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...

  Come along and find out fascinating facts about bats at our bat talk. The talk will be followed by a walk around the grounds using bat detectors to discover the wonderful bats living in Strokestown Park.   FREE Event, all welcome. **Please be aware that this workshop takes place in an upstairs room, accessible...

  Martin Curley, a genealogist and local heritage consultant will present a workshop on accessing and using the 1926 Census to in Strokestown Park on Saturday May 16th at 2 PM. Martin will help people look at the 1926 Census locally and share how to access it online and make use of the information for...

  Would you like to walk the National Famine Way? The National Famine Way Remembrance Walk is a nine-day, supported commemorative journey retracing the 165 km historic route followed in 1847 by the 1,490 men, women and children who were marched from Strokestown to Dublin as part of assisted emigration during the Famine. This is a...

  Canadian Wake Join us at Strokestown Park on the 16th May at 7pm for a traditional Canadian Wake, a farewell gathering once held for Irish emigrants leaving for North America. This Canadian Wake is being held on the eve of the National Famine Way Remembrance Walk starting on the 17th of May. The evening...

  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...