Wednesday 27th Jan:

Healing Circle     

Time: 7.30 p.m

Facilitator: Fr. Tom Hamill

Venue: St. Brigid's Special School, Ard Easmuinn 

Cost: €10

  

Thursday 28^th Jan:

Cross making workshop for school children

Time: 11.00 am - 2.30pm   

Facilitators: Maura Lennon and Una Casey

 Venue:       County Library Roden Place Dundalk

Cost: Free Event

Booking through Library Phone 042 9353190

Thursday 28^th Jan:

RECEPTION of Sacred Flame & Healing Water

Time: 4.30pm

 Venue: Town Centre (opposite Courthouse)

Cost: Free Event

This ceremony brings together two symbols associated with Brigid, the Sacred Flame from Kildare and the Healing Water from Faughart Well. Invitations have been extended to representatives from all the traditions. We hope you will join us in this special celebration.

 

Thursday 28^th Jan:

"Brigid and the Cosmic Landscape"

Time: 8.00pm

Speaker: Anthony Murphy

 Venue:       County Museum Place Dundalk 

Cost: €5

              

Friday   Jan 29^th 

"Exploring the magic and the mystery of Water"

Time: 1.00pm

Speaker:    Dolores Whelan

Venue:       Dundalk County Library

Cost:  Free Event

In this talk Dolores draws on the work of Dr Emoto, a Japanese researcher, whose work shows the amazing effect of thinking and music on the crystalline structure of water. Dolores explores what this might mean in our lives especially the healing aspect of water.    

                  

Friday   Jan 29^th 

"Brigid brings new life to today's Ireland - Rekindling the fire of Brigid"

Time: 7.30pm

Facilitator: Padraigían Clancy

Venue: Pastoral Centre, The Magnet Dundalk

Cost: €15

Saturday Jan 30^th : 

Registration for events in The Magnet Centre

Time: 9.30pm

 

Saturday Jan 30^th : 

 "The Rites of Brigid Goddess and Saint"

Time: 10.00 - 11.30am

Speaker: Fr. Sean O'Duinn

Venue: Pastoral Centre, The Magnet Dundalk

Cost: €10

 

Saturday Jan 30^th : 

"Turas an Chroí - Journey of the Heart" (Workshop 1)

Time: 12.00 - 1.30pm

Facilitator: Deirdre Ní Chinnéide

Venue:   Pastoral Centre the Magnet Dundalk

Cost: €15

Music and movement take us closer to what language cannot reach. It is a journey into stillness, mystery and our own creativity, the journey of the heart. This is an invitation to explore chant, meditation and movement through the depth, beauty and richness of our Celtic heritage.

 

Saturday Jan 30^th : 

"Does Brigid keep us right around here?" (Workshop 2)

Time: 3.00pm -5.30pm

Facilitator: Tom Hamill

Venue: Pastoral Centre, The Magnet, Dundalk

Cost: €25 

Saturday 30th Jan:

 "BRIDOG" A Fine Art Inner Child Workshop for CHILDREN:

Time: 11.00am -12.30pm

Facilitator: Mary Kearns 

Venue: County Musem, Roden Place. Dundalk

Cost: €5 

 

Saturday 30th Jan:

BRIDOG" A Fine Art Inner Child Workshop for ADULTS

(no experience needed)         (Workshop 3)

Time: 2.00pm - 4.00pm

Facilitator: Mary Kearns

Venue: County Musem, Roden Place, Dundalk

 

Cost: €15  

 

Saturday 30th Jan:

Family bird watching walk

Time: 11:30-am -12.30pm

Leader: Brendan McSherry

Cost: Free Event

Louth heritage officer, Brendan McSherry, will lead a short family bird-watching walk which is suitable for adults and children aged 5 to 12 accompanied by adults It will introduce them to the tens of thousands of wild birds who winter here and make Dundalk Bay the top site in Ireland for over-wintering birds. This will be a looped walk around   the part of the Castletown River estuary from the Big Bridge Newry Road to the Táin Bridge and back. 

Bookings and further details:

Contact the Heritage Officer on 042 9324109

or by email at brendan.mcsherry@louthcoco.ie 

before Friday Jan 29th

 

Saturday 30th Jan:

Collaborative Party!

