MAY 1st – 31st 2018

Donegal County Council’s Cultural Services Presents, The 21st Annual.... 2 - Bealtaine Festival 2018 WELCOME FÁILTE

We would like to warmly welcome you to Fáilte romhaibh uilig chuig Féile na Bealtaine the annual Bealtaine Festival. For the past na bliana seo. Le fiche bliain anuas, tá fás is 20 years, Bealtaine has grown into ’s forbairt iontach mhór tagtha ar an bhFéile largest co-operative arts festival with over náisiúnta seo a chuireann níos mó ná 3,000 3,000 events taking place last year in cities, imeachtaibh i láthair i gcathaireacha, i mbailte towns and villages throughout the country. agus i sráidbhailte ar fud na tíre.

The national Bealtaine festival, co-ordinated Tá Féile náisiúnta na Bealtaine comhordaithe by Age & Opportunity in partnership with ag Age and Opportunity, i gcomhar leis na local authorities and arts and older people’s húdaráis áitiúla mar aon le réimse leathan organisations, features older people as artists eagraíochtaí eile ealaíon agus eagraíochtaí and performers, as event organisers and as éagsúla a mbíonn ag plé le dhaoine audiences and participants. It is this unique sinsearacha. Cuirtear daoine sinsearacha collaboration across generations that makes ag croílár na Féile - mar ealaíontóirí is mar the festival special each year. The theme oirfidigh, mar eagarthóirí imeachtaibh, mar of Bealtaine 2018 is ‘Be Our Guest’ and lucht féachanna is mar rannpháirtithe. Is í includes a diverse range of performances, an comhoibriú speisialta sin, thar na gliúnta, commissions, residencies and projects. an rud is suntasaí fán bhFéile achan bliain. Is é téama Féile na bliana seo ná ‘Fáilte The pages of this brochure contain Romhaibh Uilig’ agus is ansin a gheofar réimse information on the large number of Bealtaine leathan, éagsúlach seóanna, toghraí cónaithe, events taking place in County . It coimisiúnacha is toghraí cultúrtha eile nach iad. features a wide range of events in libraries, arts and community venues and day care Istigh sa bhileog seo, gheobhfar na sonraí uilig centres throughout the county and should fán réimse mhór imeachtaibh a bhéas ag tarlú include something to suit everyone. Highlights le linn na Féile, in ionaid lae, i leabharlanna is include a tour of ‘The Barber of ’ to in ionaid ealaíon agus pobail, thart fá Dhún barber shops throughout the county and a na nGall. Táimid cinnte go bhfuil rud inteacht specially commissioned exhibition of portraits ann do chuile dhuine. I measc na buaicphointí of people with dementia at An Gailearaí, Gaoth dar linne, tá trus ar siopaí bearbóirí ar Dobhair. We encourage you to take advantage fud an chontae leis an dráma úr ,‘The of this great opportunity and attend as many Barber of Moville’, mar aon le taispeántas Bealtaine events as you can. Bealtaine in úr-coimisiúnta portráidí dhaoine atá ag Donegal is organised by Donegal County deileáil le gealtachas, ag An Gailearaí, Gaoth Council Cultural Services in association with Dobhair. Ba mhaith linn go mór go ndéanfadh a wide range of partners and is co-ordinated chuile ball den bpobal iarracht freastal ar by the Regional Cultural Centre and Donegal an oiread imeachtaí agus is féidir leo, le linn County Library. na Féile speisialta seo. Tá Féile na Bealtaine i nDún na nGall eagraithe ag Rannóg na Seirbhísí Cultúrtha de chuid Chomhairle Contae Dhún na nGall, i gcomhar le réimse leathan de pháirtnéirí. Déantar an Féile a comhordú ag an tIonad Cultúrtha Réigiúnach agus Leabharlann Chontae Dhún na nGall.

Bealtaine Festival 2018 - 3 CONTENTS

DAY BY DAY 5

EXHIBITIONS 26

DAY CARE CENTRES 28

A big thank you to all the people involved in organising this year’s festival, especially to the Regional Cultural Centre staff and the Library Bealtaine Committee.

Thanks also to artists, performers, participating venues and to everyone who attends.

All events are free unless otherwise stated. To avail of Bealtaine concession prices at An Grianán Theatre and The Balor Arts Centre please quote ‘Bealtaine’ when purchasing your tickets. Please note these concessions are not available online.

For further information on the festival or to get involved contact: Shaun Hannigan, Regional Cultural Centre, Port Road, T: 074 91 29186 E: [email protected] www.regionalculturalcentre.com

4 - Bealtaine Festival 2018 DAY BY DAY All events are free unless otherwise stated

TUESDAY MAY 1 Summer Crafts Venue: Cara House, Letterkenny Official Launch of Time: 6.30pm Bealtaine 2018 Info: 074 91 23986 Launch of the 21st Bealtaine Festival in Donegal by the Cathaoirleach of WEDNESDAY MAY 2 , Cllr Gerry McMonagle. With entertainment by Patsy Cavanagh and an excerpt from Rhymetime: Grandparents the much acclaimed play ‘The Barber of and Toddlers Moville’ by Mockingbird Theatre Group. Venue: Central Library Letterkenny Venue: Regional Cultural Centre, Time: 11.00am Letterkenny Info: 074 93 73701 Time: 11.00am Venue: Community Info: 074 91 29186 Library Time: 11.00am Coffee and Computers Info: 074 93 73701 Learn computer basics with Magh Ene College Transition Year students. Two Hand Dancing Venue: Community Library With Patsy & Bridget Time: 11.00am Join people from all over the county for Info: 071 98 29665 this very popular class. Advanced booking required Organised by Cara House Letterkenny.

