Fairytale Festival
Beat 102-103 Fairytale Festival at Shankill Castle, Sunday 23rd July, 2017 It’s back and it’s even more magical than before! Beat 102 103 has teamed up with Kilkenny County Council to present the...
View ArticleArts Festival Workshop with Phoebe Cope
Art Workshops and Drawing Marathon at Shankill Castle Join us in August for a Drawing Marathon led by distinguished artist Phoebe Cope during this year’s Kilkenny Arts Festival . Dates: Thursday 10th,...
View ArticleArts Festival at Shankill Castle
TRANSFORMANCE, this years Arts Festival at Shankill Castle, is about the fluidity and transformation that comes from, not only the creative process, but also from the artists’ themselves, their world...
View ArticleHalloween in a haunted castle
It is almost Halloween and we have a splendid line up of events, from the charming to the outright ghoulish, over the next 10 days with our annual ScareFest. Can you believe this is our 7th year of...
View ArticlePrimavera
Snowdrop Festival As part of the Carlow Snowdrop Festival, Shankill Castle hosts Primavera, a spring fair on Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th February 2018, to celebrate the first signs of the new season....
View ArticleArtists’ Notes 2017
As usual it has been a productive year at Shankill Castle particularly for the artists in residence. Elizabeth Cope launched a monograph of her work ‘Seduced by the smell of paint’ alongside an...
View ArticleAt your service, Francis Brennan at Shankill Castle
From April to August 2017, we planned, designed, created and opened The Coach House Café in the stableyard of Shankill Castle. During this time we had the pleasure of being advised and mentored by...
View ArticleNo dig gardening with Charles Dowding
The Carlow Garden Festival at Shankill Castle This year we are thrilled to have “no dig” expert Charles Dowding leading our Garden Festival talk and workshop in the Walled Garden. Charles explains the...
View ArticleArts Festival at Shankill Castle
We are delighted to be hosting our annual Arts Festival form the 9th to the 19th of August, during the Kilkenny Arts Festival. With a sculpture walk through the garden, poetry recitals, film and 6...
View ArticleArthur Shackleton Garden Talk
Designing and Planting your Garden with Arthur Shackleton 4pm, Saturday 8th September, 2018 Arthur Shackleton will give a talk on his passion and great gift of gardening. He will also offer advice and...
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