Burrenbeo Business Friends – News & Upcoming Events
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| Burren College of Art | Exhibition: The Consequence of Memory and Pulse Sean Cotter, Gary Robinson and Thomas Brezing September 12 – October 18, 2019 OPENING RECEPTION: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 6 – 8 PM The Gallery | Burren College of Art | Ballyvaughan | Co. Clare | H91 H299 Gallery Hours:Monday – Friday, 9:30am – 5:00pm Contact: Lisa Newman (0) 65 7077200 or lisa@burrencollege.ie Further information: https://www.burrencollege.ie/consequence-memory-pulse/ | Website Link |
| The Burren Perfumery | For September Burren Perfumery will continue to have free Tours and Talks daily and we will be hosting a ‘Make your own Perfume’ workshop date tba which will be advertised on facebook, booking advised 065 7089102. They have started using 100% recycled PCR bottles for all their organic castile hand and body liquid soaps in their efforts offer sustainable solutions. They continue to offer refills of Atlantic Coast and Lost Garden Castile Soaps. | Website link |
| St Tola Irish Goat Cheese | St Tola are St Tola Goat Cheese are offering Gourmet Goat Experiences to our farm! Visit our beautiful goats Pet our pretty kids Feed gourmet goodies to our lovely ladies Experience a short cheesemaking demonstration And get to taste all our award winning yummy cheeses! Every Wednesday in July and August (except for 3rd July as this clashes with the Dubai Open) at 10.30am for a 1 hour tour €8 adults, €5 children and €25 family ticket. Visitors may join pre-booked tours or book private tours by contacting us direct at info@st-tol.ie Cheese can be purchased direct from the farm from Monday to Friday 11am to 3pm | Website Link |
| Kinvara Skincare | Kinvara Skincare's 4 products have won awards with the prestigious Beauty Shortlist Awards 2019. | Website link |
| The Burren Programme | The Burren programme is working with 320 farmers at the moment who are all engaged in farming work to enhance biodiversity on their farms. Find all their latest news here | Website link |
| Airmid Natural Irish Skincare | Airmid Natural Irish Skincare are delighted to announce some exciting new stockists. Their travel friendly products are now stocked in The Irish Design Shop at Shannon Airport and the retail store at Bunratty Castle, as well as the Cliffs of Moher Visitor Centre. Airmid products are unique local Burren gifts, handmade using homegrown herbs, local beeswax and pure essential oils. See full stockist list on www.airmidsoap.com | Website link |
| Clooncouse Cottages | Guided farm walks at Clooncouse Farm. For further information, contact John at 0874375809. |
General Community News & Events
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| KAVA | Friday 20th September is Culture Night and KAVA are delighted to host a performance of Dr Frankenfaust by Your Man's Puppets, 8pm at The Courthouse. This is a Free Event but booking is recommended (not suitable for young children). For more information and to secure your seat go to https://drfrankatkava.eventbrite.ie | |
| The Kinvara Community Alert Text Alert Scheme | The Kinvara Community Alert Text Alert Scheme is in operation with over 100 members. The Text Alert Scheme is used to get short, immediate messages out to registered users who have an interest in helping reduce crime and help keep the community in which they live or work safer. If you wish to join please email kinvaracommunityalert@gmail.com for more details. Keep an eye out for the new Kinvara Community Alert signs on each approach road to Kinvara which will be erected over the coming months. | |
| Kinvara Community Alert | The objective of the Seniors Alert Scheme (SAS) is to encourage community support for vulnerable older people in our communities through the provision of personal monitored alarms to enable older persons, of limited means, to continue to live securely in their homes with confidence, independence and peace of mind. Funding is available under the scheme towards the purchase of equipment via Kinvara Community Alert i.e. personal alarm and pendant with one year's free monitoring. The subsequent associated monitoring and service charges must be paid by the participant. The equipment will be funded by Pobal and made available through the Kinvara Community Alert voluntary and not-for-profit organisation registered with Pobal under the SAS. Please email kinvaracommunityalert@gmail.com for more details. | |
| Kinvara Go Wired Challenge | A challenge to use our beloved technology in a safer way! A public information meeting will take place in September or October. For more information, please email burrenwhisper@yahoo.ie (Melanie) | |
| KINVARA ALIVE | SafeTALK free training. Kinvara alive is offering another two FREE SafeTALK (Tell, Ask, Listen, Keep Safe) trainings in Kinvara. The dates are Monday the 16th of September at 10am and Tuesday the 15th of October at 7pm, venue for both dates is the parish meeting room at St. Joseph's church. To book one of the training sessions, spaces are limited, please either go to our Facebook page or call into Clare in the Market Square surgery or go to bookwhen.com/srotraininggmr and select one of the Kinvara SafeTALK training sessions. You have to be over 18 to attend this training. If you have any questions please contact either Orla at 086 841 4987 or Gerhard at 086 084 1218. | |
| Make Way Day | Make Way Day is a national initiative by The DFI, (Disability Federation of Ireland) It takes place on September 26th and is about raising awareness and educating people of the issues wheelchair users, parents with buggies etc. and really anyone with mobility issues in our towns. It is about cars parked on footpaths, bins left out blocking the way, restaurant signs causing obstruction etc. We will be having a launch and inviting people to come walk the town with us to see some of the issues in our town. If people would like to get involved please contact Rachel on 087 947 2350 or call into the Dolmen Centre on Main Street. | |
