Celebrate Water Festival

[marian farrell]

Celebrate Water! Festival is 10 days of walks, talks, arts & music—
all on the theme of water. It ’s a voluntary community initiative.
All events are free! Inishowen Peninsula, County Donegal

Connecting People, Place and Nature.

Programme of Events 2012: (also attached and available online:
http://www.celebratewaterinishowen.com and www.facebook.com/CelebrateWater)


_______Friday, June 15th_______
10am STORYTELLING  Moville Library  2pm STORYTELLING Maritime Museum
7pm TALKS: ‘FOYLE MARINE WILDLIFE:   Seals, Fishing, Aquatic Ecology &
Sharks’ in the new Glencrow Hall, Moville

_______Saturday, June 16th_______
10:30am GUIDED HISTORICAL WATER WALK with Martin Hopkins meet at
Church of Ireland, Moville.  Booking required. Please call/text: 086 1988706

11:30am WATER IN YOUR GARDEN Harvesting, Watering & Creating a
Wildlife Pond—Moville Gardening Club
Moville Shorefront Shelter

2pm BEACH DAY @ SHROOVE starting with a walk to Port a Doras Meet @
Shroove’s Big White Bay carpark
Late afternoon Family Picnic & Games,
Early Evening ‘My Adventures as a Lighthouse Keeper ‘ Donal O’Sullivan
Shroove’s Big White Bay

_______Sunday, June 17th_______
2pm to 5pm BOAT TASTER SESSIONS Just Kayak Moville Green.  Foyle
Rowing Club Moville Pier.  ROCK POOLING DEMO  Moville beach WATER
SAFETY with the Coastguard Moville Shore Front

_______Monday, June 18th_______
10:30am WATER WALKS on Inch Lake meet at Farland Bank  (off N13 from
Derry past Blue Burt Hall turn right, sign Inch Level)
_____Wednesday, June 20th______
10:30am WATER WALKS meet at Blanket Nook by the shore (off N13 at
Newtowncunningham) All welcome!

_______Thursday, June 21st_______
7pm BHAJAN’S & discussion on the  SACREDNESS OF WATER  - All are
welcome to participate in this uplifting singing and chat. Amma
Centre, Rasheeney, (on R5441) between Carn & Ballyliffen.

7pm TALK  - MOVILLE LIGHT -  A HISTORY with Shaun O'Sullivan at
Moville Library

________Friday, June 22nd________
2pm SEASHORE TREASURES Biodiversity Trail along the shores of Lough
Foyle with Coast Watch Europe—walking & boating—Upper Pier,
Carrickarory

7pm WHY GIY? —GROW IT YOURSELF with  GIY Ulster Champion, Mick McEvoy
& local gardening groups at Scoil Eoghain’s Children’s Garden,
Moville.

9pm Watery Tales—song and story, at Rawdon’s, Moville

_______Saturday, June 23rd_______
11am TALKS: ‘FOYLE LANDSCAPE— CONNECTING PEOPLE, PLACE &
NATURE’ with Dr. Liam Campbell
‘FOYLE HISTORY & LINKS WITH
WATER’ with Martin Hopkins
‘BOATBUILDING THERAPY with Dónal MacPolín Greencastle Maritime Museum,
(Planetarium).    Special thanks to the Donie Murphy Memorial Fund.
12:45pm LAUNCH Moville GIY Group
Moville Community Garden

2:15pm TALKS: ‘WATER & US
- water in human life, in ceremony & in daily life’ with Judith Hoad .
 Featuring information from Emoto & Schauberger.
'WATER FOR LIFE—a world where everyone has access to safe water’ with
Frank Stewart Water Aid NI.    'KEEPING THE WELLS' - A discussion on
how to care for wells.  Greencastle Maritime Museum,  (Planetarium).

4pm  HAPPY DRUMMERS—come & play a djembe drum!  Outside the Museum

5pm SING FOR WATER! Inishowen welcomes multi-county singers to Greencastle Pier

______Slow Sunday, June 24th______
10:30am FISHING TIPS & DEMO     Moville Pier

12:30pm CREATIVE SEAFOOD
COOKING demo followed by a tasting session in  St Eugene’s Hall, Moville

2pm NATURE WALK with Paddy McLaughlin The Green, Moville

3pm TAI CHI Demo & Taster with Marion Boon Putting Green Café

3pm to 5pm ARTS, CRAFT & DANCE Woolly Wet Felting, Beach Art, Water
colour painting—Hands-on creative
Experiences with Yarn Spinners & Anchor Arts. Putting Green Café, Moville

4pm SCIENCE OF WATER demo with Dr. Trish Murphy Putting Green Café

Celebrate Water! EXHIBITION
Moville Library—Wed’s & Friday’s