Venue: Regional Cultural Centre, Circle Dancing With Theresa Letterkenny Venue: Cara House, Letterkenny Time: 11.00am Time: 11.00am Info: 074 91 23986 Info: 074 91 23986 Paverpol Workshop Knitting & Crochet With Mary Make statues, wall decorations, vases, bowls, jewellery and masks. Venue: Cara House, Letterkenny Time: 11.00am Venue: Cara House, Letterkenny Info: 074 91 23986 Time: 11.30am Info: 074 91 23986

Bealtaine Festival 2018 - 5 Dressmaking With Margery All Aboard Venue: Regional Cultural Centre, Railways Railcar 15 Letterkenny All aboard and join Caroline Carr, Time: 1.00pm and Niamh Info: 074 91 29186 Brennan, County Archivist, who will bring items from their collections to Summer Flowers help reminisce, and enjoy looking back at past memories. Venue: Cara House, Letterkenny Time: 6.30am Venue: Railcar 15, Donegal Railway Info: 074 91 23986 Heritage Centre, Donegal Town Time: 11.00am Info: 074 97 22655 / 074 91 24613 / Caroline Carr – Curator [email protected] Donegal Museum This talk explores the world of the Rhymetime: Grandparents Landed Gentry in Donegal in the decades before the foundation of the and Toddlers State. From their social whirl to the Song and Dance for preschool children management of lands and gardens and and their grandparents. uncovers the stories of those who lived and worked in the vanished world of Venue: Bundoran Community Library Donegal’s Big Houses. Time: 11.00am Info: 074 93 61941 Venue: Bundoran Community Library Time: 7.00pm Info: 071 98 29665 Coffee and Computers Learn computer basics with Magh Ene College Transition Year students. THURSDAY MAY 3 Venue: Bundoran Community Library Time: 11.00am Yoga For Beginners And Info: 071 98 29665 Advanced booking required Improvers With Diane Venue: Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny Time: 10.00am Info: 074 91 23986

Art For Relaxation With Etta Venue: Cara House, Letterkenny Time: 11.00am Info: 074 91 23986

6 - Bealtaine Festival 2018 Our Past In The Present - FRIDAY MAY 4 Reminiscence Sessions Join Caroline Carr, Donegal County Two-Hand Dancing Museum and Niamh Brennan, County With Celine Archivist, who will bring items from Venue: Regional Cultural Centre, their collections to enable people to Letterkenny reminisce about their lives and their communities. Time: 11.00am Info: 074 91 23986 Venue: Day Centre Time: 2.00pm Clients Only Coffee and Computers Info: 074 91 24613 / [email protected] Learn computer basics with Magh Ene College Transition Year students. Venue: Carndonagh Community Library Time: 11.00am Info: 074 93 73701

Rhymetime: Grandparents and Toddlers Venue: Bundoran Community Library Time: 11.00am Info: 071 98 29665

Andrea Carter Kathleen O’Hara - World Café Author Andrea Carter discusses her Conversation three crime novels which are set in An intergenerational event where the fictional town of Glendara, on the children and grandparents can learn Peninsula, Co Donegal. and share knowledge of local history Venue: Carndonagh Community Library and heritage. Time: 7.00pm Venue: Moville Library Info: 074 93 73701 or 074 93 85110 Time: 4.00pm Info: 074 93 85110

Bealtaine Festival 2018 - 7 paint-outs is not on producing ‘finished’ art pieces but to inspire people to take up their brushes, pencils and pastels and experience some relaxed fun and creativity in an atmosphere where people of all abilities are encouraged to just have a go.Three Bealtaine paint-outs will take place during the month of May and will be preceded by this introduction to Plein air workshop, focusing on composition, using thumbnail sketches, equipment & Fergus Cleary: materials, tips & tricks. The Island Wake Venue: Regional Cultural Centre, A captivating and imaginative comedy Letterkenny based on island life, its personalities and Time: 11.00am - 1.00pm circumstances. In his new play, Fergus Info: 085 1910777 / recalls an island paradise with beaches [email protected] on both Northern and Southern sides, free from traffic and such dangers. The Course Acting Show When a visiting (and free spending) tourist expresses a desire to experience Bard Theatre present a Comedic Crash a traditional Irish wake the Islanders are Course in how NOT to do Theatre! only too happy to oblige. There’s just one catch — no one has died so they’re short The Pratfall Collegium Dramatics a corpse! The end result is a unique Society are an amateur group on comedy at once funny, entertaining and the verge of becoming theatre nostalgic that will stay with you long professionals. They have it all — lights, after the final curtain. sound, a set, and, more importantly, the correct number of cast members. All Venue: Balor Arts Centre, they lack however, is the ability to pull Time: 8.00pm it off. Sets will collapse or not appear at Admission: €15 / all. Sound cues blare at any moment. Bealtaine Concession €12 Lights fail to illuminate the right spot, or Booking: 074 91 31840 indeed any. Lines will be dropped and picked up again thirty pages later and SATURDAY MAY 5 some actors may not even appear in the right place or even at the right time. Some actors do not even appear at all... An Introduction to Plein Air Venue: Balor Arts Centre, Ballybofey The Gaeltacht Thiar Tír Chonaill art Time: 8.00pm group is a branch of the National & Admission: €12 / International Plein Eire organisation Bealtaine Concession €10 and meet weekly for ‘paint-outs’ at Booking: 074 91 31840 various locations, to capture the sights and scenes, culture and heritage of North Donegal. The emphasis of the

8 - Bealtaine Festival 2018 TUESDAY MAY 8 An Grianán Theatre presents

The Barber Historical Walk And Talk Visit historic – Guided tour of Moville by Ronan Carr of Streedagh and Lissadell House, The Barber Of Moville exhibitions and gardens with local Coming to a barber shop near you in May 2018! walking groups. PLAY OF THE YEAR - BBC RADIO FOYLE An GriananPerformance times: Theatre 7pm and 9pm at each venue. and Admission €5.the Tickets onRegional the door. LETTERKENNY • Tues 8 May • Harkin’s Barbers, Main Street, Letterkenny CulturalBALLYSHANNON • Wed 9Centre May • Razor Sharp, Upper present Main Street, Ballyshannon an extensive Venue: Bundoran Community Library • Thur 10 May • Fusion Hair & Beauty, Shore Road, the Mall, Ramelton tourDONEGAL TOWNof • FriMockingbird 11 May • Denis’ Barber Shop, Quay Street, DonegalTheatre’s Town The Time: 9:30am MOVILLE • Sat 12 May • Blades Barbers, James’ Street, Moville CARNDONAGH • Wed 16 May • Blade & Fades, The Diamond, Carndonagh Info: 071 98 29665 BarberCREESLOUGH • Thur of 17 May •Moville. The Cutting Corner, This site-specific BUNDORAN • Fri 18 May • Mullets, East End, Ballyshannon playBALLYBOFEY will • Wed 23 Maybe • Farrah’s, performed Navenny Street, Ballybofey in barber shopsGWEEDORE • Fri 25around May • Hair@tmd, , the county. Cake Decorating With Ruth Venue: Cara House, Letterkenny The Barber of Moville is a one act play Time: 10.00am which takes a poignant, humorous look at a couple of married barbers who are Info: 074 91 23986 preparing to head off to Italy for one final holiday. Molly, the wife, is suffering Chairobics With Linda from ‘the forgetting thing’ and the play explores issues of memory, identity and Venue: Regional Cultural Centre, what it means to love. Letterkenny Time: 10.00am Mockingbird Theatre Group was formed Info: 074 91 23986 by Ronan Carr and Anne Gallagher with the intention of bringing original, funny Songs And Stories and insightful work to audiences the With Fergus Cleary length and breadth of the country.

