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February 2010

Weekly Workshops in Felt making, Handspinning, Weaving, Crochet, Knitting etc
Craftspun Yarns
The Mill Johnstown
Naas
Co. Kildare
Tel:+353 (0)45 876881
Mobile: +353 (0)86 2530392
Web: www.craftspun.ie

Our workshops include: Spinning, Dyeing and Weaving, Felt Making, Knitting, Crochet, Yoga/Bodywork, Cooking, Painting Classes and Childrens Workshops. Courses run by professional textile artists/ jewellers. Please phone for further information. Something for everyone!

February 2010

Cookery Courses
Just Cooking
Killahane
Firies
Killarney
Co. Kerry
Courses run all year round, contact Bernie for details.
Tel:+353 (0)66 9793660
Mobile: +353 (0)86 6095318
Email: bernie@justcooking.ie
Web: www.justcooking.ie

The Just Cooking School will 'add a little flavour' to your life with creative Cookery Classes that can teach you how to be the perfect "Domestic God or Goddess". With step by step Recipes, guidance and Menu advice it's a practical way to learn a skill for life and can put the fun back into home cooking.

1st February 2010

Pottery Class - Garden containers
Clay Works Studio
The Stables
Strand Road
Portmarnock
Co. Dublin
Tel: +353 (0)1 8284000
Email: info@clayworks.ie
Web: www.clayworks.ie

Time: 4pm -6pm. Clayworks is a contemporary clay pottery studio based in Dublin. We offer clay pottery classes and workshops for visitors of all ages who want to enjoy a fun, creative pottery making experience. Clayworks specialises in art pottery workshops for adult and junior groups. The clay studio is a qualified expert in clay and plaster impressions for children’s hands and feet.

1st - 28th February 2010

Botanical Art Exhibition by Rosemary Holmes
Blue Geranium Café
Hosfords Geranium & Garden Centre
Cappa
Enniskeane
Co. Cork
Tel:+353 (0)23 8839159
Fax: +353 (0)23 8839300
Email: john@hosfordsgardencentre.ie
Web: www.hosfordsgardencentre.ie

1st - 28th February 2010

Silver Jewellery Making Courses
Dublin
Tel:+353 (0)1 284 6037
Email: cormac.cuffe@gmail.com
Web: www.irishjewellerycourses.com
Small classes am & pm, all year round
Adults only
Join any time, holiday courses
Check my web site for details

A registered craft jeweller with the Craft Council of Ireland and award winner for design and workmanship, fully insured to run jewellery courses as set up by the Craft Council of Ireland. The small workshop, which has space for only six students with basic equipment, are all under my personal supervision .The intention is to give an insight to designing and making handmade jewellery, to a student's own personal design.

1st - 28th February 2010

Saturday Art Classes with Georgina Maher
Cumann Ioseaf
Balloonagh
Tralee
Co. Kerry
Every Saturday with prior booking
Email: artybits@eircom.net

Children Art Classes each Saturday in Cumann Ioseaf, Balloonagh Tralee, time 11:00 - 12:30 and 1:00 - 2:30. Boys and girls age from 5 - 10 welcome to a wonderful socal outlet for children to make new friends in a warm, bright and friendly atmosphere. The classes have been running since early 2007 and children enjoy doing paper crafts, clay, painting and make and do for all seasons. To book your childs place please contact Georgina on 087 6211752 / artybits@eircom.net.

1st - 28th February 2010

Ballyboy House Open Garden, Woodland & Riverwalk
Ballyboy House
Clogheen Rd
Cahir
Co. Tipperary
Tel: +353 (0)52 7465297
Fax: +353 (0)52 7465297
Email: ballyboyhouse05@eircom.net
Web: www.ballyboyhouse.net


Gardens & Woodlands open daily 9am - 6pm. Tea & Coffee available. Private Parties & Groups welcome.

1st - 28th February 2010

Pottery Classes, Pottery Demonstrations
& Paint Your Own Pot sessions

Moville Pottery
Glencrow
Moville
Co. Donegal
Tel:+353 (0)749382059
Email: moville@eircom.net
Web: www.movillepottery.com

Classes all year round. Visit our website for details.

5th February 2010

Lina Stein Millinery Workshop
Sculpured Sinamay Head Pieces

Lina Stein Millinery
Uisce Saol
Rosmoney
Westport
Co. Mayo
Tel: +353 (0)98 28449
Email: linasteinhats@eircom.net
Web: www.linasteinmillinery.com

during the one day course,you will expand your knowledge on how to work and manipulate the versatile material, Sinamay by hand to create elaborate pieces,embellish them with beads, feathers or flowersto create exotic and stunning head pieces
Cost ; €220
Deposit;&50
suitable for beginners and intermediate with basic sewing skills sinamay /feathers and crin supplied

5th - 7th February 2010

Galway International Rally
Clayton Hotel
Ballybrit
Galway
Email:
Web: www.galwayinternationalrally.com

With the 2010 Safety Direct Galway International Rally fast approaching, the village of Oranmore is preparing for an action packed first weekend in February. Preparations are progressing at a frantic pace with the date for the official launch to be announced shortly.

