Feet to the Beat with Caoimhe Ní Mhaolagáin
Experience the thrill of sean nós dancing as you shuffle and stamp in this fun-filled workshop with sean nós dancer extraordinaire Caoimhe Ní Mhaolagáin. Parents/guardians must stay and are welcome to join in!
Event Details
Time: 12pm
Age Range: 3+
Duration: 1 hr
Price: €5 parent + child
How to Book: www.iontascastleblayney.ie or 042 975 3400
Schools Programme:
Grace Haynes will work with pupils to create a collaborative paper installation inspired by the landscape of the drumlins of Monaghan. This art piece will take centre stage at the Íontas Theatre as part of Tradoodle Festival, serving as a collective celebration of the area’s unique locality and rich cultural heritage. During the workshops the participants will create individual drumlins using materials such as watercolours and inks, to craft a stunning collage diorama of the Monaghan landscape.
Family Day @ Íontas Theatre
The county of Monaghan is famous for it’s many little hills. Join Visual Artist Orla Meegan Gallagher Haynes to create your own individual drumlin using materials such as watercolours and inks.
Event Details
Date: 22nd October 2023
Time: 12pm
Age Range: 8+
Duration: 1 hr
Price: €5
How to Book: www.iontascastleblayney.ie or 042 975 3400
Candlelit Tales are a Dublin-based storytelling group that specialises in telling live Irish Myths and tales set to an original live musical backing. In line with the oral tradition of this land, they leaven these tales with humour, passion and playfulness to enchant audiences of all ages. These tales will make you laugh, make you cry, and maybe even make you roar.
Friday 20th October
Time: 10am-2pm
Location: School & Patrick Kavanagh Centre
Age Range: 6+
Part of Tradoodle School’s Programme
Event Details
Date: 21st October 2023
Location: Market House, Monaghan
Time: 3pm
Age Range: 6+
Price: €5
Join Jack Warnock, Oisín McCann, and Catriona Ní Ghribín, as we journey the hills and dales of Ulster through magical melody and sparkling song. Come explore the landscape with us, from the beaches of the North coast to the mountains of Donegal, the lakes of Cavan, to the towering skyscrapers of Belfast. Venture through the terrain of Ulster, uncovering the stories this ancient land has to tell.
Jack Warnock is a multi-instrumentalist and singer from Maghera, Co. Derry. In recent years Jack has been nominated for the prestigious BBC Young Folk Award, won the Senior Accompaniment Competition at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, and received the ‘Young Musician’s Platform’ award from ACNI and BBC NI.
Catriona Gribben is an experienced Traditional musician from Gweedore, the heart of the Gaeltacht of County Donegal. Growing up she was immersed in Irish language, music and culture. From the age of thirteen, Catriona performed with An Crann Óg, a local Traditional music group that promoted the music and songs from the area. An Crann Óg, gigged extensively around Ireland and Scotland, also to Gießen Germany to the Catskills in New York State.
Oisín McCann on uilleann pipes, whistles & vocals has just completed his studies of Traditional Music in the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow and is a regular on the session scene around the city. His influences are strongly connected to his upbringing in Warrenpoint and Counties Armagh and Tyrone.
Thursday 19th October – Castleblaney Library
Time: 10.30am
Location: Castleblaney Library
Age Range: 8+
Price: Free
Booking: Castleblaney Library on 0429740281
Thursday 19th October – Carrickmacross Library
Time: 1pm
Location: Carrickmacross Library
Age Range: 8+
Price: Free
Booking: Carrickmacross Library on 0429661148
Friday 20th October – Market House Monaghan
Time: 10.30am
Location: Monaghan Library
Age Range: 8+
Price: Free
Booking: Contact Monaghan Town Library on 04781830
Friday 20th October – Clones Library
Time: 1pm
Location: Clones Library
Age Range: 8+
Price: Free
Booking: Contact Clones Library on 04774712
The Rolling Hills Music Session
Come have a boogie at The Rolling Hills Session!
Feel free to bring along an instrument and join in, or if you prefer, sit back, relax, and listen to some tantalising tunes.
Suitable for beginners.
Event Details
Date: 21st October 2023
Location: The Market House, Monaghan Town
Time: 2pm
Age Range: All ages
Price: Free / No booking required
Event Details
Date: 22nd October 2023
Location: Íontas Theatre
Time(s):11am, 12pm
Age Range: All ages
Duration: 1 hr each
Price: Free / No booking required