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Free Celtic Knotwork Art Workshop In Cashel Library For Heritage Week

What Is Celtic Knotwork? Discover This Ancient Irish Art at Cashel Library.

Celtic knotwork is a decorative art form made from continuous lines or bands woven over and under one another to create intricate interlacing patterns. These striking designs are closely associated with early Irish art and can be found in illuminated manuscripts, including the Book of Kells, as well as on carved stone monuments and historic metalwork.

Discover how these beautiful patterns are constructed at a free Celtic Knotwork art workshop for adults in Cashel Library.

Date: Tuesday, 18 August 2026
Time: 2:30–4:00 pm
Venue: Cashel Library, Friar Street, Cashel
Note: Free – but booking is essential

Led by artist Cher Gleeson, the workshop will introduce participants to Celtic design and help everyone create a finished artwork to take home. Cher has more than 25 years of experience in community arts and education, and learners of all abilities are welcome.

Note: Places are limited. Please Tel: 062 63825 to reserve your place.

People wishing to attend the above event can locate the Cashel Library building; situated on Friar Street, Lady’s Well, Cashel, Co. Tipperary, HERE. (Eircode E25 K798).

Funeral Blues

Funeral Blues by the late British-American poet W.H. Auden (1907 – 1973).

W. H. Auden’s “Funeral Blues”, (Also known as “Stop all the clocks,” a reference to its first line), is a powerful poem that captures the overwhelming grief of losing a loved one.
It first appearing in a 1936 play W. H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood called “The Ascent of F6”. The poem was later substantially rewritten and published in its familiar form in 1938.

Through commanding language, stark imagery, and a movement from everyday surroundings to the wider universe, Auden portrays a speaker whose loss feels so immense that time, nature, and society itself should come to an immediate halt.
The poem ultimately explores how bereavement can transform a once-meaningful world into one that seems almost empty and without hope.

Funeral Blues
(Read here by award winning English character actor Simon Callow.)

Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.

Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead
Scribbling on the sky the message ‘He is Dead’.
Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves,
Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.

He was my North, my South, my East and West,
My working week and my Sunday rest,
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last forever: I was wrong.

The stars are not wanted now; put out every one,
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun,
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood;
For nothing now can ever come to any good.

END.

Thurles – Little Hands, Big Discoveries!

Get ready to squish, splash, scoop and explore at our Messy Play Session in The Source Library, Thurles, Co. Tipperary!

Designed for children aged 0 – 4 years, this fun sensory activity encourages little ones to discover new materials, textures, sounds and smells through hands-on play.
It’s a wonderful way to spark creativity, build confidence and support early learning.

Date: Wednesday, August 5th.
Time: 11:30am.
Venue: The Source Library, Thurles.
Suitability: Suitable for ages 0 – 4 years.

Note: Places are limited and advance booking is essential.
Call Tel. No. 052 616 6131, to reserve your child’s place.

Come Dressed For Mess And Ready For Fun!

Events In Cashel Library Next Week.

Ms Maura Barrett (Cashel Branch Librarian) Reports:-

Monday 6th July, at 11:00am, Comhrá sa Leabharlann – Bain triail as do chúpla focal sa leabharlann Chaiseal Mumhan. Tá fáilte roimh gach duine. [Translate: Conversation in the Library – Try out your Irish at Cashel Library. Everyone is welcome.]

Wednesday 8th July 10:00am to 12 noon. Craft Circle Join the Cashel Craft Circle every Wednesday from 10am-12pm for their social gathering. Bring along your own project to work, share ideas, patterns and enjoy a chat and cuppa with others. No need to book just come along.

Wednesday 8th July 2.30pm – 3:45pm Summer Movie Afternoon. This month we are screening the film “Rio”. When Blu, a domesticated macaw from small-town Minnesota, meets the fiercely independent Jewel, he takes off on an adventure to Rio de Janeiro with the bird of his dreams. Family Movie Suitable for ages 5+ children to be accompanied by an adult. Booking Essential to 062-63825.

Thursday 9th July 12:30pm – 1:30pm Circus Skills Workshop. Join Us in Cashel Library for Circus Skills Workshop. Try your hand at plate spinning and juggling with circus star Kate Mitchell!

Friday 10th July at 10:30am (45mins) Baby Sensory Workshop. Join us in Cashel Library for a Baby Sensory Workshop. Especially designed to help your little one explore the world through sight, sound, touch, and movement. musical instruments, singing, action songs, puppet shows, bubbles our absolutely favourite! Suitable for Ages 0 to 18 Months. BOOKING IS ESSENITAL to TEL: 062-63825.

People wishing to attend the above events can locate the Cashel Library building; situated on Friar Street, Lady’s Well, Cashel, Co. Tipperary, HERE. (Eircode E25 K798).

Events This Week In Cashel Library, Co. Tipperary.

Ms Maura Barrett (Cashel Branch Librarian) Reports:-

[1] Join the Cashel Craft Circle every Wednesday from 10:00am-12:00pm for their social gathering. Bring along your own project to work, share ideas, patterns and enjoy a chat and cuppa with others. No need to book just come along.

[2] Chair Yoga with Sinead O’Donnell on Wednesday 6th May 3pm-4pm for four weeks.
Booking Essential to Tel: 062-63825.

[3] The next meeting of the Local Integration Team Clinic Supporting Migrants in the Community will take place in Cashel library on Wednesday 6th May 10:00am-12:00pm

[4] Chair Zumba With Eimear Byrne. Friday 8th May 11am-12pm.
Booking Essential to Tel: 062-63825.

[5] “Old Ireland in Colour” Monday May 11th. at 11:30am. In this engaging talk, Dr Sarah-Anne Buckley explores Ireland’s past through carefully restored and colourised photographs. These vivid images, spanning the Land War, the revolutionary decade, and everyday life across the island are placed within their wider historical context, revealing the social, political and cultural forces that shaped modern Ireland. Combining rigorous research with striking visual material, the talk shows how colour can deepen our understanding of history and reconnect us with the real lives behind the photographs. Dr Sarah-Anne Buckley is co-author of the award-winning Old Ireland in Colour Series with Professor John Breslin.
Booking Essential to Tel: 062-63825.

[6] Join Suzanne Buttimer for an interactive fun singing session designed to engage participants and evoke happy memories. Suzanne will be in Cashel Library. Monday 11th May 2:30–3:30pm.
Booking Essential to Tel: 062-63825.

People wishing to attend the above events can locate the Cashel Library building; situated on Friar Street, Lady’s Well, Cashel, Co. Tipperary, HERE. (Eircode E25 K798).