# Event Details

- **Event Name**: TALK: Take me to the Church: Love & Marriage in the Calendar Year
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 14 Feb, 2026 at 02:00 pm – Sat, 14 Feb, 2026 at 03:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Join keeper of the Irish Folklife Collection, Clodagh Doyle, this St Valentine's Day (14 February) to find out about matchmaking, marriage and the traditions in between!
The celebration of St Valentine’s Day is a modern construct, but love and marriage customs have traditionally played a significant role in Irish society.

Learn more at this talk from 2pm to 3pm on Saturday, 14 February 2026.

Clodagh Doyle has been working with the Irish Folklife Collection of the National Museum of Ireland since 1995 and is based at Turlough Park, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, the fourth site of the National Museum of Ireland. She has a degree in Irish Folklore and Archaeology and her MA thesis is on the subject of Traditional Hearth Furniture. As the longest serving curator she had responsibilities for the Calendar Customs, Religion, Sport & Leisure, Childhood, Textiles, Ceramics & Glass Collections.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/castlebar/talk-take-me-to-the-church-love-and-marriage-in-the-calendar-year/200029559079219
- **Event Categories**: calendar, sports, valentines-day, speed-dating
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 2

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Castlebar
- **state**: MO
- **country**: Ireland
- **location**: National Museum Of Ireland - Country Life
- **lat**: 53.882905266667
- **long**: -9.2079954166667
- **full address**: National Museum Of Ireland - Country Life, Castlebar, Ireland

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is TALK: Take me to the Church: Love & Marriage in the Calendar Year being held?
  - **A:** TALK: Take me to the Church: Love & Marriage in the Calendar Year takes place on Sat, 14 Feb, 2026 at 02:00 pm to Sat, 14 Feb, 2026 at 03:00 pm at National Museum Of Ireland - Country Life, Castlebar, Ireland.
- **Q**: Who is organizing TALK: Take me to the Church: Love & Marriage in the Calendar Year?
  - **A:** TALK: Take me to the Church: Love & Marriage in the Calendar Year is organized by National Museum of Ireland.

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