{"id":26117,"date":"2025-10-30T14:36:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T14:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/?p=26117"},"modified":"2025-10-30T14:36:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T14:36:17","slug":"join-us-this-weekend-as-we-celebrate-the-mayo-dark-skies-festival-we-have-a-number-of-free-events-for-all-the-family-to-enjoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/ga\/wild-nephin\/join-us-this-weekend-as-we-celebrate-the-mayo-dark-skies-festival-we-have-a-number-of-free-events-for-all-the-family-to-enjoy\/","title":{"rendered":"Join us this weekend as we celebrate the Mayo Dark Skies Festival. We have a number of free events for all the family to enjoy."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Saturday 11am Guided historical and nature 2 km walk<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a><\/a>2pm Presentation and talk by Gretta Byrne from the C\u00e9ide Fields<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4pm Join us at the Ballycroy Community Centre for the Rambling House experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunday<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11am Guided historical and nature walk<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2pm Reading with Sean Lysaght<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4pm Native Tree workshop with Martin Connor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plus, all weekend, join us for the following free activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Self-guided our place in space walk and booklet,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find Benny the Bat Treasure Hunt, Soundscape with artist Ann Maire Deacy,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Art Exhibition<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also on display, drop by to see our beautiful space-themed Lego display created by our friends at Mixiesbrixies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out the link below for a full list of events in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NewportMayo?__cft__[0]=AZVDE39EnTZsGrpgTvR9o63vS-TAFemwoO3bqq-4TK5eIPdXpvqlLT-P3u7XIhNCE0fQJjfFuCGyKk8NQLaEjWqoiO9iNGWB3GtuEb6WM3yjbiRj3uUGN4oKVJYN_zZMhK7jT_sZ3TXukxzI_ItbvMs13Cmq-5TQvAGlIIAsRCcUweZC-aJg3iPNL2G6R4s1V8w&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\">Newport Mayo<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Mulranny?__cft__[0]=AZVDE39EnTZsGrpgTvR9o63vS-TAFemwoO3bqq-4TK5eIPdXpvqlLT-P3u7XIhNCE0fQJjfFuCGyKk8NQLaEjWqoiO9iNGWB3GtuEb6WM3yjbiRj3uUGN4oKVJYN_zZMhK7jT_sZ3TXukxzI_ItbvMs13Cmq-5TQvAGlIIAsRCcUweZC-aJg3iPNL2G6R4s1V8w&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\">Mulranny<\/a> that will also be taking place at this years <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mayodarkskies?__cft__[0]=AZVDE39EnTZsGrpgTvR9o63vS-TAFemwoO3bqq-4TK5eIPdXpvqlLT-P3u7XIhNCE0fQJjfFuCGyKk8NQLaEjWqoiO9iNGWB3GtuEb6WM3yjbiRj3uUGN4oKVJYN_zZMhK7jT_sZ3TXukxzI_ItbvMs13Cmq-5TQvAGlIIAsRCcUweZC-aJg3iPNL2G6R4s1V8w&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\">Mayo Dark Skies<\/a> Festival<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: Mayo Dark Sky Festival <a href=\"https:\/\/share.google\/pEfjEAykax5wE8vMu?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBEwR0k0ZUtSTnRhQWtRQllBdgEeY7BLJHZSARSTQV3ooQmBhKqHK0YWCLui3VVr08kSMEex1yjE-KUKZOpst6s_aem_Tx5f9gJvUOrQh1zXk9ORfw\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/share.google\/pEfjEAykax5wE8vMu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday 11am Guided historical and nature 2 km walk 2pm Presentation and talk by Gretta Byrne from the C\u00e9ide Fields 4pm Join us at the Ballycroy Community Centre for the Rambling House experience. Sunday 11am Guided historical and nature walk 2pm Reading with Sean Lysaght 4pm Native Tree workshop with Martin Connor. Plus, all weekend,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":26118,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wild-nephin"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Join us this weekend as we celebrate the Mayo Dark Skies Festival. We have a number of free events for all the family to enjoy. - National Parks of Ireland<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/ga\/wild-nephin\/join-us-this-weekend-as-we-celebrate-the-mayo-dark-skies-festival-we-have-a-number-of-free-events-for-all-the-family-to-enjoy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ga_IE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Join us this weekend as we celebrate the Mayo Dark Skies Festival. We have a number of free events for all the family to enjoy. - National Parks of Ireland\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Saturday 11am Guided historical and nature 2 km walk 2pm Presentation and talk by Gretta Byrne from the C\u00e9ide Fields 4pm Join us at the Ballycroy Community Centre for the Rambling House experience. Sunday 11am Guided historical and nature walk 2pm Reading with Sean Lysaght 4pm Native Tree workshop with Martin Connor. Plus, all weekend,\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/ga\/wild-nephin\/join-us-this-weekend-as-we-celebrate-the-mayo-dark-skies-festival-we-have-a-number-of-free-events-for-all-the-family-to-enjoy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"National Parks of Ireland\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-30T14:36:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-30T14:36:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Dark-sky-pic.