Knitting and Craft Club at Kilrush Library
2025-02-18 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-02-25 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-03-04 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-03-11 18:00 - 20:00 (Europe/Dublin) | Kilrush Library, O'Gorman Street, Kilrush, V15 W577
The knitting & craft group meet in the library every Tuesday evening and share their crafty tips and patterns. Free event, all welcome.

Kilrush Farmer's Market
2025-02-20 09:00 - 14:00, 2025-02-27 09:00 - 14:00, 2025-03-06 09:00 - 14:00 | The Square, Kilrush, The Square, Kilrush, Co. Clare
Support local businesses by shopping the Kilrush Farmer’s Market. Held every Thursday from 9am-2pm.

8 Week Meditation and Mindfulness Course with Bob Vernon
2025-02-20 19:30 - 21:00, 2025-02-27 19:30 - 21:00, 2025-03-06 19:30 - 21:00 | Banner Books, 1a, Hector Street Mills, Kilrush, V15 PW83
Bob Vernon’s Meditation and Mindfulness Course
will run for 8 weeks,
starting on Thursday, February 6th 7.30 – 9.00 pm
at Banner Books, Frances Street, Kilrush.

‘We cannot stop the waves of stress – but we can learn to surf them!’
We can be Calm – not Anxious
Relaxed – not Stressed
Clear-Minded – not Confused
Rested – not Sleepless.

(No Lycra or Lotus positions needed.)
And it all starts with our breath.

The whole course costs €80.00 (8 x €10.00), please book your place before 31st January
at revbobvernon@hotmail.com

Kilrush Art Group
2025-02-21 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-02-28 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-03-07 19:00 - 20:00 | West Clare Family Resource Centre / Kilrush Community Centre, O'Gorman Street, Kilrush, V15 VK31, Ireland
Monthly art classes with Pauline Dunleavy also available. For further details contact Pauline on 086 8339347

Vandeleur Parkrun
2025-02-22 09:30 - 11:30, 2025-03-01 09:30 - 11:30, 2025-03-08 09:30 - 11:30 | Vandeleur Gardens and Visitor Centre, Feagarroge, Kilrush, V15 E735
A free, fun, and friendly weekly 5k community event. Walk, jog, run, volunteer or spectate – it’s up to you!

Mermaids and Buoys, Cappagh
2025-02-23 09:00 - 10:30, 2025-03-02 09:00 - 10:30, 2025-03-09 09:00 - 10:30
Open water swimming, with a big meetup every Sunday and sea swims at other times throughout the week. Further details 086 8339347

Weekly Woodland Walk with West Clare Mental Health Association
2025-02-24 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-03-03 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-03-10 11:00 - 12:00 | Vandeleur Gardens and Visitor Centre, Feagarroge, Kilrush, V15 E735
Join us for a group walk around Vandeleur Woods and Gardens.

