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Through the arts, Mountshannon Arts hopes to foster greater connectedness, both within our community and with the wider world.

29/10/2026

🌿 GARDEN OF REFLECTION — HELP US BRING IT TO LIFE! 🌸

Mountshannon Arts invites you to be part of creating a beautiful new Garden of Reflection in Aistear Park, a peaceful space for our community and visitors to enjoy, reflect and connect with nature.

This is a community project, and we’d love you to get involved!

🌱 Three workshops will take place throughout November, giving everyone an opportunity to contribute to the creation of this special garden.

🌸 Our first gathering is this Sunday, 1 November!

📍 Meet at the main entrance to Aistear Park, Mountshannon
🕚 11am

Whether you have green fingers, creative ideas, or simply want to lend a helping hand, we’d love to see you there.

Together, we can create a lasting space of beauty, reflection and connection in the heart of our village. 💚

With grateful thanks to The Lasairfhíona Helping Hand Fund, Derg Credit Union, Mountshannon Community Council, Mountshannon Arts and two private donors, whose generous support has made this project possible.

🌿 More information: www.mountshannonarts.ie

07/10/2026

✨ THE DINNSEANCHAS HOLY SHOW CABARET IS COMING TO MOUNTSHANNON!

Join us on Saturday 17 October for a wonderfully different evening of storytelling, poetry, music, film and conversation in the beautiful setting of St Caimin’s Church.

The Dinnseanchas Holy Show Cabaret brings together a fantastic line-up:

⭐ Aindrias de Staic — storyteller, musician and performer

🎤 Grace Wells, poet, with musician Seán Ó Dálaigh

🎬 Heather Griffin & Patrick Mulvihill of Living Rhythms, presenting Showing Up

✨ Hosted by Brendan Mac Evilly

Expect an evening that’s part cabaret, part gathering — bringing stories, words, music and film together and celebrating our connection to people, place and landscape.

📅 Saturday 17 October | 7.30pm
📍 St Caimin’s - Church of Ireland, Mountshannon
🎟 €12 + €1 booking fee

And why not make a day of it? 🌿

Earlier in the day, join artist Zoë Rush for Walking in the Stories of Our Mountains — a beautifully crafted audio experience exploring farming and our relationship with the land.

🥾 11am & 3pm
📍 From the Aistear Gate
⏱ 50 minutes
🎟 €6

Come for the walk, stay for the Holy Show. 🥾✨

Two experiences. One day. And a wonderful opportunity to experience Dinnseanchas here in Mountshannon.

🎟 Booking: https://glor.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173676325

29/09/2026

🌿✨ ONE DAY. TWO EXPERIENCES. DINNSEANCHAS IN MOUNTSHANNON!

What stories does our landscape hold? And what happens when we bring those stories together through music, poetry, film and performance?

Join Mountshannon Arts on Saturday 17 October for a special day celebrating the stories of people, place and our connection to the natural world.

🥾 11AM & 3PM | WALKING IN THE STORIES OF OUR MOUNTAINS

Created and led by artist Zoë Rush, this beautifully crafted, immersive audio walk explores farming, rural life and our changing relationship with the land.

A chance to slow down, listen and experience our landscape in an entirely different way.

📍 Meet at the Aistear Gate
⏱ 50 minutes | €6 + booking fee

✨ 7.30PM | THE DINNSEANCHAS HOLY SHOW CABARET

As evening falls, the stories continue inside St Caimin’s Church!

An extraordinary gathering of storytelling, music, poetry, film and conversation, featuring:

⭐ Aindrias de Staic
⭐ Grace Wells & Seán Ó Dálaigh
⭐ Heather Griffin & Patrick Mulvihill

Hosted by Brendan Mac Evilly.

Part salon, part pub session, this promises an atmospheric evening of creativity, connection and stories worth sharing.

📍 St Caimin’s - Church of Ireland, Mountshannon
🎟 €12 + booking fee

Come for the walk, stay for the Holy Show!