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"652\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"650\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Chambers\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Michael Chambers\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.nationalparks.ie\\\/ga\\\/wild-nephin\\\/join-us-this-weekend-as-we-celebrate-the-mayo-dark-skies-festival-we-have-a-number-of-free-events-for-all-the-family-to-enjoy\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.nationalparks.ie\\\/ga\\\/wild-nephin\\\/join-us-this-weekend-as-we-celebrate-the-mayo-dark-skies-festival-we-have-a-number-of-free-events-for-all-the-family-to-enjoy\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Chambers\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.nationalparks.ie\\\/ga\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/37aa8d9a563a6c83d761cd07c88a2e11\"},\"headline\":\"Join us this weekend as we celebrate the Mayo Dark Skies Festival. We have a number of free events for all the family to enjoy.\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-30T14:36:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-30T14:36:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.nationalparks.ie\\\/ga\\\/wild-nephin\\\/join-us-this-weekend-as-we-celebrate-the-mayo-dark-skies-festival-we-have-a-number-of-free-events-for-all-the-family-to-enjoy\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":167,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.nationalparks.ie\\\/ga\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.nationalparks.ie\\\/ga\\\/wild-nephin\\\/join-us-this-weekend-as-we-celebrate-the-mayo-dark-skies-festival-we-have-a-number-of-free-events-for-all-the-family-to-enjoy\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.nationalparks.ie\\\/app\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/Dark-sky-pic.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Wild Nephin National Park\"],\"inLanguage\":\"ga-IE\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.nationalparks.ie\\\/ga\\\/wild-nephin\\\/join-us-this-weekend-as-we-celebrate-the-mayo-dark-skies-festival-we-have-a-number-of-free-events-for-all-the-family-to-enjoy\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.nationalparks.ie\\\/ga\\\/wild-nephin\\\/join-us-this-weekend-as-we-celebrate-the-mayo-dark-skies-festival-we-have-a-number-of-free-events-for-all-the-family-to-enjoy\\\/\",\"name\":\"Join us this weekend as we celebrate the Mayo Dark Skies Festival. We have a number of free events for all the family to enjoy. - National Parks of Ireland\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.nationalparks.ie\\\/ga\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.nationalparks.ie\\\/ga\\\/wild-nephin\\\/join-us-this-weekend-as-we-celebrate-the-mayo-dark-skies-festival-we-have-a-number-of-free-events-for-all-the-family-to-enjoy\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.nationalparks.ie\\\/ga\\\/wild-nephin\\\/join-us-this-weekend-as-we-celebrate-the-mayo-dark-skies-festival-we-have-a-number-of-free-events-for-all-the-family-to-enjoy\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.nationalparks.ie\\\/app\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/Dark-sky-pic.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-30T14:36:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-30T14:36:17+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.nationalparks.ie\\\/ga\\\/wild-nephin\\\/join-us-this-weekend-as-we-celebrate-the-mayo-dark-skies-festival-we-have-a-number-of-free-events-for-all-the-family-to-enjoy\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"ga-IE\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.nationalparks.ie\\\/ga\\\/wild-nephin\\\/join-us-this-weekend-as-we-celebrate-the-mayo-dark-skies-festival-we-have-a-number-of-free-events-for-all-the-family-to-enjoy\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"ga-IE\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.nationalparks.ie\\\/ga\\\/wild-nephin\\\/join-us-this-weekend-as-we-celebrate-the-mayo-dark-skies-festival-we-have-a-number-of-free-events-for-all-the-family-to-enjoy\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.nationalparks.ie\\\/app\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/Dark-sky-pic.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.nationalparks.ie\\\/app\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/Dark-sky-pic.png\",\"width\":652,\"height\":650,\"caption\":\"Half the Park is after Dark - Mayo Dark Sky Festival\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.nationalparks.ie\\\/ga\\\/wild-nephin\\\/join-us-this-weekend-as-we-celebrate-the-mayo-dark-skies-festival-we-have-a-number-of-free-events-for-all-the-family-to-enjoy\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.nationalparks.ie\\\/ga\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Join us this weekend as we celebrate the Mayo Dark Skies Festival. We have a number of free events for all the family to enjoy.