Ancient
Connections

Hidden Histories, Buried Stories,
Connected Communities

Fáilte, Croeso, Welcome – Ancient Connections is reviving the ancient links between North Wexford and North Pembrokeshire, Ireland and Wales, in order to create sustainable tourism in and between these regions. Over the next few years we will be hosting new events and festivals, commissioning works of art, working with communities and businesses, reviving traditional skills, training up new storytelling ambassadors and excavating our past!… all in the name of sharing, celebrating and welcoming new visitors from across the seas.

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Mermaids Ahoy!

Folklore is tantalising. Around the coast of Wales and indeed the British Isles, stories, themes and fantastical creatures appear time and time again. I’m a storyteller, so I’m not going to venture into the debate about whether or not these creatures are or were ever ‘real’. For me, they are alive in our storied imagination, in our landscape and in the shallows and depths off our coast.

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Ar Log performing St Davids Cathedral

Ar Log is one of the most durable and best-loved Welsh folkgroups. They are coming to St Davids to perform a new suite of Welsh folk songs composed by Paul Mealor with lyrics by Grahame Davies

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Sift – exhibition at Oriel Y Parc and St Davids Cathedral Refectory

Sift – a touring exhibition of new multi-media artwork by artists from east Ireland and west Wales commissioned by Ancient Connections.

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Pilgrimage Today – routes to flourishing communities and enterprise

Ancient Connections is collaborating with the British Pilgrimage Trust to host a symposium 11/12th March 2023 in Enniscorthy, County Wexford

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Pembrokeshire

Pembrokeshire County Council, County Hall, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire. SA61 1TP

E: ancientconnections@pembrokeshire.gov.uk
T: +44 (0)7798925695

Wexford

Wexford County Council: County Hall, Carricklawn, Wexford, Y35 WY93

E: ancient.connections@wexfordcoco.ie
T: +353 (0) 87 338 6005

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Pembrokeshire County Council, together with partners Wexford County Council, Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority and Visit Wexford are working collaboratively on Ancient Connections, an exciting cross-border arts, heritage and sustainable tourism project funded by the European Regional Development Fund through the Ireland Wales co-operation programme.

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