Culture Night Straw Mummer Hat Making

Come build a Mummer’s Hat at Sigginstown Castle! Join a fun and creative workshop

with Street Artist Caoimhe Dunn to make your own straw hat as might have been used

in the past by Mummers, Wren Boys and Masquers in Ireland and across Europe. The ancient

tradition of Mumming still exists, and Sigginstown Castle regularly hosts a Mumming

performance of the folk-play. The Wexford Mummers wear different hats now but may

have originated in these straw varieties. Creative possibilities abound. Two hours of