Tag: National Heritage Week

Ireland's first Female Botanist

Festival 2021: Saturday 14 to Sunday 22 August

The Festival starts in a week’s time, on Saturday 14th and this year contains a mix of self guided or DIY events, two online art workshops and in-person outdoor events in special places from Bantry through Ballylickey, Coomhola and Glengarriff to Adrigole and up to Kealkil and Gougane Barra. With three ways of taking part,…
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Hidden Heritage Award and More Events in August 2016

The Heritage Council has announced its Awards, ‘showcasing the best of National Heritage Week 2015 and recognising the fantastic work of all the event organisers and volunteers that take part’. We are delighted that the Ellen Hutchins Festival has been given the Hidden Heritage Award. The Heritage Council says: ‘This award shines a light on…
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Drawings of Seaweeds from Bantry Bay 1808 – 1812

On Thursday 20th August 2015, an exhibition opened in Bantry House of Ellen Hutchins’ watercolour drawings of seaweeds. This was their first showing in the Republic of Ireland and their home coming. They were drawn by Ellen Hutchins, at Ballylickey, about four miles from Bantry House, on Bantry Bay. Ellen was born at Ballylickey in…
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