 21st 09:00 17:00 Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 09:00 17:00 Tue 21st 18:00 20:00 Thu 23rd 09:00 17:00 EE FR Fri 24th 09:00 17:00 P

EE P FR Michael A. Hargadon Lecture Public lecture by Brian Hargadon and Gerard Cunningham Sligo Heritage Video collection on the life and works of Michael Hargadon (1888-1968) Visitors will be able to choose from a selection of short poet and journalist, and official launch of website by Cllr videos & presentations on previous heritage week topics Seamus Kilgannon. including Emigration from Sligo Port and the Schools Folklore Venue: Clayton Hotel, Sligo Collection. Organiser: Calry Local History Society Venue: County Sligo Heritage & Genealogy Centre Email: [email protected] Organiser: County Sligo Heritage & Genealogy Society Telephone: 086-1950375 Email: [email protected] Website: michaelahargadon.com Telephone: 0719143728

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SLIGO SLIGEACH Coopershill House 1774 Guided Tour Remembering Regatta Rivalries This family home was designed by Francis Bindon and Join members of past and present rowing clubs will share finished in 1774. Tours last approx 30 minutes and leave on stories on the history of rowing and the rivalry that existed the half hour. Booking essential. among clubs from Sligo and its environs who rowed on the Venue: Coopershill House Garavogue & Lough Gill. Organiser: Coopershill House Venue: Anderson’s Brewery, Kempten Promenade Email: [email protected] Organiser: Calry Local History Society Telephone: 07191 65108 Email: [email protected] Website: coopershill.com Telephone: 086-1950375 Website: memoryofcalry.com Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 12:00 14:00 Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 20:00 21:30 OK EE P BO FR EE P FR Open to Visitors. Lissadell Church is celebrating 160 years since its The Cliffoney Rebellion consecration. It was built by the Gore-Booths of Lissadell A public lecture, based on the recently discovered personal House and is an active Church of Ireland, part of the papers of Fr. Michael O’Flanagan, chronicles the Cliffoney Drumcliffe Group of churches. Rebellion of 1915 and subsequent events. By Martin Byrne. Venue: Lissadell Church Venue: Cliffoney Hall Organiser: Lissadell Church of Ireland Organiser: Fr Michael O’Flanagan Memorial Group Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Telephone: 071 9131995 nd Wed 22 14:00 17:00 Website: frmichaeloflanagan.com Thu 23rd 14:00 17:00 Fri 24th 14:00 17:00 Sat 25th 14:00 17:00 Date Start Time End Time Thu 23rd 19:00 21:00 EE P FR EE P FR Woodland Foray of Doorly Park Take a walk on the wild side in the heart of Sligo. Perhaps The Rambling House you have walked it several times but have you ever wondered Come listen to Joe Mc Gowan recount the days of the about its stories and what grows in this botanically abundant ‘rambling house’ . It was here that local news was park? exchanged, ghost/fairy stories told/the old lore passed on Venue: Doorly Park (at council riverside, iron gate entrance) before the arrival of ‘mass media’. Organiser: Shailagh Healy, In collabaration with the Venue: IT Sligo Education Centre Heritage Office, Sligo County Council Organiser: Sligo Field Club Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 085 2445572 Telephone: 0857531918 Website: shailaghhealyarboriculture.wordpress.com Website: sligofieldclub.com

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Calry Gossiping Whale Watch Ireland 2018 Join Calry residents to collect accounts and share stories of The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group invites you to their natural and built environment of the area. The event will also annual, free and guided land-based whale watch at a lay the foundation for the production of a heritage map of local headland, as part of All-Ireland Whale Watch day on the area. Saturday 25th August 2018 Venue: Marian Hall, Calry (3 miles from Sligo on R278) Venue: Lay by, Mullaghmore Head Organiser: Calry Local History Society Organiser: Irish Whale and Dolphin Group Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 086-1950375 Telephone: 087 6171377 Website: memoryofcalry.com Website: iwdg.ie

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Hand Spinning Wool from Fleece Dark Tales Tour Join me for a brief history of spinning yarn in Ireland. I will Join us as we explore Sligo’s dark history on a walking tour demonstrate how to prepare the fleece for spinning using revealing Sligo’s turbulent past with stories of the undead, hand carders. Demonstrate spinning on a drop spindle and a execution, jail-breaks, disease and other macabre tales! Donegal wheel. Venue: Sligo Town Venue: Rathcormac Market, Rathcormac Organiser: Melcoo Tours Organiser: Markree Wool Craft Admission: Adult €10 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 086 8198543 Telephone: 353851735103 Website: sligowalkingtours.com/ Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 11:00 12:30 Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 19:30 21:00 EE P FR OK P BO Sligo Bahamas A geological tour of Sligo town, with an introduction to the Open Day at the Schoolhouse geology of North Sligo with the help of Sligo town building An opportunity to see the conservation work of Irish Landmark walls. Trust. Enjoy a self-guided tour of this restored charming C19th Venue: Connaughton Road Car Park, Sligo (behind The schoolhouse that is now available as holiday accommodation. Model) Venue: Schoolhouse at Annaghmore, Collooney Organiser: North West Environmental in partnership with Organiser: Irish Landmark Trust the Heritage Office, Sligo County Council Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 01 6704733 Telephone: 0876159616 Website: irishlandmark.com

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SLIGO SLIGEACH Family Day Knoxpark Family Day: Viking Picnic Join us at The Model to celebrate the last days of Summer beside the Ballisodare River with a sun filled day of creative outdoor activities. Scenic Knoxpark has major archaeological significance & Venue: The Model a public art trail: it could be the site of a Viking settlement. Organiser: The Model Bring a picnic & the kids and rediscover Knoxpark via an Admission: Adult: €€20 + 1 child, €25 + 2 children expert guided tour Email: [email protected] Venue: Knoxpark, Ballisodare Telephone: 0719141405 Organiser: Ballisodare Community Council Website: themodel.ie Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0868318311 Date Start Time End Time Sun 26th 11:30 15:00 Date Start Time End Time Sun 26th 14:00 16:00 P EE FR

On Lough Gill’s Banks Enjoy a delightful cruise on beautiful Lough Gill accompanied Sligo’s Forgotten Castle - Doonfore by readings from the works of Michael Hargadon. Bar and Visit to explore Sligo’s forgotten Doonfore Castle. Constructed food available on the boat. Early booking advisable. by the O’Harte family and enhanced by Francis Gore, the Venue: Assemble at Parke’s Castle on the R286 at 12.00 first of the Gores to settle in North Sligo. sharp. Venue: Meet at Dunleavy’s Shop, Maugherow, Co. Sligo Organiser: Calry Local History Society at 3pm Admission: Adult €20, Family €60 Organiser: Leo Leydon - Sligo Field Club Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: +353 87 259 8869 Telephone: Leo leydon - 086 8099891 Website: roseofinnisfree.com/ Website: heritageweek.ie

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What was in the Boat? Americana in the Abbey — The Old Recent discoveries tie Irish Neolithic architecture to migrant Market Swing Band Neolithic farmers from abroad. Neolithic boats transported The Old Market Street Swing Band will be playing well novel animals and technologies. What else did these ancient known jazz, blues, swing and western swing hits from the last boats contain? 100 years in Sligo’s only medieval building. Venue: Carrowmore Visitor Centre Venue: Sligo Abbey Organiser: Carrowmore Visitor Centre Office of Public Organiser: Sligo Abbey Works Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 071 9146406 Telephone: 071 91 61534 Website: heritageireland.ie/en/north-west/sligoabbey/

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EE guide/ P FR EE FR P A Day in the Life A friar from Holy Cross Priory, Sligo leads a walk around Open Church Sligo Abbey and talks about the life of a Dominican friar, St Marys is the oldest landmark in Tipperary Town, a church their daily practices; their distinctive clothing, and who was has been on the site since the 1300s. We will be sharing the Saint Dominic? stories of some of the events that have taken place, through Venue: Sligo Abbey the generations. Organiser: Sligo Abbey Venue: St Marys Church of Ireland Tipperary Town Email: [email protected] Organiser: St Marys Church Of Ireland Telephone: 0719146406 Email: [email protected] Website: heritageireland.ie/en/north-west/sligoabbey/ Telephone: 0867218748 Website: cashelunion.ie Date Start Time End Time Sun 19th 09:30 17:00 Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 14:00 17:00 EE FR P Mon 20th 14:00 17:00 Wed 22nd 14:00 17:00 Thu 23rd 14:00 17:00 TIPPERARY Fri 24th 14:00 17:00

EE FR P Cloughjordan Heritage Audio Guide Free self-guided audio tour to this North Tipperary village, Guided Tours birthplace of Thomas MacDonagh, poet and 1916 Rising Daily guided tours of this beautifully restored 13th century leader. Simply visit our website to access your free audio tower house owned and run privately by Egans, descendants guide. of the original MacEgan Clan of Redwood. Venue: Your self-guided tour begins at Cloughjordan Venue: Railway Station, Templemore Road, Cloughjordan Organiser: Redwood Castle Organiser: Abarta Heritage Admission: Adult: €8, Child: €5, Concession: €5 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: abartaheritage.ie/product/cloughjordan-heritage- Telephone: 0877479566 trail-audio-guide/ Date Start Time End Time EE FR P Sat 18th 14:00 18:00 Sun 19th 14:00 18:00 Derrynaflan Trail Free Audio Guide Mon 20th 14:00 18:00 st Free self-guided audio tour to the Derrynaflan Trail. Visit Tue 21 14:00 18:00 nd atmospheric sites like Holycross Abbey, Kilcooley Abbey Wed 22 14:00 18:00 rd and Derrynaflan. Simply visit our website to access your free Thu 23 14:00 18:00 th audio guide. Fri 24 14:00 18:00 th Venue: Your self-guided tour begins at Slieveardagh Sat 25 14:00 18:00 th Heritage Centre, River Street, Killenaule Sun 26 14:00 18:00 Organiser: Abarta Heritage

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Seminar on Fancroft Mill Clay Days: Modern Build Trad Skills Seminar on aspects of Mill Architecture, History & See examples of how earth mortars were used in vernacular Conservation. The event includes talks with Q&A, guided buildings in Cashel and then learn how to make an earth tour, access to gardens and refreshments. mortar. Share your own stories of earthen buildings with us. Venue: Fancroft Mill & Gardens, Roscrea Venue: High Cross, Main St, Cashel (onwards for TIOBRAID ÁRAINN TIPPERARY Organiser: Marcus & Irene Sweeney/ Fancroft Mill & Ballytarsna Castle then workshop) Gardens Organiser: Earthen Building UK and Ireland (EBUKI) Email: [email protected] Admission: Adult: €10 Website: fancroft.ie Email: [email protected] Telephone: 086 862 7306 Date Start Time End Time Website: ebuki.co/ Sat 18th 14:00 18:00 Date Start Time End Time OK EE BO FR P Sun 19th 10:00 14:00

OK P BO Seisiún Trad Join us for a night full of music, song, dance and storytelling to celebrate our heritage. Tour of /Damer House Venue: Redwood Castle Step back into the 13th century with a visit to Roscrea Castle Organiser: Redwood Castle followed by a journey into the 18th century, visiting the Email: [email protected] Damer House. Built in 1722, it exhibits five rooms with period Telephone: 0877479566 furniture. Venue: Reception Damer House, Castle Street, Roscrea Date Start Time End Time Organiser: OPW Roscrea Heritage th Sat 18 18:00 20:00 Email: [email protected]

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Historical Walking Tour of Nenagh. Date Start Time End Time th Relax as you stroll through Nenagh’s wonderful streets and Sun 19 10:00 17:15 th listen as your guide Kevin unveil the truly magnificent history Sun 26 10:00 17:15

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Venue: Banba Sq Nenagh. Organiser: Nenagh Walking Tours. Admission: Child €4, Concession €4, Family €12 Mountain Lodge Open Day Email: [email protected] Mountain Lodge is a 19th century shooting lodge. An Oige Telephone: 0861247945 ran it as a hostel for 80 years. Closure in 2012 resulted in vandalism and almost ruined the lodge - happily restoration Date Start Time End Time is well underway. th Sat 18 19:00 20:30 Venue: Mountain Lodge, Glengarra Wood th Sun 19 19:00 20:30 Organiser: Burncourt Community Council nd Wed 22 19:00 20:30 Email: [email protected] Sat 25th 19:00 20:30

