LEITRIM 2016
WHAT ARE
YOU DOING ON
CULTURE NIGHT!
KINLOUGH
On the evening of Friday
September 16th the county
comes alive with music,
dance, film, exhibitions,
workshops and family events
across the county. So start
planning your evening now –
and remember, everything is
free!
MANORHAMILTON
GLENFARNE
DROMAHAIR
For nationwide events, see
www.culturenight.ie
DRUMKEERIN
DRUMSHANBO
BALLINAMORE
CARRICK-ON-SHANNON
MOHILL
Leitrim County Council Arts Office
Carrick on Shannon
Co. Leitrim
071 96 21694
[email protected]
www.leitrimarts.ie
Culture Night is brought to you by the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs in
collaboration with Leitrim County Council.
LEITRIM 2016
BALLINAMORE
BALLINAMORE LIBRARY
At 6.30pm enjoy a traditional music night with Lorraine Sweeney and friends.
Ballinamore Library, Main Street, Ballinamore
Enquiries 071 96 45566, www.leitrimcoco.ie
SOLAS GALLERY
From 8pm join us for an evening’s entertainment of spontaneous performances that
celebrate culture, creativity and our arts.
Refreshments will be served throughout the evening.
LEITRIM DESIGN HOUSE
Print Making Workshop with Brigit Egging 5pm-7pm. We invite all ages to come
along and explore their creativity with visual artist Brigit Egging. Brigit will share her
extensive skills in printmaking. Participants can drop by and try their hand at monoprinting. Print multiple layers of colour using foam sheets.
Roscommon Craft Showcase @ The Leitrim Design House: The Leitrim Design House
presents a selection of Roscommon Designers and Makers. Join us for refreshments
at 7.00 pm and view this specially curated exhibition of the very best of craft and
design from our neighbouring county.
Leitrim Design House, St Georges Terrace, Carrick on Shannon
Bookings/Enquiries 071 96 50828, www.leitrimdesignhouse.ie
Solas Gallery, Main Street, Ballinamore
Enquiries 071 96 44210, www.solasart.ie
ST GEORGE’S HERITAGE & VISITOR CENTRE
CARRICK ON SHANNON
St George’s Church, Church Lane, Carrick on Shannon
Bookings/Enquiries 071 96 21757, www.carrickheritage.com
CARRICK CINEPLEX
Take part in a Kid’s Movie Themed Art & Crafts Workshop between 5pm and 5.45pm
at the Cafe Paradiso. Suitable for 4-12 year olds.
Booking at [email protected]
Launch of Leitrim Equation DVD
6.30pm sees the launch of the Leitrim Equation DVD. This production is the
culmination of a residency programme that looked to the long tradition of Leitrim
music to trace a wider history full of colour, of love and loss, and of leaving and
coming back.
Carrick Cineplex, Sligo Road, Carrick on Shannon
Bookings/Enquiries 071 967 2000, www.carrickcineplex.ie
THE DOCK
From 5pm-11pm, another very special Culture Night for The Dock showcasing our
stunning building and myriad of talented people from the locality. With plentiful
opportunities to make some great art the special programme includes visual art,
dance, music, song, and workshops for all ages.
At 9pm The IFI brings Leitrim on Film to Carrick-on-Shannon. A programme of sound
and silent films includes: De Valera Election Campaign: Drumshambo (1933); Ireland
at Home: An Tostal (1953); Radharc: Water, Water (1968) – piped water comes to
Aughnasheelin; Lovely Leitrim, a 1970s travelogue; and Songs of the Emerald Isle
(1955). The programme highlight is a ciné-concert featuring The Farm below the
Mountain (1958), a film made by Scotsman, Ernest Tiernan, on the occasion of his
honeymoon in Leitrim with local girl Kathleen (née) Durkin when they visited Carrickon-Shannon, Drumshanbo and Cornamuckla farm. The film is presented with live
musical accompaniment by local musicians Patrick Carayannis, Rodney Lancashire
and Seamus Hernon.
This is a free night for everyone to enjoy and the more the merrier. We look forward to
celebrating with you.
The Dock, St Georges Terrace, Carrick on Shannon
Booking/Enquiries 071 96 50828, www.thedock.ie
At 8.30pm, The County Leitrim Percy French Society present the life of Percy French
in music, song and story.
THE READING ROOM
At 6.30pm The Reading Room hosts A Roald Dahl Birthday Party
with Gloriumptious Games. Revolting Readings. Dotty as a Dingbat fun!
Places limited – booking essential
The Reading Room, Bridge Street, Carrick on Shannon
Bookings/Enquiries 071 96 71580, www.thereadingroom.ie
DROMAHAIR
THE DEPOT
At 8.15 pm Dromahair Library will host Culture Night in The Depot in Dromahair with
a night of Music and Dance. Light refreshments will be served on the night. All
artists are welcome to join in the night’s entertainment.
