Join us on the Sheep’s Head peninsula for the West Cork Stone Symposium 2019 (22nd-24th March)!
Our intriguing programme is packed with opportunities for you to work alongside amazing craftspeople, acquiring skills that have been passed down from generation to generation. Talks and demonstrations will be on offer all weekend too. And there’s great music and craic to be found in the village pubs each evening! (Details of the cultural programme will be finalised in January.)
Tickets for individual dry stone walling workshops and stone carving workshops are available now in our online shop. Workshops run in parallel each day.
Friday 22nd March 2019
Dry Stone Walling Workshop 9:30am-4:30pm | Buy single day tickets (€60) | Buy multi-day tickets| 9:30am-4:30pm (Durrus).
Stone Carving Workshop | Buy single day tickets (€70) | Buy multi-day tickets | 9:30am-4:30pm (Durrus)
[Evening Talks & Music tba]
Saturday 23rd March 2019
Dry Stone Walling Workshop 9:30am-4:30pm | Buy single day tickets (€60) | Buy multi-day tickets | 9:30am-4:30pm (Durrus)
Stone Carving Workshop| Buy single day tickets (€70) | Buy multi-day tickets | 9:30am-4:30pm (Durrus)
Watch a Blacksmith at Work
[Demonstration by the acclaimed Sheep’s Head blacksmith JJ Bowen]
JJ will show us how he makes chisels and other items using traditional blacksmithing skills.
Outside Philip’s Green Community Hall | 9:30-10:30am
Guided Walk (Sheep’s Head Way)
Details tbc.
[Evening Talks & Music tba]
Sunday 24th March 2019
Dry Stone Walling Workshop 9:30am-4:30pm | Buy single day tickets €60 | Buy multi-day tickets | 9:30am-4:30pm. (Durrus)
Stone Carving Workshop | Buy single day tickets | Buy multi-day tickets 9:30am-4:30pm (Durrus)
Check out details of great places to stay, places to eat, walks and other activities on the website of our award-winning local tourism co-op!