9 a.m. Outing

Guide: Kevin Mulligan, Architectural Historian and author of The Buildings of South Ulster

(Tickets €50 must be purchased in advance from Casey’s Pharmacy, Ballymote. Any remaining tickets will be available at the opening lecture)

Lectures @ The Teagasc Centre: €10.
Coach for Outings from Catholic Church
Further Information 087 4169557

(The Teagasc Centre is immediately on the right over the railway bridge on the Tubbercurry
Road).

Fionnbarr Moore, Connie Kelleher & Karl
Brady, National Monuments Service

Lectures @ The Teagasc Centre: €10.
Coach for Outings from Catholic Church
Further Information 087 4169557

(The Teagasc Centre is immediately on the right over the railway bridge on the Tubbercurry
Road).

8pm

GALLIPOLI
Feature Film with Mel Gibson
by Australian Director Peter Weir (1984)
@ The Art Deco Theatre & Cinema (Admission €6)

Lectures @ The Teagasc Centre: €10.
Coach for Outings from Catholic Church
Further Information 087 4169557

2 pm.

The Irish Brigade in the American Civil War(Smithsonian Documentary) @ The Art Deco Theatre & Cinema (Admission Free)

Lectures @ The Teagasc Centre: €10.
Coach for Outings from Catholic Church
Further Information 087 4169557

8.30 pm.

Official Opening and Lecture by Dr Eamonn P Kelly,
Former Keeper of Irish Antiquities, National Museum of Ireland
Lecture: Secrets of the Bog Bodies

Lectures @ The Teagasc Centre: €10.
Coach for Outings from Catholic Church
Further Information 087 4169557

9 am.

Outing:
Jackie Clarke Historical Collection, Ballina and Enniscoe Historic House and Garden.

Lectures @ The Teagasc Centre: €10.
Coach for Outings from Catholic Church
Further Information 087 4169557

8.30 pm.

Lecture:
The Art of Medieval North-West Ireland Professor Rachel Moss,
Department of the History of Art and Architecture, Trinity College, Dublin and Editor of Medieval
Volume in Royal Irish Academy/ Yale UP History of Irish Art.

Lectures @ The Teagasc Centre: €10.
Coach for Outings from Catholic Church
Further Information 087 4169557

11 a.m.

Lissadell House and Gardens:
Private guided tour, Lunch & Viewing of Gardens.
(Limited availability: Tickets @ €26 must be purchased in advance from Casey’s Pharmacy.
Any remaining tickets will be available on opening night)

Lectures @ The Teagasc Centre: €10.
Coach for Outings from Catholic Church
Further Information 087 4169557

8.30 p.m.

Lecture: Buildings of South Ulster – Armagh, Cavan and Monaghan
Kevin Mulligan, Architectural Historian, author of South Ulster volume in The Buildings of Ireland Series

Lectures @ The Teagasc Centre: €10.
Coach for Outings from Catholic Church
Further Information 087 4169557

9am

Outing: A Tour of Counties Cavan and Monaghan, led by Kevin Mulligan,
Architectural Historian, author of South Ulster volume in The Buildings of Ireland Series.

Lectures @ The Teagasc Centre: €10.
Coach for Outings from Catholic Church
Further Information 087 4169557

8.30pm

Lecture: Sligo and Home Rule, 1886-1912, Dr. Padraig Deignan,
Author of Land and People in Nineteenth Century Sligo: from Union to Local Government

Lectures @ The Teagasc Centre: €10.
Coach for Outings from Catholic Church
Further Information 087 4169557

Classic film  – The Sound of Music

Admission: €6.00 Adults. €3 Children. Tickets from Tighe’s shop, Ballymote
Showing: 7:30pm
Venue:  The Art Deco Theatre & Cinema Ballymote

Official Opening by Mary Kenny, Author  and Journalist.

Lecture: Poets and Priests of Ireland inn World War 1

Time: 8.30pm

Cost: €10

Venue: Teagasc Centre, Ballymote

(Take the Tubbercurry road out of Ballymote, cross the railway bridge and the Teagasc Centre is on the right hand side)

Outing To Derek Hill House and Glebe Gallery, Churchill, Co Donegal and Raphoe Heritage town.

Guide: Martin Timoney, BA FRSAI MIAI Research Archaeologist and Author.

Meeting point :Car Park at Catholic Church, Ballymote

Time: 9.00am

Lecture: The Fadden More Psalter by John Gillis, Senior Book and Manuscript Conservator, Trinity College, Dublin.

Time: 8.30pm

Venue: Teagasc Centre, Ballymote (see above re location)

Cost: €10

Afternoon tea at Templehouse, Ballymote with Classical and Baroque Music.

Time : 3 pm

Cost: €12.50 (Accompanied children free)

Note: Tickets must be purchased in advance from Aidan Tighe’s shop, Ballymote, Remaining tickets available on the opening night.

Lecture: Sligo’s Hidden Bridges by Gary Salter, Conservation Engineer, Senior Executive Engineer, Sligo County Council.

Time: 8.30pm
Venue: Teagasc Centre, Ballymote ( see above re location)
Cost: €10

Outing To Westport – guided walking tour of the historic town and guided tour of Westport House.

Meeting point: Car Park at Catholic Church, Ballymote

Time : 9.00am

Lecture: Family Names in the Place-names of Sligo by Dr Conchubhar O Crualaoich

Time: 8.30pm

Venue: Teagasc Centre, Ballymote (  see above re location)

Cost: €10

To coincide with the Bram Stoker lecture,
the Art Deco Theatre & Cinema will show the classic 1958 movie
Dracula

Admission: €6.00
Showing: 8.00pm

Official Opening by “Malcolm Billings”

Journalist, Radio Producer and Author.

Lecture: Vartan of Nazareth:Missionary and Medical Pioneer in the Nineteenth Century Middle East

Time: 8.30pm

Cost: €10

Venue: Teagasc Centre, Ballymote

(Take the Tubbercurry road out of Ballymote, cross the railway bridge and the Teagasc Centre is on the right hand side)

Outing To Carlton Country Tyrone

Highlights: Clogher’s Georgian Cathedral, Carlton’s Cottage, Rathmor, Brackenridge’s Folly and church by noted architect Liam McCormack

Guide: Jack Johnston, Ulster Local Historian

Meeting point :Car Park at Catholic Church, Ballymote

Time: 9.00am

Venue: Carlton, County Tyrone

Lecture: The Railways of County Sligo by Peter Bowen-Walsh, Railway Historian

Time: 8.30pm

Venue: Teagasc Centre, Ballymote (see above re location)

Cost: €10

Outing To Templehouse, Ballymote –  Guided Tour and Lunch

Time : 12.00pm Guided Tour of House
1pm Lunch.

Cost: €30
Note*: Tickets at €30 and must be purchased before the evening of Friday 2nd from Aidan Tighe’s shop, Ballymote, Remaining tickets available on the opening night only.
Own transport  – lifts on request when booking

Lecture: Bram Stoker, Dracula and the Sligo Connection

Paul Murray Retired Diplomat & Author of “From The Shadow of Dracula: A life of Bram Stoker”

Time: 8.30pm
Venue: Teagasc Centre, Ballymote ( see above re location)
Cost: €10

Outing To Tullynally Castle Co. Westmeath and Fore Abbey

Guide: Frank Tivnan, MA Historian

Meeting point: Car Park at Catholic Church, Ballymote

Time : 9.00am

Lecture: The Sligo Port Strike 1913

Dr Padraig Deignan Author & Historian

Time: 8.30pm

Venue: Teagasc Centre, Ballymote (  see above re location)

Cost: €10