Kinvara Bridge Club celebrates the 50th anniversary of its founding in January 2025. The club proposes to celebrate the event on the weekend of January 11th/12th.
It will begin with a Mass on Saturday 11th at 7.pm in St. Joseph’s Church at which all present and past members will be remembered. This will be followed by tea and refreshments in Keoghs’, Kinvara during which a slideshow of photos of past and present members will be run. We invite family members of all those to join us in the celebration. To this end we would appreciate it if you could leave the photos in the Credit Union office, give them to a member of the Bridge club whom you may know or send them to any of the following numbers: Moya 087 7913778, Finola 087 9009658, Susan 087 9186272, Catherine 085 8816960All original photos will be returned.
To have an idea of numbers on the Saturday night, it would be very helpful if you could let us know if you can come, by texting any of the above numbers. We look forward to seeing you.
On Sunday, January12th we will have a major Bridge Tournament, the proceeds of which will be donated to benefit the Motor Neurone Disease Association.
Kinvara Area Visual Arts (KAVA) News for December:
- 6th, 7th, 8th, 13th, 14th & 15th Dec – The Annual Postcard Show. All Artwork €30. From 12 – 6pm
- 2nd & 18th Dec – Drawing Club at 7pm
- 10th Dec – Kava Konnect with Alicja Natalicz at 7pm
- 17th Dec – 5th Jan – Moon tell me Truth – Poetry & Art by Palestinian Children
Joyful sounds of Christmas Concert is on Sunday 8th December at Ennis Cathedral from 6.30pm. This concert features Coole Music Youth Orchestra; The Burren Baroque Ensemble; Coole Harmonies Choir; Sonic Strings; and Helen Hancock Soprano. Donations at the door with all proceeds towards Coole Music & Arts CHY20071325 & Ennis Cathedral.
Gort Further Education & Training Centre has new part-time courses for adults starting in January 2025. Courses are open to anyone looking to return to education or looking to upskill / reskill for work. Courses include Level 5 Special Needs Assisting, Creative Writing, and Content Creation for Digital Media, Word Processing, Painting and more. Visit www.fetchcourses.ie for more details and to apply online.
Kinvara Community Council: Our November monthly meeting will take place on Wednesday 20th November at 8pm and 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 18th November and you must be there to present your item.
Kinvara & District Sustainable Energy Community (SEC) are starting a Solar PV “Meitheal”. Join us on Monday 11th of November at 7pm in the Community Centre, Kinvara. Kinvara & District is a Sustainable Energy Community (SEC) with SEAI. Working together as a group, which is the meaning of ‘meitheal’, ensures that we can negotiate as a group with solar PV suppliers/installers, bring prices down and make the whole process easier. We will introduce the Solar Meitheal concept. Dr Orla Nic Suibhne, SEC mentor on behalf of SEAI will go through the benefits of solar PV for homeowners, and outline the potential value of solar PV for your house. Please come along if you want to find out how to produce your own electricity and become part of the Kinvara Solar PV meitheal. Further information from kindissec@gmail.com or KinvaraDistrictsec.wordpress.com.
Kinvara Community Childrens Centre would like to express our heartfelt GRATITUDE for all the support received for our 15 years in business celebration held on October 19th. It was wonderful to share this night that couldn’t have happened without you. We thank you for all your unwavering support and look forward to spending many more years as part of the community. From all at KCCC.
The 10th season of Kinvara Adventure Talkskicks off on Nov 7th in Tully’s Bar. All talks start at 8pm. Doors open 730pm. This year’s high calibre speakers are as follows: Nov 7: Máirtín Óg McDonagh, Summiting Aconcagua, the tallest peak in the Southern Hemisphere, with his son Seán Óg and friend Miko Keane. Nov 14: The Kinvara Adventure Talk team – Preparing for travel. Dónal will talk about equipment, Andreas about taking quality photos and camera equipment, and Karen will share ideas for mentally preparing for upcoming ventures; 21 Nov: Pauline Jordan, Sailing in the Arctic–a two-month expedition focusing on the effects of climate change on Greenland’s people, their traditional hunting and fishing methods, and their daily lives; 28 Nov: Jasper Winn, 800 kms midwinter walk from Munich to Paris mirroring Werner Herzog’s walk forty years earlier, with minimal gear, sleeping out in harsh conditions. Jasper shares adventures we can have by going somewhere in extreme weather using bush craft, walking mostly in the dark. Exciting stories every Thursday! We will also have an Adventure book swap so bring along any adventure books you would like to swap! Tell your friends!
Kinvara Community Orchestra has been busy preparing for a number of performances coming up in November. If you are in Galway on Saturday, Nov. 16, you can hear us in St. Nicholas’ Collegiate Church as part of the Coffee Concert Series – tickets 10 euro at the door and tea/coffee/cake included. Doors open at 10.30am, music starts at 11.
The Orchestra will also present two concerts entitled ‘This Is’ in Kinvara Community Centre on Saturday, 30 November at 8pm and Sunday, 1st December at 4pm.
‘This Is’ will include a song from some of the much-loved Irish artists we’ve lost recently including Christy Dignam, Sinéad O’Connor, Shane McGowan and Seamus Begley. We will also proudly present, for the first time performing in Kinvara, the Burren Baroque Ensemble!! Tickets in advance at kinvaramusic.com or Healing Harvest soon!