Events in The Hook area 2008

Hook Lighthouse
Maritime Matters

• Festival celebrating all things maritime

• A fun day out for all the family

• Exhibitions

• Displays

• Fun of a maritime nature

• Coast Guard displays

• Helicopter rescue

• Lifeboat rescue

• Navy information

• VHF demonstration

• Kids fun

Contact: The Hook Lighthouse 051 397055

Hook Lighthouse
Holistic Weekend

Meet the experts on complementary therapies and working with the angels for a happier healthier life.

• Angel readings

• Tarot readings

• Native American readings

• Reiki

• Reflexology

• Indian head massage demonstrations

• Crystals

Contact: The Hook Lighthouse 051 397055

Hook Lighthouse
Samhain Festival

• Details to follow

Contact: The Hook Lighthouse 051 397055

Hook Lighthouse
New Years Eve
Arrow Ceremony

In a revival of a medieval custom, the Mayor of New Ross shoots an arrow into the estuary, as a symbol of the towns authority over the ports. Followed by some traditional music, mulled wine and mince pies in the centre.

Duncannon Fort

Military re-enactment by the Munster Military Vehicle and Re-enactment Group

• Many different historical re-enactments from the middle ages to present times
• Medieval Archers
• Red Coats and the United Irishmen of 1798
• Union and Confederate forces in the American War of Independence
• WW1 and WW2
• Display of Military Vehicles
• 11 am - 6 pm Saturday and Sunday

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Tall Ship Dunbrody
New Ross

Sail Dunbrody week - Waterford Estuary
(day sails)

For 3 days only Dunbrody will offer you the experience of a lifetime to sail for a day on this traditional square rigged tall ship. Sail beneath those 110 ft masts and their gleaming cloud of sail on a voyage off the Wexford and Waterford coasts.

Fee (includes packed lunch and refreshments: €120

(You must be over 16 years of age and you will be encouraged to enter into the spirit of the adventure.)

• Dunbrody is offering Corporate Sponsorship opportunities during it's 2006 programme which includes her Maiden Voyage Series to Dublin and Milford Haven.

• Dunbrody also offers a unique Corporate Entertainment Venue all year round in New Ross and in Dublin and Milford Haven during her stays there.

• Dunbrody is an ideal venue for photo shoots and has been used in period films and dramatic re-enactments.

• Dunbrody will be at Dublin Docklands Maritime festival June 3  - 5

• Dunbrody will be at Seafair Haven Festival, Milford Haven June 24 - July 1

International Sand Sculpting Exhibition
- Ancestral images of each country

The Cockleshell Arts Centre

• Arts Trail 2006

• Art Workshops on the Hook Peninsula

• Tutors Eileen Cloney & Catherine Power

• 10 am - 4.30 pm

• Cost - €60 including light refreshments on arrival and light lunch at 1 pm

• Optional evening meal - €35 extra

• payable by July 14 2006

• Maximum participants 16

• Early booking advisable

Phone: 051 389990
Email: cockleshellartscentre@eircom.net

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