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Sights To See In Kells During Hay Festival

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Our newest festival will be Hay Festival Kells, in Ireland this summer from 28–30 June 2013.

The full programme was launched internationally at Hay Festival in Wales on Sunday 2 June by Sinead Cusack and is now available at hayfestival.org/kells. An Irish launch event will be held in the Long Room at Trinity College Dublin on Wednesday June 19.

Highlights this year include: NOVELISTS explore John Boyne, DBC Pierre, John Banville, Tiffany Murray POETS read Owen Sheers, Nerys Williams, Eurig Salisbury MEMOIRS recall Jeanette WintersonCHILDREN'S WRITERS share Jenny Valentine, Sarah Webb PLAYWRIGHTS create Frank McGuinness ACTORS perform Peter Sheridan, Lisa Dwan FILM animates The Secret of Kells ACADEMICS lectureGermaine Greer on Shakespeare, Dr Bernard Meehan on the Book of Kells® POLITICIANS expand Jesse Norman on Burke MUSIC entertains Alex Valentine COMEDIANS amuse David O’Doherty

'Kells is rich in history and tradition, the spiritual home of the Book of Kells® and a wonderful place to throw a party. We're thrilled to be working with such warm and generous partners here.'
Lyndy Cooke, Hay Festival Producer

Hay Festival gathers people together to think about the world as it is and to imagine how it might be. It's a big conversation about discovery and intellectual adventure. We share stories and ideas with great international writers and thinkers, film-makers, historians and novelists, philosophers, environmentalists, poets and scientists. And at night we like to party with the greatest comedians and musicians. Hay is, in Bill Clinton's phrase, 'the Woodstock of the mind'. The festival is in its 26th year in Hay, a magical book town in the Black Mountains of the Brecon Beacons National Park. Hay Festival now runs festivals in eleven cities across five continents, celebrating great writing around the world from Wales to Ireland, Bangladesh to Lebanon, Kenya to Mexico. For more information please visit hayfestival.org
Media Partnerships
The Festival is delighted to have relationships in our first year in Kells with our Media Partners The Irish Times and RTÉ Radio 1. From radio broadcasts to on-the-spot reporting, both are an important part of the Festival family.

Ireland’s Biggest Book Club
Jeanette Winterson is confirmed to host Ireland’s Biggest Book Club, with her memoir Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? Book clubs across the country are being invited to read the book, then come as a group to Hay Festival Kells to attend an event with Jeanette on Friday 28 June at 8.30pm.

Irish Language Events
A fantastic programme of Irish language speakers will participate in the Festival, with a focus on Irish writing onSaturday 29 June. Writers include Gabriel Rosenstock, Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin, Manchán Magan, Alan Titley, Sharon Ní Bheoláin and Maidhc Dainín Ó Sé. Tiarnán De Hál from the Kells branch of the Gaelic League, with support from Foras na Gaeilge, has been working hard to put together such a line-up of Irish talent.

Cartoon Saloon & The Secret of Kells
The Oscar-nominated animation The Secret of Kells, which explores the origins of Ireland’s most famous book, plays a significant role in Hay Festival Kells. An exhibition of signed limited prints from the movie, an animation workshop and a screening of the film will all be held by the passionate and dedicated team from Cartoon Saloon.

Irish Interest
As well as leading Irish authors from John Boyne to John Banville, there is a wealth of Irish talent to be seen in Kells this summer. From a headlining slot by much-loved comedian David O’Doherty, to baking demonstrations by Great British Bakeoff 2012 finalist and Kells native Brendan Lynch, Peter Sheridan’s one man show Break A leg, and a discussion of the potato in Irish culture between Pádraic Óg Gallagher(Gallagher’s Boxty House) and Kevin Sheridan (Sheridan’s Cheesemongers).

Lisa Dwan in Beckett’s Not I
Lisa’s extraodinary performance of Beckett’s Not I comes direct to Hay Festival Kells from a sold-out week at the Royal Court Theatre in London. Directly influenced by her time with the legendary Billie Whitelaw, Athlone native Lisa will perform the Irish première of her production in Kells.

