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CAMILLE O’SULLIVAN PAT SHORTT BRIAN DUGGAN DAVID MCSAVAGE THE RUBBERBANDITS PAUL BRADY ORFEO GREAT EXPECTATIONS ANTHONY LYTTLE MICHAEL KEEGAN-DOLAN LIAM Ó MAONLAÍ HOWARD REDDY HANAN TARABAY JERRY FISH THEATRE LOVETT NIALL TONER THE NUALAS PIERCE TURNER SALTY DOG SESSIONS AND MANY MORE

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THE HAY AT BORRIS LITERARY WEEKEND COLM TÓIBÍN / ANNE ENRIGHT JOHN BANVILLE / STEPHEN FREARS WILLIAM DALRYMPLE / AC GRAYLING MIKE SCOTT...and many others THE HISTORY FESTIVAL OF IRELAND DAVID NORRIS / KEVIN MYERS JEANNE CROWLEY / RUTH DUDLEY EDWARDS PADDY CULLIVAN / MANCHAN MANGAN DIARMAID FERRITER...and many others

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Official Opening of Éigse Camille O Sullivan Brian Duggan Film Screening: Heavens Gate Visual Art Open Submissions Alice Beresford Vanishing Carlow Antony Lyttle Nine Stones Group Barrow Valley Painters Group Borris House Hay Festival History Festival Carlow Art Collection Carlow Photographic Society Fairgreen Party in the Park Carlow Choral Society Jerry Fish Pat Shortt Barrow Illumination Spectacle Salty Dog Sessions Sunshine Folk Club Niall Toner Bluegrass Workshop Little Music Makers Workshop Schools Tours: Visual Art Ealain Og Aspiro Choral Performance He Ain’t Done Right by Neil Theatre Lovett Schools Workshop Theatre Lovett Workshop Carlow Writers Group Great Expectations Pottery Workshops The Nualas Great Expectations Pat Coldrick Niall Toner Band Orfeo Rubberbandits Trad Session Carlow Youth Orchestra Paul Brady Trad Session Drumming Workshops Art Workshop Carlow Little Theatre Art Workshop Zumbatomic

VISUAL GB Shaw Theatre Main Gallery, VISUAL GB Shaw Theatre Bar Studio Gallery, VISUAL GB Theatre Bar Upstairs in Visual Digital Gallery, VISUAL Deighton Hall Town Hall Theatre Borris House Lisnavagh House St Patricks College Carlow Library Carlow Town Park Carlow Cathedral Town Hall Plaza GB Shaw Theatre River Barrow Pubs around Carlow Carlow Rowing Club GB Shaw Theatre Seven Oaks Hotel VISUAL The Vault Askea Church Various locations GB Shaw Theatre Main Gallery at VISUAL Carlow Central Library GB Shaw Theatre Kilkenny Road GB Shaw Theatre Borris House Mimosa Main Gallery, VISUAL GB Shaw The Tower, Dinn Ri Teach Dolmain Main Gallery, VISUAL The Tower Dinn Ri Brennans, Graiguecullen Seven Oaks Hotel Seven Oaks Hotel GB Shaw Theatre Seven Oaks Hotel Seven Oaks Hotel

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Welcome to the Carlow Arts Festival, which incorporates the inaugural History Festival of Ireland in Rathvilly, introduces the world renowned Hay Festival to Borris House at the foot of The Blackstairs, helps the infamous Salty Dog at Electric Picnic to find its bands, and opens six new galleries and craft boutiques on its main streets. To the stage we welcome some wonderful music, comedy, opera, and theatre—and to Carlow’s pubs, parks, and plazas...we hope everyone will flock.

visual art Everything Can Be Done, In Principle Carlow Photographic Society Open Submission Nine Stones Barrow Valley Artists Alice Beresford Vanishing Carlow Antony Lyttle Tullow Street Galleries

spoken word 2-3 6 3 16 16 17 17 17 18

stage Great Expectations Orfeo The Wandering Scholar from Paradise Pat Shortt He Ain’t Done Right by Nell Rian Delia Murphy Young Choon Park David McSavage Theatre Lovett The Nualas Michael Keegan Dolan Masterclass

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The History Festival Hay Festival in Borris House

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local culture Local Artist’s exhibitions Carlow Youth Orchestra Bridging Writers Workshops Carlow Choral Society The Vault

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family participation Theatre Lovett Workshop Party in the Park Drumming Workshop Running Festival Lantern Making Music Making Dance Workshop Art Workshop

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school participation music Rian Camille O’Sullivan Paul Brady Pierce Turner Niall Toner Rubberbandits Trad Sessions Pat Goldrick Little Pocket of Sunshine Howard Reddy & Hanan Tarabay Salty Dog Sessions Jerry Fish

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Young Critics School Tours Aspiro Choral Performance Theatre Lovett Workshop Lego Workshop Pottery Workshop

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www.eigsecarlow.ie

The summer season at VISUAL’s Galleries sees a collaboration between VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art, Carlow Local Authorities Arts Office and The Éigse Carlow Arts Festival. This partnership makes possible the ambitious vision of artist Brian Duggan and curator Helen Carey. Everything can be done, in principle will bring to Carlow a Visual Art installation of spectacle, scale and participation, seeking to engage all within.

This timely collaboration marks a watershed moment for Irish arts and the cooperative potential that communities hold as a vital resource.

Éigse Carlow Arts Festival, Carlow Local Authorities Arts Office and VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art presents

Brian Duggan

Everything can be done, in principle Saturday 9th June - 26th August

visual art

Venue Ground Floor Galleries, VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art, Carlow Open daily 11am to 7pm, CLOSED MONDAY

In an invitation to inhabit a story, and its cinematic interpretation, from 122 years ago, Brian Duggan’s work Everything can be done, in principle transports the public into a timber and canvas barn at America’s mid western frontier, at the time of the Johnson County War in Wyoming.

Cimino's film Heaven’s Gate is a film which broke the rules and supported true art through an often ruthless pursuit of authenticity, even to the extent of challenging the prevailing powerful studio system. Often seen as the beginning of money men era, Heaven’s Gate marked a changing moment for maverick auteur film directing and the role of the producer. It also branded the Western in clear class-struggle, selected social agenda terms.

Duggan asks participants to roller skate in costume, to imagine the joyfulness of community, against the backdrop of dirt and corruption, in this portal in VISUAL’s extraordinary Galleries, just as the communities did in Michael Cimino’s Heaven’s Gate (1980).

Artist Brian Duggan (b.1971) lives and works in Dublin. His practice examines the prevailing conditions when things go wrong, and the sites of stress and breakage. Citing well known historical events as well as the overlooked small dramas of the everyday, he brings physical challenges into the gallery to ask questions, to exert pressure and to push boundaries.

Within this new commission, Duggan recognises the resilient human spirit in powerless communities and its standoffs with official power.

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Heavens Gate set image, John Patterson and render Diarmuid Ó Súilleabháin

visual art

Activities will take place throughout the period of the exhibition, both inside and outside the constructed barn, in the adjoining galleries and theatre, relating to this installation. These will include: Panel Discussion Date 8th June 4pm - 5.30pm Free event - book via box office.

This will be followed by the Opening Night reception at 6pm

The Niall Toner Band (see page 13) Date Wednesday 13th June - 8.30pm Tickets €15 book through box office Carlow Youth Orchestra (see page 21) Date Friday 15th June - 1pm Free

Artist and Curator's Talk and Tour: Date Saturday 9th June 12pm - 1pm Free Screening of the film ‘Heaven’s Gate’ The Directors Cut, Dir. Michael Cimino (1980) Date Saturday 9th June 2pm - 5.30pm Free event - book via box office

A workshop with choreographer Michael Keegan Dolan (see page 11) Date Sunday 17th June - 3pm Free event - book via box office Rian (see page 9) Date Sunday 17th June - 9pm Tickets €20 book through box office. One-off performance of Fabulous Beast Theatre Company’s Rian by Michael Keegan Dolan and Liam Ó Maonlaí

Carlow University Theatre Pittsburgh present He Ain’t Done Right By Nell, (see page 9) a melodrama set in the 1800s Date Tuesday 12th June - 1pm Free

Other events in conjunction with Everything can be done, in principle will be announced on a fortnightly basis throughout the summer.

Open Submission: The €3,000 Art Prize Venue Studio Gallery, Visual Centre for Contemporary Art Opening Hours 11am - 5.30pm Daily

Adjudicated by Barbara Dawson with Brian Duggan ‘Civilizing the Wilderness’ is a broad curatorial theme for the Éigse 2012 Open Submission, with an award of €3000 for the ‘most outstanding work in any medium’ made at the Opening of the Festival on Friday 8th June 2012.

Artists were invited to make a new work between February and April - restricted in size to 12”x 12” to encourage fresh creativity, and including any medium which fits within these parameters. Barbara Dawson from the Hugh Lane Gallery, and Brian Duggan, the artist responsible for ‘Everything can be done, in principle’ in the Main Gallery of VISUAL, will make a selection from several hundred submissions, and these will be exhibited from 8th June to 26th August 2012. All works exhibited at the Festival will be available to purchase.