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EE P FR Rambling House in RosCré CourtHouse Join Séamus Moloughney, Paddy Curran and friends for an Nature Lesson evening of stories, songs and rhymes from the Rare Ould Children will spend the morning identifying and learning Times. Bring a friend and a song for what promises to be a about trees and other plants growing on the grounds of the very enjoyable evening. castle. Suitable for children aged 7 - 14. Venue: Roscrea Courthouse, Gaol Road Venue: Redwood Castle Organiser: Roscrea Heritage Society Organiser: Redwood Castle Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0857114183 Telephone: 0872161475 Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Tue 21st 19:00 22:00 Mon 20th 11:00 12:30 EE FR P OK EE BO FR P County Tipperary Swift Survey 2018 Stories from the Wetlands Join BirdWatch Ireland to hear the preliminary results of the A walk in the wetlands followed by a sharing of stories from 2018 Tipperary Swift Survey. Cabragh as it has developed over the years. Venue: Cabragh Wetlands Centre Venue: Cabragh Wetlands Centre Organiser: BirdWatch Ireland Organiser: Cabragh Wetlands Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 05791 51676 Telephone: 0504 43879 Website: birdwatchireland.ie

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Tour of Fancroft Mill and Gardens The Not So Silent Century Transport will be provided. The bus will leave Castle St, Launch of a special booklet by Steve Dolan of the Irish Roscrea @ 10.15am sharp and will return to Roscrea @ Workhouse Centre - One hundred County Tipperary 2pm approx. Places are limited and must be booked through newspaper articles from the eighteenth century. A limited Roscrea Heritage Society only. edition publication for Heritage Week. Venue: Castle Street Roscrea Venue: Nenagh Library Organiser: Roscrea Heritage Society Organiser: Irish Workhouse Centre - Portumna Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0857114183 Telephone: 09097 59200 Website: irishworkhousecentre.ie Date Start Time End Time Thu 23rd 10:30 13:30 Date Start Time End Time OK EE BO FR Tue 21st 17:00 17:30 P

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Visit to Grantstown Castle about Fethard and its history, from medieval times through to Guided visit of a historic tower house. We will ask for a the digital age. donation of €5 for Circle of Friends Tipperary. Venue: The Abymill, Fethard Venue: Emly churchyard at 6.30 pm Organiser: Fethard Historical Society Organiser: Emly Historical Society Email: [email protected] Admission: Telephone: 087 9009722 Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0879199668 Date Start Time End Time TIOBRAID ÁRAINN TIPPERARY Fri 24th 14:00 17:00 Date Start Time End Time OK EE BO FR Thu 23rd 19:00 20:00 P

OK P BO Walking Tour of Fethard Join us for a guided tour of the medieval walled town of Guided Tour of Glenkeen Graveyard Fethard led by Fethard Historical Society’s chairperson, A guided tour around the ancient graveyard and monastery Mary Hanrahan. We will follow a circular route, starting and of famous Glenkeen. Discover the stories of events and ending at the Abymill. personalities that shaped history from the present day, back Venue: The Abymill, Fethard to 1501 ad. Organiser: Fethard Historical Society Venue: Glenkeen graveyard, Borrisoleigh Email: [email protected] Organiser: TiDR. (Tipperary in the Decade of Revolution) Telephone: 087 9009722 Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0862752634 Date Start Time End Time th Website: woitourstipp.com/ Fri 24 17:00 18:00

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EE Digital Atlas of Fethard Launch FR P Join the Fethard Historical Society for the launch of our latest project, the Digital Atlas of Fethard, which follows on from If Walls Could Talk our seminar and walking tour. ‘If Walls Could Talk’ an illustrated presentation on the history Venue: The Abymill, Fethard of Lackeen Castle, Lorrha Co. Tipperary. Recent discoveries Organiser: Fethard Historical Society found etched into Lackeen’s ancient walls will also be Email: [email protected] presented! Telephone: 087 9009722 Venue: Lorrha Community Hall Organiser: Lorrha and Dorrha Historical Society Date Start Time End Time th Email: [email protected] Fri 24 18:00 21:00

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Venue: Old School, The Commons, Thurles, Co Tipperary, Email: [email protected] E41 HE40 Telephone: 050521629 Organiser: Old School Mining Museum Website: gmail.com Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sun 26th 14:00 17:00 Sat 25th 10:00 18:00 EE FR P OK EE BO FR P Life in a Medieval Castle Traditional Hand Woven Basket Demo Join us for a fascinating journey back in time as we take you Traditional hand woven basket making demo with Patricia on a tour of 13th Century Roscrea Castle as seen through the O’Flaherty from www.naomhpadraighandcrafts.com. Watch Eyes of a Child. Find out what life was like for a child in a Patricia at work and have a chat with her about her craft. Norman Castle. Maybe even have a go yourself! Venue: Reception Damer House, Castle Street, Roscrea Venue: Strokestown Library Organiser: OPW Roscrea Heritage Organiser: Roscommon County Council Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 050521850 Telephone: 087 9078860 Website: heritageireland.ie Website: roscommoncoco.ie/en/ Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sun 26th 14:00 15:00 Sat 25th 10:45 12:45 EE FR

EE FR P Dancing At The Crossroads Free Admission & Guided Tours Dance your way back to a place in our town where music, Free Admission to Swiss Cottage. Free guided tours available song, laughter and dancing partners was the order of the throughout the day on a first come first served basis. day! Come reminisce and relive those memories at our Venue: Swiss Cottage Dancing at The Crossroads! Organiser: OPW Venue: Rosemary Square Email: [email protected] Organiser: Roscrea Heritage Society Telephone: 052 7441144 Email: [email protected] Website: heritageireland.ie Telephone: 0857114183

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The Ui Mheachar and Sean Ross Water - A Life Souce We will also explore the links with the Ui Mheachair The theme of this ‘Walk & Talk’ tour is the importance of Clan, both historically and up to the present day using the water throughout the ages. Explores the myths & legends of graveyard as our reference with different speakers connecting water. From the first settlers through to the Golden Monastic the strands together. period. Venue: Sean Ross Abbey Venue: SCEAL Shop Lorrha Organiser: Sean Ross Heritage Group Organiser: SCEAL/ Lorrha & Dorrha Historical Society

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Email: [email protected] Swords, Shields and Stories Telephone: 0872031798 Design and decorate your own sword and shield. Learn how Website: visitlorrhadorrha.com to make your own transfer stencils, and enhance your sword and shield with Viking, Norman and ancient symbols to Date Start Time End Time create your own unique story th Sun 26 16:00 18:00 Venue: Reginald’s Tower

OK EE Organiser: Office of Public Works BO FR P Email: [email protected] Telephone: 051 304220 Website: heritageireland.ie WATERFORD Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 11:00 13:00 Gallows Hill Community Excavation Sat 18th 14:00 16:00 th Community archaeological excavation at Gallows Hill, Sat 18 11:00 13:00 th Dungarvan, Co Waterford 17th -23rd August. Volunteers Sat 18 14:00 16:00 PORT LÁIRGE TIOBRAID ÁRAINN WATERFORD TIPPERARY will be on hand each day to provide tours and talks at the EE FR P excavation site. Venue: Gallows Hill, Dungarvan, Co Waterford Organiser: Gallows Hill Community Group/Waterford George Lennon IRA Cmdt/Peace County Museum Activist Email: [email protected] A talk on George Lennon, Commander of the West Waterford Telephone: 058 45960 Brigade and his journey from IRA Commandant to Peace Website: [email protected] Activist by his son Ivan Lennon author of the book “Ulster to the Déise: Lennons in Time” Date Start Time End Time Venue: Dungarvan Library, Davitt’s Quay, Dungarvan th Sat 18 09:00 17:00 Organiser: Waterford City and County Council rd Thu 23 09:00 17:00 Email: [email protected]

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gardens,woodland and grazing fields makes it one of the finest places to visit in Ireland. Venue: Curraghmore Estate Rambling House Organiser: Curraghmore House In every parish there was a rambling house where everyone Admission: Adult: €15 was welcome to call in and warm themselves by the fire, Email: [email protected] share the local news and enjoy a cup of tea. It was the social Telephone: 086-8211917 media of it’s day. Website: curraghmore.ie Venue: Nell’s Farm House Organiser: Nell’s Farm House Date Start Time End Time Admission: Adult €10.00, Child €5.00 th Sat 18 10:00 17:00 Email: [email protected]

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The Big Viking Dig at Gallowshill Colouring Competition The School of Irish Archaeology will recreate a replica ‘Viking Colouring competition aimed at children aged 8 years & House’ and excavation site where children can explore the under. Participants are asked to colour pictures that represent Viking world through a simulated archaeology dig. cultural traditions, historical events or historic buildings. Venue: Gallows Hill, Dungarvan, Co Waterford Venue: Brown’s Road Library, Lisduggan Organiser: Gallows Hill/Waterford County Museum Organiser: Waterford City & County Library Service Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 058 45960 Telephone: 0761 10 2614 Website: waterfordmuseum.ie/ Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Mon 20th 10:00 17:30 Sun 19th 10:30 15:30 Tue 21st 10:00 17:30 Wed 22nd 10:00 17:30 OK EE BO FR Thu 23rd 10:00 17:30

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Gallowshill Archaeology Festival EE FR P Step Back in Time at Gallows Hill, Co Waterford Community Festival celebrating centuries of Dungarvan’s conquests and battles including Vikings, Medieval knights and Gallowglass Voices From The Past Warriors. Writing competition aimed at primary school children Venue: Gallowshill, Dungarvan between the ages of 8 & 12. Participants will be asked to Organiser: Gallowshill Group/Waterford County Museum write a diary entry pretending to be someone living in the Email: [email protected] past. Website: waterfordmuseum.ie Venue: Brown’s Road Library, Lisduggan Organiser: Waterford City & County Library Services Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Telephone: 0761 10 2614 Sun 19th 11:00 16:30 Date Start Time End Time EE FR Mon 20th 10:00 17:30

st Tue 21 10:00 17:30 Birds of Prey Experience Wed 22nd 10:00 17:30 rd Little has changed in ancient art of Falconry for the last 4,000 Thu 23 10:00 17:30 th years. Why not join us at Dungarvan Castle to discover the Fri 24 10:00 17:30 history of raptors and their natural habitats. EE FR P Venue: Dungarvan Castle Organiser: Office of Public Works Email: [email protected] Lecture About Coastal Archaeology Telephone: 058 48144 A lecture by Dr Edward Pollard of the Cherish Project Website: heritageireland.ie (Cherishproj.eu) entitled ‘Coastal archaeological investigations of early medieval counties Waterford and Wexford’.