Children’s Programme
Hay is a magical place for children, with experiences such as designing their own Book of Kells inspired name-script and symbols, an Irish language show of song and verse, creating blankets and scarves with Tatyana Feeney, and listening to Sarah Webb talk about growing up in Dublin using clothes, toys and photos from her childhood.

Kells Type Trail
The Type Trail will see the word 'inspire' appearing in 20 locations around the town, in homage to the inspiration the Book of Kells has provided all over the world. The word will be translated into a number of languages in recognition of the multi-cultural community now living in Kells. It will also be depicted in numerous forms, including a human spelling (with students making up the letters in a playground); the phonetic spelling in the Travellers' language, Cant, and spelt out with giant Meccano pieces and Tetris blocks. This is the fourth year of the Kells Type Trail, an initiative of local artist Mark Smith in conjunction with a number of community groups.

KELLS AND HAY
One of Fáilte Ireland's Top 10 Destinations in Ireland, Kells is an ancient market town in County Meath, 40 miles north of Dublin and renowned worldwide as the spiritual home of the Book of Kells®, completed in the 9th century. Today, the town remains a vibrant community with a lively events programme, located in the beautiful Boyne Valley among the turns of the Blackwater River, Kells is neighboured by a UNESCO World Heritage site, Headfort House, and the unique Spire of Lloyd, a mysterious inland lighthouse built in the late 18th century by the 1st Earl of Bective. As well as the town's rich monastic legacy, Kells offers an exciting arts and crafts scene, with many artists working and exhibiting in the local area.

Please visit our website for more information: hayfestival.org/kells

FOR MORE INFORMATION

In Ireland please contact Christine Monk on christinemonk@eircom.net
In the UK please contact Becky Shaw on becky@hayfestival.org

Tickets: boxoffice@hayfestival.org

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HAY FESTIVAL FINALE

Live Jazz & Lunch Buffet @ Cross Street Bistro

Sunday 30^th June from 1pm-4pm (Dinner Menu 4pm-Late)

Starter

Potato and Leek Soup

or

Cross Street Bistro House Salad

Main Course Buffet

Carved Roast Beef with Horseradish Cream and Beef Jus

Wild Atlantic White Fish of the Day with Lemon Caper Sauce

Chicken Fillet with Sundried Tomato Cream Sauce

Chef’s Selection of Potatoes and Seasonal Vegetables

Dessert

Chocolate Chip Cookies and Fudge Brownies

Tea & Coffee

(E18 per person/E9 for Children)

Considering it is the last day of this world renowned festival, we are expecting a large turnout and suggest booking in advance.

Ring us at (046) 924 1702 to reserve or simply reply to this email.

Cross Street Bistro, Kells

www.crossstreetbistro.com

Cross Street Bistro, The Bective Kells and the Vanilla Pod Kells are joining forces to bring you the Kells Restaurant Trail on Friday the 12th July as part of the Meath Food Series.

Experience all 3 restaurants (1 course in each ) in one fun filled night!, Booking is essential and recommended early!, Ring the trail line 085 7151348

As you can see in the pic below, the chefs from all 3 restaurants are just as excited as you are about this event!

Find Me A Bed

With the Kells Hay Festival coming up next weekend Kells is expecting visitors in the thousands, Because of the huge numbers expected the local b&b's and hotel are going to come under pressure. As this is the case there is a " Find Me A Bed " campaign, this involves local residents who may have a spare room with a bed to rent it to Hay Festival goers. if you are looking for accommodationor can provide some please click here http://www.visitingkells.ie/findmeabed.html

The Secret of Kells is coming to Kells on Saterday 29th June, and to celebrate we are hosting a competition in conjunction with the Kells Hay Festival for students to send us their own stories, pictures, paintings, poems and photos with the title "The Secret of Kells".

Winners and prizes will be announced following a showing of the film at 11am on Saterday 29th June, in the SVP Theatre ( Breslin Stage ) in Kells and will feature face painting and a host of other fun activities!.

The Cartoon Entries should be submitted by Monday 24th June, by post or email to The Cartoon Saloon, The Maltings, Tilbury Place, Kilkenny

info@cartoonsaloon.ie

Kells Type Trial

This is what the new mast head and logo for The Kells TypeTrail looks like.. Spread the word and Share the launch of this years TypeTrail, Thursday 27th June, 7 o'clock, St. Columba's Church Of Ireland, Kells, County Meath.

