Author: Eilish

Your credit union has increased the value of the Toddie Byrne Bursary, from 2018, to €1,500. It will be paid in three tranches of €500 over the first three years that the winning student is at third level studies. To be eligible, a student, or one of her/his parents, must be a member of Athenry Credit Union (Kinvara Branch), and must provide proof of entry to a third level course in 2018. (S)he must have the application with the credit union before 11th Oct. Application forms and full details can be obtained at the credit union in Kinvara. All eligible applicants who attend the selection and presentation event will receive €50

Doorus Community Montessori – is having their annual clothing collection on Wednesday November 21^st.  Items for Recycling: New & Used Men’s, Women’s & Children’s Clothing, Shoes, Belts, Handbags, Ties, Linens, Household Textiles, Stuffed Toys, etc. Laptops (must be intact with lead) Mobile Phones (under 4 years old) (Please keep separate for collection) No Pillows or Duvets Please.  Proceeds will go to improving the outdoor play area at the Montessori.

The Kinvara Community Defibrillator Project (KCDP) provides AEDs (defibrillators), training and support for emergency cardiac care by First Responders.

Several lives have been saved by use of the KCDP AEDs in Kinvara and we encourage all members of the community to undertake AED/CPR training.

Courses are delivered in a single 3 hour session, are Irish Heart Foundation Heartsaver courses, certified for 2 years.

There is no obligation upon completion of the course (previous on-call phone system is no longer in place).

Courses are delivered by our own volunteer trainers.

Cost: €30 (covers cost of providing course materials etc)

Minimum age -16.

The next AED/CPR courses will be:

Mon 15 Oct

Mon 29 Oct

Mon 12 Nov

Mon 26 Nov

Venue  :-Kinvara Gaa Club Time: 7 pm – 10 pm

Contact (087) 168 8373  to book a place.  Continue reading “Kinvara Community Defibrillator Project”

Kinvara Area Music (KAM) Annual General Meeting/Party. KAM is a voluntary community group that has been organising musical events in Kinvara for a number of years. Every year we hold our AGM/Party to reflect on the year’s activities and look to the future. It also provides the opportunity for a bit of a celebration. We will be holding this year’s AGM/Party in Tully’s Back Room on Wednesday October 24^th kicking off at 8.30. After the business of the meeting (which shouldn’t take too long) there will be drinks, nibbles and music. Not only do we look forward to seeing you but also hearing your suggestions for future gigs. We also welcome expressions of interest in volunteering with us whether that be moving furniture, making tea or designing a website. It also provides an opportunity for you to renew your membership. We would like to extend a very warm welcome to everyone

Kinvara Book Club is Coming soon! New members very welcome. Contact Caroline on 087 9567 417 for more details.

Burren Nature Sanctuary Cafe is  open Wednesday to Sunday, lunch is served from 12pm to 4.30pm, with cakes, scones tea / coffee available all day. Alongside our regular menu we will have a variety of weekly lunch specials: e.g. Goats cheese bruschetta with caramelised onion and mixed leaves. Feta cheese, beetroot, chick peas and quinoa with mixed leaves Desert Special: Tray Bake slice with tea / coffee €4.95 Wednesday to Sunday – 10am to 6pm. We will be open every day during the October mid-term break.

‘Living Colour’ is a film about an abstract watercolour painter who takes three and a half minutes to climb into a van, a chatterbox stone carver with the shakes, a woman who colours her dreams, a precision ink-drawer who stares into fires, a diminutive sage who makes politically satirical animations and the motley collective of other artists with special needs with whom they share a studio. It is a charming, moving and hilarious reflection on the deeply human need to make art.  This 82-minute observational documentary film explores the world of an unusual artists’ collective in Callan, Co. Kilkenny, a studio which focuses on the artists’ abilities instead of their special needs. As it takes us farther into their unique world, this extraordinary film builds into an often hilarious and intimate portrayal of a medley of charming and vibrant characters. Living Colour is a rich and rewarding cinema experience and is, in itself, a celebration of what it is to be human.  Come along to the Courthouse, Kinvara on WEDNESDAY, 17TH OCTOBER AT 8 P.M. as part of Social Inclusion week.

ART EXHIBITION IN THE MERRIMAN DINING ROOM

The second of the ‘Fine Art Fine Food’ exhibitions is now open to viewers.  There are 36 works on show from 18 different artists. The exhibition is the result of an exciting collaboration between Kinvara Area Visual Arts (KAVA) and The Merriman Hotel in Kinvara. The Merriman is committed to supporting arts and culture in an area with a thriving and ever-expanding artistic community. With a view to this they have given over the walls of the hotel dining room to KAVA artists, to hold exhibitions there on an ongoing basis. The hotel is a fitting venue for such an enterprise. An iconic building, being the largest thatched roof structure in Ireland it was named after the famous local poet Brian Merriman, author of The Midnight Court. The ‘Quilty Room’, the dining room where the art is exhibited, is aptly named after the famous Irish artist Joseph Quilty, who made Kinvara his home.

(1) Launching on Friday 5^th October 7pm: KAVA are pleased to welcome a visiting exhibition to the Courthouse: M’Asal Beag Dubh: Contemporary Imaginings of a Classic Tale. 11 artists from Galway and Clare come together to create a contemporary, visual interpretation of the tale ‘M’Asal Beag Dubh’ by Pádraic Ó Conaire. (Kinvara was the original setting for the story). The project was initiated for Galway’s Great Read 2017, supported by Galway Public Libraries. Continues until Sunday 14^th October, open daily 11am – 5pm Continue reading “October KAVA events at the Courthouse Kinvara:”

The Burren Winterage Weekend – celebrating the tradition of farming for nature.

The Burren Winterage Weekend 2018 will take place from October 25th to 28th in Gort, Kinvara and other locations across the Burren. During the Winterage Weekend we join together to celebrate the unique farming traditions of the Burren and other ‘high nature value’ farming landscapes across Ireland and Europe, as well as sharing ideas on how these special places and their custodians might best be supported at a time of great challenge. Continue reading “The Burren Winterage Weekend 2018”