Date: 11th November @ 12pm – 4pm Cost: €20 Location: Dunamaise Arts Centre A writer’s workshop for Adults, with author Claire Keegan. Claire Keegan’s stories have been published in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Granta, Best American Stories and are translated into thirty languages. She had won several important prizes like: Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, Edge […]
Leaves 2022: Standing Our Ground – Salmon Women’s Writers’ Event
Date: 10th November @ 8pm – 10pm Cost: FREE Location: Dunamaise Arts Centre Join Mary Dorcey, Jean O’Brien, Rita Kelly and Louise C. Callaghan for an evening of poetry celebrating 40 years of Salmon Publishing, as part of Leaves Festival 2022. Salmon Poetry, taking its name from the Salmon of Knowledge in Celtic mythology, was established in 1981 […]
Parent & Baby Coffee Meet Up
Date: Every Thursday Cost: FREE Location: Bob’s Bar We have decided that there was such a good response to the last event that it would become a weekly event for the winter. This would give parents the chance to meet new people and share some of their stories with other parents. More info: https://www.facebook.com/theyardatbobs
Woodland (Silvopastural) Farming Workshop With Fiorbhia In County Laois
Date: 9th November @ 12pm – 2pm Cost: FREE Location: Bloom HQ This workshop will cover a different variety of items ranging from, reducing costs by wintering pigs and cattle using the forest as a natural shelter. Extra income generating potential. Farming biologically (no chemical inputs). More info: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/woodland-silvopastural-farming-workshop-with-fiorbhia-in-county-laois-tickets-435558716847?aff=ebdssbdestsearch
An Cailín Ciúin (The Quiet Girl)
Date: 9th November @ 11am – 1pm Cost: €5 – €8 Location: Dunamaise Arts Centre The award winning movie that has taken Irish Cinema by storm. Nine-year-old Cáit is sent by her dysfunctional family to spend the summer with an Aunt and Uncle she has never met before. The once quiet Cáit blossoms in their […]
Lir Women in Technical Theatre Roadshow
Date: 8th November Cost: FREE Location: Dunamaise Arts Centre The Women in Technical Theatre Roadshow engages female pupils from secondary level through a practical workshop that shows how lighting, sound and stage management skills serve live performance. These workshops are delivered by industry professionals who have studied at The Lir Academy. A facilitator from the Abbey leads […]
Mountrath Christmas Market
The annual #Mountrath Christmas Market will be held this year on the 4th of December from 2pm-6pm in Bloomhq ( Brigidine Convent). Expect Carol Singing 👩🎤, a visit from Santa 🎅, kid’s activities and a huge market featuring loads of local businesses and producers. FUN FACT: Did you know that every €10 spent locally generates […]
Laois Environmental Network meeting
See poster for details.
Garda Scam Alert
Garda warn of scam involving COVID message.. for full article please click the below link. https://www.leinsterexpress.ie/news/national-news/955488/gardai-warn-people-to-be-wary-of-hse-scam-texts.html
Laois Heritage Society event in Castletown
Reminder of our next upcoming talk: Lucy Franks, Social Entrepreneur of the 20th Century by Regina Dunne. Wednesday 9th of November, 8pm, Castletown ICA Hall. All welcome. €3 entry fee or free for members. Membership available on the evening.