CALENDAR OF EVENTS & FESTIVALS - SUMMER 2016

MONTH EVENT DATE VENUE CONTACT NUMBER ADDRESS EMAIL WEBSITE AUGUST Creative Monday 8th – Creative Ann & 087 Creative Ardagh creativeardagh@ www.creativerardagh.c Summer Camp Friday 12th Ardagh Annette 2326553 Ardagh Village gmail.com om

Ardagh 086 Village 3027602 th Longford Scuba Saturday 13 Clondra John 086 x countylongfordsc www.longfordscubadiv Flannagan – 8913037 ubadivers@gmail ers.com Divers – Fun Fin Swim Diving Officer 086 .com Ciara Killilea 3616320 rose@kanestravel PRO 087 .ie

Rose Kane 6594951 The Saturday 13th Leebeen Park Dave 087 Lebeen Park https://www.facebook. Festival in & Sunday 8117945 Aughnacliffe com/search/top/?q=bria Aughnacliffe 14th Co Longford n%20borou%20festival #!/event

Abbeyshrule Sunday 14th Irene McGoey 044 Rustic Inn

‘Boat,Bike,Boot’ Harbour 9357742 Abbeyshrule. Triathlon 11am Abbeyshrule Sunday 14th Abbeyshrule Teddy Mc 044 Rustic Inn AUGUST Airshow – Airfield Goey 9357742 Abbeyshrule. Featuring the 12pm Magnificent 7 Skydive th Abbeyshrule ‘1916 Monday 15 Abbeyshrule Betty & Teddy 044 Rustic Inn abbeyshruletidy Remembrance’ Village McGoey 9357742 Abbeyshrule. villages@gmail. Village Fete 6pm Harbour com

History of Wednesday Annette Kane 086 Drumlish annette.kane@gm X Drumlish 17th Library 8141023 Community Group ail.com Pre Famine 7.30pm Drumlish County Longford Launch of Friday 19th Lanesboro Lanesboro 043 Lanesboro heritage@longfor http://www.heritagewe Longford 1916 and Library Library 3341124 Co. Longford dcoco.ie ek.ie/wp- Lanesboro : An 7pm content/uploads/pdfs/h w-longford.pdf exhibition on the Longford People in

the Rising th National Heritage Saturday 20 County wide Mairead Ni 043 Longford County heritage@longfor http://www.heritagewe Week – Sunday Chonghaile 3340731 Library dcoco.ie ek.ie/wp- 28th Longford content/uploads/pdfs/h w-longford.pdf

Lough Ree Friday 19th – Lanesborough 086 221 Main Street loughreeresour www.loughree.ie Environmental Sunday 21st Co Longford Community 7314 Lanesborough [email protected] Summer Festival Resources Co Longford

County Longford Saturday Longford Martin Morris 085 County Longford mmorris@longfor http://www.heritagewe Historical Society 20th Arms Hotel 7480690 Historical Society, dcoco.ie ek.ie/wp- content/uploads/pdfs/h Conference on the 9.30am – c/o Mr Martin 1916 Rising 4.30pm Morris, Archivist, w-longford.pdf Longford Library HQ, Longford Shopping Centre, AUGUST Longford Children’s events Saturday 20th Corlea 043 Corlea Trackway [email protected] http://www.heritagewe at Corlea Trackway 3322386 Centre, ek.ie/wp- Trackway Visitor Centre Kenagh, content/uploads/pdfs/h Co. Longford. w-longford.pdf

Life 100 years ago Saturday 20th Ardagh Ann & 086 Ardagh, creativeardagh@ creativeardagh.blogs Heritage Annette 3027602 Co. Longford. gmail.com pot.com/ 3pm Centre

th Mow Pat Murphys Saturday 20 Ballyduffy Michael 087 Ballyduffy, michaelmasterson http://www.heritagewe [email protected] ek.ie/wp- Meadow Moyne Masterson 1835064 Moyne County County Longford content/uploads/pdfs/h Longford w-longford.pdf Heritage Week Saturday 20th Creative Ann & 087 Creative Ardagh creativeardagh@ www.creativerardagh.c th Events at Creative – Sunday28 Ardagh Annette 2326553 Ardagh Village gmail.com om

Ardagh Ardagh 086 County Longford Village 3027602 st info@longfordvin www.longfordvintagecl Longford Vintage Sunday 21 Starting at Miceal Nolan 087 Ballincurry Tractor Run Longford – Club 1167630 Drumlish tageclub.com ub.com Vintage Club- Secretary County Longford finishing at Olde Fair Ballinamuck Olde Sunday 21st Ballinamuck Yvonne Leslie 086 yvonnedonaghy8 Fair Day (beside 98 - chair 3847482 [email protected] Bar) The Marquee in Friday 19th – Drumlish Stephen Mc info@them Old School Rd., info@themarquee www.themarqueeindru nd Drumlish Monday 22 Village Dermott arqueeindru Drumlish, indrumlish.com mlish.com

mlish.com Co. Longford.

rd Historical Walking Tuesday 23 Mairead Ni 043 Granard Library heritage@longfor http://www.heritagewe Tour of Granard Library Chonghaile 3340731 Granard dcoco.ie ek.ie/wp-