Singer, storyteller and playwright, Venue: Harkin’s Barbers, Main Street, Fergus Cleary brings his unique style of Letterkenny entertainment to Taobh Tíre . Time: 7.00pm & 9.00pm Venue: Forge Family Resource Centre Info: 074 91 20777 Time: 10.00am Admission: €5 Info: 071 98 61924

Bealtaine Festival 2018 - 9 Circle Dancing With Theresa WEDNESDAY MAY 9 Venue: Cara House, Letterkenny Time: 11.00am Rhymetime: Grandparents Info: 074 91 23986 and Toddlers Venue: Central Library Letterkenny Knitting & Crochet With Mary Time: 11.00am Venue: Cara House, Letterkenny Info: 074 91 24950 Time: 11.00am Venue: Carndonagh Community Library Info: 074 91 23986 Time: 11.00am Info: 074 93 73701 Coffee and Computers Learn computer basics with Magh Ene Caroline Carr – Curator College Transition Year students. Donegal Museum Venue: Bundoran Community Library This talk explores the world of the Time: 11.00am Landed Gentry in Donegal in the Info: 071 98 29665 decades before the foundation of the Advanced booking required State. From their social whirl to the management of lands and gardens and uncovers the stories of those who lived Summer Crafts and worked in the vanished world of Venue: Cara House, Letterkenny Donegal’s Big Houses. Time: 6.30pm Venue: Moville Library Info: 074 91 23986 Time: 11.00am Info: 074 93 85110

Two Hand Dancing With Patsy & Bridget Join people from all over the county for this very popular class. Organised by Cara House Letterkenny.

Venue: Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny Time: 11.00am Info: 074 91 23986

10 - Bealtaine Festival 2018 Paverpol Workshop The Barber of Moville Make statues, wall decorations, vases, Venue: Razor Sharp, Upper Main bowls, jewellery and masks. Street, Ballyshannon Venue: Cara House, Letterkenny Time: 7.00pm & 9.00pm Time: 11.30am Info: 074 91 20777 Info: 074 91 23986 Admission: €5

Dressmaking With Margery THURSDAY MAY 10 Venue: Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny Sean Nós Dancing Time: 1.00pm Sean Nós dancing workshop with Frank Info: 074 91 29186 and Eileen Sweeney, two of Donegal’s finest exponents of Ireland’s old style, improvised, rhythmic and relaxed form Europe Day of dance. A Taste Of Europe - come along and Venue: Leabharlann Phobail na taste various European foods. Rosann Venue: Leabharlann Phobail Time: 10.00am Ghaoth Dobhair Info: 074 95 22500 Time: 1.00pm Info: 074 95 60862 Yoga For Beginners And Improvers With Diane Songs And Stories With Venue: Regional Cultural Centre, Fergus Cleary Letterkenny Singer, storyteller and playwright, Time: 10.00am Fergus Cleary brings his unique style Info: 074 91 23986 of entertainment to Taobh Tíre Aislann Chill Chartha. Art For Relaxation With Etta Venue: Taobh Tíre Aislann Venue: Cara House, Letterkenny Chill Chartha Time: 11.00am Time: 3.00pm Info: 074 91 23986 Info: 074 97 38376 Rhymetime: Grandparents Summer Flowers and Toddlers Venue: Cara House, Letterkenny Song and Dance for preschool children Time: 6.30pm and their grandparents. Info: 074 91 23986 Venue: Community Library Time: 11.00am Info: 074 93 61941

Bealtaine Festival 2018 - 11 Coffee and Computers Visit Doagh Famine Village Learn computer basics with Magh Ene Doagh Famine Village tells the story of College Transition Year students. Irish life from the Great Famine of the 1840s through until the present day. Venue: Bundoran Community Library Learn the history of “Poteen” making Time: 11.00am as we take you on a journey showing Info: 071 98 29665 how families and communities have Advanced booking required lived on the edge generation after generation, adapting and surviving as Tea Dance & Whodunit? the environment and society around the local area changed over the years. Letterkenny Active Retirement A combination of informative story Association invite you to join them telling and life size exhibits provides an to celebrate their crime scene informative, thought-provoking and at investigations. They are looking time humorous look at Irish life. forward to introducing you to a cast of eccentric, amateur and semi- Song and dance with local musician professional detectives who have to follow. solved a selection of contemporary and historical murders. The “Whodunit” Venue: Doagh Famine Village flourished during the golden age of Time: 3.00pm - 6.00pm. Detective Fiction, between 1920 and Info: 074 93 73701 or 074 93 85110 1950. The Regional Cultural Centre will Tea and Coffee served. host an afternoon of golden sleuthing as part of the Bealtaine Festival. This The Barber of Moville experience is immersive and will include installations that showcase the Venue: Fusion Hair & Beauty, Shore best of this group’s craft activities. The Road, The Mall, Ramelton Hippocampus (the region of the brain Time: 7.00pm & 9.00pm associated with memory) becomes Info: 074 91 20777 active when writing, and as such, Admission: €5 this initiative has actively engaged in strengthening the memories of the group members. County Donegal in World War I Join Caroline Carr, Donegal County A tea dance will follow with light Museum, to hear how WWI impacted refreshments being provided. This on County Donegal and learn project was made possible through the more about the Donegal men and generous funding of Donegal E.T.B. women who took part in WWI, and Venue: Regional Cultural Centre, in particular those who may not Letterkenny have had their stories told before. Dolmen Centre, Kilclooney, Time: 2.00pm Info: 074 91 29186 Venue: Portnoo Admission: €5 Time: 8.00pm Info: 074 91 24613 / [email protected]

