Connemara Sea Week

Conamara Sea Week 2024

19 - 27 Oct, 2024 (tbc), Galway Events Calendar

About Sea Week in Letterfrack

The annual Conamara Sea Week takes place in the Quaker village of Letterfrack in North West Connemara. Now in its 40th year, this festival is expected to run from the 19 to 27 October 2024 celebrates the wonderful marine heritage of Conamara. The village of Letterfrack which is the focal point of the festival is situated at the butt of the magical Diamond Mountain and is the gateway to Connemara National Park. It is also adjacent to Kylemore Abbey surrounded by mountains and at the edge of the ocean. This is a fun packed festival celebrating our wonderful marine heritage, with tons of great music and buckets of fun for all the family.

Connemara Sea Week 2024 Highlights

Education
Education is a central element of the programme and local students from primary and secondary schools, Youthreach, GRETB and Atlantic Technological University (ATU) will all be involved. Clean Coast, which works with communities to help protect and care for Ireland’s waterways, coastline and ocean life, will carry out workshops in the local schools.

Climate activist and Eco-Eye host Duncan Stewart will be on hand to lead the discussions at a climate and biodiversity seminar. He will be joined by researchers from ATU Marine Biological Resources programme, Fiacc OBrolchain of the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group, and Sven Habermann from Conservation Letterfrack, who recently returned from a 2-month project in Antarctica. The conference will also include traditional music and poetry readings by Theodore and Annie Depp. An ATU research project called Power to Change, funded by the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, offers participants an opportunity to learn about native woodlands and how Irish-grown timber can be converted and seasoned, and used to make beautiful furniture artefacts.

Artistry
Artists and designers will work with students to create a spectacular Night Light’s exhibition, a magical display of lights throughout the village. Renowned for its musical programmes, this year’s festival doesn’t disappoint.

For lovers of art and creativity, the small works art exhibition provides a platform for emerging artists to exhibit alongside some of Connemara’s most well-known and established artistic community. Interface Inagh, renowned for its dynamic exploration of art and science,
will host Noeline Kavanagh, former artistic director of Macnas and an expert in the creation of amazing puppets and sculptures. Artists Seçil Yaylalı and Selin Atik of PASAJist Art Space in Istanbul, will deliver a workshop on mask-making.

Music
Local and visiting musicians will perform on both weekends, in Veldon’s Seafarer Pub. This year’s line-up includes Liz and Yvonne Kane with Muireall Murray, Don Stiffe and the Hernon family, Matt and Coonor Kane, accordion player Daithí Gormley, Josephine Marsh and much more. A music workshop for young and up and coming musicians will also be hosted by Marie Walsh from Trad in the West.

The Great Outdoors
The festival features a strong collaboration with Connemara National Park, where there will be a series of guided walks and biodiversity workshops. There’s also a mini boat regatta, a pond-dipping activity and an oyster shell painting workshop. This year will include a
fundraiser sale by Renvyle Cat and Dog Rescue, a guided shore walk and beach clean.

Gatherings
The annual Active Age Club lunch gathering in Rosleague Manor House Hotel with music, songs and mischief. Other highlights include the launch of the Hidden Lakes of Connemara in Books at One, a talk on ancient currachs by Claidhbh Ó Gibne and the story of artists Harry Kernoff and his Connemara-inspired works of art by writer and researcher Vitor Vicente.

You can download the whole schedule of events from www.connemaraseaweek.ie.

With such a variety of events, there really is something for everyone, so be sure to join in the fun!

Discover Conamara Sea Week


Contact Details:
Leo Hallissey,
Conamara Environmental Education and Cultural Centre,
Renvyle, Co. Galway, Ireland.

Tel: 353 (0) 85-1154629
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://ceecc.org/conamara-sea-week/

Address

Letterfrack ,
Co. Galway,
Ireland

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