An informal gathering of Irish speakers will take place at The Arches Hotel, Claregalway on Thursday February 27 at 7.30pm. The idea behind the ‘Pop Up Gaeltacht’ at The Arches is to provide people with a space to mingle and chat freely while using whatever Irish they have. While there are many Irish speakers in… Read more »
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The line up for the Claregalway Festival of Drama has been announced as the organising committee invite people to join them for eight exciting nights of theatre in our specially constructed theatre. Each night one of Ireland’s top amateur drama groups will entertain and delight with a performance of their three act play in hopes… Read more »
Dear Fellow Gardeners, I hope you weren’t too badly affected by the storm. I’ve heard devastating stories and seen photos from gardeners with terrible storm damage on polytunnels, greenhouses and trees. Also Assumpta’s beautiful tomato greenhouse in Bundoran got completely destroyed and flattened.We lost a lot of beautiful tall Scot’s Pine trees but we were lucky… Read more »
Two Clare natives who both taught in Lackagh parish were honoured at the Galway People of the Year awards last weekend. One who is long retired and made a massive contribution to his community and the other still making a significant contribution. Joe Collins and Joe Kennelly were both honoured for their work in vastly… Read more »
9 of 1,915 Print all In new window November Gardening Newsletter Inbox Search for all messages with label Inbox Remove label Inbox from this conversation Klaus Laitenberger <[email protected]> 10:37 AM (2 hours ago) to klausseeds, bcc: me Dear Fellow Gardeners, Our new project at Tilled Earth is moving on nicely. We laid out the Walled Garden and Warren has done Trojan… Read more »
In 1990 the former home of the Carrick Family next door to Flynn’s Public House in Lackagh was lying derelict and rapidly falling into decay. The building was a central point of the village and had once served as a shop. Parish Priest Fr. Michael Lyons was concerned about the loss of the cottage and… Read more »
Dear Fellow Gardeners, We have been so busy in the last couple of months starting our garden in Mayo – Tilled Earth. We are currently building a small walled garden which will be used for gardening courses and for growing our own food. I finally learned how to lay red bricks. My son-in-law – Warren… Read more »
Brooklodge Day Service aims to enhance each Service Users’ individuality by giving them the opportunity to be active, valued members of their community. We provide an individual and holistic service to each person availing of the service. Each person is supported and valued within an environment, which promotes their overall autonomy, health and wellbeing. One… Read more »
Southern Chi Gung Academy are a Qi Gong and Tai Chi martial arts academy in Tuam, who specialize in providing Qi Gong and Tai Chi classes in their Qi Gong training centre in Tuam, County Galway. As a Qi Gong master in Galway, Gary Cassidy, Sifu (teacher) of Southern Chi Gung Academy has over 40… Read more »
Posted by Paraic Horkan July’s Gardening Wonders Revealed by Paraic Posted by Paraic Horkan What can we do to keep our gardens looking their best in July? Although we have passed the longest day and the nights will start to draw in – fear not. There are still plenty of long Summer lazy garden days… Read more »
Mens Fixtures and Results:Our Junior C’s are out this coming Friday against An Cheathrú Rua in Knockdoemore. Throw in is at20:00Our Under 19’s are due to play next week – provisionally fixed for Wednesday the 10 th againstCorofin – fixture is however not fully confirmed – please keep an eye on the Facebook page forupdates.Please… Read more »
On Saturday 29th June in Turloughmore Centre from 9pm, romance and love will blossom when the handsome eligible bachelors and beautiful single ladies of Turloughmore take to the stage in a bid to find the perfect match in our Blind Date. Then later in the evening, the couples of Turloughmore will compete against each other… Read more »
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