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Artist Caoimhe Dunn will facilitate 3 Willow Lantern making workshops for all ages on the October bank holiday. <\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span>The completed lanterns will be carried in a costume-clad, celebratory procession into Glenbower Wood at Dusk. Accompanied by the sounds of a spooky samba band, participants will discover an enchanted gateway to the otherworld, leading back to Greywood Arts for hot chocolate and seasonal treats.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span>Two local creatives will also develop Giant Lantern Making techniques under Caoimhe\u2019s guidance in order to build this skillset in our community. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":25192,"template":"","class_list":["post-25191","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Samhain Lights - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Samhain Lights is a series of willow lantern making workshops that culminate with a parade of light into Glenbower Wood.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/samhain-lights\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Samhain Lights - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Samhain Lights is a series of willow lantern making workshops that culminate with a parade of light into Glenbower Wood. 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