including St Brigid’s Commemorative Cloaks
CREATIVE WORKSHOPS
WEAVING WORKSHOPS
MUSICAL PERFORMANCES
FESTIVAL OF CLOAKS AND WORKSHOPS
14 June – 31st August 2024
The main body of the Cathedral will house the wide range of cloaks and musical performances and the workshops will be held in the Cathedral Chapter House/Museum
Featuring
Four Art works depicting St Brigid’s Cloaks, designed for the St Brigid’s 1500th Anniversary celebration
Creative Workshops 14th to 29th June
Basket weaving workshops open to public 28th and 29th June
Display of Cloaks from various civic organisations, churches, industry
Musical performances from soloists, musicians, choirs etc
We will invite schools to the festival in the last two weeks of June.
Children will have access to the oldest building in the city and learn of its history.
They will learn about St Brigid and the background to the four cloaks which represent the Four Provinces of Ireland
They will be exposed to the wide and diverse range of cloaks that exist and are seldom on display.
Introduction to heritage crafts.
The Festival will be open to everyone from Mid-June until the end of August 2024
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