Lifelong Learning in the NLI
Adult Learning Courses in conjunction with UCD
There will be two adult learning courses taking place in Autumn 2012 hosted by UCD in association with NLI. Information will be available here and on the UCD website.
To book please email UCD Adult Education Centre or telephone 01 716 7123
Bealtaine Festival
The National Library takes part each year in Age and Opportunity’s Bealtaine Festival. The Bealtaine Festival takes place in May and celebrates creativity in older people. The NLI hosts Bealtaine events and has also embarked on series of research projects.
As I roved out
This year's project brings together a group of traditional singers who are currently researching material and composing new songs that will be performed in the library on May 30th. The project is facilitated by Aileen Lambert and Michael Fortune in collaboration with the Bealtaine festival and the ITMA and supported by the Arts Council.
Read more about previous projects:
The Magpies Nest
In this project six local historians from County Wexford and artist Michael Fortune worked with the NLI and Age and Opportunity on the research of historical themes of local interest. The project was documented on the Magpies Nest website and features diary entries, images and video footage of the research process. The project culminated in an exhibition at the National Library for the duration of the Bealtaine Festival 2009.
The Wild Bees' Nest
The Wild Bees' Nest was a research and songwriting project involving a group of traditional singers throughout Ireland. Research for the project was carried out in the National Library of Ireland and the Irish Traditional Music Archive. The project was conceived and devised by Michael Fortune and Aileen Lambert and supported by The Arts Council in conjunction with The Bealtaine Festival. Performances of the newly composed songs took place in the NLI during the Bealtaine Festival. The project was documented on The Wild Bees' Nest website
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