{"id":36959,"date":"2025-07-18T03:06:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T02:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/event\/ceardlann-culaith-coileachs\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T03:06:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T02:06:02","slug":"ceardlann-culaith-coileachs","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/ceardlann-culaith-coileachs\/","title":{"rendered":"Ceardlann Culaith Coileachs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>Ceardlann Culaith Coileachs (Strawboy Costume Workshop) : Keep Her Lit is delighted to bring <strong>Monica Fleming<\/strong> to Inistioge village for a series of <strong>strawboy costume making workshops<\/strong> this September.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Strawboys, mummers, wren boys, biddy boys &#8211; there is a strong history of straw costumes across the island of Ireland for different occasions at different times of the year. Our ancestors would use free materials close to hand &#8211; whether straw, rushes, heather or gorse, or more household materials such as tea towels, curtains and even underwear! According to Anne O Dowd (2015) In Kilkenny and Carlow they were known as \u2018Collickers\u2019, \u2018Coileachs\u2019 and the \u2018Cailleachs\u2019 and no matter the occasion, the strawboys offered \u2018\u00e1dh m\u00f3r\u2019 or good luck to anybody they met on their travels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Taking place in Cois Abhainn, Monica will facilitate four workshops across September, embracing sustainability, creativity and community wellbeing, to teach you how to weave and plait hats, shirts, skirts and gaiters to make your very own Strawboy Costume or Culaith Coileachs &#8211; just in time for Samhain!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>New communities are especially welcome to experience and learn this traditional Irish craft, and bring their own unique culture and heritage to these workshops.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>All participants are invited to bring a piece of fabric, material or clothing that is special to you to weave into your costume. All other materials will be provided.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Book: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/keepherlitfestival\"><span>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/keepherlitfestival<\/span><\/a><span> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/keepherlitfestival\/\"><span>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/keepherlitfestival<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":36960,"template":"","class_list":["post-36959","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>Ceardlann Culaith Coileachs - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ceardlann Culaith Coileachs (Strawboy Costume Workshop) : Keep Her Lit is delighted to bring Monica Fleming to Inistioge village for a series of strawboy costume making workshops this September.\" \/>\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\/ceardlann-culaith-coileachs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ceardlann Culaith Coileachs - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ceardlann Culaith Coileachs (Strawboy Costume Workshop) : Keep Her Lit is delighted to bring Monica Fleming to Inistioge village for a series of strawboy costume making workshops this September.&nbsp; Strawboys, mummers, wren boys, biddy boys &#8211; there is a strong history of straw costumes across the island of Ireland for different occasions at different times [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/ceardlann-culaith-coileachs\/\" \/>\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\/ceardlann-culaith-coileachs\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/ceardlann-culaith-coileachs\/\",\"name\":\"Ceardlann Culaith Coileachs - Creative Ireland Programme\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/ceardlann-culaith-coileachs\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/ceardlann-culaith-coileachs\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/strawboykhl_workshops.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-18T02:06:02+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/ceardlann-culaith-coileachs\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/ceardlann-culaith-coileachs\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/ceardlann-culaith-coileachs\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/strawboykhl_workshops.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/strawboykhl_workshops.jpeg\",\"width\":1600,\"height\":1200},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/ceardlann-culaith-coileachs\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ceardlann Culaith Coileachs\"}]},{\"@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. It is a five year all-of-Government initiative, from 2017 to 2022, to place creativity at the centre of public policy.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ceardlann Culaith Coileachs - Creative Ireland Programme","description":"Ceardlann Culaith Coileachs (Strawboy Costume Workshop) : Keep Her Lit is delighted to bring Monica Fleming to Inistioge village for a series of strawboy costume making workshops this September.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/ceardlann-culaith-coileachs\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ceardlann Culaith Coileachs - Creative Ireland Programme","og_description":"Ceardlann Culaith Coileachs (Strawboy Costume Workshop) : Keep Her Lit is delighted to bring Monica Fleming to Inistioge village for a series of strawboy costume making workshops this September.&nbsp; Strawboys, mummers, wren boys, biddy boys &#8211; there is a strong history of straw costumes across the island of Ireland for different occasions at different times [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/ceardlann-culaith-coileachs\/","og_site_name":"Creative Ireland Programme","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CreativeIrl\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@creativeirl","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/ceardlann-culaith-coileachs\/","url":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/ceardlann-culaith-coileachs\/","name":"Ceardlann Culaith Coileachs - Creative Ireland Programme","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/ceardlann-culaith-coileachs\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/ceardlann-culaith-coileachs\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/strawboykhl_workshops.jpeg","datePublished":"2025-07-18T02:06:02+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/ceardlann-culaith-coileachs\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/ceardlann-culaith-coileachs\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/ceardlann-culaith-coileachs\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/strawboykhl_workshops.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/strawboykhl_workshops.jpeg","width":1600,"height":1200},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/ceardlann-culaith-coileachs\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ceardlann Culaith Coileachs"}]},{"@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. It is a five year all-of-Government initiative, from 2017 to 2022, to place creativity at the centre of public policy.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/36959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}