Calendar of Events

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The Library hosts a number of educational and outreach events throughout the year on behalf of the Trustees of Muckross House.



  =  Schools' Events
  =  Public
  =  Special Interest Groups

January, February & March

2018

Date / Time

22, 29 January 2018

7, 14, 21, 28 February 2018

7 March 2018

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, February and March of 2018.

April 2018

Date / Time

9 April 2018

1:30pm

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Mumming Play

A play in the Courtyard, Garden Restaurant, Muckross House.

The students of Cultural and Heritage Studies at Coláiste Stiofáin Naofa, Cork, invite you to a wild and chaotic folk drama.

April 2018

Date / Time

20 April 2018

7:30pm

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Ready For The Revolution

Mna na nÉireann - 1918 - 2018

A talk in the Garden Restaurant, Muckross House, by Catriona Crowe.

This is the first of two talks hosted by Muckross House Research Library celebrating the centenary of Irish women winning the right to vote.

April - May 2018

Date / Time

30 April - 4 May 2018

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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 2018

Date / Time

18 May 2018

7:30pm

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The Alpha Male in Irish Society

A talk in the Garden Restaurant, Muckross House, by Dr. Myles Dungan.

This is the second of two talks hosted by Muckross House Research Library celebrating the centenary of Irish women winning the right to vote.

September 2018

Date / Time

21 September 2018

7:00pm

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Culture Night

‘Caring for a Historic House’

A behind the scenes tour of Muckross House by Conservator Mr Sven Habermann.’  

December 2018

14 December 2018

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Newsletter Publication

Issue 28 of the Muckross Newsletter will be published in December 2018.

Issue 27 of the Muckross Newsletter is available here.