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The Burren has emerged into its full seasonal glory of orchids, gentians, bumblebees and butterflies. This year, our annual celebration of Burren’s wonderful biodiversity, promises to be the biggest and the best yet. With a special focus on our pollinators, this 3-day festival will have something of interest for everyone; nature lovers, flower, bee and butterfly enthusiasts, gardeners, children, business owners and community groups. Most of the events are free but booking is essential where indicated, as places are limited. Look up www.burreninbloom.com for all details. Book your place before it’s too late!

Kinvara Tidy Town and as part of the Burren in Bloom festival, on Sunday 9th of June, botanist Micheline Sheehy Skeffington,  will lead a walk around Kinvara village and surrounds to look for wild flowers in different habitats. The starting point is Kinvara Community Centre at 2:30pm and this gentle and informative loop walk along the Green Road to the bottle banks and into Hollytree Garden will last approximately 1.5 to 2 hours, ending back at Kinvara Community Centre with a cuppa. This event is free of charge and open to all. See www.burreninbloom.com for all details on Burren in Bloom.

Kinvara Plastic Free: have good news of a new initiative starting June 1st for Community Centre users. The Community Council have agreed unanimously to support Plastic-free Kinvara in their campaign to make the Community Centre a single-use plastic -free zone. We ask that you and your group support this initiative and find alternatives to single-use plastic for food or drinks, by bringing refillable bottles etc. and use the -soon to be filtered! – water from the kitchen tap. The Community Council and Directors are funding a filter for the tap water, to help ensure that this campaign is successful. We have found that young people, in particular, are concerned about environmental issues, and we believe they want change. This is part of a wider campaign around Kinvara. We hope we can depend on your full support.

Are you thinking of returning to learning? Places are available for a number of daytime and evening courses in Gort Education & Training Centre (the old Tech) starting in September – from complete beginners to QQI Level 5. If you qualify for the Back to Education Initiative courses are free. Courses include Childcare, Community Care, Special Needs Assisting, IT, Art and more. Contact Claire for more details: claire.fahy@gretb.ie, phone 091 630624 or check out the Gort Education & Training Centre Facebook page.

Siar Ballet Camp July 15th – July 19th at 10am – 1pm in Kinvara Community Centre. A great week for anyone who loves ballet & dance. The only summer school in Ireland to have Progressing Ballet Technique classes, a revolutionary training method used by professional worldwide. Contact Síomha at siardance@gmail.com or 0852339806

The Gort Family Resource Centre will host an Open Day in Tígh Sayre on Friday next, May 24^thbetween 11am and 4pm. All are welcome and Councillor Joe Byrne will perform the official opening of the space at 3.30pm. Of course it’s also Market Day so a great opportunity to stock up on lots of fabulous locally made goods available just around the corner!

This New Kinvara Community Resource has been made possible by the generosity of the Shallow Family who have in memory of our friend, the late Sayre Shallow, made the ground floor space available to benefit the community.

Currently it is home to The Kinvara School of Traditional Music and Culture, with music classes for children twice a week.  Youth Work Ireland works with Teens from Seamount College on Tuesday Afternoons.  It has also been home to the recent Plastic Free Kinvara Exhibition and was used for Musical Events during the Cuckoo Fleadh.

Volunteers are kindly making  the space available for Internet Access, Printing and Directing  people from the community towards the wide range of supports, services and initiatives available in the area.

This Resource is for Young and Old.  If anyone is interested in utilizing the space, please email our Administrator Sandra administrator@gortfrc.com requesting a Room Usage Policy.  Once completed and returned to us it will be brought to our following Board of Management meeting for a decision.

 

Kinvara Community Council next meeting is tonight Wednesday 15th May 2019 at 8pm in Kinvara Community Centre. All Welcome.

Agenda

1. Apologies
2. Minutes of last meeting
3. Matters arising
4. Water Filter & Users email
5. Earth Keepers Campaign
6. Joe Byrne Update
7. Community clean up on sat may 25th from 12 to 2pm
8. Community Centre Mural plan
9. Date of next meeting – 19^th June 2019

The 26th Fleadh na gCuach will take place in beautiful Kinvara on the May Bank holiday weekend from May 3rd to 6th 2019. The brainchild of Tony Moylan, the Cuckoo Fleadh celebrates the music, art, literature, poetry and overall creativity of the village with something for everyone. Music will be ringing the rafters with nearly forty traditional music sessions arranged over the weekend featuring the cream of Ireland’s musical talent as well as the Cuckoo Café Trail with all music sponsored by the publicans and café owners. Continue reading “Fleadh na gCuach 2019”

Dunguaire Castle are seeking a male actor 25+ years with singing ability for the role of ‘Butler’ for this season for immediate start until the end of October. If interested please contact entertainment manager Jackie Magee on 087 614 7212 or email mageej@shannonheritage.com

Kinvara Community Council’s monthly meetings take place the third Wednesday of each month. The next meeting is taking place on Wednesday 15^th May at 8pm in Kinvara Community Centre. We encourage all members of the community to attend these meetings. 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 before Friday 10^th May.