Craft Group – Graiguenamanagh Library
Do you craft or make some art? Join our amazing Crafty Crew every Wednesday morning for crafts and a
Tour of the Vintage Farm Machinery Museum
Wednesday 19th August 2026 Location: Gairdin an Ghorta Car Park, Newmarket, Co. Kilkenny, R95 NP40 A guided tour of the Gairdin an Ghorta Farm and Folk Museum, including vintage farm machinery displays and the famine memorial garden. Organisers Website
Heritage Week Event – An Insight into Gulliver’s Travels Talk at Castlecomer Library
National Heritage Week Event.
Tour of the Vintage Farm Machinery Museum
Tuesday 18th August 2026 Location: Gairdin an Ghorta Car Park, Newmarket, Co. Kilkenny, R95 NP40 A guided tour of the Gairdin an Ghorta Farm and Folk Museum, including vintage farm machinery displays and the famine memorial garden. Organisers Website
Tour of the Vintage Farm Machinery Museum
Monday 17th August 2026 Location: Gairdin an Ghorta Car Park, Newmarket, Co. Kilkenny, R95 NP40 A guided tour of the Gairdin an Ghorta Farm and Folk Museum, including vintage farm machinery displays and the famine memorial garden. Organisers Website
Special Secret Garden Series at Lyrath Estate Hotel
Sunday 16th August 2026 Location: Lyrath Estate Hotel, Paulstown Road, Kilkenny, R95 F685 A Secret Garden performance by an unannounced Festival guest artist in the grounds of Lyrath Estate Hotel. Organisers Website
Art + Soul
Sunday 16th August 2026 Location: Mount Juliet Estate, Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny, R95 E096 An international art and sculpture exhibition across Mount Juliet Estate’s parkland, woodland and manor, combining outdoor sculpture with curated indoor works. Organisers Website
An exhibition of paintings by Kilkenny based artist George Vaughan (Copy)
Sunday 16th August 2026 Location: The Glass Attic Gallery at Jerpoint Glass Studio, Stoneyford, Co. Kilkenny, R95 WN67 Abstract expressionist paintings by George Vaughan explore nature, time and space through spontaneous work shaped by four decades of experience. Organisers Website
Tour of the Vintage Farm Machinery Museum
Sunday 16th August 2026 Location: Gairdin an Ghorta Car Park, Newmarket, Co. Kilkenny, R95 NP40 A guided tour of the Gairdin an Ghorta Farm and Folk Museum, including vintage farm machinery displays and the famine memorial garden. Organisers Website
Secret Garden Series
Saturday 15th August 2026 Location: Kilkenny Castle Rose Garden, Kilkenny Castle, The Parade, Kilkenny, R95 YRK1 Free 15-minute pop-up performances by unannounced Irish and international Festival musicians in city gardens, weather permitting. Organisers Website