Come along to Glengormley Library for some tea, stories and chat at our special Good Relations Event with guest Martin McDowell from North of Ireland Family History Society.
Event Type: Discussion or Talk
Féile Le Chéile: Lainseáil Chlár // Programme Launch
Bígí linn do seoladh na féile, ina mbeidh muid ag macnamh siar ar garspriocanna ceolmhara na cathrach. Beidh aoichainteoirí, rogha di agus bi, agus neart scéalta le hinist daoibh!
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This Official Launch will look back and celebrate the city’s musical milestones, and marking the start of a weekend of festivities with guest speakers, refreshments, and stories to tell. Join us in getting into the Féile le Chéile spirit!
Ag ceiliúradh 50 bliana don cheol traidisiúnta i nDoire!
Bígí linn ón 21ú-24ú de mhí Mheán Fómhair agus muid ag déanamh ceiliúrtha mhóir ar an cheol thraidisiúnta i nDoire. Is iomaí imeacht a bheas idir lámha againn mar chuid den cheiliúradh, ceolchoirm, ceardlanna agus imeachtaí pobail san áireamh. Beidh rud éigin ann do gach duine, cibé caighdeán ceoil atá agatsa! Bain úsáid as an nasc thíos chun spléachadh a thabhairt ar na himeachtaí iontacha a bheas i ndán dúinn.
Cuirfidh an fhéile bhríomhar seo críoch leis an tSamhradh. Beidh ceoltóirí mór le rá, idir óg agus aosta, inár dteannta agus beidh neart deiseanna ann chun bheith ag foghlaim ó laochra mór ár linne chomh maith!
Beidh a leithid Flook, Lí Bán agus Áirc Damhsa linn ar ardán na Cultúrlainne i rith an fhéile.
Ar a bharr sin, beidh seisiún ceoil speisialta ar siúl ar Oíche Chultúir, faoi stiúir sár-cheoltóirí na háite.
Mhínigh Siubhán Nic Amhlaoibh, Stiúrthóir Cultúrlainne Uí Chanáin, fáth chun an fhéile seo a chur ar siúl.“Ciallaíonn “Féile le Chéile” a Festival Together i nGaeilge, agus beidh deireadh seachtaine den scóth láncheol, teanga agus cultúr againn, ag ceiliúradh domhán an cheoil i nDoire agus an Iarthuaisceart. Tá an bhliain seo spéisialta dúinn, mar tá muid 50 bhliain ó búnú Comhaltas i nDoire, agus 10 mbliana ar aghaidh ó tháinig Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann go Doire. Le linn an deireadh seachtaine, beidh eagsúlacht ceoltóirí cumasacha, a bhfuil fonn
orthu camchuairt ceoil a thabhairt dúinn. Beidh cuimhne againn fosta ar daoine mór le rá ó thaobh ceol traidisiúnta i nDoire de, a d’fhág oidhreacht laidir ina ndiaidh agus iad ar slí na fírinne.”
Gabh chuig an suíomh idirlíne (www.culturlann.org/events) chun ticéid a cheannacht nó chun tuilleadh eolais a fháil. Bí inár leanúint ar na meáin shóisialta faoin ainm ‘culturlanndoire’ ar Instagram, Facebook nó Twitter.
Má tá ceisteanna ar bith agat, thig leat glaoch a chur orainn ar an uimhir 028 7126 4132 nó ríomhphost a sheoladh chugainn fríd an ríomhphoist eolas@culturlann.org.
Celebrating 50 years of Traditional Irish Music in Derry!
Running from the 21st of September to Sunday the 24th, Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin is packing the long weekend to the brim with concerts, workshops, and community-led events for all. Whether you’re a calloused piper or casual punter, be sure to check out their dynamic programme and find out what makes our island’s world-renowned musical heritage so special.
Tying together a grassroots celebration of our city’s many generations of traditional music pioneers, with opportunities to experience the crème de la crème of current players (and learn from some of the best too), Féile le Chéile presents a unique conclusion to a summer of festivals.
As a snapshot: A star-studded line up of Flook, Lí Ban, and Áirc Damhsa will take centre stage in the Cultúrlann’s intimate city-centre venue on Great James Street for concerts throughout the festival. An open session will be led by top-class musicians to keep their Cóisir Tí (House Party) pumping throughout Culture Night. Workshops will be available for learners.
Siubhán Nic Amhlaoibh, Director of Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin, explains the motivation for holding this expansive and immersive festival at this time.
“Féile le Chéile, meaning “A Festival Together” in Irish, will be a fantastic weekend of music, language and culture which celebrates the vibrant traditional music scene in Derry and the North West. This year is particularly special as it marks 50 years since the establishment of Comhaltas in Derry, and 10 years since Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann was held in Derry. Through the weekend, we’ll bring a plethora of talented musicians, who are keen to bring us on a journey through vibrant musical landscapes, to our stage in Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin, and we’ll also
remember the giants of traditional music in Derry who have left a strong legacy of talented young musicians in their wake.”
Book your tickets and see the full programme at www.culturlann.org/events.
To keep up to date, follow Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin at ‘culturlanndoire’ on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.
You can email eolas@culturlann.org or call 028 7126 4132 with any questions.
