Date | Event | Time | Venue | Short Description | Booking/info |
Thursday 1st October | Positive Steps in Lough Boora Discovery Park | 2.00pm | Lough Boora Discovery Park Visitor Centre | Meet Seamus Barron at the Visitor Centre and join him for a walk that will include some of favourite sites in Lough Boora Discovery Park. | Kilcormac Development Association: 057 9135445 |
Friday 2nd October | Film Afternoon | 2.00pm | Birr Library | (film to be decided) | Booking essential (25max):Birr Library: 057 9124950Emailbirrlibrary@offalycoco.ie. |
Monday 5th October | Come & Try the game of Boccia | 11.00 – 1.00pm | Ballycumber Community Centre | Join Ronnie O’Connor and try out very popular game of Boccia. This will be followed by soup and sandwiches for lunch | Booking essentialRonnie O’Connor087 6688121 |
Monday 5th October | Progressive 25 Card Game | 9.00 – 10.30pm | The Barracks, Ballycumber | Join us in Ballycumber for a game of Progressive 25 during Positive Ageing Week | Ronnie O’Connor087 6688121 |
Tuesday 6th October | Internet & Email Training Programme | 10.00 – 12.00pm | West Offaly Training,Crank House, Banagher | Learn how to keep in touch with friends and family with this basic Internet & Email Course. The course will run for 5 weeks and costs only €15 per person. | To book or more information: West Offaly Training057 91 52003 |
Wednesday 7th October | Jazz night with saxophone player Bob Batty | 6.30pm | Birr Library | Bob is a saxophone specialist. He has been playing jazz and other music in a wide range of bands since 1970. Bob plays sax, flute and bassoon, and he also teaches sax, flute, clarinet, bassoon, and improvisation | Birr Library 057 9124950All welcome, no booking required. |
Wednesday 7th October | Offline Film FestivalOlder Than Ireland’ | 8.00pm | Birr Theatre & Arts Centre | Older Than Ireland’ is a landmark documentary that tells the story of a hundred years of a life as seen through the eyes of thirty Irish centenarians. Director Alex Fegan will be present afterwards for a question and answer session. | Birr Theatre & Arts Centre057 91 22911Positive Ageing tickets €5 |
Thursday 8th October | Talk by Sandra Reams from Sew Chic | 7.00pm | Ferbane Library | Ageing gracefully – how to update your wardrobe and accessories on a shoestring. | Ferbane Library: 090 6454259All welcome, no booking required |
Friday 9th October | Physical Activity, information and social event | 11.30 – 1.30pm | Kilcormac Community Centre | Come along and try indoor bowling, boccia, and community gym; hear about supports that we can avail of to help us with positive ageing and finally join us for lunch and entertainment afterwards. | Kilcormac Development Association: 057 9135445 |
Month of October | Craft Exhibition | Library Opening hours | Ferbane Library | Crochet and kniting from the knit2gether group who meet in Ferbane Library on Thursday afternoons | Ferbane Library: 090 6454259All welcome, no booking required |