Speakers Programme 2019

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Saturdays Speakers:            

• 12.30pm  Gerry Hussey                'Landscapes of the Mind'
• 1.30pm  Fionnuala Fallon           'The Flower Arranger's Garden'        
• 2.30pm  Joy Larkcom                  'A Life just Vegetating'
• 3.30pm  Br Colmán Ó Clabaigh   'In a Monastery Garden:  Monks and Healthcare in Medieval Ireland'
  

Sundays Speakers:

• 12.30pm Poet Mary O'Malley      'Earthly Delights - a miscellany of gardens and gardening in Literature'
• 1.30pm  Dr Cillian Roden            'Where are the garden walls of Maigh Seola?'
• 2.30pm  Dr Matthew Jebb           'A view from the Palmhouse: the cultural landscape of the National Botanic Gardens
• 3.30pm  Enda McEvoy & Seamus Sheridan  'Culinary Botanicals'

Live Music

Saturday

•  12.00pm Four Schillings Short
•  1.00pm  Coole Minstrels
•  1.45pm  St. Patricks Brass Band
•  3.15pm  Freddie White
  
•  4.15pm  Strictly Dixie Trad Jazz Band
  

Sunday:

•  12.30pm  Silvermoon Trad Jazz Quartet
•  1.30pm  St. Patrick's Brass Band
•  2.45pm  The Black Magic Big Band
•  4.00pm  The Barcelo Brothers 

Entertainment Saturday & Sunday

• 1.00pm & 3.30pm - Medieval Combat
• 2pm & 4pm - Marco the Alchemist
• 2.30pm & 4.30pm - Yer Man's Puppets
• Also, Special guests - Nemo the Magician, Fanzini Circus productions (Saturday only), Curley Organ
  
• All day in the Banquet Hall - Botanical Art Expo

Festival Highlights

• Rare and native plants, seeds, trees, garden furniture, tools, pots, sculptures and craft work can be viewed and bought at the many stands
• Live Music and Entertainment
  
• Expert speakers, eminently knowledgeable in their fields.
• Enjoy delicious Artisan Food, freshly cooked

Shuttle Bus Times -
     Depart Ceannt Station to Claregalway Castle - 10.30, 12.30, 2.30 & 4.30
     Depart Claregalway Castle to Ceannt Station - 11.30, 1.30, 3.30 & 5.30

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