Donegal Bealtaine Festival - The 24th Annual Online May 1st - 31st 2021 - Alley Theatre
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Donegal County Council’s
Culture Division Presents
The 24th Annual
Donegal
Bealtaine
Festival
Online
May 1st - 31st 2021
www.regionalculturalcentre.com/bealtaine
Saturday 1st May
Bealtaine at Home Concert
- Live From The RCC
Time: 7.00pm
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To officially launch Bealtaine 2021, we bring a
number of talented local entertainers together
for you to enjoy from the comfort of your own
home. Featuring music from Gregory & Ciara
Daly, Kieran Quinn, Alan Chapman, Finbarr
Doherty and hosted by Fergus Cleary.
Sunday 2nd May
Ceol le Chéile Pat Gallagher
- Dawn & Dusk Chorus - Live from the RCC
Time: 7.00pm
bealtaine.ie/bealtaine-event/dawn-chorus/
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The Bealtaine Dawn & Dusk Chorus events
are festival favourites, which this year will
feature our flagship choir, Donegal’s Ceol le
Chéile, in a special online collaboration with
two guest choirs – Ireland Unlimited and
Aspiro. The choirs have been working hard
behind the scenes and on Sunday 2nd of
May, will be releasing an exclusive video of
their preparations for this year: Tune in on
Sunday 30th for the release of the final virtual
performance.
Produced in partnership with Sing Ireland
and in association with Donegal Age Friendly There is only a handful of bands that can use
Programme. the term ‘legendary,’ but Donegal’s Goats Don’t
Shave are undoubtedly one of them. Their
iconic hit Las Vegas (in the Hills of Donegal)
is still one of Irish folk rock’s most instantly
recognisable songs.
Sunday 2nd May Wednesday 5th May
Music To Your Ears Bealtaine Coffee Morning
Time: 8.00pm Time: 11.00am
www.facebook.com/thealleytheatre/ Info & Booking:
074 91 24950 or Bealtaine@donegallibrary.ie
Help us to celebrate Bealtaine every
Wednesday morning during the month of May
with a session of poetry and chat with special
guest Seamus O’Rourke. Hosted by Maria
Noonan-McDermott.
If you’re looking for evidence of what an
interest in the arts can do for the health
and welfare of our older members of the
community. Check out this men’s music and
drama initiative - they have created videos
highlighting their musical talents and take a
walk down memory lane to special times in
their lives.
Sponsored by Bank of Ireland Being Together
Arts Fund in partnership with @BusinesstoArts
and the Alley Theatre, Strabane.
Monday 3rd May
Brendan Quinn & Dermot Byrne
- Live from the RCC
Time: 7.00pm
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Country music legend Brendan Quinn is joined
by Dermot Byrne, one of the finest accordion
players of his generation.
Thursday 6th May Friday 7th May
Bealtaine Wellness Origami With Cathal McGinley
Healing Flow Chair Yoga Time: 2.00pm
with Jacqueline Toner - 10.00am Info & Booking:
074 91 29186 or info@regionalculturalcentre.com
Mindfulness with Mary Kara - 2.00pm
Experience the joy of paper folding. A form of
Finding Your Way In A Digital World with
art often associated with Japanese culture, it is
Evelyn Mc Glynn - 4.00pm
one of the most suitable recreational activities
Info & Booking: to help us to stay young and live longer! Folding
074 91 75384 or Bealtaine@donegallibrary.ie paper has many positive mental effects,
including releasing stress and helping with
relaxation. What makes Origami unique is the
Join our Bealtaine Wellness events and explore fact that it simply requires a piece of paper and
different methods of relaxation with qualified an active imagination.
instructors. Wellness is the state of good
mental, physical and emotional health. We
offer you the opportunity to take the first steps
Writing Your Place
to a proactive way of living.
With Maureen Boyle
Dates: 7/14/21/28th May
Time: 10.30am
Info & Booking:
Alley Theatre, Strabane +44 (0)28 7138 4444
Would you like to tell the story of the place
you come from, and your life in it, through
exploring your memories and the details that
bring it to life? Join poet Maureen Boyle for this
series of weekly creative writing and poetry
workshops.
Monday 10th May Tuesday 11th May
Donegal Archives and Andrea Carter Author
Your Locality Time: 11.00am
Niamh Brennan, Archivist, Archives Service, Info & Booking:
074 93 61941
Donegal County Council
or Bealtaine@donegallibrary.ie
Info :
archivist@donegalcoco.ie
www.donegalcoco.ie/culture/archives/news/
This online presentation showcases some
of the range of archival collections held by
Donegal County Archives. Andrea Carter, renowned author of the series
of Inishowen based mysteries, will read an
The presentation will particularly focus extract from one of her books followed by an
on digitised collections which are already online discussion about her novels. Having
accessible online, including those relating to worked as a solicitor in Inishowen for many
the Decade of Centenaries (1912-1923) and years will she reveal if her characters are
local history in general. based on real life or fictional?
