Daytime Events - Saturday 5th July -

Daytime Events Itinerary – Saturday 5th July 2025

📍 Nancy’s Yard, Cullohill Castle
🎟️ Entry: €5 per person to Castle Event
(Free with Folly or Laois Walks wristbands)

Morning Highlights

9:30am – Registration for Cullohill Mountain Walk (part of Laois Walks Festival)
10:00am – Walk departs from Cullohill Castle — a scenic, challenging route across the mountain, finishing with:
🍳 Morning Cookery Demo & “Taste of Laois” Breakfast

10:00am–4:00pm – Taste of Laois Artisan Food & Craft Stalls in the Castle Grounds

🎈 Family Fun from 11:00am

👧 Kids Play | Area 11am – 3pm:
🪄 Billy Bubbles Magic Show – On the Kid’s Stage
Show times: 11:15am | 12:45pm | 2:15pm
🎨 Face painting
🚜 Ride-on tractors
🪣 Sandpit
🏰 Garden games
🖌️ Painting board
⚽ Beat the Goalie
🧗 Hang Tough challenge, and lots more!

Main Stage & Workshops

11:30am – The Bakery Rialto Sausage Roll Demo – Graham Herterich (Cupcake Bloke)
12:00pm – Rory O’Connell – Coming Home Cookery Demo with Laois produce
1:00pm – Young Chefs Scarlett & Tamsin Allen – Jam & Butter Making
1:30pm – History Talk: 600 Years of Cullohill Castle
By Prof. Pádraig Ó Macháin (Pat Vaughn), on the MacGillapatricks of Upper Ossory
2:00pm – Live Music in Nancy’s Yard, from Cullohill Comhaltas
2:30pm – Bacardi Cocktail Masterclass by O’Connell’s Pub with Sips by Tom
4:00pm – Live Music with Down The Line

Other Village Highlights

🐶 Dog Show – 2pm on The Rocks, with fun prizes
👑 Meet Laois Rose & Rose of Tralee Entrant, Katelyn Cummins
🚗 11am – 4PM: Vintage Car Show – ON The Rocks, in the centre of the village
🖼️ 11am – 4pm: Local Art Exhibition – annual showcase of Laois talent

🍰 Great Folly Bake
Drop off your bakes to the main Castle Marquee before 12pm
(Judging at Midday) Categories:
Plate Tart
Traditional Brown Bread
Children’s Cookie Category
NEW: Cullohill Castle 600-Year Celebration Cake
The winning entry will have their cake cut at the official ceremony at 3pm and receive Lunch for 2 followed by an
Afternoon Cookery Course at the famous Ballymaloe Cookery School Co Cork

🎂 A Slice of History

3:00pm – Cullohill Castle 600 Years Celebration Ceremony
Cutting of the 600-Year Celebration Cake (Winning cake from the Great Folly Bake)
🏆 Prize: Lunch for 2 + Afternoon Cookery Course at Ballymaloe Cookery School

🌿 Nature, Art, & Sport

“Painting at the Folly’ – Marie Moylan Artist, a native of Durrow, Attended Art College in Waterford and Dublin. Marie has taught Art for many years and currently teaches at Durrow Art Club. Marie is no stranger to outdoor painting having worked on many Street Art Projects and her fantastic work is seen in murals in Durrow, Abbeyleix & Portlaoise

3:30pm – Foraging Walk with Wild Food Mary – stroll the Cullohill Nature Trail
5:00pm – All-Ireland Hurling Semi-Final on the Big Screen