Page 6 Page 5 Page 4 Page 3 Page 2 Page 1 Page
www.ellenhutchins.com www.ellenhutchins.com : Online
Online : ellenhutchins.com : contact [email protected]. Not suitable for Children; Car Parking available. available. Parking Car Children; for suitable Not [email protected]. contact
for 363 years. A portion of the old Bandon walls are part of the structure of the building. The exhibition exhibition The building. the of structure the of part are walls Bandon old the of portion A years. 363 for
artists. 2) ‘The Irish Tea Ceremony’ – a new way to look at the work of the Ballydehob potters and craft craft and potters Ballydehob the of work the at look to way new a – Ceremony’ Tea Irish ‘The 2) artists.
place, and getting to know ourselves. Admission Free, Not Suitable for Children under 12, Wheelchair Access Access Wheelchair 12, under Children for Suitable Not Free, Admission ourselves. know to getting and place, Suitable for Children, Car Parking Available. Booking Required. Required. Booking Available. Parking Car Children, for Suitable
Wheelchair Access (Partial), Car Parking Available. Parking Car (Partial), Access Wheelchair native flowering plants & observe their features through hand lenses. Admission Free. Booking required - - required Booking Free. Admission lenses. hand through features their observe & plants flowering native
on the site of a Danish Fort. It was one of the earliest Protestant churches in Ireland and was a church church a was and Ireland in churches Protestant earliest the of one was It Fort. Danish a of site the on of an assemblage of photographs, posters, catalogues and examples of the work of some of these these of some of work the of examples and catalogues posters, photographs, of assemblage an of
to school, plus small craft display, thus linking the past with the present, and creating a sense of belonging to to belonging of sense a creating and present, the with past the linking thus display, craft small plus school, to
of seaweeds, especially in relation to their nutritional and medicinal values. Adult: €15 & Child: €15. €15. Child: & €15 Adult: values. medicinal and nutritional their to relation in especially seaweeds, of
www.abartaheritage.ie/product/ellen-hutchins-trail/ Admission Free, Suitable for Children under 12, 12, under Children for Suitable Free, Admission www.abartaheritage.ie/product/ellen-hutchins-trail/
still be there today, more than two hundred years later? Join Clare to help revisit Ellen’s list. Learn about about Learn list. Ellen’s revisit help to Clare Join later? years hundred two than more today, there be still
time to experience Bandon town as it was in times past. Christchurch dates back to circa 1610 and is built built is and 1610 circa to back dates Christchurch past. times in was it as town Bandon experience to time Schools Folklore Collection of 1937/39, written by the school children of these valleys who walked barefoot barefoot walked who valleys these of children school the by written 1937/39, of Collection Folklore Schools Ballydehob community who travelled to Zurich in 1985 to exhibit their work. The exhibition is comprised comprised is exhibition The work. their exhibit to 1985 in Zurich to travelled who community Ballydehob
of the groups she specialised in. Frances Gallagher, the event leader, has a wide-ranging knowledge knowledge wide-ranging a has leader, event the Gallagher, Frances in. specialised she groups the of
routes. An audio guide which voices Ellen’s story and excerpts from her letters can be downloaded at: https:// at: downloaded be can letters her from excerpts and story Ellen’s voices which guide audio An routes.
grounds of SeaView House (on former Hutchins land), how many flowering native plants on Ellen’s list will will list Ellen’s on plants native flowering many how land), Hutchins former (on House SeaView of grounds
Bay. A social evening consisting of songs/poetry written about the Bantry area, storytelling, readings from the the from readings storytelling, area, Bantry the about written songs/poetry of consisting evening social A Bay.
Details Journey Through The Past is a unique and charming exhibition which transports visitors through through visitors transports which exhibition charming and unique a is Past The Through Journey : Details Two exhibitions: 1) ‘Ballydehob on Bahnhofstrasse’ tells the story of twelve artists from the the from artists twelve of story the tells Bahnhofstrasse’ on ‘Ballydehob 1) exhibitions: Two :
required. Ellen Hutchins (1785-1815) was Ireland’s first female botanist and seaweed (algae) was one one was (algae) seaweed and botanist female first Ireland’s was (1785-1815) Hutchins Ellen required. her birth & burial sites. At most of the trail stops there are options to explore further by following local walking walking local following by further explore to options are there stops trail the of most At sites. burial & birth her
showcase the rich culture and talent of these rural havens from seashore to mountain tops, overlooking Bantry overlooking tops, mountain to seashore from havens rural these of talent and culture rich the showcase
neighbourhood notes those found in the garden and grounds at her home in Ballylickey. With access to the the to access With Ballylickey. in home her at grounds and garden the in found those notes neighbourhood
Venue West Cork Heritage Centre, North Main Street, Bandon Street, Main North Centre, Heritage Cork West
: Venue Ballydehob House, Bank :
com. This heritage trail follows in Ellen’s footsteps visiting many of the places she hunted for plants, as well as as well as plants, for hunted she places the of many visiting footsteps Ellen’s in follows trail heritage This com.
aquatic biologist Frances Gallagher. Followed by a cooking demo & tasting session. Advance booking booking Advance session. tasting & demo cooking a by Followed Gallagher. Frances biologist aquatic
valleys beside Bantry Bay, with singers and storytellers, and host John Greene of C103 Radio. This event will will event This Radio. C103 of Greene John host and storytellers, and singers with Bay, Bantry beside valleys
list of 1809 - 1811, led by Clare Heardman, NPWS, with hand lenses. Ellen’s list of all the plants in her her in plants the all of list Ellen’s lenses. hand with NPWS, Heardman, Clare by led 1811, - 1809 of list
Date and Time and Date Weekdays from 10am to 5pm and 2:30pm to 5pm on Saturdays and Sundays. Sundays. and Saturdays on 5pm to 2:30pm and 5pm to 10am from Weekdays : Date and Time and Date 5pm - 11am August, 17
: Ireland’s first female botanist. Leaflets are available at Bantry Tourist Office or download at www.ellenhutchins. at download or Office Tourist Bantry at available are Leaflets botanist. female first Ireland’s
Ellen Hutchins Festival event: Explore the shore and find out which seaweeds are edible with with edible are seaweeds which out find and shore the Explore event: Festival Hutchins Ellen : Details
Details
: An evening of celebration of rich local heritage and culture of Borlinn, Coomhola, Kealkil and Mealagh Mealagh and Kealkil Coomhola, Borlinn, of culture and heritage local rich of celebration of evening An :
Details Ellen Hutchins Festival event: Plant hunting around Ellen’s garden for native plants from her her from plants native for garden Ellen’s around hunting Plant event: Festival Hutchins Ellen
:
Details : Explore Bantry Bay’s shores, woods and mountains by following a self-guided trail telling the story of of story the telling trail self-guided a following by mountains and woods shores, Bay’s Bantry Explore : Journey Through the Past the Through Journey Event : Days Lost of Heritage Event
:
West Cork Sailing and Power-Boating Centre, Adrigole Pier, Beara Pier, Adrigole Centre, Power-Boating and Sailing Cork West : Venue
Venue Time and Date : Bantry Library, Bantry Bantry Library, Bantry : 9.45pm – 8pm August, 20 :
Venue Seaview House Hotel, Ballylickey Hotel, House Seaview
:
Venue : Bantry Bay, Bantry Bay, Bantry :
20 August, 2pm - 5pm - 2pm August, 20 : Time and Date Event
: Culture and Creativity in Bantry in Creativity and Culture :
Date and Time and Date 23 August, 10am - 12pm - 10am August, 23 : BANDON: BANDON: Date and Time and Date : 17 - 25 August, 7am - 9pm - 7am August, 25 - 17 : BALLYDEHOB: BALLYDEHOB:
Seaweed Foraging and Tasting Tasting and Foraging Seaweed : Event
Event Plant Hunting: Ellen’s Native Plants Plants Native Ellen’s Hunting: Plant : Event : Ellen Hutchins Heritage Trail Heritage Hutchins Ellen :
Online : suevancoppenhagan.com; www.facebook.com/Sue-van-Coppenhagen-Art-471963142869021/ www.facebook.com/Sue-van-Coppenhagen-Art-471963142869021/ suevancoppenhagan.com; :
wildatlanticwildlife.ie/ : Online
Contact
[email protected], 028 20735 028 [email protected], :
Contact : [email protected], 0879632752 or 0214623952 or 0879632752 [email protected], :
Contact : 087 7732387 087 :
Online : ellenhutchins.com ellenhutchins.com : Online ellenhutchins.com; facebook.com/EllenHutchins200/; mobile.twitter.com/hutchins_ellen facebook.com/EllenHutchins200/; ellenhutchins.com;
:
[email protected], 083 1156672 083 [email protected], : Contact
€0/Concession: €5/Family: €10, Suitable for Children, Car Parking Available. Parking Car Children, for Suitable €10, €5/Family: €0/Concession:
Access (Full), Car Parking Available. Parking Car (Full), Access
Online ballycottonseaadventures.com/ :
Contact : [email protected] : Contact [email protected] [email protected] :
Booking Required. Required. Booking
McCarthy, author of ‘Baltimore Castle, an 800 year history’ and ‘Pirates of Baltimore’. Adult: €5/Child: €5/Child: Adult: Baltimore’. of ‘Pirates and history’ year 800 an Castle, ‘Baltimore of author McCarthy, metal leaf. Detailed drawing will not be required. Adult: €50, Not suitable for Children under 12, Wheelchair Wheelchair 12, under Children for suitable Not €50, Adult: required. be not will drawing Detailed leaf. metal
Contact [email protected] :
Admission Free, Suitable for Children; Wheelchair Access (Partial), Car Parking Available. Parking Car (Partial), Access Wheelchair Children; for Suitable Free, Admission Not suitable for Children; Car Parking available. available. Parking Car Children; for suitable Not
being tumbled by the wind. Textural techniques will include working with masking fluid, cling film, salt, and and salt, film, cling fluid, masking with working include will techniques Textural wind. the by tumbled being Must be able to swim. Adult: €15 & Child: €15. Suitable for Children under 12, Car Parking Available. Available. Parking Car 12, under Children for Suitable €15. Child: & €15 Adult: swim. to able be Must Details A slide show and lecture on Baltimore Castle, from 1215 to its restoration in 2005, by Bernie Bernie by 2005, in restoration its to 1215 from Castle, Baltimore on lecture and show slide A :
Available. Parking Car No Children, for Suitable €55,
celebrates her life and work. To discover more about Ellen, attend the festival or visit www.ellenhutchins.com www.ellenhutchins.com visit or festival the attend Ellen, about more discover To work. and life her celebrates
guidance from the experts. Admission Free. Booking required - contact [email protected]. [email protected]. contact - required Booking Free. Admission experts. the from guidance
creating paintings of flowers that look as if they are growing in the wild, and/or leaves that look as if they’re they’re if as look that leaves and/or wild, the in growing are they if as look that flowers of paintings creating
paddle in togs or shorts. Bring old shoe or wetshoes / boots. Buoyancy aids provided. All ages welcome. welcome. ages All provided. aids Buoyancy boots. / wetshoes or shoe old Bring shorts. or togs in paddle
Venue Baltimore Castle, Baltimore Castle, Baltimore
:
botanist. She was born in Ballylickey, West Cork, and was also an accomplished botanical artist. This festival festival This artist. botanical accomplished an also was and Cork, West Ballylickey, in born was She botanist.