6th February 2010

Saturday Night Fever, The Great Fancy Dress Party
Perys Hotel
Glentworth Street
Limerick
Contact: Caroline Treacy
Tel: +353 (0)85 1658587
Email: c_treacy@hotmail.com
Web: Saturday Night Fever

Saturday Night Fever, The Great Fancy Dress Party is a charity event held in aid of the Aljeff Ltd. Come dressed as your favourite movie character for a night of dancing and great prizes!! Tickets are €15, available from Limerick College of Further Education, Aljeff Ltd. More information can be found at Face Book (see web link above)

6th February 2010

Monthly Craft Fair
Belmont Tower
Belmont
East Belfast
Email: belmont.tower@btconnect.com
Web: www.belmontcraftfair.co.uk

Our craft fair takes place on the first Saturday of each month (excluding January) in the Belmont area of East Belfast. Admission to the public is FREE, so why not pop in and have a browse around. With space for 17 crafters on the ground floor and 4 on the first floor, and a small outdoor food market, there is a wide range of goods at affordable prices.

6th - 7th February 2010

Lina Stein Millinery Workshop
Going to the races? - Make a Stunning Straw hat

Lina Stein Millinery
Uisce Saol
Rosmoney
Westport
Co. Mayo
Tel: +353 (0)98 28449
Email: linasteinhats@eircom.net
Web: www.linasteinmillinery.com

During this 2 day course, we will go through the basics of couture millinery using Sinamay ,the main material along with fabrics such as silk and satins, crinolines and flowers. We will discover the different techniques necessary for creating a hat made of Parisisal and Sinamay, and you will have the opportunity to create a trimming suitable for the occasion
Cost: €300
Deposit €150
Suitable for intermediate to advanced, sewing skills essential Materials for one hat and light lunch supplied

7th February 2010

Holistic & Psychic Health Fair
The Crown Plaza Hotel
Dundalk
Co. Louth
Contact: Geraldine
Tel:+353 (0)87 6730717
Email: geraldinegrimes@gmail.com
Web: www.holisticfairsireland.com

Time: 11am - 6pm. Over 60 stands including: Therapies, Crystals, Products, Jewellery, Aura Photography,Seaweed Products, Tahitian Noni Juice, Psychic Readers and Fortune Tellers and much more. Free Workshop and talks so come along and experience some of the Therapies that will be on offer. If you like to book a table or a stand at one of our fairs contact Geraldine (details above)

7th February 2010

Frock Around The Clock
Northern Ireland's Premier Vintage Fair

The Holiday Inn
22 Ormeau Avenue
Belfast
Co Antrim
BT2 8HS
Contact: Becky Moore
Tel: 07742179586
Time: 11am - 4.30pm
Email: info@northernirelandvintage.com
Web: www.northernirelandvintage.com

Northern Ireland's Premier Vintage Fair returns to the Holiday Inn, Ormeau Avenue, Belfast on 7th February 2010. With around 40 exhibitors selling vintage clothing, accessories, jewellery, homewares, vinyl records, books, lace, collectables, and hand made items created from recycled and vintage textiles, Frock Around The Clock is the perfect place to find a spectacular outfit or gift for that special Valentine's occasion. The Vintage Fair is open to the public from 11am to 4.30pm. Admission costs only £5 for Adults, £3.50 for Senior Citizens and Students aged 16 and over, and accompanied children under 16 go free. Visit the website at www.northernirelandvintage.com. Don't miss Northern Ireland's only Vintage Fair this February as it promises a glittering, sparkling extravaganza of unique treasures. Visit the website at www.northernirelandvintage.com for more information, an exhibitor list and to sign up for the monthly Vintage Newsletter.

