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Thursday 26th

Friday 27th

 Saturday 28th

Sunday 29th

Thursday 26 July

Time

Age

Venue

Cost

Gala opening celebrations
Join the Community Choir, song competition entrants and everyone in Cloughjordan in celebrating! We will cut the ribbon on the Children’s Art Exhibition: My Village in 2020 and the Seeing the Light: Painting and Photography and announce competition winners.

19.00

All

Lower Main Street
(St Kieran’s Hall if it rains)

Free

Irish Short Films - Free
The Cloughjordan Cine Club in conjunction with Access Cinema presents a selection of Irish short films.

21.00

All

Parochial Hall,
Step Road

Free

Seisiún ceoil
Local musicians drum up a storm of traditional music. Join in

21.00

All

Grace’s Bar,
Lower Main Street

Free

The Children's Art Exhibition: My Village in 2020 is located in the Youth Club.
Seeing the Light: Painting and Photography is located in the Art Gallery.
Both venues on Lower Main Street.
The exhibitions will be open Friday to Sunday from 10.00 to 15.00. Visiting the exhibitions is FREE.

Friday 27 July

Time

Age

Venue

Cost

Beginning tin whistle
Local musician Shay Hannon introduces the tin whistle. Bring your new tin whistle, leave playing a tune.

10.00-11.00

6-10 years

St Kieran’s Hall

€4

11.15-12.15

11-15 years

€4

12.30-13.30

16+ & adults

€5

Sketching your pet
Animals of all kinds make wonderful models for quick sketching or detailed drawing and paintings. Drawing a pet is a great way to practice and improve your drawing skills. Artist Lian Callaghan will give tips on how to create a portrait of your furry friend. Bring a photo of your pet and a large sketch pad. Other materials will be supplied.

10.00-11.15

12-14 years

Youth Club, Lower Main Street

€12.50

11.45-13.00

15+ & adults

€12.50

Making paper

You don’t have to take your paper to the recycling centre: you can recycle it yourself. Artist Barbara Jennings will show how to turn unwanted paper and other materials into a brand new sheet of paper full of promise. Participants should bring a selection of waste paper and 6 pieces of hardboard 30cm x 40cm. Other materials will be provided.

10.00-12.00

8+

Parochial Hall, Step Road

€10

Tribal drumming

Ananda O’Kelly teaches you the basics of making a big polyrhythmed noise with
African Djembe drums.

10.00-11.00

Adults

Methodist Hall, Main Street

€8

11.30-12.00

Children 8-13

€5

Puppets on Waste

Your Man’s Puppets brings us a funny, fast-paced story about litter, water pollution and recycling. It’s what we need to know to help create an environmentally friendly, sustainable future.

15.00-16.00

5-12 years, plus the whole
family

Parochial Hall, Step Road

Children €4
Adults €5 Family
(2+2) €15

Classic Cloughjordan

Join organist David Treacy, violinist Eileen Minogue, flautist Deirdre MacSherry, Saxophonist Brendan Treacy and the Community Choir in a celebration of classical music.

20.00

All ages

Church of Ireland

€5

Clough Rocks!

All ages gig showcasing young bands. Non-alcoholic event. Refreshments available.

Bands confirmed: Blue Box Duvet (Nenagh); Adam’Eve…and the Rotten Apples (Nenagh);
Devil’s Cons (Nenagh); Squirrel Jihad (Meath)

20.00

All ages

McDonagh,
GAA Hall

€5

Saturday 28 July

Time

Age

Venue

Cost

Cloughjordan market

Homemade cakes, books, handmade goods, organic vegetables, cheeses and olives, handmade cosmetics, and more! Plus Pop-up poetry: traditional poetry favourites by Tipperary poets, read by Cloughjordan residents throughout the day.

10.00-15.00

All ages

The Meadow (St Kieran’s Hall if it rains)

Free

Community weaving project

Our community weaving gives you chance to exercise your creativity freely using beautiful natural materials and simple techniques. You will also get to learn how to make wool and how to weave. Everyone is encouraged to join in to create a single significant woven piece.

Craft demonstrations

Pottery, patchwork, knitting, wood carving and more. Join in and learn a new skill.

Under-10 Blitz

An opportunity to develop hurling skills. For more details, contact MacDonagh GAA Club.

11.00

All ages

McDonagh Park

Film: An Inconvenient Truth 98 minutes

Former US vice-president Al Gore explains what global warming is and outlines crucial steps we must take to prevent disaster from climate change.

11.00

Parochial Hall, Step Road

€5 plus
Cine Club membership

Tribal bellydancing workshop

Tribal style is bellydance with flamenco, gypsy and folkloric flavours. You’ll learn some slow and fast moves to give you a taste of Tribal style bellydance from Ailish Farragher, who performs with the Indiivara student troupe. Bring a scarf to tie around your hips and wear a long skirt or sweats.

15.00-16.00

Women 15+

Youth Club, Lower Main Street

€5

Jazz Lounge

Chill out in Grace’s Bar

15.00-18.00

Grace’s Bar, Lower Main Street

Film: Mise Éire 85 minutes

An archive-based chronicle of Irish political events between 1896 and 1918, scored by Seán Ó Riada.

15.30

Parochial Hall, Step Road

€5 plus
Cine Club membership

Kíla

Traditional music with a modern urban consciousness and a euphoric live experience.

20.00

All ages

McDonagh GAA Hall

€15 (conc)
€18

Karaoke

21.00

Over 18

The Railway Bar

Sunday 29 July

Time

Age

Venue

Cost

Cycle Run

40k cycle with local cycling clubs

9.30

Leave from Main Street

Free

Painting from the Bog

Celebrate International Bog Day with a workshop in the bog. Artist Julian Friers is one of Ireland's foremost wildlife painters. The workshop will focus on painting the flora and fauna of the bog. Bring your own paints and easel. Some refreshment will be provided.

10.00-16.00

15+ and adults

Laughan Bog

€30

Family fancy dress cycle

Join the rest of the village in this fun cycle past Knockanacree. Spot prizes for costumes, creativity, and more!

12.30

All ages

Start from Main Street

Children
under 15 50c
Adults €1
Family €2

Village picnic on the meadow (St Kieran’s if it rains)

Cloughjordan comes together to have a good time! Drumming, games for kids and adults,
Pop-up Poetry, Pressure Drop Sound System and more! Bring your own picnic.

14.00

All ages

The Meadow, Main Street
(St Kieran’s if it rains)

Free
(Bring your own picnic)

Sean-nós dancing

Community Choir member Annemarie Nugent introduces the techniques of our traditional
unaccompanied singing style.

14.00-15.00

8-15

Parochial Hall, Main Street

€10

15.30-16.30

16+ and adults

€15

Beginning sean-nós singing

Community Choir member Annemarie Nugent introduces the techniques of our traditional
unaccompanied singing style.

15.00-16.00

8-15

Methodist Hall, Main Street

€3

16.30-17.30

16+ and adults

€6

The Tap Room Trio

Noel McQuaid and friends play a session to remember.

17.00-19.30

The Clough Inn

Some Other Place 117 minutes

The Cloughjordan Cine Club in conjunction with Access Cinema presents this highly original interpretation of Yeats’ plays ‘The Cat and the Moon’, ‘Calvary’ and ‘The Countess Kathleen’, filmed locally and featuring Cloughjordan residents.

20.00

Parochial Hall, Step Road

€6