Heritage Week 2011
As part of National Heritage Week 2011 Kylemore Abbey & Victorian Walled Gardens invites you to come along and take part in a series of events organised to celebrate the historical and natural heritage of Kylemore and Connemara.
Each day, there will be exciting musical performances, walks and guided tours focusing on the rich and varied heritage of Kylemore and Connemara. With a variety of events, there is something to suit everyone and most events are child and family friendly.
For more information, please contact the Visitor Centre at Kylemore Abbey & Victorian Walled Gardens, telephone: +353 95 52001, email: info@kylemoreabbeytourism.ie
Entry for all events is included in the admission price to the Kylemore Estate (except for the guided mountain hikes, additional fee applies). Free entry for accompanied children aged 10 years and under. Buy your tickets online and save 10%
The message from the Heritage Council for National Heritage Week this year is to take part in it, it’s part of you!
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Programme of Events
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Events taking place daily 20th August - 28th August 2011
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Starting at 10:00, running every hour on the hour. Last tour at 15.:00. Tours last approx. 20 minutes
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Join a guided tour of the Abbey. Let our guide tell you the story of Kylemore from it's beginnings as a romantic gift to becoming home to Benedictine Community in 1920 as you walk through the restored rooms of the abbey. |
| 13:30, 14:30 & 15:30. Tours last approx. 30 mins. |
Guided tours of Victorian Walled Garden.
Meet your guide at the Tea House by the walled garden where you will see old photographs taken in the 1890s showing the walled garden in its glory days complete with 21 glass house compared to Kew gardens in London. The guide will bring you on a walk through the garden and will paint a picture of the garden during the late 1800s where bananas, grapes, melons, peaches, etc., where grown in this Connemara garden. As it is heritage week, the guide will pay particular attention to explaining about heritage varieties of flowers and vegetables and will explain how the gardeners are working to preserve heritage or heirloom varieties. |
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There are three guided hikes are available daily.
Guided Hike 1:
An extended 2.5 - 3 hour hike takes place daily at 11:00 Fee - €3.50 per person*
Guided Hikes 2 & 3:
A 1 hour hike starting at 14:30 and 15:30
Fee - €2.50 per person*
*This fee is in addition to the estate entrance fee.
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Hike the re-discovered old trails on the Kylemore Estate with our trained guide.
The hiking trails date back to when Mitchell Henry first developed the estate in the late 1800s. The trails will take you through the old oak forest, to highpoints with views over the Kylemore Valley and all the way to the Atlantic Ocean.
Experience the outdoors, beautiful scenery and history of the estate.
Along the hike your guide will point out interesting and hidden features of the estate along old paths. Of course you will be given plenty of photo opportunities!
Our guides have in depth knowledge of the estate, its unique flora and geology. Their passion for this beautiful estate will inspire you!
To minimize the risk ensure you have appropriate hiking footwear, rain gear, extra warm clothes and/or sunscreen and a small bottle water with you.
Participants must be aged 14 years and over. Participants under 18 years must be accompanied by an adult.
Maximum group size = 12 people.
As group sizes are limited advance booking is advised.
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Heritage Week Musical Performances - No booking required
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| Daily from 13:00 to 15:00 except on the following dates: 21st & 28th August |
Join us in the miniature cathedral for lunch time musical performances and experience the wonderful acoustics of this architectural gem. The church sits 80 people so performances are intimate. Performances range from traditional, classical and folk genres.
For details of performances each day click here.
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| 21st August 15:00 - 15:30 approx. |
Latin Vespers sung by the Benedictine Nuns in the Gothic Church. Traditional evening song of prayers sung in Latin. |
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Special Event for Heritage Week
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27th August 15:00 - 15:30
Gothic Church
No booking required.
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Members of Maigh Seola will sing old Irish songs originating from North Co. Galway. The performers will tell the story of each song explaining the lyrics, origin and social history. The songs will be accompanied by an Irish Harp.
Maigh Seola take a delicate, utterly enchanting approach to several songs collected by London-born, Tuam-resident Eibhlín Bean Mhic Choisdealbha between 1908 and 1913 in East Galway and Mayo. Those songs were published in a 1923 book, "Amhráin Mhuighe Seóla," and the group Maigh Seola makes those pages sing.
The performance promises to be insightful and intimate bringing old Galway songs to life.
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