It is with great anticipation that we attach this year’s application for the ‘The Taste of Boyne Valley’, taking place on June 25th & 26th at Kilsaran Garden & Paving Centre, Dunboyne, Co Meath, from 12pm to 5pm each day.
This year we will have a bigger and better festival than ever before, with Kilsaran’s resident gardener Diarmuid Gavin, available for the weekend, along with cookery demos and lots of family entertainment.
Here is a great piece written by Olivia Duff (our chairperson) on the recent BVFS visit to the Burren.
Sunday morning April 3rd the bus departed from the heritage town of Kells, the place synonymous with the famous manuscript in the heart of the Boyne Valley
This was a journey which was to bring the Boyne Valley on tour to another significant landscape on the West coast of Ireland, the Burren, the common dominator on this occasion being food tourism
BEGGYS BAR Navan (www.liveatbeggys.com), the best live music pub in the North East announce Eleanor McEvoy is to perform at the venue on Friday 22nd of April. McEvoy is a superstar of Irish music with her 1992 “Only a Woman’s Heart” highlighted the anthology A Womans Heart which became the bestselling album in Irish chart history. Celtic pop singer/songwriter McEvoy was born in Dublin on January 20, 1967, beginning piano lessons at age four; she took up the violin two years later, and as a teen joined the Junior Irish Youth Orchestra.
Eatzen, Ashbourne will be hosting a very special evening of music and cocktails this Friday 08 April. They have invited a guest cocktail bartender to mix his favourite drinks with some Eatzen flair. Choose from a range of cocktails on the menu, Eatzen regulars will get a kick out of the "Tim" Collins and for the month that's in it, party goers can raise a glass of Clover Club cocktail too.
Traditional street parades will be held throughout the Boyne Valley on Saturday, 17th March, to mark St Patrick’s Day. Thousands of people are expected to line the streets of the county’s main towns and villages to watch the annual celebration of the national feast day.
ASHBOURNE
Ashbourne Chamber of Commerce is busy preparing for this year’s St Patrick’s Day parade, which starts at 1.30pm from the Lidl car park.
Jack Cody's Craft Brewery are inviting the public to visit their brewery on Saturday April 2nd from 2pm to 3.30pm. See where the magic happens, learn all about the brewing process and ingredients and taste some delicious local craft beer!
Tickets costing €10 are available via https://www.eventbrite.com/e/jack-codys-brewery-tour-ticket…
Headfort Arms Hotel in Kells named a ‘New Entry’ on the coveted Mc Kenna Guides 100 Best Places to Stay in Ireland…..
"Star ratings and deep-pile carpets mean little or nothing in Irish hospitality."
That's according to John and Sally McKenna, for 25 years arguably the most influential couple in Ireland's food and hospitality scene.
On Sunday, March 13th 2016, Brú na Bóinne Visitor Centre will again be the venue for the Annual Céili and Set Dancing Session known as the ‘Shindig in the Centre’. This popular family day out gets the St Patrick’s Day celebrations in the Boyne Valley off to an energetic and fun start.
The festivities start with a special menu in the Tea Rooms where locals and visitors alike can enjoy traditional Irish food.
BEGGYs BAR Navan, the best live music pub in the North East, continue on their mission to make Navan the mecca of great live music by announcing the ‘RISING FESTIVAL OF GREAT IRISH MUSIC’ in March. The festival will take place over this St Patricks Day and EASTER weekend. The festival will be headlined by Christy Dignam and Joe Jewell of ASLAN fame on March 18th.
Below is a fascinating blog post October 13th 2015, about the life of Anglo-Norman Knight Hugh de Lacy and his links to Trim Castle and it is a must-read for anyone with an interest in history.
