Events

Every Tuesday and Saturday at 10am in the stunning Johnstown Castle Ballroom. **Please note - Yoga instructor Olivia Ni Cinneide will be hosting the weekly classes starting on Saturday 30th March until Tuesday 14th May. Alanna will return as normal on Saturday 18th May. **  Alanna is a Yoga Teacher with a background in Mental...

As the sun begins to set over Johnstown Castle and the visitors leave, many animals are settling down for the night. In the attic of the Irish Agricultural museum and by the lakes others are just coming to life! Did you know the museum attic is home to a large roost of pipistrelle bats? One...

On Wednesday 10th July, join Brian Fleming from The Big Bang to learn African rhythms on the djembe drum. Hosted in a group setting, this will be alot of fun - ensuring that you take home a new skill! Welcome the summer holidays in by celebrating rhythms in nature in the beautiful setting of Johnstown...

New date added: Saturday 8th June 11am Saturday 11th May (SOLD OUT!) 80 years ago, the entire contents of the castle were sold off at a public auction. What happened to all the items? Matt Wheeler and Duncan Laurence piece this intriguing story together as they continue to search for ‘lost’ artefacts. The talk starts...

Join Aoife in the magnificent setting of the Ballroom in Johnstown Castle for a Conscious Connected Breathwork Journey on Sunday 12th May, 10am. Connect to your subconscious through a conscious connected breathwork journey to discover your truest desires and what might be blocking them. Breathwork allows you to rest, reset and heal any physical or...

On Saturday 18th May, Johnstown will celebrate National Drawing Day in association with the National Gallery by making colouring materials available in our cafe. They will also find a chalk and fun board in our Agricultural museum beside the big red tractor for children to dream up what their ideal tractor would look like!

Join Matt Wheeler at 2pm on Sunday 9th June on a walking tour to explore Johnstown Castle grounds. The walk will look at the estate’s prominent historical features, quirky hidden gems and the diverse flora & fauna. *This is an outdoor event - please dress appropriately. In the event of extremely bad weather the event...

On Saturday, June 15th come along and take part in a Wildlife Treasure Hunt on the grounds of Johnstown Castle. This is a free ticketed event and will involve playing games with Laura Flood and Liz Flynn.  The event is suitable for ages 6-9 (1 guardian per child) There are two times: 11am and 2pm...

Pierces Foundry Wexford, The Rise, and Fall of an Industrial Giant! This illustrated talk by Myles Miller takes place on 22nd June at 11am in the castle Ballroom. It will give an insight into the Rise and Fall of Pierces Foundry. It will discuss the circumstances around the firm’s formation in the mid-19th century and...

Fri 28th - Sun 30th June, 12 - 5pm   The annual Jazz at Johnstown three day festival at Johnstown Castle is on June 28, 29 and 30. Among the fifteen acts taking part across Friday and Saturday nights (8 p.m. to 10 p.m.) and all day Saturday and Sunday (Noon to 5 p.m.) are...

Saturday June 29th at 8pm with door opening at 7.30pm. Wexford is very fortunate to have a first class jazz musician – Kevin Lawlor – on its doorstep. And Jazz at Johnstown is very fortunate to have the Kevin Lawlor Quartet headlining our concert on Saturday June 29th. And what a quartet! Kevin will be...