12 - Bealtaine Festival 2018 FRIDAY MAY 11 Reframing The Border Official Opening of the exhibition, Rhymetime: Grandparents followed by an illustrated talk by, Guardian & Observer critic, Sean and Toddlers O’Hagan and a panel discussion Song and Dance for preschool children chaired by John Duncan, editor of and their grandparents. Source Magazine. Venue: Buncrana Community Library Venue: Regional Cultural Centre, Time: 11.00am Letterkenny Info: 071 98 29665 Time: 6.00pm Venue: Milford Community Library Info: 074 91 29186 / Time: 11.00am regionalculturalcentre.com Info: 074 91 53927 The Barber of Moville Coffee and Computers Venue: Denis’ Barber Shop, Quay Learn computer basics with Magh Ene Street, Donegal Town College Transition Year students. Time: 7.00pm & 9.00pm Info: 074 91 20777 Venue: Carndonagh Community Library Admission: €5 Time: 11.00am Info: 074 93 73701 Letterkenny Past & Present Join Johnny Joe McCollum for an Two-Hand Dancing With Celine evening of films showing Letterkenny Venue: Regional Cultural Centre, Past & Present – how many people can Letterkenny you name? Time: 11.00am Venue: Donegal County Museum, High Info: 074 91 23986 Road, Letterkenny Time: 7.30pm Garden Tea Party Info: 074 91 24613 / Buncrana Community Hospital hosts an [email protected] afternoon tea party to exhibit art that Advanced booking required was completed as part of the Dementia Flower Project, where pupils from four SATURDAY MAY 12 schools worked together with residents and clients to create pictures of well known flowers that would represent Plein Air Paint Out At each ward instead of numbers on the Ards Friary door. Residents, pupils and families will Painting on location with the Plein Air be invited to attend this fun day in the Art Group. beautiful serenity gardens at Buncrana Community Hospital. Venue: Ards Friary, Creeslough Venue: Buncrana Community Hospital Time: 11.00am - 3.00pm Time: 1.30pm Info: 085 1910777 / Info: 074 93 61500 [email protected]

Bealtaine Festival 2018 - 13 Reframing The Border MONDAY MAY 14 ‘How does the past inform the future’, Time: 11.15am The Experience Of Being Panel discussion chaired by Dr. Conor Carol Moore reads from ‘The Experience Mulvagh, University College Dublin of Being’ her one-woman play in ‘How do the arts respond to challenges which she explores the reality of being facing the border region?’, a woman of age, her perception of Time: 1.30pm dwindling power, and her growing invisibility and the need to embrace it. Panel discussion ‘Creative Opportunities for the Future’, Time: 2.45pm Opening address by Heather Humphreys TD, Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, followed by panel discussion chaired by Michael Tunney, Donegal County Council, LEO.

Venue: Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny Info: 074 91 29186 / For the last year Carol has been regionalculturalcentre.com developing the piece with two associate artists, working with choreographer The Barber of Moville Oona Doherty and Composer Conor Mitchell, with a live score to reflect the Venue: Blades Barbers, emotional/psychological landscape James’ Street, Moville of the central character, particularly Time: 7.00pm & 9.00pm around the theme of power or lack of Info: 074 91 20777 it. Carol’s intention is to challenge the Admission: €5 body and take risks in this production as a ‘Woman of Age’.

SUNDAY MAY 13 The Experience of Being gratefully acknowledges support from the Mac Reframing The Border Theatre, Belfast and the Arts Council of . ‘Reimaging the Borderlands’ Illustrated talk by James Welford, Venue: An Grianán Theatre, Photo Editor of National Geographic Letterkenny Magazine. Time: 2.00pm Info: 074 91 20777 / Venue: Regional Cultural Centre, www.angrianan.com Letterkenny Time: 2.30pm Info: 074 91 29186 / regionalculturalcentre.com

14 - Bealtaine Festival 2018 TUESDAY MAY 15 Venue: Day Centre Time: 11.45am - Clients Only Info: 074 91 24613 / Cake Decorating With Ruth [email protected] Venue: Cara House, Letterkenny Time: 10.00am Summer Crafts Info: 074 91 23986 Venue: Cara House, Letterkenny Chairobics With Linda Time: 6.30pm Info: 074 91 23986 Venue: Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny WEDNESDAY MAY 16 Time: 10.00am Info: 074 91 23986 Rhymetime: Grandparents Circle Dancing With Theresa and Toddlers Central Library Letterkenny Venue: Cara House, Letterkenny Venue: 11.00am Time: 11.00am Time: 074 91 24950 Info: 074 91 23986 Info: Venue: Carndonagh Community Library Knitting & Crochet With Mary Time: 11.00am Info: 074 93 73701 Venue: Cara House, Letterkenny Time: 11.00am Info: 074 91 23986 Two Hand Dancing with Patsy & Bridget Venue: Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny Time: 11.00am Info: 074 91 23986

Paverpol Workshop Make statues, wall decorations, vases, bowls, jewellery and masks. Venue: Cara House, Letterkenny Our Past In The Present - Time: 11.30am Reminiscence Sessions Info: 074 91 23986 Join Caroline Carr, Donegal County Dressmaking With Margery Museum and Niamh Brennan, County Archivist, who will bring items from Venue: Regional Cultural Centre, their collections to enable people to Letterkenny reminisce about their lives and their Time: 1.00pm communities. Info: 074 91 23986

