Wednesday 24th August
Learn To Draw Wildlife
DATE & TIME Weds 24 August
11am – 12.30pm Abbeyleix Library
2pm – 3.30pm Portlaoise Library
DETAILS Workshop with wildlife artist Gordon D Arcy on how to draw wildlife, using art as a tool for learning about ecology. Aimed at children aged 8-12 years. Numbers limited. Booking required.
CONTACT Walter Lawler, Mountrath Library, T 057-875 6378, E wlawler@laoiscoco.ie
OR Suzanne Carroll, Portlaoise Library, T 057 86 223332 E scarroll@laoiscoco.ie
Irish History live
DATE & TIME Weds 24 August
10:00 -11:15 Mountrath Library
13:30 -14:45 Durrow Library
15:15 -16:30 Rathdowney Library
DETAILS In this show you will learn about history by trying it out for yourself. Would you like to be a Knight or a 1916 rebel or a cave man or a Viking? Here is where you will dress up in their costume and test the weapons of the time. You will carry the sword, spear, long bow, cross bow, musket, rifle, or machine gun yourself. Would you like to wear the helmet and the armour and see what life was like in those days? Well, here is where you can!
CONTACT Walter Lawler, Mountrath Library, T 057-875 6378, E wlawler@laoiscoco.ie
OR Suzanne Carroll, Portlaoise Library, T 057 86 223332 E scarroll@laoiscoco.ie
Slide show: The Geological Past of The slieve Bloom Mountains
DATE & TIME Weds 24 August 6pm –7pm
DETAILS What happened at the location of the Slieve Bloom Mountains between 495 million years ago and the present? How do we know this? Suitable for ages 12 years old to adults.
VENUE Portlaoise Library, Lyster Square, Portlaoise
CONTACT Michele Castiaux
T 087 696 8600 E owenandmichele@eircom.net
Evening Chorus Walk On The Bog
DATE & TIME Weds 24 August 6.45pm– 9.45pm
DETAILS Walk led by Dr Mark McCorry, to hear &learn the songs &calls of the birds on Abbeyleix bog. Meet at Abbeyleix Manor Hotel Car Park. Walk will go off the beaten track, suitable footwear required.
VENUE Abbeyleix Bog, Killamuck, Abbeyleix
CONTACT Clare Coffey, Abbeyleix Bog Committee
T 087 281 7183 E clarecoffey@eircom.net
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