Make a day of it in Mountshannon, enjoy our village cafés and hospitality, and join us for two very different but beautifully connected experiences.

🎟 Bookings and full programme:
https://www.mountshannonarts.ie/news-1/dinnseanchas-amp-mountshannon-arts-presents

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19/09/2026

🏮💛 WHAT A NIGHT!

A huge thank you to everyone who helped make our Culture Night Lantern-Lit Storytelling Adventure in the Aistear Maze such a special evening — despite the Irish weather doing its very best to challenge us! ☔️

First and foremost, an enormous thank you to Luci and Chloe for the incredible work, imagination and energy they put into creating and performing such a wonderful experience. To bring the story to life in those conditions was no small feat, and you were both amazing. 💛

Thank you to Wilde Irish Chocolates for very kindly sponsoring the evening with their delicious chocolate lollies, which went down a treat!

A big thank you also to Pieter Hilvering, and to Tram Huong and Dylan, our wonderful Workawayers, for giving their time and helping us make the evening happen.

And a very special thank you to Stephen, a wonderful local supporter of the arts who is always willing to lend a hand and does so much for our community. People like Stephen are a huge part of what makes events like this possible. 💛

Thank you to Paul Bugler and the Mountshannon Community Council committee for the use of Aistear Park, and to the CE Scheme team for all the work they do maintaining this beautiful community space.

We’re also very grateful to Iniscealtra National School for facilitating the workshops in the lead-up to Culture Night.

And finally, to every family who put on their raincoats and wellies, picked up their lanterns and ventured out on such a wet evening — thank you! 🌧️🏮

Seeing the children follow the lanterns through the Maze, becoming part of the story despite the rain, made it all worthwhile.

It was a beautiful reminder of what Culture Night is all about — creativity, storytelling and community coming together. 💛

17/09/2026

🏮✨ CULTURE NIGHT IS TOMORROW!

We’re looking forward to welcoming everyone to our Lantern-Lit Storytelling Adventure in the Aistear Maze tomorrow evening.

With a fantastic number of people joining us, here are a few things to know before you arrive:

🏮 Space in the Maze is limited, so please give children priority. If you don’t need to stand directly beside your child, we’d really appreciate adults standing towards the back so little ones can see.

🔔 There will be some noise and lights during the adventure (including shakers for the children), but no strobe lighting. Please keep this in mind if anyone in your group is sensitive to sound or light.

💦 You may encounter a little water along the way — whether from our story or the Clare skies! Rain jackets, hats and wellies are recommended.

📵 We ask that you do not take photographs during the performance. Please also respect everyone’s privacy when sharing photographs afterwards.

🤫 To make sure everyone can hear our Seanchaí and enjoy the story, we ask parents to help children listen quietly, stay together and walk calmly behind our storyteller through the Maze.

Most importantly… come ready for an adventure! 🌙✨

We can’t wait to welcome you to Mountshannon for a very special Culture Night.

10/09/2026

🏮✨ FOLLOW THE LANTERNS THIS CULTURE NIGHT…

Something magical is coming to Mountshannon. 🌙

This Culture Night, bring your lantern and join us in The Aistear Maze as we journey through the Enchanted Forest with our mysterious guide, the Seanchaí, to discover the story of Sionnán and the origin of the River Shannon.

But you won’t simply be watching the story…

✨ You’ll become part of it.

Expect mystery, drama, storytelling, craic — and maybe even a little water! 💦

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Two family adventures:

🏮 6.00–6.45pm
For children aged 4–10 and their adults

🌙 7.30–8.15pm
For ages 10+ and their adults

📍 Aistear Maze, Mountshannon
🎟️ FREE – but booking is essential as places are limited.

Children, make sure you bring your adults along — and everyone bring a lantern if you have one!

🧥 Raincoats and hats are recommended, even if the evening stays dry.

Come follow the lanterns, enter the maze and become part of an ancient story on Culture Night in Mountshannon.

