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SUMMARY:Mark Redmond Jazz/Trad Fusion
DESCRIPTION:Friday 2nd August 8pm\, doors 7.30pm. \nFleadh Cheoil ne hÉireann\, the world’s largest annual festival of Irish traditional music\, is coming to Wexford town for the first time in August. In recognition\, Jazz at Johnstown is contributing to the festivities by hosting a jazz/trad concert with renowned piper Mark Redmond and the Chris Colloton Trio at the Visitors Centre on Friday evening\, August 2nd. \nWith an upbringing in traditional music\, Redmond is noted as a musician who can fuse between various genres. He performs regularly with the RTÉ Concert and National Symphony Orchestras and has performed/recorded with many including Riverdance\, Celtic Woman\, Christy Moore\, Imelda May\, Westlife and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. \nGuitarist Chris Colloton is one of the most brilliant innovators in Irish jazz: Chris’s speciality is also as an innovator and collaborator\, having interpreted Pink Floyd’s Atom Heart Mother and Radiohead’s Paranoid Android at Jazz at Johnstown. \nThis will be the third such collaboration between these musicians\, after two successful sold-out performances at Johnstown in 2023.
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SUMMARY:Nature and Sustainability
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday 21st August 11am – 1pm \nCelebrate Heritage Week with us through Nature and Sustainability in Johnstown Castle Ballroom. \nHead Gardener Ciaran Fitzgerald will kick off the event. He will be explaining how he and his team helps the gardens of Johnstown Castle and its biodiversity to thrive. His team have reduced 22 acres of lawn down to 9 acres – turning the rest into native hay meadow and rough grassland encouraging rare butterflies and birds to thrive. Within the 50 acres of natural woodland\, Ciaran will explain how they have also removed invasives and replanted native trees. Ciaran will also explain the planting styles in the walled garden used to increase pollinators and bird food. Ciaran will speak about our edible woodlands as a sustainable way to grow food\, along with how over 6000 native bulbs have been planted on site. Additionally\, Ciaran will also explain our apiary and how our bees are looked after here. \nThe 100 Million Trees Project is a national initiative in Ireland. It aims to plant 100 million native Irish trees across the island over the next decade. Developed by brothers Richard and David Mulcahy\, this community-driven effort seeks to reverse environmental damage caused by deforestation and loss of biodiversity. Richard will come to talk about the impact of this project in Wexford and beyond. \nA screening of film by Deirdre will take place after the talks. The Quickening\, is a powerful new sound and moving image artwork by Deirdre O’Mahony. Commissioned by The Douglas Hyde Gallery and supported by an Arts Council of Ireland Project Award. Bringing together urgent conversations\, original music and moving image\, The Quickening responds to issues facing farming\, food production and consumption\, in the face of present ecological and climate crises (36 mins long) \nFor bookings please ring\n+353 (0)53 9184671
URL:https://johnstowncastle.ie/event/nature-and-sustainability/
LOCATION:Johnstown Castle Estate\, Y35 HP22\, Ireland
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SUMMARY:Lifting the Gate
DESCRIPTION:.On Friday 23rd August at 7.30pm\, join Wexford based poet Ben MacCaoilte and harpist Erin Lalor. The pair will combine in Poetry\, story\, and music in this bilingual journey through time\, memory\, and nostalgia. \nWrapped in the warm sounds of the harp and fiddle\, audiences will be invited to lift the metaphorical gate and approach the well of memory\, accompanied by those in our lives who exist now in memory alone. As we slip between song and story\, Irish and English\, this mesmerising and immersive event encourages you to embrace vulnerability\, humanity\, and your own personal history. \nSinger songwriter Patrick Stefan will also perform with fiddle player Jayne Pomplas. This duo will open the evening with some magical sounds to sooth your soul in the luxurious surroundings. \nPlease park in the castle car park and not the visitor centre car park. Doors at 7pm.
URL:https://johnstowncastle.ie/event/lifting-the-gate/
LOCATION:Johnstown Castle Estate\, Y35 HP22\, Ireland
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SUMMARY:The Irish Great War Society
DESCRIPTION:The Irish Great War Society is a living history group dedicated to the remembrance and education of those who fought and died in the Great War. \nThey will be displaying an exhibit in front of the castle on Saturday 31st August and Sunday 1st September\, 10.30am – 4pm. The group wears the Uniforms and carry the Equipment of the period\, display original memorabilia\, demonstrate the firearms and other equipment used in battle. The society will also have a Medical Display Aid Station showing the equipment and medicines available at the time. \nThey will engage with members of the public to hear stories of their relatives and exchange information on those who fought in WW1. \nThis is a free event upon general admission to the estate and gardens and free for members.
URL:https://johnstowncastle.ie/event/the-irish-great-war-society-2/
LOCATION:Johnstown Castle Estate\, Y35 HP22\, Ireland
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