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

Welcome to the new Craobh Eo Website This website includes news, photos and turned items from our members. Craobh Eo Woodturners are the Mayo Chapter of the National Irish Woodturners Guild. Our chapter was formed in 2004. Our meetings are held every 2nd Thursday...

Local Charities

Members do donate turned items to help local charities.
December 2019 Meeting

December 2019 Meeting

​ The December meeting of the CraobhEo 2019/20 year took place on the 12th December in the CraobhEo Centre in Aghamore. Ambrose O'Halloran from the Galway Chapter was our demonstrator for the night.Ambrose chose to turn a box with a lid. He started with a 4 inch...

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November 2019 Meeting

November 2019 Meeting

  The November meeting of the CraobhEo 2019/20 year took place on the 14th November in the CraobhEo Centre in Aghamore. Frank Fitzpatrick, Shannonside Chapter and Journal Editor was our demonstrator for the evening.Frank chose to turn a hollowform snowman for his...

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October 2019 Meeting

October 2019 Meeting

  The October meeting of the 2019/20 Craobh Eo woodturning year was held on Thurs October 10th, 2019 in the Craobh Eo Centre in Aghamore. This was our A.G.M.   Our chairman, Tom Jordan opened the meeting and reflected on a successful year for CraobhEo. The...

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Sept 2019 Meeting

Sept 2019 Meeting

  The September meeting of the CraobhEo 2019/20 year took place on the 12th September in the CraobhEo Centre in Aghamore. Gabby Wall from the South East Chapter was our guest demonstrator for the evening. Gabby chose to turn an ash lidded bowl. First a blank for...

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Jun 2019 Meeting

Jun 2019 Meeting

  The June meeting of the CraobhEo 2018/19 year took place on the 13th June in the CraobhEo Centre in Aghamore. Michael Ruane, one of our own members was our demonstrator for the night.  Michael's first project was a wrist bangle. The size of these is usually...

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May 2019 Meeting

May 2019 Meeting

  The May meeting of the CraobhEo 2018/19 year took place on the 9th May in the CraobhEo Centre in Aghamore. Jim Kelly, Crossborder Chapter and IWG Secretary was our demonstrator for May.    Jim's project was a laminated goblet. He explained how the...

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Apr 2019 Meeting

Apr 2019 Meeting

  The April meeting of the CraobhEo 2018/19 year took place on the 11th April in the CraobhEo Centre in Aghamore. Charlie Ryan, Craobh Cuig Deag Chapter and President of the IWG was our demonstrator for the evening.  Charlie decided to turn two items, an acorn...

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Mar 2019 Meeting

Mar 2019 Meeting

  The March meeting of the CraobhEo 2018/19 year took place on the 14th March in the CraobhEo Centre in Aghamore. Pat Walsh from the Dublin Chapter was our demonstrator for the evening Pat chose to demonstrate a decorated wide rimmed bowl and he passed around...

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Feb 2019 Meeting

Feb 2019 Meeting

 The February meeting of the CraobhEo 2018/19 year took place on the 14th February in the CraobhEo Centre in Aghamore.Willie Creighton was our demonstrator for the evening. Willie had to stand in at short notice and we really appreciated that. He started with a...

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Jan 2019 Meeting

Jan 2019 Meeting

  The January meeting of the CraobhEo 2018/19 year took place on the 10th January in the CraobhEo Centre in Aghamore. Martin Wilson was our demonstrator for the evening. Martin choose to make a skeleton clock. This is generally not a wall clock and is better...

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