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spoken word

the

HISTORY FESTIVAL of IRELAND

Saturday 9th June and Sunday 10th June 2012

www.thehistoryfestivalofireland.com

Lisnavagh House, Rathvilly, County Carlow

The inaugural History Festival of Ireland is curated by author and historian Turtle Bunbury and is a brand new initiative of Carlow Arts Festival - Éigse 2012. It aspires to educate and to be a bit of fun, to resolve and to confound, to question and to explore. Ireland boasts dozens of literary festivals and spoken word events - but none of them give themselves over fully to the discussion of history... and the things that we have and haven’t learnt from it.

With over 25 leading historians from Ireland and the UK speaking, debating and discussing, and a handful of stage performances with an historic tendency, this weekend event is going to be like no other.

Saturday 9th June

(Doors open 11am)

Festival Marquee (€10 all day)

The Library at Lisnavagh (€10 per talk)

11.30am ‘Hidden Gems and Forgotten People’ by Larry Breen of Federation of Local History Societies and Pat Devlin of the Federation for Ulster Local Studies

12pm ‘From September 2014, history will no longer be a compulsory subject on the junior curriculum. Is the State about to make a profound mistake?’ With Catriona Crowe (chair), Myles Dungan, Diarmaid Ferriter, Robert O’Byrne & Manchan Mangan

1pm ‘The Gathering 2013 - Bringing a million Irish people back home’ - a presentation from the organisers of The Gathering with Q&A to follow 2.15pm History Ireland Hedge School 'Where the murderin' cannons roar…': Ireland and the American Civil War’ with Tommy Graham (chairman), Myles Dungan, Tom Bartlett, Lar Joye and Jack Burtchill 3.30pm Author readings & signings Including Josh Levine, ‘Operation Fortitude: The Story of the Spies and the Spy Operation That Saved D-Day’ 5pm Ann Matthews on 'Cumann na mBan and the misuse of the International Red Cross insigna 1916' 5.30pm Paddy Cullivan's Alternative History of Ireland, through maps, slides and song

1.30pm ‘The British Empire would not have existed without the Irish’. Chaired by David Norris, with Patrick Geoghegan, Micheál Ó Siochrú & Kevin Myers 3.30pm ‘Virtuous Villains - Five People who Put the Hiss into History’ - Patrick Geoghegan (Lord Castlereagh), Ruth Dudley -Edwards (Constance Markiewicz), Micheál Ó Siochrú (Oliver Cromwell), Tommy Graham (The Sham Squire), Martin Nevin (Dermot MacMurrough, King of Leinster), with Trevor White (chairman) 5.15pm ‘Was the Queen’s visit something of historical impact, or was she just getting a look at Coolmore?’ Chaired by Diarmaid Ferriter with Myles Dungan, Manchan Mangan & Tom Sykes 7pm End of Day One

7pm End of Day One Note: Pat Shortt is performing in the GB Theatre, Carlow, at 8pm

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the HISTORY FESTIVAL of IRELAND

Myles Dungan

Tom Bartlett

Larry Breen

Sunday 10th June

Tommy Graham

Catriona Crowe

Pat Devlin

Diarmuid Ferriter

Paddy Cullivan

Manchan Mangán

David Norris

Patrick Geoghegan Trevor White

(Doors open 11.45am)

Festival Marquee (€10 all day)

The Library at Lisnavagh (€10 per talk)

12pm ‘Turning Talk into History’ with Ida Milne, Mary Muldowney, Regina Fitzpatrick of the Oral History Network Ireland. With Manchán Magan as chairman

12.30pm ‘This weeks’ Eucharistic Congress is a sell out - but what has the Catholic Church actually done for us?’

With Maurice Walsh, Ruth Dudley Edwards & Kevin Myers

1.30pm Robert O’Byrne interviews Turtle Bunbury about the Vanishing Ireland project

2.15pm ‘Unsung Heroines’ with Catriona Crowe (Hilda Tweedy), Sr. Maura Duggan (the Dominicans of Bagenalstown), Maurice Walsh (Rosamund Jacob), Turtle Bunbury (Lola Montez), Robert O’Byrne (Maria Edgeworth), and Fiona Fitzsimons (chair)

2.15pm Josh Levine, ‘Forgotten Voices of the Irish on the Western Front’ 2.45pm History Ireland Hedge School round table. ‘1000 years later, was Boru’s victory at Clontarf the greatest in our history?’

With Tommy Graham (chairman), Sean Duffy, Pat Wallace, Lindzi Simpson and Edel Breathnach

3.45pm ‘Should those who left the Irish Army to fight for Britain in World War Two be classed as deserters?’ Kevin Myers with Ruth Dudley Edwards 5pm ‘That Audacious Worm’ by Jeananne Crowley Introduces the life and work of Sydney Owenson, Lady Morgan

4pm ‘Murder in Monte Carlo’ Michael Sheridan on the gruesome true story of Ireland’s Wimbledon finalist

7pm Lisnavagh closes

4.40pm Val Byrne on 'Feagh McHugh O'Byrne, the Elizabethan Rebel and the Byrnes of Clonmore'

Note: Ireland vs Croatia, kick-off 7.45pm

5.15pm Author readings & signings 7pm Lisnavagh closes

Josh Levine

Pat Wallace

Tom Sykes

Kevin Myers

Ruth Dudley Edwards Sr Maura Duggan

Robert O’Byrne

Maurice Walsh

Jeananne Crowley

Michael Sheridan

Sean Duffy

Those interested in attending must book tickets - only 400 will be available each day. A €10 ticket will admit you to the Festival Marquee at Lisnavagh House for the day, in which a host of activities are programmed. There are then 4 featured events taking place in the showstopping Library inside the house, each of which carries a €10 admission.

Book tickets, don’t chance turning up, because we think there won’t be any tickets left. You can get your tickets through Carlow’s GB Shaw Theatre on 059 9172400 or http://www.gbshawtheatre.ie.

Note: there are bound to be a couple of changes to the programme, but these can be checked on www.thehistoryfestivalofireland.com or www.eigsecarlow.ie.

Lunch and refreshments will be available to purchase all day, with a very special menu from Pieminister.

Parking provided free of charge.

2-day pass to all events at the History Festival plus Saturday night accommodation and breakfast on Sunday €139 pps 059-9180100

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spoken word

Booking

Turtle Bunbury

THE BORRIS HOUSE HAY FESTIVAL spoken word

Saturday 9th June and Sunday 10th June Borris House, Borris, Co. Carlow

www.eigsecarlow.ie

The maiden voyage of a landmark collaboration with the world-renowned Hay Festival, this weekend brings together leading international writers with the finest Irish scribes for a two-day feast of talk, memoir, fiction, debate, film, comedy and reading. Curated by Eleanor O’Keeffe of London’s ‘5x15’ and Vivienne Guinness, it promises to introduce some new faces into our festival calendar, and nourish an exchange of ideas between Irish and overseas writers.

Saturday 9th June Ballroom at Borris House

Chapel at Borris House

1.30pm

3.45pm

Gerard Smyth Kerry Hardie

Journalist and filmmaker

Ben Anderson Fintan O'Toole

opens the Festival, recites from his latest works, and introduces

who presents her forthcoming collection The Ash and the Oak and the Wild Cherry Tree, accompanied by David Power on uileann pipes.

(Holidays in the Axis of Evil)

meets to discuss his gripping account of the Afghanistan war in Helmand province, No Worse Enemy, and his latest assignments.

5.15pm

3pm

Award-winning Irish playwright and Aosdána member

Colm Toibin

takes his latest book New Ways to Kill Your Mother as the basis of a presentation on famous writers’ relationships to their families.

Marina Carr Loughlin Deegan

will talk about her work with , Director of The Lir,

and will read from some of her plays.

4.30pm 7pm

Craig Brown

talks about the 101 meetings that make up his new book One on One, and presents his own parodic One-Stop Literary Festival.

6pm

John Lloyd Sean Hardie

Comedy writer producer (Spitting Image, Blackadder, QI) in conversation

Leviathan

, a public conversation with leading commentators which informs, entertains and engages, through satire, comedy, and music.

*This event will be immediately followed by a reception to launch of Kerry’s book, to which all are welcome.

with (Bremner, Bird & Fortune, Not the Nine O’Clock News) In association with

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THE BORRIS HOUSE HAY FESTIVAL

Mike Scott

Anne Enright

Craig Brown

Sean Hardie

William Darlymple

Stephen Frears

Kerry Hardie

John Banville

Colm Toibin

John Lloyd

Katie Hickman

Ben Anderson

AC Grayling

Sunday 10th June Ballroom at Borris House 1.15pm

Anne Enright

Booker-prize winner (The Gathering) will talk about her career as a novelist, essayist and short story writer, drawing from her most recent work The Forgotten Waltz.

Chapel at Borris House 12pm

2.45pm

John Banville

Novelist and screenwriter gives audiences a sneak preview from his forthcoming novel Ancient Light (to be published July 5th).

5x15 Stories: ‘Nomadic Lives’

Fernanda Eberstadt, Katie Hickman, Perry Ogden,

Aoife Kavanagh and Lionel Shriver all talk passionately for fifteen minutes on a subject of their choice.