TogetHERness – reflections from Iceland
This event will be a hybrid event held in the offices of NIRWN Cookstown and online for rural women to come together to hear from the Director and Project Co-ordinator of NIRWN about their recent study visit to Iceland, through the support of the Social Change Initiative.
The staff will share the learning from this visit on the topic of gender equality, relating to all aspects of women’s lives in Iceland and will engage in a Q and A with participants.
This event is also an opportunity to explore issues relevant to rural women’s lives in Northern Ireland, particularly around gender equality as well as women, peace and security and will help shape and inform future NIRWN work in this field.
Intentional Togetherness – an open community dialogue
You are invited to participate in an open community dialogue sharing your reflections and listening to others …. about intentional togetherness across diversity and aspirations for deepening shared belonging and ‘a shared community’ in the north-west.
What opportunities have been afforded to us to be intentional about ‘togetherness’ across diversity in the north-west?
What are the emerging positive indicators or measures of shared belonging and ‘a shared community’ in the north-west?
How can we encourage and empower ourselves (and others) to harness further opportunities for shared belonging and ‘a shared community’?
A Light Lunch will conclude the discussion.
A Junction event in collaboration with Community Dialogue.
End of Harvest Celebration – Ulster Folk Museum
Harvest wasn’t only a time of hard work, it was also a joyous celebration of the abundance of nature. Rural communities came together during harvest to help each other gather crops and store them for the winter months and by the end of harvest, it’s a cause for celebration.
Join us in McCusker’s Pub for a drink and enjoy traditional music and dance, where our Senior Curator of History will be on hand to share her knowledge about the harvest season and answer your questions.
We’ll also be finishing a few harvest jobs like turning flax into fibre now the flax has been pulled. With the leftover straw, you can have a go at making harvest knots and straw ropes.
Or help us collect seeds from the native trees at the museum and learn how to process and store the seed, ready for planting in the spring in an interactive ‘seed collection’ workshop – pre-booking essential.
NI War Memorial Museum Talk by Michael Fryer
Join Michael Fryer from the Northern Ireland War Memorial Museum as he demonstrates artefacts from the Second World War in Dungannon Library. Everyone welcome.
NI Urban Green Space welcomes ‘Make Space for Girls’
NI Environment Link & the National Trust invite you to our first Urban Green Space webinar!
This will be a chance to hear more about how the Urban Green Space project is progressing.
We are also really excited to be joined by Susannah Walker from ‘Make Space for Girls’ to hear what we can be practically doing to make our spaces more welcoming to women and girls.
Together: Celebrating Diversity in Our Schools
The Integrated Education Fund is delighted to be taking part in the 2023 Good Relations Week.
Come along to our free event to hear more about the good practice that is going on in schools across NI to celebrate the diversity within our society.
We will hear from organisations working with schools on various diversity and equality focused themes, including CRAIC NI, Community Relations in Schools, Cara-Friend, Solás and the Council for Integrated Education. Schools from different sectors are also invited to provide brief case study presentations and participants will be provided with opportunities throughout the event to reflect and ask questions during facilitated table discussions. The event will be chaired by Peter Osborne (Chair, Integrated Education Fund).
To register for this event, please visit: https://CelebratingDiversityinOurSchools.eventbrite.co.uk
For more information, please contact: jessica@ief.org.uk | 028 9069 4099
We are the Ripple Effect: Lesser Spoken stories
Friday 22 Sept at 6pm – 7pm. Light refreshments available.
A special chance to meet peacemakers who have contributed their stories to a new book by Teya Sepinuck.
We are the Ripple Effect shares the stories of ten courageous performers from The Playhouse’s Theatre of Witness Programme – survivors, ex combatants, former security forces and witnesses of the Troubles. This book highlights their personal journeys through conflict and trauma as they transform individually and together into present-day peace builders.
This informal drop in event is a chance to personally meet some of these exceptional peace leaders, thirteen years after they first told their stories on stage.
Join us for wine and a dedicated space for reading and conversation.
Suitable for ages 14+
“To read this book is to understand, to witness and to heal” Kathryn Stone OBE Former Commissioner for Victims and Survivors, Northern Ireland
“If people are willing to open their hearts and experience this work fully, they will find something of value, something close to healing, something close to truth” Christopher Byrne, Performer Theatre of Witness
“This is an important book for all those invested in building peace” Maureen Hetherington, Northern Ireland peace-builder.
Youth Link: NI Annual Peacebuilding Lecture
As part of a series of events during Good Relations Week 2023, and to mark the International Day of World Peace, Youth Link: NI are hosting Guest Lecturer, and former colleague, Dr Cathy Bollaert, who will unpack the concept of ‘together’ in the context of Northern Ireland.
Cathy will consider the different approaches that Youth Workers adopt when working together between and across communities, as well as the tensions that can arise. Cathy will draw on her insight from working with youth workers and young people in different contexts including Northern Ireland, South Africa, and other regions impacted by conflict.
If you have an interest in the role of youth work in building reconciliation, we invite you to join us for this Annual Lecture, and to participate in a discussion, sharing ideas on we how we can work better together in the pursuit of the common good.
For further information please contact Joanne Stainsby, Youth Link, joanne@youthlink.org.uk
The closing date for registration is 4pm Friday 15 September 2023
We look forward to welcoming you to Youth Link.