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Heritage Week 2011 Week-long Events

Guided Tours Of Emo Court Gardens

DATE & TIME Mon 22 -Fri 26 August, daily at 2-3pm

DETAILS  Guided tour of the gardens at Emo Court with Head Gardener, Valerie Cloonan.

VENUE Emo Court, Emo

CONTACT Valerie Cloonan, OPW

T 086 810 7916 E emocourt@opw.ie

 

Tours & Worship services at St. Peter’s Church

DATES & TIMES

Sat 20 & 27 August: 11am – 4pm

Sun 21 &28 August: 10.30am – 12pm (morning service 10:45am)

Mon 22, Weds 24 &Fri 26 August: 2 - 5pm

Tues 23 &Thurs 25 August :11am –1pm

ADMISSION Tours of church– Adults E2, children free. Worship Service -Free.

DETAILS  Tours and worship services at late-Georgian church designed by James Gandon. Refreshments available at no charge.

ADDRESS St. Peter’s Church, Market Square, Portlaoise

CONTACT Sarah Foyle

T 087 094 6868 E sbfoyle@hotmail.com

 

Abbeyleix Heritage House

DATE & TIME Sat 20 – Sun 28 August, Weekdays 9am – 5pm, weekends 1pm – 5pm

ADMISSION Open on a voluntary donation basis during Heritage Week

DETAILS Housed in the Old North School, Abbeyleix Heritage House interprets the Planned Estate Town of the de Vesci Landlords, once home to the Abbeyleix Carpet Factory

ADDRESS Heritage House, Abbeyleix

CONTACT Tom Cox

T 057-873 1653 E abbeyleixlaois@eircom.net

 

Irish Fly Fishing and Game shooting Museum

DATE & TIME Sat 20 – Sun 28 August, 10am – 6pm

DETAILS  Museum open daily. Free entry for Heritage Week. Please phone to book a guided tour

ADDRESS Irish Fly Fishing and Game Shooting Museum, Attanagh, Durrow

CONTACT Walter Phelan

T 086-315 3088

Donaghmore Workhouse Museum

DATE & TIME Sat 20 – Sun 28 August, Weekdays 11am – 5pm, Weekends 2pm – 5pm

ADMISSION Adults €4, OAPs & Students €2.50, Families €8

DETAILS  Visit an original Workhouse building interpreting the Famine and post-Famine period with an agricultural & household collection

ADDRESS Donaghmore Workhouse Museum

CONTACT Trevor Stanley

T 086-829 6685 E info@donaghmoremuseum.com

 

Stradbally Steam Museum

DATE & TIME Sat 20 – Sun 28 August

Weekdays 9.30am – 5.30pm. Weekends by appointment

ADMISSION Adults €5, OAPs, Students €3, accompanied children free

DETAILS  Display of steam, fire and farm engines including a Land Rover Fire Engine from the 1950s,a Guinness loco Engine and even a home-made steam tractor

ADDRESS The Green, Stradbally

CONTACT Sean Fenlon

T 086-125 8813 E fenlonsean@yahoo.co.uk

 

Mountmellick Museum

DATE & TIME Mon 22 – Fri 26 August, 9am – 1pm and 2pm – 5pm

ADMISSION Adults €5, children Free. Free entry on 26 August

DETAILS  Exhibition of Mountmellick work and local history.

ADDRESS Mountmellick Museum, Irishtown, Mountmellick

CONTACT Kathleen Comerford

T 057–862 4525 E manager@mdaltd.ie

All events are free, unless otherwise stated. For details of Heritage Week events nationwide, see www.heritageweek.ie