will go back into improving and developing the project. Adult: €20/Child: €12/Concession: €18/Family: €18/Family: €12/Concession: €20/Child: Adult: project. the developing and improving into back go will
about cryptogamic plants & observe some of their features through microscopes & hand lens with with lens hand & microscopes through features their of some observe & plants cryptogamic about Suitable for beginners as well as more experienced painters, Sue will show you watercolour techniques for for techniques watercolour you show will Sue painters, experienced more as well as beginners for Suitable
kayaks, double kayaks and canoes. Wetsuits of all sizes are available for €3 or it may be warm enough to to enough warm be may it or €3 for available are sizes all of Wetsuits canoes. and kayaks double kayaks,
Date and Time and Date 22 August, 7:30pm - 8:30pm - 7:30pm August, 22 :
walks, art workshops, boat trips, talks and kids activities. Ellen Hutchins (1785-1815) was Ireland’s first female female first Ireland’s was (1785-1815) Hutchins Ellen activities. kids and talks trips, boat workshops, art walks,
a ‘not-for-profit’ business in cooperation with the Commissioners of Irish Lights. Any profit generated generated profit Any Lights. Irish of Commissioners the with cooperation in business ‘not-for-profit’ a
painting flowers & leaves in watercolour, with atmospheric background effects. Paints & paper supplied. supplied. paper & Paints effects. background atmospheric with watercolour, in leaves & flowers painting
how many of the plants will still be there, more than two hundred years later? Help find them, learn learn them, find Help later? years hundred two than more there, be still will plants the of many how
seaweeds & other marine life in Adrigole Harbour. We are limited to 28 spaces in a combination of single single of combination a in spaces 28 to limited are We Harbour. Adrigole in life marine other & seaweeds Details : A nine-day festival for anyone interested in botany, art or local history with seaweed events, nature nature events, seaweed with history local or art botany, in interested anyone for festival nine-day A :
Baltimore Castle: An 800-Year History 800-Year An Castle: Baltimore Event
:
Details
: Ellen Hutchins Festival: one-day workshop with renowned watercolour artist, Sue van Coppenhagen, Coppenhagen, van Sue artist, watercolour renowned with workshop one-day Festival: Hutchins Ellen : unspoiled lighthouse island following a short open-top boat ride. Ballycotton Island Lighthouse Tours is is Tours Lighthouse Island Ballycotton ride. boat open-top short a following island lighthouse unspoiled
as having been found in the garden and grounds at Ballylickey. With access to some of these grounds, grounds, these of some to access With Ballylickey. at grounds and garden the in found been having as
McAllister (Wild Atlantic Wildlife). As you paddle, Niall will explain the biology and ecology of the seals, seals, the of ecology and biology the explain will Niall paddle, you As Wildlife). Atlantic (Wild McAllister Venue : Bantry Bay - towns, villages and islands around inner Bantry Bay Bantry inner around islands and villages towns, - Bay Bantry :
Venue : Bantry House tea rooms, Bantry Bantry rooms, tea House Bantry :
Details Ballycotton Island Lighthouse is only 45 mins from Cork city. Step onto the wild, natural and and natural wild, the onto Step city. Cork from mins 45 only is Lighthouse Island Ballycotton :
list of plants in her neighbourhood included many entries for mosses, liverworts & lichens; some noted noted some lichens; & liverworts mosses, for entries many included neighbourhood her in plants of list
BALTIMORE: BALTIMORE: Ellen Hutchins Festival event: Kayak around Adrigole Harbour with local marine expert, Niall Niall expert, marine local with Harbour Adrigole around Kayak event: Festival Hutchins Ellen : Details Date and Time and Date : 17 - 25 August 25 - 17 :
Date and Time and Date
: 20 August, 10am - 4pm - 10am August, 20 : Venue Ballycotton Pier, Ballycotton :
by Howard Fox, Botanist, National Botanic Gardens/OPW & Maria Cullen, Irish Geomycologist. Ellen’s Ellen’s Geomycologist. Irish Cullen, Maria & Gardens/OPW Botanic National Botanist, Fox, Howard by
Adrigole Pier, Beara Pier, Adrigole : Venue
Event : Ellen Hutchins Festival Hutchins Ellen :
Event
: Atmospheric Nature Watercolours Watercolours Nature Atmospheric :
Date and Time and Date 8pm - 10am August, 17 :
Details Ellen Hutchins Festival event: Join a hunt for native Cryptogamic (spore-producing) plants. Led Led plants. (spore-producing) Cryptogamic native for hunt a Join event: Festival Hutchins Ellen :
20 August, 10am - 12pm - 10am August, 20 : Time and Date
Lighthouse Ballycotton of Tour Event :
Venue Seaview House Hotel, Ballylickey Hotel, House Seaview :
BANTRY: BANTRY: Online www.eco-preschool.com, https://www.facebook.com/ecopreschool https://www.facebook.com/ecopreschool www.eco-preschool.com, Wildlife Kayak Tour Kayak Wildlife : Event :
Date and Time and Date 23 August, 10am - 12pm - 10am August, 23 :
Online
: www.bantryhistorical.com www.bantryhistorical.com : Contact [email protected] :
BALLYCOTTON: BALLYCOTTON:
Event Plant Hunting: Ellen’s Cryptogams Cryptogams Ellen’s Hunting: Plant :
Contact : 027 55564 027 :
Wheelchair Access: Partial, Car Parking Available. Available. Parking Car Partial, Access: Wheelchair
[email protected] or phone 0868556190 0868556190 phone or [email protected] : Contact
Contact
[email protected], 0863148496 [email protected], : Children under 12, No Car Parking Available. Available. Parking Car No 12, under Children
This event is suitable for ages three to 12. Admission Free. Booking required – phone 087 6971065. 6971065. 087 phone – required Booking Free. Admission 12. to three ages for suitable is event This
Available. Parking Car Access, Wheelchair Full Children, for Suitable Free; Admission shooting. the
Details : An exhibition of times past which will bring back memories to some. Admission Free, Suitable for for Suitable Free, Admission some. to memories back bring will which past times of exhibition An :
Admission Free, Suitable for Children, Wheelchair Access (Partial), Car Parking Available. Parking Car (Partial), Access Wheelchair Children, for Suitable Free, Admission
we will divide into teams for the hunt. After the hunt, there will be a campfire at ECO Preschool. Preschool. ECO at campfire a be will there hunt, the After hunt. the for teams into divide will we Online www.ellenhutchins.com; facebook.com/EllenHutchins200/; mobile.twitter.com/hutchins_ellen facebook.com/EllenHutchins200/; www.ellenhutchins.com; :
Online greeneconomyfoundation.ie :
for found was motive No 8. Dublin St, High at beat his walked he as 23 of age the at shot and Adrigole
Venue : Bantry Museum, Bantry Bantry Museum, Bantry :
mummers and the wren - and the revival of traditional crafts and costumes associated with them. them. with associated costumes and crafts traditional of revival the and - wren the and mummers
Details We will gather at ECO Preschool which is nestled in the grounds of Ballymaloe House, where where House, Ballymaloe of grounds the in nestled is which Preschool ECO at gather will We : Contact [email protected] [email protected] :
Contact [email protected] :
a native of of native a DMP Downing Michael Constable of grave the at commemoration Centenary : Details
Date and Time and Date : 19 & 23 August, 10.30am – 4.30pm – 10.30am August, 23 & 19 :
Details Historian Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc takes a look at Irish folk customs such as strawboys, biddy boys, boys, biddy strawboys, as such customs folk Irish at look a takes Ruairc Ó Óg Pádraig Historian :
Venue ECO Preschool, Ballymaloe House, Ballymaloe Ballymaloe House, Ballymaloe Preschool, ECO : suitable for Children; Wheelchair Access: Partial; Car Parking available. available. Parking Car Partial; Access: Wheelchair Children; for suitable
Available Parking Car (Partial), Access Wheelchair
Beara Adrigole, Cemetery, Drumlave : Venue
Event : Exhibition Exhibition :
Venue The White Country Inn, Banteer Inn, Country White The :
Date and Time and Date 20 August, 11:30am – 2pm – 11:30am August, 20 : on Ellen’s home territory where she painted all her watercolours of seaweeds. Admission Free. Not Not Free. Admission seaweeds. of watercolours her all painted she where territory home Ellen’s on Gates open at 1.00. Tea and coffee provided. No fees. Donations gratefully accepted. Suitable for Children; Children; for Suitable accepted. gratefully Donations fees. No provided. coffee and Tea 1.00. at open Gates
4pm - 3pm August, 17 : Time and Date
Date and Time and Date 22 August, 7.30pm - 9pm - 7.30pm August, 22 :
Nature Scavenger Hunt Hunt Scavenger Nature Event : workshop on Tuesday 20th at Bantry House. Mannings Emporium in Ballylickey is a perfect setting, setting, perfect a is Ballylickey in Emporium Mannings House. Bantry at 20th Tuesday on workshop lunch. packed a Bring please. dogs No accessible. easily all not so ground steep Some welcome. All
Commemoration Downing Michael Constable : Event
Strawboys, Mummers and Mischief! and Mummers Strawboys, Event
:
Online : ellenhutchins.com; www.facebook.com/EllenHutchins200/ ; twitter.com/hutchins_ellen twitter.com/hutchins_ellen ; www.facebook.com/EllenHutchins200/ ellenhutchins.com; : Festival is delighted to include Sue in the programme this year, with this demonstration and a one day day one a and demonstration this with year, this programme the in Sue include to delighted is Festival plantations. broad-leaf established recently the of some as well as woodland old the of some in take
BALLYMALOE: BALLYMALOE: Contact : [email protected] [email protected] : surroundings, and are sought after by collectors both in Ireland and further afield. The Ellen Hutchins Hutchins Ellen The afield. further and Ireland in both collectors by after sought are and surroundings, Details A guided walk focusing on native trees and the ecology of this precious heritage. The walk will will walk The heritage. precious this of ecology the and trees native on focusing walk guided A :
ADRIGOLE: ADRIGOLE:
BANTEER: BANTEER:
Access (Partial), Car Parking Available. Parking Car (Partial), Access Cork. Sue’s delicate yet vibrant watercolours reflect a very immediate and enthusiastic response to her her to response enthusiastic and immediate very a reflect watercolours vibrant yet delicate Sue’s Cork. Venue Ballineen Estate, Manch Foundation, Economy Green Project, Manch The :
of visiting Garryvurcha graveyard afterwards. Admission Free, Not suitable for Children under 12, Wheelchair Wheelchair 12, under Children for suitable Not Free, Admission afterwards. graveyard Garryvurcha visiting of Coppenhagen as she paints one of her beautiful nature art pictures, inspired by the wonderful County County wonderful the by inspired pictures, art nature beautiful her of one paints she as Coppenhagen Date and Time and Date 5pm to 2pm August, 22 :
Bantry on the map for botany. Be introduced to the self-guided heritage trail and audio guide, with the option option the with guide, audio and trail heritage self-guided the to introduced Be botany. for map the on Bantry
Online ellenhutchins.com; facebook.com/EllenHutchins200/; mobile.twitter.com/hutchins_ellen facebook.com/EllenHutchins200/; ellenhutchins.com; :
Details Ellen Hutchins Festival event: A chance to get up close, watch and talk with artist Sue van van Sue artist with talk and watch close, up get to chance A event: Festival Hutchins Ellen : Heritage Precious A Trees: Native Event :
Online Bandonwalledtown.com; https://www.facebook.com/BandonWalledTownMedievalFestival/ https://www.facebook.com/BandonWalledTownMedievalFestival/ Bandonwalledtown.com; :
that survive written by her to botanists and two of her brothers. Hear extracts from the letters and how Ellen put put Ellen how and letters the from extracts Hear brothers. her of two and botanists to her by written survive that
Contact [email protected] : Venue Manning’s Emporium, Ballylickey Ballylickey Emporium, Manning’s :
Contact [email protected], 0873204354 [email protected], :
young woman, living at Ballylickey near Bantry over 200 years ago. Much of her story is known from the letters letters the from known is story her of Much ago. years 200 over Bantry near Ballylickey at living woman, young
Free. Booking required. Not suitable for Children; Wheelchair Access: Full; Car Parking available. available. Parking Car Full; Access: Wheelchair Children; for suitable Not required. Booking Free. BALLINEEN: BALLINEEN:
Date and Time and Date
5pm to 4pm from August 19 :
swers questions. Published in July, the first book on Ellen describes the life and botanical studies of a remarkable remarkable a of studies botanical and life the describes Ellen on book first the July, in Published questions. swers
Children under 12, Wheelchair Access (Full), No Car Parking Available. Available. Parking Car No (Full), Access Wheelchair 12, under Children
Cover image courtesy of the National Library of Ireland. of Library National the of courtesy image Cover
correspondence with botanist, Dawson Turner. Tea and scones can be ordered for 4pm. Admission Admission 4pm. for ordered be can scones and Tea Turner. Dawson botanist, with correspondence Event Demonstration Art Nature :
Details - an and Ellen on book published recently the about talks Hutchins Madeline event: Festival Hutchins Ellen :
music. With students from ETB West Cork and Principal Carol Daly. Admission Free, Suitable for for Suitable Free, Admission Daly. Carol Principal and Cork West ETB from students With music.
appropriate quills and paper. See letters of Ellen’s, and hear from Madeline about Ellen’s intense 7-year 7-year intense Ellen’s about Madeline from hear and Ellen’s, of letters See paper. and quills appropriate
Venue
: Bantry Bookshop, Bantry Bantry Bookshop, Bantry :
Details Harper Brenda Malloy and eight string guitarist Redmond O’Toole play delightful Renaissance Renaissance delightful play O’Toole Redmond guitarist string eight and Malloy Brenda Harper :
Contact 086 8789891 086
:
Learn about postage systems, stationery and etiquette before trying your hand at writing using period- using writing at hand your trying before etiquette and stationery systems, postage about Learn
Date and Time and Date
: 17 August, 2pm – 3pm – 2pm August, 17 :
the group at all times, and ensure the appropriate supervision of children. of supervision appropriate the ensure and times, all at group the
Venue Methodist Church, Bandon Church, Methodist
:
Online ellenhutchins.com; facebook.com/EllenHutchins200/; mobile.twitter.com/hutchins_ellen facebook.com/EllenHutchins200/; ellenhutchins.com; : Yes. Parking: Car
reproduction items, Carrie will introduce participants to letter-writing practices of the early 1800s. 1800s. early the of practices letter-writing to participants introduce will Carrie items, reproduction
Event
: Ellen Hutchins Book and Trail and Book Hutchins Ellen :
Date and Time and Date 24 August, 12pm - 1pm - 12pm August, 24
:
087-6781613 phone or [email protected] Contact
: Yes; Children: for Suitable Free. Admission Abbess. was Beekeepers, of Saint Patron the
In the period setting of the hotel, using accurately-researched clothing and museum-quality museum-quality and clothing accurately-researched using hotel, the of setting period the In Health and Safety issues. Wear the appropriate footwear and clothing; stay with with stay clothing; and footwear appropriate the Wear issues. Safety and Health
Event Lunchtime Concert Lunchtime :
available. Parking Car Children; for Suitable Free, Admission
of nuns at Bairneach (modern Ballyvourney). A “remote retreat” from the 9th-century, where Gobnait, Gobnait, where 9th-century, the from retreat” “remote A Ballyvourney). (modern Bairneach at nuns of
about Ellen’s correspondence; with Carrie O’Flynn, re-enactor and Madeline Hutchins, researcher. researcher. Hutchins, Madeline and re-enactor O’Flynn, Carrie with correspondence; Ellen’s about
https://www.ellenhutchins.com/lichens/ at page Lichens’ Love to ‘Learning the visit lichens about prior to each event for confirmation. For all outdoor events please be mindful of of mindful be please events outdoor all For confirmation. for event each to prior Online : www.ellenhutchins.com www.ellenhutchins.com :
managed by our N.P.W.S. Medieval diocesan records at Cloyne Cathedral record an ascetic community community ascetic an record Cathedral Cloyne at records diocesan Medieval N.P.W.S. our by managed
Details Ellen Hutchins Festival event: Learn writing practices of 1809, write with a quill pen and hear hear and pen quill a with write 1809, of practices writing Learn event: Festival Hutchins Ellen :
colourful, illustrated leaflets at Bantry Tourist Office or Mannings Emporium, Ballylickey. To learn more more learn To Ballylickey. Emporium, Mannings or Office Tourist Bantry at leaflets illustrated colourful,
Contact
:[email protected];www.facebook.com/EllenHutchins200/ twitter.com/hutchins_ellen twitter.com/hutchins_ellen :[email protected];www.facebook.com/EllenHutchins200/
Hermitage represents an epiphytically luxuriant Oceanic Special Area of Conservation (S.A.C), (S.A.C), Conservation of Area Special Oceanic luxuriant epiphytically an represents Hermitage Online Bandonwalledtown.com; https://www.facebook.com/BandonWalledTownMedievalFestival/ https://www.facebook.com/BandonWalledTownMedievalFestival/ Bandonwalledtown.com;
: Venue Seaview House Hotel, Ballylickey Hotel, House Seaview :
time of listing. It is recommended that individual event organisers are contacted contacted are organisers event individual that recommended is It listing. of time
new micro-nature trail for children which can be done at any time of year at low tide. Pick up one of the the of one up Pick tide. low at year of time any at done be can which children for trail micro-nature new
Access (Full), No Car Parking Available. Parking Car No (Full), Access
