Cruinniú na nÓg is upcoming

Children and young people across Kildare are invited to take part in Cruinniú na nÓg, Ireland’s national day of free creativity for under-18s, taking place on Saturday, 6 June, writes Brian Byrne.

Event venues include Naas Library & Cultural Centre, Maynooth Community Library, Leixlip Community Library, Athy Community Library, the Woodstack Café in Monasterevin, Naas Old Cemetery, Riverbank Arts Centre, and the Irish National Stud & Gardens.

The countywide programme includes a Wild Kids Forest School, Wonderwalls Naas, Anyone 4 Science’s Bee Habitat Workshop, the Brigid Sings Programme, a cyanotype photography workshop for young artists, Art in the Woods, and an afternoon of rhythm, movement, and playful creativity with musical instruments.

Young people can also showcase their imagination through letters, poems, or songs, which can be submitted via imaginationpostbox.ie or dropped into Naas Library, with selected entries to be read aloud on air by KFM.

Cruinniú na nÓg is a flagship initiative of the Creative Ireland Programme’s Creative Youth Plan, which has been celebrated nationwide since 2018. Full details of Kildare events here. 

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