Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances we cannot hold the 2024 Mulranny Stone Wall Festival.  We plan to be back in 2025 and we are very much looking forward to welcoming you to Mulranny from the 9th to the 11th of May 2025.

All information about the festival below refers to our 2023 event – the 2025 festival will follow a similar programme. 

Mulranny Environmental Group Members only can book their dinner tickets Here

Dry Stone Walls are an important and integral part of Ireland’s landscape.  The 7th Mulranny Stone Wall Festival will take place from the 9th to the 11th of May 2025.

The festival includes an exciting programme of talks, demonstrations and dry stone wall building along the Great Western Greenway at Mulranny, Co. Mayo.  There will be a Children’s Stone Art Competition at Mulranny Beach.  The Festival dry stone walling workshops are supported by The Dry Stone Wall Association of Ireland (DSWAI).

Mulranny, Co. Mayo, is a hidden treasure of spectacular land and seascapes perched on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean on Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way. Mulranny offers stunning panoramic views over Clew Bay’s archipelago of drowned drumlin islands and the vast Nephin Mountain range.

Book your local accommodation now at

www.mulranny.ie

Come along and learn the traditional skill of dry stone wall building from master stonemasons Eddie Farrelly,  Eóin Madigan along with other members of the Dry Stone Wall Association of Ireland.

Eddie Farrelly is a dry stone waller and lime mortar practitioner, with experience working with earth mortars, from Co Cavan, now based in Dublin. He was awarded a BSc in Applied Conservation Skills Degree from W.I.T. in 2015 and he is also the holder of a National Senior Craft Certificate in Metal Fabrication and a Fetac Stonescaping Certificate. Eddie is a member of Building Limes Forum Ireland and the Dry Stone Wall Association of Ireland. He has extensive experience of instructing at dry stone workshops throughout Ireland and internationally as well as demonstrating how to construct and fire a temporary kiln to cook limestone for the production of traditional quicklime. 

Eóin Madigan is a sixth generation Stone Mason and lime practitioner from the Burren region of Co, Clare. His Family has a long tradition of working with stone that stretches back at least 200 years that they know of. It is said they followed the Church building from the East to the West Coast of Ireland. They then settled in a small town called Kilfanora where they set up their workshop making headstones and architectural pieces on request. Eóin is passionate about conserving our built heritage and in particular the mortars used to build them. In 2005 he completed a nine-month dry stone walling and stone cutting course run by master craftsman Tom Little in Tralee Co. Kerry. From there he became an active member of The Buildings limes forum Ireland and again, under the Tuition of master craftsman Pat McAfee he gained his knowledge and love for historic mortars. Eóin now regularly travels across Ireland and the UK upskilling craftspeople and conservation professionals in the specification and use of historic mortars. He is a 2014 William Morris Craft Fellow of The Society for the protection of ancient buildings (SPAB), committee member of The Building Limes Forum Ireland and a co-founding member of SPAB
Ireland.

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2023 Festival Details 

€159.00
Dry Stone Wall Building Workshop (Friday, Saturday and Sunday): – Includes Friday evening talks, two-day “Dry Stone Wall Building Workshop’.  Also includes a packed lunch on Saturday and Sunday with tea/coffee breaks.  Saturday evening Gala Dinner at the Mulranny Park Hotel followed by entertainment in Moynish House, Mulranny.

Please note: Safety Footwear is mandatory for participants and over 18’s only.  We would ask that participants wear suitable clothing for working outdoors including wet gear if needed.  In the event of extreme weather the workshop may be postponed for a period of time or cancelled if necessary for safety. 

(Safety goggles and gloves will be provided by the festival organisers)

2023 Festival Programme

Friday 12th May

Mulranny Park Hotel, The Ross Suite

• 19.30 – 20.00  –  Registration, Welcome & Tea/Coffee
• 20.00                  Official opening of the Festival by Deirdre Cunningham, Heritage Officer, Mayo Co. Council.
• 20.15 – 20.40  –  Sean Carolan – ‘Mulranny, Past & Present’
• 20.45 – 21.00  –  Eoin Madigan – ‘Working with Stone’

Saturday 13th May

DRY STONE WALL WORKSHOP 

The Great Western Greenway

9.30 – 17.00

Under the direction of master stonemasons,  Eddie Farrelly,  Eóin Madigan and other members of the Dry Stone Wall Association of Ireland participants will repair and rebuild gaps in the stone walls at The Parks along the Great Western Greenway.  Commencing with Safety Tool Box Talk.

Mulranny Beach

16.00  17.00  – Children’s Stone Art Competition at Mulranny Beach with Mulranny Tourism – Admission Free 

Saturday evening 13th May

Mulranny Park Hotel, Nephin Restaurant

19.00 – Drinks reception followed by a 3 course Gala Dinner in The Nephin Restaurant, Mulranny Park Hotel.  This will be followed by a get together in Moynish House, where you will enjoy great music by the turf fire in the fully licensed cosy bar.    (Mulranny Environmental Group members can book the Gala Dinner separately – See our booking link above for further details)

Sunday 14th May

DRY STONE WALL WORKSHOP

The Great Western Greenway

9.30 – 16.00

with Eddie Farrelly and Eóin Madigan.

(Lunches as part of the Dry Stone Wall Workshop by Nevins Newfield Inn)

An action of the County Mayo Heritage Plan