| KAVA NEWS | The History of Tango by 'Duo Cantolegno'. Guitarist Matthias Greenslade and violinist Julia von Allwörden will be holding a concert at The Courthouse in Kinvara on Thursday, 19th September at 8pm. The talented duo are graduates of Hamburg, Hanover and Berlin Colleges of music and have been the recipients of many awards and scholarships. The programme for the evening will include pieces by Argentinian composers Astor Piazzolla and Coco Nelegatti, as well as the duo's own compositions (more info will be available at kava.ie) Friday 20th September is Culture Night and KAVA are delighted to host a performance of Dr Frankenfaust by Your Man's Puppets, 8pm at The Courthouse. This is a Free Event, sponsored by Culture Night, but booking is recommended (not suitable for young children). Seats can be reserved at culturenight.ie or go to https://drfrankatkava.eventbrite.ie and click Register to secure your seat. | Website link |
| Kinvara Scout Group | 28th Galway Kinvara scouts will be resuming in September and are looking forward to an active scout year. With nearly 90 youth members, both boys and girls, from age 6 to 19 years old. Beavers, ( 6-8yrs), meet on Fridays; cubs (9-11yrs) on Mondays, scouts (12-15yrs) on Wednesday evenings all in Kinvara Community Centre. Ventures (15-17yrs) and Rovers (18+) meet on Wednesdays in Kilcornan. Scouting is about developing young people to be independent, balanced, confident and responsible adults with problem solving skills. Scouting involves learning by doing, working in teams, youth leadership, lots of fun and of course outdoor adventures, such as hillwalking, backwoods, orienteering, pioneering, paddling and camping. All of our sections went on camps this summer and had a blast. Annual scout registration for all sections will take place at KCC on 9th Sept at 18.30. If new youth members are interested please contact kinvarascouts@gmail.com to see if there is space in the relevant section. New members, even in older sections do not need any scouting experience. We are also recruiting new adult leaders as we cannot run an effective programme without volunteers. No scout experience is necessary as training is provided. Naturally, all adults working with young people must undergo Garda vetting. | |
| Kinvara Community Council AGM 2019 | Kinvara Community Council AGM 2019 Wednesday 18th September at 8pm AGENDA: 1. Minutes of AGM 2018 2. Chairpersons Report 3. Treasurers Report 4. Election of Officers and Directors for 2019-2020 5. Review of the auditors. | |
| 2019 Coastwatch Ireland Survey | Volunteers needed Coastwatch Ireland survey runs between 15th September and 15th October and very much needs volunteers for the Co. Clare area. The Coastwatch Survey is designed to give an overview of the state of the coast. It involves volunteers from all walks of life checking their chosen 500m stretch of coast (survey unit), or multiple units, once around low tide, and jotting observations down on the survey questionnaire while on the shore. Data is then collected and pooled to provide a snapshot of the state of the coast in the areas surveyed at that time.The Coastwatch survey was born in 1987 and has adapted over time with updates from paper maps to modern GIS and alignment to EU water law like the MSFD, WFD, Waste and Nature law. It takes in several countries all around Europe, with some common base questions that are identical and can be pooled for an European report. This is an important tool for environmental organisations, providing information on the health, or otherwise, of the coastal areas and it would be great to have as much of the coast covered as possible. The Coastwatch website provides background information, forms and is marked with interactive sections of the coast that can be booked online. Further info on: francesjgalloway@gmail.com 0874184110 | |
| Upcycle Challenge 2019 | Has your Community Group / Men’s Shed Tidy Towns Committee recently upcycled something into a unique planter, rainwater harvesting system, or other useful item? If you have, or if you are thinking of upcycling something creatively, why don’t you enter the National Upcycling Challenge and win a cash prize in the process! There are separate prizes per region and a separate one for Men’s Sheds, and for re-using something plastic… Closing date is 25th October 2019, and you will find the online entry form and details regarding the prizes here - https://bit.ly/2MwXeTQ - so please enter and feel free to send us your before and after photos so that we can also promote your great ideas! | |
| Tidy Towns | To learn more about what Tidy Towns do, to become a volunteer, why not drop by on a Tuesday morning after 10am, Saturday mornings at 9am at the Community centre and on certain evenings in the summer. We meet for just an hour. Want to help in your own time, manage a flowerbed or do other jobs ?There are a number of flexible ways to become involved, as best suits you and your time, please send us a message on our facebook page or contact Maria Hannigan, Chairperson to go onto our whats app group. Just to advise and share that we can be adjudicated at anytime and unannounced from the 8th of June onwards as part of the SuperValue Tidy Towns Nationwide competition this summer. | |
| Kinvara Men’s Shed | Kinvara Men’s Shed opening times are: Tuesdays. 11am – 2pm, Thursdays 11am – 2pm, Fridays 11am – 2pm, Saturdays 11am – 2pm. All are welcome. We are located behind the GAA Hurling Pitch, Moy Road, Kinvara. | |
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