5.45pm Oscar-nominee and film director

Stephen Frears

(Dangerous Liaisons

(1988), The Van (1996), High Fidelity (2000), The Queen (2006),

7.15pm

1.30pm American author and journalist and Orange-prize winner

4.15pm

talks to

AC Grayling

Philosopher and novelist gives a sermon on The Good Book from the pulpit of the Chapel.

Dr. Orla Ryan

3pm

Blake Morrison

Novelist & ‘former ex-poet’ reads from his memoir about his Kerry-born mother (Things My Mother Never Told Me) and his recent novel The Last Weekend, which is currently being filmed for television, and talks about awriter’s life.

4.30pm Best-selling novelist and travel writer

Katie Hickman

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talks about The Aviary Gate Series, reading from The Pindar Diamond talking about the forthcoming A Winter Tale.

Waterboys frontman reads from his memoir, Adventures of a Waterboy (2012), and gives an interview about his career.

6pm Travel writer and historical novelist

William Dalrymple dramatises passages from his novel The Last Mughal to the accompaniment of North Indian vocalist

Vidya Shah Booking

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Tickets to all events are €9 and must be booked through the GB Shaw Theatre on 059 9172400 or www.gbshawtheatre.ie.

Picnics are welcome at Borris, and lunch and refreshments will be available for purchase all day.

Parking is provided free of charge. Doors open 45 minutes before the first talk each day.

Note: There are bound to be minor changes to the programme, these can be checked on www.eigsecarlow.ie or by calling 059-9140491

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spoken word

Mike Scott

Lionel Shriver

(We Need To Talk About Kevin), will talk about her latest book So Much For That.

www.eigsecarlow.ie

Photo © Tony Maher

Hotbuckle Theatre presents

Opera Theatre Company presents

Carlow Little Theatre presents

Great Expectations

Orfeo

by Charles Dickens

Directed by Ben Barnes

The Wandering Scholar from Paradise

Adapted for the stage by Adrian Preater Venue GB Shaw Theatre, Carlow Date Tuesday 12th June, 8pm Tickets €12.50 Venue Borris House, Borris, Co Carlow Date Wednesday 13th June, 8pm Tickets €12.50

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After triumphing over audiences in Listowel Writers Week in 2011, UK theatre company Hotbuckle - troubadours to the bone - return to these shores for the Dickens bicentenary. With just five actors of astonishing versatility playing the full array of roles, this troupe explode onto the stage with this innovative and exhilarating adaptation of one of Dickens’ greatest novels.

With all the comedy, mystery, violent melodrama, suspense and poignancy of the original, it tells of Pip’s journey from boyhood to manhood as he seeks to find his place in an inhospitable world, and has some of the most vivid and memorable characters in all of English literature.

“...moving [and] humorous” The Public Reviews

Hotel Partner: Step House (Borris) Theatre ticket, (B&B sharing) €65.50 pps via 059 977 3209

Venue GB Shaw Theatre, Carlow Date Thursday 14th June, 8pm Tickets €20/€18

Following their sell-out success with The Magic Flute this winter, Opera Theatre Company return to the GB Shaw Theatre with Claudio Monteverdi’s Baroque masterpiece Orfeo. Although over 400 years old, the exquisite music and dramatic power of this earliest operatic gem remains undiminished.

With a powerful cast including Oliver Mercer, Daire Halpin and Sadhbh Dennehy, Orfeo is directed by Ben Barnes and will be sung in English, Joe Vanek on set design and John Comiskey on lighting and featuring the Opera Theatre Company Baroque Ensemble.

Orfeo will delight the first time opera-goer and seasoned fan alike, and will be performed in Carlow for one night only.

This performance is sponsored by Mr and Mrs Frank Lanigan.

Partner: Talbot Hotel Theatre Ticket, (B&B sharing) €97pps 059 915 3000

by Hans Sachs Venue GB Shaw Theatre, Carlow Date Saturday 16th June, 1pm (50 mins) Tickets €7.50

In a sneak preview of Carlow Little Theatre Society’s forthcoming week of medieval comedy masterworks, the company will give a lunchtime preview performance of Hans Sachs’ one-act farce.

The Wandering Scholar from Paradise introduces us to a Nuremberg woman called Anna who spends her life complaining that her deceased first husband is still her true love, and that her second husband is scrimpy, mean, sour of disposition and no lover at all. Then one day, an elderly scholar passes by, doffs his hat and decides to impress her with his ‘travels to Paris’. He goes a little overboard, she mishears and assumes he has said ‘Paradise’...

Carlow Little Theatre Society is a veteran of amateur drama in Ireland. It came into being in 1944, and boards have been trod ever since. Recent sold-out successes include ‘Lend me a Tenor’ and ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’.

NOTE: LUNCHTIME THEATRE!

Partner: Lennons Café Lennons for Lunch via 059 9179245

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Pat Shortt I Am The Band A New One-Man Show

Carlow University Theatre Pittsburgh present

Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre presents

He Ain’t Done Right

By Nell

Rian (unplugged)

by Wilbur Braun Venue GB Shaw Theatre, Carlow Date Saturday 9th June, 9pm Tickets €30

Pat Shortt’s new one-man comedy show charts the life of Dixie Walsh (Jumbo Breakfast Roll, Where Did My Money Go), a solo lounge musician.

The show is a tribute night to Dixie where all his peers and friends (the audience) come to celebrate his career. Dixie steps out of his character roles in Pat’s shows ‘You Won’t Get Away With That Here’ and ‘The Hall’ to take centre-stage, to reminisce about the struggles he has had to get to the top of his game, and to share his unique style of music with the assembled... as does his mother, his teacher and a motley rabble of other locals, each with their own anecdotes about the man.

Pat Shortt is one of Ireland’s best-loved comedians. I Am The Band is a hilarious look at life on the back roads between Ireland’s dance halls, and a tribute to one of this country’s true music legends - Dixie Walsh.

Venues Carlow Shopping Centre, Carlow Date Monday 11th, 1pm Venues Main Gallery, VISUAL, Carlow Date Tuesday 12th, 1pm Venues Fairgreen Shopping Ctr, Carlow Date Wednesday 13th June, 1pm Tickets Free

This is an old-fashioned melodrama presented in the style and fashion of the acting companies that traveled the American West in the mid to late 1800s.

Our heroine Nell must give up her intended to marry the manipulative villain Hilton Hays - or have her deep dark secret exposed.

Will Nell face a loveless marriage? How can she possibly escape this devious plot? Does crime pay? A cast of some 17 players and a big trunk of costumes will reveal all.

Carlow University Theatre (CUT) has been in existence for 20 years and has accounted for more than 80 productions in the city of Pittsburgh. The group is dedicated to presenting an eclectic mix of theatrical miscellany. They came to Carlow in 2010 with ‘The Merry Conceited Humours of Bottom the Weaver’ and their connection with their sister college in Ireland (St. Patrick’s College, Carlow) enables these international productions.

Venue Temporary Structure, Main Gallery, VISUAL, Carlow Date Sunday 17th June, 9pm Tickets €20 (strictly limited numbers)

Inside a full-size replica of an 1890 Wyoming timber barn (see pages 2-3) in the Main Gallery of VISUAL, acclaimed choreographer Michael Keegan Dolan and musician Liam Ó Maonlaí, with a company of musicians and dancers, will embark on a performance of their beautiful and evocative masterpiece Rian.

"One of the most daring and highly original dance theatre companies in the world" The Times Eight dancers from around the world and four of Ireland’s top musicians unite with Ó Maonlaí and Keegan-Dolan to create an expressive cultural hybrid. Ó Maonlaí ambles amongst some of the country’s finest trad musicians coaxing sounds out of various instruments, while the dancers explore the music, twisting and writhing their bodies with influences from faraway places, in “a ritual lifting of the gloom and shame” as the Irish Times put it. www.fabulousbeast.net/production/video/rian Co-produced by Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre and Sadler’s Wells, London See page 11 for information on Michael Keegan Dolan Workshop

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I’ll Live Til I Die

Young-Choon Park

A memoir in word and song of Delia Murphy Queen of Connemara

Venue GB Shaw Theatre, Carlow Date Sunday 17th June, 1pm (Lunchtime) Tickets €12

Venues St Fiaccs Hse, Graiguecullen - 2pm The Estoria, Bagenalstown - 7pm Date Monday 11th June Venues Sacred Heart Home, Carlow - 2pm Glendale Estate, Tullow - 7pm Date Tuesday 12th June

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If you listen carefully enough to your memories, you might just hear If I were a Blackbird gracing the airwaves of Radio Eireann, or emerging from the trumpet of a gramophone, or in a Dance Hall somewhere in Mayo…

From Delia Murphy’s earliest days she was attracted to the ballads she heard from wandering journeymen, minstrels, or ‘tinkers round their fire camps.’ She was a pivotal figure of the 40’s and 50’s who took the Irish ballad and turned it into something of her own. Her songs have been covered by the Wolfe Tones, the Clancy Brothers, The Dubliners, and The Pogues.

This special show mixes biography, musicianship, family reminiscences, and, of course, song. Gerry Anderson presents a memoir, drawing on his knowledge of the singer as the first inspiration of his own development as a ballad singer; Máirín O’Donovan will sing some of Delia’s favourites; and Carmen Cullen, niece of Delia, adds some family reminiscences and reads from her novel set in 1942 called Two Sisters Singing.

