Mise Éire presents - Samhain Sessions

Mise Éire presents - Samhain Sessions
Join us for a full day of craic, ceol agus caint in Castlebar!

Mise Éire is as Gaeilge for “I am Ireland”, meaning we as individuals are woven into the fabric that is our motherland. Under her forests of intertwining trees and beneath her patchwork quilt of rural fields lay the bones of millennia after millennia of our ancestors. In order to truly understand what it means to say “I am Ireland’ we invite you to take a trip with us into our ancient past and revisit who those people were, exploring the Irish folklore and legends that shaped them. In doing so, we can apply what we discover to the horrors we are facing today (ensuring we are not the last of our kind).

Many say Samhain coincides with the pagan festival of Samhain, which marked the end of harvest and the thinning of the veil between worlds, while others say Samhain began as a Christian vigil for All Hallow’s Day (a Christian holiday honouring all saints). Whatever you believe, come and join us for great discussions, stories, traditional music, Irish dancing, late night spooky disco and more.

Failte Suite Lineup...
4.00 - 5.15 - Kevin Flanagan, Tracy Thorndike & Thomas Sheridan.
5.30 - 7.00 - John ⁠Waters in conversation with Patrick E. Walsh, Jon Wedger & Susanne Delaney.
7.15 - 8.15 - John Waters in conversation with Terry McMahon.
8.30 - 9.00 - Eddie Hobbs presentation.

Lounge Lineup…
4.00 - 4.30 - Jude Calvey
4.45 - 5.30 - Siobhan O’Brien
5.45 - 6.30 - Stephen Sutton
6.45 - 7.30 - Local Trad Duo
7.40 - 8.00 - Local Irish Dancers
8.15 - 9.00 - 3 piece trad group from Clare
9.15 - 10.00 - 3 piece trad group from Leitrim
10.15 - 11.30 - Chris James

Club Mantra…
9.30 - 11.30 - Local Rock Band... Phase
11.30 - 1.00 - Disco

The event will take place at The Ivy Tower Hotel on November 1st 2025 from 4pm until 12:30am. This event is not fancy dress, however attendees are welcome to come in costume if they wish. This is a family friendly event but children are only permitted to be in the premises until 9pm. No refunds within 48 hours of the event.