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Retrofitting – Realising the Advantages

Thursday 2nd May
CITB–Construction Skills NI, Nutts Corner Training Centre, 17 Dundrod Road, Crumlin, BT29 4SR
Cost: £85 plus VAT (£75 for CIH members)

NI Climate Change Bill Pre–consultation Discussion

Thursday 2nd May
Skainos, Newtownards Road, Belfast
Free

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Crisis and the Northern Ireland Heritage Revolution of the 1960s

Friday 3rd May
Monuments and Buildings Record, Waterman House, 5 – 33 Hill Street, Belfast
Free

Celebrate Nature

Friday 3rd May
An Tath Dubh Hall, Moneyneena
Free

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Rare Breeds Poultry Fair

Saturday 4th May
Florence Court Fermanagh
Normal Admission, Members Free

Bluebell Walk

Saturday 4th May
Downhill Demesne and Hezlett House
Normal Admission, Members Free

Antiques and Art Fair

Saturday 4th May
Mount Stewart
Normal Admission, Members Free

Dawn Chorus Morning and Bird ID

Saturday 4th May
Murlough Nature Reserve Keel Point, Dundrum, BT33 0NQ
Free

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Himalayan Balsam Control near Drum Bridge

Sunday 5th May
Lagan Valley Regional Park near Drum Bridge
Free

Vintage Fete

Sunday 5th May
Springhill, Moneymore
Normal Admission, Members Free

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Cot Trips

Monday 6th May
Crom, Fermanagh
Adult £3, Child £2, Member Adult £3, Child £2,

Spring Garden Walk

Monday 6th May
Mount Stewart
Adult £10, Child £5, Member Adult £10, Child £5

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Leaf–Beetles

Wednesday 8th May
Crom, Fermanagh
£10

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A Sense of Place: Sense in Place Names

Thursday 9th May
Naíscoil Charn Tóchair, Tír Chiana, Machaire Rátha
Free

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Evening Walk at Helen’s Bay

Friday 10th May
7pm
Free

Fifth Annual Maguire History Weekend

Friday 10th May
Enniskillen Castle Museums
£100 (£80 for Friends of Fermanagh County Museum)

Series of Natural History Courses

Friday 10th May
Field Studies Council Derrygonnelly
TBC

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Minnowburn Dander

Saturday 11th May
Minnowburn
No Charge. Donations Welcome

Four Seasons Walks – Spring is in the Air

Saturday 11th May
Murlough NNR
Normal Admission, Members Free

Dog Agility

Saturday 11th May
Castle Ward
Normal Admission, Members Free

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Apple Fest

Sunday 12th May
Ardress House, Ardress Road, Portadown
Normal Admission, Members Free

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KPMG Distinguished Visiting Lecturer Event

Wednesday 15th May
Queen’s University Management School, Riddel Hall, Stranmillis Road, Belfast
Free

Information Day at Mourne Grange

Wednesday 15th May
Mourne Grange, 169 Newry Road Kilkeel Co Down BT34 4EX
Free

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Teachers Information Afternoon

Thursday 16th May
Speedwell Trust, Parkanaur
Free

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Candlelit Tour

Friday 17th May
Castle Coole
Adult £15

All Ireland Bird Conference

Friday 17th May
La Mon Hotel
£55/€65 RSPB members £65/€80 adult non–members £25/€30 RSPB Wildlife Explorers members £30/€35 child non–members

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Wild About Nature – Dawn Chorus

Saturday 18th May
Castle Ward
No Charge. Donations Welcome

Belfast Walking Festival / NWMRT

Saturday 18th May
Divis and the Black Mountain
N/A

Spring Dunes

Saturday 18th May
Portstewart Strand
Adult £2, Child £1

Down Heritage Network Conference

Saturday 18th May
Down County Museum
Free

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Plant Propagation

Sunday 19th May
Wildflower Nursery at Knockbracken Healthcare Park, Belfast
Free

Country Fair

Sunday 19th May
The Argory, Moy
Normal Admission, Members Free

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International Development Awards 2013

Thursday 23rd May
Parliament Buildings, Stormont
Free

Learning Outdoors: Enriching the Curriculum and Inspiring Children

Thursday 23rd May
Conference Hall, Main Building, Stranmillis University College
Free

National Identity – Making ‘Census’ of a new Northern Ireland

Thursday 23rd May
White River Hotel, 20–22 Main Street, Toomebridge, BT41 3TQ
Free

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BioBlitz 2013

Friday 24th May
Colebrooke Estate, Co. Fermanagh
TBC

24

Basement Gallery Art Exhibition

Saturday 25th May
Castle Coole
Normal Admission, Members Free

Art in the Garden

Saturday 25th May
Mount Stewart
Normal Admission, Members Free

Presentation on oil and gas extraction, fracking and the Lock the Gates Movement with Dr Mariann Lloyd–Smith

Saturday 25th May
The Long Gallery, Parliament Buildings, Belfast
Free

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Country Fair

Sunday 26th May
Florence Court, Fermanagh
Normal Admission, Members Free

Jazz in the Gardens

Sunday 26th May
Mount Stewart
Normal Admission, Members Free

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Cot Trips

Monday 27th May
Crom, Fermanagh
Adult £4, Child £2

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Rathlin Landmark Publication 4 July 2012

Rathlin celebrated in landmark publication

Rathlin Island, Northern Ireland’s only inhabited offshore island, is celebrated in a stunning new publication launched today. ‘Rathlin Island: An Archaeological Survey of a Maritime Landscape’, explores the rich heritage of the island which has been inhabited continuously for over 7,000 years.

Published by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency, the book presents a comprehensive account of the archaeological, maritime and natural heritage of Rathlin Island and of the people who shaped its landscape.

The Department of Environment’s Permanent Secretary Leo O’Reilly visited the island to launch the book. Mr O’Reilly said: “This book is a celebration of the richness of island life. Its broad range explores stone–age tools to early medieval religious sites to the skin and wooden boats that enabled Rathlin to make contact with the outside world. “It also documents the fishing, farming and kelp industries that sustained island life and presents us with an understanding of how people have lived and worked on the island over the millennia.” Mr O’Reilly added: “This book is a fitting addition to the Agency’s internationally recognised, award–winning publications on archaeology and maritime archaeology. The principal authors, Wes Forsythe and Rosemary McConkey, and a host of specialist contributors deserve credit for providing such a broad ranging and fascinating portrait of island life.

”Author Wes Forsythe added: “Rathlin occupies a unique and enigmatic place in Irish archaeology, situated at a crossroads of cultural contact between Ireland and Scotland it has an incredible richness of archaeological remains and yet lacks some of our more common monuments – this work represents an attempt to come to grips with this complex and fascinating place.

The book is lavishly illustrated and its photographs, maps and drawings depict Rathlin in all its rugged beauty. It is written in an accessible style which will be of interest to the specialist and general reader alike. 

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