🗓 Saturday 11 April, 2026📍 Willow and Lore heritage farm, 15A Craigdunloof Rd, Ballymena BT43 6RQ, Co. Antrim🎟 €30 general admission (€20 Fibreshed Ireland members)✨ Ticket includes lunch and a pack of open-pollinated flax seeds to get you started! Join expert seed saver Richie Walsh from Black River Seeds in a half-day hands-on workshop where […]
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The Flax Meitheal – some reflections
We gather in Ulster’s midlands at An Creagán, Co. Tyrone for Friday evening set-up. The space feels right – small, focused, and deeply connected to this land. Vehicles arrive from near and far, packed with tools for sharing knowledge: flax tow, projectors, speakers, signboards, archives, samples. Most importantly, we are bringing people whose heads and […]
Read MoreThe Flax Meitheal Harvest Celebration
Come celebrate the flax harvest with a festive weekend of community, conversations, education and craic! 🗓️ Saturday 30 – Sunday 31 August (subsidised bus leaves Friday 29 in the evening)📍 An Creagán (Creggan, Omagh, Co. Tyrone) & Mallon Linen farm (105 Pomeroy Rd, Cookstown, Co. Tyrone)🚌 Subsidised transport to and from Dublin (with stops in Drogheda […]
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