Halloween Camp is creeping closer at Lismore Heritage Centre!

Uncover the skeleton that lurks inside us all, celebrate Halloween the way they do in Mexico, peer inside Frankenstein’s laboratory and bang your way towards Bonfire Night all at Halloween Camp at Lismore Heritage Centre this midterm break!

Camp runs from Tuesday 29 October until Friday 1 November. Camp starts at 10am and ends at 2pm. Each day is four hours of art, crafts, science and games- all frightfully good fun! Camp is suitable for primary school pupils. The cost per child is €15 for one day or €50 for all four days. Campers will need a drink and a packed lunch. We also advise that campers come in old clothes- being this busy can get dreadfully dirty!

Call 058-54975 to book your brave little camper in. Early booking is advised as places are limited and missing out would be the scariest thing of all!

Boo! Halloween Camp is coming back to get you at Lismore Heritage Centre

What do firecrackers, Frankenstein, gargoyles, and grotesques have in common with you? Why you will all be at Halloween Camp in Lismore Heritage Centre this autumn of course!

Camp will begin on Tuesday 29 October and continue until Friday 1 November. Camp begins at 10am and ends at 2pm. Each day is four hours of freaky fun, awful art, gruesome games and Halloween-themed mayhem! The cost per child is €15 for one day or €50 for all four days. Campers need to bring along a drink and a packed lunch. Kids also need to wear their older clothes; this much fun can lead to a frightful mess!

Call Arlene on 058-54975 or email Akenny@lismoreheritage.ie to book your little monsters in. Early booking is advised as places are limited and missing out would be the scariest thing of all!

Heritage Week in Lismore Heritage Centre

Heritage Week is taking place across the country until Sunday, 25 August and Lismore Heritage Centre is very pleased to be taking part.

On Thursday 22^nd August Lismore Heritage Centre will host “Being Your Grace’s Employees at Lismore”. Waterford County Archivist, Joanne Rothwell, will discuss the lives of the workers on the Duke of Devonshire’s Lismore Estate.  Admission to the talk, which begins at 2pm on 22^nd, is free.

Also in honour of Heritage Week a free town tour will take place daily from Monday 19- Friday 23 August. Tours will depart the Heritage Centre at 3pm.

Many thanks to all the children who attended Monk-y Business on Saturday, 17 August. We had a full class of young novices trying their hand at the life of Lismore’s early monks.

You can keep up to date with these, and all, events in Lismore Heritage Centre by liking us on Facebook or following us on Twitter at @LismoreHC

Details of all Heritage Week events can be found online at www.heritageweek.ie or an event guide for Co Waterford can be picked up from Lismore Heritage Centre

Get Up to some Monk-y Business for Heritage Week

Discover the daily business of being a monk in Lismore Heritage Centre this Heritage Week.

Learn about the monks who followed St Carthage to Lismore; model the great university town that they built, craft your own quill, try your hand at making ink and become an apprentice scribe.

Monk-y Business will be held on Saturday 17th August from 11am to 1pm. It is suitable for children aged between 5 and 12 years old. The event is free but booking is absolutely essential as places are limited.  To book your novices in call Lismore Heritage Centre on 058 54975

Lismore Heritage Centre will also offer free walking tours of the town from Monday-Friday, 19th-23rd August. A walking tour is a wonderful way to become acquainted with the history of the town. Tours will depart the heritage centre at 3pm each day.

On Thursday 22nd August Lismore Heritage Centre will host “Being Your Grace’s Employees at Lismore”. Organised by Waterford’s County Archivist, Joanne Rothwell, the talk will examine the lives of workers on the Duke of Devonshire’s Lismore Estate from the housekeeper, Mrs Wakefield, to James Moon who worked in the gardens.  All sorts of work were available on the estate in the 19th century; the Duke needed woodrangers, masons, carpenters and clerks as well as farm labourers and household staff. The work was not without its perks; men working to repair the Queen’s Gap in the river in July 1893 were granted 13 shillings and 8 pence worth of whiskey to keep them warm- His Grace, apparently, was not a man without a conscience! Admission to the talk, which begins at 2pm on 22nd, is free.

Heritage Week runs across the country from 17th-25th August. Find out more on www.heritageweek.ie

More Madness at Mochuda Camp!

