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SUMMARY:Columbanus Church Service
DESCRIPTION:This will be a cross-community\, united Church Service to commemorate the life of Columbanus.   Representatives of Presbyterian\, Catholic\, Church of Ireland and Methodist churches will take part in the service.  Guest Speaker is Brother Thierry Marteaux OSB (Order of St Benedict)\, Holy Cross Abbey\, Rostrevor \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nEveryone is welcome to attend this cross- community church service.  Pupils from St Columbanus College and Bangor Grammar School will provide music and song at the service. \n\n\n\nTo support those in need\, church goers are invited to bring a Christmas food gift or grocery item.  These items will be collected by City Church Bangor and distributed to the Store House North Down. \n\n\n\nParking available in the ASDA car park or the public car parks opposite Bangor Station. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Columbanus Festival 2023 Events Page
URL:https://friendsofcolumbanusbangor.co.uk/event/columbanus-church-service/
LOCATION:City Church Bangor\, Main Street\, Bangor\, Co Down\, BT20 4AG\, United Kingdom
ORGANIZER;CN="Friends of Columbanus Bangor":MAILTO:info@friendsofcolumbanusbangor.co.uk
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SUMMARY:Columbanus Bell Walk
DESCRIPTION:Experienced and qualified tour guides Bridget Watson and Barbara Boyle will lead a guided walk tracing the footsteps of Columbanus from Bangor to Bobbio following the Bangor Bell Trail\, starting from Bangor Abbey car park. \n\n\n\nBridget Watson the walk leader\n\n\n\nThis is a short walk of around 500 metres on flat ground.  Walkers should prepare for the outdoor weather and wear appropriate foot wear. \n\n\n\nA Collage of four of the unique Bell Sculptures which represent the Journey of Columbanus \n\n\n\nThe walk will end at the North Down Museum where participants can view the original Bangor Bell and explore the Columbanus exhibition.  After the exhibition\, walkers may wish to treat themselves to a cup of tea/coffee and a bun in Cafe Cure which is located beside the museum. \n\n\n\nParking is available at Bangor Abbey Parish Centre which is accessed by Abbey Street. \n\n\n\n\nBook a Ticket\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Columbanus Festival 2023 Events Page
URL:https://friendsofcolumbanusbangor.co.uk/event/columbanus-bell-walk/
LOCATION:Bangor Abbey Parish Centre\, 3 Newtownards Road\, Bangor\, Co. Down\, BT20 4JF\, United Kingdom
ORGANIZER;CN="Friends of Columbanus Bangor":MAILTO:info@friendsofcolumbanusbangor.co.uk
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SUMMARY:Columbanus Cultural Evening
DESCRIPTION:An evening of words\, music and song to celebrate the legacy of Columbanus.  Learn about the story of Columbanus\, poetry and writings of the monastic scribes\, and join a session of foot tapping\, traditional Irish music provided by special guests Ards CCE musicians. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMaire Foley\, a member of Friends of Columbanus Bangor\, will give a short talk about Columbanus and his contribution to revitalising Christianity in Europe during the 5th and 6th centuries.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAward winning Ards CCE musicians and singers will entertain guests with a music session of Irish reels\, jigs and tunes.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLocal children’s author and storyteller\, Marianne McShane\, will relate a story about St Mochai who founded Nendrum monastery on Mahee Island in Lough Cuan (Strangford) called ‘Mahee and the Bird of Heaven’.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLocal poet\, Tim Dwyer will give a few poetry readings written by the monastic scribes associated with Bangor. \n\n\n\nParking available on site. \n\n\n\nDoors open at 7.30pm.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nBook a Ticket\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Columbanus Festival 2023 Events Page
URL:https://friendsofcolumbanusbangor.co.uk/event/columbanus-cultural-evening/
LOCATION:Bangor Golf Club\, Broadway\, Bangor\, Co Down\, BT20 4RH\, United Kingdom
ORGANIZER;CN="Friends of Columbanus Bangor":MAILTO:info@friendsofcolumbanusbangor.co.uk
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SUMMARY:Bangor Bell Print Workshop for Adults