South Korean born pianist and child prodigy Young-Choon began the study of the piano at the age of four and gave her first full recital when she was seven.

She played Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.1 with the Seoul Symphony Orchestra at the age of nine. She later studied at the Juilliard School in New York and went on to achieve the highest masters degree at the Hochschule in Munich.

Giving over 50 concerts each year in Europe, Scandinavia, South Africa and the United States, she is currently recording the complete Mozart piano concerts for Dechesne World Records in Belgium. Her technical ability is beyond dispute. This 90-minute performance in an intimate theatre setting will present Mozart and Beethoven’s sonatas with Young-Choon’s inimitable flair.

“…individually refreshing, while demonstrating real passion and style as well as outstanding technical proficiency…” Sunday Times This performance is sponsored by an anonymous philanthropist from the UK. NOTE: LUNCHTIME THEATRE!

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Venue Seven Oaks Hotel, Carlow Date Saturday June 16th, 8.45pm Tickets €18

David McSavage is one of Ireland’s most popular comedians and street entertainers. His cutting commentary is fearless and unflinching, and his performances are controversial, covering all aspects of life – though he is particularly devoted to the dogged pursuit of bigotry, politics, and religion.

‘The most divisive comedian in the country’ Evening Herald Expect to hear from The Barman (Mick the Bull), Father Finnegan, former President Mary Robinson and Pat…Kenny, and other characters that have graced our screens in the groundbreaking series The Savage Eye. A regular guest on TV and radio shows in Ireland for many years, McSavage wrote and starred in The Savage Eye for RTÉ in 2009 and 2010. The third series is currently running on RTÉ 2.

He is well known for his street shows in Dublin’s Temple Bar. Especially to the Gardai.

“The Savage Eye is the best TV comedy program ever made in Ireland…brilliantly and wickedly funny…” Irish Independent Ticket Offer: Seven Oaks Hotel

Dinner, Accomodation, Breakfast & Ticket €90pps

This show is fully booked.

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Dave McSavage He’s Alive Inside

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Theatre Lovett presents

How Do Actors Play?

The Nualas: Older, Wiser, Heftier

Michael Keegan Dolan

Venue GB Shaw Theatre, Carlow Date Wednesday 13th June, 8pm Tickets €16

Venue Main Gallery, VISUAL, Carlow Date Sunday 17th June, 3pm -4pm Tickets Free (limited to 25 people - over 10’s)

3 divorces, 6 children and 200 botox injections later, they’re back. The Nualas are new, improved, and yet somehow exactly the same. After 10 years off the road Anne Gildea and Sue Collins welcome Maria Tecce to the team with a show that promises non-stop belly laughs and pure glamour.

Michael Keegan Dolan, Artistic Director of Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre, is the most exciting choreographer and dancer at work in Ireland today. He will lead an informal session where he will share some of the exercises he uses to create his work. The workshop will involve lots of dancing, singing, stamping and clapping with music.

During their previous seven years together The Nualas achieved 17 theatre runs, including 6 total-sell-outs at the Edinburgh Festival ("***** Kill to get a ticket." - The Scotsman), and extended seasons in London, Dublin and New York. The New York Times described their work as ‘wackily original’ and In Dublin Magazine declared

"In the febrile creative mind of Michael Keegan-Dolan, anything is possible" Irish Times

A Workshop for Absolutely Anyone

Two Wonderful Workshops Venue GB Shaw Theatre, 11am Main Gallery of VISUAL, 6pm Date Tuesday 12th June Tickets €5 or (€15 for family of 4) (Book via 059 914 0491)

Louis Lovett and Muireann Ahern Lovett (Joint Artistic Directors of Theatre Lovett) will take you through the actor’s journey on stage: how to take hold of the moment you’re in, how to look forward to the moment coming next and, most importantly, how to look back – to the moments of play that children understand, and that adults can remember and learn from.

In this workshop Louis will introduce you to his own unique style of performance – one that embraces the mischievous spirit of play. Louis Lovett is Ireland's most experienced and critically acclaimed performer for children.

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This workshop was nominated for the 2011 Aoife Best of Irish Festival Award in the Children’s Category.

“Lovett is an incredibly accomplished physical actor whose gift dazzles when performing for children.”

So they are back, and they are good. Expect a few old favourites such as ‘Girl with a Cabbage for a Head’, ‘Chicken Shoes’, ‘Donald Sutherland’ and ‘Manolo’ alongside fabulous all-new classics, such as 'Yummy Mummy Recession Blues', in a show which might well have about ten songs in it, and a lot more comedy than anything else in Éigse.

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Advance booking is essential, the 11am workshop is for school groups (Primary aged 7+) and Post Primary (All ages) and the 6pm welcomes children (ages 7+) and adults of all ages - but only 25 of them. The workshop is 80 minutes in duration.

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Keegan-Dolan is recognised as one of Ireland’s most talented, challenging and innovative artists, renowned for his ability to fuse the visual immediacy of dance with the narrative strength of theatre.

His work with Fabulous Beast includes Rian (2011), The Rite of Spring (2009), James Son of James (2007), The Bull (2005) and Giselle (2003).

Michael Keegan-Dolan was born in Dublin in 1969 and trained at the London Central School of Ballet in the early 1990s. Apart from his productions with Fabulous Beast (founded 1997) he has choreographed work for the Cologne Opera, the Bavarian State Opera, the English National Opera and many others. He is currently based in County Longford.

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Camille O’Sullivan Feel Venue GB Shaw Theatre, Carlow Date Friday 8th June 9pm Tickets €20/€25

Carlow Arts Festival is pleased to welcome to the stage on our Opening Night, the incomparable and brilliant Camille O’Sullivan.

‘Mad, magical and magnificent... A major star’ ***** Scotsman Camille O'Sullivan enjoys a formidable international reputation for her dramatic interpretations of the songs of Brel, Cave, Waits, Bowie and more. Chameleon-like on stage, each song has a different character with its story to tell. The award-winning singer has stunned audiences around the world with 5-star sell-out performances, including Sydney Opera House, London’s Royal Festival Hall and a show-stealing appearance on Later with Jools Holland.

Dark, fierce, amusing and mesmerizing, Camille transforms each song into an intense theatrical experience.

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‘Raunchy, dangerously fragile. An exceptional voice’ ***** Edinburgh Evening News ‘Ravishing... superb performer and great singer…’ The Guardian

MPI for Éigse and Dinn Ri presents

Paul Brady Venue The Tower, Dinn Ri, Tullow Street, Carlow Date Friday 15th June, 8pm Tickets €22

Paul Brady performed as a member of Planxty before a very successful solo career which encompasses writing songs recorded by Tina Turner, teaching Bob Dylan a ballad or two, and playing with John Prine, Mark Knopfler, Eric Clapton and Bonnie Raitt - and almost every musician of note in Ireland at one point or another.

Over the years, Paul’s live shows have thrilled audiences worldwide. Renowned for his haunting ballad ‘The Island,’ Paul’s fan-base defies age and demographic, but has come to know that being in the company of the solo Brady on stage is the best way to experience his music.

“Some guys got it down - Leonard Cohen, Paul Brady, Lou Reed” Bob Dylan He will be drawing on his new material and old favorites for this performance - his first in Carlow for over 10 years - in a seated, intimate, concert for just 300 very fortunate people.

Pierce Turner & His VeRRy Small Orchestra Venue GB Shaw Theatre, Carlow Date Saturday 16th June, 8pm Tickets €18

This summer sees the return of Pierce Turner to the stage with the release of his first studio album in seven years.

Born and raised in Wexford town, Pierce Turner’s musical journey began as a soprano in his school choir, moved through clarinet, piano, The Beatles, Dylan and Pink Floyd, various beat groups, folk rock collectives, and then graduated to collaborations with singer/guitarist Larry Kirwan and the avant garde composer Philip Glass.

“heir apparent to Van Morrisson” Critic Geoff Wallis Pierce Turner is something of a resilient renegade in the entertainment business.

Sure, commercial success may have been elusive, but he has achieved the kind of critical acclaim that most musicians would steal for. Critic Geoff Wallis calls him “one of the most devastatingly innovative, constructively creative and ridiculously overlooked songwriters and musicians of the last few decades”. Turner will take to the stage with his VeRRy Small Orchestra, including Rian Trench on drums, Garvan Gallagher on bass, and Lynda O’Connor on violin. www.pierceturner.com

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The Niall Toner Band Venue Main Gallery, VISUAL, Carlow Date Wednesday 13th June, 8.30pm Tickets €15

Niall Toner is widely regarded as Ireland’s leading expert on bluegrass and American country music. He presents ‘Roots Freeway’ on RTE Radio 1, which runs the gamut from Bluegrass and Old Timey to Blues and Cajun.

The Niall Toner Band was founded in 2001 with Clem O'Brien (guitar) and Dick Gladney (string bass, bull-fiddle). The trio from the Blackstairs Mountains perform a set of all-original songs and instrumentals, and their unique sound fuses traditional acoustic country music and bluegrass, up-tempo Western swing and gospel.

Toner’s songs have been recorded by Bill Wyman, The Nashville Bluegrass Band, Albert Lee, The Special Consensus and many more. He has recently been signed to Pinecastle Records of North Carolina for an album later in 2012.