advance of a guided tour to the holy well, through the sessile oak forest. St. Gobnaits’ Oakwood Oakwood Gobnaits’ St. forest. oak sessile the through well, holy the to tour guided a of advance [email protected], 0873104354 [email protected], Contact :
Date and Time and Date 23 August, 2pm - 4pm - 2pm August, 23 :
House Gardens. Admission Free (Book at [email protected] ), Suitable for Children, Wheelchair Wheelchair Children, for Suitable ), [email protected] at (Book Free Admission Gardens. House
hand lenses to help find a fascinating array of different shaped and coloured lichens. No dogs. This is a a is This dogs. No lichens. coloured and shaped different of array fascinating a find help to lenses hand
Please note that all information provided in this guide should be accurate at the the at accurate be should guide this in provided information all that note Please
Details Plant potted native trees of local provenance within the carpark’s expansive acreage, in in acreage, expansive carpark’s the within provenance local of trees native potted Plant : Children, Wheelchair Access (Full), Car Parking Available. Parking Car (Full), Access Wheelchair Children,
Event Living History: Letter Writing 1809 Writing Letter History: Living :
previous Festivals using plants to make art, and she is part of Wild Child Day on Wednesday 21st in Bantry Bantry in 21st Wednesday on Day Child Wild of part is she and art, make to plants using Festivals previous
Details Ellen Hutchins Festival kids event: The Ellen Hutchins team will be on hand with trail leaflets and and leaflets trail with hand on be will team Hutchins Ellen The event: kids Festival Hutchins Ellen
:
Details Chris Larkin will give a passionate talk on the West Cork Railway Service. Admission Free, Suitable for for Suitable Free, Admission Service. Railway Cork West the on talk passionate a give will Larkin Chris Venue Bhuirne Baile Pub), Mills opp. bridge (over Carpark Wood Gobnait’s St. :
of the Forest and Flock Irish Craft and Design shop. Booking required. Cara has run wonderful sessions for for sessions wonderful run has Cara required. Booking shop. Design and Craft Irish Flock and Forest the of
Venue Ballylickey near - beach Snave
:
Venue Bandon Town Hall Town Bandon :
Date and Time and Date 17:00 to 14:00 August, 24
:
has been collecting beautiful flowers and preparing them for this rather special workshop in the stylish setting setting stylish the in workshop special rather this for them preparing and flowers beautiful collecting been has
Online www.ellenhutchins.com; facebook.com/EllenHutchins200/; mobile.twitter.com/hutchins_ellen facebook.com/EllenHutchins200/; www.ellenhutchins.com; :
online at www.corkcoco.ie/arts-heritage/heritage-week-2019. www.corkcoco.ie/arts-heritage/heritage-week-2019. at online
Date and Time and Date 4pm to 2pm from August 19
:
Date and Time and Date 23 August, 7pm - 8pm 8pm - 7pm August, 23 : Event Cook Ted with – Achievement Highest Nature’s
:
with Cara Tremayne, using pressed and dried flowers, muslin and leather to make bookmarks that last. Cara Cara last. that bookmarks make to leather and muslin flowers, dried and pressed using Tremayne, Cara with
Contact [email protected] [email protected] :
Event In Drop Micro-Trail: Lichen : Event West Cork Railway Cork West : Details : Ellen Hutchins Festival event: a practical and enjoyable workshop session for six to 12-year-olds, 12-year-olds, to six for session workshop enjoyable and practical a event: Festival Hutchins Ellen :
taking place in Cork City and around the country. This leaflet is also available available also is leaflet This country. the around and City Cork in place taking
Full; Car Parking available. available. Parking Car Full; Admission Free. Suitable for Children; Wheelchair Access: Wheelchair Children; for Suitable Free. Admission
Venue : Forest and Flock, Bantry Bantry Flock, and Forest :
instagram.com/oldskool_irl instagram.com/oldskool_irl
more from Claire and Eli of WASi, as you sample their delicious seaweed pesto. seaweed delicious their sample you as WASi, of Eli and Claire from more
ie to check on any updates/amendments to events, as well as details of events events of details as well as events, to updates/amendments any on check to ie
Online ellenhutchins.com; facebook.com/EllenHutchins200/; mobile.twitter.com/hutchins_ellen facebook.com/EllenHutchins200/; ellenhutchins.com;
:
Date and Time and Date : 17 August, 10am – 12pm – 10am August, 17 :
Online bandon-genealogy.com :
Online www.endaoflaherty.com; www.facebook.com/eanna81; www.twitter.com/eanna81; www. www.twitter.com/eanna81; www.facebook.com/eanna81; www.endaoflaherty.com; :
far more nutrient dense than any land vegetable and is an excellent source of micronutrients? Find out out Find micronutrients? of source excellent an is and vegetable land any than dense nutrient more far
Contact [email protected]
:
Event : Children’s Indoor Nature Art Nature Indoor Children’s :
Contact
[email protected], 086 3689939 086 [email protected], : to [email protected] or phoning 021 4285905. Visit www.heritageweek. Visit 4285905. 021 phoning or [email protected] to Contact [email protected] 45767, 026 :
at Mannings features a seaweed special, so stay and make a meal of it. Did you know that seaweed is is seaweed that know you Did it. of meal a make and stay so special, seaweed a features Mannings at
available. Parking Car Children;
Access (Full), Car Parking Available. Parking Car (Full), Access
Parking:. Car Children:
for sale. Drop in for a chance to try new flavours and have your questions answered. The lunch menu menu lunch The answered. questions your have and flavours new try to chance a for in Drop sale. for
lichens/ There are downloadable guides, videos and links to resources. Admission Free. Suitable for for Suitable Free. Admission resources. to links and videos guides, downloadable are There lichens/ year, please contact the Heritage Unit of Cork County Council by sending an email email an sending by Council County Cork of Unit Heritage the contact please year,
the businesses changed and who lived in the houses. Admission Free, Suitable for Children, Wheelchair Wheelchair Children, for Suitable Free, Admission houses. the in lived who and changed businesses the
Online : ellenhutchins.com www.facebook.com/EllenHutchins200/ twitter.com/hutchins_ellen twitter.com/hutchins_ellen www.facebook.com/EllenHutchins200/ ellenhutchins.com : once working schools where early childhood memories were formed. Admission Free. Suitable for for Suitable Free. Admission formed. were memories childhood early where schools working once WASi Seaweeds, who will set up their stall at Mannings with free seaweed tasting samples & products products & samples tasting seaweed free with Mannings at stall their up set will who Seaweeds, WASi
more information on lichens visit the Learn to Love Lichens page at https://www.ellenhutchins.com/ at page Lichens Love to Learn the visit lichens on information more
of the interesting social history and will discuss how the streets evolved over the past 200 years, how how years, 200 past the over evolved streets the how discuss will and history social interesting the of
Contact
: [email protected] [email protected] : circumstances from which it is recalled. The tumbling buildings featured in this talk and exhibition were were exhibition and talk this in featured buildings tumbling The recalled. is it which from circumstances ideas or are interested in organizing an event in your area for Heritage Week next next Week Heritage for area your in event an organizing in interested are or ideas Details Ellen Hutchins Festival event: Wild Atlantic Seaweed Discovery & Tasting Experience with with Experience Tasting & Discovery Seaweed Atlantic Wild event: Festival Hutchins Ellen :
coloured lichens at low tide. Trail leaflets: Bantry Tourist Office or Manning’s Emporium Ballylickey. For For Ballylickey. Emporium Manning’s or Office Tourist Bantry leaflets: Trail tide. low at lichens coloured
Details A walking tour of Bridge Street, McSwiney Quay and Weir Street. The guide will point out some some out point will guide The Street. Weir and Quay McSwiney Street, Bridge of tour walking A :
Parking Available. Available. Parking thing. It can be stretched, coveted, erased and manipulated by the individual, the environment and the the and environment the individual, the by manipulated and erased coveted, stretched, be can It thing.
Venue Manning’s Emporium, Ballylickey Ballylickey Emporium, Manning’s
:
Details A new micro-trail for kids at Snave beach, Ballylickey. Enjoy trying to find different shaped and and shaped different find to trying Enjoy Ballylickey. beach, Snave at kids for micro-trail new A
:
feedback in relation to any of the events you have attended or if you have any any have you if or attended have you events the of any to relation in feedback
and her study of botany. Admission Free, Not suitable for Children under 12, Wheelchair Access (Full), Car Car (Full), Access Wheelchair 12, under Children for suitable Not Free, Admission botany. of study her and
Venue Methodist Church, Bridge Street, Bandon Street, Bridge Church, Methodist :
The theme of the talk will be revisiting memory and place: Memory is dynamic and fluid – a pulsing living living pulsing a – fluid and dynamic is Memory place: and memory revisiting be will talk the of theme The
Date and Time and Date 23 August from 12pm to 2pm 2pm to 12pm from August 23
:
Venue Ballylickey near - beach Snave :
reference section will be folders of material that allow you to appreciate the life of a remarkable young woman woman young remarkable a of life the appreciate to you allow that material of folders be will section reference
Date and Time and Date
21 August, 7:30pm - 9pm - 7:30pm August, 21 :
Ireland’. of Houses School Deserted ‘The of author O’Flaherty, Enda by - Ireland of Houses School
Event
Seaweed Tasting Experience Experience Tasting Seaweed :
If you have any queries in relation to any of the events listed in this leaflet, any any leaflet, this in listed events the of any to relation in queries any have you If
5pm) to (3pm August 23 5pm), to (2pm August 22 5pm), to (1pm August 21 4:30pm), to (12:30pm August
world, read her story through her own words, and see the results of her passion for plants. On the table in the the in table the On plants. for passion her of results the see and words, own her through story her read world,
Event Guided History Walk from Bridge St, Bandon St, Bridge from Walk History Guided :
Details Léacht phoiblí a bheidh ar siúl Dé Sathairn 24 Lúnasa ag 11am / Public talk on The Disused Disused The on talk Public / 11am ag Lúnasa 24 Sathairn Dé siúl ar bheidh a phoiblí Léacht :
quiet moment to come face to face with words and images from over 200 years ago. Immerse yourself in Ellen’s Ellen’s in yourself Immerse ago. years 200 over from images and words with face to face come to moment quiet
Date and Time and Date 17 August (11am to 3pm); 18 August (11:30am to 3:30pm), 19 August (12pm to 4pm), 20 20 4pm), to (12pm August 19 3:30pm), to (11:30am August 18 3pm); to (11am August 17 :
Venue Ballymakeera Library, Ballyvourney / Bhuirne Bhaile Leabharlann
:
seaweeds; read extracts from her letters, see specimens she produced and experience her legacy. Take a a Take legacy. her experience and produced she specimens see letters, her from extracts read seaweeds;
Self-Guided Trail: Micro-Nature Lichen Event
:
Online ellenhutchins.com; facebook.com/EllenHutchins200/; mobile.twitter.com/hutchins_ellen facebook.com/EllenHutchins200/; ellenhutchins.com; :
Date and Time and Date 12:00 to 11:00 August, 24
:
Details
Saturday September 28th 2019. 2019. 28th September Saturday : Ellen Hutchins Festival event: sit and look through Ellen’s beautiful and highly accurate drawings of of drawings accurate highly and beautiful Ellen’s through look and sit event: Festival Hutchins Ellen : corkcolibrary
[email protected] [email protected] Contact :
Ireland of Houses School Deserted Event
:
Venue
: Bantry Library, Bantry Bantry Library, Bantry :
Online corkcoco.ie/library-services, https://www.facebook.com/corkcocolibrary, https://twitter.com/ https://www.facebook.com/corkcocolibrary, corkcoco.ie/library-services, :
BALLYLICKEY: BALLYLICKEY:
Parking available. available. Parking be exhibiting is the Celebrating Cork Past Heritage Exhibition – taking place on on place taking – Exhibition Heritage Past Cork Celebrating the is exhibiting be
Date and Time and Date
: 17 & 20 – 24 August, 9.30am – 5.30pm 5.30pm – 9.30am August, 24 – 20 & 17 :
Contact [email protected], 023 8844830 023 [email protected],
:
Admission Free. Booking required - contact [email protected]. Not suitable for Children; Car Car Children; for suitable Not [email protected]. contact - required Booking Free. Admission
BAILE BHUIRNE: BHUIRNE: BAILE
Event : Ellen Hutchins: Drawings and Letters Exhibition Exhibition Letters and Drawings Hutchins: Ellen : organisations. A further date for the diary, where many of these groups will will groups these of many where diary, the for date further A organisations. Biology at UCC, help answer these questions & learn more about garden plants. garden about more learn & questions these answer help UCC, at Biology Access (Full), No Car Parking Available. Parking Car No (Full), Access
Mackay mention that are still growing on Ellen’s home territory? With Astrid Wingler, Professor of Plant Plant of Professor Wingler, Astrid With territory? home Ellen’s on growing still are that mention Mackay with special emphasis on Bandon and West Cork. Admission Free, Suitable for Children, Wheelchair Wheelchair Children, for Suitable Free, Admission Cork. West and Bandon on emphasis special with Online : ballydehob.ie :
Heritage Week owes its success to numerous local heritage groups and and groups heritage local numerous to success its owes Week Heritage
were available to Ellen & Irish gardeners of her time? Are there any garden plants that Ellen or James James or Ellen that plants garden any there Are time? her of gardeners Irish & Ellen to available were Details A presentation and exhibition detailing the history of ‘The Fairs and Markets of County Cork’, Cork’, County of Markets and Fairs ‘The of history the detailing exhibition and presentation A : Contact 25922 028 [email protected], : Online : ellenhutchins.com www.facebook.com/EllenHutchins200/ twitter.com/hutchins_ellen twitter.com/hutchins_ellen www.facebook.com/EllenHutchins200/ ellenhutchins.com :
Online ecoadventures.ie :
at Trinity College Dublin’s Botanic Garden. How many of the plants now in the SeaView House garden garden House SeaView the in now plants the of many How Garden. Botanic Dublin’s College Trinity at Venue Bandon Library, Bandon Library, Bandon : Available. Parking Car (Full), Access Wheelchair Children, for Suitable Free, Admission Bay. Water Roaring Contact : [email protected] :
Contact [email protected]
:
Garden? In the early 1800s, Ellen was given plants & seeds for her garden by James Mackay, botanist botanist Mackay, James by garden her for seeds & plants given was Ellen 1800s, early the In Garden? Date and Time and Date 20 August, 2:30pm – 3.30pm – 2:30pm August, 20 Details : of shores the on held workshop, botany and art an in participants of work creative the of display A : them. Admission Free, Not suitable for Children under 12, Wheelchair Access (Full), Car Parking Available. Parking Car (Full), Access Wheelchair 12, under Children for suitable Not Free, Admission them.
which promotes Europe’s cultural heritage across the Union. the across heritage cultural Europe’s promotes which
Available. Parking Car Event garden plants come from & when did they come to Irish gardens? Does anything survive from Ellen’s Ellen’s from survive anything Does gardens? Irish to come they did when & from come plants garden The Fairs and Markets of County Cork Cork County of Markets and Fairs The Venue : Ballydehob House, Bank :
Discover how the postal system worked 200 years ago - before envelopes and without stamps as we know know we as stamps without and envelopes before - ago years 200 worked system postal the how Discover
12, under Children for suitable Not Free; Admission before. kayaked have would children Ideally, is coordinated by the Heritage Council and is part of European Heritage Days Days Heritage European of part is and Council Heritage the by coordinated is 1800s. early the in botanists for essential was Correspondence ages. the down existed had that stories Details Ellen Hutchins Festival event: Plant hunting with time & place in mind. Where in the world do do world the in Where mind. in place & time with hunting Plant event: Festival Hutchins Ellen Time and Date : 5pm - 11am August, 24 - 19 & 17 :
in use for many centuries. She was part of a tradition of writing letters to communicate knowledge and share share and knowledge communicate to letters writing of tradition a of part was She centuries. many for use in
Details Kayak from Aghada to Rostellan and learn about the fascinating history of the surrounding area. area. surrounding the of history fascinating the about learn and Rostellan to Aghada from Kayak :
Venue Event Seaview House Hotel, Ballylickey Hotel, House Seaview : Landscape The In Art :
Centre-393576134152408/; twitter.com/@bandonheritage/ Centre-393576134152408/; fascinating ways from sports and storytelling to music and craft. Heritage Week Week Heritage craft. and music to storytelling and sports from ways fascinating
Hutchins wrote her letters to botanists and her brothers, she was using letter writing materials that had been been had that materials writing letter using was she brothers, her and botanists to letters her wrote Hutchins
Venue Pier Aghada :
Date and Time and Date 23 August, 10am - 12pm - 10am August, 23 :
Online www.westcorkheritagecentre.com; facebook.com/West-Cork-Heritage- www.westcorkheritagecentre.com;
:
early-1800s. Learn about quill pens, oak gall ink, wove paper, cross-hatching, seals and stamps. When Ellen Ellen When stamps. and seals cross-hatching, paper, wove ink, gall oak pens, quill about Learn early-1800s.
