{"id":653,"date":"2023-11-28T14:29:32","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T14:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mayodarkskypark.ie\/cad-ata-ar-suil\/feile-speire-dorcha-mhaigh-eo\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T10:46:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T10:46:11","slug":"feile-speire-dorcha-mhaigh-eo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mayodarkskypark.ie\/ga\/cad-ata-ar-suil\/feile-speire-dorcha-mhaigh-eo\/","title":{"rendered":"F\u00e9ile Sp\u00e9ire Dorcha Mhaigh Eo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">F\u00e9ile Sp\u00e9ire Dorcha <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-1-color\">Mhaigh Eo<\/mark><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-fdeaa0c9 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mayo Dark Sky Festival Trailer | A taste of our Dark Side!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XjEsYStUM1E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Footage taken from Mayo Dark Sky Festival 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Mayo Dark Sky Festival 2026 \u2013 30 October to 1 November<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Fri 30 Oct \u2013 Sun 1 Nov 2026 |&nbsp;                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Newport, Mulranny &amp; Ballycroy |&nbsp;<\/strong><br>Non profit and organised by our local communities                                                                                                                                                          <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mayodarkskyfestival.ie\">www.mayodarkskyfestival.ie<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Celebrate ten years of the Mayo Dark Sky Festival with three days of astronomy, nature, culture and music on the doorstep of Ireland&#8217;s first International Dark Sky Park.<br><br><strong>Friday 30 October \u2013 Ballycroy<\/strong>                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Opening night event in Ballycroy Visitor Centre will feature musicians&nbsp;<strong>Seamus and Caoimhe U\u00ed Fhlatharta<\/strong> and <strong>Eoin Warner of<\/strong> Ireland&#8217;s Wild Islands  Refreshments, then <a href=\"http:\/\/mayodarkskyfestival.ie\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"http:\/\/mayodarkskyfestival.ie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">a guided dark sky walk and stargazing (weather permitting) Booking<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mayodarkskypark.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Lantern_Kila_Teemlens_MayoDarkskies-32.jpg\" alt=\"The night hares, a lare illuminated lantern sculpture\" class=\"wp-image-4790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mayodarkskypark.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Lantern_Kila_Teemlens_MayoDarkskies-32.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mayodarkskypark.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Lantern_Kila_Teemlens_MayoDarkskies-32-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mayodarkskypark.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Lantern_Kila_Teemlens_MayoDarkskies-32-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Saturday 31 October \u2013 Newport &amp; Mulranny (check website for details\/ venue)<\/strong><br>Information here:&nbsp;<br><strong>Dr Darragh Ennis<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Irish scientist, author, professional quizzer and television personality, best known as \u2018The Menace\u2019 on ITV\u2019s hugely popular quiz show The Chase<br><strong>Richard Sabinn<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Principal Curator of Mammals at the Natural History Museum in London and a leading expert on whales, dolphins and other marine mammals.<br><strong>Dr Andrea Parisi<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; an ecologist and researcher whose work focuses on the conservation of one of Ireland\u2019s most distinctive and endangered birds \u2013 the corncrake.<br><strong>Stephen Kershaw<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; owner of KTec Telescopes and keen astrophotographer<br><strong>Derek Dempsey FRAS<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; keen amateiur astronomer and founder of Newport Astronomy Club<br><strong>Karen Dervan<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; musician and music manager, talking about the Golden Record on the Voyager mission<br><br><strong>Sunday 1 November \u2013 Mulranny, Ballycroy &amp; Newport<\/strong><br>Speakers for&nbsp;<strong>SUNDAY<\/strong>&nbsp;include&#8230;<br><strong>Kate MacAney<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Bat conservationist with the Vincent Wildlife Trust<br><strong>Louise Tomsett<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Curator of Mammals at the Natural History Museum in London<br><strong>Bettymaya Foott<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; science communicator and award-winning astrophotographer, and a former Director of DarkSky International<br><strong>James O&#8217;Neill<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Irish ornithologist and conservation researcher with a particular interest in our most elusive and threatened bird species<br><strong>Prof Michael Wise<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; internationally respected astrophysicist and General and Scientific Director of SRON, the Netherlands Institute for Space Research<br><strong>John Zarnecki<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; distinguished space scientist, astronomer and author and former President of the Royal Astronomical Society<br><strong>Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; 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Allow about 20 minutes between neighbouring venues and 40 minutes from Newport to Ballycroy.<br><br>Weather: outdoor stargazing depends on clear skies. 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