Dear Fellow Gardeners,We are just back from a wonderful gardening weekend in Renvyle House Hotel. As always we had such a great time there with the nicest people, great food and fabulous weather in Connemara. As it is coming up to St. Patrick’s Day, this newsletter is all about the potato – Ireland’s national vegetable, even… Read more »
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March Gardening Guide: Essential Tips for a Thriving Spring Garden Posted by Paraic Horkan Introduction Hello, fellow gardening enthusiasts! March has arrived, and with it comes the promise of longer days and the first signs of spring. It’s the perfect time to roll up our sleeves and get back into the garden. Whether you’re a… Read more »
Search Last 7 Days Death Notices Go to Advanced Search The death has occurred of Marian Stiffe(née Cloherty) Cloon, Claregalway, Galway On the 25th of February 2025, Marian passed away peacefully in The Galway Hospice, with her loving family by her side. Predeceased by her parents Patrick and Mary and her brothers Sean, Martin, Micháel… Read more »
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 »
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 »
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