Date and Time and Date 3pm - 1pm August, 25 :
a stroll through local history and explore how our free time has evolved in often often in evolved has time free our how explore and history local through stroll a Event Plant Hunting: Ellen’s Garden Plants Plants Garden Ellen’s Hunting: Plant :
Details : Ellen Hutchins Festival event: an exhibition on letter writing materials and the postal system in the the in system postal the and materials writing letter on exhibition an event: Festival Hutchins Ellen : Contact Online [email protected] - phone 023 8844193 8844193 023 phone - [email protected] ballydehobartsmuseum.com : :
Trip Kayaking Event :
Venue : Bantry Library, Bantry Library, Bantry : Contact Adult: €2 (children go free), Wheelchair Access: Partial, Car Parking: No Parking: Car Partial, Access: Wheelchair free), go (children €2 Adult: 02825922 [email protected], Suitable for Children; Cost: Children; for Suitable : 25th August, is ‘Pastimes and Past Times’. This theme encourages people to take take to people encourages theme This Times’. Past and ‘Pastimes is August, 25th
Date and Time and Date : 17 & 20 - 24 August, 9:30am - 5:30pm - 9:30am August, 24 - 20 & 17 :
an old shop, school, kitchen and forge. Please contact us to arrange group visits in advance. in visits group arrange to us contact Please forge. and kitchen school, shop, old an Online Available. Parking Car (Full), Access Wheelchair Children, ellenhutchins.com; facebook.com/EllenHutchins200/; mobile.twitter.com/hutchins_ellen facebook.com/EllenHutchins200/; ellenhutchins.com; :
AGHADA: AGHADA:
The Theme for Heritage Week 2019, taking place from Saturday 17th to Sunday Sunday to 17th Saturday from place taking 2019, Week Heritage for Theme The
Event : Putting Pen to Paper Exhibition Exhibition Paper to Pen Putting : includes the old town stocks and memorabilia from Bandon’s time as a garrison town as well as replicas of of replicas as well as town garrison a as time Bandon’s from memorabilia and stocks town old the includes [email protected] Contact for Suitable Free, Admission collection. permanent Museum’s the from examples with producers, :
Details: Hourly tours of Sing-Sing prison, used to hold prisoners during the War of Independence. There will Event: Walking Tour of Passage West Contact: [email protected], 021 2373455 also be a display of equipment used for making grenades by the IRA during the War of Independence. Tea and MIDLETON: Date and Time: 23 August, 6:45pm - 8:30pm Online: www.spikeislandcork.ie; www.facebook.com/SpikeIslandCork, twitter.com/SpikeIslandCork, www. coffee will be served. Admission Free, Suitable for Children, Wheelchair Access (Partial), Car Parking. Venue: Maritime Museum, Passage West instagram.com/SpikeIslandCork Contact: 0879864177 Event: Historical Walking Tour of Midleton Details: A historical walking tour of Passage West. Stand on the spot where the first Steamship built in Ireland Date and Time: 17 August, 2.30pm – 4.30pm was launched in 1815, and see the ancestral home of Captain Roberts and visit his tomb. Admission Free, Not Venue: Midleton Courthouse, Midleton suitable for Children under 12, Wheelchair Access (Full), Car Parking Available. TIMOLEAGUE: LOMBARDSTOWN: Details: Explore the history of Midleton on a walking tour taking in the key sites in the town. Admission Free, Contact: [email protected], 087-9630462 Suitable for Children, Wheelchair Access (Full), Car Parking Available. Event: Tour of Timoleague Friary Event: Dancing at the Crossroads Contact: [email protected] / 087 296982 Date and Time: 19 August, 7:30pm to 9pm Date and Time: 18 August, 8pm – 10pm SKIBBEREEN: Venue: Timoleague Friary, Timoleague Venue: Laharn Cross, Lombardstown Event: Midleton Pop-up Museum Details: A tour of the friary located in Timoleague village. The village derives its name from the 7th century Details: Large crowds will step it out on the raised timber platform to dance the night away to live music and Event: Touch Tanks at Lough Hyne saint: Tigh Molaga (The House of Molaga). The exact date of the friary’s founding is unknown but it is generally Date and Time: 18 August, 2pm – 5pm accepted it was not earlier than 1240, and that it was well established by 1316. Two of the most powerful bands at the foot of Baelic Mountain in the heart of North Cork, Laharn Cross to dance. Waltzes, quicksteps, Venue: Midleton Library, Midleton Date and Time: 17 August, 11:30am - 1pm foxtrots, not to mention polkas, shoe the donkey and the siege of Ennis, are the order of the evening for the families in the region, the Gaelic McCarthys and Norman Barrys, are both credited with its building and mainte- Details: Midleton, Ballinacurra and Area Heritage Society is running a pop-up museum for the afternoon with Venue: North Pier, Lough Hyne Marine Nature Reserve, Skibbereen hundreds of enthusiastic dancers who gather at this historic crossroads whose name is rapidly becoming a nance. This tour is by local historians Diarmuid Kingston and Michael O’Mahony. Admission Free, Suitable for exhibits from local people of interesting items of local, national and international heritage. Admission Free, Details: Join UCC marine biologists as they interpret marine species from Lough Hyne. Touch and feel under- household word throughout Munster. Admission Free, Suitable for Children, Wheelchair Access (Partial), Car Children, Wheelchair Access (Partial), Car Parking Available. Suitable for Children, Wheelchair Access (Full), Car Parking Available. water creatures from the tanks while you learn. Admission Free, Suitable for Children, Car Parking Available. Parking Available. Contact:: [email protected] / 0877642465 Contact: [email protected] / (021) 461 3929 Contact: [email protected], 028 40900 Contact: [email protected] / 0879187222 Online: www.duchasclonakiltyheritage.com/ www.facebook.com/DuchasClon Online: skibbheritage.com; www.facebook.com/skibbheritagecentre Online: laharn.ie ; www.facebook.com/laharn.heritage ; www.twitter.com/LaharnCross www.twitter.com/DuchasClon Event: Famine Tour of Midleton Date and Time: 25 August, 2:30pm - 5pm Event: Talk at Kilcoe Graveyard TULLYLEASE (BROADFORD): LONG ISLAND: Venue: Midleton Courthouse, Midleton Date and Time: 20 August, 7pm - 8pm : Explore Midleton’s role in the Great Famine through a walking tour that takes in the major sites Venue: Kilcoe Graveyard, Skibbereen Details Event: Best Practice: Wood Maintenance - with Ted Cook and Pete Beaumont associated with that calamity. Please note this is a long tour which goes from the Midleton Community Hospital Details: Local historian William Casey will speak about the fascinating history of Kilcoe church and graveyard Event: Butterfly and Wildflower Walk Date and Time: 17 August 13:00 – 17:00 Date and Time: 19 August, 12:45pm – 4pm (former Workhouse) to the Choctaw Monument in Bailick Park. Admission Free, Not suitable for Children under on site. Located close to the iconic castle of the same name, Kilcoe Church is one of the best preserved exam- 12, Wheelchair Access (Partial), Car Parking Available. Venue: Wildlife Arboretum, Main Street, Broadford, Tullylease Venue: Colla Pier, Long Island, West Cork ples of a medieval church in West Cork. Local Historian William Casey will speak about the history of this site, Contact: [email protected] / 087 2969 382 its church and graveyard. The talk will include a description of the surviving features of the church, including Details: Broadford Community’s Wildlife Arboretum comprises a 1.6 acre “Pocket-Wood” situated in a disused Details: Butterfly and wild flower walk led by Damaris Lysaght. Spend an afternoon on Long Island learning its fine carved east window, and will look at traditional funeral practices in old graveyards, such as Kilcoe. limestone quarry. The site was bequeathed by Lord Muskerry and since 1999 has been managed and main- about these beautiful insects and the plants they rely on. While butterflies can’t be guaranteed on the day, you Admission Free, Not suitable for Children, Car Parking Available. tained for bio-diversity in partnership with the school community, and Teddy Cook (Heritage Specialist). 2019 will still have the opportunity to learn more about their habitats. Please bring appropriate clothing and shoes for Contact: [email protected], 028 40900 represents our 20th consecutive Heritage Week at Broadford’s “Pocket-Wood Wildlife Arboretum”. Teddy and some rough walking and probable changeable weather and note that there are no facilities available on Long MITCHELSTOWN: Pete will introduce the Lichens, Bryophytes, Insects, Bird-life, Ferns, Trees and Shrubs and naturally colonizing : skibbheritage.com; www.facebook.com/skibbheritagecentre Island. This walk requires moderate fitness and is not suitable for small children. In case of uncertain weather Online Plant-life and Fungi. on the day please contact 087 2282040 to confirm if the event is going ahead. Event: Greyhound on Train Suitable for Children under 12; Wheelchair Access (Partial); Car Parking Available; Admission Free. Booking required. Admission Free, Car Parking Available. Date and Time: 20 August, 2:30pm - 3:30pm Event: Island Ferry Tales Contact: 086 8789891 Contact: [email protected] Venue: Mitchelstown Library, Mitchelstown Date and Time: 20 - 24 August, 12pm – 5.30pm Online: www.corknaturenetwork.ie; www.facebook.com/corknaturenetwork, twitter.com/corknatnetwork Details: Greyhound On Train - the War of Independence story that no one has told. Supported by Cork County Venue: Skibbereen Library, Skibbereen Council through the Creative Ireland Programme. Greyhound On Train is based on the testimonies of three Details: Leaving the Irish mainland, Virtual Reality (VR) participants will embark on the Cape Clear Ferry on WHIDDY ISLAND: extraordinary women. Elizabeth Bloxham, a protestant teacher, pamphleteer, radicaliser. Peg Flanagan - wait- their way to Oileán Chléire. The history of Chléire is generously shared with laughter and song. Throughout MACROOM: ress, gun runner, spy, and witness to Bloody Sunday. Bridget Fitzpatrick, a central figure in the ambushes at this vibrant 360 documentary, a journey across to Ireland’s most Southerly inhabited community, local stories Event: Whiddy Island Seaweed Event Knocklong and Soloheadbeg. A telegram from her that read Greyhound On Train was instrumental in securing and characters emerge. Locals describe the depth of culture and language embedded within the Gaeltacht. Date and Time: 18 August, 1pm - 4:15pm Event: Macroom Castle Demesne: Parkland – with Ted Cook the escape of Sean Hogan in the famous ambush at Knocklong. Admission Free, Not suitable for Children under A highlight of the trip, is circling the monumental Fastnet Rock. Participants will be mesmerised by the hidden Venue: Ellen Hutchins Festival, Whiddy Island 12, Wheelchair Access (Full), Car Parking Available. Date and Time: 18 August, 2pm - 5pm treasures shared in this journey and will be left looking forward to the opportunity of stepping foot onto Cape Details: Ellen Hutchins Festival event: An exciting chance to discover the seaweeds along Whiddy Island’s Contact: 025 41939 Venue: Castle Arch Entrance, Macroom Clear, next time in the flesh. Supported by Cork County Council through the Creative Ireland Programme. shore with Dr Susan Steele (SFPA) and try preserving seaweed specimens 1800’s style. This is always a most Admission Free, Suitable for Children, Car Parking Available. Details: Participants will be introduced to the ancient “McCarthy Oak”, and plant an Irish Oak on the day. popular event. Lunches, including fresh seafood options, are available in the Bank House on Whiddy. No dog’s Emparked by the once powerful McCarthys, Lords of Muskerry Barony, in 1620 and confiscated by Oliver Contact: [email protected], 0872814305 allowed. Ferries leave Bantry’s Main Pier at 1pm, returning at 4:15pm €6.50 return. Suitable for Children, Car Cromwell in 1654, and again by the Williamite Plantation in 1693. This late 13th Century “Seat”, uniquely, retains OYSTERHAVEN: Online: https://www.facebook.com/Island-Ferry-Tales-443317119563756 Parking Available. the historic features and landscapes of Ireland’s’ former “Polite” Classes and their recreational preferences. Online:http://www.ellenhutchins.com/;www.facebook.com/EllenHutchins200/ www.twitter.com/hutchins_ellen The expansive public access through veteran oak habitat makes Macroom castlegrounds the ornament and Event: Visit Kinure Graveyard Event: ‘Famine Story’ History Walking Tour glory of the Upper River Lee Basin. Admission Free, Suitable for Children, Wheelchair Access (Partial), Car Date and Time: 17 & 25 August, 10am - 6pm Parking Available. Date and Time: 22 August, 6:30pm - 8pm Event: Guided Nature Walk on Whiddy Island Venue: Kinure Graveyard, Oysterhaven Contact: 0868789891 Venue: The Courthouse, North Street, Skibbereen Date and Time: 22 August, 12pm - 3pm Details: Kinure Graveyard dates back to 1302. A plaque at the entrance provides visitors with relevant Details: Join local historian Philip O’Regan on a historical walk through Skibbereen town, focusing particularly Venue: Ellen Hutchins Festival, Whiddy Island historical information. Kinure Graveyard is situated overlooking Oysterhaven Harbour near Kinsale, Co.Cork. on the Great Famine. The walk will start at the Courthouse in North Street, Skibbereen at 18:30 and finish at Admission Free, Suitable for Children, Wheelchair Access (Partial), Car Parking Available. Details: Ellen Hutchins Festival event: Join Clare Heardman (NPWS), for a 3km loop walk and learn about Event: Mills and Milling Skibbereen Credit Union at 20:00. The talk is free of charge but places are limited so booking is essential. To Whiddy Island’s wildflowers, following in the footsteps of Ireland’s first female botanist 200 years ago. The Contact: [email protected], 087 2146546 Date and Time: 21 August, 8pm - 9:30pm book please call Skibbereen Heritage Centre on 02840900. Please refer to the Skibbereen Heritage Centre terrain is fairly gentle but walking boots are advisable. Sorry, no dogs allowed. Ferry leaves Bantry’s Main Pier Facebook page for updates and further information, particularly in the event of inclement weather. Not suitable Venue: Castle Hotel, Macroom at 11:30am and returns at 15:45pm. €6.50 return. Suitable for Children, Car Parking Available. for Children under 12, Car Parking Available. Contact: [email protected] Details: ‘Mills and Milling’, Dr Colin Rynne (UCC) and Kate Taylor (TVAS Ireland). A public lecture relating to a Contact: [email protected], 02840900 historic mill complex excavated on the N22 Baile Bhuirne to Macroom road project. Excavated at Kilaclug, west PASSAGE WEST: Online:http://www.ellenhutchins.com/;www.facebook.com/EllenHutchins200/ www.twitter.com/hutchins_ellen of Macroom, this long forgotten mill complex yielded many secrets and expands our understanding of the early Online: skibbheritage.com; www.facebook.com/skibbheritagecentre industrial heritage of West Cork. An online ‘Story Map’ of all archaeological sites excavated in advance of the Event: Crab Fishing in Passage West proposed new N22 road scheme will also be launched on the night. All are warmly welcome. Booking Required Date and Time: 17 August, 1.30pm – 3.30pm Event: Historical Walk at Lough Hyne - eventbrite.ie/e/mills-and-milling-tickets-62590711503. Admission Free, Suitable for Children, Wheelchair Venue: Top Quay, Passage West Access (Full), No Car Parking Available. Date and Time: 23 August, 2pm – 4.30pm Details: Children will have the chance to cast small nets and catch a variety of crabs and perhaps some Venue: Base of Knockomagh Hill, Lough Hyne, Skibbereen Contact: [email