Potted Potter

The Harry Potter parody "Potted Potter" is in Dublin for a week, as part of a sell-out world tour. The Best Entertainment & Family Show Olivier Award Nominee Potted Potter takes on the challenge of condensing all seven Harry Potter books (and a real-life game of Quidditch) into seventy minutes.

According to the website, this show is perfect for ages six to Dumbledore (who is very old indeed).

Runs from 14 April 2014 - 20 April 2014.

Maybe something for your Harry Potter fans?

 

Little Museum of Dublin

The Little Museum of Dublin on St Stephen’s Green tells the story of Dublin in the 20th Century. The museum was launched in 2011 with a public appeal for historic objects - today there are over 5,000 artefacts in the collection.

We have not been yet but I just saw on the museum's website that Children and families are welcome and all children under 3 go free. Children over 3 pay the student concession rate of €4. Keep an eye out on its Twitter and Facebook pages for other free-in times for kids, which it runs throughout the year.

There is a special online family admission rate of €8 at the moment (usually €13) and it covers 2 adults and up to three children.

If you are visiting with children, it has worksheets available at the museum for children of all ages and the website says the museum has tour guides in the museum at all times who can give children some special attention. There are some interactive artefacts in the museum which kids can handle - just ask a tour guide to point them out to you. You can also take a picture of your child in the old Dublin school desk, or make a speech from JFK’s lectern.

Enchanted Fairy Walk

Following on from the success of the "Fairy Wood" in Corkagh Park, new fairies have moved into Tymon Park, (Castletymon Road). 

The "Enchanted Fairy Walk" will be officially opened at 11am - 1pm on Tuesday 15th April. 

Updated 16th April

We went along yesterday to check this out and parked in the car park off Wellington Road (albeit a bit late) but there were no signs or information of any sort about the fairy walk which was disappointing.  I checked online again today but the event has been taken off the website so maybe it was cancelled.  I have emailed them so will let you know what the story is.....

Updated 21st April

Yes, it did go ahead I was told, but that was all I got.  
I looked up the Fairy Door Company website and they have an online map of the walk.  Looks like it is on the other side of the park to the one we were at - so it is accessed via the Castletymon Road car park.  

Experience Japan Festival Day

Dublin’s Japanese community and students groups from UCD and DCU will be celebrating a Hanami (Cherry Blossom) Festival at Farmleigh House & Estate in the Phoenix Park tomorrow Sunday 13th April and the public is invited to go along and enjoy the many events that are planned.

Hanami is an annual event in Japan where friends come together for outdoor parties to welcome spring and celebrate nature. (This event is supported by Dublin City Council, the Office of Public Works and the Embassy of Japan in Ireland.) 

Activities include:
• Taiko drum performances
• Martial Arts demonstrations
• Music performances with a fusion of Japanese and Irish performances
• Origami and kite making craft workshops for children
• Yo-Yo fishing and other fun activities for children
• Cosplay fashions framed with traditional Kimono displays
• Japanese art workshop
• Soran Bushi dancing
• Japanese food stalls
• Seminars on Japanese Food, Animation and Japanese Art

Airfield Awakens

Airfield is a charitable 38 acre working farm, gardens, café and heritage experience in Dundrum. It offer visitors an opportunity to learn about food, farming and the natural world or just enjoy the lovely new Overends cafe. 

It has just gone through a massive re-refurbishment and it is being fully re-launched this weekend in Airfield Awakens, which I know is great news for many of you!

Puppet, music and acrobatic performances; film; meet the animals; house tours; collect eggs; kitchen garden tour; storytelling; art workshops; walks; and gardening events should keep you entertained.

Dodder Day

Dodder Day 2014 is this Saturday 12th April. So if you fancy helping clean up the riverbank, have a look at the poster below.

See video here

Latest dlr Biodiversity Events

Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council is running another series of free "Exploring Nature" biodiversity events from March-June 2014. 

Kids and families are welcome to attend. Events include animal tracking, wild play, campfire music, an Easter egg hunt, wild bunch, nature walk, birdwatching, bat walk, rock pooling for families, seashore walk, shelter building and pond dipping. Events and are on in various locations such as parks and beaches.








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