Riverfest 2023 in Limerick City. Limerick becomes a mecca for families, foodies, and the culturally curious during the May Bank Holiday. The Hunt and Museum Garden are focal points of the festival. Events and Activities include:
Eco Showboat Demonstrations & Workshops
The Eco Showboat will be docked at The Hunt Museum all weekend.
Saturday
School of Looking. An Art Expedition on a solar-powered electric vessel along the Shannon, connecting communities.
11:30am Food Print – Chelsea Canavan and Deirdre Power
2.30pm Talk by School of Looking Artists, Anne and Denis
2.30pm – 5pm Meet the Invertebrates – Rachel O’Malley shows you some of the little creatures that live in our waterways, and Helena Brady tells you about endangered species, invasive species and other problems facing fresh water environments.
3.00pm Talk by Kevin Wallace, Chelsea Canavan and Deirdre Power
Autism-friendly Games & Sensory Area by ASD Ireland
Located in the Hunt Garden, for all to enjoy.
Saturday 10am – 5pm
Sunday 11am – 5pm
Monday 11am – 4pm
Plant Exchange
Takes place in The Hunt Museum Garden beside glass house.
Saturday
11:30am – 4pm
Chess in the Garden
Available to play all weekend.
Stamp a Decadrachm
Stamp your own Dekadrachm
Saturday
This coin is reputed to be one of the so-called thirty pieces of silver paid to Judas for betraying Christ. The gold band surrounded the coin is inscribed with: Quia precium sanguinis est [This is the price of blood]. The coin is Greek, Sicilian or Southern Italian; the mount, medieval.
Event details
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