From Cork to Castleblaney, and Dublin to Dundalk, events have been taking place around the country for Culture Night.<\/p>\n
A 1950s dance experience took place on Dublin’s O’Connell Street as Culture Night got underway in the capital.<\/p>\n
Thomas Spratt and The Showtime Collective performed in the shadow of the Spire and the GPO.<\/p>\n
Co Cork’s Civic House Trust marked its 20th birthday with a mix of workshops and performances, while the Everyman Theatre opened for backstage tours with ISL interpretation.<\/p>\n
In Tralee, Co Kerry, meanwhile, Siamsa T\u00edre saw Afrobeat dancers performing throughout the day.<\/p>\n
The north-east has seen over 100 events. Dundalk, Co Louth ceramicist Sarah McKenna hosted a workshop.<\/p>\n
In Monaghan, beloved “King of Country” Big Tom was remembered on what would have been his 90th birthday with a tribute show, while singer-songwriter Ryan Sheridan performed at St Peter’s Tin Church in Laragh, Co Wicklow.<\/p>\n
In the mid-west, Co Limerick’s history of silver and gold craftmanship was celebrated with the Our, \u00d3ir, Ore exhibition bringing visitors on a journey through 4,000 years of history, while nine artists came together at gl\u00f3r in Ennis, Co Clare to explore what happens when traditional Irish art forms meet contemporary creativity.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, at Pig Market Lane, in Longford Town, Palestinian Dabke Dance workshop and performance with Catherine Young Dance and the El-Funoun Dance Troupe, highlighting the eclectic nature of Culture Night nationwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From Cork to Castleblaney, and Dublin to Dundalk, events have been taking place around the country for Culture…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":629057,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60],"class_list":["post-629056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=629056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/629057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}