Conamara Sea Week

Conamara Sea Week celebrates the wonderful marine heritage of Conamara and is held annually in the village of Letterfrack in North West Conamara, Co. Galway. This year’s festival takes place from October 19th to 28th and promises to be is a fun-packed week with fantastic music, talks, walks, food, art and buckets of fun for all the family.

Sat, Oct 19

 10:00  Walk in the Park – Biodiversity

Meet at the Hungry Hiker Café, Connemara National Park

10:00 INTERFACE – Art in the Landscape , Inagh Valley H91VW58
Booking essential €25 by emailing interfaceinagh@gmail.com
Find out more on  interfaceinagh.com

13:30 Harp Day Celebration at  AV Theatre , Connemara National Park Visitor Centre

16:30 Reading by author Donal Ryan   Books at One Letterfrack H91 N8PK

Sun, Oct 20

10:00  Walk in the Park – Ecology  Meet at the Hungry Hiker Café, Connemara National Park

14:00 – 17:00   Meet, Greet & Eat. Celebrating Irish & Ukrainian Cultures in Connemara

Wild Goat Cafe, Connemara West Centre, Letterfrack

Mon, Oct 21

14:00  Seaweed Walk and Talk  White Strand, Renvyle H91 HKE1  Register with Connemara Green

19:00  Terns and Turbines  AV Centre, Connemara National Park Regisger with Connemara Green

Tue, Oct 22

10:00 – 16:00 Sustainable Gardening Workshop with Aoife Munn

GRETB Training Garden in Letterfrack   Free event but booking essential

20:00 Film – Water is Love   AV Centre, Connemara National Park

Wed, Oct 23

 11:00  Bird Identification Workshop  Regisger with  Connemara Green  Further Education Centre, (over Letterfrack Hardware)
Fee €20 Bookings to info@connemaragreen.ie  Enquiries by text to 086 244 5948

13:00 Stone Boats, Sub-Sea Roads, Fish Traps and the Connemara Drowned Landscapes Exposed

Library, ATU Connemara H91 AH5K with Archaelogist  Michael Gibbons

19:00  Night Lights Festival Parade  ATU Connemara, Connemara West Centre, H91 AH5K

A spectacle of lights, colour, music and creative energy!

20:00 till late  Sean Curran and Cian Donnelly in Veldons

 

Thu, Oct 24

12:00  Try Kayaking with Connemara Adventure Programme

Meet at Avoca pier  Booking Essential

13:00  Active Age Dinner in Rosleague Hotel  Rosleague Manor House Hotel

Fri, Oct 25

13:00 Sensory Game with Ballinakill Active Age
Wild Goat Café

18:00 – 22:00 Conamara Sea Week Gourmet Food Trail through the village of Letterfrack. With a focus on local sustainable produce and seafood, wind your way between Letterfrack Lodge, Veldons, The Old Monastery Hostel and The Clover Fox.

Starting point is the Letterfrack Lodge, H91WN62  Price €40
Places limited so booking is essential

18.30 Kevin Holmes & Sam Carey in ) in Veldons Seafarer

21:00 till late  The Brennans in ) in Veldons Seafarer

 Sat, Oct 26

09:30 Climate and Biodiversity Seminar    Oak Room, ATU Connemara H91 AH5K
Price: €10, students free. Price includes tea/coffee at interval.  Booking essential

10:00 Walk in the Park – Biodiversity

Meet at the Hungry Hiker Café, Connemara National Park

Create a light Catcher! Children’s art workshop with Maria Hitchcox

10:45 – 11:45 Booking essential

13.00 – 14:00 Booking essential
Upstairs in Connemara Community Radio

14:30 – 16:00 Hula Hoop Workshop

Diamond Hill Community Centre, Letterfrack
Suitable for 12-18 years of age.

14:30 Seal Rescue Ireland Presentation    AV Centre in Connemara National Park. 

16:00 Reading by author and playwright, Paul Soye, with music accompaniment by Sharon Murphy

Books at One Letterfrack H91 N8PK

16:00 – 18:00  Anders Trabjerg (accordion) & Mayo Yanachi (fiddle) in Veldons Seafarer

18:30 – 21:00 Áine McHugh (concertina), Liz Coleman (fiddle) & Tommy Carew (guitar/vocals) in Veldons Seafarer

 

19:00 Conamara Sea Week Small Works Exhibition  Wild Goat Cafe, Connemara West Centre, Letterfrack21:00 till close   Marcus & PJ Hernon with Kevin Holmes in Veldons Seafarer

 

Sun, Oct 27

14:00  Conservation Actions in the Connemara National Park with Eamon McLoughlin

Audio Visual Centre, Connemara National Park

15:00 Mini Regatta  Visitor Centre, Connemara National Park

16:00 Children’s Traditional Music Concert   St. Joseph’s Church, Letterfrack

16:00  Paul Gunning (accordion), Jimmy Fitz (guitar), Nuala Ní Chanainn (violin), and CD launch Veldons Seafarer

19:00 – 22:00 The Hog, Ciaran Coyne & Conor Keane in Veldons Seafarer

22:00 til late Music by DJ Fiddler in Veldons Seafarer

Mon, Oct 28

10:00 – 12:30 Archaeological Guided Walk with Leo Morahan

Meet at the junction for the Banogues turn off the N59 parking is in the hard shoulder area just on the Moyard side of the Baunoges road. (H91 FAA3)
Gentle walk, suitable for beginners  Be sure to bring suitable walk shoes and wet weather clothing.
Cost €10 Booking Essential

13:00 Yoga and Gong Sound Meditation  in The Hazel Room, ATU Connemara, H91 AH5K
€20 Booking Essential

16:30 – 18:30  Sea, Sauna and Fire Dancing

Gurteen Pier, Tully  €25  Booking essential   Contact Daniel on 087 9942028

17:00 – 22:00   An Seisúin Mór – Leo and Clare Tribute evening to mark the 40th Conamara Sea Week and celebrate the contribution Leo and Clare Hallissey have made to the arts in the west.
Keep an eye out for updates and venues around Letterfrack.