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Download the Laois Heritage Week Event Guide Laois Heritage Trails Audioguides and App Welcome to the heritage of Laois, a part of Ireland's Ancient East. With our new Laois Heritage app as your guide, you're ready for a real life journey through this mystical place. These audio trails tell the story of Laois, from the early Christian monks who built monasteries at Aghaboe and Clonenagh, to the Norman knights who defended the Castle on the Rock of Dunamase and from the desperate people who found refuge in Donaghmore Workhouse to the modern-day gardeners who create havens for wildlife within their walls. The app will help you to discover the Laois Heritage Trail, Laois Monastic Trail and Laois Garden Trail, with maps, audio, pictures and film. It’s available in English, Irish, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Mandarin. The audio was created by Abarta Heritage and the app was created by Acoustiguide, with the support of Laois Tourism, and funding from Failte Ireland. Download Now! You can download this free app directly to your smartphone from the App store or the Google Play Store: just search for “Laois Heritage” in your chosen store. Find out more at www.laois.ie/heritage or www.irelandsancienteast.ie Audioguides to the Heritage of Laois With the help of Laois Partership, a number of audioguides to various sites in Laois were commissioned from Abarta Heritage. These guides can be downloaded for free from the website of Abarta, and include guides to the Rock of Dunamase, the Laois Heritage Trail, the Laois Monastic Trail, Abbeyleix Heritage Town, and the stories of Portlaoise and Portarlington. www.abartaheritage.ie/county-laois-audio-guides/ All events are free, unless otherwise stated Suitable for children - Partial disabled Disabled Car parking must be accompanied access access available STRADBALLY HALL TOURS Date & Time 17-25 August, 9:00am - 1:00pm Organiser Thomas Cosby Venue Stradbally Hall Description Stradbally Hall house tours. Please come to the Main Gates of Stradbally Hall where there will be a shuttle bus to the house. Tours last approx. one hour. Contact E [email protected] T 087-223 7549 W stradballyhall.ie Cost Adult: €10 / Child: €0 MOUNTMELLICK EMBROIDERY EXHIBITION Date & Time 17-19 August: 10:00am - 6:00pm Organiser Mountmellick Heritage Society Venue Owenass Hall Description An exhibition of traditional and contemporary Mountmellick work, a spectacular white on white embroidery. Contact E [email protected] T 085-861 9517 GENEALOGY CLINIC IN THE LIBRARY Date & Time 17 August: 10:00am - 1:00pm Organiser Laois County Library Venue Portlaoise Library Description Would you like to do your family tree but don’t know where to start? Have you started your family tree but need help moving forward with your research? If so, the Genealogy Clinic could be for you. Book in for a free thirty minute, one-to-one advice clinic with Laois Genealogy Club members, who will provide guidance and pointers on your specific research problems. Booking Required. Contact E [email protected] T 057-862 2333 W laois.ie/departments/libraries FOLKLORE BY LOCAL CHILDREN IN THE 1930s Date & Time 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 August: 10:00am-2:00pm; 20 August: 2:00pm - 7:30pm; 21-22 August: 2pm - 5:30pm; 23 August: 2pm - 5:00pm Organiser Mountmellick Heritage Society Venue Mountmellick Public Library & Gallery Description A collection of folklore and local traditions compiled by primary school pupils of the Mountmellick, Rosenallis and Clonaslee areas between 1937 and 1939, Dúchas ”The Schools Collection” Contact E [email protected] T 085-861 9517 3 LOCAL HISTORY EXHIBITION Date & Time 17 August: 10:00am - 2:00pm 20 August: 10:00am - 7:30pm 21 & 23 August: 10:00am - 5:30pm 24 August: 10:00am - 2:00pm Organiser Mountmellick Heritage Society Venue Mountmellick Library Description Mountmellick Heritage Society’s Annual Exhibition takes place in Mountmellick Library for the month of August 2019. Call in during library opening hours to explore the rich heritage of Mountmellick. Contact E [email protected] T 057-864 4572 HERITAGE OF KILMINCHY Date & Time 17 August: 10:00am - 8:00pm Organiser Kilminchy Homeowners Venue Kilminchy, Portlaoise Description Explore the natural and cultural heritage of Kilminchy. With our friends from the Irish Wildlife Trust Laois/Offaly branch, help cut our new wildflower meadow at the lakes in the morning. Plenty of volunteers are required for this part. To keep the children busy there will be some wildlife games too. That evening, come along to a free heritage talk on Kilminchy in the Sue Ryder Centre. This will take place from 7pm – 8pm. Contact E [email protected] T 087-774 1846 W kilminchyhomeowners.com BEE CRAFT FOR CHILDREN Date & Time 17 August: 11:00am - 12:00pm Organiser Laois County Library Venue Portarlington Library Description Join Valerie Madden for a bee arts and crafts session for children. Suitable for children aged eight to 12 years. Booking Required. Contact E [email