This show is the first full live performance inside a replica 1890 Wyoming timber barn located inside the vast Main Gallery at Visual.

Niall Toner – A Bluegrass Workshop Date: Sunday 10th June 11.30am, book via GB Theatre Niall Toner will give a performing and participatory workshop in bluegrass and country guitar. Using three of his promising protégés, Katie, Jack and Cathal, the workshop will invite anyone of any age to attend with their own guitar, mandolin, banjo or other stringed instrument (acoustic only). At the end of the workshop, everyone will, at the very least, be able to carry a rudimentary bluegrass tune. Up to 30 people €10 each.

The Rubberbandits with special guest Lill Miss Rent Allowance Venue The Tower, Dinn Ri, Tullow Street, Carlow Date Thursday 14th June, 10.45pm Tickets €15/€13.50

Trad Nights Venue 1 Teach Dolmain, Tullow Street, Carlow Presented by Dave Sheridan, Eimer Casey, Briget McCarthy, Michelle Powderly, Eric Butler and others Date Thursday 14th June, 10.45pm Tickets Free

Mr. Chrome and Blindboy Boatclub with Dj Willie O'Deajay (He's not their father, he's their mother’s boyfriend) will be standing by with the Kleenex following the Ireland – Spain Euro 2012 match (8.45pm in your local) – and take to the stage, bagged and bonkers, the moment the ref blows the whistle.

Venue 2 Brennan’s Bar, Graiguecullen, Co. Carlow Presented by Con Haughney, Nadia Cooke, Bláthín Butler, Micheal Bolton and others Date Friday 15th June, 10pm Tickets Free

Having shot to worldwide fame in 2010, it’s been a momentous year for the comedy hip-hop outfit from Limerick. Blindboy Boat Club and Mr. Chrome became internet superstars after ‘Horse Outside’ went viral (over 8 million views and counting).

Two trad nights–one either side of the Barrow–to set your feet a tapping and the pints flowing.

“a genuinely subversive and brutally smart act who kick dirt in the eye of middle Ireland.” Irish Times A pile of gigs all over Ireland have kept the bandit boys busy for the past year. They are working on a show commissioned by Channel 4 to air this summer too, so frankly it’s a miracle they have time to kill hanging around Carlow.

If the Social get wind of Lill Ms Rent Allowances’ nixer as the support act, we’ll have to pull it.

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Guest musicians Ruadhrai O’Kane (Fiddle), Dessie Adams (Flute), Ryan O’Donnell (Banjo & Bouzoki) and Jason O’Rourke (Concertina) travel south from Belfast for the 2012 Carlow Arts Festival to join our own esteemed trad talent in what promises to be a brace of good old fashioned sessions in simple timber bars, without stages, lighting, sound gear, blaring TVs or electric guitars – just the purest simple sound we don’t hear enough of.

BOTH THESE EVENTS ARE FREE Kindly sponsored by Willie Rath and family.

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An Evening with virtuoso classical guitarist

Pat Coldrick Venue Mimosa's Wine and Tapas Bar College Street, Carlow Date Wednesday 13th June, 7pm Tickets €10 (From 059 9170888)

Pat Coldrick has been playing classical guitar since he was 12 years old, studying at the College of Music in Dublin and then under world-renowned Spanish guitarists David Russell and Gabriel Estarellas.

A guitarist with a classical background but a deep respect for a bit of rock n roll, blues, folk and pop, he writes and performs works for the guitar with a fresh, instinctive and informal approach. His 2011 album Cayendo includes original compositions, alongside guitar masterpieces such as ‘Asturias’ by Isaac Albéniz and ‘Danza Paraguaya No.1’ by Agustin Barrios, and his performance in Carlow might be peppered with a beautiful arrangement of a Presley number, up beside his own composition ‘Lament’.

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Music from Spain, Latin America, Ireland, as well as Baroque and Medieval styles, a few surprises, and the finest tapas and Rioja in Ireland... this promises to be a Wednesday evening stolen from the jaws of the recession.

The Pocket of Sunshine Folk Club Venue The Back Room in The Boat Club Date Saturday 9th June, 11pm Tickets Free

Once a month a group of musician friends (and strangers) come together in the back room of the Boat Club bar for an informal session that lasts late into the night. Everyone is encouraged to get up and have a go, to get used to using a mike, or having an audience–some do covers, most play originals–and you might hear folk or roots, you might hear bluegrass or polka, you might get two burbling guitarists riffing away, or a lone bodhran and a voice...

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Aoife O’Sullivan (piano) Venue GB Shaw Theatre, Carlow Date Sunday 17th June, 7pm Tickets €18/€16

Howard Reddy and Hanan Tarabay are both dynamic vocalists known for their primarily classical repertoire throughout Europe and North America. In a concert arranged specially for a visit to Ireland from their homes in Florida, they will combine their love of the classical and folk traditions with some contemporary American hits.

These informal Barrowside sessions, emceed by Con Haughney and Doireann Dunbar, feature Shane Ryan, Eric Butler, Gala Hutton and numerous others, and there is something about them that makes you want to tuck the chair in under the table for the night and get stuck in.

Notable compositions from the world of opera, such as Carmen's Habanera or Gerschwin's Summertime, selections from the Classic Broadway rep, and some favourites like Morricone's Nella Fantasia, or Neopolitan favourite O Sole Mio, will sit alongside Someone to Watch Over Me, My Way and perhaps even a duet of Danny Boy.

Visit ‘The Pocket of Sunshine Folk Club’ on Facebook and stick you name down.

In what promises to be one of the festival highlights, this uplifting musical evening is a great welcome home for Howard Reddy, a Carlow-born vocalist with a truly international reputation, the mesmerizing Hanan Tarabay, and the exceptionally talented pianist Aoife O’Sullivan.

‘A maestro of the Classical Guitar’ Paolo Tullio

www.hananandhoward.com www.facebook.com/hananandhowardfans This concert is kindly sponsored by Tom & Margaret Crotty

www.patcoldrick.com This performance is kindly sponsored by Catriona Carpenter and Oscar Soto.

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Howard Reddy and Hanan Tarabay

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The Salty Dog Sessions Venue Bars all over Carlow Town Date Every night from 8th - 17th June Tickets ALL FREE

In the murky shadows of the woods in Stradbally, an old friend peels a few leaves off his forehead and flicks a caterpillar from behind his ear, and recalls some distant promise to try harder... its the captain of the Salty Dog, stumbling into the lengthening Spring days and wondering how the winter was so effortlessly squandered…

For those of you to whom the Salty Dog is a mystery, it is a stage in the Electric Picnic Festival in Stradbally, a 40-tonne shipwreck which ‘fell off the back of a lorry’ in the woods in 2008 and declared itself open for business. With over 30 bands performing on her decks over the three days, and countless revelers finding a second home under her lawless bows, it’s ... different.

The Salty Dog devotes itself almost entirely to Irish acts and this year its organizers will come to Carlow with a few old buoys and some lobster pots to find some new bands. What are they looking for? “Sea shanties from pub-tanned codgers, bluegrass at the whim of corn-nibblers down from the hills, blues solos from tinny-swilling double bassists with bockety eyes, and the occasional cracking set from a confused rock-star kidnapped from the main stage and spirited into the forest.. Anything from the fringes of society! No hippies with triangles!”

At least five acts will be given a gig at Electric Picnic. Contenders so far include: Huey and the Hobgoblins O’Loughlin’s, Dublin Street, Carlow Friday 8th June 10.45pm Swords followed by Molotov Cocktail Leverett & Frye, Dublin Street, Carlow Saturday 9th June 10.30pm Raglan Rodeo followed by The Barley Mob O’Loughlins, Dublin Street, Carlow Saturday 9th June 10.15pm Beef Supreme Corcorans Bar (Secret Lounge), Castlehill, Carlow Saturday 9th June 10.30pm Homebrew and the Bad Examples Teach Dolmain Sunday 10th June 10.45pm El Hombre Jokes Scraggs Alley, Tullow Street, Carlow Sunday 10th June 10.45pm

Brendogg and Bolsak followed by Trapdoor O’Loughlins, Dublin Street, Carlow Tuesday 12th June 10pm Neon Wolf supported by Joe Tomlin Scragg’s Alley Thursday 14th June 11pm Brand New Switcheroos / Eric Butler / Hard Times Cafe Formenti Wednesday 13th June 10.30pm Gala Hutton followed by Shane Hennessy Pembroke Club D’Art Friday 15th June 10.30pm New Musty Rhythms Tavern Pub, Castle Street Friday 15th June 10.30pm Gypsy Rebel Rabble Teach Dolmen Friday 15th June 10.30pm

This programme was assembled with Seany Fennelly for the idle folk at the Salty Dog.

