Local artist’s work on display in Lismore Heritage Centre

Lismore Heritage Centre is delighted to welcome an exhibition of artist Andrea Jameson’s paintings at the centre.

Andrea’s works will be on permanent display as part of the centre’s Craft Shop initiative with local artists and craftspeople. With the assistance of Waterford Leader Partnership, showcase cabinets have been installed in the centre’s main corridor. The cabinets allow participating artists to display their work in a public place; Lismore Heritage Centre has a foot fall of approximately 20,000 visitors per year and these cabinets will introduce visitors to local artisan crafts and art. Items from the cabinets, including the paintings, are all for sale through The Craft Shop at competitive prices.

Among Andrea’s paintings presently on display the centre are ‘Lismore Castle, Reflection’, ‘Skyline’, ‘Camilla’, 'Cabin by the River Blackwater' and ‘Marsh Marigold by the River Blackwater.

As part of the Waterford Garden Festival, 1st-13th May, Andrea Jameson will give a tutored class ‘Painting the great outdoors’ in the gardens of Tourin House on Sunday 13th May from 10am-4pm. The class costs €30 and includes a light lunch. Places for the class are limited and booking is essential. To reserve your place please call Lismore Heritage Centre on 058-54975.

Waterford Garden Festival: Beekeeping for Beginners

On Saturday 5th May as part of the Waterford Garden Festival Susie Wingfield of Salterbridge House will lead a ‘Beekeeping for Beginners’ workshop.

This is an informal workshop that will give students an overview of the lifecycle of apis mellifera, the honeybee. After a powerpoint lecture there will be an opportunity to look at beekeeping equipment and to make a frame. After refreshments we will don beekeeping suits and go to the apiary to see a working hive and inspect frames. This will be followed by a walk around the garden to see bee friendly plants. You may like to bring your beesuit, a hammer and your camera. You are welcome to bring a picnic to eat in the garden after the workshop.

Cost €15 Bookings: Susie Wingfield 087 2030763/ The Lismore Heritage Centre 058 54975

Kids’ Cookie Baking Workshops

Let your little cookie monsters learn to make their own treats at a Cookie Baking Workshop this Saturday.




As part of the Waterford Festival of Food, two Cookie Baking Workshops will be held in Blackwater Community School this Saturday 14th April at 10 and 11am. The hour long workshops cost €5 per person and are suitable for primary school children. All ingredients are provided and each budding baker will have a bag of delicious treats to bring home to share!



The baking workshops are kindly facilitated by Catherine Toomey and students of BCS. Tickets are available now from Lismore Heritage Centre on 058-54975.

Follow up your morning’s baking with a trip to the market- Lismore Farmers Market will hold an extended market on the 14th with stallholders setting up shop from 9am. Sonas, the junior musicians from the acclaimed Booley House show, will provide musical accompaniment against the beautiful backdrop of Castle Avenue.

Fit for a king: Lismore’s line up for the Waterford Festival of Food

Learn to prepare a meal fit for a king- or at least a lord- in the kitchens of Lismore Castle as part of the extended Lismore Festival of Food programme for 2012. A select group of participants will enjoy a private tour of Lismore Castle’s kitchen garden followed by a demonstration by the castle chef on Saturday 14th April. To take advantage of this exclusive opportunity call 058-54061 or email rsvp@lismorecastlearts.ie . Places cost €60 and include tastings, recipes and a goody bag!




Depart the castle in time to catch a talk on food foraging at O’Brien Chop House at 4.30pm. Renowned local forager Andrew Malcolm will share his secrets over a lunch of gathered delights and a glass of wine. Tickets, €25, are available from the Chop House on 058-53810.



Lismore Farmers Market will hold an extended Saturday market on the 14th with stallholders setting up shop from 9am. Sonas, the junior musicians from the acclaimed Booley House show, will provide musical accompaniment against the beautiful backdrop of Castle Avenue.



One of the most popular events of Lismore’s Festival of Food- the Children’s Cookie Baking Workshop- makes a welcome return on Saturday morning (14th April). Catherine Toomey, ably assisted by the students of Blackwater Community School, will gather her troupe of junior master chefs for an hour of mixing, making and baking with delicious results! For tickets (€5) and further information contact Lismore Heritage Centre on 058-54975.



The Waterford Festival of Food, Lismore committee thank Lismore Mochuda Development Company, Lismore Farmers Market, Lord and Lady Burlington, Lismore Estates and Lismore Heritage Company for their assistance and support in preparing this April’s events.

Easter Frolics at Lismore Heritage Centre

Bounce into the Easter holidays with 4 fun filled days of camp at Lismore Heritage Centre. Craft your very own piñata to bring home, make and race a Smarties car, build a bird that can tell the weather and enjoy lots more art-y, science-y games and activities.