protected], 021 4821046 shrimp. Admission Free, Wheelchair Access (Partial), Car Parking Available. Details: A guided walk through 4,000 years of the archaeology, history and folklore of Lough Hyne by Terri Ke- Contact: [email protected] / 0879630462 arney, author of two books on Lough Hyne. The walk starts at the base of Knockomagh Hill at 1400 and covers a distance of 5km (with hills), finishing at around 16:30. The talk is free of charge but places are limited so booking MALLOW: Event: A Guided Tour of Passage West Maritime Museum is essential. To book please call Skibbereen Heritage Centre on 02840900. Please refer to the Skibbereen Heri- tage Centre Facebook page for updates and further information particularly in the event of inclement weather. COUNTY CORK Date and Time: 18 & 25 August, 2pm - 5pm Event: Historical Walk of Mallow Town Not suitable for Children, Car Parking Available. Venue: Maritime Museum, Passage West Date and Time: 20 August, 6:45pm - 8:30pm Contact: [email protected], 028 40900 Details: A guided tour of Passage West Maritime Museum: ship models, artefacts, photos, videos and informa- Venue: Railway Station, Mallow Online: skibbheritage.com; www.facebook.com/skibbheritagecentre tion about two hundred years plus of shipbuilding. Admission Free, Suitable for Children under 12, Wheelchair Details: First of two guided walks of the town of Mallow for Heritage Week. Brief historical talks at points of Access (Full), Car Parking Available. interest in the area of the town from the Railway to Shortcastle. Admission Free, Suitable for Children, Wheel- Contact: [email protected], 08713357634 chair Access (Partial), Car Parking Available. SPIKE ISLAND: Contact: Mallow Field Club - [email protected], 0866061338 Event: Passage West in Times Past Event: Families of Spike Island Date and Time: 21 August, 7.30pm – 9.30pm Event: Historical Town Walk in Mallow: With Castle Visit Date and Time: 17 – 25 August, 11am – 5.30pm Venue: Passage West Men’s Shed, Passage West Date and Time: 22 August, 6:45pm - 8:30pm Venue: Mitchel Hall, Spike Island Details: Enjoy poems, prose and stories which reflect the history of the area, its glories and its sadness, from Venue: Tuckey’s Hill, Mallow Details: Spike Island photography exhibition ‘Families of Spike Islands’ depicts a series of unique and mes- the 1800s to modern times. Admission Free, Not suitable for Children under 12, Wheelchair Access (Full), Car merising photographs capturing real life moments of people who used to live on Spike Island. Just a short ferry Details: A guided historical walk through the old part of Mallow town, including a visit to the castle and Spa Parking Available. area. Admission Free, Suitable for Children, Wheelchair Access (Partial), Car Parking Available. ride away from the mainland lies a 104-acre island once used for worship and punishment, as a military and a Contact: [email protected] / 087-9630462 naval base and home to many families. To get a fascinating insight into Spike Island social history please visit Contact: Mallow Field Club - [email protected], 0866061338 our unique exhibition, a public space where visitors can discover forgotten history of people who once lived on Spike Island and connect with the past. Booking Required – contact 021 2373455. Cost: Adult: €20, Child: €12, Concession: €17 or Family: €49. Suitable for Children, Wheelchair Access (Partial), Car Parking Available. Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Printed on recycled paper. crowd is expected so arrive early. This event also celebrates the 150th Anniversary of St Nicholas’ Church. See Access (Full), No Car Parking Available. BANTRY CONTINUED: BERE ISLAND: CASTLEFREKE: also www.churchtown.net/publications/. Admission Free. Suitable for Children, Wheelchair Access (Full), Car Contact: [email protected] / 0238858676 CLOYNE: Parking Available. Online: www.michaelcollinshouse.ie; www.facebook.com/michaelcollinshouse/, twitter.com/MCollinsHouse, Event: Guided Nature Walk Event: Long Strand: A GeoWalk in West Cork Contact: [email protected] / 086 2563813 www.instagram.com/michaelcollinshouse/ Event: Historic St. Colman’s Cathedral (Full), Car Parking Available. Date and Time: 20 August, 11.30am – 1.30pm Date and Time: 17 & 18 August, 2pm - 5pm Online: www.churchtown.net Date and Time: 17 August, 11:30am - 4:30pm Contact:[email protected] / 02751246 Venue: Outside Murphy’s Shop, Bere Island Venue: Long Strand, Castlefreke Venue: St. Colman’s Cathedral, Cloyne : How Green is My Valley Online: bantryhistorical.com www.facebook.com/bantryhistoricalsociety/ twitter.com/bantrysociety Details: Join islander Daniel Moriarty for a nature walk around the townland of Cloughland, Bere Details: Third in a series of guided walks concerned with the drowned coast of West Cork, led by Event Details: Visit this historic site with its ancient Cathedral and Round Tower. Guided tours of the Cathedral Island, for the chance to see some of the island’s flora and fauna, in some spectacular scenery. A ferry Anthony Beese, consultant geologist. The story of the prehistoric landscape and the 1755 tsunami. CLONAKILTY: Date and Time: 22 August, 11am – 1pm at 12noon & 3pm; tour of the town of Cloyne at 3pm; Children’s Corner from 2.45pm - 4.15pm. Our Children’s Venue: Clonakilty Library Event: Wild Child: Outdoor Nature Art will leave the Pontoon (beside Berehaven Golf Club) at 10.30am, the meeting point is a short walk from Meet at Long Strand Car Park (51.561, -8.976). The route is over two or three miles and follows dune Corner will feature ‘Cards and Collages from the Victorian Ara’ - create your own cards, invitations and more. Details: Writing workshop led by Nick Smith about the environment surrounding us. Our ‘heritage’ passed Admission Free, Suitable for Children, Wheelchair Access (Partial), Car Parking Available. Date and Time: 21 August, 10am - 4pm where the ferry lands. Please wear suitable footwear, and bring rain gear if necessary. The walk will be paths and part of the strand (moderately difficult). Along the way, there will be stops to observe the Event: Children’s Historical Treasure Hunt down from previous generations, how does it affect us? Express yourself in poetry, fiction, non-fiction. The Contact: [email protected] / +353214652426 Venue: Bantry House, Bantry mainly on public roads, but parts may include rough terrain. See www.bereisland.net for return ferry landscape, and to examine display images and soil samples. Suitable for adults (€5) and older children Date and Time: 17 August, 10am – 5pm, 18 August 12pm – 5pm, 20 – 24 August, 10am – 5pm & 25 August 12pm – 5pm times they are a-changing. Many of us look at nature with different eyes than before...and at ourselves. Details: Ellen Hutchins Festival event: find & join in fun sessions led by experienced facilitators. Leaf painting times. Admission Free, Suitable for Children, Wheelchair Access (Partial), Car Parking Available. (free). Booking Required – [email protected]. Not suitable for children under 12, Wheelchair Access We may have inherited the earth, but what are we doing with it? And how does this make us feel? Depressed? Venue: Collect forms at Michael Collins House, Emmet Square, Clonakilty & printing, flower pounding, clay prints, flower bookmarks, woven willow mobiles and more. Outdoors if Contact: [email protected] / 027 75099 (Partial), Car Parking Available. Excited by new possibilities? This year, for the second time, Nick Smith won the ‘From the Well’ Short Story Event: Victorian Paper Craft Workshop : Google-free outdoor fun learning experience for five to 12-year-old children (and their parents), the weather is fine. The facilitators are Cara Tremayne, local horticulturist & nature arts facilitator; Sue van Online:bereisland.net;www.facebook.com/bereislandgroup;www.twitter.com/bereislandgroup; Contact: [email protected], 086 8908934 Details Competition. He knows how to ‘fictionalise life’ and is a thoughtful facilitator who provides literary input while Date and Time: 25 August, 2:30pm - 4:30pm exploring and discovering the history of Clonakilty. Lots of prizes. Admission Free, Suitable for Children, Wheel- Coppenhagen, botanical artist, qualified teacher, & experienced leader of children’s art & craft classes; Etaoin www.instagram.com/bereisland Online: www.corkorigins.ie encouraging others to share ideas. Admission Free. Not suitable for Children, Wheelchair Access (Full), Car Venue: Cloyne Cathedral, Cloyne Melville, local visual artist who enjoys working with natural materials & runs a diverse range of children’s chair Access (Full), Car Parking Available. Parking Available. : An Afternoon of Victorian Papercrafts. You will be able to create your own collages and texts for workshops; & Ciara Strange, local basket maker & horticulturalist, who often works in primary schools building Contact: [email protected] / 0877642465 Details Contact: [email protected] / 087 7133591 cards, menus, invitations and more, using designs inspired by the Victorian era. Suitable for all. Admission Free, living willow structures. Admission Free, Suitable for Children under 12, Car Parking Available. Event: Stories of Lughnasadh CASTLETOWNBERE: Online: www.duchasclonakiltyheritage.com/ www.facebook.com/DuchasClon Suitable for Children, Wheelchair Access (Full), Car Parking Available. Contact: [email protected] Date and Time: 21 August, 11am – 1pm www.twitter.com/DuchasClon : How to Shop with Minimal Waste Contact: [email protected] / 0214652223 Online: ellenhutchins.com; www.facebook.com/EllenHutchins200/ ;twitter.com/hutchins_ellen Venue: Bere Island Heritage Centre, Ballinakilla, Bere Island Event Event: Tracing Your Police Ancestors Date and Time: 22 August, 7.30pm – 9pm Details: Join us to recount your stories about the folklore and cultural traditions surrounding the Celtic Event: Towards Biodiverse Gardening Date and Time: 17th August, 8pm – 10pm Venue: Twig, Spillers Lane, Clonakilty Festival of Lughnasadh on Bere Island, the festival of the harvest and the coming of autumn. See www. Date and Time: 17 August, 2pm - 3:45pm COACHFORD: Event: Botanical Art Demonstration Venue: Beara Coast Hotel, Castletownbere Details: Workshop/talk by Olive Finn at Twig Refill Shop about the practicalities of packaging-free bereisland.net for ferry times. Admission Free, Suitable for Children, Wheelchair Access (Full), Car Venue: Clonakilty Community Garden (opposite Jim Hurley’s Terrace), Clonakilty Date and Time: 21 August, 2pm – 4pm Details: Following on a commemoration for Constable Downing, police historian Jim Herlihy will give a shopping, which demands a different way of thinking, but is essential to safeguard our future heritage. Minimal Venue: The Loggia, Bantry House, Bantry Parking Available. talk ‘Tracing your Police Ancestors’. Jim Herlihy is the author of several books on the history of policing Details: At a time when insects are dying and species go extinct, nothing protects our natural heritage better waste shopping is the reality of the future and refill shops and facilities are already shooting up all over Ireland. Event: Rebels, Raids and Retribution Details: Ellen Hutchins Festival event: Award-winning botanical artist, Shevaun Doherty, will be demonstrating Contact: [email protected] / 027 75099 in Ireland and has contributed to various historical documentaries and publications. Admission Free, than abundant wildlife that provides food for pollinators such as bees. Non-gardeners welcome! Marleen Dri- Yet many shoppers still struggle with the different approach - you need to come prepared. Olive Finn, owner Date and Time: 25 August, 8pm - 9:30pm jkoningen has many years’ experience of planting natural flowers and plants around the award-winning town her exquisite art skills live and talking about botanical art. Shevaun Doherty has won Gold and Best in Show at Online:bereisland.net; www.facebook.com/bereislandgroup; www.twitter.com/bereislandgroup Suitable for Children, Wheelchair Access (Full), Car Parking Available. of Twig Refill Shop, knows all about the ins and outs of shopping without getting a single plastic wrapper. Venue: GAA Community Centre, Coachford of Clonakilty. She has also created a biodiversity garden in her own backyard, which has attracted all sorts She is an engaging talker and answers all of your questions. Curious? Come and find out more! Free event Bloom for the past two years. She has contributed to the Ellen Hutchins Festival every year and is back again. www.instagram.com/bereisland Contact: [email protected] / 086 8556190 Details: Talk and slide show presentation by Doug Lucey on Sir James FitzGerald of Desmond, captured 4 Drop in to see her at work, chatting about it, and sharing tips and advice. See a portfolio of Shevaun’s work and of wildlife, including birds of prey. She will tell this story and has many practical tips for sharing. Arm yourself but donations welcome (to an environmental cause). Booking Required (contact [email protected] / 087 Aug 1580 by the Muskerry MacCarthys at the ‘Battle of Mullinhassig’, during the Second Desmond Rebellion. cards to buy. Admission Free, Not suitable for Children under 12, Wheelchair Access (Full), Car Parking Available. with questions and exchange knowledge and information ... and plants! Admission Free, Suitable for Children, 1268643 / eventbrite.com/edit?eid=63121615451, Not suitable for Children, Wheelchair Access (Partial), Car Cattle raiding was an ancient Irish pastime. On 4 August 1580, Sir James FitzGerald of Desmond was captured Wheelchair Access (Partial), Car Parking Available. Contact: [email protected] Event: Recording Your Family’s History Event: Talk on Diarmuid Ó Súilleabháin Parking Available. during one such raid against the MacCarthys of Muskerry. His force was annihilated and Sir James was Contact: [email protected] / 087 7133591 Online: ellenhutchins.com www.facebook.com/EllenHutchins200/ twitter.com/hutchins_ellen Date and Time: 21 August, 2pm – 3pm Date and Time: 20 August, 8pm – 10pm Contact: [email protected] / 087 1268643 imprisoned, only to be later executed at Cork. Learn about a somewhat forgotten figure of Irish history, he being a half-brother of the Earl of Desmond and also a leading figure of the Second Desmond Rebellion, whose Venue: Bere Island Heritage Centre, Ballinakilla, Bere Island Venue: Beara Coast Hotel, Castletownbere downfall came at the ‘Battle of Mullinhassig’ in mid-Cork. Admission Free, Not suitable for Children, Wheelchair Details: If you have a family member who loves to reminisce about “the old days”, why not record their Event: WOI Exhibition Curator Talk Event: Bantry Boat Trip and Maritime History Details: Talk on ‘Diarmuid Ó Súilleabháin His Life and Works’ by his biographer Iarla Mac Aodha Bhuí. Event: A Pathway Through the Woodlands Access (Full), Car Parking Available. memories for future generations? This workshop will assist you in doing this using a mobile phone Diarmuid Ó Súilleabháin (1932-1985) a native of Eyeries, Beara, was a distinguished Irish language novelist, poet, Date and Time: 17 & 24 August, 2pm - 3pm Date and Time: 22 August, 10am - 11:30am Date and Time: 23 August, 11am - 1pm Contact: [email protected] / 0860456554 app. Please bring a smart phone with you if you have one. For ferry times see www.bereisland.net. playwright and political activist. He worked as a teacher in Gorey, Co Wexford. Admission Free, Suitable for : Michael Collins House, Emmet Square, Clonakilty Venue Venue: Community Resource Centre, Clonakilty Online: acrheritage.info; www.facebook.com/acrheritage Venue: Railway Pier, Bantry Admission Free, Suitable for Children, Wheelchair Access (Full), Car Parking Available. Children, Wheelchair