Well it has been a busy year for us here at Killruddery and as the dust settles we would just like to thank everyone who came and visited, or told a friend to do so.

We had a great Christmas Fair with over 7 thousand visitors in three days, a big thank you to all who came. We raised about 5 thousand euros for the Simon community also nearly 50 thousand euros was spent with local artisans which is really good news for the area.

If you need to burn off some Christmas fat try To Hell and Back here on the 29th of January

If that is not for you maybe our now famous Killruddery Film Festival in April is the one .

Finally Have a Great Christmas and a Bright New Year.

Best Wishes

All at Killruddery

Hello there!

Its been a wonderful summer, thanks to all of you who visited Killruddery and took part in the various events. We have had really positive feedback from many of you and have got to know so many more people this summer who have taken advantage of our Friends of Killruddery membership pass, lovely to see that it does work as families have embraced Killruddery as their local back garden!

We still have a few lovely events for 2011.

Halloween

You may know that this weekend we have Family Fun for Halloween on Sunday. With three intertwined workshops designed to set you up for the next evening in a fun and creative way.click here for more

Children and their parents are invited to join artist Genevieve Harden in The Stable Studio to get creative making their very own Halloween character, when the costume is ready you can join Mairead Carty to free up your movement in a mime workshop so that you can move in your new character to the best of your ability. When all is ready, a wild and terrifyingly hilarious trail will be lead into the Gardens to the tune of Monster Mash. And not to forget some family/team times we provide you with a pumkin and tools so you can make your family masterpiece Halloween pumpkin and take it home, Job done! The Tearoom will of course be open serving Pumpkin Soup, Mulled Wine and lots more.

Yarn

We are delighted to be part of Bray’s Festival of Story and Song: Yarn. Its a Mermaid Arts Initive and they really do have a great line up of happenings. Breton tales after dark with Storyteller John Edgar, will be held by the fireside in the Library here at Killruddery on Saturday the 9th November. All events in Yarn are free but do book with the Mermaid to secure a place . Local writer Darren Darker will launch his first novel ‘Under an Irish sky’ on the 16th November at 7.30pm in the Orangery. Nico and Martin return to Killruddery and will tell stories with music on Sunday at 12 noon.

Christmas at Killruddery, a Local Craft and Food Fair will take place on Friday, Saturday and Sunday the 18th/19th/20th of November. Over 25 local artisan producers’ stands showcasing various types of Jewellery, Textiles, Pottery, Wood-turning in the Orangery and the Dining Room of Killruddery House. At the Tearooms we will selling jars of our own Apple Chutney, Killruddery Boards, our first batch of rapeseed oil and this seasons Apple Juice.We will also be selling a few handmade crafts from local crafts people including scarves from Helena Ruth.  We will be joined by The Argentino Grill who will provide tender, prime quality Irish meat from local butchers, which is cut in the Argentinian style and cooked to perfection by professional “parrilleros” (bbq boys). A festive beer by White Gypsy Brewery called Yule-OL will be offered to accompany those sumptuous steak sandwiches and the freshly stone baked pizza provided by local company The Crepe Box. For more information please look at our website.

This letter is all about whats coming up! We will leave it at that for now.
Facebook is always a good way to see what we are up to http://www.facebook.com/Killruddery
Also look at The Whats On section of the Website..

Killruddery Farm is in the height of its Lamb season, delivering Fresh extenisively grown whole or half lands cut to your order, direct to your door. The farm is also doing a limited number of beef boxes in November so book one now before they are all gone.

Here is wishing everyone a terrifyingly hilarious Halloween and of course a happy and healthy Auturm and early winter.

Anthony and Fionnuala

As our 2011 season comes to an end we thought that you might like to see some of the photos taken here this summer.

Boo Hoo..  We are all going to have to wait a few weeks to get the Croquet set out as Saturday’s weather is looking very wet. Keep an eye on the website/facebook page for a confirmed date and whatever you are doing instead on Saturday make sure you bring an umbrella!

From the end of this month we will be selling our delicious Lamb. Yum!!

We offer a whole or a half lamb. A whole lamb will take up about two well packed drawers of a standard freezer unit. Delivery takes approximately two weeks.
Just download our order form on the farm page, or pick one up at the tea room. If you want a taster then come to our pop up restaurant on the 8th of September.

Killruddery Tearooms will open from 5.30 – 7.30 before the  Concerts. We will be serving a (late) Afternoon Tea to any visitors who we can give a table to.  If its more substantial food or drink your after you can take advantage of the multitude of fine food stalls that the Concert are offering from 5.30 until the Concerts start and during the interval.

More information on the concerts can be found on our events page here or at www.killrudderyfestival.com.