Torcán Live at Fota House
Fota House, Arboretum & GardensTorcán (Tur-KAWN: Irish: “Little Boar”) is a five-piece new-style trad band based in Cork City with its roots in the UCC Capriccio Society of the mid-2000s. Led by three-time All-Ireland medalist Jason Turk on piano accordion, Torcán members Robin Turk, Seán Murphy, Brian Leach and, All-Ireland bodhrán champion Karl Nesbitt, create a rich and complex...
Fota House Plant & Garden Fair
Fota House, Arboretum & GardensFota House and Gardens will host its annual 'Fota House Plant and Garden Fair' on Sunday, April 23rd 2023 from 11:00am to 4:00pm A number of specialist nurseries will be in attendance on the day providing visitors an opportunity to purchase unusual and special plants. Entrance fee of €5 is payable on the day.
Dorothy Bell of Fota – Lecture by Marie Guillot – BOOKED OUT
Fota House, Arboretum & GardensAugust 13th @ 5:00pm Join Marie Guillot as she gives a presentation on the lives of the people who were close to Dorothy Bell the last owner of Fota House. It will cover her parents, her two step sisters and her husband. Their stories will be not only from Ireland but also from England, France...
Living Heritage in our Museum
Fota House, Arboretum & GardensMonday, August 14th @ 12.45pm & 2.45pm The Fota House Collections team invite you to view some of the important historical artefacts displayed at Fota House that are original to the property and tell us much about the lifestyle of the Smith Barry family and the living heritage that is around us every day in...
Conservation in Action at Fota House
Fota House, Arboretum & GardensTuesday, August 15th at 12:30pm & 2.30pm This free event gives visitors a unique chance to see at first-hand the conservation process and the importance of caring for our collections for current and future generations to enjoy. The Fota House Art Collection is considered to be one of the finest collections of landscape paintings outside...
Autumn Fête – Sunday, October 1st
Fota House, Arboretum & GardensJoin us at our Autumn Fête - Follies & Fun for Old & Young - Sunday, October 1st Age is irrelevant and highlights include a Vintage Fun Fair with Cups, Merry Go Round, Vintage Swing Set – Traditional Fun Fair Games including 3 Legged Races, Sack Races, Potato & Spoon Race, Coconut Shy, Hoopla, Tin...
Halloween Creepy Crawl Trail & Haunted House
This Halloween join us for some spooky fun in Fota and explore our Creepy Crawl Trail through The Dark Orchard, but keep your wits about you as there are ghosts and ghouls around every corner! For those braver souls who delight in fright are you brave enough to explore The Haunted Gardeners House where some...
The Magic of Santa at Fota House
Fota House, Arboretum & GardensNovember 25th to December 22nd 2023 The Magic of Santa at Fota House is fully interactive traditional Christmas experience for families which brings you through seasonally decorated rooms inside the beautiful historic Fota House. Each room in the experience has a Christmas storyline and ends with an individual family visit to Santa after which he...
Victorian Language of Flowers – Flower Arranging Workshop
Fota House, Arboretum & GardensJoin us at the enchanting Fota Victorian Working Gardens for a flower arranging workshop all around the Victorian Language of flowers. Where each flower was a messenger of unspoken words. Learn the secret meanings and arrange your own bouquet encoded in delicate sentiments. We will be running two workshops, run by two different experts and...
Tom Duffy Lecture on Mildred Anne Butler – August 10th
Fota House, Arboretum & GardensTom Duffy is an art historian, recently retired from lecturing in art history at the Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin after thirty-eight years. He is a graduate of Limerick College of Art (seventies); and studied under Anne Crookshank at Trinity College (1981-4) Tom has a PhD from NCAD in art history....