Access (Full), Car Parking Available. Details: Join us for a free curator talk on our new War of Independence Exhibition at Michael Collins House. Details: Stories have existed as far back as we can trace. What can we learn from the past - and from each Details: Ellen Hutchins Festival Event: A tour of Bantry Bay with Bantry Bay Boat Hire. Join a small flotilla of Contact: [email protected] / 027 75099 Contact: [email protected] / 086 8556190 Booking Required. Admission Free, Suitable for Children, Wheelchair Access (Full), No Car Parking Available. motor boats and learn about the maritime history of the bay with local guide Paul O’Donoghue - weather per- other - to navigate an uncertain future? Rae McKinlay draws you in with her interactive storytelling. Storytelling mitting. An exclusive experience as spaces are limited - Booking Required. Self-driven trips are also available Online: bereisland.net; www.facebook.com/bereislandgroup; www.twitter.com/bereislandgroup Contact: [email protected] / 0238858676 predates writing. People have used stories for entertainment, education, cultural preservation, to convey expe- COBH: all week via Bantry Bay Boat Hire. Note: there is the option of disembarking on Whiddy Island if you wish to join www.instagram.com/bereisland Event: Field Trip - Rosmackowen Beara Online: michaelcollinshouse.ie; www.faebook.com/michaelcollinshouse, twitter.com/MCollinsHouse, www. riences and to share the human experience. What can stories teach us about ourselves and the environment, the afternoon’s Nature Walk. Adult: €15/Child: €15, Not suitable for Children under 12, Car Parking Available. Date and Time: 25 August, 2pm – 5.30pm instagram.com/michaelcollinshouse and what can we learn from the past? Rae McKinlay is a storyteller who dives deep into our natural mythology. Event: Exhibition – “Remember When..” Online: ellenhutchins.com www.facebook.com/EllenHutchins200/ twitter.com/hutchins_ellen The session is circular and interactive; your stories will be heard too! Admission Free, Suitable for Children, Event: Island Traditions Venue: Rosmackowen Commons, Castletownbere Wheelchair Access (Full), No Car Parking Available. Date and Time: 17 August 11am – 5pm, 18 August 2.30pm – 5pm, 19 – 24 August 11am – 5pm & 25 August 2.30pm – 5pm Date and Time: 21 August, 3pm – 4pm Details: Field outing to archaeological and historical sites at the foot of Hungry Hill with local historians, Event: Historical Walk of Clonakilty Contact: [email protected] / 087 7133591 Venue: Cobh Museum, High Road, Cobh Event: Colours of Summer Flowers Venue: Bere Island Heritage Centre, Ballinakilla, Bere Island including Richard Spencer. Meeting at The Square, Castletownbere or at Park Lake. Sites include a Date and Time: 18 & 21 August, 7pm – 8.30pm Online: raemckinlayblog.wordpress.com Date and Time: 22 & 23 August, 12pm – 1pm Details: Bere Island has a wealth of craft traditions - knitting, woodturning, lacemaking, boat building Mass Rock, medieval farmstead, fulacht fiadh, hut site and a War of Independence hideout. Proper Venue: Michael Collins Statue, Emmet Square, Clonakilty Details: A special exhibition of everyday objects waiting to remind you of past times. Share your memories of a different way of life that was once familiar, but now forgotten. Also running is the current 2019 exhibition Venue: Bantry House Tea Rooms, Bantry and many more. Come along and share the traditions and crafts of your family. If you have any items footwear essential and a level of fitness required. Admission Free, Suitable for Children under 12, Car Details: Trace the footsteps of Clonakilty’s famous characters: Michael Collins, Tadhg an Asna (1798 Leader), Event: History Talks – Michael Collins ‘Capture the Time’ - Cobh Family Photos from the 1950s and 1960s. This too will bring back many memories of a Details: Ellen Hutchins Festival event: Learn the watercolour techniques needed to paint the vibrant Colours made using traditional crafts, please bring them along to show so they can be photographed and Parking Available. Mary Jane Irwin (poet, campaigner and wife of Fenian Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa) and many more. Founded by Richard Boyle, Earl of Cork, who received a charter for the town from James I in 1613, you will hear stories Date and Time: 23 August, 7.45pm – 9.30pm time when families came out onto the streets of Cobh to walk, to shop or to play or maybe just to sit and enjoy of Summer Flowers in this two-day Botanical Art Workshop with Shevaun Doherty. Learn how to match petal documented for future generations of islanders. For ferry times see www.bereisland.net. Admission Contact: [email protected] / 086 8556190 life almost 70 years ago. Discover also how we took photographs before the age of digital cameras when pho- of the commercial life of the town’s Linen Hall and Deasy’s Brewery and of its rebellions, famines, smuggling : Michael Collins House, Clonakilty Parish Centre colours accurately, colour mixing and how to use layers of paint to capture delicate nuances of light and Free, Suitable for Children, Wheelchair Access (Full), Car Parking Available. Venue tography was a popular pastime. Adult: €4 / Child: €2 / Concession: €2.50 / Family €10, Not suitable for Children and shipwrecks. Admission Free, Suitable for Children, Wheelchair Access (Full), Car Parking Available. : History Talks returns with: ‘Michael Collins - The Man and the Revolution’ presented by Anne Dolan shadow. Shevaun Doherty is the Festival’s resident botanical artist and her wonderful workshops are always Contact: [email protected] / 02775099 Details under 12, No Car Parking Available. Contact: [email protected] / 0877642465 and William Murphy - a thematic look at Michael Collins’ life based on their recently released book of the same very popular. Materials included. Limited Class Numbers. Booking essential. Adult: €100 (Book at madeline. CASTLETOWNROCHE: Contact: [email protected] / 021 4814240 [email protected] ), Not Suitable for Children under 12, Wheelchair Access (Full), Car Parking Available. Online: bereisland.net; www.facebook.com/bereislandgroup; www.twitter.com/bereislandgroup Online:www.duchasclonakiltyheritage.com www.facebook.com/DuchasClon www.twitter.com/DuchasClon name. Admission Free. Suitable for Children, Wheelchair Access (Full), No Car Parking Available. Online: www.cobhmuseum.com www.facebook.com/cobhmuseum www.twitter.com/cobhmuseum Contact:[email protected] / 087 1656948 www.instagram.com/bereisland Contact: [email protected] / 0238858676 Event: Open Day at Annes Grove Castle Online:shevaundoherty.com;www.facebook.com/shevaundohertyart Online: michaelcollinshouse.ie www.facebook.com/michaelcollinshouse/ www.twitter.com/mcollinshouse/ Date and Time: 25 August, 10am – 4pm Event: Connecting the Dots www.instagram.com/shevaundohertyartist Event: Guided Military History Walk www.instagram.com/michaelcollinshouse/ Event: St. Colman’s Cathedral – Cobh Venue: Annes Grove, Castletownroche Date and Time: 21 August, 8pm – 9.45pm Date and Time: 22 August, 11:30am - 1pm Date and Time: 17 August 2pm – 4pm, 18 – 23 August 2.30pm – 4.30pm, 24 August 2pm – 4pm Details: Self-guided tour of the restored 19th-century Annes Grove miniature castle - now available as holiday Venue: Emmet Hotel, Emmet Square, Clonakilty Event: Pollinators Venue: St. Colman’s Cathedral, Cobh Event: Creative Biodiversity Venue: Outside Murphy’s Shop, Bere Island accommodation. An opportunity to see the conservation work of Irish Landmark Trust. Information leaflets Details: A public discussion on how to preserve what nature has given us and restore what has been de- Date and Time: 24 August, 11am - 12pm Date and Time: 23 August, 10am – 11.30am Details: Islander Chris Sullivan leads a walk around Bere Island’s military fortifications and recounts available. Admission Free. Suitable for Children; Parking Available. stroyed in terms of biodiversity. Calling on all groups that aim to protect the environment to connect. Numerous Details: Come and see the splendor of St. Colman’s Cathedral overlooking Cobh. It is an exquisite gem of Venue: Emmet Square, Clonakilty Neo-Gothic architecture. Its lofty spire soars to 300 feet and encases the carillon in its belfry. On Wednesday, Venue:Forest and Flock, Bantry what life was like for islanders living in one of Europe’s most strategic military locations. A ferry will Contact: [email protected] or phone 01 6704733 groups are active in West Cork to promote sustainability and biodiversity and/or to equip individuals with the Details: Talk led by Ken Bond. This is a chance to hear about our amazing pollinators and how important 21 August, a special recital on the 49 bell carillon will be given by Adrian Gebruers resident carilloneur from : Sonia from Kilcoe Studios will talk about her botanical paintings for her annual calendar ‘Irish hedge- leave the Pontoon, (adjacent to Berehaven Golf Club). The meeting point is a 5 min walk from the ferry. Online: irishlandmark.com; https://www.facebook.com/theirishlandmarktrust, https://twitter.com/IrishLand- practical skills to do so. Often they work along parallel lines. This gathering aims to connect the dots and work Details they are. Booking Required – to book contact [email protected] or visit eventbrite.ie/e/pollinators-tick- 4.30 - 5.30 p.m. The carillon of the Cathedral is the only such instrument in Ireland. A CCTV system is in opera- rows and farmland’ which features images that are linked with biodiversity and native plants. The talk will also Please wear suitable footwear and bring rain gear if needed. Admission Free, Suitable for Children, mark, https://www.instagram.com/irishlandmarktrust towards a sustainability strategy that encompasses (West) Cork. Hosted by Brendan McCormack (SOS Skib- ets-63116962534. Admission Free, Not suitable for Children, No Car Parking. tion within the Cathedral showing the carilloneur playing the instrument. Mass to commemorate the Centenary include her other area of interest which is the cultural use of our plants for food, medicine, and crafts. After the Wheelchair Access (Partial), Car Parking Available. bereen). Includes a panel of public and other figures who have some say on the issues involved and audience participation. Expect lively exchanges! All welcome. Admission Free, Not suitable for children, Wheelchair Contact: [email protected] / 0872282040 of the Dedication of the Cathedral will be celebrated on Sunday 25 August at 3.30 p.m. Admission Free, Suitable talk, there will be an opportunity to learn about the techniques of painting - materials provided. Admission Free Contact: [email protected] / 02775099 for Children, Wheelchair Access (Full), Car Parking Available. (Booking Required), Suitable for Children under 12, Wheelchair Access (Full), Car Parking Available. Access (Full), Car Parking Available. Online: corknaturenetwork.ie; www.facebook.com/corknaturenetwork Online:bereisland.net;www.facebook.com/bereislandgroup;www.twitter.com/bereislandgroup; CHARLEVILLE: Contact: [email protected] / 087 7133591 Contact: [email protected] / 0212813222 Contact: [email protected] / 087 3861799 www.instagram.com/bereisland Online: www.cobhcathedralparish.ie Online:kilcoestudios.com/; www.facebook.com/forestandflock/ Event: Pastimes Explored Event: Tour of Desertserges Parish www.instagram.com/kilcoe_studios_/?hl=en Event: History Scoops – Michael Collins Date and Time: 24 August, 2pm - 5pm Date and Time: 18 August, 3pm – 4.30pm & 23 August, 10.30am – 12.30pm Event: A Tour of Cobh: Victorian Seaport CARRIGADROHID: Date and Time: 21 August, 8pm – 10.30pm Venue: Lyre Bar, Clonakilty Venue: Mercy Heritage Centre, Main Street, Charleville Date and Time: 18 & 22 August, 2pm - 3pm Event: Fun and Creative Biodiversity Venue: De Barras Folk Club, Clonakilty Details: A tour of Desertserges with local historian and author Con McCarthy to a parish rich in history and Details: A variety of mini-exhibitions featuring pastimes including leather work, calligraphy, crochet, embroi- Venue: Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh Date and Time: 23 August, 12pm – 1pm Event: Bawnatemple Monastic Settlement dery, illustrated story books, collections of coins, old post cards and some surprises. Admission Free (Booking Details: Sit back with a beer, a glass of wine, a cup of tea or a soft drink and enjoy three short and engaging archaeology. The tour includes visits to Lyre, Knocks, Corran Hill, Desert, Kilcolman and Ahiohill. Come along to Details: Explore the town of Cobh and hear about life in the 19th century. This leisurely walking tour will Venue: Forest and Flock, Bantry Date and Time: 24 August, 3pm - 4:30pm Required), Suitable for Children, Wheelchair Access (Full), Car Parking Available. history talks. Diverging from our usual History Talks lecture style format, History Scoops will consist of three hear the region’s diverse history including the Henry Ford connection, stories of Fr Haynes who died of famine short half hour talks in a much more informal and relaxed atmosphere. The theme of this talk, on the week of fever in 1847, having worked tirelessly to help the dying and destitute, Dick Barrett, who was executed in 1922 feature architectural heritage and recount the sights and sounds of a bustling harbour town. Situated at the : Sonia Caldwell follows on from her talk earlier about illustrating plants to doing a fun creative Venue: Canovee Old Graveyard, Carrigadrohid Contact: [email protected] / 087 9007225 Details his anniversary, will be Michael Collins. Admission Free, Not suitable for Children, Wheelchair Access (Full), during the Civil War, former Minister for Agriculture, Joe Walsh, the war of words between Daniel O’Connell, mouth of Cork harbour, Cobh prospered by serving the needs of transatlantic ships and sailors. The end of the workshop with children, exploring leaves through drawing and will make a crown with wild materials. To help Details: Visit and talk in Bawnatemple monastic settlement. (Canovee old graveyard). An enclosed Car Parking Available. the Liberator and the Rev. Mountifort Longfield of Desertserges and the latter’s son of the same name who Napoleonic Wars caused a decline in the town’s fortunes but the re-establishment of the Admiralty and in- children fully understand what biodiversity is we will study lots of different shaped leaves and do drawings site of a 7th century monastery.An opportunity to explore an early Christian church and way of Contact: [email protected] / 0238858676 went on to become Professor of Economics in TCD. Admission Free, Suitable for Children, Wheelchair Access creasing emigrant traffic saw businesses thrive again. Cobh’s seafront dates from this period and the beautiful from looking at the leaves and talk about all the great things you can make from plants and games that you can life. Reference will also be made to the recent survey of Canovee graveyard as part of the Historic Neoclassical buildings, decorative bandstand and original shopfronts give the town its distinctive Victorian CHURCHTOWN: : www.michaelcollinshouse.ie/ www.facebook.com/michaelcollinshouse/ twitter.com/MCollinsHouse (Partial), Car Parking Available. play as well as making a wild crown. Children are invited to go looking in hedgerows before the workshops and Online vibe. Come and experience it for yourself! Admission Free, Suitable for Children, Wheelchair Access (Partial), Graves Project. Information will be delivered by local experts. Admission Free, Suitable for Children, www.instagram.com/michaelcollinshouse/ Contact: [email protected] / 0877642465 collect a small selection of different leaves to bring along. Watch out though for the nettles! There will also be Car Parking Available. Wheelchair Access (Partial), Car Parking Available. Event: Boss Murphy Musical Legacy Concert Online: duchasclonakiltyheritage.com materials provided at the workshops. Admission Free (Book on 087 3861799), Suitable for Children under 12, Contact: [email protected] / (083) 3630591 Wheelchair Access (Full), Car Parking Available. Contact: [email protected], 0879171028/0868201052 Date and Time: 24 August, 8am – 9.30am Event: Open Day – Michael Collins House Contact: [email protected] / 087 3861799 Online: www.facebook.com/Carrigadrohid-Killinardrish-Tidy-Towns-2044455005867351/ Venue: St Nicholas Church, Churchtown Date and Time: 22 August, 10am – 4pm Online:kilcoestudios.com/;www.facebook.com/forestandflock/ www.instagram.com/kilcoe_studios_/?hl=en Details: John Boss Murphy (1875 - 1955) created a written record in 1933 - 1935 of traditional music popular in Event: Photography in the Early 20th Century North Cork. His manuscript was collated / published as The Boss Murphy Musical Legacy in 2003. Three-in-row Venue: Michael Collins House, Emmet Square, Clonakilty Date and Time: 19 August, 4pm - 6pm All Ireland winning Shandrum Céili Band will launch their eagerly awaited new CD entitled ‘The Boss Murphy Details: On the anniversary of the death of Michael Collins, Michael Collins House will hold an open day on Venue: Pastimes Old Time Photography Studio, Cobh Musical Legacy’ in St Nicholas’ Church in Churchtown on Saturday evening 24th August 2019 at 8.00pm. A large Thurs 22nd Aug. An opportunity to see this award winning museum for free. Suitable for Children, Wheelchair Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12