DESCRIPTION:Acclaimed artist Jessica Hollywood will lead a print workshop to teach participants how to decorate and print their own Bangor Bell postcard using vintage letterpress techniques.  Materials supplied. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCelebrate the Columbanus Festival at Seacourt Print Workshop and take part in a unique activity designed specifically to honour the Bangor Bell. During the workshop you will be able to letterpress print your own postcard using our vintage presses and letterpress type. Participants will get to print up to 4 postcards and decorate them with water colour paints and pens. These will be unique\, limited edition prints which you will be able to keep or post to a friend. \n\n\n\nSeacourt Print Workshop is based in the former Ulster Bank building on main street\, Bangor.  The building is within a short walk from Bangor train and bus station. Car parking is available in private and public car parks nearby. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nBook Tickets Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Columbanus Festival 2023 Events Page
URL:https://friendsofcolumbanusbangor.co.uk/event/bangor-bell-print-workshop-for-adults/
LOCATION:Seacourt Print Workshop\, 75 Main Street\, Bangor\, Co Down\, BT20 5AF\, United Kingdom
ORGANIZER;CN="Friends of Columbanus Bangor":MAILTO:info@friendsofcolumbanusbangor.co.uk
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SUMMARY:The Columbanus Lecture
DESCRIPTION:Cormac Bourke\, a renowned expert on monastic bells\, will deliver a lecture entitled ‘Early Irish Hand-Bells Revisited.’  He will summarise what we know about the dozens of hand-bells of iron and bronze that survive from early medieval (ie pre-Norman) Ireland. \n\n\n\n\nHand-bells were used from the 5th century in monastic communities and churches and are the oldest continuously transmitted objects that we possess. The products of great technical skill\, their distribution is uneven and all the more interesting for that reason. Continuities with Scotland (and to a lesser extent Wales) are striking. This lecture will touch on these topics\, as well as on bell making in early Bangor and on modern reinterpretations of ancients bells. \n\n\n\nStatue of an Abbot\, White Island\, Lower Lough Erne (image @ Historic Environment Division DfC)\n\n\n\nCormac Bourke is from Dublin and lives in Belfast. He is Honorary Editor of the Ulster Journal of Archaeology and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.  He specialises in the study of early medieval metalwork and has published widely on the subject. His catalogue of early medieval hand-bells from Ireland and Britain was published by the National Museum of Ireland in 2020. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nCormac Bourke talks about his book “Early Medieval Handbells of Ireland and Britain”\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nParking is available at Bangor Abbey Parish Centre which is accessed from Abbey Street. \n\n\n\nA light lunch will be served after the lecture. \n\n\n\n\nBook Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Columbanus Festival 2023 Events Page
URL:https://friendsofcolumbanusbangor.co.uk/event/the-columbanus-lecture/
LOCATION:Bangor Abbey Parish Centre\, 3 Newtownards Road\, Bangor\, Co. Down\, BT20 4JF\, United Kingdom
ORGANIZER;CN="Friends of Columbanus Bangor":MAILTO:info@friendsofcolumbanusbangor.co.uk
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SUMMARY:Bell Ringing
DESCRIPTION:Colin Holliday\, Tower Captain of the St Comgall’s Church of Ireland Bell Ringers’\, will give a short introductory talk about bell ringing which will be followed by the church bell ringers’ practice session.   \n\n\n\n\nSt Comgall’s Church of Ireland Bell Tower with the light showing from the elevated Ringing Chamber during practice\n\n\n\nDoors open at 7.00pm. The bell ringing talk will be held inside the church.  Once the talk is over\, guests will move outside to hear the bells ring to herald the start of the Columbanus Festival.  \n\n\n\nPlease wear appropriate clothing for the outdoors. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCar parking is available in the ASDA Car Park (enter at Castle Street or Main Street) or  Bingham Road public car park (off Hamilton Road). \n\n\n\n\nBook a Ticket\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Columbanus Festival 2023 Events Page
URL:https://friendsofcolumbanusbangor.co.uk/event/bell-ringing/
LOCATION:St Comgall’s Church of Ireland\, 2A Hamilton Rd\, Bangor\, Co Down\, BT20 4LE\, United Kingdom
ORGANIZER;CN="Friends of Columbanus Bangor":MAILTO:info@friendsofcolumbanusbangor.co.uk
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