Classes for chocolatiers

As they munch their way through their Easter eggs this weekend, budding chocolatiers might be interested to know that the Lorge Chocolatier School, based in Kenmare Co. Kerry, is currently running one and two day classes on making chocolate. The school offers a range of courses, from beginner to professional classes, that cover everything from the history of chocolate to marketing strategies for future businesses. The classes are expensive (the one-day 'pro chocolate course' costs €180) but they are limited to four students per class and given by Master Chocolatier Benoit Lorge.

For more information email info@lorge.ie

Easter Opening Hours at Cathal Brugha St Library

DIT Cathal Brugha St Library will be open over Easter as follows:

Monday	25thMarch	9am - 9pm
Tuesday	26th March	9am - 9pm
Wednesday	27th March	9am - 9pm
Thursday	28th March	9am - 1pm
Friday	29th March	Closed
Monday	1st April	Closed
Tuesday	2nd April	9am - 9pm
Wednesday	3rd April	9am - 9pm
Thursday	4th April	9am - 5:30pm
Friday	5th April	9am - 5pm

Happy Easter!

St Patrick's day long weekend

 

The library will be closed on Monday 18th March for the St Patrick's day bank holiday. We will be open again as normal on Tuesday 19th March. Opening hours for that week will be as follows:

Monday 18th        Closed
Tuesday 19th        9am to 9pm
Wednesday 20th   9am to 9pm
Thursday 21st       9am to 5:30pm
Friday 22nd          9am to 5pm

Happy St Patrick's Day!

Culinary Arts lecturer and students on Six One News

Culinary Arts Lecturer, Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire, along with students, David Malone and David Kelly, and former Cathal Brugha St student Pádraic Óg Gallagher, the Chef/Owner of Gallagher's Boxty House, were interviewed last week on RTE Six One News about the reintroduction to the retail market of the Irish lumper potato.

The Irish lumper potato was widely cultivated in Ireland during the first half of the nineteenth century and by the 1840s Irish farmers had become massively dependent on the potato. After potato blight caused a series of crop failures, and ultimately the Great Famine of 1845-52 during which a over a million people died, the lumper potato ceased to be cultivated in Ireland.

Now, Michael McKillop of Glens of Antrim Potatoes, who became interested in the history of the lumper potato seven years ago, has reintroduced it to the retail market and it will be available from March 11th.

To see the item on Six One News click here.