Bealtaine Festival 2018 - 15 Summer Flowers Vote For Change Venue: Cara House, Letterkenny - 100 Years On Time: 6.30am To celebrate the Representation of Info: 074 91 23986 the People Act, 1918, Donegal County Museum and Donegal Women’s Caroline Carr – Curator Network invite you to come and be inspired by the women of the past Donegal Museum and to join in a collective conversation This talk explores the world of the spanning 100 years of women’s Landed Gentry in Donegal in the experiences. Join us for the morning decades before the foundation of the session in the Regional Cultural Centre, State. From their social whirl to the where speakers will explore the story of management of lands and gardens and women’s lives over the last 100 years. uncovers the stories of those who lived The afternoon session in Donegal and worked in the vanished world of County Museum, will include a tour of Donegal’s Big Houses. the Museum’s temporary exhibitions; ‘Jacob’s Biscuit Factory & Dublin: Venue: Buncrana Community Library An Assorted History’ and a curated Time: 6.30pm selection of Donegal County Museum’s Info: 074 93 73701 exhibition ‘Oatfield – A Short But Sweet History’. The exhibitions explore the The Barber of Moville story of these iconic confectionary manufacturers and their impact on Venue: Blade & Fades, The Diamond, social, cultural and political life in the Carndonagh twentieth century. Following the tours, Time: 7.00pm & 9.00pm you are invited to take part in informal Info: 074 91 20777 group conversations exploring issues Admission: €5 affecting women now, particularly in the areas of work and political representation and to consider how we THURSDAY MAY 17 can continue to ‘Press for Change’ in the Ireland of today.

Yoga For Beginners And Booking Required Improvers With Diane Venue: Regional Cultural Centre, Venue: Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny Letterkenny Time: 10.00am - 12.30pm Time: 10.00am Info: 074 91 23986 Venue: Donegal County Museum, Letterkenny Time: 1.30pm - 3.00pm Art For Relaxation With Etta Info: 074 91 24613 / Venue: Cara House, Letterkenny [email protected] Time: 11.00am Info: 074 91 23986

16 - Bealtaine Festival 2018 Rhymetime: Grandparents FRIDAY MAY 18 and Toddlers Song and Dance for preschool children Sean Nós Dancing and their grandparents. Sean Nós dancing workshop with Frank Venue: Buncrana Community Library and Eileen Sweeney, two of Donegal’s finest exponents of Ireland’s old style, Time: 11.00am improvised, rhythmic and relaxed form Info: 074 93 61941 of dance. Songs And Stories With Patsy Venue: Friday Club, Parish Centre Cavanagh Time: 11.00am Singer, storyteller and songwriter Patsy Info: 074 91 75384 Cavanagh brings his unique style of entertainment to Bundoran Community Library. Two-Hand Dancing With Celine Venue: Bundoran Community Library Time: 2.00pm Venue: Regional Cultural Centre, Info: 071 98 29665 Letterkenny Time: 11.00am World Café Conversation – Info: 074 91 23986 Kathleen O’Hara Coffee and Computers An intergenerational event where children and grandparents can learn Learn computer basics with Magh Ene and share knowledge of local history College Transition Year students. and heritage. Venue: Carndonagh Community Library Venue: Carndonagh Community Library Time: 11.00am Time: 7.00pm Info: 074 93 73701 Info: 074 93 73701 Rhymetime: Grandparents The Barber of Moville and Toddlers Venue: The Cutting Corner, Creeslough Venue: Bundoran Community Library Time: 7.00pm & 9.00pm Time: 11.00am Info: 074 91 20777 Info: 071 98 29665 Admission: €5 The Barber of Moville Venue: Mullets, East End, Ballyshannon Time: 7.00pm & 9.00pm Info: 074 91 20777 Admission: €5

Bealtaine Festival 2018 - 17 Heidi Talbot, Breanndán Ó Beaglaoich, John McCusker The Ladies Of Company B and Paul Meehan One of Vancouver, Canada’s Rejoice in the energetic polkas and foremost jazz ensembles comprises slides of West Kerry and waltzes, three vocalists (playing trumpet, marches and reels from Scotland, percussion and ukulele respectively) as four folk musicians at the top of and upright bass. In their 10+ years their game come together for the very as a band this talented group of first time. Chanteuse Heidi Talbot musicians have delighted audiences has garnered rave reviews for her across the globe from all walks of live performances, both with Cherish the Ladies and as featured soloist life. Featuring a harmonising female with Idlewild, King Creosote and Eddi vocal trio in vintage style, their creative Reader among others, and the pairing arrangements, sharp image and of her expressive vocals with the charming wit never fail to get toes extraordinary voice of trad maestro tapping and faces smiling. Breanndán Ó Beaglaoich is a match made in heaven. Venue: Balor Arts Centre, Ballybofey Winner of BBC Radio 2 Musician of the Time: 8.00pm Year, John McCusker goes where other Admission: €15 / trad musicians fear to tread, sharing Bealtaine Concession €12 a stage with the likes of Paul Weller, Booking: 074 91 31840 Roseanne Cash, Paolo Nutini, Teenage Fanclub and Eddi Reader in addition to being a member of Mark Knopfler’s SATURDAY MAY 19 band since 2008. Completing this stellar line-up is Manchester-born guitarist Paul Meehan, who has toured with such Plein Air Paint Out high profile bands as Lúnasa, Na Dorsa, At Glebe House North Cregg and Buille. Painting on location with the Plein Air Venue: Regional Cultural Centre, Art Group. Letterkenny Time: 8.00pm Venue: Glebe House & Gallery, Admission: €15 / Churchill Bealtaine Concession €12 Time: 11.00am - 3.00pm Booking: 074 91 20777 / Info: 085 1910777 / www.angrianan.com [email protected]

18 - Bealtaine Festival 2018 MONDAY MAY 21 Circle Dancing With Theresa Venue: Cara House, Letterkenny Bealtaine Indoor Bowls Time: 11.00am Tournament 2018 Info: 074 91 23986 There has been an explosion in the popularity of Indoor Bowls in the Knitting & Crochet With Mary last few years with at least 35 clubs Venue: Cara House, Letterkenny registered in the county. Time: 11.00am Info: 074 91 23986 Eight of these have been invited to take part in the inaugural Bealtaine Festival indoor Bowls Tournament. Clubs will Summer Crafts play games throughout the county Venue: Cara House, Letterkenny during the month of May to decide the Time: 6.30pm winner, with the final taking place on Info: 074 91 23986 Monday 21st of May.

