Carlingford Christmas Fair taking place later this month

Carlingford will step up its Christmas preparations later this month when it hosts the Feile Mí na Nollaig Cairlinn.

The event takes place from Friday November 28^th to Thursday December 4^th with a wide range of events for all ages taking place.

Things get underway on Friday 28^th with the Carlingford Christmas Fair launch in St Michael’s Hall at 8pm. The Carlingford Choral Festival will also get underway at 7.30pm on the same night in the Heritage Centre.

There will be an art exhibition in St Michael’s Hall over the course of the weekend while Santa will be arriving to his grotto in the village square on Sunday November 30^th around 2.30pm.

Meanwhile, Carlingford’s famous Christmas discount shopping night will take place on Tuesday December 2^nd with a floral demonstration – entitled ‘Flowers for Christmas’ taking place on Thursday December 4^th in aid of Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin.

With plenty more happening, Carlingford is certainly worth a visit in the build-up to the festive season.

Róisín Dooley to host violin recital in Carlingford next month

Violinist Róisín Dooley will host a violin recital, accompanied by pianist Patrick Coyle, in the Carlingford Heritage Centre on Sunday May 11th.

The event gets underway at 3pm with music from Bach, Debussy, Chausson, Sarasate, Szymanowski, Kroll and Gershwin.

Róisín started her studies at the age of six with Teresa McArdle and later with Fr Brendan Mc Nally. From a young age Róisín took part in many music festivals including Feis Ceoil where she won numerous prizes. She was also a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Ireland for several years.

Róisín was selected to represent Ireland at the International Millennium Music Festival in Leeds, England in 2000. Before Róisín commenced her further studies at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester under Wen Zhou Li, she gave her first solo recital in Carlingford. Four years later Róisín graduated with a BMus Degree.

Since graduating she enjoys performing with Castleward Opera, the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and the Fr McNally Chamber Orchestra. Before commencing her masters Róisín furthered her studies with Michael D’Arcy.

Róisín was also soloist with the Fr McNally Chamber Orchestra in November 2013.

Róisín is currently in her second year as a MA student in the Cork School of Music, under the tutelage of Ruxandra Petcu-Colan. This is her third and final recital for the above course.

Admission to her show on Sunday May 11th is €15 or €10 with concession.

Floral demonstration in Carlingford this Thursday

A floral demonstration in aid of Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, takes place in the Heritage Centre in Carlingford on Thursday 5th December at 8pm (doors open at 7.30pm).

This promises to be a most interesting night with lots of ideas for decorating your home for the festive season.

Admission is €10 with tickets available from Eileen Thornton on 087 2115410 or 042 9373168

You can also book your place at the Heritage Centre, via Facebook or call 042 9373454.

Information day in Carlingford over proposed offshore wind farm

The area in red where it is proposed that the offshore wind farm will be located

First Flight Wind are hoping to install wind farms off the south east coast of Co Down in the coming years.

As a result they have set up offshore wind farm information days in eight locations next month.

One of these will be held in the Heritage Centre in Carlingford on Thursday 19^th September from 10am to 8pm. Experts from First Flight Wind will be on hand on the day to discuss any possible concerns people have with the wind farms.

An early wind farm planned for Rockmarshall was defeated following an appeal to An Bord Pleanala earlier this year.

For further information visit www.firstflightwind.com