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arts · Saturday 5 September 2026 · 7:00pm 
Weaving Culture & Heritage
At Strokestown Park · Strokestown, Co. Roscommon
At Strokestown Park · Strokestown, Co. Roscommon
Strokestown Park’s Vaulted Stables hosts Weaving Culture & Heritage on Saturday, 5 September 2026, an evening built around Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union and presented as part of the Culture Ireland Cultúr 2026 programme. Doors open at 6.30pm for a 7pm start. The evening pairs a live textile art demonstration with a concert, both built around a shared, often overlooked history connecting Ireland to continental Europe.
The first half, Weaving Together, brings tapestry artists Frances Crowe from Roscommon and Marie-Thumette Brichard from Brittany together to demonstrate their craft side by side, tracing the historical Huguenot connections between Ireland and France through the shared practice of tapestry weaving. The second half is a concert by Les Irlandais de Bretagne, a Breton ensemble performing songs in English, French, Breton and Irish, built around what the organisers describe as a shared Celtic heritage and a largely forgotten history of migration and mutual influence between Ireland and Brittany. Together the two halves make the same point in different mediums: that Ireland’s cultural links to Europe run deeper and older than most visitors realise. The event is presented by Strokestown Park with support from Roscommon County Council, and the venue confirms it is fully wheelchair accessible.
Strokestown is on the N5, about 25km north of Roscommon town and 155km west of Dublin. Strokestown Park is signposted in the town centre, with on-site parking. Bus Éireann’s N5 services connect Strokestown with Roscommon town, Athlone and Longford.
An evening event like this pairs well with an earlier visit to the house, walled gardens or National Famine Museum on the same site, all open during the day before the Vaulted Stables event begins. There is more to see in Strokestown and across Co. Roscommon.
Heading to Strokestown Park in Strokestown? Roscommon has plenty more to see. Read the Strokestown area guide, find what else is on, and explore the towns and villages nearby.