Wednesday 12th May
Help us to celebrate Bealtaine every
Bealtaine Coffee Morning
Wednesday morning during the month of May
Time: 11.00am with a session of poetry and chat with special
Info & Booking: guest Seamus O’Rourke. Hosted by Maria
074 91 24950 or Bealtaine@donegallibrary.ie Noonan-McDermott.
Thursday 13th May Saturday 15th May
Bealtaine Wellness Féile Róise Rua
Healing Flow Chair Yoga - Beo ó Oileán Árainn Mhór
with Jacqueline Toner - 10.00am
Time: 8.00pm
Info & Booking:
Mindfulness with Mary Kara - 2.00pm www.feileroiserua.com
Finding Your Way In A Digital World with
Evelyn Mc Glynn - 4.00pm
Info & Booking:
074 91 75384 or Bealtaine@donegallibrary.ie
Take the first steps to a proactive way of living
and explore different methods of relaxation
with qualified instructors.
Wild Garlic Table
- Bealtaine Online Cookery
Time: 6.00pm
Info & Booking: In partnership with Other Voices, Féile Róise Rua
074 93 61941 or Bealtaine@donegallibrary.ie presents a live streamed broadcast from Oileán
Árainn Mhór. Featuring exclusive performances
Join our online cookery class with Pauline from some of Ireland and Scotland’s finest
Sugrue a graduate of Ballymaloe Cookery artists including - Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, Steve
School. She will help you create a delicious, fresh, Cooney, Nia Byrne, Thomas McCarthy, Brian
meal using natural locally sourced ingredients. A Danny Minnie, Anna Bean Uí Ghallachóir,
food experience you will truly enjoy. Brìghde Chaimbeul, Griogair Labhruidh and
Radie Peat (Lankum).
Funded by the Arts Council of Ireland, Foras
na Gaeilge, Ealaín na Gaeltachta and Donegal
County Council.
Monday 16th May
Border Tales Border Tales is an oral history film that deals
- Film Premiere with people’s experience of ‘the troubles’ in
the northwest of Ireland, as they remember
Directed by Keith O’Grady
it. The stories are personal to each one, and
Time: 7.00pm their experiences are sometimes similar, and
www.regionalculturalcentre.com sometimes vastly different. It comes from a
wider project run by the Regional Cultural
Centre in Letterkenny called ‘Northwest Border
Stories’ that involved primary school-aged
children from Donegal, Derry and Tyrone
being trained in documentary techniques and
conducting interviews with grandparents about
their experience of the troubles.
Supported through the European Union’s
PEACE IV programme managed by the Special
EU Programmes Body.
Tuesday 18th May
Donegal County Museum An Evening with Storyteller &
presents Bealtaine History Author Keith Corcoran
“Untold” Donegal Woman - The War of Time: 7.00pm
Independence and the Civil War Info & Booking:
www.volunteerdonegal.ie
Time: 7.30pm
Info & Booking:
074 91 24613 or museum@donegalcoco.ie
Join Keith Corcoran, the renowned storyteller
Join Caroline Carr, Donegal County Museum
and author of ‘Mysteries & Legends of
as she uncovers the untold stories of Donegal
Donegal’ for a relaxing evening of tales
Women during the War of Independence and
and legends from around Donegal. Session
the Civil War.
delivered in conjunction with Donegal
Volunteer Centre as part of National Volunteer
Week 2021.
Wednesday 19th May
Bealtaine Coffee Morning Donegal County Museum
Time: 11.00am presents Bealtaine History
Info & Booking: Tracing Pirates and their activities in the
074 91 24950 or Bealtaine@donegallibrary.ie Early 17th Century
Time: 7.30pm
Help us to celebrate Bealtaine every
Info & Booking:
Wednesday morning during the month of May 074 91 24613 or museum@donegalcoco.ie
with a session of poetry and chat with special
guest Seamus O’Rourke. Hosted by Maria
Noonan-McDermott. Join Dr. Connie Kelleher as she reveals more
about Ireland’s secret piratical past and their
illegal operations around Ireland’s Atlantic coast.
