THE FESTIVAL

​The Festival focuses on producing iron from local ore using bloomery furnaces. These are clay shafts and what comes out is wrought or forgeable iron. Only local ores, fuel (charcoal) and clay are used.
The iron is made by smelters from Ireland and much further afield. Irish blacksmiths make objects from the iron made.

The Festival

Woodford Furnace Festival

JOIN IN THE FUN

The Festival takes place from Monday 19 till Sunday 25 August 2019. The family event is educational and spectacular and set in the wonderful village of Woodford, Co. Galway.

Woodford

WHAT TO EXPECT

Check out some pictures of last year's Festival. Read reports of some of the smelters or see the TV programme on last year's Festival.

2018 Festival