OFFALY EVENT GUIDE 36 10Th August, 2017 SPECIAL FEATURE the Tribune Offaly Heritage Week • 19 - 27 AUGUST • Offaly Heritage Week
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The Tribune SPECIAL FEATURE 10th August, 2017 35 OFFALY EVENT GUIDE 36 10th August, 2017 SPECIAL FEATURE The Tribune Offaly Heritage Week • 19 - 27 AUGUST • Offaly Heritage Week ll events are 11.30am to 12.30pm. charge available for 4.30pm - A look at the rich and colourful her- free unless Book by Email: claral- the cycle. Meet at natural and man- itage of a village often otherwise [email protected]. Lough Boora made landscape of associated only with stated. For more T elephone: Discovery Park Charleville Demesne its military past. details please see 0579331389. Visitor Centre. – from the 1500s to the Email: jimmy- A Tullamore Library. Booking required 20th century, with maryshortt www.heritageweek.i Saturday 19th August Email: info@lough- guides Richard Jack, @eircom.net e or contact the event 2.30pm to 3.30pm - boora.com. Fergal McCabe and Tour of Birr Library organisers. Please Book by Email: tul- Telephone: 057 Michael Byrne. – Tuesday 22nd check if events need lamorelibrary@offaly- 9340010 or 087 Assemble at August at 11.00am: to be booked! coco.ie Telephone: 057 9711658. Charleville Demesne Wednesday 23rd Wildlife Origami 9346832 Visit to Durrow gates. Email: 6.30pm: Friday 25th Workshop with Lough Boora Pond High Cross – info@offalyhistory 4.00pm. An hour’s George Dempsey at Dipping and Eco- Saturday 19th August .com. Telephone: 057 guided tour by the Clara and Tullamore Cycle - Saturday 19th at 2.00pm - A visit to 9321421 library staff of the his- Libraries. Try making August. The Bord na Durrow High Cross Revolutionary torical features, arti- an Origami bee, lady- Mona Ecology team and Monastic Site pre- Walking Tour - facts and displays to birds, butterflies to will take participants sented by Offaly Monday 21st August be seen in Birr Library. play in an Origami pond dipping at 12pm History President from 7.00pm to Booking required. wildflower garden (sharp) followed by Helen Bracken. Meet 8.15pm - Join Dr Email: with the renowned an eco-cycle through at Durrow Abbey Ciaran Reilly of birrlibrary@offalyco- George Dempsey. the Sculpture Park at Church. Email: Edenderry Historical co.ie. or Telephone: This a family event for approximately info@offalyhistory. Society for a walking 0579124950 children aged 1.30pm. The team com Telephone: 057 tour of 'Revolutionary Classical Favourites between 5 - 7 but they will have a limited 9321421 Edenderry' highlight- with Austin Brennan must be with a grown supply of pond dip- Charleville ing the impact of vari- of Tullamore up. Booking required. ping equipment and Demesne Walk on ous rebellions locally Gramophone Society Clara Library - will have thirty chil- Sunday 20th August including the 1798 – a lunchtime concert Saturday 19th August drens’ bikes free of from 2.30pm to rebellion; the 1916 at 1.00pm on Tuesday Rising and the War of 22nd August in Offaly Historical Society are hosting a walk to Ballycowan Castle along Independence. Meet Tullamore Library, the Grand Canal Line along the new cycle path route on Sunday 27th. at Edenderry Town O'Connor Sqaure, This will pass by Srah Castle which is on private land but visible from the Hall. Email: edender- Tullamore. Email: tul- tow path. The walk will be led by brothers John and James Scully and [email protected]. lamorelibrary@offaly- promises to be engaging and informative. TT3006GS Telephone: 086 coco.ie. Telephone: 1751686. 057 9346832 In The Shadow of Talk by Valerie about the Hynes/ lamorelibrary@ offa- - Suitable for 8 - Giants - Monday 21st Moffat from the Egan home in lycoco.ie. Telephone: 12years olds. – book- August from 7.30pm National Gallery on Carrigeen Five Alley 057 3946832. Website: ing required with to 9.30pm. This short their 20th Century Art on Wednesday 23rd duchas.ie/en/meithe library branches listed forest walk will visit a Collection on Tuesday August at 10.00am al/ below: magnificent stand of 22nd August in and 12noon. Dr Go Wild 'n the Daingean Library on 80-year-old Sitka Tullamore Library at Kinmonth is the Woods at Mount Wednesday 23rd Spruce located in a 6.30pm. – booking author of Irish Briscoe on August 2.30pm to wonderful riverside required Email: tul- Country Furniture Wednesday 23rd 3.30pm. Email: setting in Glenregan. lamorelibrary@offaly- 1700 to 1950 and she August 10.30am to daingeanlibrary@offa- Meet in Kinnitty coco.ie. Telephone: has been working 2.30pm - booking lycoco.ie. Telephone: Village. Organised by 057 9346832 with the Egan family required. Wild play 057 9353005 Coillte. Email: Author Niall Mac in 2017 to care for the activities include den Clara Library, on [email protected]. Coitir will talk about fixtures and fittings of building, bushcraft, Wednesday 2.30pm to Telephone: 086 the 'Folklore of Irish their family home. exploring nature and 3.30pm. Email: clarali- 