Saturday 17^th August

BEAG welcomes Dr. Marcus Collier from Trinity College Dublin Saturday 17^th for a talk on the biodiversity of Stone Walls at Bandon Library. Space can be booked at bandon.beag@gmail.com

Sunday 18^th August

Creative Bandon continue their ‘Take me to the river’ programme with a Family River Event at 2pm. Come along and be a water hero and learn what lives in our waters. Book with Elaine at 0867325680.

Monday 19^th August

Isla Jeffers begins our history talk series on Monday at 8p.m with an overview of the history of the Jeffers family in Bandon.

Tuesday 20^th August

Tuesday is a guided tour of St. Peter’s Church with Andrew Coleman at 7:30pm.

Wednesday 21^st August

At 8:00p.m Cumann Senates na Banndan present Catherine Fitamaurice giving an overview of the history of the Bernard family and their long connection with the town.

Thursday 22^nd August

At 8pm we welcome Carol Quinn, head of archives at Irish Distillers as she takes us on a deep dive through the origins of the modern Irish whiskey industry.

Friday 23^rd August

Rory Bunce from the local studies library joins us for a talk on family history in Bandon Library at 2:30 and Cecily Gilligan will talk about her book Cures of Ireland, which is an exploration of the traditional cures that have survived at 8pm in Bandon Town Hall.

*(All talks take place in Bandon Town Hall unless otherwise stated).

Saturday 24^th August

Claire McCutcheon takes us on a guided tour of Bandon town taking in points of historic interest.

Saturday 24th brings music and storytelling to the streets of Bandon. We begin with a free lunchtime Harpist Recital featuring Reidun Schlesinger and accompanied by Áine and Lucy Teape – stay a while after for an intimate workshop covering tunes of Sliabh Luachra.

Cork Baroque Orchestra join us for some Horrible Harmonies at Riverview Shopping Centre at 3pm as we join the Shopping Centres Day of Family fun. This is an interactive concert workshop for families and young audiences

Cork Baroque Orchestra brings us music through the ages at Bandon Methodist Church on Saturday 24th at 7:30 pm. Tickets are €15 available at O’Farrell’s, Hickey’s, Bandon Books or via bandonhistory.com.

Sunday 25^th August

The Family Fun Day from 1-5 pm has a new home this year and we look forward to seeing you at Riverview Shopping Centre. This year’s line-up looks better than ever. From Battle Re-enactments, circus skills, drop-in workshops, facepainting and puppet shows the fun never ends. Heritage skills from blacksmith to smoking and felting will highlight heritage crafts that would have been at the core of life within the walls in times past. Craft and food stalls and live music will bring a festive front to the day.

All of our programme is only possible with the wonderful funding and support of the Heritage Council and Cork County Council, Failte Ireland and Pure Cork. Local Sponsors, Supervalu, ABP help deliver a high-quality accessible programme of events.

Further info, check out brochures, Facebook @bandonwalledtown or our website https://bandonhistory.com

Any queries or information contact festival organisers at bandonhistory@gmail.com.

We look forward to seeing you there.