Woodstock Castle Press

15/10/2024

Many thanks to the Leinster Leader and Kildare Live for this great feature last week! The book can be bought at https://woodstockcastlepress.ie/Shop/

https://www.kildarenow.com/news/home/1624959/pictures-all-smiles-as-woodstock-book-launches-in-athy-library.html

USE ARROWS OR NEXT BUTTON TO SEE MORE Woodstock Castle Press is a new Community Publishing Initiative established in 2024 by artists Mark Durkan and Mary Jo Gilligan and Rose Doyle. Chairperson of Athy West Urban Community Group in collaboration with the communities of the Woodstock area Athy. Woods...

09/10/2024

Thank you to everyone who showed up the WOODSTOCK Book launch in Athy Library last week! Special thanks to everyone from the Woodstock area and everyone who contributed and supported the book, which is now available to be purchased online on our shop:
https://woodstockcastlepress.ie/Shop/

Thanks to: Squushed Studio, Marc Guernon, Clem Roche, Carmel Day, Rob Chanders, Creative Places Athy, Sláintecare Healthy Communities Athy, Empowering Communities Athy, Athy Photographic Society, Aoife Breslin, Mark Leigh, Brian Dooley, Veralouise Behan, Kildare Nationalist, Kildare County Council Arts Office, Kildare County Council Biodiversity Office, Kildare County Council Heritage Office.

Photographs taken by Tony Keane

03/10/2024

Today's the day we launch WOODSTOCK, The Book! Hope to see you in the Athy Library at 6.30!

Thanks again to Conor Forrest and the Kildare Nationalist for another great article about Woodstock Castle Press https://www.kildare-nationalist.ie/whatson/woodstock-book-to-be-launched-in-athy-library_arid-32212.html

01/10/2024

Today we release the digital edition of our third WOODSTOCK publication and invite you all to attend the launch of our new WOODSTOCK Book in the Athy Library at 6.30 this Thursday!

WOODSTOCK is a regular publication exploring and celebrating the rich heritage, natural landscape and social life of the Woodstock area. Issue #3 features beautiful photographs and details about the birds of Woodstock. Featuring Athy Photographic Society

All issues of WOODSTOCK are first distributed as a printed publication to the communities of Athy West Urban (Dominic’s Park, Carbery Park, Greenhills, Townspark and Castlepark). Now we are excited to share this with the wider town of Athy and beyond. We invite you to share with us your stories, photos, videos/drawings of the Woodstock area so that we can add them to a collection for future upcoming publications and events.

We have attached the third issue as images, that can be easily printed off and put together for people to peruse in their own time, or even share and drop in to friends, family and neighbours who may not have access to Facebook, or are not technology minded.

Woodstock Castle Press is a non-profit community publishing initiative established by artists Mark Durkan and Mary Jo Gilligan and Rose Doyle, Chairperson of Athy West Urban Community Group in collaboration with communities in Woodstock, Athy, Co. Kildare. Supported by Athy West Urban Residents Committee and funded by Creative Places Athy, Sláintecare Healthy Communities Athy and Kildare Leadership Partnership Empowering Communities Athy.

17/09/2024

Save the date!! You are warmly invited to the launch of the new “WOODSTOCK” book and the official launch of Woodstock Castle Press at 6.30pm Thursday 3rd October in the Athy Library.

Woodstock Castle Press is a new community publishing initiative established in 2024 by artists Mark Durkan and Mary Jo Gilligan and Rose Doyle, Chairperson of Athy West Urban Community Group in collaboration with communities in the Woodstock area.

Woodstock Castle Press was set up to serve as a platform to explore, celebrate and give voice to the communities of Woodstock. The series of mini-publications called “Woodstock” were designed as a way for the communities to first connect with each other and secondly to communicate with the wider town and beyond. We are now proud to announce the launch of the new “WOODSTOCK” book that will gather all of the “Woodstock” publications and brand new material, into a larger book. The book will be presented in Athy Library on Thursday 3rd of October as part of an evening of story-telling, music, celebration and chat. This will include a talk on the rich heritage of the Woodstock area given by artist and archaeologist Marc Guernon and historian Clem Roche, music by Robert Chanders and Carmel Day and additional special guests, with more to be announced.

