14th – 16th & 22nd – 23rd July
With the aim of promoting mindfulness and positivity through the healing power of nature, the workshops and classes of this space are designed to rejuvenate your body from top to bottom, encouraging you to relax, rewind, and harmonise your inner being through self-expression.
Following the success of our Health & Wellbeing Area in 2022, we're thrilled to announce that it's coming back! Go with the FLOW Banagher Park will be bigger and better for 2023! Take your relaxation to the next level by incorporating your yoga class of choice with a refreshing swim in the outdoor pool and a visit to the sauna.
Enjoy our Health & Wellbeing Area for 2023.. Go with the FLOW on the Shannon Details: Half an hour time slots, €10 pp Max 10 per session
Get ready for an unforgettable experience in Banagher! We're thrilled to announce a one-of-a-kind event that's sure to leave you in awe. Following the huge success of last year's Blacksmithing Demonstration with James O'Connor, a master of traditional blacksmithing, we're bringing him back with a bang! This time, James will be joined by over 20 skilled blacksmiths and traditional craft experts from all over, for a jam-packed weekend filled with the art of forging, blacksmithing skills, and much more.
Enjoy watching Padraig Larkin using ancient Irish straw-making techniques to make baskets and other items of interest. The demo will be free and available for everyone to view.
Join Seamus Kirwan in preserving the old craft of hand-spinning wool on spinning wheels, drop spindles or walking wheel! Come along and enjoy the demonstration. Seamus will bring several different styles of spinning wheels and drop spindles to the workshop so you will also have the opportunity to try these skills.
Explore your creative side in our art and craft classes. Your little artists will decorate and make a selection of paper crafts. Suitable for children between 4-7 and 8-11. Classes will be held on both Saturday and Sunday from 11:30 -12:30 (ages 4 - 7) and 2:00-3:00 (ages 8- 11) Booking is essential
Test your precision hurling skills by hitting a floating target on the Shannon! Or if spectating is your thing, we would be delighted to welcome you. You will be invited to puck a sliotar, aim, and ideally get it into the goal net which will be floating in the river! Contestants will be in one of four categories: adult male, adult female, junior male, and junior female. There will be a prize for the winners in each category.
Kayaking Have you wanted to try kayaking, Here's your chance. Mid Ireland Adventure is hosting a splash and dash kayak taster on Sunday 16th July. We supply, buoyancy aids, and helmets! You bring togs, towel and a YOUR sense of Adventure!
As part of the 10th That Beats Banagher Festival, this year’s festival will include a weekend of dedicated events celebrating Charlotte Brontë and her husband Arthur Bell Nicholls and their connections with Banagher. The first event will be on Friday 21st July at 6:30 pm with the opening of an exhibition 'The Legacy of the Brontës in Banagher' and the showing of a related film by Maebh O’Regan. Eileen Casey will read from her collections of poems Bog Treasure and Bogmen First and Last and speak of her love for the works of the Brontë sisters. Click 'Book Now' below to find full programme details and to reserve your place.
Join us for a day packed with celetrations, from a film screening, talks and informative walks all focues on Charlotte Brontë association with Banagher. Click 'Book Now' below to find full programme details and to reserve your place.
Saturday 23rd July - After a weekend of celebrations join us for the finale which will include a film and a talk and discussion with James Scully and Kieran Keenaghan. All are welcome! Click 'Book Now' below to find full programme details and to reserve your place.
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