Month: February 2023

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Kinvara Community Council’s: monthly meetings take place the third Wednesday of each month. The next meeting is taking place on Wednesday 15th March at 8pm in Kinvara Community Centre. We encourage all members of the community to attend these meetings where discussion and debates on any items put forward on the agenda are always welcome. All sub groups who are affiliated to Kinvara Community Council must send a representative to every KCC meeting in order to maintain their benefits. Any items for inclusion on the agenda must be emailed in by Monday 13th March.

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KAVA in the Courthouse:

  • Pat O’Connor’s Solo exhibition ‘Stone & Wind’ runs from 3rd March to 12th March. Opening at 7.30pm on the 3rd March by Silversmith & sculptor Kevin O ‘Dwyer.
  • KAM presents a concert with Glas on the 4th March @ 8pm with extra night added due to popular demand 5th March at 8pm
  • Firepaint Workshop with Isabell Gaborit 18th & 19th March
  • Seamount College Art Exhibition 21st – 26th March.
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Kinvara Community Orchestra, under the baton of Garry O’Briain, looks forward to welcoming you to an exciting evening of music on Saturday, March 18th, in Kinvara Community Centre.  Entitled ‘Music in our Hearts’, special guests on the night include fiddle players Séamus and Manus McGuire and mandolin-player Brendan O ’Regan.   Doors open 7.40pm, concert starts at 8pm.  Tickets cost €15 and must be booked in advance via www.kinvaramusic.com.   We hope you can join us!

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Kinvara Bay Sailing Club: After a hiatus of a few years, the Kinvara Bay Sailing Club is planning to be up and running again for the summer season. An AGM was held on the 21st February and a new committee has been elected. The immediate plan is to get the boats in order and work out a schedule for the summer. One plan they are hoping to put in place is a series of sailing theory evenings prior to getting the boats in the water. The Club will be holding an enrolment night in the near future where new members can come and sign up. Watch this space! In the meantime, you can keep an eye on their facebook page – www.facebook.com/kinvarabaysailingclub

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Kinvara Swimming Clubs’ early years, Greasy Pole, Quay Galas, Green Island Swim memories,. Does handing Paddy Geraghty 50p on the swimming bus evoke a memory of a bygone era when Kinvara kids went swimming in their droves? Were you an avid swimmer in the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s or 90’s? Do you have any memories, pictures, stories about the formation of Kinvara Swimming Club or the Galas that were held at the Quay?

If so, Kinvara Regional Pool Committee want to hear from you! Any trivia, no matter how small is appreciated. Kinvara has a long history of swimming and we want to chronicle how this came to be.

We are holding an information gathering weekend in Kinvara Community Centre on Saturday March 11th and Sunday March 12th from 5-8pm. Please come along and share your swimming-based memories, photos, certificates of the past so that we can collate this information into a pamphlet.

For further information or if you want to share anything in advance, please email kinvarapoolcommittee@gmail.com

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St. Patrick’s Day Parade this year is driven by our Community and emergence post Covid highlighting our sporting ambitions, an increase in the number of community groups (over 75) and volunteerism, new arrivals into our village, values of community, diversity, youth, biodiversity and sustainability. The theme ‘’A Community with Ambition’ reflects our community spirit, energy and gives hope for the future of our village on many levels. The parade will feature the traditional mix of floats, musicians and community groups.   There will be several prizes ranging from best dressed on day, best community walker group, best float, shiniest tractor, best window display and the best interpretation of the theme.   The organising team of volunteers invites all sporting and community groups across all of our community to come together to celebrate, participate,  share and shine a light on our ambitions and goals for 2023 and beyond. The parade will start at 2pm sharp, all floats/cars/tractors will start to arrive at the Kinvara GAA grounds from 1pm and all walkers/community groups need to be at St. Josephs NS by 1.30pm.  The parade (and route) will make its way from the Kinvara GAA grounds, up past St. Josephs NS, down Main Street, around Connolly’s pub and will end at the green near the Pier head restaurant.

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Community Centre Meitheal, Saturday March 25thwe need help to power hose the front and sides of the Community centre and to relay new chippings/stones in two small sections around flower beds at the Community centre.  We welcome volunteers for two hours anytime in the morning from 9am to 1pm. We are asking the many users of the community centre to consider helping. Refreshments will be served on the day. Please contact Tidy Towns on social media, leave your name and details with Eilish in the Community centre or message 086 8584533. 

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PROTECT OUR NATURE – HEDGE CUTTING it is estimated that hedgerows cover approximately 1.5% of the land area of Ireland. Hedgerows provide botanical diversity as well as food and shelter for animals, most notably birds. They also act as corridors connecting habitats. It is an offence (Section 40 of the Wildlife Act, 1976, as amended by Section 46 of the 2000 Act), to cut, grub, burn or otherwise destroy hedgerows during the nesting season from 1 March to 31 August, subject to certain exceptions’. Let’s protect our birds, our butterflies our insects and small mammals so our children and grandchildren can grow up with them in their lives. It is best for us all if any necessary work to hedgerows is done from September to end February.  Let’s protect nature! If you see what you suspect to be a hedge-cutting offence you can report it to your local NPWS office (see www.npws.ie/contact-us) or your local Garda station. If you have any questions regarding the Wildlife Act contact natureconservation@npws.gov.ie

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KINVARA ALIVE is running the safeTALK workshops again in 2023.The first workshop will take place on the 26th of April at 7pm in the Courthouse in Kinvara. safeTALK (Suicide Alertness for Everyone) AIM: safeTALK is a 3½ hour ‘suicide alertness’ programme that prepares participants (over the age of 18 yrs.) to identify and engage with persons who may be having thoughts of suicide. Participants learn how to provide practical help by using the steps of TALK (Tell, Ask, Listen and Keepsafe) and also gain information on the supports and resources available locally, regionally and nationally. These specific skills are called suicide alertness and are taught with the expectation that the persons learning them will use them to help reduce suicide risk in their community. The four basic steps of TALK are called ‘suicide alertness skills’ and are taught with the expectation that the person learning them will use them to help save lives and reduce suicide risk in their community. To book a space please go to: https://bookwhen.com/srotraininggmr/e/ev-sjs2-20230426190000