Craobh Eo Centre.

The Old School House, Aghamore

Wooden Bicycle

The wooden Raleigh bicycle turned and built by Craobh Eo chapter members is now on display in the foyer of Mayo General Hospital, Castlebar and feedback has been great.

Vintage Raleigh Photos

Wonderful photos are available on Google Drive for anyone interested in the wooden vintage bicycle project. Please contact our secretary Michael Horkan to activate this on your computer.

Ballina Library

Craobh Eo members displayed some of their pieces during heritage week in Ballina library. See photos in Craobh Eo news section.

Castlebar County Library Exhibition

Turned items from Craobh Eo members were on exhibition in the Mayo County Library, Castlebar from Tuesday 22nd November 2016 for 2 weeks. In conjunction with this there was a woodturning demonstration by Willie Creighton in the library on Wed. 30th Nov. This was well...

Joining

If you are interested in joining our chapter, you can apply using the \\\\\"How to Join\\\\\" form.

Meeting Place

The Craobh Eo Centre in Aghamore now holds our monthly meetings, seminars and workshops.

Website

This website includes news, photos and turned items from our members.

Local Charities

Members do donate turned items to help local charities.
September 2023 Meeting

September 2023 Meeting

​ The September meeting of the CraobhEo 2022/24 year took place on the 14th September in the CraobhEo Centre in Aghamore. Our demonstrator for the evening was Kevin Geaney, Cork Chapter. ​ Kevin's demo was a wave bowl inspired by John Beaver. He explained the wave...

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June 2023 Meeting

June 2023 Meeting

​ The June meeting of the CraobhEo 2022/23 year took place on the 15th June in the CraobhEo Centre in Aghamore. This was a workshop managed by Willie CreightonThe workshop was a new undertaking for CraobhEo. Willie Creighton brought along a second lathe, grinder and...

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May 2023 Meeting

May 2023 Meeting

  The May meeting of the CraobhEo 2022/23 year took place on the 11th May in the CraobhEo Centre in Aghamore. Our demonstrator for the evening was Arthur Cumiskey from the Shannonside Chapter. ​Arthur started with an discussion on spalted beech. He showed us some...

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April 2023 Meeting

April 2023 Meeting

​ The April meeting of the CraobhEo 2022/23 year took place on the 13th April in the CraobhEo Centre in Aghamore. Our demonstrator for the evening was Frank Fitzpatrick from the Shannonside Chapter and Journal Editor.​ Frank did a therming demo, often called carriage,...

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March 2023 Meeting

March 2023 Meeting

  Willie Creighton was our demonstrator for our March 2023 CraobhEo monthly meeting.​ Willie stepped in at short notice due to the meeting being deferred for a week. His chosen demonstration was a lamp. First he showed a template with all the spindle cuts in...

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February 2023 Meeting

February 2023 Meeting

  Donal Ryan from the Limerick chapter was our demonstrator for our February 2023 Craobh Eo chapter meeting.​ Donal started by showing us his tea cake stands – one, two tier, the other a single tier with a base. He explained that if turning the two tiered stand,...

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January 2023 Meeting

January 2023 Meeting

  Danny McGeever from the Sligo chapter was our demonstrator for our January 2023 Craobh Eo chapter meeting.​ Danny's chosen project was ‘a cat’. It’s main body was a piece of Lelandia, dimensions 100mm x 100mm. Lengths can vary depending on height of cat...

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December 2022 Meeting

December 2022 Meeting

    Philip Mahon from the Sligo chapter was our demonstrator for our December 2022 Craobh Eo chapter meeting.Philip's project was a block and gavel.Start with a perfectly square blank of yew for the head (150 mm by 55 mm). Drill a centred hole for the...

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November 2022 Meeting

November 2022 Meeting

​ The November meeting of the CraobhEo 2022/23 year took place on the 10th November in the CraobhEo Centre in Aghamore. Our demonstrator for the evening was Martin Wilson.Martin started by taking us through items he had made from birch plywood which he had...

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October 2022 Meeting

October 2022 Meeting

​ The October meeting of the 2022/23 CraobhEo woodturning year was held on Thurs October 13th, 2022 in the CraobhEo Centre in Aghamore. This was our A.G.M. ​Chairman Tom Jordan chaired the meeting and proposed a minute's silence for John Mullen who recently passed...

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