protected] T 057-86 4375 W laois.ie/departments/libraries VINTAGE TRAIN RIDES Date & Time 17 & 18 August: 12:00pm - 4:00pm Organiser Irish Steam Preservation Society Venue Stradbally Woodland Railway, Stradbally Hall, Co. Laois Description Enjoy a vintage Bord na Móna steam and diesel train ride through the woods of Stradbally. Run by dedicated volunteers, you can go as many times as you want! Shop also available. Contact E [email protected] T 085-800 0000 W stradballyrailway.webs.com Cost Adult: €7 / Child: €3 / Family: €15 4 BOG STORIES OF IRELAND Date & Time 17 August: 2:00pm - 4:00pm Organiser Heritage House and Abbeyleix Bog Project Venue Heritage House Abbeyleix Description Hear stories about people, and places visited, from National Geographic Explorer, Emily Toner, who researched the cultural and environmental significance of bogs in Ireland over the past year. With the question “how are bogs embedded in Irish culture and how have Irish people impacted their bogs” Fulbright-National Geographic Digital Storytelling Fellow Emily Toner travelled Ireland for the past year meeting people with bog tales to tell. During this event, she shares those stories along with photographs from peat lands all around the country. Contact E [email protected] T 057-863 1653 W abbeyleixheritage.com HISTORY TALK ON KEVIN O’HIGGINS Date & Time 17 August: 2:00pm - 3:00pm Organiser Laois County Library Venue Portlaoise Library Description The changing face of Kevin Christopher O’Higgins, from Sinn Féin Rebel to Cumann na nGaedhal Conservative’, a talk by Regina McGinley. Join Historian Regina McGinley for a talk on the fascinating and controversial Laois man, whose political career ranged from nationalist revolutionary to architect of law and order in Ireland. Contact T 057-862 2333 W laois.ie/departments/libraries JUMPERS FOR GOALPOSTS Date & Time 17 August: 3:00pm - 5:00pm Organiser Sandymount Heritage Venue St. Michael & All Angels’ Parochial Hall, Abbeyleix Description Travel back in time and let your children take part in a 1940s style, Association Football (Soccer Match). All period kit provided! This highly popular workshop is aimed at children aged between nine and 12 and will be played on the nearby Church Field in a near perfect period setting. Meet up and change at the Parochial Hall which is situated about eighty yards on the left as you leave Abbeyleix on the Rathdowney Road (R433). This is a bi-lingual event so feel free to practice your cúpla focail with us! We look forward to seeing you all. Booking Required. Contact E [email protected] T 087-173 7852 5 EXPERIENCE PAST TIMES OF TIMES PAST Date & Time 17 August: 6:00pm - 10:00pm Organiser Experiencing Ireland Tours Venue Donaghmore Famine Workhouse and Agricultural Museum Description This unique event celebrates the Past times of Times Past. Experiencing life as it was in 19th century Ireland through tales and displays. Includes: Emotive Tour of Donaghmore Famine Workhouse with personal stories, Laois Archery exhibition, display from Raven Havens native birds & birds of prey, a show and tell from Irish Fly Fishing & Shooting Museum. Sample all things culinary with our 19th century banquet with some fabulous 19th century live classical music. Period costume is encouraged. Booking Required. Contact E [email protected] T 087-792 3367 Cost €70. INTERNATIONAL FLAG BADGE MAKING Date & Time 17 August: 6:00pm - 9:00pm Organiser Sandymount Heritage Venue St. Michael & All Angels’ Parochial Hall, Abbeyleix Description Have a go at making your own International Flag Badge from safety pins and coloured seed beads, while learning about all things Vexilogical (the study of Flags). This highly enjoyable (and therapeutic event) workshop is suitable for all from age six upwards and is very popular with family groups during the summer holidays. Páirt a ghlacadh trí Ghaeilge chomh Maith más fear libh (Participate through Irish as well if you prefer). The venue is located at the south end of Abbeyleix, about eighty yards on the left after you turn on to the Rathdowney Road (R433). Parking nearby along Main Street. Booking Required. Contact E [email protected] T 087-173 7852 FREE GUIDED TOURS OF EMO COURT HOUSE Date & Time 18 & 25 August: 10:30am - 4:30pm Organiser Office of Public Works Venue Emo Court House Description Free guided Tours of the feature rooms in the House, where you will hear stories of the characters who lived there. Family Portraits, Fine Furniture and Photographs from 1790 -1970. Contact E [email protected] T 057-862 6573 W www.emocourt.ie WALKING TOUR OF BALLYKILCAVAN Date & Time 18 August: 2:00pm - 3:30pm Organiser Ballykilcavan Farm and Brewery Venue Ballykilcavan Farm and Brewery Description The well-known 19th century gardener William Robinson started his career at Ballykilcavan in 1861 and now you can visit the remains of the buildings where William Robinson worked and famously stormed out of, leaving the tropical plants to die as he rode off to Dublin Port and the boat to England.
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