Join us for some “out of this world” planetarium shows in the Mayo Dark Sky Park’s mobile planetarium, the Pale Blue Dot! Our shows will be held every 30 minutes, with shows lasting apprx. 20-25 minutes in length, starting at 2:00 PM (see poster for further details), with our last showing at 6:00PM, hosted at […]
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Saturday 11 October 2025 | 15:30 – 16:30 , All Ages Free Admission | Booking Required Did you know Mayo is working towards becoming an International Dark Sky Reserve? Already home to Ireland’s first International Dark Sky Park, the county boasts some of the darkest and most pristine night skies in the world. Join the Mayo Dark Sky Team
Join us at the Phoenix Park Biodiversity Festival & Honey Show, 6th September 2025! 🌸🪻🌼🌷🦇🐝🦋🐦🐜🪱🐛🌱🌞🌚 @The Phoenix Park “The Office of Public Works (OPW) is delighted to welcome the Biodiversity Festival and Honey Show taking place on Saturday, 6 September 2025 in the Phoenix Park, Dublin. From forest bathing to mythological tree tours, to pond
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4-7 PM, 20th (Wed) August 2025, National Museum of Ireland at Turlough Park Join the Friends of Mayo Dark Skies to celebrate the launch of the Heritage Funded Project, Community Constellations for Dark Skies. Enjoy live music, participate in a free, drop-in lantern making workshop with Wilderland artist, Tom Meskell, and learn about County Mayo’s
As part of National Heritage Week, the joint programme launch for ALAN 2025 and Mayo Dark Sky Festival 2025 will take place in the W Cinema on 16 August at 12 Noon. The event will feature a screening of Wild Islands, by award winning Westport based Crossing The Line Productions and will be followed by
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Join us for another Free LEGO Event! 11am – 4pm, Bank Holiday Monday, 4th August 2025 at Ballycroy VisitorCentre, Wild Nephin National Park. All Welcome! Due to popular demand, we will have another FREE Dark Sky 🌌themed LEGO event, “Constellation of Cottages” 🏚✨🏚. Help us build unique cottages in our Dark Sky Park, just like
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Mayo Dark Sky Park is delighted to announce the inaugural OPEN CALL for a SATELLITE Artist in Residence in partnership with UCD Parity Studios, UCD Centre for Space Research and UCD Earth Institute . This residency offers an artist the unique opportunity to do field research in Mayo Dark Sky Park , a Gold Tier
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Join the Mayo Dark Sky Park in celebrating International Dark Sky Week! FREE Events all week, starting Monday, April 21st. “International Dark Sky Week (IDSW) returns as the world’s largest celebration of dark skies (April 21–28, 2025) inviting people everywhere to discover the wonders of the night, understand the importance of natural darkness, and take
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It is that time of year again and Ronan Newman has launched a superb calendar of events all over Ireland to celebrate Irish Astronomy Week from 1st – 8th March 2025. We are delighted to take part this year with events both in person and online and we hope you can join us. 1st March
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BECOME A DARK SKY CHAMPION! FREE Professional Training in Belmullet and Westport (see below) Places limited, booking essential! This February 2025, Mayo’s tourism and hospitality sector has the opportunity to encourage staff to become Dark Sky Champions. Hosted by the team of Mayo Dark Sky Park / Wild Nephin National Park, this training is focused
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