Ballinderreen Community Centre will host a big weekend of activities over 12th-14th October supported by the Galway 2020, Small Towns Big Ideas initiative. Titled Ballinderreen Sur La Mer, there will be a fun packed weekend of things to do and see such as Heritage Talks, Oyster Tasting, a Photographic Exhibition, Urban Sketching and of course the big weekend event, a gala concert with Don Stiffe and friends. Béidh an-chraic againn gan amhras, mar sin bígí linn. Nous invitons tous nos voisins et amis à participer aux événements du week-end …soyez la bienvenue!
| Ballinderreen Sur la Mer – Weekend Festival | ||||
| Date | Time | Event | Facilitator | Venue |
| Fri 12th Oct | 1:30pm | Seniors Lunch Meeting with Blake Manor Nursing Home Residents & Brothers of Charity Service Users | GAA Healthy Club | Ballinderreen Community Centre |
| 2:30pm | Stories of the Sea | Seán Burke – Local Historian | Ballinderreen Community Centre | |
| 3:30pm | Big Houses of County Galway | Life size images of ‘Big Houses’ in Co. Galway – on view all weekend | Ballinderreen Grounds | |
| 8:00pm | Official Opening | Cllr. Joe Byrne | Acorn Centre | |
| Ballinderreen’s Heritage | Zackary Silke – Archaeologist | Acorn Centre | ||
| Sat 13th Oct | 11:00am | Poetry Reading | Mícheál Kearney – Poet | Blake Manor Nursing Home |
| 12:00pm | Photography, Arts & Crafts Exhibition | Brothers of Charity | Ballinderreen Community Centre | |
| 1:00pm | Heritage in the School | Ballinderreen National School | Ballinderreen Community Centre | |
| 2:00pm | Shoreline Walk | Meet at Killeenaran Pier | Killeenaran | |
| 3:30pm | Oyster Tasting | Kelly’s Oysters | Ballinderreen Community Centre | |
| 4:00pm | Oyster Heritage Lecture | Joe Murphy – Local Historian | Ballinderreen Community Centre | |
| 5:00pm | Traditional Oyster Boat Making | James Linnanne – Boat Builder | Ballinderreen Community Centre | |
| 8:00pm | Concert with Don Stiffe | Tickets €15:00 on 085 1743916 | Ballinderreen Community Centre | |
| Sun 14th Oct | 12:00pm | Urban Sketching | Róisín Curé – Artist | Killeenaran Pier |
| 2:00pm | Intercultural Gastronomy Tasting All Nationalaties invited to particpate | Johanne Benoussan | Ballinderreen Community Centre | |
| 3:30pm | Irish Music & Dance Extravaganza | Ceoltóirí an Doirín Irene Naughton Irish Dance School Genevieve Ryan Modern Dance School | Ballinderreen Community Centre | |
| www.ballinderreen.net Phone: 085-1743916 Concert tickets are €15:00 and all other events are free of charge | ||||