Follow the latest news from the WEDNESDAY MAY 23 tournament through the Donegal library Facebook and twitter accounts Songs And Stories With Patsy @donegallibrary. Cavanagh Singer, storyteller and songwriter For more details on the tournament Patsy Cavanagh brings his unique contact Central Library Letterkenny style of entertainment to Taobh Tíre St at 074 9124950 or Johnston. [email protected] Venue: & Carrigans Family Resource Centre TUESDAY MAY 22 Time: 11.00am Info: 074 91 24950 Cake Decorating With Ruth Venue: Cara House, Letterkenny Our Past In The Present - Time: 10.00am Reminiscence Sessions Info: 074 91 23986 Donegal County Museum and the County Archives use items from Chairobics With Linda their collections to enable people Venue: Regional Cultural Centre, to reminisce about their lives and Letterkenny communities. Time: 10.00am Venue: Kathleen and Michael Connolly Info: 074 91 23986 Foundation, Malin Town Time: 11.00am Info: 074 91 24613 / [email protected]

Bealtaine Festival 2018 - 19 Rhymetime: Grandparents when their daughter introduces them to and Toddlers her African American fiancé. Venue: Arts Centre, Ballyshannon Venue: Central Library Letterkenny Time: 8.00pm Time: 11.00am Info: [email protected] Info: 074 91 24950 Booking: 071 98 51375 Venue: Carndonagh Community Library Time: 11.00am World Café Conversation – Info: 074 93 73701 Kathleen O’Hara Two Hand Dancing An intergenerational event where children and grandparents can learn With Patsy & Bridget and share knowledge of local history Venue: Regional Cultural Centre, and heritage. Letterkenny Venue: Buncrana Community Library Time: 11.00am Time: 6.30pm Info: 074 91 23986 Info: 074 93 73701

Paverpol Workshop Moods Of Mulroy Make statues, wall decorations, vases, A photographic screen show detailing bowls, jewellery and masks. the moods of Mulroy Bay over 10 years with music composed specially for the Venue: Cara House, Letterkenny show. Time: 11.30am Info: 074 91 23986 Venue: Milford Community Library Time: 7.00pm Summer Flowers Info: 074 91 53927 Venue: Cara House, Letterkenny Time: 6.30am The Barber of Moville Info: 074 91 23986 Venue: Farrah’s, Navenny Street, Ballybofey Dressmaking With Margery Time: 7.00pm & 9.00pm Info: 074 91 20777 Venue: Regional Cultural Centre, Admission: €5 Letterkenny Time: 1.00pm Info: 074 91 23986 Robin B’Stard & The Water Thieves Guess Who’s Coming Wicked King Enda has kidnapped Anna Livia the Water Maiden and all To Dinner the water in the village well has dried Starring Spencer Tracey, Katherine up. It’s a race against time for our Hepburn and Sidney Poitier. unlikely coalition of heroes - Robin A couple’s attitudes are challenged B’Stard (Robin Hoods illegitimate,

20 - Bealtaine Festival 2018 slightly less well known half brother), Will Scarletforya, Scarecrow Mick and Friar Tourettes, with some help from The Turfcutter and the ancient wizard Michael D. Can they defeat Enda and his henchmen Simon and Leo, rescue the maiden and restore the water supply before the shadowy Mr Redacted gets his water meters in place? Venue: Balor Arts Centre, Ballybofey Time: 8.00pm Niall De Búrca – Storyteller Admissions: €12 / Niall de Burca is one of Ireland’s finest Bealtaine Concession €10 traditional storytellers. Renowned for Booking: 074 91 31840 his ability to entertain all ages, Niall will Contains adult themes and strong be performing for Bealtaine 2018. language. Venue: Rock Hospital, Ballyshannon THURSDAY MAY 24 Time: 10.00am Yoga For Beginners And Venue: Day Centre, Donegal Hospital Time: 12.00pm Improvers With Diane Info: 071 98 29665 Bundoran Venue: Regional Cultural Centre, Community Library Letterkenny Time: 10.00am Venue: St. Joseph’s Day Centre, Info: 074 91 23986 Stranorlar Time: 3.00pm Art For Relaxation With Etta Venue: Archview Lodge Nursing Home, Venue: Cara House, Letterkenny Drumany, Letterkenny Time: 11.00am Time: 6.00pm Info: 074 91 23986 Info: 074 91 24950 Central Library, Letterkenny Our Past In The Present - Reminiscence Sessions Rhymetime: Grandparents Donegal County Museum and the and Toddlers County Archives use items from their collections to enable people Song and Dance for preschool children to reminisce about their lives and and their grandparents. communities. Venue: Buncrana Community Library Venue: Pettigo Day Centre Time: 11.00am Time: 11.00am Info: 074 93 61941 Info: 074 91 24613 / [email protected]

Bealtaine Festival 2018 - 21 Caroline Carr – Curator Coffee and Computers Donegal Museum Learn and improve your computer skills in a relaxed setting. This talk explores the world of the Landed Gentry in Donegal in the Venue: Carndonagh Community Library decades before the foundation of the Time: 11.00am State. From their social whirl to the Info: 074 93 73701 management of lands and gardens and uncovers the stories of those who lived Donegal Choir Of Ages Open and worked in the vanished world of Donegal’s Big Houses. Rehearsal Veronica McCarron conduct’s an Venue: Carndonagh Community Library open rehearsal of the Donegal Time: 6.30pm Intergenerational choir, “Ceol le Chéile” Info: 074 93 73701 Venue: Regional Cultural Centre, Robin B’Stard Letterkenny Time: 3.00pm & The Water Thieves Info: 074 91 23986 Venue: Balor Arts Centre, Ballybofey Time: 8.00pm The Barber of Moville Admissions: €12 / Venue: Hair@tmd, Bunbeg, Gweedore Bealtaine Concession €10 Time: 7.00pm & 9.00pm Booking: 074 91 31840 Info: 074 91 20777 Admission: €5 FRIDAY MAY 25 Robin B’Stard Rhymetime: Grandparents & The Water Thieves and Toddlers Venue: Balor Arts Centre, Ballybofey Venue: Buncrana Community Library Time: 8.00pm Time: 11.00am Admissions: €12 / Info: 071 98 29665 Bealtaine Concession €10 Booking: 074 91 31840 Venue: Milford Community Library Time: 11.00am Info: 074 91 53927 SATURDAY MAY 26