The Depot Community Centre, Backline, Dromahair
Enquiries, Tel 071 916 4364, (open Tuesday and Friday) www.leitrimcoco.ie
DRUMKEERAN
DRUMKEERAN COMMUNITY CENTRE
Culture Night in Drumkeeran, will feature a special youth session hosted by the
John McKenna Traditional Music Society in the Drumkeeran Community Centre
commencing at 8pm.
The young musicians will be joined by an invited musician to lead them in a great
session of music and song. The society will also continue with their Instrument loan
scheme where some of the up and coming younger musicians will be presented with
flutes for a period of a year.
Drumkeeran Community Centre, Drumkeeran
For more information call 087 258 1529
DRUMSHANBO
VEC TRADITIONAL MUSIC PROGRAMME
Music Making - An evening of instrument demonstrations and trials for all ages.
Why not come along and try an instrument at 7pm at the Mayflower Community
Centre where there will be a hoard of instruments for anyone to come and try their
hand at playing. Five multi-instrumentalists will be on hand to showcase each
instrument. Music making and instrument learning is much more fun in company!
Refreshments served.
Mayflower Community Centre, Drumshanbo
Bookings/Enquiries 087 764 0332
GLENFARNE
LEITRIM SCULPTURE CENTRE
The Leitrim Sculpture Centre will be open from 5pm to 10pm
Et si on s’etait tromp?
What if we got it wrong?
A group exhibition on climate change. This exhibition features the work of Irish, or
Irish-based artists, engaged in issues of climate change and was curated by Nora
Hickey M’Sichili, Director of the Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, in the lead up to the
international COP21 Climate Conference in December 2015. The artists included in
the exhibition are Emily Robyn Archer, George Bolster, Mark Clare, Alice Clark, Blaise
Drummond, Seamus Dunbar, John Gerrard, Andrew Kearney, Susan Leen, Ruth Le Gear,
Selma Makela, Anna Macleod, Christine Mackey, Seamus Nolan and Brigitta Varadi.
Between 6pm and 8pm there will be workshop participation and demonstrations of
the main technical processes at the LSC. All accompanied by locally produced food,
refreshments and music.
Leitrim Sculpture Centre, New Line, Manorhamilton
Booking/Enquiries 071 98 55098. www.leitrimsculpturecentre.ie
THE RAINBOW BALLROOM OF ROMANCE
MANORHAMILTON LIBRARY
From 7pm Dance, Dance and More Dance With dance, creative movement, set and
ceilidh dancing and even a bit of jiving! For all ages!
At 6.30 pm an evening of words and music with author Stephen Murphy and
traditional music.
Rainbow Ballroom of Romance, Glenfarne
Enquiries 071 98 56831 www.rainbowballroomofromance.ie
Manorhamilton Library, Library Corner, Manorhamilton
Enquiries at 071 98 56180
KINLOUGH
MOHILL
KINLOUGH LIBRARY
MOHILL LIBRARY
Come along at 6.15pm for an evening of song, stories and memories from times past
in the Kinlough area. Share your experiences of growing up in Kinlough and recall
whatever stories, music or poetry that come to mind. Refreshments will be served.
Kinlough Library, Bundoran Road, Kinlough
Enquiries 071 98 42554 www.leitrimcoco.ie
MANORHAMILTON
IONAD NA nGLEANNTA / THE GLENS CENTRE
ó 6.30in go 10.30in Cuirfear fáilte romhat páirt a ghlacadh sna ceithre cheardlann
damhsa le stíleanna difriúla ón Aifric, ó Mheiriceá Theas agus ón Eoraip. I ndiaidh
na gceardlann, léireofar ‘Celebrate’, amhrán agus damhsa ilteangach faoi stiúir baill
Sabona. Cuirfear críoch leis an ócáid le céilí.
From 6.30pm to 10.30pm You are invited to take part in dance workshops with styles
from Africa, South American and Europe, followed by a collective performance of
‘Celebrate’, an original multilingual song and dance taught by Sabona members, for
all participants. The evening will finish with a Céilí.
Ionad na nGleannta, An Line Nua, Cluainin Ui Ruairc
The Glens Centre, New Line, Manorhamilton
Fón/Phone071 98 55833, www.theglenscentre.com
At 6.30pm, Cormac Moore will give a talk based on his book The GAA vs Douglas Hyde.
One of the most controversial episodes in the GAA’s history was the removal of
Ireland’s first President, Douglas Hyde, as patron of the GAA. He had attended a
soccer match between Ireland and Poland just months after his inauguration as
President, and this breached the GAA’s Ban on ‘foreign games’. The background of
Douglas Hyde, arguably the father of the Irish-Ireland movement, and his relationship
with the GAA, deep and profound before his removal, is examined.
Mohill Library, Castle Street, Mohill
Enquiries at 071 96 31360
START STUDIOS
Join us from 8pm – late for live music, exhibitions and open studios.
StArt Studios Ltd, Convent Lane, Mohill
Enquiries 071 9632583, www.startstudios.ie
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