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I’ll be hosting a Celtic Stickmakers Workshop on Saturday the 21st of January. Anyone interested in stick making is welcome to join us at 11 am. A few weeks later, Celtic Stickmakers will hold another workshop in the Scout Hall in Togher, also beginning at 11 am. I hope to see you there! The AGM of the Celtic Stickmakers Club will be held in O’Laughlin’s Hotel, Portlaoise on Sunday the 30th of October at 2pm. All are welcome. I’ll be displaying some sticks at the Balinlough Game Fair Saturday & Sunday July 16-17. See you there! The following month I’ll be at the Tullamore Show, Sunday August 14. I’ll also be doing the Birr Game Fair on the 27th and 28th of August (Saturday & Sunday). I look forward to seeing all the lads with their sticks for the stick making competition on Sunday! Be sure to bring along a stick and enter the competition, to support the Celtic Stickmakers Club! I’ll be displaying a few sticks at the Dunderry Country Fair this Sunday, May 8. Come on down and enjoy a nice day out! The Celtic Stickmakers Club has been very active lately, with a number of recent and upcoming workshops. Martin Thompson recently organised the venue in the Scout Hall in Togher in Cork, and at the end of February we were in another Scout Hall, this time in Abbeyside, Dungarvan, Co Waterford. On Saturday March 5th, we’re back in Cork in Paddy Rahilly’s home in Newmarket for a workshop commencing at 11.00 am. We’re also very fortunate to have been invited to participate in the Irish Forestry, Woodland and Bio Energy Show in May. The show will take place on the grounds of Birr Castle, Co Offaly, May 6, 7 and 8. Mark your calendars! The Celtic Stickmakers Club is celebrating Halloween this year with their Annual General Meeting at O’Loughlin’s Hotel in Portaoise. That’s right, Sunday, October 31 at 2.00pm is this year’s AGM of the Celtic Stickmaker’s club, and I’m hoping anyone interested in stickmaking in Ireland will make the trip to Portlaoise an give us the benefit of your ideas and suggestions. Hope to see you there this Halloween. (Fancy dress not required). Don’t miss this year’s Game Fair in Birr, Saturday and Sunday, August 28-29. This year is the first ever All-Ireland stickmaking competition, including our colleagues from the North of Ireland. The competition - open to all - will consist of 14 classes, including two for novices only, so there’s a class for everyone. The competition will take place at the Celtic Stickmakers Club stand on Sunday the 29th. We will be accepting entries from 10:00 am until 12:30 pm. The entry fee is only €1 per stick, with a maximum of three entries per class. Lindsay Carlisle and yours truly will be judging the event, and there will be rosettes for first, second and third place in each class, as well as a perpetual trophy - a lovely tankard - and €200 for the best stick in show, as well as a tankard for second place (these have been kindly donated by Albert Titterington of the Great Game Fairs of Ireland.) For more information contact me or visit celticstickmakers.com. The Celtic Stickmakers Club is organising a number of events in the next few weeks:
Come one, come all (to one, to all!). Hope to see you there. Be sure to visit at least one of the two upcoming Offaly Arts and Crafts Association (OACA) Christmas Crafts fairs.
The first is in Tullamore at the Bridge House on Sunday, November 29th from 11am to 6pm. The second is on Sunday, December 13th in the County Arms Hotel in Birr, also from 11am to 6pm. And the best news is: ADMISSION IS FREE! So come along and see some of the finest Irish arts and crafts being produced right here in Co Offaly. It’s a great opportunity to find that perfect Christmas gift! Celtic Stickmakers Club member John O’Gorman is kindly hosting a stickmaking workshop in Limerick next Saturday, November 7th. It should be both informative and enjoyable, and all are welcome. Contact me or the Celtic Stickmakers Club for details. |
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