Bealtaine, the Irish national festival celebrating creativity in older age, is co-ordinated by Age & Opportunity and includes events organised by hundreds of partner organisations.

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A dream launch

dancing in Heuston Station“Fun, lightness and creativity" - share in the fun of the Bealtaine launch at Heuston Station, Dublin.

Bealtaine Launch 2010

Age & Opportunity

Bealtaine is coordinated  by Age & Opportunity, the Irish national organisation working to promote greater participation by older people in society. Check out the Age & Opportunity web site.
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Bealtaine Programme 2010

The programme for the 2010 Bealtaine festival is now available. With more events and organisers than ever before, this year's programme is sure to have something to suit every taste.

 You can now download this year's Bealtaine programme. With details about Age & Opportunity-supported projects like 'Dawn Chorus', 'Blow the Dust...', 'Ink', 'In Stitches', 'ICA at the National Library' and 'Project Brand New Generation' among other highlights, this year's programme is bigger than ever. 

The theme for this year's Bealtaine festival is 'have dreams and speak them without fear'. It is taken from the poem 'What Do Men Want' by US poet Anthony S Abbott. This is your chance to learn, to create, to contribute, to play your part and to enjoy doing it.

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What's new?

Evaluating Bealtaine

Each year, we ask organisers to fill out an evaluation form once events are finished. If you have organised an event, you can fill out the form from here.

Go to evaluation form

Dawn Chorus

dawn chorus singersDawn Chorus returned to waterfronts all across Ireland on Sunday 30 May. See how they went.

See and hear the Dawn Chorus.

Ink exhibition

Ink exhibition logo

Aidan Kelly's exhibition exploring older people's tattoos, Ink, is now on in the Original Print Gallery, Temple Bar until 30 May. Part of the exhibition is online.

See the online part of Ink