KDHS Monthly Lecture. Dr Catherine Porter; Beyond the Map: County Clare in the 1st Ordnance Survey of Ireland.
2025-02-25 20:00 - 21:30 | Teach Ceoil, Grace St, Kilrush, Co. Clare, V15 PD89, Ireland
In 1824, the first Ordnance Survey (OS) of Ireland began in earnest. The maps produced from this survey serve as the foundation for much of how we interpret today’s landscape. However, the geographies of Ireland collected and compiled by the OS extend far beyond cartography. Additional sources document the natural landscape, built environment, culture, society, and more.
While the material generated from this venture informs contemporary discussions on the contested tangible and intangible legacies of nineteenth-century Britain in Ireland, it also provides valuable insight into pre-Famine populations and their resilience in the face of an evolving landscape.
This lecture focuses on the project OS200: Digitally Re-Mapping Ireland’s Ordnance Survey Heritage whereby a research team based at the University of Limerick and Queen’s University Belfast sought to bring together—for the first time—the maps, memoirs, name books, and letters from the first Ordnance Survey into a freely accessible digital resource, now hosted by Digital Repository Ireland: https://dri.ie/os200/spotlight/os200.
Using examples from County Clare (and further afield!), this lecture will explore the archive and demonstrate how the resource can be used by researchers and the public.
Dr Catherine Porter is an Associate Professor and Head of Geography in the School of History and Geography at the University of Limerick.
A historical geographer, her research focuses on innovative approaches to analysing early maps and texts, particularly the history of mapping Ireland from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. She is currently the Ireland lead investigator for OS200: Digitally Re-Mapping Ireland’s Ordnance Survey Heritage, a digital humanities project co-funded by the Taighde Éireann and the Arts and Humanities Research Council. Catherine was previously awarded the J.B. Harley Fellowship in the History of Cartography, the Royal Irish Academy R.J. Hunter bursary, and is a current member of the Royal Irish Academy Historical Studies Committee.
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If you are unable to join us in person, you can watch the lecture live online at the scheduled lecture time (or watch a recording online at any subsequent time of your choosing), by going to
https://www.youtube.com/@kilrushanddistricthistoric5599/streams
There will be a live chat (text) facility to enable the remote audience to participate in the discussion.
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KDHS lectures are free to members, €5.00 for non-members, payable on the night only. New members are welcome. The annual membership fee (July-June) is €20.00.
The membership form can be downloaded from our website at
http://kdhs.ie/assets/files/general/membership_form.pdf

Open Mic Social with Ciaran O'Driscoll
2025-02-28 18:30 - 20:30 | Banner Books, 1a, Hector Street Mills, Kilrush, V15 PW83
The monthly open mic social at our Kilrush shop is a free event, open to all.
For lovers of poetry, flash fiction and any kind of creative writing. Come to read from your own work or to share a favourite piece by another writer, or come to listen and support.
CIARAN O’DRISCOLL lives in Limerick. A member of Aosdána, he has published ten books of poetry, including Gog and Magog (1987), Moving On, Still There (2001), and Surreal Man (2006).
Awards include the James Joyce Prize and the Patrick and Katherine Kavanagh Fellowship. His poem ‘Please Hold’ (featured in Forward’s anthology Poems of the Decade) is a set text for A Level English Literature.
Ciaran will be reading from his second novel, ‘The Golden Ass’ which was published in 2024 by the Limerick Writer’s centre and was submitted as one of the 156 books accepted for consideration by the Booker Prize judges; a great achievement for the Limerick Writers’ Centre and the author to meet such stringent submission conditions. It has garnered some great reviews from esteemed sources. The subject material speaks to a modern-day world that embraces, explores and discusses gender and sexual fluidity.

Kilrush Library Uplifting Poetry Sessions
2025-03-04 18:00 - 19:30, 2025-03-11 18:00 - 19:30 | Kilrush Library, O'Gorman Street, Kilrush, V15 W577
Free sessions for poets and poetry lovers, on the first and second Tuesday of every month at Kilrush Library. Come to read your own poetry or to share a favourite poem by another writer.

Wednesday Book Club for Children
2025-03-05 15:30 - 16:30 | Kilrush Library, O'Gorman Street, Kilrush, V15 W577
Our monthly book clubs are ideal for children who would like to read exciting new books and to discuss or listen to others’ opinions about the books. This book club is suitable for children aged 8 – 12 years.
Contact: Frances Pender (065) 905 1504 kilrush@clarelibrary.ie

Monthly Birthday Party
2025-03-06 14:30 - 16:00 | West Clare Family Resource Centre / Kilrush Community Centre, O'Gorman Street, Kilrush, V15 VK31, Ireland
A celebration for everyone who has their birthday this month!

Irish Language Book Club
2025-03-06 17:00 - 18:00 | Banner Books, 1a, Hector Street Mills, Kilrush, V15 PW83
Join us to to discuss Béal na Péiste by Fionntán de Brún. This is a friendly, informal group and all are welcome, no matter what level of Irish you have – it’s a great way to learn!

Ceoil agus Tae
2025-03-07 11:00 - 12:00 | West Clare Family Resource Centre / Kilrush Community Centre, O'Gorman Street, Kilrush, V15 VK31, Ireland
Bookings; 065 905 2173
