AUGUST EVENTS
Please see below our upcoming Programme of Events. It includes Heritage Week, which takes place from 17th to 25th August.
Date
Event
Fee
Time
Location
4th
Killarney School of Music Muckross
Muckross Garden Restaurant
1.30 - 4.30pm
Free Event
11th
Killarney School of Music Muckross
Muckross Garden Restaurant
1.30 - 4.30pm
Free Event
Heritage Week 17th – 25th
17th
Workshop with Singer / Songwriter Ger Wolfe
Muckross Schoolhouse
1.30 - 4.30pm
Free Event
18th
Killarney School of Music Muckross Garden Restaurant
Muckross Garden Restaurant
1.30 - 4.30pm
Free Event
18th
Harpers for Heritage
Muckross Schoolhouse
12.30 pm start
Free Event
Hands on Harps with Tara Viscardi & Lauren Ní Néill, Deirdre Ní Ghrainbhéil
Would you like to learn more about, get your hands on an Irish harp? Hear the instrument played, have your questions answered, and try it out.
1.30 - 4.30pm
Taking the Tune with Tara Viscardi, Robert Harvey, Ceoltóirí na Ríoga, Lauren Ní Néill and Eugene McKenna
Harpers, other musicians and dancers gather to describe their practice, how the tradition has passed from generation to generation, and how each person ‘takes the tune’ to shape and make it their own. This will be a facilitated session and engage with the audience as much as possible.
2-3pm
Harps for Heritage Concert featuring Tara Viscardi, Robert Harvey, Grace Foley, Ceoltóirí na Ríoga, Lauren Ní Néill and Eugene McKenna
Live performance which showcases the diverse styles of harping, singing, portaireacht, whistling, dancing fiddle and concertina playing.
3.30-5.00pm
19th
Songs and our Music - The stories they tell with Sheila O Donoughoe
Muckross Schoolhouse
2.00 - 4.00pm
Free Event
20th
Munnix Dance Workshop with Jonathan Kelliher Siamsa Tire
Muckross Garden Restaurant
1.30 - 4.00pm
Free Event
21st
Me & Moon: Mountains and Legends - Drawing workshop inspired by our connections to the mountains.
Muckross Schoolhouse
1.30 - 4.00pm
Free Event
22nd
Me & Moon: Moon walk of Muckross Traditional Farms
Muckross Schoolhouse Pagoda
1.30 - 4.00pm
Free Event
23rd
Killarney National Park Wildlife Rangers. “Arthur Young’s Route in Killarney National Park, connecting our cultural, built and natural heritage”. A Family Funday with Guided Walks
Muckross Schoolhouse
1.30 - 4.00pm
Free Event
24th
Ray O Sullivan, Seanchaí, Muckross Schoolhouse
Muckross Schoolhouse
1.30 - 4.00pm
Free Event
25th
National Vintage Day
Kerry Mental Health Association for receiving proceeds
Muckross Traditional Farms.
10.00 - 4.30pm
Nominal Charge