Vikings want a Taste of Togher!

THE seventh annual Taste of Togher Festival will take place in The Glyde Inn, Annagassan, County Louth over two days, Friday 20th and Saturday 21st September 2019. Collections on both days will be made towards the Clogherhead Lifeboat.

Friday 20th September: (9:00pm - Late)

Annagassan Razor Clam Experience - This event forms part of Failte Ireland’s Taste the Island initiative which explores Ireland’s Food Flavours. The night will begin with a video about Annagassan Razor Clams followed by a discussion from local fishermen, razor clam tasting and live music from The Full Shilling. Entry is Free but you must register. Register here www.theglydeinn.ie/events

Saturday 21st September: (12:00pm-5:.30pm)

Food, Craft & Heritage Fair - Admission is free. We are very excited to have The Crafty Rock showcasing a wide rage of local crafts, a food village and The Vikings are back and this year we will have the actual Viking Ship from The TV Series ‘ The Vikings’. Kids will be able to get aboard a real Viking Ship and discover what it was like to be a Viking.

The Flo Gas Stage: 2pm on the Flo Gas Stage, Archaeologist and Archaeobotanist, Nikolah Gilligan is going to demonstrate a mdeievil technique for making oatcakes called ‘grain grinding’ and she will also display an ancient technique for making cheese

3pm; Seafood cookery demonstration from Tara Walker from East Coast Cookery School

There will be a wide range of local products and produce to try, from cheese and honey to jam, cupcakes along with plenty of local crafts.

Historial Walking Tour; 4pm In Keeping with the theme, local historian Micheál Mc Keown will give a historical walking tour of the Viking site in Annagassan. Micheál is a graduate of NUI. Maynooth (extra-mural cert. in local history) His speciality is the Viking and Anglo_Norman period. He is also a noted artist and sculptor best known for his iconic “Bull of Cooley” on the N1 motorway. Tickets for this walk are available at https://theglydeinn.ie/ events/

Traditional Music all day and admission is free.