on Saturday, May 6th. The Daniel Maclise painting of The Marriage of Strongbow and Aoife features prominently in a short film in the Medieval Ferns Experience, a visitor attraction located on Upper Main St., Ferns. The painting and the many artefacts found in Ferns...
A unique foraging event in Ferns on Sunday, April 9th from 10am – 12.30pm. Exploring the hidden history of our weeds, trees and wild plants. Lorraine from Gallivanting.ie will peel back the layers and reveal what the monks and residents would have foraged in the...
COVID-19 As you may well have expected, the Ancient Connections project board have taken the decision to postpone all public-facing activity until at least September 2020. We are then looking to restart programmes such as the community history training, tourism...
Pembrokeshire County Council and Wexford County Council are looking for 4 to 6no. people, from their local communities, to participate in an 8-day trans-national walking pilgrimage, alongside four professional Artists, as part of the Ancient Connections: Creative...
To mark the 850th anniversary of the arrival of the Normans, this year’s Ferns Conference will hold an ‘Inquiry’ into the extent to which Diarmuid MacMurrough, King of Leinster, was responsible. The conference will take place in St. Edan’s...
To celebrate National Heritage Week, we have organised the following events: Tuesday, August 22nd Ferns Heritage Project Group presentation in Gorey Library. Entitled ”From Ancient Capital of Leinster to Norman Invasion – Ferns, its past still in...
