26th & 27th July 2025
Have you wanted to try kayaking, Here's your chance. Mid Ireland Adventure is hosting a splash and dash kayak taster on Sunday 28th July. We supply, buoyancy aids, and helmets! You bring togs, towel and a YOUR sense of Adventure! Booking times: Session 1. 2 pm – 3 pm. Session 2 3 pm – 4 pm. Session 3 4 pm – 5 pm.
Come on board the River Queen and enjoy our Meelick Weir and Walkway River Cruise. Book via email or telephone at info@silverlinecruisers.com or 05791 51112. Visit Offaly Waterways Ireland Discover Ireland Ireland's Hidden Heartlands #boat trips # rivershannon #meelickweir Discover Lough Derg
Join us at this year's That Beats Banagher Festival for a unique experience with James O Connor, master blacksmith, hosting an 'Introduction to Blacksmithing' workshop. Taking place on Friday, July 25th, participants will have the opportunity to immerse themselves in the art of blacksmithing under expert guidance.
Get ready for an unforgettable experience in Banagher! Following the huge success of last year's Blacksmithing Demonstration with James O'Connor, a master of traditional blacksmithing, and Forged in Ireland, we're bringing them back with a bang! This year they will host a variety of skilled blacksmiths and traditional craft experts from all over for a jam-packed weekend filled with the art of forging, blacksmithing skills, competitions, 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.
Following the huge success of last year’s Iron Ore Smelting demonstrations Paul Rondelez is back with more experts to teach and demonstrate during That Beats Banagher Festival 2024! In 2023, as part of the That Beats Banagher Festival, some of this ore was smelted into iron. This year will see several furnaces pumping out true Banagher iron. The Furnace Festival takes place next to the amazing blacksmiths of Forged in Ireland who demonstrate the skills involved in modern forging. Click image to read more.
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.
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.
Get ready for an unforgettable experience in Banagher! Following the huge success of last year's Blacksmithing Demonstration with James O'Connor, a master of traditional blacksmithing, and Forged in Ireland, we're bringing them back with a bang! This year they will host a variety of skilled blacksmiths and traditional craft experts from all over for a jam-packed weekend filled with the art of forging, blacksmithing skills, competitions, and much more.
At last year’s hugely successful Iron Ore Smelting demonstrations during the That Beats Banagher Festival, the Shannon Iron Smelters were created. This year will again see several clay furnaces pumping out true Banagher iron, with ore from the nearby bogs and possibly from the base of the Shannon! The Furnace Festival takes place next to the amazing blacksmiths of Forged in Ireland who demonstrate the skills involved in modern forging.
As part of the 12th That Beats Banagher Festival, there will be a Heritage Walk on Sunday morning of the 27th of July The theme of the walk will be Forges, Forgeries, Fakes and Fortifications in Banagher, 1620s- 2020s. The walk will look at pieces of ironwork along the Main Street from Saint Paul's Church to the Martello Tower. These will include railings, gates, commemorative plaques, a crane, remains of ironwork on Banagher Bridge, an iron memorial cross, iron grave surrounds, and a mortsafe, etc., etc. Former locations of forges along the street will be visited, and local blacksmiths remembered and their work celebrated.
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