Ring of Gullion Lúnasa Festival 4 to 31 August 2019

Ring of Gullion, the place to be this August. Join us this August in beautiful and charismatic South Armagh for EPIC experiences and adventures. With our wide range of events, there is something for everyone. Check out our website www.ringofgullion.org/events for even more events, up to date information and booking.

Arts & Crafts Date Page Fused Glass Ogham Workshop Sunday 4 4 Fused Glass Lantern Workshop Sunday 25 10

Bus Tours Date Page Lazy Galivant Over Gullion Saturday 3 & 4 Wedneday 7 South Armagh: An Alternative View Tuesday 6 4 Historical Coach Tour of the Ring of Gullion Saturday 10, 5 Wednesday 14 – Wednesday 28 Slieve Gullion Murder Mystery Experience Saturday 10 5

Family Friendly Date Page Zombie Apocalypse Survival Training Every Sunday 4 Wild Wednesdays – Pond Dipping Wednesday 14 5 Geotastic Extravaganza Saturday 17 8 Wild Wednesdays – Nature Detectives Wednesday 21 9

2 Guided Walks/Hikes Date Page Famine Wall Hike Sunday 11 5 Booley Site Hike Sunday 18 8 Gap o’ the North Walk Tuesday 20 8 A Wander Through the Centuries Tuesday 20 8 The Hidden History of Mythical Mullaghbane Thursday 22 9 Historical Hike – The Last Mountain Community Sunday 25 9

Health & Well-Being Date Page Feeding Your Senses Saturday 24 9 Celtic Footsteps Saturday 31 10

Something a Bit Different Date Page Zombie Apocalypse Survival Training Every Sunday 4 Céilí Dancing at Lúnasa Friday 30 10

3 Zombie Apocalypse Survival Training

Do you have what it takes to survive a Zombie Apocalypse? If not, come along to a Lazy Galivant session and learn how to survive Doomsday from our bush craft survival expert. This over Gullion event is aimed at young people and adults; under-16s must be accompanied by a responsible adult. Explore the highlights of Slieve Gullion mountain on this Lazy Galivant and take in the impressive Date: Sunday 4, 11, 18, 25 scenery of the Ring of Gullion. Local guides will Time: 10am–2pm delight you with stories of the mountain from Venue: Red Branch Bushcraft, its ancient origins to its modern human history; 163 Longfield Road,Carrickastickan , including tales of the Ulster hero, Cú Chulainn Forkhill, BT35 9SE and how the US Army used the mountain for Cost: £20 / £50 for family of four – training before deployment in WWII. Booking essential Contact: Diarmuid, T: +3538 7615 9380 Date: Saturday 3 & Wednesday 7 E: [email protected] Time: 10am–12noon, 12.30pm–2.30pm Website: www.redbranchbushcraft.co.uk & 3pm–5pm Departs: Slieve Gullion Forest Park coach bay, 89 Drumintee Rd, Annahaia, Meigh, BT35 8SW South Armagh: Cost: Adults £10 / Concession £7.50 Contact: Anne, T: +4479 1902 6856 An Alternative View E: [email protected]

An all-day coach tour of South Armagh, concentrating on the area impacted by The Plantation of Ulster Fused Glass (1609) and the subsequent plantations and disturbances in the seventeenth, eighteenth Ogham Workshop and nineteenth centuries. The tour will visit the highlights of the northern and western sections of South Armagh. Join local artist, Tracey McVerry, for a one- day beginners’ workshop in glass fusing. Date: Tuesday 6 Learn the various techniques required to Time: 10am–5pm create your own individual piece to take Departs: Bagenal’s Castle home. Home-cooked lunch and Carpark, Castle Street, Ballynacraig, refreshments provided. Newry, BT34 2BY Cost: Adults £15 / Concession £12 – Date: Sunday 4 Booking essential, via website Time: 10am–3pm Contact: Kevin, T: +4428 3087 8453 Venue: White/Rock Glass Studio, E: [email protected] 11 Whiterock Rd, Ballintemple, Newtownhamilton, BT35 0AW Cost: £90 – Booking essential Contact: Tracey, T: +4477 3226 4848 E: [email protected]

