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Historian Ruth Illingworth will deliver a fascinating talk on Mary Molesworth.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There will be a free bus leaving from the carpark across from Saint Joseph&#8217;s Catholic Church, Castlelost, Rochfortbridge, Co. Westmeath- N91 Y0F3. The bus will depart at 9:20am.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>FULL SCHEDULE<\/p>\n<p>9:30am- History talk on the Rochford family with Denis O\u2019Neill, at the Gaulstown Graveyard in Gaulstown.<\/p>\n<p>11:00am- Viewing of the Robert Rochford Church Bell, facilitated by the O\u2019Connor Family, at the Rochfortbridge Protestant Church, Main Street, Rochfortbridge<\/p>\n<p>11:00am- Hot food, tea, coffee, and snacks will be on sale in St. Joseph\u2019s canteen&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>12:30pm- Tour of the Castlelost Heritage Project with John Galvin, at Castlelost Church and Graveyard&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>14:30pm- Blacksmith Demonstration and Wrought Iron Gate Display in associated with Westmeath Heritage, at Boyhan\u2019s Forge, Farthingstown.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>17:30pm- The Inaugural Mary Molesworth Lecture and Award Ceremony, with historian Ruth Illingsworth, at Convent Chapel&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":34704,"template":"","class_list":["post-34703","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>Mary Molesworth Art &amp; Heritage Festival - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Mary Molesworth Festival unites the communities of Rochfortbridge and welcomes visitors from surrounding areas 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\/mary-molesworth-art-heritage-festival\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mary Molesworth Art &amp; Heritage Festival - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Mary Molesworth Festival unites the communities of Rochfortbridge and welcomes visitors from surrounding areas and beyond. 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