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Venue: Copper Coast Geopark Visitor Centre, Bunmahon, Online Heritage at the Library Introductory sessions demonstrating how to access the library Organiser: CHERISH/ The Discovery Programme/ Atlantic and archive’s local heritage online information at home or Geoparks using library PCs. A 15 minute time slot can be booked for Email: [email protected] the event dates. Telephone: 051 292828 Venue: Dungarvan Library, Davitt’s Quay, Dungarvan Website: discoveryprogramme.ie/news/294-heritage-week- Organiser: Waterford City & County Library Service PORT LÁIRGE WATERFORD events-2018 Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0761 10 2141 Date Start Time End Time Website: waterfordlibraries.ie Mon 20th 19:00 21:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR P Tue 21st 11:00 13:00 Wed 22nd 15:00 17:00

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De La Salle Scout Pipe Band will perform on Tramore Promenade at 8pm sharp Venue: Tramore Prom, Old Lifeguard hut Caint & Seinnt le Macdara Ó Faoláin Organiser: Waterford Libraries Comhrá agus ceol leis an gceoltóir óg, Macdara Ó Faoláin, Email: [email protected] musician and instrument-maker, who will play a few tunes and Telephone: 0761 10 2844 speak bilingually about making and playing the mandolin. Website: waterfordlibraries.ie Venue: Ionad Ealaíon Seanteach an Mhargaidh, Old Market House Arts Centre, Dungarvan Date Start Time End Time Organiser: Comhairle Cathrach agus Contae Phort Láirge th Mon 20 20:00 21:00 Waterford City and County Council

EE Email: [email protected] FR P Telephone: 0761 10 2884 Website: waterfordcouncil.ie Bat Walk Along Woodland Path 20 min talk on Irish bats and then 300m walk to Blackwater Date Start Time End Time st river along 270 year old dike with talks on bats, local history Tue 21 13:00 13:45

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Venue: Glenribbeen Lodge, Glenribbeen (L5023), Lismore, Co Waterford Organiser: Glenribbeen Bat Walk Centre Open Day and Workshop Email: [email protected] Free entry to the Copper Coast Geopark visitor centre exhibition all day with a special rocks and minerals of the Date Start Time End Time Copper Coast workshop taking place at 2pm. th Mon 20 21:00 22:30 Venue: Copper Coast Geopark Visitor Centre st Tue 21 21:00 22:30 Organiser: Copper Coast Geopark Visitor Centre nd Wed 22 21:00 22:30 Email: [email protected] rd Thu 23 21:15 22:45 Telephone: 05129282 th Fri 24 21:15 22:45 Website: coppercoastgeopark.com

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EE FR P Waterford Before the Vikings A look at pre-historic Waterford Ben Spillane PHD candidate Stories from the Dunmmore Road at UCC specialising in Middle Bronze Age archaeology, will History and stories of the Dunmore Road from Lombard Street give a talk on Waterford before the Vikings, from the Stone Bridge via Ardkeen to the Brasscock. Joe Falvey will be Age to the Iron Age talking the walk. Venue: Reginald’s Tower Venue: Ardkeen Library Organiser: Office of Public Works Organiser: Waterford Libraries Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 051 304220 Telephone: 0761 10 2844 Website: heritageireland.ie Website: waterfordlibraries.ie Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 13:00 14:00 Tue 21st 18:30 19:30 EE FR P EE FR P

Waterford Health Park Story Tour The Very Hungry Caterpillar A guided walk through the Waterford Health Park, formerly This event is aimed at children and their grandparents. The the Presentation Convent, which was built between 1842- tale of The Very Hungry Caterpillar will be read and children 1848 and Designed by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin a will be able to make their own caterpillar. treasure of Waterford’s history. Venue: Brown’s Road Library, Lisduggan Venue: Waterford Health Park Organiser: Waterford City & County Libraries Organiser: Cormac Johnston Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0761 10 2614 Telephone: 051-370057 Website: whp.ie Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 10:30 11:30 Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 13:15 14:00 EE FR P EE FR P Online Heritage at the Library Introductory sessions demonstrating how to access the library Geo Map Workshop and archive’s local heritage online information at home or Learn about the complicated geology of Kilfarrasy Cove, using library PCs. A 15 minute time slot can be booked for Copper Coast Geopark and other Geoparks along the the event. Atlantic coastline of Europe and how to make a simple Venue: Central Library, Lady Lane, Waterford City geological map. Organiser: Waterford City and County Council Venue: Kilfarrasy Cove, Waterford Email: [email protected] Organiser: Copper Coast Geopark Telephone: 0761102975 Email: [email protected] Website: waterfordlibraries.ie Telephone: 05129282 Website: coppercoastgeopark.com Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 11:00 13:00 Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 14:00 15:30 OK EE BO FR

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Date Start Time End Time Occasions of Sin, Sex and Society Thu 23rd 19:00 20:00

Diarmaid Ferriter, one of Ireland’s leading historians, charts EE FR P the Irish sexual experience during the twentieth century, examining the control, influence and dominance of sexuality PORT LÁIRGE WATERFORD by church and state Waterford’s Wealth of Heritage Venue: Central Library, Lady Lane, Waterford City. Join members of the Waterford Archaeological and Historical Organiser: Waterford City & County Council Library Society who will present a miscellany of short talks about Services Waterford’s rich heritage followed by refreshments and treats Email: [email protected] Venue: The Parnell Room, Granville Hotel, Meagher’s Quay, Telephone: 0761 10 2975 Waterford Website: waterfordlibraries.ie Organiser: Waterford Archaeological and Historical Society Date Start Time End Time Email: [email protected] nd Wed 22 18:00 19:30 Telephone: 087 6320509

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Date Start Time End Time Waterford Walls Thu 23rd 19:00 21:30

Waterford Walls is an International Street Art festival started EE FR P by The Walls Project that transforms Waterford City into an open-air gallery. Venue: Waterford City Dungarvan - Daily Life 200 Years ago Organiser: The Walls Project Illustrated Talk on daily life in Dungarvan 200 years ago by Email: [email protected] john Martin, author and researcher of the Dungarvan Historic Telephone: 087 762 4397 Towns Atlas - in prep for the Royal Irish Academy. Website: waterfordwalls.ie Venue: Town Hall Theatre, Dungarvan Organiser: Waterford City & County Council Date Start Time End Time Email: [email protected] rd Thu 23 08:00 23:45 Telephone: 0761 10 2668 Fri 24th 08:00 23:45 Sat 25th 08:00 23:45 Date Start Time End Time Sun 26th 08:00 23:45 Thu 23rd 19:30 20:30

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Captain George Sprigg Royal Navy Pearl Mussel Species in Peril Captain George Sprigg - Talk by Paul Brent George sprig Lecture by John Lucey on the fascinating life but critically lived and died in Tramore. He captured over 40 slave ships endangered pearl mussel, reasons for population decline and and saved thousands of slaves as part of his Royal Navy possible measures to assist conservation of this species. career. Venue: The Heritage Centre, Portlaw Venue: Tramore Library Organiser: Waters And Communities Office Organiser: Waterford Libraries Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0858084067 Telephone: 0761 10 2593 Website: watersandcommunities.ie

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EE FR Whale Watch Ireland 2018 The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group invites you to their After the Vikings annual, free and guided land-based whale watch at a Reginald’s Tower a symbol of Anglo-Norman power in local headland, as part of All-Ireland Whale Watch day on Waterford, this tour will look at how the Anglo-Normans Saturday 25th August 2018 turned a Hiberno-Norse stronghold into a thriving medieval Venue: Ram Head Signal Tower, Ardmore Head city. Organiser: Irish Whale and Dolphin Group Venue: Reginald’s Tower Email: [email protected] Organiser: Office Of Public Works Telephone: 087 7952061 Email: [email protected] Website: iwdg.ie Telephone: 051 304220 Website: heritageireland.ie Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 14:00 17:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR Fri 24th 13:00 14:00

EE P FR Open Day at Salterbridge Lodge An opportunity to view the conservation work of Irish Surprise Lecture by Noel Power Landmark Trust. Enjoy a self-guided tour of this elegantly Noel Power gives a wonderful lecture every year, but this restored classical lodge that is now available as holiday year we wanted to add the element of surprise. Don’t miss the accommodation. 2018 event. Venue: Salterbridge Gatelodge, Cappoquin Venue: Tramore Library Organiser: Irish Landmark Trust Organiser: Waterford Libraries Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 01 6704733 Telephone: 0761 10 2593 Website: irishlandmark.com Website: waterfordlibraries.ie Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sun 26th 10:00 16:00 Fri 24th 19:00 20:00 EE FR P EE FR P

Clashmore in the 19th century Kilmacthomas-Curraghmore All are welcome to Clashmore Heritage Centre to see the Connection work that has been done in 2018. Learn about the distillery Renowned historian Julian Walton will present research and how the chimney worked and check your family name on drawn from the extensive archive of Curraghmore House, the graveyards database. detailing various connections between the stately home and Venue: Heritage Centre in Clashmore the village of Kilmacthomas. Organiser: Clashmore-Kinsalebeg Heritage Group Venue: Coach House, The Union Workhouse, Kilmacthomas Email: [email protected] Organiser: Kilmacthomas Historical Society Telephone: 087 2362319

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EE FR Re-create the experiments of Einstein, Curie, Boyle, and P Archimedes through hands-on investigation, experimentation and lots of fun. Viking Heritage Day at Woodstown Venue: Lismore Heritage Centre Viking Heritage Day at Woodstown on the Waterford Organiser: Lismore Heritage Centre Greenway with Vikings from Ireland, the UK and Denmark, Admission: Concession €10 medieval archery, battle re-enactments, guided walks on Email: [email protected] PORT LÁIRGE WATERFORD Viking Woodstown and Wildlife. Telephone: 0761102157 Venue: Woodstown on the . Nearest Website: discoverlismore.com/ access point is WIT West Campus at Carriganore. Organiser: Waterford City & County Council and Transport Date Start Time End Time st Infrastructure Ireland Tue 21 11:00 13:00

Email: [email protected] OK P BO Telephone: 086 8590341 Website: visitwaterford.com Guided Woodland Walk Date Start Time End Time The event will include a guided tour of Ballysaggartmore th Sun 26 11:00 16:00 towers where you will learn about the family who built the

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Venue: Ballysaggartmore Towers, Lismore Organiser: Lismore Heritage Centre Making Connections Email: [email protected] This Heritage week we ask all visitors to Reginald’s Tower to Telephone: 0761102157 connect with us. Show us where you are from by placing a Website: discoverlismore.com/ pin in a map and share a story with us about anything and everything. Date Start Time End Time st Venue: Reginald’s Tower, The Quay, Waterford City Tue 21 11:00 14:00

Organiser: Office of Public Works OK EE BO FR P Email: [email protected] Telephone: 051304220 Website: heritageireland.ie Classical Architecture in Ireland This fascinating lecture will give the audience a better Date Start Time End Time understanding of the promotion and usage of classical th Sat 18 09:30 17:00 architecture in Ireland. Speaker: Hugh Kavanagh BSc MIfa th Sun 19 09:30 17:00 Venue: Heritage Centre Lismore, Lismore th Mon 20 09:30 17:00 Organiser: Lismore Heritage Centre st Tue 21 09:30 17:00 Email: [email protected] nd Wed 22 09:30 17:00 Telephone: 0761102157 rd Thu 23 09:30 17:00 Website: discoverlismore.com/ Fri 24th 09:30 17:00 Sat 25th 09:30 17:00 Date Start Time End Time Sun 26th 09:30 17:00 Tue 21st 11:00 14:00

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Eureka Camp Waterford Before the Vikings The Eureka famous experiments that changed the world. A look at pre-historic Waterford Ben Spillane PHD candidate

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After the Vikings Date Start Time End Time th Reginald’s Tower a symbol of Anglo-Norman power in Sat 18 10:00 17:00 th Waterford, this tour will look at how the Anglo-Normans Sun 19 10:00 17:00 nd turned a Hiberno-Norse stronghold into a thriving medieval Wed 22 10:00 17:00 city. EE FR P Venue: Reginald’s Tower Organiser: Office Of Public Works Email: [email protected] Fairyly Modern Living Telephone: 051 304220 Fairy workshop building up the Fairy Wonderland on St Website: heritageireland.ie Feichin’s Trail in Fore. Children will learn about nature, biodiversity and sustainability. the magic is all science Date Start Time End Time Venue: Fore th Fri 24 13:00 14:00 Organiser: Una D’Arcy

EE Admission: Child: €10 FR P Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0879058792 Guided Tour: Reginald’s Tower Enjoy free admission and guided tours of Reginald’s Tower Date Start Time End Time th Venue: Reginald’s Tower, The Quay, Waterford City Sat 18 10:00 12:00 th Organiser: Office of Public Works Sat 18 14:00 16:00 th Email: [email protected] Sun 19 14:00 16:00

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Date Start Time End Time Sharing Memories and Stories th Sun 26 09:30 17:00 The exhibition will be a collection of printed word, audio

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Date Start Time End Time Thu 23rd 14:00 15:00 Sat 18th 10:00 13:15 Fri 24th 14:00 15:00 Mon 20th 10:00 17:15 OK BO Tue 21st 10:00 17:15 P Wed 22nd 11:00 17:15 Thu 23rd 10:00 19:45 Walking tour of Historic Ballymore th AN IARMHÍ WESTMEATH Fri 24 10:00 16:45 Come along and hear about the rich history of Ballymore th Sat 25 10:00 17:15 from Norman times through to the Cromwellian wars. Local

EE historian Darach Milner will lead a walk around the historic FR P sites of Ballymore. Venue: Meet opposite Rooney’s premises in the village Tullynally Castle with Bartle DArcy before proceeding to the Community Centre Car Park A unique chance to see inside the largest private house Organiser: Westmeath Archaeological and Historical in Ireland not normally open to the public. Discover the Society fascinating history of the Pakenham family since 1655 with Website: whahs.ie/ Heritage Guide Bartle D’Arcy Venue: Tullynally Castle, Castlepollard. Date Start Time End Time th Organiser: Tullynally Castle Sat 18 15:00 17:00

