Events

Fingal has a diverse set of habitats from farmland to coastal islands, parklands to urban sprawl. These

provide a diverse range of birds from the garden Robin to rare Roseate Terns. The talk by Dr. Frank Prendergast of Birdwatch Fingal will explore Fingal’s habitats, wild bird sightings and sounds, and what we can do to protect these for the future.

Helium Arts empowers children with lifelong health conditions through creativity and the arts, giving them an opportunity for connection, belonging, imagination and joy.

Is the choice of subject matter or ‘content’ crucial to the effectiveness of a poem? If so, how do we distil experience to find its poetic essence? And then, how do we develop what John Cage called the ‘field of possibilities’ that will make the poem happen in its most appropriate form?

Comedian Pierre Novellie will be in conversation with writer and performer Erin McGathy, to discuss his book Why Can’t I Just Enjoy Things?

Have you got lots of ideas but can’t get them down on paper? Is your writing happening in fits and starts and going nowhere? Have you written in the past or would love to start to write now?

In this 90-minute session, YA writer and reviewer Claire Hennessy will explore the key things to consider when writing for teenagers today

In this three-hour session, we will go from generating ideas, to outlining an essay, to covering the conventions and clichés of essay writing, and finally discussing publication opportunities in Ireland and abroad.

As part of the Fingal Creative Ireland Programme 2024,  Dr. John Nutekpor will host the topic 'Decolonizing The Mind Through Artistic Expressions: The Afro-Irish Cultural Dialogue'.

COPD Support Ireland is a charity set up to support all those living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). They are Ireland’s only national COPD support and advocacy body, bringing together local support groups from around the country, to help those living with, and caring for someone with, COPD.  

Join author and screenwriter Dave Rudden as he guides you through the process of building your pitch deck for film and television.

Sinéad will be in conversation with journalist Lauren Murphy to discuss the novel, her writing and artistic collaboration.

David Gilna, award-winning Irish playwright, screenwriter, actor and author from Swords, County Dublin, will read poems from his collection 24.