Serving our community
KINVARA WALKS will be offering a guided walk on the Burren every day, starting this Tuesday 01 May. We meet outside Londis at 10.00 every morning and drive to the walk start point (approx. 8 km). Walks should be prebooked for the Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday walks. Bookings on www.kinvarawalks.com. If you run AirBnB accommodation, please contact Paul on 087-254 0676 for a supply of brochures.
The Kinvara Foróige Transition Year group, as part of their Foróige Leadership for Life programme, have been involved in a campaign to reduce the number of disposable coffee cups used in Kinvara. As part of this initiative, they have designed a logo featuring Dunguaire Castle and a slogan “Enjoy your coffee and tea while saving the sea”. Continue reading “Kinvara Foróige Transition Year Group – Kinvara Keep Cup”
Kinvara U18s (all but one of whom are U17) won the Galway FA Championship on the 26th April. It was a fantastic evening at Killina, defeating Corrib Rangers 3-0 with goals from Danny Travis, Donal Mulligan, and an own goal. The match was attended by a massive crowd of excited parents and supporters, in a season in which Kinvara only lost one game. Continue reading “Kinvara United Under 18s crowned Galway FA Champions!”
The Cresswell archive has now been transferred to the Kinvara Community website: www.kinvara.ie. Many thanks to Kinvara Community Council for hosting these photos on their web page. Robert Cresswell’s early anthropological research was conducted in Kinvara in 1955-56. Continue reading “Robert Cresswell Archive now on Kinvara Website”
Over sixty very dynamic and enthusiastic people of all ages gathered at a public meeting in the Kinvara Community Centre on the 26th March to launch the Plastic Free Week Challenge and to share ideas on how to organize it. Continue reading “The First Kinvara Plastic-Free-Week Challenge”
Burren Biz Business Network hosts Jackie Queally, who has founded Biofield Tuning Ireland as one of only two Biofield Tuning practitioners in Ireland. This is a new and powerful method for restoring health and promoting change. Biofield Tuning’s originator Eileen McCusick is an award-winning writer and researcher into how sound waves affect the human body. Jackie will present a talk on
“The Health Benefits of Sound Waves” on the 14th March 2018 in Kinvara Enterprise Centre at 7p.m. Continue reading “Burren Biz Business Network”
The new date for the postponed Rock and Road Marathon, Half Marathon and 10K is Saturday 2nd June. The original date was 3rd March but things were a little snowy that weekend. Organisers Dolmen Sports are confident that there will be no snow in June. Entries have reopened for the new date and all race info and online entries are available at www.rockandroad.ie.
We are delighted to be holding our second annual Gort Masters.
The event is kindly sponsored by AIB Gort and the format will be as follows: Continue reading “Gort Golf Club Fundraiser”
Kinvara Community Council organise just one Annual Fundraiser and that is the Cuckoo Fun Run. Initially the funds raised were for the renovation of the Community Centre but since that is completed for the last few years the funds were donated to various local Community groups. Continue reading “Kinvara Community Council Cuckoo Fun Run”
Kinvara Alive AGM was held in the Kinvara Community Centre on 25/03/18. At this meeting Sean Glynn presented the Chair’s report, Ger Ryan presented the Treasurer’s report and Gerhard Terpelle presented the Secretary’s report. Attendees were given an overall status of the organisation, invited to review the organisations fiscal information for the past year, ask questions about the direction it will take in the future and contribute opinions on proposed actions for the coming year. Continue reading “Kinvara Alive AGM”