2502573 Trees & Wild Plants' Booking essential campfire cooking! [email protected]. Earls of Charleville on Tuesday 22nd with heritage@offaly- Discover the Queen of Telephone: 057 1700-1950 - Monday August at 7.30pm. coco.ie Telephone 057 the bridges to scram- 9331389 21st August at 8.00pm Find out all about the 9346839. Places limit- ble and of course Birr Library, on at Bury Quay, Offaly myths, legends and ed. mud!! Child: €5.00. Wednesday 23rd History Centre, uses of our native Placenames Book via Email: 3.30pm to 4.30pm. Tullamore - An illus- plants. In Offaly Workshop for events@mount- Email:birrlibrary@offa trated talk by Michael History, Bury Quay. Meitheal Dúchas.ie/ briscoe.ie. Telephone: lycoco.ie. Telephone: Byrne on the Moore Organised by the Irish Logainm.ie – 087 2507827. Website: 057 9124950 and Bury families Wildlife Trust Laois Wednesday 23rd mountbriscoe.ie Banagher Library on who are connected Offaly Email: August 10.30am to Observing Offaly Thursday 24th 2.30pm with Charleville brian.iwtlaoisof- 11.30am (Tullamore Exhibition featuring to 3.30pm Email: Demesne and the [email protected] Library). Wednesday photographs taken banagherlibrary@offal building of Telephone: 087 12.30pm to 1.30pm from "Observing ycoco.ie. Telephone: Charleville Castle 7829477 (Edenderry Library) - Offaly" book by 0579151471 over a period of 250 Birds in Central Find out how you can Veronica Nicholson. Kilcormac on years. Email: Ireland - An illustrat- contribute to the This book chronicles Thursday 24th 2.30pm [email protected] ed talk by Stephen preservation of the everyday life of to 3.30pm Email: kil- Above: Gate at Temple Connor at Clonmacnoise. The OPW are m. Telephone: 057 Heery on 25 years of Ireland's cultural her- one year in her adopt- cormaclibrary@ offa- hosting an exhibition of Dan Edwards’ metal work in Temple 9321421 producing the Mid- itage. Transcribe folk- ed county. lycoco.ie. Telephone: Connor during Heritage Week. Dan Edwards made the gate into Tour of Crinkill Shannon Bird Report. lore from the 1930s Wednesday 23rd 0579135086 Temple Connor and the lights for the Church of Ireland in the Village with Birr In Crank House, with Meitheal August 1.30 to 7.00pm Tullamore Library 1960s. In the 1990s he worked with the OPW to make a Historical Society Banagher on Tuesday Dúchas.ie and record & 6.00pm to 8.00pm in on Friday 25th 2.30pm commemorative piece for the entrance to the Visitor Centre Monday 21st August 22nd August at minor placenames Daingean Library. to 3.30pm Email: tul- based on the Clonmacnoise Grave Slab ‘Or Ar Fiachraidh’.. In 7.30pm. Join Brian 7.30pm. Email: her- with Meitheal Email: daingeanli- lamorelibrary@offaly- 2017 Dan Edwards, The Life and Times of a Craftsman and Artist Kennedy and Jimmy [email protected]. Logainm.ie. [email protected]. coco.ie. Telephone: by Declan Ryan with Dan Edwards was published by Offaly County Shortt on a leisurely T elephone: Organised by Fiontar T elephone: 057 9346832 Council and this exhibition is a unique opportunity to see the stroll through the his- 0579346839 & Scoil na Gaeilge, 0579353005. Ferbane Library on range of Dan’s work first hand. See www.heritageweek for toric village of Dr Claudia DCU. Booking Nature Art & Craft Friday 25th 12.00noon opening times. Photo by Stephen Callaghan. TT3002GS Crinkill. Discover the Kinmonth will talk required. Email: tul- with Offaly Libraries to 1.00pm Email: fer- The Tribune SPECIAL FEATURE 10th August, 2017 53 Offaly Heritage Week • 19 - 27 AUGUST • – It’s in your Nature 24th August from ral wilderness, 11.00pm. Join us as Broderick, Tony 11.00am to 12.00pm. explores the depths of the sun sets on Mount Cormican and James (Not suitable for chil- the mysterious bog Briscoe to get a closer Scully. Car pooling dren under 12). In Birr pools and captures the look at these elusive essential! Assemble Library. Organiser: effect of the of wind, mammals in their nat- inside Crank House, David Broderick from storms, sunshine with ural habitat. Learn Main St, Banagher. the Irish Workhouse traditional photo- about badgers, foxes, Email: info@offaly- Centre, Portumna. graphic techniques. moths, bats and other history. com. Booking required. Email: kilcormacli- creatures of the night. Telephone: 057 932 Email:brary@ offalycoco.ie. Email: mount- 1421 birrlibrary@offalyco- Telephone: 057 [email protected] Grand Canal Walk co.ie. Telephone: 9135086 T elephone:087 to Ballycowan Castle 0579124950 Belmont Restored 2507827 Website: and Back on Sunday Mountmellick Lace 18th century Oat Mill mountbriscoe.ie 27th at 11.00am to Belmont Mills. TT3005GS Workshop in - Thursday 24th Heremon & Heber 3.30pm. Expert guid- Edenderry library on August 1.00pm to 5.00 and Battle of Geashill ing from John and banelibrary@offaly- Daingean with James Thursday 24th and Friday 25th on Friday 25th August James Scully with coco.ie. Telephone: Scully – Wed 23rd August 11.00am to August 1.00pm to at 8.00pm Talk fol- some mystery guests.