4 Historical Coach Tour of the Ring of Gullion

Fully guided coach tour, taking in the Famine Wall Hike most impressive sights and monuments the Ring of Gullion has to offer. Experience the breathtaking landscape and the rich natural, archaeological and cultural heritage Visit the infamous Famine Walls of Slieve of the area. Tickets can be bought from Gullion mountain and hear gruesome tales Newry Visitor Information Centre or paid for of the hardships suffered by those who on the day. built them. Most of this hike will take place on steep, rough, open mountain; hiking Date: Saturday 10, Wednesday 14, boots are essential, a walking pole and a Saturday 17, Wednesday 21, Wednesday 28 reasonable level of fitness are recommended. Time: 10.30am–4.30pm Departs: Bagenal’s Castle Date: Sunday 11 Carpark, Castle Street, Ballynacraig, Time: 10am–1.30pm Newry, BT34 2BY Departs: Visitor Information Office, Slieve Cost: Adults £15 / Concession £12 – Gullion Forest Park, 89 Drumintee Rd, Booking essential, via website Annahaia, Meigh, BT35 8SW Contact: Therese, T: +4428 3082 8590 Cost: £5 – Booking essential, via website E: [email protected] Contact: Seamus, T: +3538 7367 1861 E: [email protected]

Slieve Gullion Murder Mystery Experience Wild Wednesdays – Pond Dipping

On 20 Jan 1852 Meredith Chambre, landlord and magistrate, was shot by Ribbonmen at Discover what unusual creatures dwell Drumintee. Did he survive? Who committed beneath the surface of the Slieve Gullion the crime and why? The circumstances ponds. Learn how to identify the different surrounding the shooting are hotly disputed creatures that live there and compare the to this day. Join your local guide, Seamus, Courtyard Pond with the Dragonfly Pond. who will take you by bus, to the key sites of Children must be accompanied by the story, bringing the tale to life. a responsible adult.

Date: Saturday 10 Date: Wednesday 14 Time: 12noon–2.30pm Time: 11am–1pm & 2pm–4pm Departs: Slieve Gullion Forest Park coach Venue: Courtyard pond, Slieve Gullion bay, 89 Drumintee Rd, Forest Park, 89 Drumintee Rd, Annahaia, Annahaia, Meigh, BT35 8SW Meigh, BT35 8SW Cost: £5 – Booking essential, via website Cost: Free – Booking essential, via website Contact: Seamus, T: +3538 7367 1861 Contact: Alison, T: +4428 3082 8594 E: [email protected] E: [email protected]

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Dundalk 7 Gap o’ the North Walk

Enjoy a historical walk back through time. Visit ancient and current monuments of the Christian era. You will be led on this journey Geotastic by Venora, a Ring of Gullion Ambassador, and Seamus a local historian. During your Extravaganza walk you will learn about the historical importance of this area in the 1600’s and its impact on present day history. You’ll visit Dinosaurs are coming alive at Slieve Gullion! Faughart graveyard, Moyry Castle and the A T-Rex has been spotted prowling around Kilnasaggart stone and develop a fascinating the Walled Garden. Are you brave enough and humorous insight into both the spiritual to track him down? Come to Gullion to learn and historical history of this area. about dinomite dinosaurs, vicious volcanoes, earth-shattering earthquakes and other Date: Tuesday 20 wonders of our planet. You can even get Time: 2pm–4.30pm your picture taken with Roary the T-Rex – Departs: Faughart Graveyard, if you’re brave enough. Faughart Upper, Co Louth Cost: £10 – Booking essential, via website Date: Saturday 17 Contact: Venora, T: +3538 7647 9715 Time: 11am–5pm E: [email protected] Venue: Slieve Gullion Forest Park, Seamus, T: +3538 7367 1861 89 Drumintee Rd, Annahaia, Meigh, E: [email protected] BT35 8SW Cost: Free Contact: Alison, T: +4428 3082 8594 E: [email protected] A Wander Through the Centuries

Booley Site Hike Join local historian, Kevin Murphy, for a leisurely walk, meandering around the townlands surrounding the village of Mullaghbane. Along Join Seamus for a guided hike on Slieve the way you’ll peer into holes in every hedge Gullion Mountain to learn about the ancient to unearth the story of the last six thousand summer tradition of booleying and visit the years. It was the poet Art Mac Binead, buried in sites used. This hike will take place on open the local graveyard, who said that in this area mountain with sections of boggy ground; you could “kick any stone and history leaps up hiking boots are essential. at you”. Come along and you’ll “kick stones” for about three hours. Date: Sunday 18 Time: 10am–2pm Date: Tuesday 20 Departs: Visitor Information Office, Time: 6.30pm–9.30pm Slieve Gullion Forest Park, 89 Drumintee Rd, Departs: Tí Chulainn, Bog Road, Annahaia, Meigh, BT35 8SW Maphoner, Mullaghbane, BT35 9TT Cost: £5 – Booking essential Cost: £5 – Booking essential Contact: Seamus, T: +3538 7367 1861 Contact: Kevin, T: +4428 3087 8453 E: [email protected] E: [email protected]

