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      • THURSDAY, 11 SEPTEMBER
      • FRIDAY, 12 SEPTEMBER
      • SATURDAY, 13 SEPTEMBER
      • SUNDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER
      • VISUAL ARTS PROGRAMME >
        • CALLING ALL ARTISTS
        • VISUAL ARTS WELCOME
        • OFFICIAL OPENING OF ART EXHIBITION
        • EXHIBITIONS IN THE IRISH WORKHOUSE CENTRE
        • EXHIBITIONS IN THE CASTLE CAFÉ GALLERY
        • EXHIBITIONS IN THE COURTHOUSE GALLERY
        • PATTERN FOR PORTUMNA
        • ART TRAIL
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SHORELINES 2025 AT A GLANCE

SUNDAY, 7th SEPTEMBER
Shorelines Launch/Opening of Art Exhibition with music & readings at Irish Workhouse Centre   |   5-7pm   |   Free (all welcome)
EVENTS ON ALL WEEKEND
Shorelines Visual Art Exhibition in the Irish Workhouse Centre (from Sept 8th - 21st)   |   Free
Dark Shadows by Kieran Tuohy (Irish Workhouse Centre)   |   Free
The Exam Collection (Portumna Castle Gallery)   |   Free
Niki Collier (Portumna Castle Gallery)   |   Free
Doorways Photography Exhibition (Portumna Castle)   |   Free
Makeup X Art Exhibition by James Mac (Portumna Courthouse Gallery, Sept 12-21st)   |   Free
POSTPONED  Pattern for Portumna: Community Mosaic Art Project (Portumna Library)   |   Free  POSTPONED
THURSDAY, 11 SEPTEMBER - EVENTS
Doorways - Launch of Exhibition (Portumna Pen Pushers & Portumna Camera Club) with Elisabeth Affolter   |   11am   |   Free Tunes at Noon at Portumna Day Care Centre   |   12pm   |   Free
Film: Shorelines Shorts   |   12.30pm   |   €8
Presentation of Barbara Kennedy Writing Awards   |   3.45pm   |   Free
Connections and Reflections with Sandra Lefroy   |   4pm   |   Free
Film Documentary: Home: The Zak Moradi Story   |   5pm   |   €8
Sing from Scratch workshop with Liz Powell   |   5pm   |   €10
SOLD OUT   Makeup X Art Masterclass & Exhibition Launch with James Mac   |   8pm   |   Free   SOLD OUT
Community Céilí Mor: Rise the Dust– Brendan Doyle   |   8pm   |   €10
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FRIDAY, 12 SEPTEMBER - EVENTS
Comhrá agus Ceol   |   11am   |   Free
Film: Shorelines Shorts   |   12.30pm   |   €8
Film Documentary: The Man with the Moving House   |   4pm   |   €8
Irish Famine Emigrants in Staten Island 1799-1858 with Loretto Leary   |   4.30pm   |   Free
Portumna Players: Last Tango in Little Boula   |   6pm   |   €5
My Story. Joe Canning in conversation with Austin O’Callaghan   |   7.15pm   |   €5

SOLD OUT   In Concert: Karen Underwood, The Music Of Nina Simone   |   8.30pm   |   €20   SOLD OUT
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SATURDAY, 13 SEPTEMBER - EVENTS
 Workshop: Poetry in the Anthropocene with Grace Wilentz   |   10am   |   €20
SOLD OUT   Workshop: Introduction to Crochet with Niamh Carr   |   10am   |   €15   SOLD OUT

SOLD OUT   Workshop: Photography Walk & Talk with Kevin Lim   |   10.30am   |   €15   SOLD OUT
Workshop: Making Waves - Creative Dance with Linda Schirmer   |   10.30am   |   €15
SOLD OUT   Story Tumble – Storytelling and Puppetry with Simone Schummelfeder   |   various   |   Free   SOLD OUT
Open workshop: Silk Painting with artists Jenny Wood-Sullivan and Meabh Durand   |   11-4pm   |   €10
Open workshop: Make your own Hobby Horse with Hayley Aldous   |   11-4pm   |   €10
The Big Dig – Hands on Archaeology   |   Various   |   €5
Magic Show with Bernardo the Magician for Portumna Retirement Village   |   11am   |   Free
Face Painting and Bernardo the Magician (Irish Workhouse Centre Courtyard)   |   1.30pm   |   Free
CANCELLED   Street Entertainment with SambaWave   |   Various   |   Free   CANCELLED
Stained Glass Art Demonstration with Pauline Quigley   |   12pm   |   Free
Film: Shorelines Shorts   |   12.30pm   |   €8
For the Love of Milseáin with Áine Gallagher   |   12.30pm   |   €15
SOLD OUT  Take Five at The Ferry Inn - Grace Wilentz & Niall MacMonagle with Noelle Lynskey  |   1.30pm   |   €20  SOLD OUT
Street Entertainment with Cup Of Focals   |   Various   |   Free
Film Documentary: The Garden where the Praties Grow   |   3.30pm   |   €8
Straw Art Demonstration with Melanie Lorien   |   3.30pm   |   Free
Book launch of A Magdalene Rose by Frank Brehany   |   5pm   |   Free
Christine Dwyer Hickey in Conversation with Niall MacMonagle   |   6pm   |   €15
Film Documentary: The Forest Midwife   |   7.30pm   |   €8

SOLD OUT   In Concert: Paul Noonan   |   9pm   |   €30   SOLD OUT
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SUNDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER - EVENTS
Lines Learned By Heart Recitation Competition   |   11am   |   Free
4 Men and a Bass   |   1.30pm   |   €15
“Everything interesting begins with one person and one place” John McGahern’s insights into Irish life
with Prof. Tom Inglis   |   2pm   |   €15
That Beats Banagher! with James Scully   |   3.30pm   |   Free
In Concert: Ora String Quartet   |   5pm   |   €15
KING with Pat Kinevane – Fishamble: The New Play Company   |   8pm   |   €25
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SUNDAY, 21 SEPTEMBER
Classical Concert with ConTempo Quartet   |   3pm   |   Free
THE SURPRISE OF STORIES WITH CONOR McANALLY
Keep an eye on our socials over the festival weekend for details of Conor’s pop-up stories
​served with wit, humour and his own style. 
PLEASE NOTE ALL BOOKINGS ONLINE UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED.
​TICKETS ARE NON REFUNDABLE.

Shorelines Arts Festival
​11-14 September 2025

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