Roscommon. Roscommon. Dates: 23rd August 12:30 PM to 17:00 PM

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2 Roscommon Roscommon A Royal Gaelic Settlement at Cloonfree Dr. Kieran O Conor talks about an important Gaelic settlement near Strokestown. The moated site was the location of a fortified royal residence from the 14th century mentioned in Bardic praise-poems Venue: Strokestown Park Gift Shop Organiser: Strokestown Park [email protected] Telephone: Website: Dates: 27th August 15:30 PM to 16:15 PM A Celebration of Tulsk Village Heritage Projects Official Launch of the newly conserved Tulsk Dominican Priory - Architectural & Archaeological Guided Tours. Visit the newly upgraded Rathcroghan Visitor Centre Interpretative Rooms. Kids Activiti Venue: Rathcroghan Visitor Centre, Cruachan Ai, Tulsk Organiser: Roscommon County Council & Tulsk Action Group [email protected] Telephone: Website: Dates: 23rd August 12:30 PM to 17:00 PM Dundonnell Castle - Past, Present & Future Work Part of the Dundonnell Archaeological Survey Project, a walk and talk will showcase Dundonnell Castle, it's history, and how geophyiscal survey plays in uncovering more information on this monument. Venue: Taughmaconnell Community Hall Organiser: Taughmaconnell Historical & Heritage Group [email protected] Telephone:

3 Dates: 28th August 19:00 PM to 20:30 PM Archaeology from the Air: New Archaeological Discoveries from Lidar Data in Roscommon Recent archaeological discoveries identified as part of research studies using lidar data and GIS. Talk given by Dr. Stephen Davis, UCD. Venue: Rathcroghan Visitor Centre Organiser: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) Website: Dates: 25th August 19:00 PM to 20:00 PM Roscommon Cross Slab - Online Launch Launch of the Roscommon Cross Slab Project website. Come and see the results of the Roscommon Cross Slab Project, 3D models of heritage objects created by local heritage groups. Venue: Roscommon Co. Library - Seminar Room Organiser: Gary Dempsey [email protected] Dates: 22nd August 10:30 AM to 1:00 AM Make your own Built Heritage - with Kids Bricks Club Can you build a church, castle or a bridge like they did long ago? Try building your own built heritage using Lego bricks. See what you can build to show off your local heritage. (6-12 year olds) Venue: Roscommon Library Organiser: Roscommon County Council [email protected] Telephone: Website: Booking Required: Yes Dates: 29th August 15:00 PM to 16:30 PM 3

4 Make your own Built Heritage - with Kids Bricks Club Can you build a church, castle or a bridge like they did long ago? Try building your own built heritage using Lego bricks. See what you can build to show off your local heritage (6-12 year olds). Venue: Boyle Library Organiser: Roscommon County Council [email protected] Telephone: Website: Booking Required: Yes Dates: 29th August 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM Make your own Built Heritage - with Kids Bricks Club Can you build a church, castle or a bridge like they did long ago? Have a go at building your own built heritage using Lego bricks. See what you can build to show off your local heritage. Venue: Ballaghaderreen Library Organiser: Roscommon County Council [email protected] Telephone: Website: Booking Required: Yes Dates: 22nd August 15:00 PM to 16:30 PM Make your own Built Heritage - with Kids Bricks Club Can you build a church, castle or a bridge like they did long ago? Have a go at building your own built heritage using Lego bricks. See what you can build to show off your local heritage. Venue: Strokestown Library Organiser: Roscommon County Council [email protected] Telephone: Website: Booking Required: Yes Dates: 22nd August 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM Roscommon Remembers Listen to interviews collected by the County Roscommon Folklore & Oral History Network - hear stories of life in Roscommon during times of the Troubles, the Black and Tans and Scramogue 4

5 Ambush. Venue: Roscommon Library Organiser: Roscommon County Council Telephone: Website: Dates: 22nd August 10:00 AM to 17:00 PM, 25th August 13:00 PM to 20:00 PM, 26th August 10:00 AM to 17:00 PM, 27th August 13:00 PM to 20:00 PM, 28th August 10:00 AM to 17:00 PM, 29th August 10:00 AM to 17:00 PM Folklore Recordings Phase 10 The launch of the 10th phase of the folklore recordings, a database of recordings of local Roscommon people available in all libraries in the County. Venue: County Library, Roscommon Organiser: Roscommon County Council Library Service [email protected] Telephone: Dates: 26th August 15:30 PM to 16:30 PM Traditional Singing and Music An afternoon of singing with Boyle Traditional Singers Circle and South Sligo Traditional Singers. Traditional music as well from 'Deus Meus' Traditional Musicians Group. Venue: Boyle Abbey Organiser: Boyle Abbey [email protected] Telephone: Dates: 23rd August 14:00 PM to 17:00 PM Recording Moore South Graveyard The Moore History Group will give an illustrated talk on Moore South graveyard and the recording of the headstones. There will also be a number of items on display related to the history of the parish Venue: Moore Hall, Ballydangan Organiser: Moore History Group 5