Admission: Adult €12, Child €6, Concession €10, Family EE FR P €30 Email: [email protected] Telephone: (087) 3463119 Ballymore Talk Website: tullynallycastle.ie/ Ballymore was an important place during the wars of the 18th century, especially the Williamite war. It also has strong Date Start Time End Time ecclesiastical and Anglo-Norman connections.Talk Darach th Sat 18 13:00 17:00 Milner. th Sun 19 13:00 17:00 Venue: Ballymore

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Special Guided Tour-Sharing Stories Date Start Time End Time th Join us as our tour guides share their favourite stories of the Sat 18 15:00 16:30

people, places, and objects from Athlone’s history that are EE FR P displayed in our Visitor Centre. Free guided tour with paid admission. Venue: Athlone Castle Visitor Centre For Whom The Bell Tolls. Organiser: Athlone Castle Visitor Centre Lecture by Paul Stevens on the archaeological finds at the Admission: Adult €8.00, Child €4.00, Concession €6.00, early Christian monastic site at Clonfad, Co.Westmeath. Family €20.00 Field trip to Durrow Abbey, Leamonaghan Monastic site, and Email: [email protected] St.Manchan’s Shrine. Telephone: +353 90 6442130 Venue: Tyrrellspass / The Barn Website: athlonecastle.ie/ Organiser: ETHOS - Everything Tyrrellspass Has On Show Admission: Adult €10 Date Start Time End Time Email: [email protected] th Sat 18 14:00 15:00 Telephone: 0860408847 Mon 20th 14:00 15:00 Tue 21st 14:00 15:00

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Walk the Walls! Picnic in the Park & the ‘Big Dig’ Join a guided tour of the exterior defensive structures of “Picnic in the Park” is a Community Event & a celebration of Athlone Castle with Henry Brady at 2pm. Tour is free of our cultural heritage with activities for all the family including charge, but pre-booking is advised, as places will be limited. the ‘Big Dig’, food, live music, and children’s entertainment. Venue: Athlone Castle Visitor Centre Venue: Town Park Mullingar Organiser: Athlone Castle Visitor Centre Organiser: Westmeath County Council in conjunction Email: [email protected] with Westmeath Food Network and Westmeath Community Telephone: +353 90 6442130 Development and School of Irish Archaeology Website: athlonecastle.ie/ Website: sia.ie/ Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sun 19th 14:00 15:00 Sun 19th 11:00 17:00 OK EE BO FR

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Tour of Mullingar Railway Station The Storytellers Walking tour of Mullingar Railway station and it’s history. A story of 5,000 years of belief, hope and forgiveness set Venue: Main door of Station against the influences of invasion, monastic strength and Irish Organiser: Ruth Illingworth creativity. Email: [email protected] Venue: Fore: Car Park at Abbey Telephone: 0879472583 Organiser: Una D’Arcy Admission: Adult €5, Child FREE Date Start Time End Time th Email: [email protected] Sun 19 15:00 16:30

Telephone: 0879058792 EE FR P Date Start Time End Time Sun 19th 14:00 15:00 Sharing Stories, Folklore Re-told! th Sun 19 15:00 16:00 80 years on from the Folklore Commission, Moate Library has re-created the School’s Collection,with the help of local P children. A specially compiled book and exhibition will be on display for the week Stone Craft Display Venue: Moate Library A display of items made from stone, slate, tiles and mirror. Organiser: Moate Library Made by Versatile Crafts, Rathowen. Pieces displayed depict Email: [email protected] our rich heritage as a nation. Items can be personalized as Telephone: 09064 81888 required. Website: westmeathcoco.ie Venue: Coffee Shop, Fore Village Organiser: Peter & Jacqueline Rogers Date Start Time End Time th Email: [email protected] Mon 20 10:30 17:30

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Local Place with Local People Date Start Time End Time th Fore was selected to represent Westmeath at Pride of Place- Mon 20 10:30 17:30 st because the people are more magical than the place. Come Tue 21 12:00 20:00 nd along and meet the locals- and hear their amazing stories Wed 22 10:30 17:30 rd about Fore Thu 23 12:00 17:30 th Venue: Fore Fri 24 10:30 17:00

AN IARMHÍ WESTMEATH Organiser: Una D’Arcy EE FR P Admission: Adult €10 Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0879058792 Spark of Genius The Spark of Genius exhibition returns to celebrate the life Date Start Time End Time and works of the artists, writers and musicians who have th Mon 20 19:00 20:00 contributed to the cultural heritage of County Westmeath

OK Venue: Castlepollard Library P BO Organiser: Castlepollard Library Email: [email protected] Make a Connection With Your Past Telephone: 044 9332199 Connect with your past, visit our museum, see memorabilia Website: westmeathcoco.ie/library from old railway station and Moate surrounding areas. Watch a video of traditional turf cutting on a local bog by Date Start Time End Time th Men from the Shed. Mon 20 10:30 17:30 st Venue: Moate Men’s Shed Tue 21 12:00 20:00 nd Organiser: Moate Men’s Shed Wed 22 10:30 17:30 rd Email: [email protected] Thu 23 12:00 17:30 th Telephone: 086 3659614 Fri 24 10:30 17:00

EE FR Date Start Time End Time P Mon 20th 10:00 15:00 Tue 21st 10:00 15:00 All Saints’ Church Open nd Wed 22 10:00 15:00 All Saints’ Church is part of the Mullingar Union of Parishes rd Thu 23 10:00 15:00 and will be open to the public at the stated times. There will th Fri 24 10:00 15:00 be a guide within the Church during these times also.

EE Venue: All Saints’ Church, Church Avenue, Mullingar FR P Organiser: Mullingar Union of Parishes Email: [email protected] EYCH Poster Exhibition Telephone: 046 9549341 To celebrate European Year of Cultural Heritage, The Heritage Website: mullingarunionofparishes.net Office of Westmeath Co Co in conjunction with Creative Ireland invited Primary School Children to design a poster on Date Start Time End Time th the theme of Heritage Mon 20 11:00 15:00 st Venue: Castlepollard Library Tue 21 11:00 15:00 nd Organiser: Castlepollard Library Wed 22 11:00 15:00 rd Email: [email protected] Thu 23 11:00 15:00 th Telephone: 044 9332199 Fri 24 11:00 15:00 th Website: westmeathcoco.ie Sat 25 11:00 15:00

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St Etchen’s Church Killucan Open Organiser: Ruth Illingworth St Etchen’s Church, Killucan, is part of the Mullingar Union Email: [email protected] of Parishes and will be open to the public at the stated times. Telephone: 087 9472583 There will be a guide within the Church during these times also. Date Start Time End Time th Venue: St Etchen’s Church Killucan Mon 20 14:00 15:30

Organiser: Mullingar Union of Parishes EE FR P Email: [email protected] Telephone: 044 9375496 Website: mullingarunionofparishes.net Papercraft Workshop. Papercraft Day 10am to 4pm. Caraiosa Centre. Tell the story Date Start Time End Time of your pictures and connect with the heritage of your area or th Mon 20 14:00 16:00 family, as we craft and create Cards & Bookmarks together. st Tue 21 14:00 16:00 Venue: Caraiosa Centre, Bishopstown, Rosemount Moate, nd Wed 22 14:00 16:00 N37KF65 rd Thu 23 14:00 16:00 Organiser: Helen Doherty th Fri 24 14:00 16:00 Email: [email protected] th Sat 25 14:00 16:00 Telephone: 090 6436932

EE Website: caraiosacentre.com FR P Date Start Time End Time Guided Walk & Talk Tue 21st 10:00 16:00

Belvedere’s guides will bring you on a journey through life OK EE BO FR P on a Georgian estate with some horrible histories thrown in! Explore the stories and social history of Belvedere House Gardens & Park. Walking Tour of Old Mullingar Venue: Visitor Centre, Belvedere House Gardens & Park, Historical walking tour of Mullingar, taking in the sights and Mullingar showcasing the dramatic and turbulent history of the town. Organiser: Belvedere House Gardens & Park Venue: Meet at Market Square Admission: Adult €8, Child €4, Concession €6, Organiser: Ruth Illingworth Family €23 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 087 9472583 Telephone: 0449349060 Website: belvedere-house.ie/ Date Start Time End Time Tue 21st 14:00 16:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR Mon 20th 14:00 16:00 P Wed 22nd 14:00 16:00 Fri 24th 14:00 16:00 Westmeath Field Names Project th Sun 26 14:00 16:00 Aengus Finnegan coordinator of the Westmeath field names recording pilot project will talk about field names- their P meanings and significance. An exhibition of field names recorded in Taughmon Cathedral of Christ the King Tour Venue: Clonquill GAA Club Historical tour around the Cathedral. Does not include the Organiser: Westmeath heritage office museum. Email: [email protected] Venue: The Cathedral of Christ the King, Mullingar Telephone: 044 9332098

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Storm the Castle! Jailbreak — 1509

AN IARMHÍ WESTMEATH Share in our stories of over five thousand years of Athlone’s Henry VIII has built his jail in Fore. Travel back to the 1500s history with free admission to our Visitor Centre from 10am and work together to escape the clutches of the High Sheriff to 5pm! with help from locals. Outsmart the Tudors, with help from the Venue: Athlone Castle Visitor Centre monastery. Organiser: Athlone Castle Visitor Centre Venue: Fore Email: [email protected] Organiser: Una D’Arcy Telephone: +353 90 6442130 Admission: Adult €10, Child €5, Concession €3, Family Website: athlonecastle.ie/ €20 Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Telephone: 0879058792 Wed 22nd 14:00 16:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR P Wed 22nd 14:00 19:00

OK P BO The Ringforts of UIsneach A public tour with Uisneach Guide, Justin Moffatt. Preceded by a short talk Cathedral of Christ the King Tour Venue: Uisneach Visitor Centre Tour of the Cathedral. Does not include the museum. Organiser: UIssneach Venue: Meet at the door of Cathedral Admission: Adult €10, Child FREE Organiser: Ruth Illingworth Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: (087) 718 9550 Telephone: 087 9472583 Website: uisneach.ie Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 14:00 15:30 Wed 22nd 14:00 16:00 EE FR P P

Brigid: Goddess & Saint Kilbixy Church & Leper Hospital Brigid: Goddess & Saint. Exploring midland links. Kilbixy Church is part of the Mullingar Union of Parishes and Venue: Caraiosa Centre will be open (with a guide) to the public at the stated times; Organiser: Brendan Doherty along with remains of Leper Hospital. Email: [email protected] Venue: Kilbixy Church, Kilbixy, Co. Westmeath, Ireland Telephone: 090 6436932 Organiser: Mullingar Union of Parishes Website: caraiosacentre.com Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0876181155 Date Start Time End Time nd Website: mullingarunionofparishes.net Wed 22 14:00 17:00

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Reminiscence with Afternoon Tea Email: [email protected] A story, a cuppa and a slice of griddle bread Telephone: 0876890161 Venue: Athlone Library Organiser: Athlone Library Date Start Time End Time rd Email: [email protected] Thu 23 17:00 19:00

Telephone: 0906442157 EE FR P Website: westmeathcoco.ie/en/ourservices/library/ findyourlibrary/athlonelibrary/ Medieval Castletown Geoghegan Tour Date Start Time End Time Archaeologist Caimin O’Brien will lead a walking tour nd Wed 22 15:00 16:30 around the medieval sites of Castletown Geoghegan. Come

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and bailey nearby. Venue: Meet at the Parish Hall in Castletown Geoghegan Napoleonic gun batteries of Athlone Organiser: Westmeath Heritage Office Walk along some of circuit of the Napoleonic gun batteries of Telephone: 044 9332098 Athlone and learn about the conservation and management plan for the sole surviving gun battery, No.1 gun battery Date Start Time End Time rd Venue: No.1 Gun Battery, Ranelagh, Athlone (meet at Thu 23 19:00 20:30 entrance to Athlone castle) EE FR P Organiser: Athlone No.1 Gun Battery Heritage Group Email: [email protected] Telephone: 087 2494596 Irish and International Heritages.. Interesting experiences of individuals and heritage Date Start Time End Time information of Irish and other National individuals told nd Wed 22 19:00 20:30 live with visual effects. Followed by discussion and free

