Film, drama, blacksmithing and boxing for Kilcullen's heritage event
With the title ‘Water under the Bridge’, the event in the Heritage Centre includes a display of Dan Donnelly’s arm accompanied by a talk on Kilcullen Boxing Club by David O’Brien.
Maurice O’Mahony will explain the technical wizardry of the old projector which is one of the heritage sentinels of the former cinema, where older generations of Kilcullen people were regularly entertained by the movie blockbusters of their time.
Pat and Ned Kelly will share their memories of the forge at Mile Mill, bringing to today’s generations a sense of a bygone industry which had several local practitioners.
Three short video presentations will run in the theatre, respectively on Old Kilcullen, the history of the bridges at Kilcullen, and the Donnelly’s Hollow pageants.
Members of Kilcullen Drama Group will perform excerpts from a number of productions over the group's many decades in existence. In addition ,some of the Youth Drama Group will demonstrate popular children’s games of times past.
An exhibition of the Kilcullen 700 art and craft works produced by the pupils of Scoil Bhride will be a centrepiece of the evening, and will remain on display through Heritage Week.
Meanwhile, entries for the Bank of Ireland Kilcullen sponsored competition for displays relating to the theme of National Heritage Week, Past Times - Pastimes, will be judged from 10am on Saturday 24 August.
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