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.
Dec 2018 Meeting

Dec 2018 Meeting

  The December meeting of the CraobhEo 2018/19 year took place on the 13th December in the CraobhEo Centre in Aghamore. Sean Byrne was our demonstrator for the evening.Sean's demo had a Christmas feel to it and it got us thinking about what we could do to turn...

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Nov 2018 Meeting

Nov 2018 Meeting

  The November meeting of the CraobhEo 2018/19 year took place on the 8th November in the CraobhEo Centre in Aghamore. Pat O'Malley who was our demonstrator for the evening. Pat's project for his demo was a salt and pepper set. On a show of hands in the room not...

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Oct 2018 Meeting

Oct 2018 Meeting

  The October meeting of the 2018/19 Craobh Eo woodturning year was held on Thurs October 11th, 2018 in the Craobh Eo Centre in Aghamore. This was our A.G.M. Our Chairman, Sean Foody was in the chair. Chairman Sean Foody opened the meeting with a review of the...

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Sept 2018 Meeting

Sept 2018 Meeting

  The September meeting of the CraobhEo 2018/19 year took place on the 13th September in the Craobh Eo Centre in Aghamore. Willie Creighton who was our demonstrator for the first meeting of the new woodturning season. Willie chosen demo was a two piece lamp. The...

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Jun 2018 Meeting

Jun 2018 Meeting

  The June meeting of the CraobhEo 2017/18 year took place in the CraobhEo centre (the Old Schoolhouse) in Aghamore on the 14th June 2018. Sean Foody who was our demonstrator for the evening had to stand in at short notice. Sean chose to turn a desktop pen and...

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May 2018 Meeting

May 2018 Meeting

  The May meeting of the CraobhEo 2017/18 year took place on the 10th May in the CraobhEo Centre in Aghamore. Arthur Cumiskey from the Shannonside Chapter was our guest demonstrator for the evening. It as wonderful to welcome Arthur to CraobhEo for his demo. He...

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Apr 2018 Meeting

Apr 2018 Meeting

  The April meeting of the CraobhEo 2017/18 year took place on Thurs 12th April in the CraobhEo Centre in Aghamore. Donal Ryan was our demonstrator for the evening. You can view Donal's woodturning on his website at http://donalryanwoodturning.com/.  ...

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Mar 2018 Meeting

Mar 2018 Meeting

The March meeting of the CraobhEo 2017/18 year took place on the 8th March in St Gerald's College Castlebar. Martin Wilson who was our demonstrator for the evening had to stand in at short notice. Martin chose to turn an anvil and gavel which was a Keith Rowley...

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Feb 2018 Meeting

Feb 2018 Meeting

  The February meeting of the CraobhEo 2017/18 year took place on the 8th Feb. in St Gerald's College Castlebar. Pat O'Malley was our demonstrator for the evening. Pat decided to turn a laburnum natural edge bowl with an African blackwood foot. A blank had...

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January 2018 Meeting

January 2018 Meeting

    The first meeting of the CraobhEo Chapter for 2018 was held at Martin Wilson's workshop in Beltra, Co Sligo. Philip Mahon from the Sligo Chapter was our demonstrator for the evening. Philip's demo was to turn a matching candlestick which consisted of...

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