6pm Co Longford content/uploads/pdfs/h w-longford.pdf

Padraic Colum, Wednesday Longford Mairead Ni 043 Longford Branch heritage@longfor http://www.heritagewe th Longford & Songs 24 Branch Chonghaile 3340731 Library dcoco.ie ek.ie/wp- content/uploads/pdfs/h AUGUST of Revolution Library 7.30pm w-longford.pdf

Life 100 years ago Thursday Ardagh Ann & 087 Creative Ardagh, creativeardagh@ creativeardagh.blogs 25th Heritage Annette 2326553 Ardagh Heritage gmail.com pot.com/ Centre 086 Centre, 3pm 3027602 Ardagh Village, Co. Longford th Which way did Friday 26 Corlea Mairead Ni 043 Corlea Trackway heritage@longfor http://www.heritagewe ek.ie/wp- they go? The Trackway Chonghaile 3340731 Centre, dcoco.ie route of Táin Bó 11am Visitor Centre 043 Kenagh, content/uploads/pdfs/h Cúailnge in 3341124 Co. Longford. w-longford.pdf County Longford th Teddy Bears’ Saturday 27 Mairead Ni 043 Main St., heritage@longfor http://www.heritagewe Picnic with Mags Community Chonghaile 3340731 Ballymahon, dcoco.ie ek.ie/wp- content/uploads/pdfs/h 11am Library 043 Co. Longford. 3341124 w-longford.pdf

th Irish Revolution Saturday 27 Ballymahon Martin Morris 043 Main St., 1913-1922 : one Community 3341124 Ballymahon, day exhibition 1pm Library Co. Longford. archivist@longfor http://www.heritagewe dcoco.ie ek.ie/wp- content/uploads/pdfs/h w-longford.pdf

Walking Tour of Saturday 27th Ballymahon Mairead Ni 043 Main St., heritage@longfor http://www.heritagewe Old Ballymahon Community Chonghaile 3341124 Ballymahon, dcoco.ie ek.ie/wp- 2pm Library Co. Longford. content/uploads/pdfs/h w-longford.pdf

th http://www.heritagewe Corlea Saturday 27 Corlea David Fallon 087 Corlea Trackway David.Fallon@bn Environmental Trackway 9711658 Centre, m.ie ek.ie/wp-

Awareness Day 2-9pm Visitor Centre Kenagh, content/uploads/pdfs/h Co. Longford. w-longford.pdf

th AUGUST Evening medley Saturday 27 Ballymahon Mairead Ni 043 Main St., heritage@longfor http://www.heritagewe from 1916 with Community Chonghaile 3341124 Ballymahon, dcoco.ie ek.ie/wp- Innyside Singers 4pm Library Co. Longford. content/uploads/pdfs/h w-longford.pdf

Royal Canal Saturday 27th Brannigan 043 Brannigan Harbour, ballymahontown http://www.heritagewe Environmental Harbour 3340731 , @gmail.com ek.ie/wp- Family Evening 4-7pm Ballymahon, Co. content/uploads/pdfs/h Longford. w-longford.pdf

Colmcille Sunday 28th Aughnacliffe Philomena 086 Aughnacliffe, philomena.mullig http://www.heritagewe Ploughing & Mulligan 8188550 Co. Longford. [email protected] ek.ie/wp- Family Fun Day From 11am content/uploads/pdfs/h w-longford.pdf

Legan War Sunday 28th Legan Church Paul Ross 087 Legan, pross@longfordc http://www.heritagewe Commemoration 9793925 Co. Longford. oco.ie ek.ie/wp- 12pm content/uploads/pdfs/h w-longford.pdf

Ballymahon Sunday 28th Dean Egan Bridgeways 0906 Ballymahon, bridgeways1@ho www.ballymahontown. Heritage Library, Family 432691 Co. Longford. tmail.com ie Afternoon at 12pm Ballymahon Resource Bridgeways Centre Family Resource Centre – craft & heritage market, bake sale, music and choir The Edgeworth Sunday 28th St. May’s RC Edgeworthsto 043 edgelocdev@eirc http://www.heritagewe Heritage Walk Church wn 6671801 Co. Longford om.net ek.ie/wp- 3pm Development content/uploads/pdfs/h Association w-longford.pdf

Launch of new Sunday 28th Granard Conor Ward 087 Granard, conorward9158 Irish Music Library 7795879 Co. Longford @gmail.com Society – Cumann 7.30pm Ceoil Chonmhaicne Longford Sunday 28th Longford Mary Fenelon 087 Longford Marathon info@longfordma www.longfordmaratho International Town John Sheehan 1324256 Office, rathon.com n.com Marathon 043 Lower Main St., 3349682 Longford.

Ongoing Exhibitions

Launch- The Other 1916: Open during Longford Mairead Ni 043 Longford heritage@longfor http://www.heritagewe Monday The Battle of the Library Branch Chonghaile 3341124 dcoco.ie ek.ie/wp- content/uploads/pdfs/h 22nd Somme’s Opening Library w-longford.pdf August Exhibition Hours from Tues 23rd Tuesday 23rd – Thurs August 25th Fri 26th 10-16:50 pm Sat 27th 10-1pm Launch Longford 1916 and Open during Lanesboro Stella 043 Lanesboro sosullivan@longf http://www.heritagewe Friday Lanesboro: An Library Library O’Sullivan 3321291 ordcoco.ie ek.ie/wp- 19th exhibition on the Opening content/uploads/pdfs/h August Longford people in Hours w-longford.pdf (7pm) the rising