Soulicitors followed by Dem Fools O’Loughlins , Dublin Street, Carlow Friday 15th June 10.30pm Propellor Plan Scragg’s Alley Friday 15th June 10.30pm The Mill Rats Tullys, Tullow Street, Carlow Saturday 16th June 10pm Sive Teach Dolmain Saturday 16th June 10.15pm Oddsocks Revival and This Side Up Racey Byrnes Saturday 16th June 10.30pm Shannon O’Loughlins , Dublin Street, Carlow Saturday 16th June 10pm

ALL FREE

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Anthony Lyttle Accumulation Venue Digital Gallery, VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art, Carlow Opening Hours 11am - 5pm Daily (Closed Mondays)

Anthony Lyttle is Éigse's 2012 selected '059' artist Anthony Lyttle will create an immersive space within the gallery by making a series of large-scale drawings and inter-related smaller works on paper. Central to these drawings is the physical process of making, which involves the endless repetition of the same mark and the ensuing rhythmic energy of repetitive action.

As the drawings evolve, a shadow image forms and assumes a visual influence of the picture plane, resulting in a play of balance between the dominant and the recessive. Obscuring and camouflaging becomes the preoccupation in building a density of marks on the surface of the delicate paper.

Anthony Lyttle was born in Kenya, spending his childhood there and in Ethiopia before moving to Ireland in his teenage years. He studied Fine Art at NCAD and he did his MA in Fine Art Painting at Central St Martins. His most recent exhibition was ‘The White Mark’ at the Cross Gallery (Dublin) in 2011. He currently lives in Killedmond in Co Carlow.

Carlow Photographic Society presents

Exposure 9

Venue George Bernard Shaw Room, Carlow Library Date Sat 9th June - Sun 17th June Opening Hours 10am - 5.30pm Daily Carlow Photographic Society, established in 2003, has some 80 members, ranging from the highly experienced to the complete novice. This annual showcase of the Society’s finest talent will feature a diverse collection of new photographic works, and will be exhibited in the wonderfully reworked George Bernard Shaw Room of Carlow Library.

Annette Flynn, Austin Kinsella, Bob Frazier, Bridget Somers, Cepta Burke, Charley Callinan, Christy Glancy, David Fitzgerald, David Lawlor, Enda Smyth, Gilbert Smyth, Jaroslav Pavlinec, Jenny McCullough, Joan Wall, Joe Rattigan, John Bradley, John Dalton, Kathryn McMahon, Ken Dagg, Liam Beattie, Linda Nolan, Margaret Donegan, Margaret Fennelly, Margaret Walsh, Martin Doyle, Mary Hutton, Maura O’Halloran, Michael Kinsella, Michael Russell, Mike Blade, Nancy Parnis, Noel Keating, Nora Kavanagh, Nuala Grogan, Pat Lohan, Paul Redmond, Ralph Garbaciak, Richard Smyth, Roger Jones, Seamus Cunningham, Sean Kinsella, Shirley Kelly, Steven McDonald, Ursula Murphy, Bridget Somers, Maria Martin and Willie McCann will participate.

John Minihan will open the exhibition at a reception (Saturday 9th June at 5pm) and give a short talk on his own work.

This exhibition has been made possible by R.J. Smyth & Co., Chartered Accountants, Carlow.

The Nine Stones Artists Venue Deighton Hall, Dublin St., Carlow Date Sat 9th June - Sun 17th June Opening Hours 12pm - 7pm Daily, extended to 10pm some days In a hotly anticipated unveiling of artworks by ‘Nine Stones’ in the mesmerizing Deighton Hall, this is going to be an unusual treat for the more intrepid art lover.

The Nine Stones Artists was formed in 2004. Its members are professional artists most of whom are based in the foothills of the Blackstairs Mountains in South County Carlow–video artists, printmakers, sculptors, photographers, painters and installation artists.

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Cathy Fitzgerald, Gwen Wilkinson, Annabel Konig, Martin Lyttle, Jules Michael, Rachel Joynt, Michelle Byrne, Stephen O’Briain, Eileen McDonogh, Brian Hand, Orla Ryan and Remco de Fouw will occupy and adorn the raw exposed brick hall space of Deighton Hall with some of the most intriguing artworks to have emerged by any art collective in the country.

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Barrow Valley Painters Group presents

Reflections

Venue Town Hall Theatre, Haymarket, Carlow Date Saturday 9th June - Sunday 17th June Opening Hours 11am - 6pm Daily Official Opening Sat 9th June, 7pm (All Welcome) Note: Please use entrance in the Town Hall Car Park

One of the longest-running and well-supported artist’s groups in Ireland (est. 1973), the Barrow Valley Painters Group, comprising some 35 artists, will this year occupy a very special venue for their annual exhibition: the original Theatre in the Town Hall, restored, repainted and resplendent.

Alice Beresford

New Works 2011-12

Venue GB Theatre Bar, Ground Floor, VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art, Carlow Opening Hours 11am - 5pm Daily (Closed Mondays) Alice Beresford is an artist who uses photography as her medium, but experiments with alternative processes with which to show it. Her most recent works are printed onto aluminium and use neon lighting to frame and illuminate.

These six works are all rooted in Americana, her images lifted from streetscapes encountered during travels made in the last two years through Hawaii, California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona and New York.

Incorporated her penchant for neon into classic images (“pushing the familiar but allowing the viewer to have a real sense of space and place”), she achieves a wonderful, theatrical result.

She is based between London and Co. Wicklow in Ireland, but gathers most of her material from travels abroad. She trained formally in New York at Parsons School of Design and with commercial photographers in Dublin. She has had solo exhibitions in Dublin and London.

Turtle Bunbury & James Fennell

Vanishing Carlow

Venue Upstairs Gallery, VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art, Carlow Opening Hours 11am - 5pm Daily (Closed Mondays) The Vanishing Ireland Project began in 2001 when writer Turtle Bunbury and photographer James Fennell began to interview people of senior vintage in and around their homes in County Carlow and Kildare. In 2003, they embarked upon the first of many extensive tours of Ireland to chronicle a world that is rapidly disappearing. They have now produced three volumes of the ‘Vanishing Ireland’ series.

This exhibition brings to VISUAL six extraordinary characters from this series - all from Carlow, and two still with us - and for the first time in the history of this project, viewers of James Fennell’s photographs will be able to listen to recordings of the original audio interviews conducted by Turtle Bunbury.

Nellie O'Toole (1908 - 2010) Nurse & Housekeeper, Rathvilly George Hawkins (Born 1914) Farmer, Ballyhackett Bob Murphy (1909- 2002) Gardener, Rathvilly Johnny Hutchinson (Born 1931) Horse Coper & Hunter, Borris Atty Dowling (1916-2005) Farm Labourer, Tobinstown Bill Burgess (1902-2007) Farmer & Amateur Jockey, Tobinstown

This exhibition is sponsored by Canon and Hachette Books.

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This exhibition will unveil some 90 new works by artists including Sally Ashmore, Attracta Carbery, Kay Carbery, Ruth Coffey, Mollie Coughlan, Ann Cuddy, Anne Deere, Maire Doody, John Doyle, Liz Eustace, Lorraine Fenlon, Teresa Fennell, John Fitzpatrick, Anne Garvey, Pat Grassick, Lorraine Hayden, Breda Heffernan, Lauri Hennessy, Mary Hennessy, Noreen Madden, Bridget Monks, Janet Murphy, Katie Nolan, Eileen Nolan, Mary Clare Nolan, Betty O Gorman, John O Rourke, Tony O'Grady, Maura O'Halloran, Bridget O'Hara, Lily O'Rourke, Catherine Ryan, Bernadette Scott, Maeve Taylor, Ellen Walsh, and promises to give a sense of the extraordinary talent and passion at work within the county.

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Carlow County Enterprise Board in association with Carlow Arts Festival Éigse 2012 and Carlow Town Council present

Tullow Street Pop-Up Gallery Project For the duration of Éigse (8th-17th June), six unused town centre shops will reopen as galleries and craft outlets, and compete for business in a formal commercial environment. With seed funding from the Carlow County Enterprise Board, six aspiring retailers with an interest in arts, crafts and related boutique fare will be given a shop premises and business mentoring, and invited to open up shop for ten days.

Each candidate – each gallery owner – will put forward a business plan, undergo a brief spell of work experience with market leader in the field, and assemble a collection of art or craft works for sale. A fund from the Enterprise Board will be divided among the participants in equal parts to assist in their gallery preparations. A minimum of 50% of the art/craftwork must come from County Carlow. Commercial sales are an essential part of this project – it is not an opportunity for an artist or curator to exhibit the work of a single practitioner for all to admire; It is an opportunity for artists to be given a chance to have a commercial gallery experience. Business mentoring from leading national business figures will also be offered to participants.

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These six premises on Tullow Street will be transformed to create six new art-based retail spaces for Carlow in an ambitious scheme rooted in the local economy. KCLR will document the progress of these galleries in a weekly bulletin. See www.eigsecarlow.ie for details of these premises as they are revealed by their new proprietors

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Ealaín Óg Venue The Vault, Burrin Street, Carlow Date Monday 11th - Friday 15th June The Vault, Carlow’s first youth café set up by the Carlow VEC and Carlow Regional Youth Services, has been going from strength to strength.

It strives to provide a wide range of activities managed and run by a team of youth workers in response to the needs and interests of the young people in Carlow. Ealaín Óg is a chance for the young people of Carlow to exhibit works of art and perform music in a venue dedicated specifically to that age group.

