Search

06 Sept 2025

Official launch of Féile Lachtain 2023 to take place in Freshford this weekend

KILKENNY

St Lachtain’s Church of Ireland, Freshford will host the events for Féile Lachtain 2023

Féile Lachtain 2023 will be officially launched on this Saturday, April 15, at 3pm in Ionad Lachtain Church, Arts and Heritage Centre, Freshford. The festival will be launched by Cllr Pat Fitzpatrick, Chairman of Kilkenny County Council.

The launch will be followed by the first lecture of the year delivered by Siobhan Doyle, author of A History of the GAA in 100 Objects. Siobhán’s address will highlight the objects of Kilkenny interest in her book as well as focusing on some of the items from around the country which caught her attention. 

Féile Lachtain was started last year in order to promote St Lachtain’s Church of Ireland as a visitor centre. The church hosted a number of lectures, exhibitions and concerts.

This year’s programme will be announced on Saturday. Harpist Mary Kelly will provide musical entertainment for the launch. All are welcome to attend.  

To continue reading this article,
please subscribe and support local journalism!


Subscribing will allow you access to all of our premium content and archived articles.

Subscribe

To continue reading this article for FREE,
please kindly register and/or log in.


Registration is absolutely 100% FREE and will help us personalise your experience on our sites. You can also sign up to our carefully curated newsletter(s) to keep up to date with your latest local news!

Register / Login

Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.

Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.