The Library hosts a number of educational and outreach events throughout the year on behalf of the Trustees of Muckross House.
January & February
2019
Date / Time
23, 30 January 2019
6, 13, 20, 27 February 2019
School Visits
A series of educational tours of Muckross House,
specifically designed for senior pupils of Killarney’s
primary schools,
takes place during the months of
January and February of 2019.
March 2019
Date / Time
22 March 2019
7:30pm
De Valera and the First Dáil
A talk in the Garden Restaurant, Muckross House, by broadcaster and writer Dr. David McCullagh
This is the first of Three Spring talks marking the centenary of the first Dáil.
April 2019
Date / Time
12 April 2019
7:30pm
Irish Revolutionary Women and the Wider World
A talk in the Garden Restaurant, Muckross House, by historian and writer Dr. Kate O’ Malley
This is the second of Three Spring talks marking the centenary of the first Dáil.
April - May 2019
Date / Time
29 April - 3 May 2019
Féile Chultúir Chiarraí (Festival of Kerry Culture)
The Library, together with Muckross Traditional Farms, hosts
Féile Chultúir Chiarraí annually, over a one-week
period, during the month of May.
This event consists
of a series of ‘hands-on’ workshops for primary school
children. The workshops include: traditional butter-making;
traditional bread baking; the work of the journeyman
carpenter; the traditional Irish dwelling and its
furnishings; traditional Irish music workshop.
May 2019
Date / Time
17 May 2019
7:30pm
Fake News and Irish Freedom
A talk in the garden resturant, Muckross House by historian and writer Ian Kenneally
This is the third of Three Spring talks marking the centenary of the first Dáil.
July 2019
Date / Time
16 July 2019
10:30 - 14:00
Creative Writing in Historic Houses
Join poet and Open University tutor Nessa
O'Mahony for a free creative writing workshop
where
you'll discover ways to kick-start a writing project, shape
your stories, memoirs or poetry and research the past.
September 2019
Date / Time
20 September 2019
7:00pm
Culture Night
‘Caring for a Historic House’
A behind the scenes tour of Muckross House by Conservator Mr Sven Habermann.’
December 2019
11 December 2019
8:00pm
A Christmas Carol
A reading of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
December 2019
13 December 2019
Newsletter Publication
Issue 29 of the Muckross Newsletter will be published in December 2019.
Issue 28 of the Muckross Newsletter is available here.