Time: 8.30pm

Venue:  Courtyard at Annaverna House, Ravensdale, Dundalk

Cost: Suggested Donation €5 - €10

This evening will provide an opportunity to use our collective creativity and artistry, as we co-create an evening of song, visual art, poetry, music, and dance

 

Sunday   31^st Jan: 

 Pilgrimage Walk to Faughart Shrine

Time: 9.00am

The pilgrimage will start at the Peace garden in Linenhall Street, Dundalk

People may walk some or all of the way to Faughart Shrine

Eucharist will be celebrated at Faughart led by Fr. Tom Hamill  

Time 11am

 

Sunday   31^st Jan: 

"Awakening the Fire within" (Workshop 1)

Time: 2.00pm - 4.30pm

Facilitator: Dolores Whelan

Venue: Pastoral Centre, The Magnet, Dundalk

Cost: €25

Brigid is strongly associated with the essential energies of life, namely fire and water. This workshop will focus on awakening and safe harnessing of the life-giving fire energy which, when used compassionately, awakens our passion and supports us to become agents of transformation within our world.

Sunday   31^st Jan: 

Sacred Song and Dance Labyrinth Workshop (Workshop 2)

Time: 2.00pm - 4.00pm

Small steps….. Big Changes…..

Facilitator: Valerie Whitworth

Venue: St Nicholas Hall, Philip Street

Cost €20

Labyrinths are a walking meditation, which have been used as a tool for reflection and insight for thousands of years, and have been found in many cultures around the world.  Imbolc celebrates the return of the light and is traditionally a time associated with healing and new beginnings.

 

Sunday   31^st Jan: 

Walking the Labyrinth

Time: 4.00 - 5.30pm

Venue: St. Nicholas' Hall, Philip Street.

Cost: Donation

This is an opportunity for anyone who wishes to walk and experience the labyrinth.  

 

Sunday   31^st Jan: 

Story Telling for children of all ages 

Time: 4.30-6.00pm

(especially adults who wish to be childlike!!!) 

Facilitator: Tony Cuckson

Venue: Pastoral Centre, The Magnet, Dundalk

Donation €5 - €10 

 

Sunday   31^st Jan: 

"Poetry in Motion"

Time: 7.30pm

Venue: An Táin Theatre     Dundalk

 

Cost €15 / Concession €10

Booking: An Tain Theatre Tel 042- 9392919

 

Monday   Feb 1st: 

Candlelight Procession

Time: 8.00pm

Venue: Faughart Hill to Faughart Shrine

 

Monday Feb 1^st

Hands-on Healing:

Time: 10.00 - 11.00 am;    12.00 - 2.00pm;  5.00 - 7.00pm

Venue:   Connradh na Gaeilge, Seatown Place

Cost: Donation accepted towards local charities

You are invited to avail of Hands-on Healing - there will be a number of practitioners using different modalities of healing offering short 15 minute sessions per person.

 

Monday Feb 1^st

"Breaking Ground with Brigid" - Gardening at Imbolc

Time: 11:00 am -1:30 pm

Facilitator: Pamela Whitaker

Venue: Groundswell, (located between Dundalk and Carlingford)(Cost includes refreshments and handouts)

Cost: €20

St. Brigid's Day celebrates the awakening of the growing season, and the planting of new gardens for health, creativity, and the nurturing of the environment. This workshop will propagate ideas for nature friendly gardening and celebrate traditional plants and their uses in domestic and community gardens

For directions an d booking, please contact:

Pamela Whitaker: Tel 042-9376812/ 086-8250806

or email info@groundswell.ie

 

Monday Feb 1^st

The Culture Challenge

Time: Lecture: 5.00pm

Speaker: Paula Downey

Venue: The County Museum Roden Place, Dundalk

Cost: €20

This stimulating and timely provocation outlines the challenge of culture change in a world undergoing a radical transition and paints a hopeful perspective on what is possible if we understand the relationship between professional decisions and systemic outcomes, and use our work to open up new pathways to a very different future.

This event is co-sponsored by DKIT

Tea/coffee served from 4.45pm

                       

Tuesday 26^th Jan - Sat 6^th Feb

Exhibitions:   Tuesday 26^th Jan until Saturday 6th Feb.

Venue:      The County Library, Dundalk

Beautiful images of the structure of Water (from the work Dr Emoto, Japanese researcher into the effect of thinking and music on the crystalline structure of water)

Art Exhibition by local artists will be on display in different locations through the town - details later.

 

Sat 30^th Jan - Sun 31^st Jan & Mon 1^st  Feb

"The Annual Tridum Lá Fhéile Bhríde"

Time 7.30pm

Venue: St Nicholas Church, Dundalk