EVENTS 2022
Sept. 8th. – 18th.
FESTIVAL LAUNCH
Sponsored by: Tesco
“Polkas, Pipes and Passion”
The Festival Launch is back on Thursday 8th. Sept in The Brook, Portrane @9.00pm
Eamonn Galldubh and friends are back providing the music and you provide the Craic!
Friday 9th Sept.
Adult Workshops
Venue: STUDIO 2 Community Centre
Time: 12.00 – 3.00pm
Catherine Connolly, experienced Clinical Aromatherapist with Fern Therapies follows her excellent talk and demonstration at International Women’s Day with “Lotions and Potions” workshop. Each participant will blend and create his own unique natural products to take away. All raw materials – essential oils, butters, bottles, jars etc will be supplied.
Venue: STUDIO 2 Community Centre
Time: 10.30am. – 3.00pm
Come explore your creative side and discover one of the world’s oldest crafts. In this beginner basket-making course, Ronan and Elaine from Newgrange Willow Design will introduce you to the basic techniques and skills of willow weaving with step by step instructions. By the end of the session, you’ll have completed your own basket.
LAMBAY CINEMA CLUB
Date and time: 9th. Sept. 8.00pm
Venue: Parish Hall
Lambay Cinema Club presents “Licorice Pizza” as our first film in a new season of films from this new venture on the peninsula.
Writer-Director Paul Thomas Anderson’s ode to the 1970s Californian teenager,
“Licorice Pizza” is the story of Alana Kane and Gary Valentine growing up, running around and falling in love. The film tracks the treacherous navigation of first love with potentially star-making performances from the fresh-faced leads. It is enjoyable, captivating, and chaotic with an eclectic supporting cast of interesting oddballs.
We will soon announce details of our scheduled screenings for the coming months so follow us on our Instagram and Facebook pages
@lambaycinema
facebook.com/lambaycinemaclub
Saturday 10th Sept.
Children’s Workshops
SHAMROCK BRICKS
Venue: Studio 2, Community Centre
Time: 1.00 – 5.00pm
Ireland’s Leading LEGO® experts, Shamrock Bricks, visit Donabate Portrane Community Centre with an exciting programme of Custom LEGO models, Scavenger hunts, Master builder competitions, Speed building competitions, Face painting and Vendors selling LEGO.
“Let’s Drum” – Children’s Workshop
Venue: Studio 1, Community Centre
Time: 11.00 – 12.00
5 -7 year olds, MUST be accompanied by an adult
Through games, activities and performing, our drumming workshops allow children to explore the percussion family, develop their understanding of rhythm, improve their rhythmical ability, and perform as part of a drumming ensemble. Our drumming sessions incorporate station learning and ensure that each child gets an opportunity to play a range of percussion instruments. Let’s Drum culminates in an end-of-workshop performance that combines the different rhythms and activities covered during the session together.
Sponsored by Keelco Donabate Town Centre.
Fingal Libraries Sensory Resources
Venue: Donabate Library
Time: 10.00 – 12.00 and 2.00 – 4.00
Fingal Libraries sensory resources will be on display. Children’s Occupational Therapists, Mairead and Aoife Dempsey will be available to talk to people about them and demonstrate / explain how they can be used and to answer questions. The Sensory Resources can be loaned out at a later date, if people have a library card.
Read more here
DONABATE LIBRARY EVENTS
Venue: Community Centre.
Date and time: Various
Saturday 10th September
11.00am – 12.00pm
Toddler Storytime with Sharon
Ages 0 – 5 years
2.30pm – 4.00pm
Nature Arts and Crafts Session
Ages 6 – 12 year olds
Saturday 17th September
Sarah Sparkles Stories and Songs
Ages 0 – 5 years
2.30pm – 4.00pm
Chess and Board Games Afternoon.
Ages 6 – 12 years
Booking required
Library on 01 8905609
Or
donabate.library@fingal.ie
PIZZA’ TRAD
Sponsored by Dough Box, Portrane and ‘The Brook’
Venue: The Brook, Portrane
Time: 4.00 pm
A PIZZA ‘TRAD is the new Trad ‘n Chips! A big thank you to Pipers for all the years of Trad ‘n Chips, this year though we are moving up the coast just a little bit to The Brook, our new venue for dancing and music and to savour a new culinary delight! Don’t worry though the Cois Farraige Ceili Band are back again this year to bring some stability but hopefully no lack of movement on the road to young and not so young, experienced and not so experienced or like me with two left feet. Hope to see you all there.
Sunday 11th Sept.
CHILDREN’S WORKSHOP
“Sunflowers”
Venue: Studio 1, Community Centre.
Time: 1.00 -2.00 pm
Contemporary Irish Artist, Robert Shaw, whose paintings have been selected for the Fingal County Council Municipal collection, will hold a workshop for children
Robert Shaw – Born in Dublin – 1964 robertshaw.ie
Shaw trained at the Dun Laoghaire School of Art and Design in the late nineteen eighties. He is native of Malahide, a coastal village north of Dublin city. Shaw’s studio was for nine years situated high on the most easterly point of Howth head.
