GALWAY 2020 – ‘PIER TO PEER’ KINVARA: Piers have a fascinating place in Irish communities and culture. This Small Towns Big Ideas initiative focuses on 4 piers in the townland of Kinvara, each with their own unique history and sense of place: Kinvara, Crushoa, Parkmore and Ceibh a’ Lochain (NewTown Lynch). A series of community initiatives are planned for 2020. ‘Wild Atlantic Women’ will launch the activities on7th and 8th of March. On Saturday 7th March there is a Burren Beo Winterage walk with Farmer Aoife Forde in Carran. This is followed by the New Moon swim at Lynches Pier and the Wild Atlantic Seaweed Baths are back there again for the weekend (booking direct from 4th March). Sunday 8th March morning starts with the Celtic School of Yoga, Jack Harrison with Helen Colfer at St. Josephs School. In the afternoon Ruth Fitzmaurice author ‘I Found my Tribe’ is in conversation with Lelia Doolan, film producer at the Merriman Hotel. After that everybody is invited to swim with Ruth and their local tribe at Traught Beach. Atlantic Masters are supporting us at Traught and hot soup will be available afterwards. Think of it like the Christmas Day swim but perhaps a little colder! Details of the events: (Yoga, walks and talks must be booked on Eventbrite) Future projects planned for summer involve the people and history of our piers, using storytelling, film, art, music, craftsmanship and contemporary dance. Join in our celebrations. Get involved and shape our programme: facebook piertopeerkinvara or email piertopeerkinvara@gmail.com to find out more.
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