\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.nationalparks.ie\\\/ga\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.nationalparks.ie\\\/ga\\\/\",\"name\":\"National Parks of Ireland\",\"description\":\"Where Nature Speaks\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.nationalparks.ie\\\/ga\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.nationalparks.ie\\\/ga\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"ga-IE\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.nationalparks.ie\\\/ga\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"National Parks of Ireland\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.nationalparks.ie\\\/ga\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"ga-IE\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.nationalparks.ie\\\/ga\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.nationalparks.ie\\\/app\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/02\\\/np-logo-icon.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.nationalparks.ie\\\/app\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/02\\\/np-logo-icon.png\",\"width\":97,\"height\":90,\"caption\":\"National Parks of Ireland\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.nationalparks.ie\\\/ga\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.nationalparks.ie\\\/ga\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/37aa8d9a563a6c83d761cd07c88a2e11\",\"name\":\"Michael Chambers\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Join us this weekend as we celebrate the Mayo Dark Skies Festival. We have a number of free events for all the family to enjoy. - National Parks of Ireland","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/ga\/wild-nephin\/join-us-this-weekend-as-we-celebrate-the-mayo-dark-skies-festival-we-have-a-number-of-free-events-for-all-the-family-to-enjoy\/","og_locale":"ga_IE","og_type":"article","og_title":"Join us this weekend as we celebrate the Mayo Dark Skies Festival. We have a number of free events for all the family to enjoy. - National Parks of Ireland","og_description":"Saturday 11am Guided historical and nature 2 km walk 2pm Presentation and talk by Gretta Byrne from the C\u00e9ide Fields 4pm Join us at the Ballycroy Community Centre for the Rambling House experience. Sunday 11am Guided historical and nature walk 2pm Reading with Sean Lysaght 4pm Native Tree workshop with Martin Connor. Plus, all weekend,","og_url":"https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/ga\/wild-nephin\/join-us-this-weekend-as-we-celebrate-the-mayo-dark-skies-festival-we-have-a-number-of-free-events-for-all-the-family-to-enjoy\/","og_site_name":"National Parks of Ireland","article_published_time":"2025-10-30T14:36:15+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-10-30T14:36:17+00:00","og_image":[{"width":652,"height":650,"url":"https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Dark-sky-pic.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Michael Chambers","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Michael Chambers","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/ga\/wild-nephin\/join-us-this-weekend-as-we-celebrate-the-mayo-dark-skies-festival-we-have-a-number-of-free-events-for-all-the-family-to-enjoy\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/ga\/wild-nephin\/join-us-this-weekend-as-we-celebrate-the-mayo-dark-skies-festival-we-have-a-number-of-free-events-for-all-the-family-to-enjoy\/"},"author":{"name":"Michael Chambers","@id":"https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/ga\/#\/schema\/person\/37aa8d9a563a6c83d761cd07c88a2e11"},"headline":"Join us this weekend as we celebrate the Mayo Dark Skies Festival. We have a number of free events for all the family to enjoy.","datePublished":"2025-10-30T14:36:15+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-30T14:36:17+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/ga\/wild-nephin\/join-us-this-weekend-as-we-celebrate-the-mayo-dark-skies-festival-we-have-a-number-of-free-events-for-all-the-family-to-enjoy\/"},"wordCount":167,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/ga\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/ga\/wild-nephin\/join-us-this-weekend-as-we-celebrate-the-mayo-dark-skies-festival-we-have-a-number-of-free-events-for-all-the-family-to-enjoy\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Dark-sky-pic.png","articleSection":["Wild Nephin National Park"],"inLanguage":"ga-IE"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/ga\/wild-nephin\/join-us-this-weekend-as-we-celebrate-the-mayo-dark-skies-festival-we-have-a-number-of-free-events-for-all-the-family-to-enjoy\/","url":"https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/ga\/wild-nephin\/join-us-this-weekend-as-we-celebrate-the-mayo-dark-skies-festival-we-have-a-number-of-free-events-for-all-the-family-to-enjoy\/","name":"Join us this weekend as we celebrate the Mayo Dark Skies Festival. We have a number of free events for all the family to enjoy. - National Parks of Ireland","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/ga\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/ga\/wild-nephin\/join-us-this-weekend-as-we-celebrate-the-mayo-dark-skies-festival-we-have-a-number-of-free-events-for-all-the-family-to-enjoy\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/ga\/wild-nephin\/join-us-this-weekend-as-we-celebrate-the-mayo-dark-skies-festival-we-have-a-number-of-free-events-for-all-the-family-to-enjoy\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Dark-sky-pic.png","datePublished":"2025-10-30T14:36:15+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-30T14:36:17+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/ga\/wild-nephin\/join-us-this-weekend-as-we-celebrate-the-mayo-dark-skies-festival-we-have-a-number-of-free-events-for-all-the-family-to-enjoy\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"ga-IE","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/ga\/wild-nephin\/join-us-this-weekend-as-we-celebrate-the-mayo-dark-skies-festival-we-have-a-number-of-free-events-for-all-the-family-to-enjoy\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"ga-IE","@id":"https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/ga\/wild-nephin\/join-us-this-weekend-as-we-celebrate-the-mayo-dark-skies-festival-we-have-a-number-of-free-events-for-all-the-family-to-enjoy\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Dark-sky-pic.