Thoor Ballylee will be a hive of activity during Heritage Week with a series of events being held to illuminate aspects of Hidden Ireland and long-gone crafts.
On Saturday August 12, a group of women from the MidWest Spinners will be demonstrating the traditional hand crafts. Observers will have the chance to try spinning and weaving on drop spindles and sample looms.
Photographer Ekaterina Ivanova will host an exhibition of her work, showing 12 unique places in County Galway, a lot of them connected to the history of Thoor Ballylee. The exhibition is accompanied by a talk by Marie Finnerty about mills, milling and handing on the tradition. It will run from 11am to 5pm on August 18 and 20.
On August 19, at 4pm, there will be Spraoi na Choill - Fun in the woods when parents and children will be invited to come and spend time in the woods and enjoy some Forest School activities through Irish.
Connect with Ireland’s amazing woodland ecology, its heritage, beauty and our native language.