EE refreshments. FR P Venue: Free Grace Evangelical Church, 8 Woodlands Avenue, Mullingar. Homecrafts Workshop Organiser: Free Grace Evangelical Church, Mullingar. Venue: Caraiosa Centre Email: [email protected] Organiser: Helen Doherty Telephone: 044 9341354 Email: [email protected] Website: fgecmullingar.org/ Telephone: 090 6436932 Website: caraiosacentre.com Date Start Time End Time Thu 23rd 19:30 21:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR Thu 23rd 10:00 16:00 P

OK EE P BO FR Castlepollard and the Great War A talk on how the Great War 1914- 1918 impacted upon the Historical Connections lives of the people of Castlepollard. An evening of talks on Irish involvement in Spanish history. Venue: hotel castlepollard The Moorish Conquest of Spain From Athlone to Madrid: The Organiser: North Westmeath Historical Society Irish in the fight against Franco Email: [email protected] Venue: Aidan Heavey Library, Athlone Telephone: 04496 61691 Organiser: Athlone Military Historical Society

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EE P FR Storytelling Sessions Join in our family-friendly tales with storyteller Aideen Walking Tour of Old Mullingar McBride at 11am and 2pm (2 x 1 hour sessions). Pre-booking

AN IARMHÍ WESTMEATH Historical walking tour of Mullingar, taking in the sights and essential, as places will be limited. showcasing the dramatic and turbulent history of the town. Venue: Athlone Castle Visitor Centre Venue: Meet at Market Square Organiser: Athlone Castle Visitor Centre Organiser: Ruth Illingworth Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: +353 90 6442130 Telephone: 087 9472583 Website: athlonecastle.ie/

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Explore Westmeath’s Karst Geology Geologist Robbie Meehan, who is currently working on Beehive Mausoleum, Access & Tour surveying the Geological Heritage of Westmeath, will explore Freestanding beehive-shaped mausoleum, built c.1835. the unique karst geology and other geological aspects of Houses the remains of Robert Cooke of Cookesborough this area. House. Located at St. John the Baptist’s Church of Ireland Venue: Dun na si Heritage and Amenity Park church to the southwest of Delvin. Organiser: Heritage Office Westmeath County Council Venue: The beehive mausoleum, Reynella and GSI Organiser: Mullingar Union of Parishes Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0906 481183 Telephone: 087-6157052 Website: dunnasi.ie/ Website: mullingarunionofparishes.net/

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The Big Dig & Poster Exhibition Sharing Women’s Stories The Big Dig in McCormack Sq offers children the chance Join our Cultural Officer Donna Gilligan for a special guided have a go at being an archaeologist and the library will host tour on the tales of the women which can be found in the an exhibition of Children’s posters celebrating European Year stories & collections on display in the Centre. Tour is free with of Cultural Heritage. paid admission. Venue: McCormack Square, and Branch Library Athlone Venue: Athlone Castle Visitor Centre Organiser: Westmeath County Council and The Big Dig Organiser: Athlone Castle Visitor Centre Telephone: 044 9332098 Admission: Adult:€8.00, Child €4.00, Concession €6.00, Website: sia.ie/index.php Family €20.00 Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Telephone: +353 90 6442130 th Sat 25 14:00 16:00 Website: athlonecastle.ie/

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Date Start Time End Time Wexford Wildfowl Reserve’ th Sun 26 14:00 15:00 Venue: Visitor Centre, Wexford Wildfowl Reserve

OK Organiser: Wexford Wildfowl Reserve P BO Email: [email protected] Telephone: 076 100 2664 Heritage Audit Workshop and Report Website: wexfordwildfowlreserve.ie A workshop about how to carry out a Heritage Audit and showing some of the results of the Bealin/ Mount Temple Date Start Time End Time th Heritage Audit Sat 18 09:00 17:00 th Venue: Mount Temple Village Sun 19 09:00 17:00 th Organiser: Mount Temple Holy Trinity Graveyard Group Mon 20 09:00 17:00 st Email: [email protected] Tue 21 09:00 17:00 nd Telephone: 087 2494596 Wed 22 09:00 17:00 Thu 23rd 09:00 17:00 Date Start Time End Time Fri 24th 09:00 17:00 Thu 23rd 19:00 20:30 Sat 25th 09:00 17:00 Sun 26th 09:00 17:00 EE FR P EE FR P

WEXFORD Basket Weaving with Irene Kelly Make a small basket and learn about the growing, harvesting, storing and preparation of the willows for Hook Highlights Bus Tour working. This is an ideal opportunity to visit 3 of Ireland’s Ancient Venue: The Irish National Heritage Park East’s Wexford Gems during Heritage Week 2018. Bookable Organiser: The Irish National Heritage Park on a seat by seat basis this is the only tour available to the Admission: Adult €80 Hook Peninsula. Email: [email protected] Venue: *Tourist Office Wexford Town Telephone: 053 9120733 Organiser: Heritage Tours Wexford Website: irishheritage.ie Admission: Adult €50, Child €30 Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time th Telephone: 00353873299900 Sat 18 10:00 17:00

Website: heritagetourswexford.ie/ OK P BO Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 09:00 17:00 The Unyoke Walk st Tue 21 09:00 17:00 The Unyoke Walk starts at the Trading Post in the Unyoke rd Thu 23 09:00 17:00 hamlet on the R741 and proceeds through historical and th Sat 25 09:00 17:00 varied countryside along the old Wexford –Dublin Coach

OK Road to ascend Oulart Hill (179m) with its many monuments BO including the 1798 Battlefield and Tulach a’ rSolais. Transport provided back to the start of this linear (11k) walk. Stories of the North Slob Venue: Oulart Village - beside R741 between Wexford and Slob Stories; Photographs that tell the story of the North Gorey. Slob and Wexford Wildfowl Reserve over the last 50 years Organiser: Oulart Hill Development Group on display throughout Heritage Week in the Visitor Center Email: [email protected]

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Telephone: 0876241579 Venue: The Irish National Heritage Park Website: Oularthill.ie Organiser: The Irish National Heritage Park Admission: Adult €3, Child €3, Concession €3 Date Start Time End Time Email: [email protected] th Sat 18 10:00 17:00 Telephone: 0539120733

EE Website: irishheritage.ie FR P WEXFORD LOCH GARMAN Date Start Time End Time Sharing the Story Sat 18th 12:00 17:00 th To celebrate the European Year of Cultural Heritage, we have Sun 19 12:00 17:00 th created an illuminating morning where our new digital story Mon 20 12:00 17:00 st boards bring our interesting local history to life. Tue 21 12:00 17:00 nd Venue: Kilmokea Country Manor & Gardens Wed 22 12:00 17:00 rd Organiser: Emma Hewlett Thu 23 12:00 17:00 th Admission: Adult €10.00, Child €5.00, Concession Fri 24 12:00 17:00 th €7.00, Family €20.00 Sat 25 12:00 17:00 th Email: [email protected] Sun 26 12:00 17:00 Telephone: 051 388109 P Website: kilmokea.com

Date Start Time End Time Wexford Walled Town Medieval Day th Sat 18 10:00 17:00 Wexford Walled Town Medieval Day a free fun day for all

OK the family to mark the start of Heritage Week. P BO Venue: On the Green Area, behind the Westgate Tower / Heritage Centre Viking Coin Striking Organiser: Wexford County Council , Borough District of Come and see our Viking coin striker as he demonstrates and Wexford shares his knowledge. A free Viking coin for all attendees. Email: [email protected] Venue: The Irish National Heritage Park Telephone: 053 9166910 Organiser: The Irish National Heritage Park Website: wexfordcoco.ie Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0539120733 Date Start Time End Time th Website: irishheritage.ie Sat 18 13:00 17:00

EE FR Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 11:00 12:00 Sun 19th 12:00 13:00 Storytelling st Tue 21 14:00 15:00 Come and meet Baya the Storyteller. You will hear magical rd Thu 23 13:00 14:00 tales of Irish myths and legends. th Sat 25 15:00 16:00 Venue: The Irish National Heritage Park th Sun 26 13:00 14:00 Organiser: The Irish National Heritage Park

EE Admission: Adult €10, Child €5, Concession €8, FR P Family €25 Email: [email protected] Archery Telephone: 0539120733 Archery with Castle Archers - Pay to play activity €3 for 10 Website: irishheritage.ie shots (weather permitting).

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Date Start Time End Time as documented in the German tradition dating from the 14th th Sat 18 14:00 15:00 Century to the 16th century. th Fri 24 14:00 15:00 Venue: The Irish National Heritage Park Organiser: The Irish National Heritage Park P Admission: Adult €60 Email: [email protected] Brass Rubbing Telephone: 0539120733 Discover the art of brass-rubbing with our specially Website: irishheritage.ie commissioned handcrafted nature-themed pieces. Venue: The Irish National Heritage Park Date Start Time End Time th Organiser: The Irish National Heritage Park Sun 19 10:00 16:00

Email: [email protected] OK P BO Telephone: 0539120733 Website: irishheritage.ie Pen & Ink Workshop Date Start Time End Time The processes involved in making iron/ oak gall ink and quill th Sat 18 15:00 16:00 pens will be practised during this course. You will learn how th Sun 19 15:00 16:00 to make ink monoprints and will bring home a quill pen and th Mon 20 15:00 16:00 a bottle of ink. st Tue 21 15:00 16:00 Venue: The Irish National Heritage Park nd Wed 22 15:00 16:00 Organiser: The Irish National Heritage Park rd Thu 23 15:00 16:00 Admission: Adult €70 th Fri 24 15:00 16:00 Email: [email protected] th Sat 25 15:00 16:00 Telephone: 053 9120733 th Sun 26 15:00 16:00 Website: irishheritage.ie

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Stone Cobble Course with Pat Hickey OK P BO Get familiar with the various types of stone cobbles available to lay floors and pathways. Design set pieces that can be used in gardens and public places and learn to repair Clay Days — Build a Clay Oven damaged floors and yards. Help build (or watch) an outdoor clay oven! Get dirty - it Venue: The Irish National Heritage Park washes off! Sigginstown Castle is a ruin - we will be outside, Organiser: The Irish National Heritage Park under cover if needed. Bring your lunch. Tour of the Castle Admission: Adult €100 will be at 4 p.m. Email: [email protected] Venue: Sigginstown Castle, Sigginstow Lane, Tacumshin, Telephone: 0539120733 Co. Wexford Website: irishheritage.ie Organiser: Earthen Building UK and Ireland (EBUKI) Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Telephone: +1 203 482 7999 th Sun 19 10:00 17:00 Website: ebuki.co/

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Longsword Workshop EE FR P This class will cover the basis for combat with the Longsword

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Bug and Butterfly Discovery The Normans Through Photos and Art Look for butterflies, ladybirds, water boatmen and other Medieval historian Goddard Orpen was also an excellent insects. All equipment; nets, jars, trays, pooters and photographer and artist. His photos and artwork on Norman identification charts provided. Watch for birds form our hides architecture and influence will be discussed in an illustrated and tower. talk. Venue: Visitor Centre, Wexford Wildfowl Reserve Venue: Monksgrange, Rathnure, Enniscorthy Organiser: Wexford Wildfowl Reserve Organiser: Monksgrange Archives WEXFORD LOCH GARMAN Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 076 100 2664 Telephone: 053 9255145 Website: wexfordwildfowlreserve.ie Website: monksgrangearchives.com

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Creative Writing Workshop Hearth Cooking at Sigginstown Creating writing for young adults - this event is intended to While we build a clay oven we will also cook over fire! show what it’s like to be a writer and how to write stories Sigginstown Castle is a ruin - we will be outside, under cover of your own. Beware! There may be monsters! Suitable age if needed. Bring your lunch. Tour of the Castle at 4 p.m. group: 9-12yrs Primitive site Venue: JFK Memorial Park and Arboretum Venue: Sigginstown Castle, Sigginstown Lane, Tacumshin Organiser: JFK Memorial Park and Arboretum Organiser: Sigginstown Castle Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 051-388171 Telephone: +1 203 482 7999 Website: heritageireland.ie/en/south-east/ Website: sigginstowncastle.com thejohnfkennedyarboretum/