🏮✨ Mystery awaits…

Book your free place⁠:

https://www.mountshannonarts.ie/news-1/family-lantern-lit-storytelling-adventure

11/06/2026

💛 Thank You to Our Sponsors

As we look back on the 30th Mountshannon Arts Festival, we want to thank the businesses, organisations and individuals whose support helped make this year’s festival possible.

From music, theatre, literature and visual arts to workshops, family events, community projects and exhibitions, your generosity helped bring creativity, culture and connection to our village once again.

Mountshannon Arts Festival is built on community spirit, and we are incredibly grateful to everyone who supported our 30th anniversary celebration.

💛 Thank you to:

AIB Killaloe

Joanne Dunphy Allen & Tom Allen

Nail Nest Jessica Azara

Banes Gift Shop

Berrytree Café

Burkes Electrical Services

Pat Burke MCC

Rodgers Centra

Cíunas, Feakle

Clare Drama Festival

Clare Waste & Recycling

Jean Colleran Therapies

Coolbawn Cross Photography

Joe Cooney, TD

Cremin Family

Deise Pharma Consult

Derg Credit Union

Derg Kitchen Design

DH Tyres

Timmy Dooley, TD

East Clare Community Co-op Society

Pat Hayes Motors

Hogans Computers

Noel and Ursula Hogan

Iniscealtra Sailing Club

Inis Housing Association

Joey Kavanagh Craft Butchers

Anita Keane

Killaloe Hotel and Spa

Claus-Eckhard Kraemer

Lakeshore Experiences

Lakeside Holiday Park

Declan and Gemma Lyons

Magellan Aviation

McKernan Woollen Mills

Meehan and Moroney Solicitors

Michael McNamara, MEP

Michelle McNamara Physiotherapy

Mr Binman

Paul Murray

James Nash & Co. Solicitors

Dr. Judy O’Meara Dentist

O’Meara’s Vital Pharmacy

Geralyn and Mark Robinson

Scariff Medical Centre

Scariff Veterinary Clinic

Sliabh Aughty Drama Group

Synecco

Temple Gate Hotel

That’s My Brew

The Attic Man

The Grainey Health Food

The Half Barrel, Whitegate

The River Run

The Snug Pizzeria

Tuohy’s Coose

Wastelands Salvage

Wilde Irish Chocolates

Thank you for helping us celebrate 30 years of arts, culture and community in Mountshannon.

07/06/2026

🕊️🎤 Words in Flight – Part 4: Taking Wing

What began as a conversation became a poem.

What became a poem became a mural.

And what became a mural became a celebration of creativity, collaboration and community.

During the festival, Words in Flight was officially unveiled alongside a powerful spoken word performance by Dagogo Hart, bringing the project full circle.

A huge thank you to Kevin Bohan, Dagogo Hart, the students and staff of Scariff Community College, our volunteers and everyone who supported this remarkable project.

🕊️ Words in Flight has taken wing.

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06/06/2026

🎨🕊️ Words in Flight – Part 2: Building the Foundation

Before the colours, before the characters and before the mural began to reveal itself, there was a framework to build.

As the structure took shape, artist Kevin Bohan immersed himself in the poems, ideas and reflections created by students from Scariff Community College during workshops with Dagogo Hart.

Working from their words, Kevin began the process of translating themes of flight, freedom, imagination and possibility into visual form. Piece by piece, the mural’s composition emerged, guided by the creativity and voices that inspired it.

Like the project itself, the mural was built through collaboration, teamwork and shared vision — with every stage laying the groundwork for what was to come.

This was the moment where ideas began to take shape.

🕊️ Part 2 of 6

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06/06/2026

Words in Flight – Part 1: Where It Began

Every mural begins with an idea.

A month before the festival, poet Dagogo Hart worked with students from Scariff Community College, exploring the theme of Flight through poetry, storytelling and spoken word.

Their words, thoughts and imagination became the inspiration for a project that would eventually transform a blank wall into a powerful piece of public art.

This is where Words in Flight began.

🕊️ Part 1 of 6

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