12th February 2010

Lina Stein Millinery Workshop
An Introduction to Millinery

Lina Stein Millinery
Uisce Saol
Rosmoney
Westport
Co. Mayo
Tel: +353 (0)98 28449
Email: linasteinhats@eircom.net
Web: www.linasteinmillinery.com

Take a day out of your hectic program and put those Idle fingers to some use. Get creative and learn to make a beautiful Headpiece, be it with feathers, straw, veiling , Flowers or beads. Have fun creating your very own hat, bonnet or chapeau and learn about the classic art of Millinery design and Technique with renowned Westport based Milliner Lina Stein She will demonstrate some basic techniques and then you can let your imagination run wild
Cost: €200
Deposit €100
Materials and light lunch supplied

13th - 14th February 2010

Weekend Pottery Course
Marcus O'Mahony
Garrycloyne
Glencairn
Lismore
Co. Waterford
Tel:+353 (0)58 56694
Web: www.marcusomahony.com/

14th February 2010

Dublin Toy and Train Fair
Clontarf Castle
Castle Ave
Clontarf
Dublin 3
Tel:+353 (0)1 280 3008
Email: briankelly-1@hotmail.com
Web: www.dun-laoghaire.com/dir/toyfair
Time: 10am - 4pm

The Dublin Toy and Train Fair now runs four times a year. Not to be missed by collectors of antique toys.

14th February 2010

Antiques Fair
Ardboyne Hotel
Navan
Web: www.vintageireland.eu

About 25 stands, antique furniture, silver, jewellery, porcelain, paintings and prints, vintage fashion and accessories, coins, banknotes, old postcards, etc., etc. Time: 12pm - 6pm.

14th February 2010

Pottery Class - Valentines’ lidded box
Clay Works Studio
The Stables
Strand Road
Portmarnock
Co. Dublin
Tel: +353 (0)1 8284000
Email: info@clayworks.ie
Web: www.clayworks.ie

Time: 12pm - 4pm. Clayworks is a contemporary clay pottery studio based in Dublin. We offer clay pottery classes and workshops for visitors of all ages who want to enjoy a fun, creative pottery making experience. Clayworks specialises in art pottery workshops for adult and junior groups. The clay studio is a qualified expert in clay and plaster impressions for children’s hands and feet.

14th February 2010

Tipperariana Book Fair
Fethard Ballroom
Fethard
Tipperary
Email: bookfair@fethard.com
Web: www.fethard.com/histor/event.html

2pm - 6pm. Fethard Historical Society hold their annual Tipperariana Book Fair on the second Sunday in February each year. The Book Fair was first held in 1996 and has now grown to be one of the largest, if not the largest, book fairs in Ireland. Dealers come from places as far away as Armagh City in the North of Ireland, Schull in the South West, and from many places in between.

15th - 19th February 2010

Metalsmith Workshop - Celtic Chasing
The Old Schoolhouse
Ballinaclash
Rathdrum
Co.Wicklow
Contact: Brian Clarke
Tel:+353 (0) 404 46385
Email: sworkshops@eircom.net
Web: www.silversmithingworkshop.com

18th - 19th February 2010

Watercolour Workshop with Harry Feeney
Skylon Hotel
Dublin
Tel: +353 (0)94 9257777
Email: harry@relaxwithwatercolour.com
Web: www.relaxwithwatercolour.com

This is an opportunity for all potential students to enjoy and take part and unwind in a nice relaxed atmosphere. So if you are a complete beginner or a more experienced painter then we have the courses for you. The courses are friendly, practical and confidence building with positive results that you can clearly see and even better bring home, your new paintings and new skills.

18th - 28th February 2010

The Jameson Dublin Film Festival
50 Upper Mount St
Dublin 2
Tel:+353 (0) 1 662 4260
Tickets: +353 (0)1 687 7974
Email: info@jdiff.com
Web: www.jdiff.com

Established in 2003, The Jameson Dublin International Film Festival (JDIFF) has fast become Ireland’s premiere feature film festival and takes place in Ireland’s capital city over the course of eleven days and nights each February. JDIFF continues its commitment to celebrating film as an art form by presenting over 120 films from the four corners of the globe to the Irish Audience. The festival is a citywide event that takes place in all of the Dublin City Centre Cinemas including Cineworld, The Savoy, Screen and the Irish Film Institute as well as The Lighthouse Cinema in Smithfield and Movies@Dundrum. The majority of films shown at the film festival are Irish premieres, and for some of the films shown, the festival represents the only public screening that will take place in Ireland.

