*Contact: *Bridie Lawlor Tel:+353 *(0)87 6812839 E: * stmullinsgathering@gmail.com A week of events from the 19th - 26th July, St. Mullins Parish Gathering,* * *an experience not to be missed! OPEN TO EVERYONE**, please attend as many events as possible.* * * Fri 19. *Launch, **Welcome and Registration **in **Blanchfield’s Pub **at 8pm**, refreshments.** * Appointments made to locate original family homestead and burial plot for overseas visitors. Sat 20. *Walking tour of historic monastic site*, ancestral burial plots, Blessed Well, River Barrow navigation system, snap-net fishing, corn & woollen milling. *Annual Pattern customs explained. *Get to know the heritage on your doorstep. *Meet at Graveyard **at 3pm.* Sun 21. *Annual Pattern Sunday*, traditional meeting day for anyone with connections to St. Mullins. *Graignamanagh Brass Band Recital 2pm. *(Oldest Brass Band in Ireland, formed 1760).** * Attend a special Cemetery Mass (2.45pm) and feel the connection that goes back to Celtic monastic times.* Afterwards, enjoy the *hooley, music and dance* till late. *Be at ancestral burial place in the Graveyard at 2.30pm**.* * * Mon 22. *Graignamanagh Tour* given by Graignamanagh Historical Society.*See the legacy of the Cistercian monks and industrial heritage. **Meet at Duiske Abbey Graignamanagh at 2.15pm.* * * *Talk on Life in St. Mullins in the 1830’s *by* Frank Clarke*, (Local Historian). Life in a rural village pre-Famine and mass emigration. *Meet at Mullicháin Cafe at 7.45pm, refreshments.* * * Tues 23. *Display of hurling *at G.A.A. grounds, *try your skills at the world’s oldest and fastest field game*. Learn a few* words of Irish * (Gaelic). *Meet at Páirc Naomh Moling (GAA Grounds, Bahana, St. Mullins) at 6.30pm, refreshments.* * * Wed 24. *Visit Dunbrody Famine Ship, New Ross Tapestry Project *and *JFK Homestead (*€20 fee). *Meeting time & place to be arranged.* Thurs. 25.* **Feast of St. James, Little Pattern*. On this day, St. Moling promised *healing of mind and body *to all, ensuring* St. Mullins became a place of pilgrimage*. Visit family graves and Blessed Well. Join in a traditional *Rambling House session, music, song and story.*. *Meet at Graveyard at 6.45pm. Rambling House in Blanchfield’s Pub, 8pm, refreshments.* * * Fri 26. *Medieval Picnic *with roast pig on a spit and traditional Irish fare,* medieval fancy dress* (optional). *Display of Norman weapons and crafts*. *Vaeiety Concert *showcasing the best* *of *local talent.*Conclusion of Gathering with presentation of *Commemorative Scrolls. * *Meet outside Blanchfield’s Pub 6.30pm.*
Tis the Season of Family Gatherings! The Nolan Clan, for which I am the newsletter editor, will be holding its biannual gathering in Carlow on the weekend of September 7-8. For anyone interested below is a copy of the invitation sent out by Madeline (Nolan) Salter of Bagenalstown, our current modern-day clan chief. " The Chief of the Nolan Clan, Madeline Salter, would like to invite all Nolans, their families and friends from around the world to the Clan Gathering taking place in Carlow on 7 and 8 September. The Clan is celebrating its 17th Year and it is hoping to have as many people as possible return to meet their Irish relatives at our gathering on 7 and 8 September. A two day Programme of events has been organised including a special ceremony to inaugurate its new Chief, Mary Nolan of Waterford. On Saturday 7 September there will be a visit to Kilkenny Castle including lunch within the Castle, a visit to Castlecomer Discovery Park including a Coal Mining Museum and sporting activities. In the evening there will be a special Gala Dinner followed by a traditional Irish Ceili, so bring your dancing shoes !!! On Sunday 8 September there will be a visit to the Dunbrody Famine Ship in New Ross, Co. Wexford and ROS Tapestry Centre where stories of Ireland in times past are told in thread. There will be a talk on the