Mochuda Camp is Lismore Heritage Centre’s summer camp for primary school children. Week two of Mochuda Camp runs from Monday 22nd to Friday 26^th July.

Every day at Mochuda Camp comes with its own title, theme and special brand of silly fun:
1: Game On: make games, play life size games, be in the game- games, games, games!
2: It’s all about you- and your insides!- at Bodyguards Find your ape index, make some poo- yes poo!- and find a hug that’s just made for you!
3. Uncover your super powers, make your disguise and get into training with Superheroes
4. Pony Club… without the ponies! Take on the Hobby Horse Gymkana, run the Grand National as it’s never been run before and the polo match will have to be seen to be believed!
5. Blowing bubbles, giant bubbles, bubble wrap, bubble shooting- it’s all about BUBBLES at Hubble Bubble Day!

Mochuda Camp also runs 15^th– 19^th July with Bastille Day, Minion Madness, Wind in the Willows, All the Fun of the Fair and Desert Island Kids.

Mochuda Camp starts at 10am and ends at 2pm each day. One day at camp costs €15, 5 days at camp cost €65- as every day at camp is totally different children can attend anything from one to ten days. Campers need a packed lunch, a drink and old clothes for having fun in!

Booking is a essential as places are limited; call Arlene on 058 54975 or email AKenny@lismoreheritage.ie

Madness at Mochuda Camp!

Mochuda Camp is Lismore Heritage Centre’s summer camp for primary school children. Week one of Mochuda Camp runs from Monday 15^th to Friday 19^th July.

Every day at Mochuda Camp comes with its own title, theme and special brand of silly fun:
1: Stage a jailbreak, fashion a ‘French fry’ and house a snail on Bastille Day
2: Moon rocks, rocket launches and little yellow friends at Minion Madness
3. Kites, glow bugs and delinquent toads at The Wind in the Willows
4. Try your aim, your luck and an enormous ice cream at All the Fun of the Fair
5. Can you get a monkey in a bottle? Find out when you float your raft by Desert Island Kids

Mochuda Camp continues 22^nd-26^th July with Game On, Bodyguards, Superheroes, Pony Club and Hubble Bubble.

Mochuda Camp is Lismore Heritage Centre’s summer camp for primary school children. Camp starts at 10am and ends at 2pm. One day at camp costs €15, 5 days at camp cost €65- as every day at camp is totally different children can attend anything from one to ten days with no chance of getting bored! Campers need a packed lunch, a drink and old clothes they can go a little crazy in! Booking is a must; call Arlene on 058 54975 or email AKenny@lismoreheritage.ie

What is a polymath? The Robert Boyle Summer School 2013

A polymath is sometimes referred to as a ‘Renaissance Man’, a person who is expert in numerous subject areas or someone who is very knowledgeable about a wide range of things. The concept of a polymath was first applied to the great thinkers of the renaissance period such as Leonardo de Vinci, Michelangelo and Galileo and was later used to describe great thinkers such as Isaac Newton, Benjamin Franklin and Aristotle.

According to Professor Jim Malone of the Robert Boyle Foundation, Robert Boyle is a fine example of a ‘Polymath’. Professor Malone will open the Robert Boyle Summer School 2013 on Thursday 4th July, 7.00pm  with a lecture – ‘Robert Boyle, getting to know the man from Lismore: genius, polymath and eccentric’.

This lecture will recount the main events of Robert Boyle’s life, describing some of his scientific work, not just in chemistry and physics but in many other fields including medicine, philosophy and theology. These will be placed in the context of his personality and lifestyle as described by his friends and acquaintances. What emerges is an exceptional religious, courteous and humane man whose contributions to science were ‘game changing’ to say the least.

The Summer School will feature  world-leading scientists and historians gathering together to discuss a wide range of topics relating to Boyle, including Dr Anna-Marie Roos of the University of Lincoln,  Professor Bill Eaton of Georgia Southern University and Dr. Peter Elmer of the University of Exeter. We are very excited to announce the return to Lismore of Oxford University Dr. Allan Chapman who intrigued audiences in 2011 with his inimitable lecture style and warm charm.

For booking or for further information please contact Eleanor at 058 54975, email ehoward@lismoreheritage.ie or see www.robertboyle.ie