19th - 21st February 2010

Lina Stein Millinery Workshop
3 Days of intense Millinery Magic - make 2 hats

Lina Stein Millinery
Uisce Saol
Rosmoney
Westport
Co. Mayo
Tel: +353 (0)98 28449
Email: linasteinhats@eircom.net
Web: www.linasteinmillinery.com

If you are interested in Millinery as a profession, then this intense 3 day Workshop is for you! Your roller-coaster ride into the Millinery world will take off with making a head piece or fascinator, then you get more technical and expand your knowledge by designing and making a straw hat that would be suitable for any fancy wedding or race meeting

20th - 21st February 2010

Non-stop vegetable growing
Hosfords Geranium & Garden Centre
Cappa
Enniskeane
Co. Cork
Tel:+353 (0)23 8839159
Fax: +353 (0)23 8839300
Email: john@hosfordsgardencentre.ie
Web: www.hosfordsgardencentre.ie

Suttons Seeds in conjunction with Hosfords Geranium&Garden Centre present Kevin Waters-Tv Presenter,Writer,broadcaster. Dates & times - Saturday 20th 10.00am onwards. Sunday 21st.February 12.00 onwards to 5.30pm
Advice
Demonstrations
Special Offers.
All the ingredients for successful growing!
Hosfords are on the main Bandon-Clonakilty N71 road-7.75km.west of Bandon.

21st February 2010

Pick up your needles
Knitting Workshop

Tinahely Courthouse Arts Center
Tinahely
Co Wicklow
Tel:+353 (0)85 1303762
Time: 10am - 5pm
Web: www.theyarnroom.com

21st February 2010

Clontarf Fair
Clontarf Castle
Dublin
Web: www.vintageireland.eu

An atmospheric location for an Antiques Fair, Clontarf Castle Hotel is just 2 miles from the centre of Dublin. The picturesque castle, originally built in 1172 and rebuilt by William Morrison in 1837, has been incorporated into a modern 4 star hotel and conference centre. Bar menu served all day.Time: 11am - 6pm.

24th - 25th February 2010

Watercolour Workshop with Harry Feeney
Salthill Hotel
Salthill
Galway
Tel: +353 (0)94 9257777
Email: harry@relaxwithwatercolour.com
Web: www.relaxwithwatercolour.com

This is an opportunity for all potential students to enjoy and take part and unwind in a nice relaxed atmosphere. So if you are a complete beginner or a more experienced painter then we have the courses for you. The courses are friendly, practical and confidence building with positive results that you can clearly see and even better bring home, your new paintings and new skills.

24th - 28th February 2010

The Gathering Festival
Gleneagle Hotel
Killarney
Co. Kerry
Tel:+353 (0)
Web: www.thegathering.ie

The festival brings together young and old, from near to far, for a truly unique festival!

24th - 28th February 2010

Belfast Nashville Songwriters Festival
Belfast
Web: www.belfastnashville.com

In the last week of February, more than one hundred songwriters will play thirty concerts in venues around Belfast City centre. It’s the 6th Guinness Belfast Nashville Songwriters Festival and it just gets better every year.

25th - 28th February 2010

Friends of Father Ted Festival
Fr Ted Festival
Inishmore
Aran Islands
Co Galway
Web: www.tedfest.org

Annual convention for Father Ted fans.

26th February 2010

Lina Stein Millinery Workshop
Remodel your old hats

Lina Stein Millinery
Uisce Saol
Rosmoney
Westport
Co. Mayo
Tel: +353 (0)98 28449
Email: linasteinhats@eircom.net
Web: www.linasteinmillinery.com

Bring along some of your old favorites that have lost their luster and shape. under Lina’s guidance Refresh and re mould your lovelies, or simply take them apart and give them an entirely new life Learn how to completely re-do your favorite battered hat, take out those dints, revive those limp feathers In this one day workshop you will strip back your hat to its basics, clean it and then bring it back together as it was or even with a new twist!

26th - 29th February 2010

The Russell Memorial Weekend
Doolin
Co. Clare
Web: www.michorussellweekend.ie

The Russell Memorial Weekend is a traditional festival held in Doolin on the the last full weekend in February each year. The festival began in 1995 as a remembrance ceremony to Micho Russell, the world-famous traditional musician, who died in 1994

26th February - 5th March 2010

Newtownstewart Drama Festival 2010
Newtownstewart
Co. Tyrone
Web: www.newtownstewartdramafestival.com

27th February 2010

Watercolour Day with Jenni White
Crafty Alley
Killarney
Co. Kerry
Tel:+353 (0)86 170 3635
Email: jenni040@gmail.com
Web: www.jenniwhite.ie

Course Time: 10:30am - 5pm - 6 places - only €65 per person. Book direct on 064 6630800 - or contact us for details.

27th - 28th February 2010

Watercolour Workshop with Harry Feeney
Foxford Lodge
Pontoon Road
Foxford
Co. Mayo
Tel: +353 (0)94 9257777
Email: harry@relaxwithwatercolour.com
Web: www.relaxwithwatercolour.com

This is an opportunity for all potential students to enjoy and take part and unwind in a nice relaxed atmosphere. So if you are a complete beginner or a more experienced painter then we have the courses for you. The courses are friendly, practical and confidence building with positive results that you can clearly see and even better bring home, your new paintings and new skills.

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