Thursday 20th May Friday 21st May
Easy Bakes With Sian McCann Mobile Music Machine
Time: 11.00am Info & Booking:
Info & Booking: Bealtaine@donegallibrary.ie
www.volunteerdonegal.ie
The Mobile Music Machine is made up of some
the finest classical musicians and educators in
Easy Bakes With Sian McCann
Ireland. Individually and as chamber musicians
Join master baker Sian McCann as she
the members travel the globe performing,
shares tips and recipes for mouth-watering
recording, producing and teaching music. On
bakes from the Wild Fuschia Bakehouse in
May 21st and 22nd Mobile Music Machine
Dunfanaghy.
will bring an interactive session of classical
music and songs to chosen care homes in the
Session delivered in conjunction with Donegal
Volunteer Centre as part of National Volunteer Northwest and will perform in Co. Tyrone,
Week 2021. Co. Derry and Co. Donegal.
This project is funded by Derry City & Strabane
District Council and by Donegal County Council.
In conjunction with and supported by The
Executive Office and The Irish Government.
Wednesday 26th May 20th April - 27th May
Bealtaine Coffee Morning Zoom In Your Front Room
Time: 11.00am Info & Booking:
Info & Booking: Charles Sweeney 074 91 53900
074 91 24950 or Bealtaine@donegallibrary.ie or charles.sweeney@donegalcoco.ie
Help us to celebrate Bealtaine every The Donegal Age Friendly Programme will be
Wednesday morning during the month of May hosting a special series of programmes aimed
with a session of poetry and chat with special specifically at older people in County Donegal.
guest Seamus O’Rourke. Hosted by Maria The programmes will be broadcast on zoom
Noonan-McDermott. each Tuesday and Thursday between the 20th
April and the 27th May.
Topics will include; Gardening, Supports for
Thursday 27th May
Older People, Healthcare, Appreciating Nature,
Music, Storytelling and much, much more.
Strabane by Maureen Boyle
Time: 7.30pm
Info & Booking: Sunday 30th May
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Dawn & Dusk Chorus
Reading by Maureen Boyle of her poem bealtaine.ie/bealtaine-event/dawn-chorus/
‘Strabane’ set to music by harpist Una Monaghan.
Sponsored by Bank of Ireland Being Together The Bealtaine Dawn & Dusk Chorus featuring
Arts Fund in partnership with @BusinesstoArts our flagship choir, Donegal’s Ceol le Chéile, in
and the Alley Theatre, Strabane. a special online collaboration with two guest
choirs – Ireland Unlimited and Aspiro.
Produced in partnership with Sing Ireland
and in association with Donegal Age
Friendly Programme.
Exhibitions
Here and Now Living In Donegal
- Write, Create, Reflect - A Virtual Exhibition
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The ‘Here and Now’ programme was a series of Living in Donegal is a socially engaged
online creative workshops coordinated by the exhibition project starring twenty-seven people
Regional Cultural Centre which invited Donegal who live in County Donegal, Ireland. It features
based participants to engage in art journaling a snapshot of the lives and stories of these
as a way of documenting their experience of individuals in 2020.
life in Ireland at this time. This online exhibition
features selections of the work completed by
the participants.
A World Apart - The Donegal District Loving Life - Pauline Norry
Lunatic Asylum 1866 - 1922 24th May - 5th June
www.donegalcoco.ie/culture/countymuseum/exhibitions/ www.alley-theatre.com
A unique exhibition, depicting the hidden A stunning collection of both paintings and
history behind the walls of the Donegal District hand embroidered pieces created by Strabane
Lunatic Asylum between 1866 and 1922. native Pauline Norry. A vibrant and active 80
year old, this is Pauline’s second exhibition and
it embraces Pauline’s love for her family, friends
and all that she holds so dear.Exhibitions
Waterside Theatre Presents Shirts, Singers & Sewing
- Telling Tales Machines - Shirt Factory
24th - 31st May Exhibition of the NW
www.watersidetheatre.com www.towermuseumcollections.com
The Waterside Theatre worked in partnership This exhibition profiles some of the archives
with Dementia NI and their clients over twenty and objects linked to the shirt factory heritage
weeks to produce individual pieces of poetry of the Northwest. The project was developed
and visual art work. This exhibition of their in partnership with the Inner City Trust and the
work is funded by Awards for All and the Arts Fashion and Textile Design Centre following
Council of Northern Ireland. discussions on objects which are currently
on loan to the Centre. The history of shirt
factories across our region is well known and
recent activities looked to mark those that have
worked in the factories and to celebrate this
important part of our society.Contacts Regional Cultural Centre 074 91 29186 rcc@donegalcoco.ie www.regionalculturalcentre.com County Donegal Library Service 074 91 53900 www.donegallibrary.ie Donegal County Museum 074 91 24613 Age & Opportunity 01 8057709 www.olderinireland.ie Donegal County Council’s Culture Division incorporates The Library, Museum, Archives, Heritage and Arts Services, and the Regional Cultural Centre.
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