Free entry to Boyle Abbey to celebrate Bealtaine Festival
There will be free entry to Boyle Abbey for all senior senior citizens on Friday, May 22nd.
Free admission will be available to all senior citizens at Boyle Cistercian Abbey on Friday, May 22, as part of the Office of Public Works (OPW) programme of events for this year’s Bealtaine Festival.
This initiative aims to encourage senior citizens to get out and engage with their cultural heritage, in keeping with the festival’s ‘Lust for Life’ theme.
Speaking at the programme launch, OPW Minister Kevin “Boxer” Moran said: “The OPW is delighted to collaborate with Age and Opportunity on this initiative again this year and now also with the Irish Men’s Sheds Association. It is wonderful to see the wide range of events that our sites have on offer to support the Bealtaine festival.
"I am pleased to announce the OPW will offer free admission to a large number of heritage sites on Friday, May 22nd for all senior citizens. We hope that visitors take full advantage of the range of creative, engaging, and imaginative events on offer over the month of May.”
The OPW has announced a programme of events and initiatives for senior citizens at various heritage sites across the country to align with Age & Opportunity’s Bealtaine Festival - “Celebrating Arts and Creativity as We Age”. The festival takes place over the month of May.
On Friday, May 22nd, there will be a free admission day for senior citizens at almost all fee-paying heritage sites across the country.
Boyle Cistercian Abbey was founded in the twelfth century by monks from Mellifont Abbey under the patronage of the local ruling family, the MacDermotts. It was one of the most powerful of the early Cistercian foundations in Ireland and among the foremost in Connacht.
