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Join us in Newport, Mulranny and Ballycroy as we celebrate our dark skies with talks, workshops, walks, exhibitions and performances
"Let us raise children who can name more stars in the sky than stars on the screen"
2025 speakers/performers/hosts (in alphabetical order)...
Ain't Misbehavin'
Musical trio
Gretta Byrne
Archaeologist & Manager, Céide Fields
Derek Dempsey
Amateur Astronomer & Founder of Newport Astronomy Club
Ruskin Hartley
CEO of DarkSky International
Stephen Kershaw
Owner, KTec Telescopes
Seán Lysaght
Poet and Author
Mixies Brixies
Lego Workshops
Seán Ronayne
Ornithologist/Wildlife Sound Recordist
John Barentine
Dark-Sky Activist and Consultant
Michael Chambers
Head Guide, WIld Nephin National Park
Clodagh Doyle
Keeper of the Irish Folklore Collection, National Museum of Ireland Turlough Park
Declan Holmes
Science Ireland
Kila
Award-winning band
Prof Sera Markoff
Professor of Theoretical High-Energy Astrophysics
Caitriona Mosk
Connemara Astronomy Club
Conor Ryan
Marine Ecologist
Michael Burton
Director of the Armagh Observatory and Planetarium
Martin Connor
Guide, Wild Nephin National Park
Dr. Christian Ginski
Lecturer, University of Galway
Rae Jordan
Freelance Illustrator and Visual Communicator
Klaus Laitenberger
Organic gardener, writer and advisor
Emer Mayock
Traditional Musician
Marina Mulligan
Conservation Biologist and Science Communicator
David Smith
Advocacy and Social Change Manager at Buglife
Jake Byrne
PhD student, Trinity College Dublin
Anne Marie Deacy
Sound Artist
Colin Guilfoyle
Biodiversity Researcher
Dr. Patrick Kavanagh
Associate Professor of Experimental Physics, Maynooth University
Chloe Lawlor
PhD researcher, University of Galway
Tom Meskell
Sculptor and Artist
Brendan Owens
Public Engagement, Research Ireland & Astronomer Emeritus RO Greenwich
Dr. Niall Smith
Blackrock Castle Observatory
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