Details: On our open day please visit us for a tour of the studio and sets and a condensed history of photogra- the various divisions, from District Electoral Divisions to Poor Law Unions, as well as the importance of under- Details: Guided walking tour of Castle Road and Kilbarry, including St. Finbarr’s Well and Graveyard as well as other old as the hills and honey has been collected at Fota for generations. Follow the hidden bee trail and find out Choose from two workshops or join us for the full experience with our day deal. Morning Workshop (10am- Explaining heritage plants v modern varieties, and gardening with wild plants. Rather special, short walking talks phy pre digital. Cobh Pastimes uses modern digital equipment to re-enact and replicate old style photographs standing them. This illustrated talk will include lots of sources from maps to useful websites. Booking Required. historical buildings. Admission Free, Suitable for Children, Wheelchair Access (Partial), Car Parking Available. about the different types of bee that live at Fota, what their jobs are and figure out how they make that golden 12noon): Lichen Lampshades. €45pp. Afternoon Workshop (2-4.30pm): Lichen Dyeing. €35pp. Lichen Day Deal led by Future Forests staff members who will share their ideas about choices for present-day gardens. Hear their taken in studios in the early 20th century. See all our costumes on display and the type of photography we do. Admission Free, Not suitable for Children under 12, Wheelchair Access (Full), Car Parking Available. Contact: [email protected] / 00353 8856508 honey. At the end you may even get to taste some of the yummy honey! Admission Free (Booking Required), (10am-4.30pm). €95pp. Make a day of it and treat yourself to our morning & afternoon lichen workshops. Also information about heritage plants compared to modern varieties, and why the differences matter. Learn about Old photographs are precious memories. You will also see what we do to restore photographs that have been Contact: [email protected], 0214285640 Online: www.dunmanwayhistoricalassociation.com / www.facebook.com/Dunmanway-Historical-Cultural-As- Suitable for Children, Wheelchair Access (Full), Car Parking Available. included is a freshly prepared, home-grown lunch and entry to The Garden of Re-Imagination for walks and growing wild plants in your garden. Admission Free, Not suitable for Children, Car Parking Available. badly damaged and torn through the years. Admission Free, Suitable for Children, No Car Parking. Online: corkcoco.ie/en/library-services ; www.facebook.com/corkcocolibrary, twitter.com/corkcolibrary sociation Contact: [email protected] / 021 4815543 relaxing. Please note, due to the technical nature of the crafts, these workshop are suitable for adults only. Contact: [email protected] Contact: [email protected], 021 4814 302 Online: www.fotahouse.com Adult: €95 (Booking Required, [email protected] / twogreenshoots.com/store/p56/LichenCrafts.html, Online: ellenhutchins.com Online: cobhpastimes.ie Not suitable for Children, Car Parking Available. CROSSHAVEN: Contact: [email protected] / 0897081099 FERMOY: Event: Guided Tour of Fota Arboretum Online:www.twogreenshoots.com / www.facebook.com/twogreenshoots / www.twitter.com/twogreenshoots / Event: Botanical Art for Beginners Class Event: Cobh Carillon Recital Date and Time: 20 – 22 August, 2pm – 4pm www.instagram.com/twogreenshoots/ Date and Time: 24 August, 2:30pm - 5:30pm Event: Camden Fort Meagher Date and Time: 21 August, 4:30pm - 5:30pm Event: Family Tree Research Assistance Venue: Fota Arboretum & Gardens Venue: Future Forests, Kealkill Date and Time: Saturday and Sunday 17, 18, 24 and 25 from 12:00 to 16:15 Venue: St Colman’s Cathedral, Cobh Date and Time: 17, 18, 24 & 25 August, 9am - 5pm Details: A guided tour of an evolving 19th century garden, focusing on it’s historic development in times past Details: Ellen Hutchins Festival event: New to watercolour and love plants? This fun and friendly class shows you Venue: Camden Fort Meagher, Crosshaven, Cork Harbour Details: A special recital on the 49 bell carillon will be given by Adrian Gebruers resident carilloneur. The Venue: Fermoy Community Youth Centre, Fermoy and the forgotten people who helped establish such a precious and fragile amenity over the decades. Admis- Event: Taste Tours with a Heritage Twist how to capture the colours, shapes and textures of the natural world. Materials included. No experience neces- carillon of the Cathedral is the only such instrument in Ireland. Visitors can view the Carillon being played on a Details: Camden Fort Meagher is internationally recognised as being “one of the finest remaining examples Details: Ever wondered who your ancestors were? Get assistance from an experienced genealogist with over sion Free, Not suitable for Children under 12, Wheelchair Access (Full), Car Parking Available. Date and Time: 18, 19, 23 & 25 August 10am – 12pm sary. Take your first step into Botanical art with this introductory class, in the very special setting of the wonderful of a classical Coastal Artillery Fort in the world”. For almost 400 years the fort played a key role as a strong screen located within the Cathedral. However this instrument is best heard outdoors, particularly from the car 15 years of experience. Free assessment on the day and reasonable rates for continued research. As much Contact: [email protected] / 0214812728 : The Garden of Re-Imagination wooden building at Future Forests. Adult: €30, Not suitable for Children under 12, Car Parking Available. strategic position for the defence of Ireland and 65% of the fort is located underground in a labyrinth of tunnels Venue park located to the north of the Cathedral. The largest bell is 3.6 tons (3,666 kg.) and the total weight of all the information as you may have on your ancestor would be of assistance. Admission Free, Suitable for Children, Contact: [email protected], 087 1656948 and chambers. Tours available each weekend throughout the summer months. Suitable for children, Partial Online: www.heritageireland.ie / www.facebook.com/fotaopw Details: Discover the plants-woman who created The Garden of Re-Imagination in the 1940s, listen to record- bells is 26 tons (26,417 kg.). The instrument is played from a console located within the belfry consisting of a Wheelchair Access (Full), Car Parking Available. ings from the man who helped make it happen and learn his tips & tricks on how to grow glorious greens. Tour Online: shevaundoherty.com keyboard and a pedalboard. Carillon bells do not move in performance. The Cobh Carillon was installed in 1916. wheelchair access, Parking is available. Cost: Adult €6, Child (4-18) €4. Contact: [email protected], 0858205266 includes: Historical Garden Tour led by RHS Horticulturalist & Head Gardener Adam Carveth; Audio Experience, Admission Free, Suitable for Children, Wheelchair Access (Full), Car Parking Available. Event: Cóisir an tSamhraidh Freshly Made Tasters including with 1 savory, 1 sweet & a drink, and Complimentary Garden & Feast card to Contact: [email protected] or 085 8501483 Online: facebook.com/familytreefermoy Contact: [email protected], 0214813222 Date and Time: 21 August, 7.30pm – 10.30pm take home. Adult: €25 / Child: €15 (Booking Required, 0897081099 / twogreenshoots.com/events-tickets.html), Online: www.camdenfortmeagher.ie KILMURRY: Online: carilloncobh.com Venue: Fota House Not suitable for Children, Car Parking Available. Event: Greyhound on Train Details: An evening of traditional Irish music with Roisin Elsafti, Ronan Browne and Siobhán Armstrong. Early Contact: [email protected] / 0897081099 Event: Warrenscourt : A Cromwellian Estate – with Ted Cook Date and Time: 20 August, 11am - 12pm booking is advised. Beidh an ceolcoirm curtha i láthair trí mheáin na Gaeilge. The event in Fota has been an Online:www.twogreenshoots.com /www.facebook.com/twogreenshoots/ www.twitter.com/twogreenshoots/ Event: Adam Heron & Christopher Quaid DONERAILE: Venue: Fermoy Library, Fermoy annual event since 2005. The best of Irish musicians from Karen Casey, Steve Cooney, John Spillane, Jimmy www.instagram.com/twogreenshoots/ Date and Time: 25 August, 2pm - 6pm Date and Time: 25 August, 3pm - 4pm Details: Greyhound On Train - the War of Independence story that no one has told. Supported by Cork County Crowley, Eilís ní Chinnéada, Nell Ní Chróinín, and many more, have provided us with entertainment of the Venue: Coillte Carpark, Kilmurry Village Venue: Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh Event: Doneraile Estate Walled Garden Walk Council through the Creative Ireland Programme. Greyhound On Train is based on the testimonies of three highest calibre. Is é Gaeilge Bheo a chuireann an ócáid i láthair. Adult: €20 / Child: €20 / Concession: €20 (Book Details: Tour of Warrenscourt Demesne, a Cromwellian Estate 1653-1923, including exploration of the extant Details: Adam Heron and Christopher Quaid have established themselves as two of today’s leading young Date and Time: 20 August, 2pm – 3pm extraordinary women. Elizabeth Bloxham, a protestant teacher, pamphleteer, radicaliser. Peg Flanagan - wait- on 0214613222), Suitable for Children, Car Parking Available. Event: Seaweed Six Ways – Kids Foodie Fun! Old Growth Oakwoods. Parliamentary soldier Robert Warren acquired lands in nearby Kinneigh in 1653 under pianists and violinists respectively, performing to national and international audiences. Adult: €12, Suitable for Venue: Doneraile Court, Doneraile ress, gun runner, spy, and witness to Bloody Sunday. Bridget Fitzpatrick, a central figure in the ambushes at Contact: [email protected] / 0214613222 Date and Time: 24 August, 10am – 12pm & 1pm – 3pm & 4pm – 6pm. the Cromwellian Settlement. His son, Wallis, purchased substantial lands in 1702 in the Barony of Muskerry Children, Wheelchair Access (Partial), Car Parking Available. Details: Join garden specialist Neil Porteous for a guided walk through the walled gardens - learn how 19th Knocklong and Soloheadbeg. A telegram from her that read Greyhound On Train was instrumental in securing Venue: The Garden of Re-Imagination following the Williamite forfeiture of the McCarthy Lordship. He laid out his demesne of 700 acres in Kilbarry Contact: [email protected], 0214813790 century technology was used to feed the great house. Neil Porteous is Head of Gardens at Mount Stewart the escape of Sean Hogan in the famous ambush at Knocklong. Booking Required. Admission Free, Not suitable Details: Discover six delicious ways to enjoy some of the seaweeds found in Bantry Bay. Children will get the Townland at the heart of the Warren Estate. Warrenscourt Demesne remains the most wooded parish in County Online: siriusartscentre.ie/music/adam-heron-christopher-quaid; www.facebook.com/siriusartctr, twitter.com/ in Nothern Ireland, and a garden advisor to the National Trust. In partnership with OPW, he is leading the for Children, Wheelchair Access (Partial), Car Parking Available. GALLEY HEAD: chance to make seaweed breads, scones, a seaweed dip, seaweed crisps, seaweed jelly and sweeties. This Cork Admission Free, Suitable for Children, Car Parking Available. siriusarts restoration of Annes Grove Gardens in Co. Cork. Neil holds a BSc. Hons in Landscape Management and an MA Contact: 025 31318 workshop is suitable for children aged 5-12 years old. Please note, children must be accompanied by a parent/ Contact: 0868789891 in Garden History. Please note this walk takes place outdoors. Admission Free (Booking Required), Not suitable guardian at all times. Child: €20 (Booking Required, Contact 0897081099 or Book Online at; Event: Whale Watch Ireland 2019 for Children, Car Parking Available. https://www.twogreenshoots.com/store/p57/Seaweed_Six_Ways_%E2%80%93_Foodie_Fun_for_Kids_._24th_ Date and Time: 24 August, 14:00 to 17:00 COPPEEN: Contact: [email protected] / 0873385321 FOTA: August_2019.html, Car Parking Available. KINSALE: Online: www.doneraileestate.ie / www.facebook.com/doneraileestate Venue: Galley Head Lighthouse, near Ardfield, Clonakilty Contact: [email protected] / 0897081099 Details: The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group invites you to their annual, guided land-based whale watch at : www.twogreenshoots.com ; www.facebook.com/twogreenshoots ; www.twitter.com/twogreenshoots ; Event: Pastimes Through The Ages Event: Present Past Online Event: Guided Tours of Charles Fort a local headland, as part of All-Ireland Whale Watch day on Saturday 24th August 2019. While there are no www.instagram.com/twogreenshoots/ Date and Time: 23 August, 8pm – 9.30pm Event: Conservation Best Practice Date and Time: 17 and 19 to 24 August, 10am - 5pm guarantees of sightings, given reasonable weather you have a good chance of seeing some of the marine Date and Time: 18 August, 10am – 5pm Venue: An Caipín Meeting Room, Coppeen, Enniskeane Date and Time: 24 August, 11am - 4:30pm Venue: The Library, Fota House species that can be viewed locally. You should dress appropriately for the weather on the day and leave your Venue: Charles Fort National Monument, Forthill, Kinsale Details: Join us as we discuss the many ways in which our forefathers spent their evenings and spare time, Venue: Laurentinum, Doneraile Details: Present Past curated by Róisín Foley, covers a range of works by makers who utilise both traditional and pets at home. There are no boats involved, as all watches are from land. There may be a short elevated walk Event: Guided Lichen Walk Details: Free guided tours of Charles Fort National Monument. Tours will run on the hour from 10am to 5pm. from the meeting point to your watch site. We recommend you bring binoculars, your sense of humour and Duration approx. 