Lots of summer action in Kilcullen
There's lots lined up to keep local youngsters occupied over the next couple of months, writes Brian Byrne. And plenty for their parents too.
For those who want to see what Kilcullen GAA is offering, there's a Juvenile Open Day on 16 June.
With the increased interest in young people's drama evidenced by shows during the winter and spring, there's the Stage 2 Show in the Town Hall on Thursday 21 June and Friday 22 June at 7pm. The popular Drama Dynamics Summer Stage workshop will take place between 9-13 July, 10am-2pm in the Solas Club in Logstown, and finishing with a show in the Town Hall Theatre.
Wildlife interests are being catered for by a Bats Talk on the evening of Friday 22 June, and the following morning there's a Bird/Wildlife Walk, both events taking place as part of the Biodiversity Survey under way on the Liffey and other waterways in Kilcullen.
Brannockstown Book Fair will be held in the Stray Inn on Friday 22 June at 8pm. This involves a €5 cover charge for which you have the chance to take away as many books as you like, and also bring all those books at home taking up shelf space.
The Brannoxtown NS Family Treasure Hunt will start at 2pm on Sunday June 24, and will be followed by a Brannockstown's Got Talent session for the youngsters in The Stray Inn.
The Camphill Dunshane Open Day is being held on the afternoon of Sunday 24 June, at which the rich work and life of the residents and co-workers is on display for all, for free, a wonderful way to spend a Sunday with the family.
Brannockstown Baptist Annual Bible Summer Camp runs this year from 9-13 July, starting at 10am daily. On the same week and the following one there's a Summer Art Camp in the Community Centre, and the Steiner Summer Camp runs this year from July 23-27.
Some key Kilcullen end of summer events include the Mac & Norman's Vintage Drive in aid of the Irish Cancer Society, which takes place this year on Sunday 19 August, while the Kilcullen River Festival 2013 is a week later on Sunday 26 August.
(Did somebody say 'there's nothing to do here'?)