Throughout Carlow Arts Festival Éigse, Ealaín Óg has programmed a full range of events:

Monday 11th of June - Friday 15th June

Thursday 14th June

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The Vault Jungle Exhibition (12 - 3pm, Friday 15th) The Young Peoples Input Exhibition: (12 - 3pm, Friday 15th ) The Vault Sessions New Oak Tullow Road Youth Project Video Project Launch night.

Blackstairs Children’s Theatre Blackstairs Children’s Theatre will be performing 3 sketches.

6-8 year olds - Cinderella 8-10 year olds - House on the Hill 10+ year old - ‘Imagine This’

Tuesday 12th June 7-9 pm

The Vault Variety Night including: The Amps – Singing and Performing Group from Bagenalstown Youth Project

Friday the 15th of June 2012 6 - 9pm

The Ultimate Vault Sessions

Unique Stylez – Shake The Dust (Bboying routine) Tullow Teenagers- Various performances by the young people of Tullow Youth Project

Wednesday 13th June 7 - 9pm

Operation Revamp - A fashion show of clothes designed and made from secondhand clothes and modelled by young people.

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FAIRGREEN PARTY ON THE BARROW SATURDAY 9TH JUNE, 2012 E EEEEEE

Carlow Town Park Family Day with Puppet Shows • Balloon Modelling • Face Painting Bouncing Castles and Mazes • Rancho Reilly’s Pet Farm Barrel Train • Creperie • Tug O’War • Star Wars Costuming Waddle & Quack: The Lions Duck Race • Music Workshops 2pm-7pm

7pm-10pm

Jerry Fish & The Mudbug Club FRENEAIR

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with picnic stalls at Town Hall Plaza

10pm-11pm

LANTERNS & ILLUMINATION CEREMONY on the bank of the Barrow

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Salty Dog Live Music Sessions Corcorans, Leverett & Frye, O’Loughlins, Boat Club Bar and more

Sponsored by Fairgreen Shopping Centre, Carlow

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Dates: All these events, unless otherwise stated, are open throughout the festival (6pm June 8th to 6pm June 17th)

Trudi Doyle, Jacinta Crowley Long and Attracta Carbery

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An Exhibition of Paintings Venue Cedar Room, Seven Oaks Hotel, Athy Road, Carlow Opening Hours 11am - 7pm (Late opening Thurs, Fri, Sat)

An Exhibition of Paintings (watercolour, acrylic, oil and mixed media) Venue Cathedral Parish Centre, College Street, Carlow Opening Hours 11am - 6pm (closing at 5pm Sun 17th)

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Lorraine Fenlon and Ruth Coffey

Stepping Out

(exhibition of works) Venue Grahams Shoes, Tullow St., Carlow Opening Hours 9am - 6pm

Lily O’Rourke

An Exhibition of Paintings (oils, watercolour and pastels) Venue Cathedral Parish Centre, College Street, Carlow Opening Hours 11am - 6pm (Closing at 5pm on Sun 17th)

Lorraine Fenlon, Miriam Kelly and Catherine Moran

Fine Fringe Benefits (oil paintings selected by Paula Chattan) Venue Fringes Hair Salon, Kennedy Street, Carlow Opening Hours 9.30am - 5.30 daily

Catherine Ryan

Liz Eustace, Maura O’Halloran, Catherine Ryan, Bridget Monks, Ann Cuddy, Antoinette Breen, Rita Riordan and Bernadette Hopkins

Moving On

Redwells Studios

Venue Mac’s Menswear, Tullow Street, Carlow Opening Hours 9am - 6pm (Mon - Sat)

(directed by Sheila Mangan, BA, MA, MPA) Venue Café Formenti, Dublin Street, Carlow Opening Hours 9am – 3pm (Mon - Wed), 9am - 4pm (Thurs - Sat)

Selected Local Artists

The Forge Collection (oils, watercolours, woodturning, enamels and photographs) Venue The Forge, Ballon, Co Carlow Opening Hours 9am - close (Mon - Sun)

Students and staff of St Laserians

Snap! (Photographs from 5 -18yrs) Venue St. Laserians School, Dublin Road, Carlow Opening Hours 11am - 3pm (Friday 15th June)

Siobhan Jordan

Flights of Fantasy

Mary Brennan, Mary Curran & Maria Brennan

(exhibiton of paintings and soft sculpture examining fairy tales and fables)

Appreciation (oil and watercolour portraits

Venue Cathedral Parish Centre, College Street, Carlow Opening Hours 11am - 6pm

& landscapes / landscapes in watercolour / abstract works) Venue Cathedral Parish Centre, College Street, Carlow Opening Hours 11.30am - 7.30pm

Ducketts Grove Design (art, craft, giftware) Venue Ducketts Grove

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Carlow Choral Society In conjunction with Watford Philharmonic Society Mozart’s Requiem and Coronation Mass Venue Date Tickets

Cathedral of the Assumption, Carlow Sat June 9th at 8.pm €18/€15, children under 16 go free

Carlow Choral Society has been performing major choral works for over 45 years. The choir perform several times a year, in Carlow town and county, and in Dublin`s National Concert Hall. Since December 1993 the Society has been under the direction of Blanaid Murphy and they have performed in Rome, Prague, Leipzig, Halifax UK, St. David's, Fishguard and Tenby in Wales.

Carlow Choral Society will join forces with one of the largest musical societies in the UK, Watford Philharmonic Society, and will be accompanied by The Orchestra of St. Cecelia to perform two masterworks by Mozart— his Requiem and Coronation Mass.

In tandem with Carlow Writer’s Group Venue Carlow Public Library, Tullow Street, Carlow Dates Workshops: Tues 7.30 - 9.30pm (throughout May) Reading: Tues 12th June, 6.30pm

Carlow Library Service and Carlow Arts Festival Éigse 2012 are providing a six-week creative writing workshop to the Carlow Writers’ Co-operative. Over the 6 weeks the participants will have an opportunity to develop their writing skills in a relaxed atmosphere facilitated by professional writer, Ken Bourke. This will culminate in reading presentations to allow participants to showcase their work.

Ken Bourke has been a professional writer for over twenty years. His plays include: Wild Harvest (Druid); Galloping Buck Jones (Tinderbox /Lyric); The Hunt for Red Willie (Abbey - Peacock), and Little Rudolf (Barnstorm). He is an experienced workshop-facilitator. www.carlowwriters.org

Pure Thinking Community Group and Carlow Youth Services presents

Bridging Venue Starts outside The Vault in Burrin Street, 6pm and continues to Carlow Town Park, 8pm-10pm Date Saturday 9th June

The Bridging project explores the essence of our youth culture, aiming to bridge the gap between adolescence and adulthood.

A group of 45 have participated in the collaborative project since its launch in February. Over the months, the Pure Thinking Community Group offered these young adults an opportunity to explore music, movement, photography, film and graphic design. The artists include Brian Burroughs (movement), Gary McHugh (film) Michael Spuddie Murphy (photography) Eddie Sheehan (music) and Paul Byrne (graphic design). On the Opening Night all are invited to enjoy the unveiling of the works and to view the film and movement performance.

This project is sponsored by a group of local business who demonstrate social responsibility.

Pure Thinking Group aims to create an awareness of people around us. www.purethinking.ie

Carlow Youth Orchestra A Lunchtime Recital Venue Main Gallery, VISUAL, Dublin Rd., Carlow Date Friday 15th June at 1pm Tickets Free

The Carlow Youth Orchestra was founded in 1996 by Carlow native, Majella Swan, primarily to give young instrumentalists the opportunity to play together. Since its formation the orchestra has strived to allow these young artists to experience some of the standard orchestral repertoire and has been rewarded with a distinction from the Royal Academy of Music. Come and witness the extraordinary talent and passion of the youth within the county.

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local culture

www.carlowchoralsociety.ie

Creative Writing Workshops

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Art Annette Fox Venue: Seven Oaks Hotel Date: Saturday 16th June, 11am - 1pm (3-6 year olds) 2pm - 4pm (7-9 year olds) Tickets: €7 per child At the heart of most arts festivals is the Visual Arts strand, and encouraging children to find their inner Picasso is as important as assembling the exhibitions. Art Teacher Annette Fox assists children for over 2 hours to complete their masterpieces in a fun, enlightening workshop. Spaces are limited to 20 children per class, so book this today.

family participation

Drumming

Brian Fleming

Venue: Seven Oaks Hotel Date: Sat 16th June, 11am - 12pm (8-13 year olds) 12.30pm - 1.30pm (8-13 year olds) Tickets: €7 per child Following last year's success, Brian Fleming joins us again with a special drumming workshop for children from age 8 to 13. There are only 20 places per workshop. In this hands-on workshop, children will get to play a variety of drums from around the world. Aside from making plenty of noise, they just might learn the difference between a conga and the Congo, and bougarabou and a dundunba. Badabing badaboom!

The Little Music Maker Workshop Maria Sheil Venue: Seven Oaks Hotel Date: Sunday 10th June, 12pm - 1pm (4-6 year olds) 1.15pm - 2.15pm (7-9 year olds) Tickets: €5 per child Maria Sheil started the Little Music Makers School in 2004 with the philosophy that ‘all children are born musical’. This very special workshop will develop their music skills by creating an environment where they can shake, puff, beat, rattle and bang their musical instruments to compose their first magnum opus. Sadly only 12 places available per orchestra. www.littlemusicmakers.ie

Zumbatomic Lisa Quinlan Venue: Seven Oaks Hotel Date: Sat 16th June, 2pm-2.45pm (4-8 year olds) 3pm - 4pm (9-13 year olds) Tickets: €5 (age 4-8), €7 (age 9-13) ZumbAtomic® is a dance-fitness program designed exclusively for kids from ages 4-12. Children are instructed in dance steps and routines, and also taught leadership, respect, teamwork, pride, confidence, responsibility, coordination, balance, discipline, memory, creativity and more. Classes include a 10 minute Zumba display.

