2019
FESTIVAL OF THE SEA
- PROGRAMME -
Subject to change. No responsibility accepted for errors or omissions.
Friday 2nd August Country Market
Cleggan Community Centre, 9.00am-2.30pm
Info: Contact Petra Kleefeld 083-876 8958
Art Exhibition Launch
Joyce's Bar, Cleggan, 6.30pm-ish.
"Riders to the Sea" (J M Synge)
(Well... we think we're right in stating here that
it's actually going to be a performance based on
Synge's prose work, "The Aran Islands", which
is very good anyway), performed by:-
the Curlew Theatre Company,
Joyce's Bar, Cleggan, 7.30pm (or maybe 8pm,
depending on whom you chat to)...€10 (maybe).
Bookings: Ph. Susanna McAdam 085-723 2275
Music & Set Dancing
Joyce's Bar, from 10.00pm
Sat. 3rd August Country Market
Cleggan Community Centre, 9.00am-2.30pm
Info: Contact Petra Kleefeld 083-876 8958
Anchor Beach, Aughrusbeg, 10.00am
Contact Laurence Conneely 085-871 9111
Pier to Pier Dash
Omey car park, 12.00pm. €10. Followed by:
presentation in Sweeney's Bar, Claddaghduff
Contact Kenneth De Lappe 083-826 6148
Cleggan Harbour Mass & blessing of boats, 5pm,
followed by:
Unveiling of information boards on the area.
Eamonn McLoughlin (for Tidy Towns),
086-600 0330
Music at Newman's Bar, Cleggan
w Richie and friends, from approx 10pm. FoC
(note: not listed in official programme)
Sunday 4th August Crafts Fair
Claddaghduff Hall, 12.00-4.00pm
Contact: Angela Coyne 087-416 2485
Bingo - Claddaghduff Hall, 8.30pm
Monday 5th August Garden Trail
Bus leaves Cleggan bus stop at 1.30pm. €7
Booking essential.
Contact Keara Robins: 087-957 2240, or
Susanna McAdam: 085-723 2275
Married vs Singles Football
Claddaghduff football pitch (behind Hall) 2pm
Contact Cormac McDonnell: 087-963 3885
Mary Courcey Memorial 5 & 10 km Races, 6.30
Registration 6.00pm at Cleggan Comm. Centre
Prize-giving immediately after race, in
Newman's Bar.
Contact Marty Courcey: 086-816 1885
Mary Teresa O'Toole Table Quiz
Sweeney's Bar, Claddaghduff.
€20/table of 4. 9.00pm
Tuesday 6th August Sports Day
Omey Strand, from 12.00pm
Contact Laurence Conneely: 085-871 9111
Seafood Buffet
Oliver's Seafood Bar/Restaurant, Cleggan
Two sittings: 7.00pm & 8.30pm. €25 pp
Booking essential
Contact Angela de Courcey 087-742-6620
Wed 7th August An evening of local music by local Musicians
8.00pm. €10
Contact: Laurence Conneely: 085-871 9111
Music - trad, songs of Irish and other genres
with Diarmuid, Geoff, Alan, Peter & friends!
Oliver's Bar Cleggan. FoC
(note: not listed in official programme)
Thursday 8th August Inisheer (Aran Islands) guided walk with
Michael Gibbons
Cleggan bus stop, 8.30am sharp! €60
Booking essential. No dogs.
Contact: William Hughes 095-44647
Wine and Cheese
Sweeney's Strand Bar, 8.00pm. €10
Contact Sweeney's shop 095-44673
Friday 9th August Country Market
Cleggan Community Centre, 9.00am-2.30pm
Info: Contact Petra Kleefeld 083-876 8958
Two Felting Workshops: Make your own
felted vessel! 11.00-1.00 & 2.00-4.00. €35
Led by Bernie Dignam (087-690 8137)
Booking essential.
Golf Classic
Connemara Championship Links,
Ballyconneely. Meet at clubhouse for draw
at 4.00pm.
Prizegiving & BBQ: 10pm,
Oliver's Bar, Cleggan.
Contact: Peter Higgins: 087-274-9548 or
David Mulkerrins 086-380 1711 or
Marty Courcey: 086-816 1885
Sat. 10th August Guided walk to Streamstown famine village,
with Michael Gibbons
Bus from Claddaghduff Church, 9.30am. €15.
Boots essential. Booking highly desirable!
Contact Laurence Conneely 085-871 9111
Country Market
Cleggan Community Centre, 9.00am-2.30pm
Info: Contact Petra Kleefeld 083-876 8958
Music at Newman's Bar, Cleggan
w Richie and friends, from approx 10pm. FoC
Sunday 11th August Bingo
Claddaghduff Hall, 8.30pm
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