Our second event in October is a whole-day celebration of West Cork Flax which will take place in the Parochial Hall, Clonakilty on Saturday Oct 19th. All are welcome. See timetable of events below and poster
Dúchas Clonakilty Heritage
Flax - Threads of Time
Saturday 19 October 24
Parochial Hall Clonakilty P85 XC64/ 10-5pm
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Times |
Event |
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10-11:30 |
Intro and Interactive Flax West Cork Talk Flax tools |
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11:30-12pm |
Tea/ Coffee and Flax chats |
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12-1pm |
Talk: Heritage Flax – UCC Archaeology |
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1-2pm |
Lunch |
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2-2:30pm |
Talk: Future Flax - Fibreshed Ireland |
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2:30-3pm |
Talk: Biodiversity of Flax - Kilcoe Studios |
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From 3pm |
Clonakilty Museum Visit Linen display. |
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Afternoon |
Heritage skills demonstrations: Flax to Fibre: spinning, weaving, lace making and natural dyeing, (Flax cloth colouring). Flax processing skills: Breaking, Scutching, Hackling (Ripple, Ret, Break, Scutch, Hackle) Mapping the Flax: Gather Flax heritage stories Flax Display:Art, clothing and Crafts of Flax and Linen. Close 5pm |
