Take your little monsters to an adorable human-sized Monster Parade this weekend
If you’re freaked out by bugs, look away now.
Otherwise, gather all the bug-loving kiddos in your life and head down to the Glen on Sunday, July 28th.
The Gleann a Phúca creative climate action project is hosting an educational, albeit potentially scary, River Monster Parade of giant human-sized replica water insects from 12pm – 1pm.
The parade, staged by the Friends of the Dripsey Rivers (FODR) community group, will showcase several ‘river monsters’ including a six-metre-long giant green monster or Péist, modelled on a specific green caddis fly larva found under the Dripsey Bridge one sunny summer day.
Other slightly smaller replica river insects set to parade through the Glen on Sunday include the flattened mayfly larva and stonefly larva.
Sunday’s monster parade in the Glen River Park is the first stage of the group’s Péist Returns project. The project is based on the legend of St Finbarre who banished a troublesome monster from the lake at Gougane Barra.
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After the parade, from 1pm – 2pm, attendees are invited to participate in citizen kick-sampling with the Gleann a Phúca volunteers, to examine the health and quality of the Glen River water.
From 2pm – 4pm, participants are invited to go on a botanical Odyssey of the park with botanist Chelly O’Donovan and artists Spoon and Bloom. Chelley O’Donovan is a qualified clinical herbalist and founder of Willowherb Clinic in Cork.
Each of these events is free to attend but participants are encouraged to reserve a space in advance on Eventbrite.
