{"id":31476,"date":"2024-07-18T03:04:12","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T02:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/event\/introductory-bladesmithing-with-sam-gleeson\/"},"modified":"2024-07-18T03:04:12","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T02:04:12","slug":"introductory-bladesmithing-with-sam-gleeson","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/introductory-bladesmithing-with-sam-gleeson\/","title":{"rendered":"Introductory bladesmithing with Sam Gleeson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">For National Heritage Week and Ireland-wide August Craft Month Sam Gleeson of Thisiswhatido we will open the doors of his workshop to some lucky students for a free introductory bladesmiths session \u2013 this craft session was a great success last year and saw a huge number of people apply for the limited number of places from all over Ireland and beyond.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">In the last 150 years there have been over 17 forges operating in the Ennistymon area, now it is just Sam Gleeson. Historical memory, physical buildings and artifacts remain from these busy times and fortunately to this day Sam can use materials created in these forges for his own work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">We would like to offer the local community (and those beyond should they wish to attend) to reconnect with a skill that has existed for thousands of years but is largely absent from our immediate day to day lives.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">Traditionally, the town smith(es) would have been intrinsic to daily life with many other trades dependant on their skills and services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">By offering this free session, Sam would like to re-ignite people\u2019s interest in working with fire and steel. From his own experience of working with and under other smiths and artisans he knows only too well the pleasure of working outside of your comfort zone to create something with your own hands.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Email Sam Gleeson at hello@thisiswhatido.ie<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":31477,"template":"","class_list":["post-31476","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>Introductory bladesmithing with Sam Gleeson - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"For National Heritage Week and Ireland-wide August Craft Month Sam Gleeson of Thisiswhatido we will open the doors of his workshop to some lucky students for a free introductory bladesmiths session \u2013 this craft session was a great success last year and saw a huge number of people apply for the limited number of places from all over Ireland and beyond.\" \/>\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\/introductory-bladesmithing-with-sam-gleeson\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Introductory bladesmithing with Sam Gleeson - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"For National Heritage Week and Ireland-wide August Craft Month Sam Gleeson of Thisiswhatido we will open the doors of his workshop to some lucky students for a free introductory bladesmiths session \u2013 this craft session was a great success last year and saw a huge number of people apply for the limited number of places [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/introductory-bladesmithing-with-sam-gleeson\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CreativeIrl\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@creativeirl\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/introductory-bladesmithing-with-sam-gleeson\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/introductory-bladesmithing-with-sam-gleeson\/\",\"name\":\"Introductory bladesmithing with Sam Gleeson - Creative Ireland Programme\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/introductory-bladesmithing-with-sam-gleeson\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/introductory-bladesmithing-with-sam-gleeson\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/sam-gleeson-bladesmithing.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-18T02:04:12+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/introductory-bladesmithing-with-sam-gleeson\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/introductory-bladesmithing-with-sam-gleeson\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/introductory-bladesmithing-with-sam-gleeson\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/sam-gleeson-bladesmithing.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/sam-gleeson-bladesmithing.png\",\"width\":700,\"height\":450},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/introductory-bladesmithing-with-sam-gleeson\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Introductory bladesmithing with Sam Gleeson\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Creative Ireland Programme\",\"description\":\"The Creative Ireland Programme is guided by a vision that every person in Ireland will have the opportunity to realise their full creative potential. 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