Céilí House
Gather the neighbours for an evening of dancing, music and poetry.
The Wild Goat Trio is an East Clare-based trio bringing lively traditional Irish and bretonne dance music to many community events in Ireland and abroad.
For the 30th Mountshannon Arts Festival they are teaming with local dance teacher Fionnuala Collins to offer an Interactive and fun packed Irish Céilí workshop.
On Poetry Day Ireland this social event will be interspersed with poetry Ailbhe Wheatley and from local poets.
Absolute beginners to ceili (and poetry) are most welcome!
Wild Goat Trio
Ailbhe Wheatley
Irish Céilí workshop
Thursday 28 May - 6pm (90 min)
Hall, V94F5A0, Mountshannon
€10/ €8 with wristband
Wild Goat TrioAccordion: Anja Peter
Flute and Guitar: Jonathan Spazzi
Fiddle: Sara Cory
Special guest on Fiddle: Tricia Hastings
Dance and Bodhran: Fionnuala Collins
Ailbhe WheatleyAilbhe Wheatley is a writer and visual artist from East Clare. She holds a BA in English Literature and an MA in Authorial Illustration. Drawing on practices of yoga, nomadism, and philosophy, her work explores embodiment, identity and interrelationship. Her debut memoir, Sky Ground Sky, was published independently in May 2026.
Sky Ground Sky
Centred around the building of a hand-made cabin beside two silver birch trees, the narrative moves through memory, place, and body, tracing a childhood from East Clare and London to journeys in Southern Europe, Australia, Mexico and Indonesia.
Blending eco-poetry, travel writing, childhood perception and philosophical reflection, the book explores the layered nature of healing, belonging, ancestry, and the constantly shifting ground between past and present.