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SUMMARY:Day 2: AITO Paint-Out: Ballymore Historic Features
DESCRIPTION:\nBallymore Demesne - Monday 25th July Ballymore features 
 a museum of interesting heirlooms and curious items of farming life fr
 om the past. It overlooks the patchwork valley to Slieveboy rising blu
 e in the distance. In the grounds there is a 150 year old church and g
 raveyard, a holy well and the site of a Norman castle. The farm contai
 ns stone outbuildings, tractors and farm tracks, horse paddocks and sh
 eep pasture, cornfields lined by mature trees and a mill pond.  \n\n\
 n\n\nWebsite      Workshops by Claudia Araceli, Ned Mueller and N
 atalia Dik     Map\n\nThe Donovan family held the deeds of the hou
 se and 400 acres at Ballymorein 1694, and they have accumulated some r
 emarkable memorabilia in the threecenturies since. The house is off li
 mits to visitors but there is a lovelywalk through the grounds past th
 e lily pond and the millrace.  The greenhouse has been restored and r
 e-invented as a tea-room, whilethe old dairy now serves as a gallery i
 n which the paintings of the latePhoebe Lett are displayed. She died i
 n 1998 at the age of 96, leaving behindsome wonderful rural scenes, in
 cluding a tremendously lively series illustratingsteam threshing.  Th
 e place is picturesque beyond belief and it has reeked of historysince
  the turbulence of 1798 when the Donovans were split as to which sidet
 hey should support. The notion of converting an 18th century stone far
 mbuilding into a museum was conceived in the hope of making up for the
  dwindlingreturns from agriculture.  The takings have been boosted in
  recent weeks by group bookings fromthe Dun Laoghaire Historical Socie
 ty, the Water Colour Society and theBritish Legion widows. However, bo
 th Richard and Margaret admit readilythat their venture into the world
  of heritage tourism in this by-passedbeauty spot is more a labour of 
 love than a crude money-spinner. It iscertainly worth a visit. \n\n\n
 \n\n\nFor more information visit https://pleineire.ning.com/events/ait
 o-paint-out-ballymore-historic-features
DTSTART:20160725T000000Z
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CATEGORIES:festival, paint, out
LOCATION:Ballymore, Camolin, County Wexford
WEBSITE:http://www.ballymorehistoricfeatures.com/
URL:http://www.ballymorehistoricfeatures.com/
CONTACT:
ORGANIZER:Art in the Open Festival
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