The Hole In The Wall, Ireland’s oldest surviving townhouse situated in the heart of Kilkenny city, is a hidden treasure located off one of the city’s busiest streets and this weekend the focus will be on Barbados.
Monday August 1, is Kadooment in Barbados when the success of the sugar cane harvest is celebrated with a lavish festival in the style of Rio’s Carnavale and New Orleans’s Mardi Gras.
The Hole in the Wall’s Barbados Week started with the flying of the Barbados flag. Music for the week will be reggae, soca and calypso.
Friday 29, will represent Oistins Fish Friday — and as in the Barbadian beachside village of Oistins, the aroma of barbequed tuna fish will abound.
Monday August 1, (Bank Holiday ) The Kadooment festival will take place, probably for the first time in Ireland, at the Hole in the Wall with a lunchtime talk on ‘Ireland and Barbados – a closely shared history’ by Dr Michael Conway and live music such as a steel drum and bodhran suite and performances by The Poor White Bajan Reggae Band.
The venue will open its doors every Wednesday – Sunday this month, later in August will see a performance by Pierce Turner (August 19 ) and Mary Coughlan will make a welcomed return on September 28. Further details from www.holeinthewall.ie or find the venue on facebook!
