The creator of the iconic Sky Train at Lough Boora Discovery Park will give a rare talk at Lough Boora on Culture Night 2019. For a unique perspective on Lough Boora, join artist, Michael Bulfin on a walk through its nature and landscape, focusing on his artwork ‘Sky Train’ and his creative response to Boora’s […]
Offaly County council are organising ‘The Big Hello Event’ at Lough Boora Discovery Park on the 5th of May 2019, from 11-4pm. This event aims to bring people together for a day of fun activities, music, food and games! Come along to enjoy the unique sound of Paddy Buckley and Dairmuid Guinan, have a go […]
Offaly’s future generation of visual artists and photographers have been out in force preparing for Culture Night at Lough Boora Discovery Park. Children from three national schools took part in the ‘Eyes on Boora’ photography blitz at Bord na Móna’s parklands and wildlife haven. The budding photographers captured animals, plants, landscapes and some of the […]
This weekend you can go pond dipping and see dragonflies, curlews, hares and all the other life that fills our bogs and waterways as Bord na Móna’s Ecology team lead two free Heritage Week events. On Saturday the Ecology team will be bringing people pond dipping, where you can dip the waterways for beetles, pond […]
‘You can take the wo/man out of the bog, but you can’t take the bog out of the wo/man!’ – Old Irish Proverb Marian Murphy’s art exhibition opens on August 4th at Lough Boora Discovery Park Visitor Centre. It is the ideal place for this collection of paintings as all of the paintings are inspired […]
