{"id":21591,"date":"2023-07-30T18:24:35","date_gmt":"2023-07-30T17:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=21591"},"modified":"2023-07-30T18:24:54","modified_gmt":"2023-07-30T17:24:54","slug":"21591","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2023\/07\/21591\/","title":{"rendered":"Lughnasa events at Armagh’s Navan Fort & Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tales of the Past<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Navan Fort & Centre, Friday 4th August , 7:30pm<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"Enjoy an evening of myth, music & exceptional home cooked food on Friday 4th August at the Navan Centre & Fort, Armagh, to celebrate the Celtic festival of Lughnasa.<\/p>\n

With storytelling from Gr\u00e1inne Holland, music from Bog Bodies & An Fuaim and food provided by Safari Banbridge, this is sure to be a fantastic evening of entertainment. Taking inspiration from some of Ireland\u2019s great mythological tales, Gr\u00e1inne combines storytelling and song in her performance specifically tailored for this evening.<\/p>\n

Bog Bodies are an alternative folk band with their songs charged with energy from the ancient megalithic sites and are often ethereal and Celtic in theme. Their genre-bending, high-energy folk sound is somewhere between Christy Moore, K\u00edla and Rage Against The Machine with a dash of psychedelia for good measure.<\/p>\n

An Fuaim is the support act for this evening; an amazing local collective of young musicians and dancers.<\/p>\n

Tickets also include barbecue style home-cooked food from Safari Banbridge, with vegetarian & vegan options available.<\/p>\n

For more information or to book, please visit: https:\/\/visitarmagh.com\/whatson\/2023-08-04t1915000100\/<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Games of the Past<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Navan Fort & Centre, Saturday 5th<\/sup> August , 1:00pm<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"As part of our Lughnasa celebrations, enjoy a packed afternoon of family fun on 5th August at Navan Centre & Fort, Armagh as we explore the Games of the Past! Discover how the Celtic clan would have used games as a fun way to train their young warriors in the art of battle and meet some of our greatest warriors and hunters.<\/p>\n

Hone your warrior skills in the assault course, crawling under hessian sheets, dribbling a ball around a series of posts, balancing the ball, and striking at a target. Learn how hurling would have been a training method to strengthen the arms before moving on to wielding a sword. Discover how to hunt for your own food in Celtic times by using a spear & throwing a javelin! Our special hobby horses can lead you to victory in the Tailteann Derby and you can even experience the local sport of road bowling!<\/p>\n

Meet some of the most skilled hunters we know, in the form of the amazing birds of prey from the award-winning World of Owls, such as owls, eagles, falcons, hawks and vultures.<\/p>\n

The afternoon will conclude with a special hand-fasting ceremony as we gather around the Sacred Stone and witness trial marriages.<\/p>\n

For more information or to book, please visit: https:\/\/visitarmagh.com\/whatson\/2023-08-05t1250000100\/<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tales of the Past Navan Fort & Centre, Friday 4th August , 7:30pm Enjoy an evening of myth, music & exceptional home cooked food on Friday 4th August at the Navan Centre & Fort, Armagh, to celebrate the Celtic festival of Lughnasa. With storytelling from Gr\u00e1inne Holland, music from Bog Bodies & An Fuaim and … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21591"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21591"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21595,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21591\/revisions\/21595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}