Entertainment for all ages at P‡draig î Conaire Festival

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A fun-filled nature walk, followed by an art workshop will take place this Saturday, December 10 at 11.30am at Galway City Museum as part of the Pádraic Ó Conaire Festival.

It is being given by the artist, and Burren expert, Gordon D’Arcy, a regular contributor to Mooney Goes Wild on RTÉ Radio 1.

The Ó Conaire Festival will also feature a literary walk through the streets of Ó Conaire’s Galway, led by actor Diarmuid de Faoite, who has won both The Stewart Parker Trust Award and Duais Aitheantais an Oireachtais for his one-man play, Pádraic Ó Conaire.

This bilingual walk will take place on Sunday, December 11 and its leader is a man with extensive knowledge both of Ó Conaire’s work and of the man behind the work.

The walk starts off from the Galway City Museum on Sunday at 11.30am and promises to be a treat for anyone who loves Ó Conaire’s writing ,or for those who are curious to find out more about the author’s life.

These events have been organised by The Western Writers’ Centre as part of the Pádraic Ó Conaire Festival funded by Foras na Gaeilge.

For further information about them or to find out what else is happening the weekend of the festival, contact The Western Writers’ Centre on 085-2239271 or www.twwc.ie