Food and drinks will be provided. All welcome!

Woodstock Castle Press emerged out of the Creative Places Athy Woodstock Artists Residency, funded by Creative Places Athy and Kildare Leader Partnership – empowering communities, Slaintecare – Healthy Communities, with additional funding by Kildare County Council Heritage Office.

Image: Woodstock Castle by Marc Guernon. featured on Issue #2 of WOODSTOCK.

28/08/2024

It's great to see our little publication get some acknowledgement and with that, we wish to acknowledge those who have helped us get this far.

Many thanks to Conor Forrest and the Kildare Nationalist for this great article about the work that we are doing in Woodstock!

Without the community contributing their stories, their local expertise, their generosity and all round goodwill, this project would never have been possible.

In particular we would like to thank Roseanne Gray Doyle, Chairperson of Athy West Urban community group, who has been a key collaborator and has been central in driving the project forward.

For those of you that wish to make contact with us, there is a slight correction to the email address published. Please do send us any material to [email protected]

These publications are part of a non-profit community publishing initiative called Woodstock Castle Press, made by artists Mark Durkan and Mary Jo Gilligan in collaboration with Woodstock communities as part of Creative Places Athy Woodstock Artist Residency. Supported by Athy West Urban Residents Committee and funded by Creative Places Athy , Sláintecare Healthy Communities Athy and Kildare Leadership Partnership - Empowering Communities Athy .

26/08/2024

Welcome to the second edition of WOODSTOCK!

WOODSTOCK is a regular publication exploring and celebrating the rich heritage, natural landscape and social life of the Woodstock area. Issue #2 features amazing artwork by local artist and archaeologist Marc Guernon and takes a further look at the heritage and stories of Woodstock Castle.

All issues of WOODSTOCK are first distributed as a printed publication to the communities of Athy West Urban (Dominic’s Park, Carbery Park, Greenhills, Townspark and Castlepark). Now we are excited to share this with the wider town of Athy and beyond. We invite you to share with us your stories, photos, videos/drawings of the Woodstock area so that we can add them to a collection for future upcoming publications and events.

Over the coming weeks we will release more of the Woodstock publications, while also gradually revealing details about special events in September, including a talk at a Creative Places Athy Learning and Sharing event and a presentation of some of the results of the Creative Places Athy Woodstock Artists Residency. Keep an eye out for more details coming up!

We have attached the second issue as images, that can be easily printed off and put together for people to peruse in their own time, or even share and drop in to friends, family and neighbours who may not have access to Facebook, or are not technology minded.

These publications are part of a non-profit community publishing initiative called Woodstock Castle Press, made by artists Mark Durkan and Mary Jo Gilligan in collaboration with Woodstock communities as part of Creative Places Athy Woodstock Artist Residency. Supported by Athy West Urban Residents Committee and funded by Creative Places Athy , Sláintecare Healthy Communities Athy and Kildare Leadership Partnership - Empowering Communities Athy .

12/08/2024

Welcome to the first edition of WOODSTOCK!

A regular publication exploring and celebrating the rich heritage, natural landscape and social life of the Woodstock area.

All issues of WOODSTOCK are first distributed as a printed publication to the communities of Athy West Urban (Dominic’s Park, Carbery Park, Greenhills, Townspark and Castlepark). Now we are excited to share this with the wider town of Athy and beyond. We invite you to share with us your stories, photos, videos/drawings of Woodstock so that we can add them to a collection for future upcoming publications and events.

Over the coming weeks we will release more of the Woodstock publications, while also gradually revealing details about a very special WOODSTOCK event in mid September. Keep an eye for more details very soon!

These publications are part of a non-profit community publishing initiative called Woodstock Castle Press, made by artists Mark Durkan and Mary Jo Gilligan in collaboration with Woodstock communities as part of Creative Places Athy Woodstock Artist Residency. Supported by Athy West Urban Residents Committee and funded by Creative Places Athy , Sláintecare Healthy Communities Athy and Kildare Leadership Partnership - Empowering Communities Athy .

We have attached the first issue as images, that can be easily printed off and put together for people to peruse in their own time, or even share and drop in to friends, family and neighbours who may not have access to Facebook, or are not technology minded.