Programme of Events
This following programme is what was on offer on the Isle of Doagh
2005. The new 2006 programme will not be available until May.
Friday July 22 - Dé hAoine Iúil 22
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The Gathering OPENING - 6.30 pm
7 pm - The Golden Eagle Project - A talk with Lorcan O'Toole
8 pm - Music, Poetry, Songs and Stories with Roisin McGrory,
Paula Houton & Friends, Aidan & Joyce O'Hara, Paddy
McCartney, Barbara Smyth.
7 pm - Children's Stories & Songs with Danielle Roelofsen
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Saturday July 23 - Dé Sathairn Iúil
23
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Morning - Maidin
- 10 am - Yoga for Absolute Beginners (10 am)
- 10 am - Organic Facial Workshop - Tanya McColgan
- 11 am - Doagh Heritage Walk - Dessie McCallion
- 11 am - Meditation, Yoga & Art for Adults - Xanda
- 11 am - Birds of Prey on display - Martin Moloney
- 11 am - Coil & Pinch Clay Pots making - Judi Logue
- 11 am - Butter Churning - Jean Gamble
- 12 pm - Holistic Approach to Health and Bio-Energy Demonstration
- Valerie McLaughlin
Children & Youth
- 11 am - Earth Walk on the
beach - Paula Flanagan
- 12 pm - Angel Card Making with Miffy Kyles
- 12 pm - Juggling with Alan Dean
Afternoon - Tráthnóna
- 2 pm - Observational Beehive - Foyle Beekeepers Association
- 2 pm - Basket Making - Alison Fitzgerald
- 2 pm - Spinning - Kathleen Shiels
- 2 pm - Butter Making - Mary Lafferty
- 2 pm - Organic Farming Talk - Beef, Lamb & Horticulture
- John Brennan, Western Organic Network
- 3 pm - Family First Aid Talk - Judith Hoad
- 4 pm - Hill Names Ireland & Inishowen Talk & Slides
- Paul Tempan
- 5 pm - Gaeilge comhrá le Sinead Ní Garbhith
Children & Youth
- 2 pm - Gaeilge Songs and chat - Sinead Ní Garbhith
- 2 pm - Meditation, Yoga & Art - Xanda
Monteiro Ages 15-18
- 3 pm - Children's Action Songs - Aidan & Joyce 1-7
yrs
- 4 pm - Singing Games with Siobhán Shiels Ages 5-12
- 4 pm - Youth Power Workshop - Community Creations
- 5 pm - West African Drumming, Singing & Dancing with
Rachel Healy (Youth & Adults)
Evening - Oíche
- 7 pm - Indian Head Massage Workshop - Tanya
- 7 pm - Renewable Energy Talk & Slide Show Stan McWilliams
- 8 pm - Pre-Famine Ireland talk Hazel McIntyre
- 8.30 pm - Drumming Entertainment
- 9 pm - Stories & Songs Session Jimmy McBride, Tony
Cuckson, Ann Byrne & friends
- 9:30 pm -"The Dance" Ceili, Sets & Barndances
with local musicians & Yvonne Ferris
- 10 pm - End of Suburbia - Film
Children & Youth
- 7 pm - Puppet Show - The Emperor's New Clothes
with the Banyan Theatre Company - Karen Torley for ages
3 to 11
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Sunday July 24 - Dé Domhnaigh Iúil
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Morning - Maidin
- 10 am - Tai Chi - Pete 'Saddler' Doherty
- 10 am - Spirit of Trees Talk - Ansuya Murphy
- 11 am - Natural Sounds Workshop (includes beach walk)
- Eleanor Lamb
- 11 am - Historical Bus Tour - Neil McGrory
- 12 pm - Teagasc Trees Talk - Steven Meyen
Children & Youth
- 10 am - Meditation, Yoga & Art - Xanda
Monteiro (Age 5-8)
11 am - Meditation, Yoga & Art - Xanda Monteiro (Age
9-12)
12 pm - Meditation, Yoga & Art - Xanda Monteiro (Age
13-14)
Afternoon - Tráthnóna
- 1 pm - The Henry Girls Unplugged
- 2 pm - Natural Building & Rural Housing Talk - Slide
Show Prof. Tom Woolley, Queen's University, Belfast
- 2 pm - Pottery Hand Built Brick Pots - Seamus McDermott
- Natural Voice Workshop - Karen McLaughlin
- 3 pm - Doagh Heritage Walk - Dessie McCallion
- 3 pm - Basket Making Demonstration - Alison Fitzgerald
- 4 pm - Bio Mass Fuel Talk - Alex Reid
Children & Youth
- 2 pm - Making Recycled Instruments - Eleanor Lamb Ages
6 to 11
- 2 pm - Song Writing Workshop for Teenagers - Roy O'Driscoll
- 3 pm - Weaving Workshop - Marion Grant
- 3 pm - Circle Dancing - Julie Voss Age 10+ & Youth
- 5 pm - West African Drumming, Singing & Dancing with
Rachel Healy (Youth & Adults)
- 5 pm - Gathering Parade Recycled Instruments & more
Evening - Oíche
- 7 pm - Sustainable Communities - Talk & Slide Show
on Eco-Villages with Davie Philip
- 7 pm - Children's Stories and Songs
The Gathering CLOSING @ Sunset
The Inishowen Summer Gathering committee gratefully acknowledge
the assistance of the following: Inishowen Rural Development
Limited, Environmental Department of Donegal County Council,
Source/Playhouse, Atlantic Organics, ICR FM, The Inish Times
and the community.
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ON-GOING ACTIVITIES
Throughout the weekend, there will be many "ON-GOING"
activities, as follows:
CHILDREN'S AREA: Weaving, Beach Stone Labyrinth & Mandala making,
Willow Fish Making, Wooden Spoon Making, Inishowen Parent Information
network will be offering fresh organic fruit, biscuit decorating
and more!
TRADITIONAL SKILLS: Green Woodworking and Hurdle Fence making with
the Coppice Association, Dry Stone Wall Building, Violin Making
and plenty more demonstrations!
RENEWABLE ENERGY: Solar Panel & Wind Power Demonstrations and
House Design Consultancy with Andy Wilson, Geo-Thermal / Ground
Source Heat Pumps with Daigon.
HEALTH & HEALING: Indian Head Massage, Bio-Energy, Angel Card
Making, Reflexology and Natural Healing.
INFORMATION Stalls: Recycle and Compost information from the Environmental
Department in Donegal County Council, Papua New Guinea Community
Information, Youth website: Spun-Out.ie, North West Organics, Atlantic
Organics, Western Organic Network, ENFO, Greenbox - Ireland's Green
Holiday Experience, North West Education, Conservation Volunteers
Northern Ireland, Information on Sustainable Practices.
MARKET PLACE Stalls : Amma's Green Friends Products, Seaside Plants,
Carndonagh Health Store, Living Earth, Good Vibrations, Wormery,
Holistic Healing Centre, Book Shop Carndonagh, Karuna Flame, Name
Tags and Copper Coils for Water and more interesting stalls.
Also on-going: Inishowen Place Names Exhibition, WoW Wall of Wishes
by the children of Inishowen and Derry, Herbs Display, Milking Cow,
Henna Tattoos, Gaeltacht Zone, a raffle with many lovely prizes!
Extra & Additional talks: Energy Efficiency and our future,
County Mayo people and Shell Oil situation.
Many of the structures will be 'hand-made' with willow, hazel,
straw, hay, wood and canvas.
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