Event Details:
Kanturk Mid-Summer Festival Opens
21st June 2019
8:00 pm
Location:
Town Park, Kanturk
Kanturk Mid-Summer Festival will be an eclectic mix of literature, music, arts & crafts celebrating the summer solstice and making people aware of the vast array of activities and skills in Duhallow. On Friday, in the town park there will be a book launch and musical entertainment on hand to entertain the whole family. A local author will launch a collection of short stories and there will be readings and American bluegrass. It will commence at 8p.m. and is free.
These are some photos from the Kanturk Midsummer Arts Festival in June 2019:
Mary Angland signing a copy of her Book for Muireann Stack, Rockchapel. (June 2019)
Cobh and Shandon Ukulele Group performing at the Kanturk Midsummer Festival. Photos by Sheila Fitzgerald. (June 2019)
Local Author Mary Angland launched her Book ‘Cry of the Curlew and Other Stories’ at the Midsummer Festival in Kanturk. (June 2019)
John J Murphy and Anne Marie O’ Keeffe of Kiskeam Brass Band getting ready to go on stage at the Kanturk Midsummer Festival. (June 2019)
Diarmuid and Siobhán Angland congratulating their Mum Mary on the launch of her Book ‘Cry of the Curlew and Other Stories’. (June 2019)
The organisers of this event also organised the wonderful Kanturk Arts Festival earlier in 2019 these are some photographs from that event in March:
Art workshop with Jessica Baron photo by Viv Buckley (March 2019)
Chainsaw carving photo by Ellen O’Sullivan (March 2019)
Colaiste Treasa’s visit to art exhibition (March 2019)
Elayne O’Connor featured artist exhibition photo by Jim McSweeney (March 2019)
fairies moved in photo by Viv Buckley(March 2019)
Featured artist exhibition, Bríd Moynahan photo by Jim McSweeney (March 2019)
Featured artist exhibition (March 2019)
Felt workshop by Gerli Kerm of Nööp photo by Viv Buckley (March 2019)
Felt Workshop photo Viv Buckley (March 2019)
Felt Workshop photo Viv Buckley (March 2019)
Joint project between Kanturk Tidy Towns and Kanturk arts Festival photo by Viv Buckley (March 2019)
Messy Hands, messy play, photo by Viv Buckley (March 2019)
Michelle Walshe reading her prize winning Flash Fiction entry L’étoile at Songs and Stories photo Jim McSweeney (March 2019)
Neighbours at The American Wake (March 2019)
Night of Drama 3 photo John Mullane (March 2019)
Night of Drama 4 photo by John Mullane (March 2019)
Night of Drama 5 photo by John Mullane (March 2019)
Night of Drama photo by John Mullane (March 2019)
Night of Drama2 photo by John Mullane (March 2019)
Paddy Duggan reading his winning Flash Fiction entry at Songs & Stories (March 2019)
poetry Slam winners and judges photo by Jim McSweeney (March 2019)
Queen Ogumefu reading her winning entry under 16’s Flash Fiction
Schools Art Competition Overall Winner Michelle O’Hanlon with Kevin Roche Kanturk Credit Union photo by Jim McSweeney
Scoil Mhuire Ensemble
Songs and Stories photo by Jim McSweeney
Varous Voices during Songs & Stories photo by Jim McSweeney
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The Day of the Regions Project and this webpage was funded by the Department of Rural and Community Development and the EAFRD – Europe Investing in Rural Areas – LEADER 2014-2020. This project is supported by the North Cork, South Cork and Kerry LAG and IRD Duhallow CLG.
Thug an Roinn Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail agus EAFRD LEADER 2014-2020 maoiniú don cosán seo.. Tá tacaíocht faighte ag an tionscadal seo ó Chorcaigh Thuaidh, , O’ Chorcaigh Theas LAG agus Chiarrai LAG agus IRD Duthalla.
