The Flax Meitheal Harvest Celebration
A festive weekend of community, conversations, education and craic!
Saturday 30 – Sunday 31 August (subsidised bus leaves Friday 29 in the evening)

Fibreshed Ireland is partnering with @mallonlinen, @playthinkbrink, @artpark_hoherberg and @linenaliveni to bring you a packed weekend of presentations, panel discussions, craft demonstrations, exhibitions, a farm visit, music and poetry. Join us to learn about the past of linen production on this island, the present solutions & challenges, and help shape a regenerative, equitable and joyful flaxen future!

Saturday 30 – Sunday 31 August (subsidised bus leaves Friday 29 in the evening)
An Creagán & Mallon Linen farm, Co. Tyrone
Subsidised transport to and from Dublin (with stops in Drogheda – Dundalk – Newry – Armagh – Dungannon) and subsidised on-site accommodation are available!
Lunch (Saturday & Sunday) and dinner (Saturday) are included

The event is one of the key moments in the Tier Two partnership between Brink! (Belfast, Northern Ireland) and artpark Hoher (Schermbeck, North Rhine-Westphalia), find out more. 

Check out the schedule overview and book your spot today: https://fibreshedireland.ie/the-flax-meitheal-harvest-celebration/

Schedule overview:

Friday 29 August:

Coach leaves Dublin at 5:00pm (bring your craft project for the journey!)
Chilled out evening of chats and maybe some singing
We might order pizza  

Saturday 30 August:

10:00am – 6:00pm — presentations, panels & talks on the past, present & future of flax. Bring your craft project with you to make as you listen! There will be breaks and craft demonstrations throughout the day. (Detailed speaker schedule TBC)

1:00 – 2:00pm — Lunch (included)

6:00 – 7:00pm — Celebratory dinner (included)

7:00pm onwards — Songs and poetry about flax, open mic, craic agus ceol

Sunday 31 August:

10:00am – 1:00pm — Visit to Mallon Linen farm for a walk. There will be casual talks about the potential of flax for landscape restoration and seed saving. Come prepared to do some flax harvesting!

1:00pm – 2:00pm — Farewell lunch in Mallon Linen farm

2:30pm — Coach returns to Dublin 

Image: Summer Solstice from the Brink! Fibres Day 2025