The festival Padraig Pearse was in Inniskeen in 1915; three young men, Donnelly, Quinn and Drumnagrella, The 7.5km festival trail ticket Ross were unjustly imprisoned; there was land agitation. There were rumours Dublin Brigade Irish Your ticket enters you for any and all events for the entire Saturday & Sunday, inc BBQ*. of conscription. Táin Bo Cuailgnea Trail participants must register. Events will run to a strict schedule. To fully appreciate Volunteers’ Exhibition the festival it is advisable to keep with the guided group. Ticket sellers will be at all Pearse, MacDonagh and Plunkett were published poets. Their poems will be  FEATURING SONGS trail/re-enactment sites. See “Children” below. Accessibility & Getting around - Walk Grade C remembered forever. Thomas MacDonagh translated the local Irish song, An Thomas McDonagh “Bonnán Buí” Bonnan Buí into English. United Nations Sites accessible by bicycle and foot only. Strict set off times. Parking at sites for Billy Brennan’s Barn Joseph Plunkett “Grace” mobility impaired and re-enactors/event personnel only. A free bus is available. We are confident that peopleInniskeen will dress in period costume, ride High Nellies, and Army Veterans Padraig Pearse “Mise Éire” Inniskeen Village is fully wheelchair accessible. Let the Kavanagh Centre know if you Round Tower walk and cycle the Kavanagh Trail. There will be re-enactments, poetry, music and dancing. There will be a Thomas McDonagh Two Poems have specific requirements. contingentEdnamo of the Irish Defence Forces present; an army born out of bloodshed and violence is now among the  Information Joseph Plunkett Two Poems Fully stewarded event. Directional and warning signs are on the trail. most sought after peacekeepers in thePatrick world. We will have United Nations veterans on the day. A plaque will be Kavanagh Fanebank Francis Ledwidge Two Poems Children unveiled to the memory of the InniskeenCentre Volunteers. Dramatic Society Tom Kettle One Poem FREE at re-enactments. Small fee for BBQ. All children must be accompanied by a Shancoduff We will not neglect some best-loved activities; walking and cycling, songs, recitation and dance and viewing Peadar O’Kearney parent/guardian over the age of 18 at re-enactment events. Kavanagh Country. There will be lashings of tea and traditional brack and then back to the village for a Barbecue  Getting here “The Soldier’s Song” Castleblayney at the Community Centre. 54.0000° N, Mucker “Whack for the diddle” The re will be more entertainment on the Trail with music Aughnamullen & 6.5833° W BELFAST Don Boncicault NEWRY Carrickmacross 11km LP1140 from Owen-Joe McGahon and re-enactments from Corduff Pipe Bands N2 A39 Kavanagh’s ‘Green Fool’ and ‘Tarry Flynn’. We will also “The Wearing of the Green” Dundalk 15km M1 Castleblayney 22km have High Nelly bicycles for hire!  L3119 N53 “My father played the melodeon’’ Kavanagh’s home of A Christmas Inniskeen Kednaminsha Dundalk Childhood, Memory of my Mother, Kerr’s Ass, Cassidy’s hanging hill I WANT L4620 R178 TO RIDE MY Carrickmacross PLUS O’Rourke’s Mill, Lennon’s Scene of the wedding Essexford Channonrock BICYCLE DROGHEDA DUBLIN Info/booking: online at M1 Dublin or Belfast to South Dundalk exit Follow the A1 (old www.patrickkavanaghcountry.com Dublin Road) to Dundalk centre. Take the Carrickmacross Road (R178) for & Patrick Kavanagh Centre Inniskeen, Co. Monaghan approximately 5 miles. At Channonrock Junction (The Rock Inn) turn right for the signatories of the Proclamation Weekdays 11am - 4pm & Sunday 3pm-5pm, June - Sept Inniskeen. N2 from Derry or Dublin Exit Carrickmacross South, at roundabout Phone: 00 353 (0)42 9378560 • E-mail: [email protected] take the Dundalk Road (R178) to Essexford. Left at Kelly’s pub for Inniskeen. Public transport: Dundalk train station 15km • Matthews.ie (bus) • Buseireann.ie Full Terms on website. No refunds. Programme correct at time of going to print, please check online for any 9th - 10th JULY 2016 alterations. We reserve the right to amend the programme for practical reasons up to and during the Accommodation: see website for hotels, guesthouses, self-catering in Inniskeen,

Or is it 1916? 1967) - (1904 Kavanagh Patrick festival, announcements as soon as possible. Carrickmacross, Castleblayney, Dundalk.

