Strokestown Park

House Tour As Gaeilge
2026-03-08
As part of Seachtain na Gaeilge, we are delighted to host a tour of Strokestown Park House at 1pm on Sunday 8th March.
Click here to book.
Other events taking place on the day include:
Comhrá, Caifé agus Ceol in our Woodland Café from 2pm to 4pm.
FREE access to the National Famine Museum with the use of our Irish language audio guides.
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These events are supported by Roscommon County Council as part of Seachtain Na Gaeilge.
Seachtain na Gaeilge with Energia is an international Irish language festival, which is the largest celebration of our native language and culture that takes place in Ireland and many other countries every year.
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National Famine Museum As Gaeilge
2026-03-08
As part of Seachtain na Gaeilge on Sunday March 8th, there will be FREE access to the National Famine Museum
with an Irish language audio guide.
The Great Famine (1845–1852) was a catastrophic turning point for the Irish language, accelerating its decline from a majority tongue to a minority language. As the Famine disproportionately affected the rural, Irish-speaking poor in the west and south, at least 1.5 million speakers died or emigrated in a decade, decimating the language’s core population.
We are proud that our museum is bilingual and offers the option of a Irish language audio guide.
Advanced booking is not required.

Other events taking place on the day include:
Comhrá, Caifé agus Ceol in our Woodland Café from 2pm to 4pm.
Strokestown House Tour, 1pm, €5 per person. Advanced booking is required.
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These events are supported by Roscommon County Council as part of Seachtain Na Gaeilge.
Seachtain na Gaeilge with Energia is an international Irish language festival, which is the largest celebration of our native language and culture that takes place in Ireland and many other countries every year.
Find #SNAG26 events happening near you at peig.ie/snag

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Comhrá, Caifé agus Ceol
2026-03-08
On Sunday 8th March as part of Seachtain na Gaeilge we invite you to enjoy an afternoon of relaxed conversation, traditional music, song and dance in our Woodland Café, 2pm to 4pm.
Performing on the day will be acclaimed All – Ireland winning musicians and dancers
Úna Ní Fhlatharta, Róisín Ní Fhlatharta, Ciara Fitzharris & Elaine Clarke.
Úna Ní Fhlatharta is a piper, singer, and dancer from Kilmacreddock, Maynooth. An accomplished Sean-nós dancer with several titles, she has served as a judge on TG4’s Ríl Deal. Her musical roles include piping with the Misneach Orchestra and drumming for the Beartla Ó Flatharta Céilí Band.
Róisín Ní Fhlatharta is a decorated accordionist, singer, and dancer from Maynooth’s Cillmhicreaddóg Gaeltacht. Inspired by her late father, Beartla, she performs with her twin sister, Úna, in the Beartla Ó Flatharta Céilí Band. A multiple All-Ireland champion, Róisín has toured globally and appeared on RTÉ and TG4.
Ciara Fitzharris is a fiddle player, harper, singer, and dancer from Kilmacreddock, Co. Kildare. She performs as the youngest member of the Misneach Orchestra. In 2024, her group, Allta, won the Siansa Gael Linn final at the National Concert Hall.
Elaine Clarke grew up immersed in music. Influenced by her parents and uncles, she transitioned from classical training to the traditional flute under the mentorship of Catherine McEvoy. This dual foundation in flute and piano, paired with a lifelong love of harmony singing, shaped her versatile style.
Úna, Róisín and Ciara recently featured as part of TG4 ‘Scoil Samhraidh Joe Mooney’ with their haunting melodies.
Other events taking place on the day include:
Strokestown House Tour, 1pm, advanced booking required, €5 per person.
FREE access to the National Famine Museum with the use of our Irish language audio guides, No advanced booking required.
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These events are supported by Roscommon County Council as part of Seachtain Na Gaeilge.
Seachtain na Gaeilge with Energia is an international Irish language festival, which is the largest celebration of our native language and culture that takes place in Ireland and many other countries every year.
Find #SNAG26 events happening near you at peig.ie/snag

Easter Trail - Strokestown Park
2026-03-28 - 2026-04-12 | Strokestown Park
Victorian Walled Gardens
Saturday March 28th to Sunday April 12th
Hop down to Strokestown Park this Easter for some egg–stra special Easter adventures! As the school holidays commence, our mischievous bunnies of Strokestown Park have scattered clues throughout our Victorian Walled Gardens, inviting you and your little bunnies to embark on an egg-citing Easter Egg Trail and claim your chocolicious prize.
Simply stop by our reception to pick up your map and puzzle sheet, then put your detective skills to the test as you follow the bunnies’ trail in search of the clues left for you.
The self-guided Easter trail will be open for exploration from Saturday, March 28th to Sunday, April 12th, 2026, 11 am to 4 pm daily.
Participation in the trail is €10 per child, and children under 2 years go free, with special pricing of €8 for members, who will need to present their membership card on the day.
Every child is guaranteed an eggcellent prize upon completion of the trail.
No advance booking is required, but tickets can be conveniently booked in advance.Don’t miss Custard Pie Puppet Theatre’s hilarious show ‘Ding n’ Dong & The Easter Bunny’ on Sunday March 29th.
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To learn more about membership options and benefits, click here.