Easter Camp will be held Monday 2nd-Thusday 5th April 2012. Camp starts at 10am each morning and ends at 2pm. Children can come along for 1 day, 4 days or anything in between! Each day at camp costs €15 and a 4 day week is available at a very special price of €50.

Campers need to bring a healthy packed lunch and drink to keep their energy up. We ask everyone to come along in old clothes because we will be far too busy having fun to keep clean!
Easter Camp usually fills up fast so early booking is advised; call Arlene on 058-54975 or email Akenny@lismoreheritage.ie

Lismore features on TG4’s G Team this Sunday

The West Waterford town of Lismore will feature on next Sunday nights one hour programme of the Irish Language competition AN GTEAM on TG4. Lismore are going head to head with 12 towns across the country in a challenge to win the title of Ireland’s top Irish speaking town in this brand new competition being hosted and filmed by TG4.

Beidh Baile na Leasa Mhóir leirithe ar chlár teilfis AN GTEAM ar TG4 oíche Dé Domhnaigh seo chugainn . Tá Lios Mór ag dul ceann ar ceann le 12 bailte ar fud na tíre i dúshlán chun bhuaigh an teideal”An bhaile labhartha Gaeilge is fearr in Éireann taobh amuigh den Ghaeltacht”


Lismore qualified for ‘AN GTEAM’ TG4’s new 10 part series where non-Gaeltacht communities are competing against each other for the opportunity to call themselves GTEAM champions 2011 and win a €40,000 Foras na Gaeilge prize to use to promote their local area.

In their bid for victory, Lismore hosted G -Day (Gaeilge Day) on Wednesday, September 7th last when the TG4 cameras rolled into town to capture a cúpla focal being spoken on the streets of Lios Mór.

I dtairiscint le haghaidh bua, dhein Lios Mór óstáil ar Lá Gaeilge ar an Chéadaoin, 7 lá Meán Fómhair seo caite nuair a thainig ceamaraí TG4 go dtí an bhaile a ghabháil le cúpla focal Gaeilge a chloisint ar shráideanna na Lios Mór.

A carnival atmosphere greeted the camera crew with a host of free entertainment on offer throughout the day. Following the Official Launch on the Castle Avenue, the judges set out to visit the day’s events which included theLismore Farmers Market, an ecumenical service in the Church of Ireland Cathedral, Iománaíocht agus Peil le “Dan”,in Bunscoil Bóthar na Naomh and Fun in the Millennium Park. The afternoon events included Comhrá, spraoi agus amhránaíocht leis na daltaí I bPobal Scoil na hAbhann Móire, a Historical Walking Trail from the Workhouse to the Forge, Amhráníocht i dTeach Charthach Naofa, a recital by the Lismore Choir in St, Carthage’s Home. Lismore’s G-Day concluded with a Gala Evening that included a performance of ballroom dancing in the Main Street and a fashion show. The competition is all about communities making an effort to improve their language skills.

Following on from the G-Day, the judges which included former Minister Mary Hanafin and Glór na Gael’s Lorcan Mac Gabhann retired to the boardroom where our spokesperson James Lenane went head to head with his counterpart from Milford Co. Donegal in the interview stage of the competition.

Will Lismore make it to the next stage of the competition? Tune in on Sunday night at 8.00pm when the result will be announced.

Bigí Linn

Angelina Ballerina Dance Academy Expands to Lismore

Angelina Ballerina Dance Academy has arrived in West Waterford. The unique dance experience for children aged 3 to 6 is based on the stories of the international animated sensation, Angelina Ballerina, launches on Saturday, February 25th in the town of Lismore.



The first of its kind in Waterford county, the Angelina Ballerina Dance Academy allows children as young as three to develop their musicality, imagination and motor skills in classes that follow and bring to life the adventures of Angelina Ballerina, a remarkable mouseling who has taken the world one pirouette at a time with her determination and unquenchable zest for fun.



The fastest growing dance teaching partnership in the UK and Ireland, Angelina Ballerina Dance Academy is an innovative dance programme designed by professionals in the fields of dance and early childhood education that is revolutionizing the way dance is taught to young children.



The half-hour classes not only introduce children to the early movements in ballet, jazz and musical theatre, they also focus on socialization skills, positive values and classroom behaviours through the carefully crafted stories of Angelina Ballerina and her friends. Backed by the success of the hit animation TV series and the books by Katharine Holabird and Helen Craig, this new business venture is making the world of fantasy a reality for young children.



“We are excited to be launching this unique dance programme in West Waterford this February because it will introduce a new generation of youngsters to dance” says Academy teacher Amanda Duke. “We hope to inspire young children to learn and grow through the fully interactive world and positive values of Angelina Ballerina.”



For more information on classes, see www.angelinaballerinadance.com