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SUMMARY:Ironworking Workshops
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we host a series of workshops for the series How to Build a Church\, part of National Heritage Week\nTwo days of Ironworking Workshops with Triscele Forging\n* Book both ironworking courses and receive a 20% discount on the second course! \n20th August: Iron Smelting \nTime: 10:30am-6:00pm\, with break for lunch \n1 day Iron smelting course for up to 8 participants.\nParticipants will learn how to using an organic iron ore from Galway bogs\, to smelt their own iron bloom.\nWorking as a team participants will learn:\n• History of Irish medieval iron production\n• How to process clay and build a furnace\n• Using medieval techniques reduce the iron ore to metallic iron bloom\n• How to “birth” and consolidate the iron bloom\n• An introduction to historic steel making \nWhat to bring: water & lunch. Workshops to take place outside in the car park\, so wear weather-appropriate clothing. \nCost: €120; each session limited to 8 participants \nTickets are required. For tickets\, sign up at the link: \nhttps://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/stnicholas/items/746413/calendar/?flow=1284635&full-items=yes \n21th August: Iron Forging \nTime: 10:30am-6:00pm\, with break for lunch \n1 day on site blacksmith/bladesmith school for up to 8 participants at a time.\nThe extremely popular mobile forge school is fully equipped with 4 mobile coal forges\, 4 anvils\, and all the tools needed to take a group of 8 people for a full day traditional forging course working in pairs as Smith and Striker\, where something like a small Sgian or Frederic’s cross etc could be made\, which they then keep themselves to bring home. \nWhat to bring: water & lunch. Workshops to take place outside in the car park\, so wear weather-appropriate clothing. \nCost: €120; each session limited to 8 participants \nTickets are required. For tickets\, sign up at the link: \nhttps://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/stnicholas/items/746413/calendar/?flow=1284635&full-items=yes
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LOCATION:St. Nicholas Collegiate Church\, Lombard St\, Galway\, H91 PY20
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