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Tintern Abbey Nature Walk Community Excavation Nature walk around the grounds and environs of Tintern Want to be part of a community dig! Our event includes Abbey and the adjoining stream, estuary and woodlands. excavation, tours, workshops and children’s archaeological Venue: Tintern Abbey, Saltmills events throughout heritage week! Advance booking is Organiser: Jim Hurley T/A SWC Promotions essential. Email: [email protected] Venue: Irish National Heritage Park (meeting point is the Telephone: 086 1637199 park reception) Organiser: Irish Archaeology Field School and Irish Date Start Time End Time National Heritage Park th Sun 19 14:00 16:00 Admission: Adult €10, Child €4, Concession €8,

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Date Start Time End Time provided. Park at Ardcavan beach and follow the signs down th Mon 20 09:30 16:30 the lane. st Tue 21 09:30 16:30 Venue: Snipe Field, Wexford Wildfowl Reserve, Ardcavan nd Wed 22 09:30 16:30 Lane rd Thu 23 09:30 16:30 Organiser: Wexford Wildfowl Reserve th Fri 24 09:30 16:30 Email: [email protected] th Sat 25 09:30 16:30 Telephone: 076 100 2664 th Sun 26 09:30 16:30 Website: wexfordwildfowlreserve.ie

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Celtic Birds of Prey Show and Tell EE FR P Experience a show and tell of how these exquisite birds hunt and catch their prey. Venue: The Irish National Heritage Park Walk with Kilmokea gardener Ciaran Organiser: The Irish National Heritage Park Enjoy a leisurely walk around Kilmokea Gardens with Ciaran Email: [email protected] who will introduce you to our way of planting and gardening Telephone: 0539120733 using Organic methods Website: irishheritage.ie Venue: Kilmokea Country Manor & Gardens Organiser: Kilmokea Gardens Date Start Time End Time Admission: Adult €7.00, Concession €6.00 th Mon 20 11:00 12:00 Email: [email protected] rd Thu 23 11:00 12:00 Telephone: 051388109

EE Website: kilmokea.com FR P Date Start Time End Time Hearth Cooking Demonstration Tue 21st 11:00 12:00 We will be playing with fire! Come and observe our heritage P cooking demonstration throughout the day as we prepare various dishes from historical recipes. Venue: The Irish National Heritage Park Children’s Workshop Organiser: The Irish National Heritage Park Plant pot painting and planting. Limited numbers – Booking Admission: Adult €10, Child €5, Concession €8, essential. All children must be accompanied by an adult. Family €25 Suitable clothing advised. Email: [email protected] Venue: JFK Memorial Park and Arboretum Telephone: 0539120733 Organiser: JFK Memorial Park and Arboretum Website: irishheritage.ie Email: [email protected] Telephone: 051-388171 Date Start Time End Time Website: heritageireland.ie/en/south-east/ th Mon 20 11:00 16:00 thejohnfkennedyarboretum/

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Land and Water Bug Discovery OK EE BO FR P See what insects and other mini-beasts live in ponds and fields. All equipment; nets, jars, trays, pooters and charts

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Tackling Wildlife Crime History, Heraldry, Families & Flags A talk by Enda Mullen of National Parks & Wildlife Service Learn about Sigginstown Castle and the Siggins, Jacob, aimed to educate and inform the public about the high levels Wilson families and their heraldry. We will tell their story, tour of wildlife crime in Ireland and what they can do to help. the different buildings, and talk about heraldry in Irish and Venue: Gorey Library English history. Organiser: Gorey Library Venue: Sigginstown Castle, Sigginstown Lane, Tacumshin Email: [email protected] Organiser: Sigginstown Castle WEXFORD LOCH GARMAN Telephone: 053 9421481 Email: [email protected] Website: wexfordcoco.ie Telephone: +1 203 482 7999 Website: sigginstowncastle.com Date Start Time End Time Tue 21st 19:00 20:30 Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 10:00 17:00 OK EE BO FR P EE FR P

Another Link in the Chain ‘Another link in the chain’ – family history archival materials Stone Carving with Barbara Kelly in Wexford County Archive. A talk on the diverse range Carve your own stone with the guidance of sculptor Barbara of primary source materials available with plenty of visual Kelly. This course is suitable for beginners and intermediate images of sources. participants. Venue: Wexford Town Library Venue: The Irish National Heritage Park Organiser: Wexford Town Library Organiser: The Irish National Heritage Park Email: [email protected] Admission: Adult €75 Telephone: 0539196760 Email: [email protected] Website: wexfordcoco.ie/libraries Telephone: 0539120733 Website: irishheritage.ie Date Start Time End Time Tue 21st 19:00 20:30 Date Start Time End Time Thu 23rd 11:00 12:00 EE FR

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The Art of Knitting Demonstration of Heritage Hand Knitting Techniques by Mary Bug Discovery in the Raven Woods Redmond, with a theme of nature – knitting display and See what insects and other mini-beasts live in ponds demonstration. and bushes. All equipment; nets, jars, trays, pooters and Venue: JFK Memorial Park and Arboretum identification charts are provided. Park in the Raven car park Organiser: JFK Memorial Park and Arboretum and follow the signs. Email: [email protected] Venue: Raven Nature Reserve, Curracloe Telephone: 051-388171 Organiser: Wexford Wildfowl Reserve Website: heritageireland.ie/en/south-east/ Email: [email protected] thejohnfkennedyarboretum/ Telephone: 076 100 2664 Website: wexfordwildfowlreserve.ie Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 10:00 17:00 Date Start Time End Time Thu 23rd 11:00 12:00 EE FR

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OK Irish Stained Glass Artists P BO Artist Reiltin Murphy will facilitate a talk on stained glass artists focusing on Harry Clarke but also featuring other Irish glass artists, in particular from the Murphy Devitt Stained Mumming at Sigginstown Glass Studios. Time Warp! Recreate a short mumming play as it might Venue: Gorey Library have been in 1510 at the castle. We will make masks, Organiser: Gorey Library rough costumes, and modify the script from a later version. Email: [email protected] Performance at 6 pm before music! Telephone: 053 9421481 Venue: Sigginstown Castle, Sigginstown Lane, Tacumshin Website: wexfordcoco.ie Organiser: Sigginstown Castle Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Telephone: +1 203 482 7999 rd Thu 23 19:00 20:30 Website: sigginstowncastle.com

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Constance Markievicz - Anne Haverty EE FR P Aristocrat and republican, socialist and artist, feminist and free spirit, Constance Markievicz, was a pivotal figure in the revolutionary movement that culminated in the Rising of A Talk by Seamus O’Brien 1916. Seamus O’Brien will give a talk on “From the Gorges to the Venue: Enniscorthy Library, Lymington Road, Enniscorthy snow-clad peaks of the Himalaya - retracing the routes of Organiser: Enniscorthy Library Augustine Henry and Joseph Hooker in Asia”. Email: [email protected] Venue: JFK Memorial Park and Arboretum Telephone: 053-9236055 Organiser: JFK Memorial Park and Arboretum Website: wexford.ie/library Email: [email protected] Telephone: 051-388171 Date Start Time End Time Website: heritageireland.ie/en/south-east/ rd Thu 23 19:00 20:00 thejohnfkennedyarboretum/

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Remembering Lost Fishing Traditions EE FR P A common method of capturing fish was trapping in stake weirs. Learn how these weirs were constructed. Andrew will construct a model of the weirs & explain how they work. Music, Mumming & O’Carolan Demonstration workshop only. Draught Venue: The Irish National Heritage Park We are hosting an open outside music session. Tour at 5 p.m, Organiser: The Irish National Heritage Park recreated mummers play at 6 p.m., and then music - bring all Admission: Adult €35 your O’Carolan tunes and it is also free reign for any song, Email: [email protected] story or tune! Telephone: 0539120733 Venue: Sigginstown Castle, Sigginstown Lane, Tacumshin Website: irishheritage.ie Organiser: Sigginstown Castle Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Telephone: +1 203 482 7999 th Fri 24 10:00 14:00 Website: sigginstowncastle.com

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EE FR P Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 10:00 17:00 Introduction to Blacksmithing Sun 26th 10:00 17:00

Introduction to Blacksmithing: Be inspired by Guy who will OK BO WEXFORD LOCH GARMAN P help you create your own poker, candle holder or a functional piece of hardware within the confines of a site-specific forge. Venue: The Irish National Heritage Park Ros Tapestry ­— A Tale Told in Thread Organiser: The Irish National Heritage Park The Ros Tapestry - Norman history told in thread See the Admission: Adult €90 Irish-American emigration story in our Threads of Friendship Email: [email protected] tapestry in the making. Make your own connection with Telephone: 0539120733 history by adding a stitch! Website: irishheritage.ie Venue: The Ros Tapestry Exhibition Centre, 14 The Quay, New Ross Date Start Time End Time Organiser: Susan Synnott th Sat 25 10:00 17:00 Email: [email protected]

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Two-day Dry Stone Wall Course Date Start Time End Time th This two-day course is designed to introduce participants to Sat 25 10:00 17:00

the various types of dry-laid walls that we have in Ireland. EE FR P Venue: The Irish National Heritage Park Organiser: The Irish National Heritage Park Admission: Adult €200 Whale Watch Ireland 2018 Email: [email protected] The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group invites you to their Telephone: 0539120733 annual, free and guided land-based whale watch at a Website: irishheritage.ie local headland, as part of All-Ireland Whale Watch day on Saturday 25th August 2018 Date Start Time End Time Venue: Hook Head Lighthouse th Sat 25 10:00 17:00 Organiser: Irish Whale and Dolphin Group th Sun 26 10:00 17:00 Email: [email protected]

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Two-day Knife Making Course Date Start Time End Time th You will get a basic understanding of the art of knife making. Sat 25 14:00 17:00

The course will cover heating to correct temperatures, the EE FR P tricks in using a file correctly to achieve and honing a perfect edge. Venue: The Irish National Heritage Park A Talk by Gary Mentanko Organiser: The Irish National Heritage Park The Shared Flora of Iceland and Ireland – “Fire and Ice “ (the Admission: Adult €175 similarities between the flora of Iceland and Ireland and also Email: [email protected] the shared history, folklore and plant uses). Venue: JFK Memorial Park and Arboretum

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Organiser: JFK Memorial Park and Arboretum Admission: Adult €100 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 051-388171 Telephone: 0539120733 Website: heritageireland.ie/en/south-east/ Website: irishheritage.ie thejohnfkennedyarboretum/ Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sun 26th 10:00 16:00 Sat 25th 14:00 15:00 OK P BO EE FR P Wild Herb and Nature Walk Bat Talk and Walk from Pump House Find out about herbs, wild food and medicine while Learn about and search for bats after sunset. Join us for connecting with nature. Locals Nicky Darrell, herbalist and a talk and guided walk with bat detector boxes to search Alex Duffy lead this nature walk and talk. for foraging bats. Torches, outdoor clothing and footwear Venue: Old School Car Park, Hollyfort recommended. Organiser: Hollyfort Tidy Towns Venue: Pump House, Wexford Wildfowl Reserve, North Email: [email protected] Slob, Wexford Telephone: 0851138367 Organiser: Wexford Wildfowl Reserve Website: hollyfortvillage.blogspot.ie/ Email: [email protected] Telephone: 076 100 2664 Date Start Time End Time th Website: wexfordwildfowlreserve.ie Sun 26 11:00 12:30

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EE Baya The Storyteller FR P Tales of magic and wonder. This Programme will show children & adults how rich our Irish heritage is, shared Woodcarving with Tommy Kelly through our stories of our ancestors. Each story will be told Carve your own wood spirit in this one-day course during an hour long session. Venue: The Irish National Heritage Park Venue: JFK Memorial Park and Arboretum Organiser: The Irish National Heritage Park Organiser: JFK Memorial Park and Arboretum Admission: Adult €85 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 051-388171 Telephone: 0539120733 Website: heritageireland.ie/en/south-east/ Website: irishheritage.ie thejohnfkennedyarboretum/

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Leather Wallet Making Course Free Guided Tours & Armour Display Learn all the basic of leather craft including carving and Enjoy a free guided tour of this 15th century tower house, stitching leather and make your own leather wallet. thought to have been constructed by the Knights Hospitaller, Venue: The Irish National Heritage Park one of the two great military orsera founded at the beginning Organiser: The Irish National Heritage Park of the Crusades.