A5 festival.indd 1 08/06/2016 10:45 With a distinct 1916 hue, celebrate the life and work of one Saturday 9th July all times PM Sunday 10th July - the trail - all times PM 7.5km Walk Cycle High Nelly Hire WINNER BEST SMALL FESTIVAL COUNTY MONAGHAN 2014 of Ireland’s foremost literary figures, Patrick Kavanagh, in his Walk Grade C available on updates, competitions, chat €10 per adult inc. Saturday & Sunday €10 per adult inc. Saturday & Sunday +BBQ*. www.facebook.com/patrick.kavanaghcentre native place. Retrace ‘Inniskeen Road’ on a High Nelly! This Traffic notices - see press each day www.twitter.com/kavanaghcentre is a unique outdoor festival taking place over 7.5km; early Children FREE except where indicated* * Children pay small fee into BBQ 20th Century sites featured in literature come to life with Enter the spirit of the times by dressing in period clothes or as soldiers, re-enactors - and you! Prizes for period costume. With very TIME SITE Cumman na mBan members, Black and Tans or RIC officers or as famous The village figures of that time. special guests, the Irish Defence Forces. 1.30  Children’s Art Workshop with Sinead & Geraldine, duration, 2 hours 1.00  Registration for Sunday Programme dublin brigade irish volunteers’ • Dublin Brigade Irish Volunteers’ Exhibition exhibition/united nations army €5 per child • Music and Poetry of the time – Pearse, McDonagh, Plunkett, R Fane veterans/fanebank dramatic society/ Ledwidge, Peadar Kearney • United Nations Army Veterans – experiences in far flung aughnamullen pipe band/corduff places pipe band/children’s art workshop/ 4.30 i Inniskeen through the ages. Guided walk • Unveiling of Memorial Plaque to Inniskeen Volunteers, dance/guided walks-cycles/high of the village with well-known historian, 1914 – 1922, 5th Northern “the triangular field” nelly bicycle hire/drumnagrella, táin bo Larry McDermott • R eading of the 1916 Proclamation. i cuailgnea/Kavanagh Country/pearse • Fanebank Dramatic Society actors bring alive the period! Public road Walking tour First Aid Steward points in inniskeen/o’rourke’s mill/drama/ 8.15  High Nelly cycle to the dance through 2.30   Walk to Lennons. Re-enactments at the House of the Shancoduff fort Trail/ticketed sites Monaghan Way Toilets Parking poetry/music/storytelling/comedy/ Kavanagh Country. Visit a 1920’s kitchen for tea, Wedding. Stroll the drumlins to observe Kavanagh Country Other locations PP Private Property Refreshments i Info/tickets craic and music. Wear period dress! with a new perspective. Traditional music, tea and brack. to Dundalk 1. Round Tower/Museum 8. Pitch & Putt/river walk 15. Playground 3.30  Walk to Mucker Road – listen to Owen-Joe McGahon.‘ My 2. Lennon’s PP 9. Poet’s Rest Coffee Shop. 16. St. Mary’s Church father played the melodeon’ – see Kavanagh’s home of 10.00  Dance in the Social Club. 3. Mucker 10. McNellos Public House 17. Pairc Grattan GFC Christmas Childhood, Memory of my Mother, Kerr’s Ass, Rocksavage House 4. O’Rourke’s Mill PP 11. Duffy’s Grocery PO 18. Kednaminsha Cassidy’s hanging hill. Did you know Drumnagrella, the next 5. Community Centre 12. Petrol Station 19. Drumcatton Church/Museum Orchard wall townland, figures in the Táin Bo Cuailgne? Learn more. Drumnagrella 6. St. Daigh’s School 13.Magees Grocery & Pub 20. Mullaghunshinagh Dance Hall 7. St. Daigh’s Green 14. Gleneven Guesthouse i. Patrick Kavanagh Centre 5.00  In the footsteps of Pearse. See the actual house where he stayed. Become acquainted with Fr. Maguire, Bernard O’Rourke and the jailing of the Carrick 3, Ross, Donnelly and Quinn. to Carrickmacross 6.00  BBQ, music, recitations and swapping memories.

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