Environment

Kerry Astronomy Club
9.00 pm Fri 10th April Gortbrack Farm FREE
Kerry Astronomy Club will present “Star Shapes”, illustrating how our ancestors used to tell stories by imagining the shapes and patterns of the stars as the story characters in their stories. See how these stories can help us find our way around the sky today!

Talk will be followed by observation with telescopes – weather permitting. Suitable clothing and torch advised.

Urraithe ag: Michéal O’ Coileán, Environmental Awareness Officer, K.C.C.

Directions to Gortbrack Farm: Turn off main Tralee / Castleisland Road at Ballyseedy Castle, go straight to the next T junction and turn right at Farmer’s Bridge, turn left at the bridge and follow on to top of the hill to Quill’s Cross. Turn left and follow for ½ mile. Farm is signposted.

Kerry County Museum
9.00 am Sat April 11th FREE all day!!!

Kerry County Museum is the ideal starting point for tours of Kerry, bringing to life the story of Kerry from the earliest times to the present day. Priceless treasures are on display in the Museum, illustrating the rich heritage of the county. Visitors can travel back 600 years in the Geraldine Experience and see, hear and smell medieval Tralee. Visitors can also witness the award winning Antarctic exhibition and the new 'Spymaster' exhibition which tells the story of William Melville, a native of Sneem, Co Kerry who became MI5's first spymaster.

And those with a Samhlaíocht Programme Guide can do it all for free!

Easter Saturday, April 11nd, Kerry County Museum in the Ashe Memorial Hall on Denny Street,

All Day, Admission Free

For more information please log onto http://www.kerrymuseum.ie/antarctica/index.html

In the Name of Imagination
12:00 noon Sat 11th April Kerry County Museum FREE

In the name of imagination: Imagine if military budgets were diverted towards humanitarian and ecological purposes. What would that money achieve? We’ll show you facts will make you jump out of seat.

Imagine you were a cosmonaut flying out of earth reaching deep into space before coming back to earth. We’ll take you on a trip that will blow your mind, and leave you questioning what your eyes see!

Music’s Imagination and Imagination’s Music
2:00 pm Sat 11th April Kerry County Museum FREE

‘Sheila Samhlaíocht’ will present ‘an hour and a bit’ of an eclectic mix of music and song to celebrate music’s imagination and imagination’s music.

Sit back and let someone else keep track!

Releasing the power of the Imagination
4:00 pm Sat 11th April Kerry County Museum FREE

A mesmerising Talk by Kerry Poet Tommy Frank O’ Connor We marvel at the imaginations of children; at their ability to take something simple and create a magical world around it and, as we observe, we tend to regret the dormant state of our own imaginations – now discover its joys for your-self!

Tommy Frank O’Connor is a writer whose work is an excellent example of the power of imagination - suitable for creatives and ‘non-creatives’ of all ages.

Heritage Walk
10:30 am Mon 13th April Brandon Hotel FREE

Join Donal O’ Sullivan on his favourite town walk and be enthralled by his love of history, his local knowledge and his appreciation of buildings that have stood the test of time and still capture our imagination today.

Urraithe ag: Una Cosgrave, Heritage