A Tipperary community collaborates with a local artist on a unique creative project
Bealtaine event in Clonoulty
For Bealtaine 2025, members of the Clonoulty Rossmore Vintage Club, Clonoulty Rossmore Young at Heart Group, Clonoulty Tidy Villages and students from Clonoulty National School have collaborated with local artist Aoife Barrett on an exciting new memory and play themed creative project.
Memory Land: A Playground Festival for all ages celebrates the vibrancy, spontaneity and boundless energy of childhood while inviting participants to reconnect with the simple joys of life and rediscover their playful side.
Throughout April and May Aoife will work with the different Clonoulty community groups to facilitate a series of memory and play-inspired workshops and activities to recreate memories and playthings of the past.
By combining the energy of play, the power of nostalgia, and the beauty of human connection, this exciting new community project becoming a living, breathing celebration of life. The project culminates in a public play-themed festival event at the Clonoulty Community Garden, bringing together project participants in a celebration of nostalgia, imagination and the timeless joy of play.
The event has received funding support through Creative Ireland.
Memory Land will be held on May 24 between 3pm and 7pm at the Clonpoulty Community Garden.
Admission is free.