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 2010

For a real flavour of the Dawn Chorus on Sunday 30 May, listen to Ronan Kelly's report on Morning Ireland from Carlow, Youghal and Dollymount, with additional material from Liam O'Brien and Colette Kinsella.

You can also enjoy Alan Betson's audio and slideshow on the Irish Times site, of Sunday morning on Dollymount strand.

You can also enjoy the recent Blow the Dust coverage on Six One News and the launch of the Ink exhibition on Today with Pat Kenny on RTE Radio 1.

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.

Bealtaine 2010 evaluation

Each year, we ask all organisations to provide us with feedback about how Bealtaine went. This year, you can fill out the evaluation online or download it to fill out and either post or email to us.

Follow this link to fill the Bealtaine evalution out online.

Download the Bealtaine evaluation form as a Word document (630kb).

Bealtaine Week 1

Welcome to Bealtaine 2010!  Over the next few weeks, we’ll be sharing stories, telling tales and picking out some events from around that country that caught our eye.

Bealtaine Week 2

It's been a week of launches, catch-ups and fun. Our own Catherine Rose, CEO of Age & Opportunity, launched the Tipperary Bealtaine celebrations last Tuesday. During her speech, she had a chance to acknowledge the genuine collaboration that is making Bealtaine happen in the county and to highlight the fact that every 'local' event is part of a growing international movement, celebrating creativity in older age.

Bealtaine Week 3

What a busy week for the Bealtaine Festival with hundreds of events taking place across the country. Thanks for all your wonderful stories so far; of communities coming together to create art in new and imaginative ways, people connecting through poetry and storytelling and one very curious incident with a snake!
 

Bealtaine Week 4

We have reached the final week of the Bealtaine festival 2010 and what a month it has been! We are already getting great feedback from last week’s events and hearing lots of interesting stories.

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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