All events are free of charge and will take place or start in Connemara National Park, for more information and bookings, please call 095 41054 or email siobhan.geoghegan@npws.gov.ie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bookings for all events should be made on or before May 20th at 5pm.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Good walking shoes\/boots and appropriate clothing for the weather are advised. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Deirdre Stephens Exhibition “PORTACH” – Wall Hanging – in the Visitor Centre from May 25th to June 1st.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Tuesday, 26th May<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n 5.30am<\/strong> Dawn Chorus with Ranger Dermot Breen. Meet in the Park car park at 5.30am. Tea\/coffee and scones\/toast available after the event in the Hungry Hiker Cafe. Booking is essential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 11am – 1pm<\/strong> Mixed Media Collage – Bog themed workshop with Deirdre Stephens, Textile Artist. this is an adult only event and booking is essential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 12 noon and 3pm<\/strong> – Roundstone Bog Film in AV Building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Wednesday, 27th May<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 2pm <\/strong>Site visit to John O’Sullivan’s Farm in Oughterard. A 1 hour walk and talk to explore the Alternative Practices, Paludiculture and Vision for the decades ahead for a peatland farm. Free bus from Connemara National Park, departing at 2pm from the main car park. Booking is essential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 12 noon and 3pm<\/strong> Roundstone Bog Film in AV Building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Saturday, 30th May<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n !0am<\/strong> Conference with guest speakers, Dermot Tiernan, Coillte, Verena Berard, and Margaret Flaherty, Wild Atlantic Nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 11.45am<\/strong> Guided Flower Walk and Talk with Aed\u00edn N\u00ed Thiarnaigh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1.45pm<\/strong> Bog Restoration Project in Connemara National Park with Eamonn McLoughlin, Park Ranger, and D\u00falra Team members, Dermot Flaherty and Robbie McDonagh. Followed by a walk to the bog restoration site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Sunday, 31st May<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 11.30am<\/strong> Guided Walk<\/p>\n\n\n\n 12 noon to 1.30pm<\/strong> Afternoon music in the courtyard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2.30pm<\/strong> Children’s Scavenger Hunt. Children must be accompanied by parent\/adult at all times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Monday, 1st June<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Tae on the Bog and Rambling Road Event, starting at 11am, with storytelling, music, tea and biscuits and a guided walk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3pm<\/strong> Roundstone Bog Film in the AV Building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" All events are free of charge and will take place or start in Connemara National Park, for more information and bookings, please call 095 41054 or email siobhan.geoghegan@npws.gov.ie. Bookings for all events should be made on or before May 20th at 5pm. Good walking shoes\/boots and appropriate clothing for the weather are advised. Deirdre Stephens<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":26780,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-connemara"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n