summer schools glencolumbkille

Our summer courses are conducted in the heart of the Sliabh Liag Peninsula in the South-West Donegal Highlands, an area renowned for its tradition in weaving, dramatic landscape and coastline. During the course you will learn the basic skills of natural dyeing, spinning and tapestry weaving from local weavers. The programme includes: Introductory slide show and lecture; Natural dyeing using dyestuff such as heather on and open fire; Spinning on Donegal wheels; Designing for tapestry and tapestry...

5,000 Years in Stone is the theme of this programme. It includes field trips to the numerous pre- and early-Christian monuments of the region, as well as evening lectures by scholars in the early Irish literature, history, art, archaeology and folklore....