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WEDNESDAY 18 AUGUSTGolfing at the GlennsLadiesBirr Golf Club • Call: 057 9120082Children’s Colouring PagesVintage Theme – cars, costumes etc. Sweets for each entry!All Day • Birr LibraryVintage WorkshopsSee Monday for full details10am – 2.30pm • Birr Community & Family Resource Centre41st Annual Birr Antique and Fine Art FairSee Tuesday for full details.1pm –9pm • County Arms HotelBirr Vintage Week & Arts Festival presentsBed Among the Lentils Lunchtime PlayWritten by Alan Bennett • Directed by Dara Carolan • Performed by Maeve O’DonovanA vicar’s wife, virtue, vice and a young Indian grocer with open arms!Maeve O’Donovan is Susan, a vicar’s wife and a woman let down by lifeand God. Her secret fondness for altar wine and a young Indian grocer withgood legs and teeth relieves the tedium of days among sanctimoniousparish matrons where flower arranging ranks as a competitive sport. Meetthe Frobishers, her arch nemisis Miss Shrubsole, Geoffrey the vicar whounderneath his cassock is ‘but a man like everybody else’ and Mr. Rameshwho’s first name also turns out to be Ramesh.1.05pm sharp • Birr Theatre & Arts Centre €14/€12 (incl light lunch)Box Office: 057 9122911Swim Gala and Free SwimSwim Gala 2pm Sharp; Free Swim 2.30–4pm.Children under 8 yrs must be accompanied by an adult.2–4pm • Birr Leisure CentreFriends of the Leinster Regiment Association presentLecture by Ian Lowe, Military Historian6pm • Birr Library • Tea/CoffeeJJ Kinahan Criterium Cycle RaceReaching speeds of up to 60 kph the best cyclists in the Midlands will beracing on a 1km lap circuit to emulate the former champion cyclist fromClareen JJ Kinahan, affectionately known as ‘The Birr Flier’. High in drama,noise and intensity it promises to be a great spectacle.7.30pm • Emmet Square, Emmet St, Oxmantown Mall, Rosse Row, Green StEnvironmental Film: CrudeAward-winning environmental film with a highly topical theme: a smallSouth American community of indigenous Indians, damaged by pollution,successfully battles a giant global oil company.8.30pm • Tin Jug Studio • €4 (contribution to local charity) includes refreshments.087 668 1783/057 9121818Mrs Whelahan NightMrs Whelahan, Yard of Ale and Boat Race10pm • Whelahan’sGET INTO VINTAGE SPIRIT GET INTO COSTUME!