origin of the name Nolan including its links to local townslands. A special rate for guests attending the Clan celebrations has been arranged with the Seven Oaks Hotel in Carlow. This hotel is within walking distance of the town centre, buses and trains. For further information on the Clan Gathering and events please do not hesitate to contact Madeline Salter, Chief of the Clan, telephone +353 0860839646 or Catherina O'Brien, telephone +353 0879723024. We look forward to meeting you all in September. " Here is a link to the Clan Informationhostedf at my website. http://www.nolanfamilies.org/index.php?topic=clan . There you find more information on clan activities, on past gatherings and the upcoming one. With best regards, Roger Nowlan http://nolanfamilies.org P.S. Madeline, Catherina, Mary, Please take note of the upcoming St. Mullins Parish Gathering (July 19-26) being organized by Bridie Lawlor. Information on this gathering is given in Bridie’s Email which follows. As far as I know Bridie works at the St Mullin’s genealogy centre in St. Mullins. Bye for now, Roger -----Original Message----- From: Bridie Lawlor Sent: Friday, July 12, 2013 7:45 AM To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com Subject: [IRL-CARLOW] St. Mullins Parish Gathering *Contact: *Bridie Lawlor Tel:+353 *(0)87 6812839 E: * stmullinsgathering@gmail.com A week of events from the 19th - 26th July, St. Mullins Parish Gathering,* * *an experience not to be missed! OPEN TO EVERYONE**, please attend as many events as possible.* * * Fri 19. *Launch, **Welcome and Registration **in **Blanchfield’s Pub **at 8pm**, refreshments.** * Appointments made to locate original family homestead and burial plot for overseas visitors. Sat 20. *Walking tour of historic monastic site*, ancestral burial plots, Blessed Well, River Barrow navigation system, snap-net fishing, corn & woollen milling. *Annual Pattern customs explained. *Get to know the heritage on your doorstep. *Meet at Graveyard **at 3pm.* Sun 21. *Annual Pattern Sunday*, traditional meeting day for anyone with connections to St. Mullins. *Graignamanagh Brass Band Recital 2pm. *(Oldest Brass Band in Ireland, formed 1760).** * Attend a special Cemetery Mass (2.45pm) and feel the connection that goes back to Celtic monastic times.* Afterwards, enjoy the *hooley, music and dance* till late. *Be at ancestral burial place in the Graveyard at 2.30pm**.* * * Mon 22. *Graignamanagh Tour* given by Graignamanagh Historical Society.*See the legacy of the Cistercian monks and industrial heritage. **Meet at Duiske Abbey Graignamanagh at 2.15pm.* * * *Talk on Life in St. Mullins in the 1830’s *by* Frank Clarke*, (Local Historian). Life in a rural village pre-Famine and mass emigration. *Meet at Mullicháin Cafe at 7.45pm, refreshments.* * * Tues 23. *Display of hurling *at G.A.A. grounds, *try your skills at the world’s oldest and fastest field game*. Learn a few* words of Irish * (Gaelic). *Meet at Páirc Naomh Moling (GAA Grounds, Bahana, St. Mullins) at 6.30pm, refreshments.* * * Wed 24. *Visit Dunbrody Famine Ship, New Ross Tapestry Project *and *JFK Homestead (*€20 fee). *Meeting time & place to be arranged.* Thurs. 25.* **Feast of St. James, Little Pattern*. On this day, St. Moling promised *healing of mind and body *to all, ensuring* St. Mullins became a place of pilgrimage*. Visit family graves and Blessed Well. Join in a traditional *Rambling House session, music, song and story.*. *Meet at Graveyard at 6.45pm. Rambling House in Blanchfield’s Pub, 8pm, refreshments.* * * Fri 26. *Medieval Picnic *with roast pig on a spit and traditional Irish fare,* medieval fancy dress* (optional). *Display of Norman weapons and crafts*. *Vaeiety Concert *showcasing the best* *of *local talent.*Conclusion of Gathering with presentation of *Commemorative Scrolls. * *Meet outside Blanchfield’s Pub 6.30pm.* ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message