8 Wild Wednesdays – Feeding Your Senses Nature Detectives

Come along for a guided nature Join experienced local guide, Venora, and walk through Fr Barney King Wood. Explore meditation coach, Ann, on a sensory, historical among the leaves and leaf litter and discover and storytelling journey through the gentle the hidden creatures that share the forest slopes of Feede Mountain, Jonesborough. with the bigger plants and animals. Hear the history of the local area and develop your appreciation and awareness of nature, Date: Wednesday 21 walking through a quiet wooded area. Listen Time: 2pm–4pm to stories of the mighty warriors, Cú Chulainn Venue: Fr Barney King Wood, beside and Fionn Mac Cumhail who roamed the St Brigid’s Church, Glassdrummond, mountains of Cooley and Gullion. Finish your Glasdrumman, Crossmaglen, BT35 9DY tour with a visit to a food artisan in his quirky Cost: Free – Booking essential, via website farmhouse, and mindfully enjoy a relaxing Contact: Alison, T: +4428 3082 8594 home-produced lunch (suitable for vegans). E: [email protected] Date: Saturday 24 Time: 11am–2.30pm Departs: Old Church of Ireland, Church Hill, Foughilletra, Jonesborough, BT35 8SG (opposite the Carrickdale Hotel) The Hidden History of Cost: £40 / €45 – Booking essential Mythical Mullaghbane Contact: Ann, T: +4478 1683 5147 E: [email protected] Venora, T: +3538 7647 9715 E: [email protected] Join Ambassador and guide, Venora, on Website: www.xhale.biz a linear guided walk of Mullaghbane, showcasing its hidden history – past and present. This walk gives you an opportunity to visit the little-known Mass rock, hear the sinister history of the Barracks and the Historical Hike – Meeting Place, and view stunning landscapes The Last Mountain of the Ring of Gullion, overlooking this unique village. Community

Date: Thurday 22 Join Seamus for a guided hike on Slieve Time: 2pm–4.30pm Gullion Mountain to learn about the last Departs: Tí Chulainn, Bog Road, mountain community that lived on Slieve Maphoner, Mullaghbane, BT35 9TT Gullion. This hike will take place on open Cost: £5 mountain with rough ground, hiking boots Contact: Venora, T: +3538 7647 9715 are essential. E: [email protected] Date: Sunday 25 Time: 10am–1pm Departs: Visitor Information Office, Slieve Gullion Forest Park, 89 Drumintee Rd, Annahaia, Meigh, BT35 8SW Cost: £5 – Booking essential, via website Contact: Seamus, T: +3538 7367 1861 E: [email protected]

9 Fused Glass Celtic Footsteps Lantern Workshop

Join local artist, Tracey McVerry, Walk in the footsteps of one of Ireland’s first for a one-day beginners’ workshop in glass female saints. Begin your experience with fusing. Explore the beautiful medium of a restorative mindful walk in Slieve Gullion fused glass and learn the various techniques Forest. Rest for refreshments in a quirky required to create your own individual Second World War hut. Feel the sacred lantern to take home. Home-cooked lunch stillness at the sites of Killeavy Churches, and refreshments provided. founded in 450 by St Moninne. Follow an ancient path up to a pre-Christian holy well. Date: Sunday 25 Connect with the panoramic landscape Time: 10am–3pm below through a guided mindfulness Venue: White/Rock Glass Studio, meditation. Relax at a food artisan’s 11 Whiterock Rd, Ballintemple, cottage and immerse yourself in a sensory Newtownhamilton, BT35 0AW food experience. This is the perfect slow Cost: £120 – Booking essential adventure where you will feel restored, Contact: Tracey, T: +4477 3226 4848 re-connected and re-energised. You will E: [email protected] leave with the gifts of meditation and a jar of award winning lemon curd.

Date: Saturday 31 Time: 10am–4pm Departs: Slieve Gullion Forest Park, 89 Drumintee Rd, Annahaia, Céilí Dancing Meigh, BT35 8SW at Lúnasa Cost: £55 / €60 (includes a gourmet lunch) – Booking essential, via website Contact: Ann, T: +4478 1683 5147 E: [email protected] Join us in celebrating the end of Lúnasa Venora, T: +3538 7647 9715 with a céilí and tea-dance. The wonderful E: [email protected] Ring of Gullion Traditional Arts Partnership Website: www.xhale.biz will perform a series of traditional céilí dances with a caller to walk you through the steps. A light supper and refreshments will be provided.

Date: Friday 30 Time:7pm–10pm Venue: The Hut, Forkhill Rd, Meigh, BT35 8SL Cost: £10 – Booking essential Contact: Ann, T: +4478 1683 5147 E: [email protected] Website: www.xhale.biz

10 Booking information Events can be booked directly with providers via their individual websites, where given, or by following the links provided on the Ring of Gullion event pages. Alternatively, you can search for many of the events on EventBrite.

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