6 Telephone: Dates: 24th August 19:30 PM to 21:00 PM Castlecoote House - A Celebration of the Harp Harpist Teresa O'Donnell will perform music by Carolan, Moore, Percy French and classical and contemporary music. The recital will be followed by a tour of the house, tea and home baking. Venue: Castlecoote House, Castlecoote, Co. RoscommonC Cost Adult: 5.00 Organiser: Castlecoote House, Roscommon [email protected] Telephone: Website: Dates: 30th August 15:00 PM to 18:00 PM Free admission for children all week! A visit to King House is a walk through almost 300 years of history. Our life sized historical figures, interactive displays and activities bring the past to life. Venue: King House Cost Adult: 5 Cost Child: Free Cost Concession: 3 Student / 2 Senior Organiser: King House, Boyle [email protected] Telephone: Website: Dates: 22nd August 11:00 AM to 17:00 PM Visit to Traditional Thatched Cottage We are delighted to welcome visitors to our traditional thatched house which was carefully re-thatched last year to ensure that it remains a testament to Irish Design Heritage. Venue: Traditional Thatcted Cottage Organiser: Bridie Leonard Feeney [email protected] Telephone: Website: NA 6

7 Dates: 22nd August 12:00 PM to 16:00 PM, 23rd August 12:00 PM to 16:00 PM Pre-Launch Event of Mote Park Interactive Heritage Tour Mote Park Interactive Heritage Tour is a self guided tour with a difference! Using a Smart Phone, points of heritage interest are brought to life through video interviews and stunning footage. Venue: Hannon's Hotel, Athlone Road Organiser: Mote Park Conservation Group Dates: 29th August 15:00 PM to 18:00 PM Abbeys and Castles Associated with The O Connors Of Connaught Two talks will be given on the Abbeys and Castles associated with the O Connors of Connaught at 12 noon and 2pm. A tour of the House will also be included. Venue: Clonalis House, Castlerea, Co. Roscommon Organiser: Marguerite O'Conor Nash [email protected] Telephone: Website: Booking Required: Yes Dates: 25th August 12:00 PM to 13:00 PM, 25th August 14:00 PM to 15:00 PM Eighteenth Century, Fully Restored & Working, Elphin Windmill Step back in time & see how grain crops were ground into flour in the eighteenth century, at this fully restored & working windmill, the only one of its kind in the West of Ireland. Venue: Elphin Windmill Cost Adult: 5.00 Cost Child: 3.00 Organiser: Elphin Windmill [email protected] Telephone: Website: Dates: 22nd August 11:00 AM to 15:00 PM, 23rd August 11:00 AM to 15:00 PM, 24th August 11:00 AM to 15:00 PM, 25th August 11:00 AM to 15:00 PM, 26th August 11:00 AM to 15:00 PM, 27th August 11:00 AM to 15:00 PM, 28th August 11:00 AM to 15:00 PM, 29th August 11:00 AM to 15:00 PM, 30th August 11:00 AM to 15:00 PM 7

8 Industrial and Design Heritage Hunt For kids age 9-99! Search out interesting relics on a special Industrial and Design Heritage Hunt in the Walled Garden of Strokestown Park. Earn a Certificate of Completion. Venue: Strokestown Park Gift Shop Organiser: Strokestown Park [email protected] Telephone: Website: Dates: 22nd August 10:00 AM to 17:00 PM, 23rd August 10:00 AM to 17:00 PM, 24th August 10:00 AM to 17:00 PM, 25th August 10:00 AM to 17:00 PM, 26th August 10:00 AM to 17:00 PM, 27th August 10:00 AM to 17:00 PM, 28th August 10:00 AM to 17:00 PM, 29th August 10:00 AM to 17:00 PM, 30th August 10:00 AM to 17:00 PM 1930 s Physics Experiments in the Big House Landowner Stuart Hales Packenham Mahon was trying to detect the nucleus of elements. His unusual research involved dousing and an invented colour scheme. Dr. James Hoban will explain the equipment. Venue: Strokestown Park Gift Shop Organiser: Strokestown Park [email protected] Telephone: Website: Booking Required: Yes Dates: 23rd August 12:30 PM to 13:15 PM, 25th August 11:00 AM to 11:45 AM The Bronze Age and the Doogarymore Wheel Jim Ganly, President, Co. Roscommon Historical and Archaeological Society will make a presentation which will take us back to the Bronze Age and put the Doogarymore wheel in context. Venue: Kilteevan Community Centre Organiser: Kilteevan CommunityDevelopment Group Ltd. [email protected] Website: Dates: 22nd August 19:00 PM to 21:00 PM 8