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Venue: Ballyhack Castle, Arthurstown, New Ross Email: [email protected] Organiser: Ballyhack Castle Telephone: 051 562650 Email: [email protected] Website: heritageireland.ie Telephone: 051 389468 Website: heritageireland.ie Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 11:00 13:00 Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 14:00 17:00

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EE check local advertising. FR P Venue: Tintern Abbey Visitor Centre, Saltmills, New Ross Organiser: Tintern Abbey Free Guided Tours Email: [email protected] Enjoy a free guided tour of Ferns Castle. Get access to the Telephone: 051 562650 remaining complete tower, view the medieval cartel chapel Website: heritageireland.ie and, weather permitting, enjoy the fantastic view from the top of the castle! Date Start Time End Time th Venue: Ferns Castle Visitor Centre, Ferns Village, Enniscorthy Sun 19 14:00 16:00

Organiser: Ferns Castle OPW EE FR P Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0539366411 Website: heritageireland.ie Farm History: Tintern / Ballycullane John Flynn will take us back in time through the farming life in Date Start Time End Time Tintern and Ballycullane in times gone by. th Sat 18 10:00 15:30 Venue: Tintern Abbey Visitor Centre, Saltmills, New Ross th Sun 19 10:00 15:30 Organiser: Tintern Abbey OPW th Mon 20 10:00 15:30 Email: [email protected] st Tue 21 10:00 15:30 Telephone: 051 562650 nd Wed 22 10:00 15:30 Website: heritageireland.ie Thu 23rd 10:00 15:30 Fri 24th 10:00 15:30 Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 10:00 15:30 Sun 19th 14:00 15:00 Sun 26th 10:00 15:30 EE FR P EE FR P Sharing stories: Colclough Family Craft Workshop Hear stories of the various members of the Colclough family, Come and enjoy a craft experience at Tintern. Learn how residents for Tintern Abbey for almost 400 years! This event to crochet and hear about crafts enjoyed by the residents of will focus particularly on the 20th century residents. Tintern in times gone by. Venue: Tintern Abbey Visitor Centre, Saltmills, New Ross Venue: Tintern Abbey Visitor Centre, Saltmills, New Ross Organiser: Tintern Abbey OPW Organiser: Tintern Abbey OPW Email: [email protected]

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Telephone: 051 562650 Email: [email protected] Website: heritageireland.ie Telephone: 051 562650 Website: heritageireland.ie Date Start Time End Time Mon 20th 11:00 13:00 Date Start Time End Time Mon 20th 14:00 15:00 Thu 23rd 11:00 13:00 Thu 23rd 14:00 15:00 EE FR P EE FR P Tintern Abbey OPW Tony Murry will talk about the wildlife at Tintern, with special Climate Change Awareness attention on the bats and seals. This year we had a very An Taisce Climate Ambassador, Nadya Doyle will be joined special visitor on the river so come along to find out more! by Conscious Cup Campaign members and Recycling Venue: Tintern Abbey Visitor Centre, Saltmills, New Ross Ambassador to discuss climate change awareness, the Organiser: Tintern Abbey OPW necessity for reducing waste and recycling. Email: [email protected] Venue: Tintern Abbey Visitor Centre, Saltmills, New Ross Telephone: 051 562650 Organiser: Tintern Abbey OPW Website: heritageireland.ie Email: [email protected] Telephone: 051 562650 Date Start Time End Time Website: heritageireland.ie Tue 21st 14:00 15:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR P Fri 24th 14:00 15:00

EE P FR Talk on the Colclough Walled Garden Hear about the wonderful work undertaken to bring this Victorian Walled Garden back to life.The garden was created Calligraphy / Shield-Making c.1800 by Colclough family members and residents of the Workshops Abbey for almost 400 years. Join us for some fun workshops but you might get dirty! Learn Venue: Tintern Abbey Visitor Centre, Saltmills, New Ross how former owners of Tintern wrote letters and kept in touch, Organiser: Tintern Abbey OPW not by snapchat and texts but through the art of handwriting Email: [email protected] letters. Telephone: 051 562650 Venue: Tintern Abbey Visitor Centre, Saltmills, New Ross Website: heritageireland.ie Organiser: Tintern Abbey OPW Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Telephone: 051 562650 nd Wed 22 11:00 13:00 Website: heritageireland.ie

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Find out what life was really like for residents of Tintern EE FR P Abbey in the Victorian period. Learn about games played and practical tasks carried out. Check your attic and come in costume! The Battle of Coolroe Venue: Tintern Abbey Visitor Centre, Saltmills, New Ross Join local historian Liam Ryan who will recount the details of Organiser: Tintern Abbey OPW the Battle of Coolroe! This event will be followed by music in

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nd the Abbey. Wed 22 10:00 17:00 rd Venue: Tintern Abbey Visitor Centre, Saltmills, New Ross Thu 23 10:00 17:00 th Organiser: Tintern Abbey OPW Fri 24 10:00 17:00 th Email: [email protected] Sat 25 10:00 17:00 th Telephone: 051562650 Sun 26 10:00 17:00

Website: heritageireland.ie OK P BO Date Start Time End Time Sun 26th 13:00 14:00 Visit Arklow St.Saviour’s Church

EE Arklow St. Saviour’s Church was built by Arthur Bloomfield for FR P Lord Caryfort 5th Earl family in 1899 Venue: Arklow St Saviour’s Church Music in the Abbey Organiser: Arklow Maritime And Marine Heritage Group Join us for traditional music within the medieval Abbey. This Telephone: contact by text 0858183392 only event will be followed by a talk by Liam Ryan entitles ‘The

WEXFORD LOCH GARMAN WICKLOW CILL MHANTÁIN Battle of Coolroe. Date Start Time End Time th Venue: Tintern Abbey Visitor Centre, Saltmills, New Ross Sat 18 14:00 16:00 th Organiser: Tintern Abbey OPW Sun 19 14:00 16:00 th Email: [email protected] Mon 20 14:00 16:00 st Telephone: 051562650 Tue 21 14:00 16:00 nd Website: heritageireland.ie Wed 22 14:00 16:00 Thu 23rd 14:00 16:00 Date Start Time End Time Fri 24th 14:00 16:00 Sun 26th 14:00 15:00 Sat 25th 14:00 16:00 Sun 26th 14:00 16:00 EE P FR EE FR P The Abercorn Masonic Hall WICKLOW The Abercorn Masonic Hall founded in the 19th century the most interesting place to visit open to all ages. Venue: Abercorn Masonic Hall Maritime Museum: Bridgewater Organiser: Arklow Maritime And Marine Heritage Group Centre Telephone: contact by text 0858183392 only The Maritime Museum Arklow is a treasure trove of shipbuilders’ models, half models. Date Start Time End Time st Venue: on the River Front of Tue 21 16:00 21:00

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Organiser: Arklow Maritime And Marine Heritage Group Admission: Adult €5, Family €10 Telephone: 0402 91683 or 086 4460784 Ceiliuradh 4... A Celtic Miscellany A very special acoustic celebration in the church with Date Start Time End Time traditional musicians and special guests. Bigi Linn. th Sat 18 10:00 17:00 Venue: Church of St. Kevin’s, Hollywood th Sun 19 10:00 17:00 Organiser: Blessington Comhaltas th Mon 20 10:00 17:00 Telephone: 086 752072 Tue 21st 10:00 17:00

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Self guided walk in Glenmalure Monastic Mappery Self guided information leaflets available at Glenmalure Glenadalough Heritage Forum is proud to present ‘Monastic Lodge. The leaflets will introduce you to the history, culture & Mappery’. This exhibition will look the the history of rich biodiversity of the valley of Glenmalure. in maps from the 16th Century to the present. Venue: Glenmalure Lodge Venue: Brockagh Resource Centre, Glendalough Organiser: Glenmalure Pure Mile/Adopt a Monument Organiser: Glendalough Heritage Forum Committee Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0404 45600 Telephone: 0404-46188 Website: glendaloughheritageforum.org/

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The Macreddin Mile Walk Wicklow Mining Heritage Hill Walk A self-guided walk along The Macreddin Mile tells the A full days hike taking in all the significant lead mining sites historical story of local landmarks, plants and wild life. in Wicklow. Starting at Glendasan & finishing at Baravore, Special walk with local historian on Sunday 19 August Glenmalure. Combining informative talks on Wicklow Mining 5 - 7pm. Heritage. Venue: BrookLodge & Macreddin Village Venue: Baravore Carpark, Glenmalure Organiser: The Residents of Macreddin Village Organiser: Glenmalure Pure Mile Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0402 36444 Admission: Adult €10.00 Website: brooklodge.com/en/the-pure-mile/ Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 09:00 17:30 Sat 18th 07:00 21:00 OK BO Sun 19th 07:00 21:00 P

th Mon 20 07:00 21:00 Tue 21st 07:00 21:00 Open Gardens at Knockanree nd Wed 22 07:00 21:00 Discover a Chinese bridge, Zen Circle, standing stones, a rd Thu 23 07:00 21:00 man made island and a copy of Michelangelo’s David in this th Fri 24 07:00 21:00 three time prize winning garden.

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Venue: Knockanree Gardens Venue: Market Square, Dunlavin Organiser: Harold Clarke Organiser: Dunlavin & District Forum Admission: Adult €5, Child: €5, Concession €5 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: +353876793588 Telephone: 0868629239 Website: visitwicklow.ie/item/knockanree-garden Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 11:00 12:00

WICKLOW CILL MHANTÁIN Date Start Time End Time EE FR Sat 18th 09:30 13:30 P P Aug 18th to Aug 26th 1918 in Bray This talk looks at life in Bray during the week of August 18th Seabed Survey Vessel Open Day to August 26th 1918 and how people were reacting to the Visit a GSI Inshore Survey Vessel with a 3D Seabed Mapping continuing restrictions imposed on them due to World War system. Learn more about the CHERISH Project and how One. climate change and storminess impacts coastal heritage. Venue: Bray Public Library, Eglinton Road, Bray Venue: Arklow Harbour Organiser: Bray Cualann Historical Society Organiser: Infomar and Cherish Project Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 01-2862600 Telephone: 016393039 Website: discoveryprogramme.ie/news/294-heritage-week- Date Start Time End Time th events-2018 Sat 18 11:30 12:00

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EE #BeetheChange! - Bee Crafts & Games FR P Bee inspired fun & games in our Secret Garden for all the The Big Dig family. Events free to those who purchase a ticket to the In this hand on activity children learn more about Centre tour. archaeology and try out a simulated archaeological Venue: Cool Planet Experience, , excavation. Enniskerry Venue: Glendalough (in field next to the Round Tower) Organiser: Cool Planet Experience Organiser: Heritage Office Wicklow County Council Admission: Adult €9, Child €5, Concession €7, Email: [email protected] Family €25 Telephone: (0)87 7556808 Email: [email protected] Website: cpuntywicklowheritage.org Telephone: +353867766198 Website: cpe.cool Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 11:00 17:00 Date Start Time End Time Sat 18th 12:00 15:00 OK BO P Sun 19th 12:00 15:00

th Mon 20 12:00 15:00 Butter Making Workshop Tue 21st 12:00 15:00 nd Butter Making Demonstration Come along to our butter Wed 22 12:00 15:00 rd making demonstration by local Artisan Dairy Producer, Thu 23 12:00 15:00 th Dunlavin Dairies. Join us for a bread and jam picnic Fri 24 12:00 15:00 th afterwards! Sat 25 12:00 15:00