Two-Hand Dancing Plein Air Paint Out At With Celine Glenveagh Painting on location with the Plein Air Venue: Regional Cultural Centre, Art Group. Letterkenny Time: 11.00am Venue: Glenveagh National Park Info: 074 91 23986 Time: 3.00pm Info: 085 1910777 / [email protected]

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Open Garden A garden to relax in with a Celtic theme, with wildlife friendly activities and plenty for the garden enthusiast to enjoy. There is a display of medicinal plants and educational posters of native flora and fauna. Due to a pond, Donegal Chamber Orchestra stream and poisonous plants, children Conductor Víctor Yélamo and soloist must be accompanied by a supervising Orsolya Szabó-Yélamo lead the adult. Good walking shoes are Donegal Chamber Orchestra through needed. A short tour with the owner is a selection from Bizet’s Carmen, recommended before browsing around. Massenet’s Thais Mediation, Bartók’s Venue: Ros Bán Gardens, Common, Pieces For Children, Piazzolla’s Oblivion and other classical works from the string repertory. Time: 2.00pm — 5.00pm Info: Ann Kavanagh 074 91 45336 / This event is organised by the Church [email protected] of Ireland Parish in and Gweebarra Community Group. TUESDAY MAY 29

Followed by light refreshments in Cake Decorating With Ruth Elliott’s Lounge Venue: Cara House, Letterkenny Venue: , Time: 10.00am Lettermacaward Info: 074 91 23986 Time: 8.00pm Admission: €10 Chairobics With Linda Info: Angela 086 3737502 / Venue: Regional Cultural Centre, [email protected] Letterkenny Time: 10.00am Robin B’Stard Info: 074 91 23986 & The Water Thieves Circle Dancing With Theresa Venue: Balor Arts Centre, Ballybofey Time: 8.00pm Venue: Cara House, Letterkenny Admissions: €12 / Time: 11.00am Bealtaine Concession €10 Info: 074 91 23986 Booking: 074 91 31840 Knitting & Crochet With Mary Venue: Cara House, Letterkenny Time: 11.00am Info: 074 91 23986

Bealtaine Festival 2018 - 23 Book Club Venue: Cara House, Letterkenny Time: 2.30pm Info: 074 91 23986

Summer Crafts Venue: Cara House, Letterkenny Time: 6.30pm Info: 074 91 23986 The Remi Harris Trio Gypsy Swing, Jazz & Blues at it’s finest! WEDNESDAY MAY 30 The Remi Harris Trio take Gypsy Swing characteristics and infuse them with influences from Jazz, Blues, Rock’n’Roll, Two Hand Dancing Funk, World Music and more. They play With Patsy & Bridget an eclectic mix of original compositions, jazz standards and new arrangements Venue: Regional Cultural Centre, of music from Django Reinhardt, Jimi Letterkenny Hendrix, Wes Montgomery, Charlie Time: 11.00am Parker, Peter Green and more. Info: 074 91 23986 Venue: Balor Arts Centre, Ballybofey Time: 8.00pm Rhymetime: Grandparents Admissions: €15 / and Toddlers Bealtaine Concession €12 Booking: 074 91 31840 Venue: Central Library Letterkenny Time: 11.00am Info: 074 91 24950 Caroline Carr – Curator Venue: Carndonagh Community Donegal Museum Library This talk explores the world of the Time: 11.00am Landed Gentry in Donegal in the Info: 074 93 73701 decades before the foundation of the State. From their social whirl to the management of lands and gardens and Paverpol Workshop uncovers the stories of those who lived Make statues, wall decorations, vases, and worked in the vanished world of bowls, jewellery and masks. Donegal’s Big Houses. Venue: Cara House, Letterkenny Venue: Taobh Tíre An tSean Bheairic/ Time: 11.30am Info: 074 91 23986 Time: 2.00pm Info: 074 91 80888

24 - Bealtaine Festival 2018 Songs And Stories With Patsy Art For Relaxation With Etta Cavanagh Venue: Cara House, Letterkenny Singer, storyteller and songwriter Patsy Time: 11.00am Cavanagh brings his unique style of Info: 074 91 23986 entertainment to Leabharlann Phobail Ghaoth Dobhair. Colour Me Beautiful Venue: Leabharlann Phobail Ghaoth Image consultant Helen McCartin will Dobhair guide her audience on what colour suits Time: 1.00pm them and information on make-up for Info: 074 95 60862 the mature skin. This is a workshop tailored to the individual. Dressmaking With Margery Booking is essential Venue: Regional Cultural Centre, Venue: Milford Community Library Letterkenny Time: 4.00pm Time: 1.00pm Info: 074 91 53927 Info: 074 91 23986 Venue: Central Library, Letterkenny Time: 7.00pm Summer Flowers Info: 074 91 24950 Venue: Cara House, Letterkenny Time: 6.30am Info: 074 91 23986

THURSDAY MAY 31

Yoga For Beginners And Improvers With Diane Venue: Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny Time: 10.00am Info: 074 91 23986

Rhymetime: Grandparents And Toddlers Song and Dance for preschool children and their grandparents. Venue: Buncrana Community Library Time: 11.00am Info: 074 93 61941

Bealtaine Festival 2018 - 25 EXHIBITIONS

We Remember With You Plein Air Painters MAY 19 - JUNE 29 MAY 24 - JUNE 23

Gortahork based Catalan artist Maria The Gaeltacht Thiar Tír Chonaill art Gasol undertook an ambitious and group is a branch of the National & poignant art project creating portraits International Plein Eire organisation of older people with dementia in the and meet weekly at various locations Gaoth Dobhair area over the last 12 to capture the sights and scenes, months. Maria experienced Alzheimer’s culture and heritage of North Donegal. in her family and now volunteers with This Group exhibition features dementia patients in the Aras Gaoth paintings completed at the Bealtaine Dobhair nursing home. She started ‘Paint-Outs’ held during the Bealtaine painting portraits of some residents she Festival last year. was getting to know and later involved the families in sharing life stories, Venue: Regional Cultural Centre, memories and photos. The exhibition Letterkenny aims to replace part of the void of Info: 074 91 29186 / forgetfulness by remembering those regionalculturalcentre.com unique lives before the illness took over. It includes a collection of twenty-five Reframing The Border portraits, collage, text and video. MAY 1 – MAY 19 The project is supported by Ealaín na The border is one of the most important issues affecting the island of Ireland. As Gaeltachta, Regional Cultural Centre we approach an uncertain Brexit and Letterkenny and Creative Ireland. the centenary of partition, the prospect Official Opening: Saturday May 19 of moving from a diffused border Venue: An Gailearaí, Aislann Centre, to a hard border prompts intense and critical reflection. The prospect Time: 6.00pm of reinstating physical barriers only Info: 074 95 60862 recently viewed as ‘gone forever’ raises