Cavan Playwright Philip Doherty, winner of the 2013 PJ O'Connor Award, returns with his play 'The Great Couch Rebellion' Friday 28th June at Jacks Railway Bar Kells at 8.30pm.
Starring Paul Marron, Margarita Grillis and Kevin McGahern.
‘Compelling and hilarious.’- Irish Theatre Magazine
‘Three absolutely first rate performances.’- Emer O’Kelly, Sunday Independent.
Tied forever to a mortgage, a penned up Adam and Eve reach breaking
point when they decide to rise up from their
couch and lead Ireland in a new rebellion. Adam has lost his job,
friends, and ability to interact with the outside world. He spends
his days and nights consumed by the media as Ireland's current
political disorder rips through the relationship with his long
suffering Greek girlfriend. However, she rises up to try and convince
him that they can be the catalyst to a new World order. Conspiracy
theories, biblical mythology and historical analogies are rife in this
political black, comedy by award winning playwright Philip Doherty.

Brisk Ticket Sales for Kells Hay Festival.

The first day of box office sales for the Hay Festival saw strong sales with just under 300 tickets purchased for the various events taking place between 28 - 30 June.

Hay Festival gathers people together to think about the world as it is and to imagine how it might be. It's a big conversation about discovery and intellectual adventure. We share stories and ideas with great international writers and thinkers, film-makers, historians and novelists, philosophers, environmentalists, poets and scientists. And at night we like to party with the greatest comedians and musicians. Hay is, in Bill Clinton's phrase, 'the Woodstock of the mind'. The festival is in its 26th year in Hay, a magical book town in the Black Mountains of the Brecon Beacons National Park. Hay Festival now runs festivals in eleven cities across five continents, celebrating great writing around the world from Wales to Ireland, Bangladesh to Lebanon, Kenya to Mexico.

Full details of the festival and download able brochures and ticket information can be found on the Hay Festival Website.

Highlights this year include:

NOVELISTS explore John Boyne, DBC Pierre, John Banville, Tiffany Murray POETS read Owen Sheers, Nerys Williams, Eurig Salisbury
MEMOIRS recall Jeanette Winterson
CHILDREN'S WRITERS share Jenny Valentine, Sarah Webb
PLAYWRIGHTS create Frank McGuinness
ACTORS perform Peter Sheridan, Lisa Dwan FILM animates The Secret of Kells
ACADEMICS lecture Germaine Greer on Shakespeare, Dr Bernard Meehan on the Book of Kells® POLITICIANS expand Jesse Norman on Burke
MUSIC entertains Alex Valentine
COMEDIANS amuse David O’Doherty

Creative Kells Fair

Follow The Footsteps Of The Monks

Follow the footsteps of the monks as we walk up to the highest point in the town where St. Columbas established a religious settlement in 550. We will visit the monastic site, the round tower, the high crosses, St. Colmcilles' House where the Book of Kells may have been. Dress for weather and wear comfortable shoes. This walk will take place from 27th - 30th June at the time of 10am - 11am.

SPIRE OPENING TIMES. The Spire Of Lloyd will be open to the public Friday 28th, Saterday 29th and sunday 30th June from 10am to 6pm each day during the Hay Festival. It will be manned by volunteers from the Kells and District Tourism Forum. Entry is free but a donation would be appreciated.

Kells Pub Entertainment

Dads Cycle For Charity

Dads cycle for charity is back in training for their annual charity cycle. we are cycling to Westport Co. Mayo on Friday 5th July leaving Kells at 7am reaching Westport at 5pm approx. On Saturday we will climb Croagh Patrick at 11am, on Sunday we leave Westport at 7am arriving in kells between 4pm -5pm approx. We will arrive on Farrell St where we will be met by family and a large number of friends and supporters of Dads Cycle for Charity.

Abbot Ronnie Of Kells

The Abbot Ronnie McGrane will be around the town ofKells this weekend looking for locals and festival goers to sign his petition on bringing the book of Kells home to Kells

Ronnie McGrane Pictured with LMFM dj Dara Nelson broadcasting from The Headfort Arms Hotel with The Hay Festival this weekend.

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