Ding n’ Dong & The Easter Bunny
2026-03-29 | Vaulted Stables – Event Space
Custard Pie Puppet Theatre bring their hilarious show ‘Ding n’ Dong & The Easter Bunny’ to Strokestown Park on Sunday March 29th.

Mischevious Ding and Dong find themselves on an adventure, with hilarious results. When asked to look after the Easter Bunny’s very own special Easter egg, Ding and Dong are only too happy to help! But will the two friends manage to mind the egg and protect it from the Easter egg -gobbling Chockodile? Or will they just end up nibbling it all themselves?
This ticket also includes access to our Easter Trail which takes places in the Walled Gardens, Strokestown Park.
There will be two shows on the day, 12pm and 2pm. This event is suitable for all ages.
This event takes place in our newly renovated Vaulted Stables, register with our Visitor Services team in our Visitor Centre on arrival.
Please arrive 15 minutes in advance of start time. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Ticket Information
Child – €15.00
Adult – €7.00
Infant (0 – 18mts) – FreeFor more events at Strokestown Park click here.
To learn more about membership options and benefits, click here.

Solas Quartet - Vaulted Stables
2026-04-09 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/Dublin)
Solas Quartet – Spring Tour 2026
Presented by the National String Quartet Foundation

Founded in 2020, the Solas Quartet features four innovative, exciting and acclaimed musicians and composers.
Katherine Hunka, violin
Marja Gaynor, violin
Cian Ó Dúill, viola
Aoife Nic Athlaoich, cello
Programme Includes
Maddalena Lombardini – String Quartet No.2 in B flat [c.1765]
Milo McCarthy – String Quartet Sí an Bhrú [2025] †
Purcell – Fantasia No.4 in F major [1680]
Mendelssohn – String Quartet in E flat major Op.12 [1829]
This performance will take place in the atmospheric surroundings of our Vaulted Stables, Strokestown Park.
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Date & Time: Thursday April 9th, 8pm.
Doors Open: 7.30pm
Venue: Vaulted Stables, Strokestown Park.
Tickets click here.
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Solas Quartet acknowledge the support of the National String Quartet Foundation and its major funders, the Arts Council and RTÉ Lyric FM.

Strokestown International Poetry Festival 2026
2026-05-01 - 2026-05-03 | Strokestown Park
Join us for the Strokestown International Poetry Festival 2026, taking place over the May Bank Holiday weekend, from Friday, May 1st, to Sunday, May 3rd, in the picturesque surroundings of Strokestown Park, Strokestown, Co. Roscommon.
Now in his fifth year as festival director, Joe Woods has curated an exciting and diverse line-up for Ireland’s longest-running poetry festival. The weekend will feature a rich blend of local, national, and international poets, offering bilingual readings, poetry book launches, film screenings, workshops and an open mic & music night.
More than twenty-five poets will appear over the course of the weekend, with additional guest poets to be confirmed. Books by all participating authors, representing more than fifteen publishers, will be available throughout the festival at the on-site Salmon Bookshop.
Festival highlights include:
A gala reading celebrating Salmon Poetry’s 45th anniversary, featuring five of Salmon’s acclaimed poets: Rachael Hegarty, Joan McBreen, Jessamine O’Connor, Nessa O’Mahony, & Adam Wyeth.
A workshop and reading by the supremely talented Sheffield poet Helen Mort.
The launch of the final issue of Cyphers (No. 100), the influential literary journal published since 1975.
The Joan McBreen Keynote Address, delivered this year by Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, who will speak about readers of poetry.
Poetry Films screening from contemporary Irish poets & performers in association with the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation.
Announcement and readings by the shortlisted poets of this year’s Strokestown International Poetry Competition.
With a full weekend of engaging events, you are encouraged to secure tickets early. Weekend passes, single-event tickets, and workshop bookings are available now at strokestownpoetryfest.ie
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Rooted & Growing Conference
2026-07-29 - 2026-07-30
A Conference of Nature Connections

Rooted & Growing is a community gathering to showcase nature-based interventions within the West and North West of Ireland. It will provide a forum to discuss an emerging vision of nature connections to support health and social care outcomes.
Rooted & Growing has been created by a small group of psychologists, community workers, researchers and artists that are passionate about the role of nature connections in their work and personal life.
This gathering is committed to highlighting the research base and clinical experiences of positive biopsychosocial outcomes for nature-based interventions. It aims to build a network to support the further development of nature connection projects for all in community, including those living within health and social care settings.
Rooted & Growing will feature talks from leading academics from Maynooth University, along with psychologists and community workers in the West and Northwest, who all promote nature connections within their work. There will be opportunities to experience workshops giving practical examples of how nature can be incorporated into clinical practice. A number of these workshops will be hosted by people with lived experience of participating in nature-based interventions.
Rooted & Growing is perfect for professionals working in health and social care settings and policy makers, who may already be connected to nature in their work or simply nature-curious. This conference has a collaborative and experiential focus, creating a space for discussion and development of community nature connecting in Ireland.
This non-profit event will take place on 29th and 30th July 2026 in Strokestown Park, County Roscommon.The full Conference programme, along with workshop choices, will be available soon. All conference attendees will be notified of the final programme and workshop choices via their email provided.