9 Big House Technologies of the Past Jim Callery, owner of Strokestown Park, leads this tour to see vintage water turbines, 19th century pump, turf hoist, the parklands latrine and other relics of industrial heritage in Strokestown Park. Venue: Strokestown Park Gift Shop Organiser: Strokestown Park Telephone: Website: Dates: 30th August 14:00 PM to 14:45 PM A Celebration of 235 Years in the Stone Industry Tours of FeelyStone Factory, Stonecutting Demonstrations (Celtic Crosses & Contemporary Designs), Talks & Readings, FeelyStone Heritage & Tradition Exhibition, Children's Activities Venue: FeelyStone, Boyle Organiser: FeelyStone Boyle [email protected] Telephone: Website: feelystone.com Dates: 28th August 14:00 PM to 18:00 PM, 29th August 14:00 PM to 18:00 PM Thatching Demonstration & History of Turf Cutting from Bog to Power Station A Thatching Demonstration on Feeley's Cottage followed by an illustrated talk on Turf Cutting from Bog to Power Station supported with a display of turf cutting implements, music, song and poetry. Venue: Carrowphadeen Cross, St. John's, Lecarrow Cost Adult: 5.00 Organiser: St. John's Parish Heritage Group [email protected] Telephone: Dates: 30th August 16:00 PM to 21:30 PM 9

10 Our Dairy Co-operative Heritage Mr Seamus O Donohoe, Chief Executive, Irish Co-operative Organisation Society will speak about the co-operative movement and its contribution to the dairy industry in Ireland. Venue: Kilteevan Community Centre Organiser: Kilteevan CommunityDevelopment Group Ltd. [email protected] Website: Dates: 29th August 19:00 PM to 20:00 PM Boat Building in the 1970s at Shannon Cruisers Talk on boat building in the 1970s at Shannon Cruisers, Cootehall, Boyle by Michael John Breheny and Team. Music by Ceolteoiri Lough Allen Venue: Ardcarne Church of Ireland, Cootehall Cost Adult: 5.00 Organiser: Ardcarne Cemeteries Committee [email protected] Telephone: Dates: 28th August 20:30 PM to 22:15 PM Looped Walk of Arigna Looped walk beginning at the Miners Bar, Arigna. The walk will continue on the road to Crosshill, then off road to join the Miners way walk trail. Venue: Miners Bar, Arigna Organiser: Hugh Flanagan Telephone: or and Dates: 23rd August 14:00 PM to 17:00 PM Uses and Evolution of the Strokestown Park Landscape Gaelic Chieftains, Medieval Lords, Anglo Irish gentry all viewed the world from this rural landscape. Each of these Strokestown rulers was affected by broad historical events. Walk, see and learn. Venue: Strokestown Park Gift Shop Organiser: Strokestown Park [email protected] 10

11 Telephone: Website: Dates: 24th August 11:00 AM to 11:45 AM Development of Best-Practice Guidelines for Red Grouse on Irish SAC Raised Bogs Development of Best-Practice Guidelines for Red Grouse on Irish SAC Raised Bogs. This is a joint Heritage Week event with the Ballydangan Bog Red Grouse Project. Presentation and site visit. Venue: Moore Hall, Moore, Roscommon Organiser: NARGC [email protected] Telephone: Dates: 22nd August 16:00 PM to 18:00 PM A Heritage Week Sponsored Walk An 8km walk into the past to Nure townland, taking in the wakehouse, a unique reconstructed building on the ancient funeral route. The walk will finish at the Heritage Centre. Venue: Drum Heritage Centre Organiser: Drum Heritage Group [email protected] Telephone: Website: Dates: 30th August 14:00 PM to 18:00 PM Collective Voices: Strokestown Famine Memories Collection Do you have family memories of what life was like in Strokestown at the time of the Famine? Have you tales of what it did to the area? Bring your story to Strokestown Park and we will record it! Venue: Strokestown Park Gift Shop Organiser: Strokestown Park [email protected] Telephone: Website: Dates: 28th August 10:00 AM to 15:00 PM 11