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Dark-sky-pic.png","width":652,"height":650,"caption":"Half the Park is after Dark - Mayo Dark Sky Festival"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/ga\/wild-nephin\/join-us-this-weekend-as-we-celebrate-the-mayo-dark-skies-festival-we-have-a-number-of-free-events-for-all-the-family-to-enjoy\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/ga\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Join us this weekend as we celebrate the Mayo Dark Skies Festival. We have a number of free events for all the family to enjoy."}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/ga\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/ga\/","name":"National Parks of Ireland","description":"Where Nature Speaks","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/ga\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/ga\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"ga-IE"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/ga\/#organization","name":"National Parks of Ireland","url":"https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/ga\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"ga-IE","@id":"https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/ga\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/app\/uploads\/2022\/02\/np-logo-icon.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/app\/uploads\/2022\/02\/np-logo-icon.png","width":97,"height":90,"caption":"National Parks of Ireland"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/ga\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/ga\/#\/schema\/person\/37aa8d9a563a6c83d761cd07c88a2e11","name":"Michael Chambers"}]}},"spectra_custom_meta":{"_edit_lock":["1761834989:34"],"_wpml_word_count":["161"],"_wpml_location_migration_done":["1"],"_thumbnail_id":["26118"],"_edit_last":["34"],"_wpml_media_duplicate":["1"],"_wpml_media_featured":["1"],"_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":["15"],"_yoast_wpseo_content_score":["90"],"_yoast_wpseo_estimated-reading-time-minutes":["1"],"_uag_css_file_name":["uag-css-26117.css"],"_uag_page_assets":["a:9:{s:3:\"css\";s:263:\".uag-blocks-common-selector{z-index:var(--z-index-desktop) !important}@media (max-width: 976px){.uag-blocks-common-selector{z-index:var(--z-index-tablet) !important}}@media (max-width: 767px){.uag-blocks-common-selector{z-index:var(--z-index-mobile) !important}}\n\";s:2:\"js\";s:0:\"\";s:18:\"current_block_list\";a:8:{i:0;s:14:\"core\/paragraph\";i:1;s:11:\"core\/search\";i:2;s:10:\"core\/group\";i:3;s:12:\"core\/heading\";i:4;s:17:\"core\/latest-posts\";i:5;s:20:\"core\/latest-comments\";i:6;s:13:\"core\/archives\";i:7;s:15:\"core\/categories\";}s:8:\"uag_flag\";b:0;s:11:\"uag_version\";s:10:\"1776182432\";s:6:\"gfonts\";a:0:{}s:10:\"gfonts_url\";s:0:\"\";s:12:\"gfonts_files\";a:0:{}s:14:\"uag_faq_layout\";b:0;}"]},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Dark-sky-pic.png",652,650,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Dark-sky-pic-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Dark-sky-pic-300x300.png",300,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Dark-sky-pic.png",652,650,false],"large":["https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Dark-sky-pic.png",652,650,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Dark-sky-pic.png",652,650,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Dark-sky-pic.png",652,650,false],"gform-image-choice-sm":["https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Dark-sky-pic.png",300,300,false],"gform-image-choice-md":["https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Dark-sky-pic.png",400,400,false],"gform-image-choice-lg":["https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Dark-sky-pic.png",600,598,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Michael Chambers","author_link":"https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/ga\/author\/michael-chambers\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Saturday 11am Guided historical and nature 2 km walk 2pm Presentation and talk by Gretta Byrne from the C\u00e9ide Fields 4pm Join us at the Ballycroy Community Centre for the Rambling House experience. Sunday 11am Guided historical and nature walk 2pm Reading with Sean Lysaght 4pm Native Tree workshop with Martin Connor. Plus, all weekend,","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26117"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26120,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26117\/revisions\/26120"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalparks.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}