WHAT’S ON AROUND THE COUNTY
• Sharing stories: Colclough Family Tintern Abbey Visitor Centre August 20, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
August 20 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
• Farm History: Tintern/ Ballycullane
Tintern Abbey OPW
Tintern Abbey Visitor
Centre, Saltmills
August 19, 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
• Music in the Abbey
Tintern Abbey
Tintern Abbey Visitor
Centre, Saltmills.
August 19, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
• Stories of the North Slob
Wexford Wildfowl Reserve
Visitor Centre
August 18 to 26, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (9.30 a.m. on August 22)
• Baya the Storyteller
JFK Memorial Park and Arboretum.
August 26, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
• ‘Another link in the chain’ Wexford Town Library
August 21, 7 p.m. to 8.30 p.m.
• Hook Highlights Bus Tour with Heritage Tours Wexford
Tourist Office, Wexford Town August 18, 21, 23 and
25, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Children’s Workshop
JFK Memorial Park and Arboretum
August 21, midday to 1 p.m.
• The Art of Knitting
JFK Arboretum
August 22, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• A Talk by Gary Mentanko
JFK Memorial Park and Arboretum
August 25, 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
• Creative Writing Workshop
JFK Memorial Park and Arboretum
August 19, 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
• A Talk by Séamus O’Brien JFK Arboretum August 24, 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
• Storytelling Irish National Heritage Park August 18 and 24, 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
• Leather Wallet Making Course The Irish National Heritage Park. August 26, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Woodcarving with Tommy Kelly The Irish National Heritage Park. August 26, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Brass Rubbing
Irish National Heritage Park August 18 to 26, 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
• Viking Coin Striking
The Irish National Heritage Park. August 18, 11 a.m. to midday August 19, midday to 1 p.m. August 21, 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
August 23, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
August 25, 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. August 19, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
• Hearth Cooking Demonstration Irish National Heritage Park August 20, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Music, Mumming and O’Carolan Draught Sigginstown Castle August 24, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
• Mumming at Sigginstown Sigginstown Castle
August 24, 1 p.m. to 6.30 p.m.
• Hearth Cooking at Sigginstown Sigginstown Castle August 19, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• History, Heraldry, Families and Flags Sigginstown Castle
August 22, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
• The Unyoke Walk
Oulart Hill Development Group Trading Post in the Unyoke hamlet on the R741
August 18, 10 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.
• Whale Watch Ireland 2018.
Irish Whale and Dolphin Group Hook Head Lighthouse
August 25, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
• The Normans through photos and art
Monksgrange Archives, Rathnure August 19, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
• Community Excavation
The Irish National Heritage
Park (meeting point is the park reception)
August 21 to August 26,
9.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.
• Viking Coin Striking
Irish National Heritage Park. August 18, 11 a.m. to midday
• Celtic Birds of Prey Show and Tell. The Irish National Heritage Park. August 20, 11 a.m. to midday
• Celtic Birds of Prey Show and Tell. Irish National Heritage Park August 20 and 23,
11 a.m. to midday.
• Brass Rubbing
The Irish National Heritage Park
August 18, 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
• Ros Tapestry: A Tale Told in Thread by Susan Synnott
Ros Tapestry Exhibition Centre, 14 The Quay, New Ross.
August 25, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Bat Talk and Walk Pump
House, Wexford Wildfowl Reserve
August 25, 8.30 p.m. to 11.30 p.m.
• Bug Discovery in the
Raven Woods
Raven Nature Reserve, Curracloe August 23, 10 a.m. to midday
• Land and Water Bug Discovery Snipe Field, Wexford Wildfowl Reserve, Ardcavan Lane
August 21, 10 a.m. to midday
• Bug and Butterfly Discovery Visitor Centre, Wexford
Wildfowl Reserve.
August 19 and 26,
11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Walk with Kilmokea gardener Ciaran
Kilmokea Gardens
August 21, 11 a.m. to midday
• Clay Days – Build a Clay
Oven with Earthen Building UK and Ireland
Sigginstown Castle
August 19, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Another Link in the Chain Wexford Public Library
August 21, 7 p.m. to 8.30 p.m.
• Sharing the Kilmokea Story by Emma Hewlett
Kilmokea Country
Manor and Gardens.
August 18, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• Tintern Abbey Nature
Walk with Jim Hurley
Tintern Abbey, Saltmills
August 19, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
• Two-day Knife Making Course Irish National Heritage Park August 25 and 26, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Two-day Dry Stone Wall Course Irish National Heritage Park. August 25 and 26, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Introduction to Blacksmithing Irish National Heritage Park. August 25, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Remembering Lost
Fishing Traditions Irish National Heritage Park August 24, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Stone Carving with Barbara Kelly Irish National Heritage Park August 23, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Longsword Workshop
Irish National Heritage Park August 19, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Pen and Ink Workshop
Irish National Heritage Park August 19, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Community Excavation
Irish National Heritage
Park (meeting point is the park reception)
August 20, 9.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.
• Stone Cobble Course with Pat Hickey
Irish National Heritage Park. August 19, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Archery
Irish National Heritage Park August 18 to August 26, midday to 5 p.m.
• Small Game Butchering and Cooking.
Irish National Heritage Park August 18, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Upcycling with the
Revamp Tramp
Irish National Heritage Park August 18, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Irish Stained Glass Artists
Gorey Library
August 23, 7 p.m. to 8.30 p.m.
• Basket Weaving with Irene Kelly Irish National Heritage Park August 18, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Tackling Wildlife Crime
Gorey Library
August 21, 7 p.m. to 8.30 p.m.
• Wild Herb and Nature Walk with Hollyfort Tidy Towns
Old School car park, Hollyfort August 26, 11 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.