12 Wayside Crosses in Co. Roscommon An opportunity to learn about Wayside Crosses in Co Roscommon with local historian Albert Siggins. Venue: Kilteevan Community Centre Organiser: Kilteevan Community Development Group Ltd. Website: Dates: 28th August 19:00 PM to 21:00 PM Launch of the Digitised Version of the Roscommon Historical and Archaeological Society Journal The launch of the digitised version of the Roscommon Historical and Archaeological Society Journal, a fully searchable disc version. Venue: County Library, Roscommon Organiser: Roscommon Co. Co. Library Service [email protected] Telephone: Website: Dates: 27th August 16:00 PM to 17:00 PM Graveyard Tour Visit to Croghan Church of Ireland, Kilucan Graveyard, Eastersnow Graveyard and Tumna Ancient Graveyard. Venue: Croghan RC Church Organiser: Co. Roscommon Historical & Archaeological Society [email protected] Telephone: Dates: 23rd August 14:00 PM to 18:00 PM 12

13 Heritage Week in Keadue To celebrate Heritage Week, Keadue Development Association plans to launch newly erected Finger Signs and Plaques plus Bilingual Information Panels showing the Heritage and Biodiversity of the area. Venue: Lough Meelagh Carpark Organiser: Keadue Development Association Telephone: Dates: 27th August 18:00 PM to 19:00 PM Strokestown: Pictures from the Past: an Exhibition Strokestown: Pictures from the past, a photographic exhibition running in Strokestown Library, Aug 25th to Sept 13th, Library hours. Venue: Strokestown Library Organiser: Roscommon Co. Co. Library Service [email protected] Telephone: Dates: 25th August 19:00 PM to 21:00 PM, 26th August 13:00 PM to 17:00 PM, 27th August 12:00 PM to 16:00 PM, 28th August 10:00 AM to 13:00 PM, 29th August 10:00 AM to 13:00 PM Historical Tour of Kilmurry Historical tour of Kilmurry parish visiting Toberelva and Rathmoyle cemetries. Concluding with the blessing of the FR. Augustine stone at Drishaughan East at 16:30 by FR.Larnie Shine. Venue: Kilmurry Hall Organiser: Kilmurry/Castleplunkett Historical Society [email protected] Telephone: Dates: 22nd August 14:00 PM to 17:00 PM Free Entry to the Irish National Famine Museum No charge on Saturday 29 August for the famous Famine Museum in Strokestown Park. Located in the original stable yards, it commemorates the poignant history of the 1840 s famine. Venue: Strokestown Park Gift Shop 13

14 Organiser: Strokestown Park Telephone: Website: Dates: 29th August 10:00 AM to 17:30 PM Visit the Museum 20% discount on the 29th August. Display of over 6,000 items on history /heritage and folk culture. Venue: Derryglad folk & Heritage Museum Cost Adult: 5.00 Cost Child: 3.50 Cost Concession: 20% reduction on entrance fee Organiser: Derryglad Folk & Heritage Museum Telephone: Website: Dates: 29th August 10:00 AM to 18:00 PM Dr Douglas Hyde Interpretative Centre Dr. Hydes contribution to modern Ireland is traced through the medium of informative charts, books maps and photographs and with audio guides the spirit of his dream is captured in this Centre. Venue: Douglas Hyde Interpretative Centre Organiser: Roscommon Co Council Telephone: Booking Required: Yes Dates: 24th August 11:00 AM to 17:00 PM Bat Talk Park for free in Roscommon town and stroll through the award winning Park for the annual bat talk which will be given by Ecologist David Fallon in the grounds of Roscommon Castle. Venue: Roscommon Castle, Loughnaneane Park. Town Centre Organiser: Roscommon Tidy Towns Association Telephone:

15 Dates: 29th August 20:30 PM to 22:00 PM Guided Bog Nature Walk Ballydangan Bog Red Grouse Project. Presentation about project in Moore Hall followed by Guided Walk on Project Site to see first-hand the red grouse management work on Ballydangan Bog. Venue: Moore Hall, Moore Organiser: Ballydangan Bog Red Grouse Project Telephone: Dates: 22nd August 16:00 PM to 18:00 PM All event information is subject to change. Please consult the website closer to the event for the latest updates - Document updated: November 2, 2015, 2:32 pm 15