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350 yrs of Quakers in Ballymurrin Visit 1st farmstead ruin, exhibition about Quakers; 2nd Stories from Freemasons in Ireland farmstead; forge, and hearth; Main House; ingle-nook with Local Freemasons will share their stories about joining and bread oven; ‘parlour’ for Quaker meetings. what they connect with and to Freemasonry. We speak about Venue: Ballymurrin Quaker Farmstead 1668 famous Irish and international Masons that we are connected Organiser: Ballymurrin Quaker Farmstead to by our traditions. Admission: Adult €5, Child FREE, Concession €5, Venue: Greystones Masonic Centre The Masonic Hall Family €10 Hillside Road Greystones Co. Wicklow A63 Fw32 Email: [email protected] 53°08’40.9”N 6°04’01.4”W Telephone: 0404 48206 Organiser: Masonic Emerald Lodge No. 49, Greystones Website: ballymurrinquakerfarmstead.eu Email: [email protected] Telephone: 089-2482037 Date Start Time End Time Website: emeraldlodge49.org Sat 18th 14:00 15:30 Sat 18th 16:00 17:30 Date Start Time End Time Sun 19th 14:00 15:30 Sat 18th 20:00 11:00 Sun 19th 16:00 17:30 EE FR Mon 20th 14:00 15:30 P

th Mon 20 16:00 17:30 Tue 21st 14:00 15:30 Irish Nature st Tue 21 16:00 17:30 Explore the Ogham languages link to Irish trees, discover the nd Wed 22 14:00 15:30 Irish names of our plants and animals, take a closer look at nd Wed 22 16:00 17:30 the meaning of our local placenames. Booking essential from rd Thu 23 14:00 15:30 5th of August. rd Thu 23 16:00 17:30 Venue: Information Office, Upper Lake, Glendalough th Fri 24 14:00 15:30 Organiser: Wicklow Mountains National Park

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Email: [email protected] artefacts and find out how archaeologists discover the past. Telephone: 0404 45425 Meet at the round tower. Website: wicklowmountainsnationalpark.ie Venue: Glendalough Organiser: Glendalough Heritage Forum Date Start Time End Time Email: [email protected] th Sun 19 11:00 13:00 Telephone: 01 716831

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WICKLOW CILL MHANTÁIN P Date Start Time End Time Discover The Demesne - Walking Tour Mon 20th 14:00 15:00 st Discover Russborough Demesne with Joan Griffith. Wear Tue 21 14:00 15:00 nd outdoor clothing and walking shoes. Tours meet in the Wed 22 14:00 15:00 rd Courtyard near the Shop and Tearooms. Parking is unlimited Thu 23 14:00 15:00 th and costs €2 on arrival. Fri 24 14:00 15:00

Venue: , Blessington EE FR P Organiser: Russborough House and Parklands Email: [email protected] Telephone: 045 865239 Glendalough: Graveyard Tour Website: russborough.ie/ Tour the historic graveyard at Glendalough, led by members of the community group who have surveyed and recorded Date Start Time End Time the graveyard. th Sun 19 14:00 16:00 Venue: Glendalough nd Wed 22 14:00 16:00 Organiser: Glendalough Heritage Forum th Sun 26 14:00 16:00 Email: [email protected]

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Nature Base Stem Camp Date Start Time End Time th This Nature Base Stem Camp camp are a combination Mon 20 15:00 16:00 st of bush craft, crafts, planting, pond exploration, nature Tue 21 15:00 16:00 nd exploration, games, science, physics, biology, chemistry Wed 22 15:00 16:00 rd (science lab) in the outdoors. Thu 23 15:00 16:00 th Venue: Season Park Farm Newtownmountkennedy Fri 24 15:00 16:00

Organiser: Grace Garde - Newtownmountkennedy & EE FR P District Tidy Towns Admission: Child €75, Family €65 Email: [email protected] Irish Megalithic Art Telephone: 0871477507 Come and learn about Irish Megalithic Art Bespoke one/ two-to-one ½ day workshops Research our ancient heritage Date Start Time End Time and have a go at painting. th Mon 20 10:00 14:00 Venue: Bray

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OK Join Eco-therapist Conn Fitzgibbon for a fun workshop P BO that joins ancient Celtic wisdom with new research in eco-psychology to realise the mental health benefits of truly History Explorers: connecting with nature. Join us on a children’s nature walk. Suitable for all ages of Venue: The elbowroom escape child. An adult must stay with their children and be prepared Organiser: Conn Fitzgibbon Eco-Therapy to join in. Booking is not required. Email: [email protected] Venue: Information Office, Upper Lake, Glendalough Telephone: 0831838013 Organiser: Wicklow Mountains National Park Website: the-elbowroomescape.com/ Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0404 45656 Date Start Time End Time nd Website: wicklowmountainsnationalpark.ie/ Wed 22 11:30 13:30

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EE Victorian Bray FR P A walking tour of Victorian Bray, Sidmonton Square, Sidmonton Road, Novara Terrace, Galtrim Road, Meath Wild Child Nature Walk Road, and return Sidmonton Square. This area of Bray Come and explore, connect with nature,enjoy the scenery, developed after the coming of the Railway. learn some cool stuff and chase a few butterflies if we are Venue: Starting at Sidmonton Square, Bray really lucky! Join us on an adventure and release your inner” Organiser: Bray Cualann Historical Society Wild Child”. Email: [email protected] Venue: Hollywood , Community Centre Telephone: 00353872309185 Organiser: Hollywood Tidy Towns Website: braycualannhistorical.ie Email: [email protected] Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Wed 22nd 19:00 20:30 Wed 22nd 11:00 12:00 Sat 25th 15:00 16:30

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Become a Nature Detective! Free Guided Tour - Admission Charge Join us as we go on our Bug Hunt to discover what wonderful Admission charge but free Guided Tour of Mount Usher creatures are hiding under rocks or logs. Be a real nature Gardens. This is a great opportunity to understand how this detective for a day and see what you can discover in authentic ‘Robinsonian’-style garden has been organically Dunlavin! managed for over 38 years. Venue: Market Square Dunlavin Venue: Mount Usher Gardens, Ashford. Co. Wicklow Organiser: Dunlavin & District Forum Organiser: Mount Usher Gardens, Ashford, Co. Wicklow Email: [email protected] Admission: Adult €7.50, Concession €6.50 Telephone: +353876793588 Email: [email protected]

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Telephone: 0404 49672 Telephone: 016393039 Website: wmountushergardens.ie Website: glendaloughheritageforum.org/

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Barbara Cafferky hosts Brian White Aug 18th to Aug 26th 1943 in Bray Barbara Cafferky, head of visitor experience in Killruddery This talk looks at events in Bray from August 18th to August House and Gardens, host Brian White, local historian, for a 26th 1943 and how the fourth year of the Emergency was morning talk in the historic Library in and impacting on day to day life in the town. Gardens. Venue: Ballywatrim Library, Boghall Road, Bray Venue: Killruddery House Library Organiser: Bray Cualann Historical Society Organiser: Killruddery House and Gardens Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 012723205 Website: killruddery.com

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Discover Dunlavin! Nature Walk Tunes in the Park Discover Dunlavin! Nature Walk Come on a nature Tunes in the Park! Bring along your instrument for a lovely adventure. Join our Environmental Expert to learn and relaxed morning of Traditional Irish Music under the beautiful discover all about the biodiversity that surrounds us in Sycamore tree. beautiful Dunlavin. Venue: Market Square Dunlavin Venue: Dunlavin Green Organiser: Dunlavin & District Forum Organiser: Dunlavin & District Forum Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: +353876793588 Telephone: +353876793588 Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 11:00 12:00 Fri 24th 19:00 20:00 EE FR P EE FR P Wicklow Cliff Loop Walk Art of Market Cross at Glendalough Magnificent panoramic coastal views, a Special Protection A painting workshop for all ages examining the beautiful Area. Seals common. Historical talk at Lime Kiln Bay, stone panels of the Market Cross that once stood in addressing ruins of penal church. Binoculars recommended. Glendalough & the chance to explore 3D models of the cross Dogs welcome, under control. & other Glendalough monuments. Venue: Glen Turn Beach Car Park - past Golf Club, south of Venue: Glendalough Visitor Centre Wicklow Town Organiser: Glendalough Heritage Forum/ The Discovery Programme Email: [email protected]

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Organiser: Friends of the Murrough Organiser: Irish Whale and Dolphin Group Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 087 9473072 Telephone: 087 1390665 Website: friendsofthemurrough.com Website: iwdg.ie

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Open Day at Glendalough Garden Allotments Excavations Come to see our active 32 allotments, talk to the allotment Open day at UCD School of Archaeology excavations at holders, bring a story, musical instrument, taste some home Glendalough, with tours, displays and interactive activities. produce. Meet people from different walks of life and Venue: Glendalough cultures. Organiser: Glendalough Heritage Forum Venue: Season Park Farm, Newtownmountkennedy, Co. Email: [email protected] Wicklow Telephone: 01 7168312 Organiser: Season Park Farm Allotments Website: glendaloughheritageforum.org/ Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0871477507 Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 12:00 16:00 Date Start Time End Time Sat 25th 14:00 17:00 EE FR P OK EE BO FR P

Whale Watch Ireland 2018 The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group invites you to their Stories from St. Kevin’s annual, free and guided land-based whale watch at a St Kevin’s Reformatory operated in Glencree from 1859- local headland, as part of All-Ireland Whale Watch day on 1940. We invite anyone with memories of it, former relatives, Saturday 25th August 2018 teachers, caretakers, workers who had associations to come Venue: Pitch & Putt car park, Bray Head and share it’s history. Organiser: Irish Whale and Dolphin Group Venue: The Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation Email: [email protected] Organiser: The Glencree Centre for Peace and Telephone: 087 6833898 Reconciliation Website: iwdg.ie Email: [email protected] Telephone: +35312829711 Date Start Time End Time Website: glencree.ie Sat 25th 14:00 17:00 Date Start Time End Time EE FR P Sat 25th 14:30 17:00

OK EE P BO FR Whale Watch Ireland 2018 The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group invites you to their annual, free and guided land-based whale watch at a Open Day at Wicklow Lighthouse local headland, as part of All-Ireland Whale Watch day on An opportunity to see the conservation work of Irish Landmark Saturday 25th August 2018 Trust. Imagine life as a lighthouse keeper on your self-guided Venue: Black Castle car park, Wicklow Town tour of this restored C18th lighthouse now run as holiday

316 SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN FULL WHEELCHAIR ACCESS PARTIAL WHEELCHAIR ACCESS PERFORMANCE OR RE-ENACTMENT TALK OPEN HISTORIC PROPERTY FESTIVAL WICKLOW CILL MHANTÁIN accommodation. the drawing room. Venue: Wicklow Lighthouse, Dunbur Head Venue: Coolattin House, Coolattin Park, Shillelagh, Co. Organiser: Irish Landmark Trust Wicklow, Y14 Rf83 Email: [email protected] Organiser: Coollattin House Committee Telephone: 01 6704733 Admission: Adult €5 Website: irishlandmark.com Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0879687606 Date Start Time End Time Sun 26th 10:00 16:00 Date Start Time End Time Sun 26th 14:00 17:00 EE FR

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Plant Folklore of Glendalough Learn about wild plants their stories and traditional uses. Ancient Woodland Walk Led by Eleanor Sutherland, NPWS Education Guide and Walk through and description of local ancient woodland, Herbalist. Pre-booking is essential. Please ring 0404 45425 local history and heritage. after August 12th Venue: Ballyvolan Wood, Newcastle Venue: Informatiomn Office, Wicklow Mountains National Organiser: Newcastle Residents Association Park Email: [email protected] Organiser: Wicklow Mountains National Park Telephone: 0872381060 Website: newcastlewicklow.ie Date Start Time End Time Sun 26th 11:00 13:00 Date Start Time End Time Sun 26th 14:30 17:00 OK EE BO FR P EE FR P

Craft Fair Annual craft fair - varied crafts on display by very talented Dunlavin Heritage Sites Tour local craft people. Admire the skill, time and effort which Wander back through time and learn about our village’s has been used to produce some very unique, intricate and rich historical past. Join our experts for a guided tour to beautiful creations. St. Nicholas’ Blessed Well, Tornant Moat and Tornant Venue: JFK Memorial Park and Arboretum Graveyard. Organiser: JFK Memorial Park and Arboretum Venue: Scoil Nioclais Naofa car park Email: [email protected] Organiser: Dunlavin & District Forum Telephone: 051-388171 Email: [email protected] Website: heritageireland.ie/en/south-east/ Telephone: +353876793588 thejohnfkennedyarboretum/ Date Start Time End Time Date Start Time End Time Sun 26th 18:00 19:30 Sun 26th 12:00 17:00 EE FR P EE FR P

Coollattin House Tour & Exhibition Coolattin House Tour, Afternoon tea with Art & Craft Exhibition. All welcome to an afternoon trailing the halls, ballroom, kitchens etc and afterwards enjoy afternoon tea in

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