From here he was inspired by the land and seascapes that stretch as far as the mountains of Mourne in the north, to the coast of Wales in the east. His work is also strongly influenced by the rich historical and spiritual heritage of the north Leinster coastline. Today he paints at his studio in Donabate and on the nearby beaches and shores.
Tours; Sunday 11th. Sept. and Sunday 18th. Sept.
Go Fly Your Kite
Venue: Studio 2, Community Centre.
Times: Workshop 1, 1.00 – 2.00 pm— Workshop 2, 15.00 – 16.00 pm
5 – 11 year olds
Our in person workshops provide a great opportunity to learn, be creative and imaginative whether designing your own kite freehand or tracing a graphic onto a kite. We will discuss the arrangements well in advance with the coordinator. We normally set up 1 hour before your workshop time. We will require adequate space, shelter if outside, and the use of trestle style tables. The workshop can focus on a particular theme that can be suitable for the relevant age range. If the workshop is taking place indoors the use of trestle style tables may not be necessary as floor space can be used if suitable. The In person workshops allow us the opportunity to fly the kites with the participants, weather and location permitting.
Sing-a-Song or Singalong
Led by Alison
Venue: Shoreline Hotel.
Time: 7.30pm
Sponsored by The Shoreline Hotel
Mon. 12th. Tues. 13th. Wed. 14th. Sept
The Bleeding Pig Film Festival.
Thursday 15th Sept.
TAI CHI ON THE GREEN, with Mario and Declan
Portrane Green, 11.00 am
What is Tai Chi? The question most asked by many as they watch the graceful movements of practitioners of the art.
The forms taught by Declan Jones and Mario Mc Cormick come from the Yang style via the lineage of Master John Ding and Master Charles Thackberry .
Declan Jones with 25 years experience with Tai Chi Master John Ding while also studying many other related practices of Shotokan and QiGong.
Mario Mc Cormick 20 years with master Charles Thackberry while also studying the related practices of Reiki, Aikido and yoga.
In the west Tai Chi is taught primarily for its meditative and health benefits, it’s also known as “Taijiquan”, casually referred to as “Tai Chi” – which is a deep, meditative, internal Chinese practice. At its original core, it is a martial art but is nowadays commonly practiced and taught in a manner that strengthens and promotes the mind/body health of the dedicated
millions – who practice it daily around the globe.
Tai Chi on the green is every Thursday from 11 pm to 12 noon ( it’s free) all are welcome.
Tai chi is also on Wednesdays from 10.30 to 11.30 in The leisure centre and is run by the active age group.
Community Well.
The Community Well – “ Press Pause – Mindfulness and Compassion with Laura” – 6.30 – 7.30pm – 10 people
BOOKED OUT
Santoria
Sponsored by; Roughan & O’Donovan, civil, environmental and structural engineering.
15th. Sept. Keelings @ 9.00pm
Santoria are a Professional Irish Neo-Soul outfit fronted by Vocalist Lynsey Mckeon-Smith & Multi-Instrumentalist Shane Smith.
The band have performed a large number of shows across Ireland, including venues such as The Roost Maynooth, The Court Yard Leixlip, Raheny Inn, Quinlan’s Clondalkin, The Olympia Theatre, Trinity Rooms, INEC Killarney, The Button Factory, Whelan’s, Sky Venue and Croke Park, as well as the Women’s Wini Marathon, RocknRoll Marathon and Dublin City Soul Festival.
Overseas, the group have also performed in locations such as Mexico, Los Angeles, New York and the UK.
Leading lady Lynsey also appeared as Special Guest vocalist with the Hot House Big Band, a 17-piece Jazz Orchestra with residency in The Mercantile in Dublin.
Friday 16th Sept.
GALA CONCERT
Friday 16th September, St. Patricks R. C. church @8.00pm
Sponsored by; Progressive Credit Union
Saturday 17th Sept.
Art Demonstration
Venue: Studio 1, Community Centr
Time: 11.00pm – 12.30pm
“From Sea to Sky”
Local Artist Robert Shaw will hold and adult art demonstration and talk in Community Centre.
Robert Shaw – Born in Dublin – 1964 robertshaw.ie
Shaw trained at the Dun Laoghaire School of Art and Design in the late nineteen eighties. He is native of Malahide, a coastal village north of Dublin city. Shaw’s studio was for nine years situated high on the most easterly point of Howth head.
From here he was inspired by the land and seascapes that stretch as far as the mountains of Mourne in the north, to the coast of Wales in the east. His work is also strongly influenced by the rich historical and spiritual heritage of the north Leinster coastline. Today he paints at his studio in Donabate and on the nearby beaches and shores.
Donabate Quilters
Exhibition of Quilts
Venue: Church of Ireland
Time: 11.00pm – 4.00pm
Sunday 18th Sept.
Art Exhibition
Venue: Parish Hall
Time: 11.00am – 4.00pm
The Bleeding Pig Cultural Festival would like to welcome back our regular art exhibitors and any new artists who would like to display their work in the newly refurbished Parish Hall.
This exhibition has been a regular feature of The Festival for many years and a great place for artists to display their work.
‘In The Beginning’ A short play by Donabate/Portrane Dramatic Society
Singing Session – led by Tower Singing Circle
Venue: The Brook, Portrane
Time: 2.00pm