40 minutes. No booking required. Visitors should be aware that the tour of Charles Fort is out- comparing them to the pastimes of today. Pastimes such as scoraoichting, card playing, singing and dancing, Details: The owners of the wonderful Georgian country house, Laurentinum, are opening its doors to allow contemporary craft and design making techniques. Textile, ceramic, woodworking and other traditional crafts are but Date and Time: 25 August, 2pm - 4pm refreshments for this 3 hour field event. Admission Free. Suitable for Children: Yes; Wheelchair Access: Partial; side and covers some uneven ground. Suitable footwear should be worn. Facilities on site include toilets, tea- bowl playing, etc. will be compared with our hi-tech habits of today. Children’s games of yesterday seem like neighbours and visitors to see the painstaking conservation works being carried out there. The Open Day will some of the media on display. Admission Free, Suitable for Children, Wheelchair Access (Full), Car Parking Available. Venue: Glengarriff Woods Car Parking: Yes. rooms and exhibitions. Not suitable for Children under 12, Wheelchair Access (Partial), Car Parking Available. a million light-years away from today’s generation of gamers, TV series & internet addicts. Are we better or include tours of the conservation works, historical talks and practical workshops. Chris Southgate, Conser- Contact: [email protected], 0214368365 Details: Ellen Hutchins Festival event: explore the wonderful world of woodland lichens with Paul Whelan (au- Contact: [email protected] , 086 3850568 : [email protected] / 021 4772263 worse off when we compare the two? Let us get a conversation going between the elders of yesterday and the vation Engineer, and Damien Condon, CALX Restoration will demonstrate and discuss the use of lime from Online: corkcraftanddesign.com; www.facebook.com/CorkCraftDesign, www.instagram.com/CorkCraftandDesign thor of Lichens of Ireland). Hand lenses will be available for participants to see lichens up close. One group of Contact youth of today, trying out the old and the new. Caint, ceol agus craic galore. Everybody welcome. Admission ancient times to the present day in ‘Ancient Secrets of Hot Lime. (Places limited on workshops – phone/email Online: iwdg.ie; facebook.com/IrishWhaleandDolphinGroup; twitter.com/IWDGnews; www.instagram.com/ organisms Ellen Hutchins had a special affinity for was lichens, several of which were some of her rarest finds. Online: heritageireland.ie/en/ Free, Suitable for Children, Wheelchair Access (Partial), Car Parking Available. to secure). Archaeologist Flor Hurley, will speak on the pastimes of the Cork gentry, and the Creagh houses of irishwhaleanddolphingroup The walk will help you look at lichens, one of the longest living organisms on the planet, and understand them. Contact: [email protected] / 0868531761 Doneraile). Admission Free, Suitable for Children, Car Parking Available. Event: Cork Craft and Design Expo With over 1,100 species in Ireland, you will attain an insight into how they live and the important role they play Event: Arts & Crafts: Mask Decorating Online: coppeenheritage.com Contact: [email protected] / 0871336506 Date and Time: 17 - 25 August, 10am - 5pm in nature. Meeting place is fisherman’s Path layby, 1km from Glengarriff Village, just before the main entrance Event: Open Day at Galley Head Date and Time: 18 August, 12:30pm - 4:30pm Online: southgateassociates.ie Venue: Fota House to the Nature Reserve. No dogs please. Admission Free, Not suitable for Children, Car Parking Available. Date and Time: 25 August, 10am - 4pm Details: Join us during Heritage Week to see the makers from Cork Craft and Design showcase their work in Contact: [email protected] Venue: Charles Fort, Kinsale Venue: Galley Head Lightkeepers’ Houses, Galley Head, Clonakilty CORK COUNTY LIBRARY AND COUNCIL HQ: an exhibition called ‘We are Cork, Past, Present, Future’. The exhibition runs for the entire month of August Online: ellenhutchins.com Details: Join our guides for a fun-filled arts and crafts activity at Charles Fort. Decorate your very own mask to Event: Guided Tour of Doneraile Park - Cork Craft Month. See a variety of media including ceramics, jewelry, printing, basket-ware, stonework, fur- Details: An opportunity to see the conservation work of Irish Landmark Trust. Imagine life as a lighthouse take home. Will you choose a scary monster or a beautiful butterfly? Fun activity for children. Admission Free, Date and Time: 25 August, 2:30pm - 4:30pm niture, textiles and glass against the backdrop of Fota’s historic Library. Admission Free, Suitable for Children, keeper on your self-guided tour of these restored light keepers houses which now run as holiday accommo- Suitable for Children under 12, Wheelchair Access (Partial), Car Parking Available. Event: Heritage Exhibition by the Heritage Unit of Cork County Council Venue: Doneraile Park & Creagh House, Doneraile Wheelchair Access (Full), Car Parking Available. dation. Child supervision is required due to the coastal location. Information leaflets about the history of the Contact: [email protected], 0214772263 Date and Time: Weekdays from 08:00 to 18:00 property will be provided. Admission Free, Suitable for Children, Car Parking Available. KEALKILL: Details: Guided tour through the historic garden spaces, highlighting connection between 17th century castle Contact: [email protected], 021 4815543 Venue: County Hall Foyer, Cork County Council, Carrigrohane Straight Road gardens, 18th century parkland, and 19th century court and townhouse gardens. An outstanding feature of Online: fotahouse.com Contact: [email protected] / 016704733 Event: Archery Display Details: This exhibition will provide a background on Heritage and will highlight the work of Cork County the demesne today is the completeness of its parkland in Capability Brown style, with extended vistas of trees, Online: irishlandmark.com Event: Ellen Hutchins’ Story in 10 Objects Council’s Heritage Unit in promoting and supporting the appreciation and awareness of Heritage throughout grassland and water radiating from the house. The demesne possesses an extensive range of mature and Date and Time: 24 August, 10am – 5.30pm Date and Time: 25 August, 12pm - 4:30pm the County. It will showcase many aspects of Heritage as well as those projects currently underway with the specimen trees, many of them now over 300 years old and unique in the Irish context. Admission Free, Suitable Event: Pastimes at Fota Exhibition Venue: Future Forests, Kealkill Venue: Charles Fort, Kinsale support of the Heritage Council including a publication on the Industrial Heritage of County Cork and a further for Children, Wheelchair Access (Partial), Car Parking Available. Date and Time: 17th – 25th August, 10am – 5pm GARINISH ISLAND: Details: Ellen Hutchins Festival event: Discover the story of Ireland’s First Female Botanist (1785-1815) through Details: All are welcome to join us for an archery display within the historic walls of Charles Fort. Demonstra- publication being a Colouring Book of the wonderful culture and heritage that exists in the County. Suitable for Contact: [email protected] / 0879049767 Venue: Fota House a drawing, her letters, books, and the type of microscope and writing materials she used. The story of a remark- tions /displays. Admission Free, Not suitable for Children, Wheelchair Access (Partial), Car Parking Available. children; Wheelchair Access (Full); Car Parking available. Online: www.facebook.com/doneraileonline Details: Travel back in time during National Heritage Week and enjoy the pastimes of previous residents Event: Free admission to Garinish Island able young woman who showed great skill and determination in her study of seaweeds and other non-flow- Contact: [email protected], 0214772263 Contact: [email protected] or phone 021 4285905 of Fota House. Explore the hobbies, games and field sports enjoyed by the gentry and their staff. This Date and Time: 25 August, 10am - 4:30pm ering plants. Find out about her delight in being useful to fellow botanists with her finds from Bantry Bay. Peer Online: http://www.corkcoco.ie/arts-heritage volunteer-led exhibition gives visitors a peek into the Fota collection, sharing previously un-exhibited pieces. Venue: Garinish Island through the type of microscope Ellen used, and compare this with a modern hand lens. See Ellen’s catalogue Admission Free, Suitable for Children, Wheelchair Access (Full), Car Parking Available. of all the plants in her neighbourhood – with over a thousand entries. Handle one of her letters, see an original Details: Free admission on Sunday 25th August only. Please be aware that it is admission to the island ONLY KISKEAM: DRIMOLEAGUE: Contact: [email protected] / 0214815543 drawing, and appreciate a lichen up close. Admission Free, Not suitable for Children, Car Parking Available. Event: Cork County Council Heritage Publications 2019 (Industrial Heritage and Colouring Book) which is free. Separate charge imposed by boat operators. Suitable for Children, Wheelchair Access (Partial), Online: www.fotahouse.com Car Parking Available. Contact: [email protected] Date and Time: Monday 19 August from 14:00 to 15:00 Event: Hillwalking Art Exhibition Event: RaptorLIFE Family Nature Day Online: garinishisland.ie; www.facebook.com/garinishisland Online:http://www.ellenhutchins.com/;www.facebook.com/EllenHutchins200/ www.twitter.com/hutchins_ellen Venue: Council Chamber, Floor 2, County Hall, Carrigrohane Road, Cork Date and Time: 17 August, 8pm - 10pm & 18 August, 10am - 8pm Date and Time: 19 August, 11am – 2pm Details: Supported by the Heritage Council, and the next installation in the Heritage of County Cork Publication Venue: Top of the Rock Pod Pairc and Walking Centre, Dromdaleague Event: The Head Gardener Venue: Park/River Walk, Kiskeam Event: Botanical Art Demonstration Series, which has been recognised on the national stage, Cork County Council is undertaking a publication on Details: This event is an art exhibition of paintings in various media on the subject of hill-walking .Open to Date and Time: 18 - 23 August, 10:30am - 3pm and 25 August, 1pm - 4pm GLENGARRIFF: Details: Join us for a morning of wild discovery. Learn about the biodiversity of the Owentaraglin River and the the Industrial Heritage of County Cork – with thanks to Colin Rynne, U.C.C. Colin’s talk will provide an insight into view Saturday and Sunday, with a short presentation on Saturday at 8pm by artist Martin McCormack. Over Venue: The Bothy, Fota House, Fota Date and Time: 24 August, 11am - 12:30pm work RaptorLIFE is doing to protect it. See wild mammals and investigate your local mini-beasts. IRD Duhallow many of the industries that were very much part of County Cork’s past and Heritage Officer Conor Nelligan will the weekend the Saint Finbar’s Pilgrim Walk will begin at Top of the Rock Pod Pairc and Walking Centre in Dri- Details: William Beswick was Head Gardener at Fota House, Cork, from 1901 to 1915. This exhibition explores Venue: Future Forests, Kealkill RaptorLIFE has been working with the local community to protect and restore the Owentaraglin River and its beforehand give an outline of the colouring book being undertaken in 2019, which sets out to capture some of moleague, County Cork. As the Pod Pairc is a centre of Walking, the Art Exhibition on the subject of hill-walking the life and work of the Beswick family - gardeners, sailors and soldiers. William Beswick, born in Cheshire, Event: Ewe Natural History Experience Details: Ellen Hutchins Festival event: Award-winning botanical artist, Shevaun Doherty, will be demonstrating environs. Learn about the work that has been undertaken while getting up close and personal with some of the the key cultural sites and people of the County. Admission Free. Suitable for children; Wheelchair Access (Full); will take place upstairs at the Pod Pairc. Martin McCormack is a keen hill-walker and a painter, who paints in worked at Bessborough House, Cork, for the Pike family during the 1880s. He moved back to the UK to work on Date and Time: 17 - 25 August, 10am – 6pm her exquisite art skills live and talking about botanical art. Shevaun Doherty has won Gold and Best in Show at more unusual and overlooked local biodiversity. We will be opening up some small mammal traps, investigating Car Parking available. different media. Martin will be available at the exhibition on Saturday. Admission Free, Not suitable for Children, estates in Wales and London before returning to Ireland where his last major gardening appointment was at Venue: The Ewe Experience, Glengarriff Bloom for the past two years, last year with a watercolour on vellum of a lichen. Shevaun paints every day, and the mini-beasts and making a splash in the river when we survey water quality by studying the various aquatic Contact: [email protected] or phone 021 4285905; Car Parking Available. Fota House and Gardens. His three sons served in WW1. His eldest son, Bill, served on the Q-Ships at Cobh in Details: An innovative learning experience for all ages about our natural history and environment on a one exhibits internationally. She has contributed to the Ellen Hutchins Festival every year and is back again. Drop in creatures. Admission Free, Suitable for Children, Wheelchair Access (Partial), Car Parking Available. Online: http://www.corkcoco.ie/arts-heritage Contact: [email protected] / 0879793482 1915/16. His youngest son, Charlie, who went to school in Cork city and studied at Kew Gardens, died on the kilometer walk. Learn through information boards, art installations, games and a poetry trail. Adult: €7.50 / Child: and see her at work, chatting about it and sharing tips and advice. See a portfolio of Shevaun’s work and cards Contact: [email protected] / 02960633 Online: topoftherock.ie/ Western Front in 1917. Admission Free, Suitable for Children, Wheelchair Access (Full), Car Parking Available. €6.00 / Family: €25, Suitable for Children, Wheelchair Access (Partial), Car Parking Available. to buy. Admission Free, Not suitable for Children, Car Parking Available. Online: duhallowlife.com ; www.facebook.com/IRDDuhallowLifeProject/ ; www.twitter.com/life_raptor Contact: [email protected], 0214815543 Contact: [email protected] / 02763840 Contact: [email protected] Event: Land Divisions in Family History Online: fotahouse.com Online: www.theewe.com Online: ellenhutchins.com Date and Time: 22 August, 1pm - 2pm DUNMANWAY: KNOCKRAHA: Venue: Cork County Library HQ, Carrigrohane Road Event: Queen Maeve & the Honey Bees Event: Lichen Crafts Event: Garden Plants: Past and Present Details: This illustrated talk will help explain the various divisions used in genealogical sources from District Event: Guided Tours of Sing-Sing Prison Event: Dunmanway Heritage Walk Date and Time: 19 & 20 August 12pm – 12.45pm, 21 August 2pm – 2.45pm & 22 – 23 August 12pm – 12.45pm Date and Time: 17 August, 10am – 4.30pm Date and Time: 24 August, 2:30pm - 4:30pm Electoral Divisions to Poor Law Unions as well as the importance of understanding them. Date and Time: 25 August, 12pm - 6pm Before carrying out family history research it is important to understand the various Administrative Divisions Date and Time: 22 August, 7.30pm – 9pm Venue: Fota House, Fota Venue: The Garden of Re-Imagination Venue: Future Forests, Kealkill Venue: Kilquane Cemetery, Knockraha which are used across the range of sources from Census returns to Civil records. This talk will help explain Venue: Supervalu Carpark, Dunmanway Details: Explore the magical world of honey bees on this children’s garden tour. Bee keeping is a pastime as Details: We’re celebrating the incredible world of lichens with a day of lichen-themed crafts & feasting. Details: Ellen Hutchins Festival event: Walking talks around the plant centre with some of the Future Forests team. Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18