Festival of Races Venue: St. Patrick’s College, College Street, Carlow (behind Visual Arts Centre) Date: Tuesday 12th June, first race 6.30pm Tickets: Entry fee €5 An evening of outdoor activity, incorporating the John McGrath Memorial Trophy, a series of competitive athletic races on the playing fields to the St. Patrick’s College: Boys & Girls mile; Masters Men & Ladies mile; Fit 4 life (3km). All proceed to Special Olympics Carlow & St. Laurence O’Toole AC.

Willow Lantern Making Workshops managed by Patsy Preston Venue: Venue to be announced Date: Saturday and Sunday 26th and 27th May, Open 10am and 4pm A new direction for the very popular Lantern Making Workshops for 2012, with the introduction of willow, reed and canvas paper, and Ireland’s leading willow artist, Westmeath-based Patsy Preston, children and parents will be instructed on design and manufacture of these stunning lanterns. These fantastic creations will then be used during a Procession of Light held aloft by their makers and suspended from wires in Town Hall Plaza on Saturday 9th June.

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Aspiro Venue: Askea Church Date: Monday 11th at 12.30 Tickets: free Ages: 3rd class upwards Mary Amond O’Brien’s unequalled performance group Aspiro is a model for choral music education practice in Ireland. Believing in the innate musical potential of all young people, and within a policy of equity and inclusiveness, no auditions are held for membership which makes this successful young choir unique.

Members of Aspiro Girls, Male Voice Squad and Youth Ensembles, together with their directors and young leaders, will present an interactive performance for primary school children and their teachers. It will feature solo performances from Aspiro together with plenty of opportunities for audience members to join in.

Theatre Lovett presents

‘How Do Actors Play?’Workshop for schools

Venue: George Bernard Shaw Theatre Date: Tuesday 12th June at 11am Tickets:€5 Ages: Primary (7+) Louis Lovett and Muireann Ahern Lovett (Joint Artistic Directors of Theatre Lovett) will take you through the actor’s journey on stage: how to take hold of the moment you’re in, how to look forward to the moment coming next and, most importantly, how to look back – to the moments of play that children understand, and that adults can remember and learn from.

Lego Workshop Sold Out Venue: George Bernard Shaw Theatre Date: 15th June 9.30am-2.30pm Tickets: Free Ages: 5th & 6th Class (Capacity 24 students - 4 students from 6 schools) The IBM Engineer-a-Robot Challenge is a one-day, hands-on experience, where teams of participants learn how to design, build, and program an actual, physical robot, using the LEGO® ROBO Technology Set™ and programming software from the IBM Innovation Centre. Lead by a team of IBM volunteers, the teams each work with a program leader to create an NXT Robot, working through all phases of the process – planning, designing, building, programming and running their robot. It allows participants to work in the areas of engineering and computer programming, to create a robot from scratch!

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Young Critics Venue: Carlow Nationalist Offices and various locations Date: Mid May to Mid June Tickets: €5 per student, including admission to relevant shows/exhibitions - 24 students (4 per school) A cast of young critics from local schools are tasked by children’s writer Dave Donoghue to critique the Carlow Arts Festival and its events from their own perspective. Workshops are held in advance of the festival in the Editors Office of the Carlow Nationalist, the young journalists will visit a performance or exhibition of their choice and come together again to workshop their critiques or publication in the Carlow Nationalist. The Festival Director will be actively involved in giving the children as much information as they can soak in about the festival and continued support for their roles as critics.

Venue: VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art Date: Mon 11th - Fri 15th June at 11am (change from Mon) Ages: All (30 students) Éigse are offering the opportunity to all schools to visit and enjoy a guided tour of VISUAL and to experience what promises to be one of the most extraordinary exhibitions they will have come across. The children will get the opportunity to visit the magnificent installation Everything can be done, in principle, (see p.2) in which artist Brian Duggan has reconstructed a full-size 1890s timber hall from Wyoming, with a rollerskate rink inside it. Also work by Antony Lyttle, Alice Beresford, James Fennell and Turtle Bunbury.

Pottery Workshop Venue: VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art IWA pottery space, Kilkenny Rd., Carlow Dates: Tues 12th - Fri 15th, 11am - 12.30pm Tickets: €2 per student Ages: 5-10 yrs 12 student per workshop A pottery workshop using air-dried clay, this is an opportunity for aspiring craft-workers to create their very own masterpiece and paint it. During the drying process an explanation /demonstration on the kiln will be given.

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school participation

School Tours

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festival friends Winnie Rochford, Health Store Jim Townsend Ronald Cleary John & Vera Kemp Majella Swan Dr. John V Murray Anne Aherne Jim Behan Paul White, Whites Pharmacy Tom Crotty Margaret Crotty Mr & Mrs Frank Lanigan Bernard & Angela Jennings Eileen O’Rouke Hickson Centra Tom and Margaret Crotty Mr and Mrs Frank Lanigan

corporate sponsors

a very special thanks to...

Tom Barry, Bernie O’Brien, Sinead Dowling, Ann Scully, Michael Brennan, Úna McCarthy, Clare O’Shea, Eanna Rowe, Carissa Farrell, Róisín McGarr, Joe Flavin, Caroline O’ Brien, Michelle de Forge, Miriam Roche, Emma Lucy O’Brien, Anthony Walshe, Eileen O’Rourke Monsignor O’Neill, Jamie Alcock, Ollie Byrne, William & Emily Bunbury, Turtle and Ally Bunbury, Olive Condron, Rachel Doyle, Morgan & Sara Kavanagh, Conal O’Boyle, Carlow Amenity Trust, Carlow Garda Síochána, Carlow Fire Service, Carlow Civil Defence, Carlow Tourism, Carlow Volunteer Centre, Carlow County Enterprise Board, Geraldine & Joe Walsh, Liam & Sinead Byrne, Ross Byrne, Derry Dillon, Richie, Christina & Melana at Café Formenti, Eoin Kehoe, Alan Cashin, Tricia Hutton, Connie Byrne Hyland, Con Haughney, Willie Rath, Jim Townsend, Seanie Fennelly, Richard Smyth, Betty Lawlor, Marian Dowling, Eugene McGovern, Michael Murphy, Michael Feehan, Michael Walsh, Amanda Horan, Karen Thompson, Amy Buckeridge, Viv Guinness, Eleanor O’Keeffe, Daisy Leitch, Tom Feehan, Karen O’Sullivan, Colin Duggan, James Kehoe, Joan Doogue, Alisha Delaney, Bernard & Angela Jennings, Bobby and Mary Quinn, Betty O’Gorman, Marcus McCormack, Peter Florence, Naoise Nunn, Denis Roche, Charles Preston, Roz Jellett, Dominique Dorman, John Purcell, Chris Visosky, Trevor Clowry, Seamus O’Connell, Suzanne Morrissey Forde, Katie Moloney, Emma Ferguson, Pier Wall, Paul Grogan, Michael P. Kelly, Billy Bolton, Breda Perdue, Brian Duggan, Barbara Dawson, Chris Fingleton, David Brown, Doug Poole, Grace Kelly, Joanne Stanley, Jerry Fish, Josephine Coyne, Kieran Comerford, Iain McGregor, John Brophy, John Chattan, Eddie Brennan, Fr John Cummins, Susan Holland, Tadhg Sweeney, Stephen Corry, Arthur Keppel, Carlow Photographic Society, Josephine Coyne, Oscar and Catriona in Mimosa, Nuala Grogan, John McKenna, Steve Aylin, Cornelia McCarthy, Wayne Fennell, Jennifer Murnane O’Connor, Ann Aherne, Geraldine Nolan and Karl Miller.

We would like to encourage everyone to join the Play Tag Festival in attempting to break the Guinness World Record for the biggest tag tournament ever. The event is on 15th & 16th June in the Carlow Rugby Club. For all details log onto www.playtagfestival.com We would also urge all of you to participate in Carlow Lions Club 9th annual Duck Race. Ducks will be on sale at €5 each or 5 for €20, and will take to the Barrow at 3pm on 9th June along the River Walk in the Town Park.

map 1. Brennans 2. Town Park 3. Boat Club Bar 4. Corcorans 5. Club D’Art 6. Town Hall 7. Deighton Hall 8. Pop-up boutique 9. Pop-up boutique 10. Leverett & Frey 11. O’Loughlins 12. Pop-up gallery 13. Seven Oaks 14. GB Shaw Theatre 15. VISUAL 16. Pop-up gallery 17. Pop-up craft shop 18. Carlow Library 19. Pop-up gallery 20. Carlow Shopping Ctr 21. Racey Byrnes 22. Teach Dolmen 23. Fairgreen 24. Lisnavagh (Rathvilly) 25. Borris

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