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At a glance… Cork County Council

17/05/2023

Have a look at Cork County Council’s Creative events and workshops for Cruinniú na nÓg 2023, 10th June 2023.

Cork County Council Library and Arts Service has announced the 2023 Cruinniú na nÓg programme, with almost 40 events planned across Cork County. Cruinniú na nÓg is a day of free creativity for children and young people taking place this year on Saturday, June 10th. 

A wide range of activities including storytelling, songwriting, and spinning plates will take place across the county from Sherkin Island to Ballynan Woods. Events will be held in Libraries, GAA Clubs, Schools of Art, and Arts Centres in Carrigaline, Cobh, Clonakilty, Passage West, Bandon, Dunmanway, Farran, Fermoy, Kanturk, Killeagh, Macroom, Mallow, Midleton, Mitchelstown, Millstreet, Newmarket, Passage West, Schull, Skiberreen and Youghal. All events are family centred and are suitable for a range of ages, from birth to 18 years old.

In Carrigaline, a disability-inclusive disco at Carrigaline GAA Club will offer a night of music, dancing, and disco fever. Young people with disabilities aged between 12 and 17, and their important adults, are invited to come along to hang with friends, bop to great tunes, and party the night away.

Whether it’s superheroes, or telling a story, comic making workshops at Kanturk Library will guide young people on the basics of designing characters, coming up with ideas, and putting pen to paper to make comics. There are two workshops, group one for 9-12 year olds from 10am to 11am and group two for 13 to 18 year olds between 11.30am and 12.30pm.

In the lead up to Cruinniú na nÓg, a series of song writing workshops will take place in Skibbereen Library. The workshops encourage participants to reconnect with nature through the joy of music and percussion. Participants will write songs using voice, guitar, violin, and a huge variety of percussion instruments from djembes to bodhrans. Suitable for 13 to 18 year olds, the workshop takes place from 1.45pm to 2.45pm on Wednesday 24th May, 31st May and 7th June. A special event on June 10th at O’Donovan Rossa Park will see participants perform the songs that they have written for family and friends.

Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr. Danny Collins said, “Following the success of previous years, we are really looking forward to this year’s Cruinniú na nÓg events, which are taking place right across Cork County. We are delighted to see an increase in the number of events, organisations and participants this year and look forward to celebrating the creativity of our children and young people.”

Cruinniú na nÓg is a flagship initiative of the Creative Ireland Programme’s Creative Youth Plan to enable the creative potential of children and young people. Full details on the programme can be found on creativeireland.gov.ie. For further information on events in Cork County, contact creativeireland@corkcoco.ie.

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