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.