Children’s Heritage Workshops in August!

We’re running a number of free and inclusive children’s workshops in the month of August in Galway, Laois, Sligo, and Roscommon!

We’re part of the Summer Stars programme for Galway Public Libraries, with free children’s workshops in prehistoric pottery making at 11.30am & 1.30pm in Moylough Library on Thursday 4th August, and at 10.30am & 12.30pm in Dunmore Library on Friday 5th August. Please contact the libraries to book your place, as places are limited. These workshops are kindly supported through the Heritage in Schools programme under The Heritage Council.

For Heritage Week, we’ll be in Laois Libraries for free prehistoric pottery workshops on Wednesday 17th August – at 10am in Mountrath Library, at 12.15 in Abbeyleix Library, and at 3pm in Durrow Library. Please contact the libraries to book your place, as places are limited.

We also have our pottery workshops at Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery on Saturday 20th August at 11.30am & 1.30pm. These workshops are specially scheduled for Wild Child Day in Heritage Week, and are kindly supported through the Heritage in Schools programme under The Heritage Council. Advance booking is required via email to scealheritage@gmail.com.
https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/hands-on-history-making-prehistoric-pottery-at-carrowmore-megalithic-cemetery

Finally, we have a free train-making workshop at the Castlerea Railway Museum on Sunday 21st August at 11.30am. Advance booking is required via email to scealheritage@gmail.com.
https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/hands-on-history-create-a-train-at-castlerea-railway-museum

Join us for some great hands-on heritage experiences – for any enquiries about any of the workshops, please contact us at scealheritage@gmail.com!