26 - Bealtaine Festival 2018 concerns about the impact of the border Oatfield – A Short But Sweet on local communities, the people of this island and its wider impact in the EU. History Reframing the Border presents work by MAY 1 - MAY 31 established and emerging Irish-based photographers who explore the diverse On display is a curated selection physical, social, psychological and from Donegal County Museum’s imagined spaces of the borderlands exhibition, which explores the world in Ireland. Reframing the Border is of Lettekenny’s Oatfield confectionary curated by Gallery of Photography factory through personal memories, Ireland for Remote Photo Festival. photographs and artefacts. Venue: Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny Info: 074 91 29186 / regionalculturalcentre.com

Jacob’s Biscuit Factory & Dublin: An Assorted History MAY 14 - MAY 31 Drawing on the vast Jacob Biscuit Factory Archive, this travelling exhibition explores all aspects of the Oatfield Confectionery had seen many factory’s twentieth century history. changes from its foundation in the Colourful panels demonstrate the 1920s to 2010 when manufacture history of the factory, the workers, of the iconic sweets moved abroad. the products it produced and its role Oatfield sweets, manufactured in in Irish life. Find out the fascinating Letterkenny, were exported world- history of the Jacobs cream-cracker, wide to over 80 countries such as the who was the marketing genius to USA, Canada, Iceland, Hong Kong, develop the concept of Jim Figgerty Singapore, Australia, Papua New and the impact of major national and Guinea, Malaysia, Nigeria, Kuwait, international events from World Wars Bahrain, Cyprus, , Sweden, to the 1916 Rising on the business, , Holland, Germany, Denmark customers, and staff. and Norway and Tahiti. Venue: Donegal County Museum, High This exhibition is on loan from Dublin Road, Letterkenny City Archives and was funded through Info: 074 91 24613 / the Dublin City Council Decade of [email protected] Commemorations. Venue: Donegal County Museum, High Road, Letterkenny Info: 074 91 24613 / [email protected]

Bealtaine Festival 2018 - 27 Tobar Group Exhibition MAY 1 - MAY 31 DAY CARE Exhibition of works by the trainees of Tobar Training Centre. CENTRES Venue: Leabharlann Phobail Ghaoth Dobhair Info: 074 95 60862 WEDNESDAY MAY 2 Local Artists Exhibition Music and Storytelling With MAY 1 - MAY 31 Fergus Cleary Local artists exhibit their work for Venue: Newtoncunningham Day Bealtaine Festival 2018 Centre Venue: Bundoran Community Library Time: 2.00pm Info: 071 98 29665 Info: Rowena Sheridan 074 91 56404

THURSDAY MAY 3 Music With Virgil Quinn Venue: Carrick Day Centre Time: 2.00pm Info: Eithne O’Donnell 074 97 39354

MONDAY MAY 7 Laurentic Exhibition Storytelling With Aussie Bryson MAY 1 - MAY 31 Venue: Buncrana Community Hospital Time: 2.00pm Venue: Buncrana Community Library Info: Fiona Lavery 074 93 61500 Info: 074 93 61941

Damien McGinley TUESDAY MAY 8 MAY 4 - JUNE 23 Music With Virgil Quinn Venue: St Josephs Day Centre, Damien McGinley’s colourful paintings depict a vivid melting pot of humanity, Stranorlar modernity, and urban dynamics in this Time: 1.30pm solo exhibition, the first in his home Info: Fiona Bird 074 91 89731 county in many years. Venue: An Grianán Theatre, THURSDAY MAY 10 Letterkenny Storytelling With Aussie Bryson Info: 074 91 20777

28 - Bealtaine Festival 2018 Venue: Community Hospital THURSDAY MAY 24 Time: 2.00pm Music With Virgil Quinn Info: Bertie Johnston 074 97 32044 Venue: Day Centre Time: 2.00pm WEDNESDAY MAY 16 Info: Sandra Brennan 074 91 37231 Music With Virgil Quinn WEDNESDAY MAY 30 Venue: Mevagh Day Centre Time: 2.00pm Music and Storytelling With Info: Bridie Bradley 074 91 54848 Fergus Cleary Venue: Rathmullen Day Centre THURSDAY MAY 17 Time: 2.00pm Music With Virgil Quinn Info: Jackie Edwards 074 91 58723 Venue: Creeslough Day Centre Time: 11.30am Info: Sally Gallagher 074 91 38467

TUESDAY MAY 22 Storytelling With Aussie Bryson Venue: Moville Day Centre Time: 2.00pm Info: Claire McGuinness 074 93 82714

Music and Storytelling With Fergus Cleary Venue: Ramelton Community Hospital Time: 1.00pm Info: Noelle McLaughlin 074 91 51049

WEDNESDAY MAY 23 Music and Storytelling With Fergus Cleary Venue: St Colmcille Village, Time: 1.30pm Info: Anne Doherty 074 93 78710

Bealtaine Festival 2018 - 29 30 - Bealtaine Festival 2018 Bealtaine Festival 2018 - 31 CONTACTS

Regional Cultural Centre 074 91 29186 [email protected] www.regionalculturalcentre.com

County Donegal Library Service 074 91 53900 www.donegallibrary.ie

Donegal County Museum 074 91 24613

Age & Opportunity 01 8057709 www.olderinireland.ie

Donegal County Council’s Cultural Services incorporates The Library, Museum, Archives, Heritage and Arts Services, and the Regional Cultural Centre.