Get ready for the sights and sounds of a bygone era
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Peter Gaynor, chairman of Moynalty Steam Threshing, presents the Children of Lir trophy to Nelly Smith.Image 2 of 10
Nelly Smith, chairman Ronan Gaynor and committee members, launch the 49th Moynalty Steam Threshing.Image 3 of 10
Nelly Smith who recently celebrated her 90th birthday was honoured to launch the 49th Moynalty Steam Threshing on July 26th.Image 4 of 10
Mary Gorman, Aoishe Henry, Ellie Farnan (Nelly’s daughter and grand-daughters).Image 5 of 10
Nelly Smith and Sean Quinn MST.Image 6 of 10
Mary Cranney, Margaret Gray and Betty Smith at the Steam Threshing launch.Image 7 of 10
Ronan Gaynor MST.Image 8 of 10
Roisin O’Brien wets the tea.Image 9 of 10
Willie Sheridan enjoying the evening.Image 10 of 10
Chris Nevin and Nelly Smith.The peace and tranquillity of Moynalty village will once again be broken by the sounds and sights of a bygone era as the Moynalty Steam Threshing Festival gets underway.
The 49th annual event will take place on 11th August in the grounds of the Moynalty Steam Threshing Museum. The event was launched by Nelly Smith who recently celebrated her 90th birthday.
The stage will be set by the Steam Threshing Committee with displays of vanishing work practices and food production, along-side craft making and vintage presentations.
Displays and demonstrations remind us of how things were for our fore-fathers: horse and steam power, reaping and binding, threshing and flailing.
Traditional crafts such as basket weaving, steel forging, hot shoeing, tin craft, wood turning and harness making will all be seen while the local ladies will give demonstrations on making butter at the full-size replica cottage. Brown bread, colcannon and pancakes will all be cooked on the open fires and will be available to taste and for sale.
This year, the committee will welcome back their friends from Derbyshire and Lancashire, along with our Irish friends, the Connelly family from Monaghan, Ivan Mullen from Galway and David Armstrong from Wicklow with others who will demonstrate a vintage road making display.
This was a massive crowd pleaser over the years and is expected to be bigger and better this year, entailing a re-enactment of how roads were made over 100 years ago.
Moynalty Steam Threshing also boasts a fantastic museum of artefacts and memorabilia which will be open for viewing on the day.
A Cead Mile Failte awaits you in Moynalty for this year’s festival where refreshments will be served and where you can bring home a keep-sake from one of our fine craft stalls.
The children will be well entertained by the amusements on site and or they can enter their dog in the dog show.
There will be music and craic all day long and this year the ever-popular Mike Denver will take to the stage in a grand finale of music.
There will be music throughout the day by the very popular Pure Blarney band, Matt Leavy, Gavin Gribben and band, and entertainment from the local Jennifer Brady school of Irish Dancing. It is expected the venue will be heaving with fans of country music, culture and crafts of modern and by-gone days.
The gates gates open on Sunday at 9am and the demonstrations continue to 7.30pm. There will be plenty of free parking available and something for young and old at Moynalty on Sunday.