Seisiun has been performed on the Renvyle Peninsula for the past 50 years. During the Summer season of 2024 the Renvyle Comhaltas group performed a wonderful show of the best of Irish music, song and dance performed weekly in the Teach Ceoil by talented local musicians, singers and dancers.
Some 80 attendees from across Ireland, Scotland, England, Canada, and the USA attended the North Atlantic Forum (NAF) bi-annual conference in ATU Connemara and Connemara West, Letterfrack.
The Galway County Digital Mapping of Graveyards was launched in Ellis Hall in the Connemara West Centre in Letterfrack as part of National Heritage week. There was a huge turnout in Ellis Hall with heritage groups traveling from all over the County to the launch. The graveyards surveyed by the Connemara West volunteers are also available in the Galway County Council data and maps section.
Aquinas College, Grand Rapids, Michigan celebrated the 50th Reunion of the Ireland Study Away Program. The Reunion marked 50th years since Aquinas College first study abroad programme in Tullycross village in 1973.
The arrival of full-time staff has meant that the centre is open from 9am to 9pm Monday to Friday with other special events such as circuit classes starting at 7am at selected times. Facilities include changing rooms, toilets, therapy room, meeting room and gym.
The second phase of Clúid social housing project was completed in February 2022. This consists of 11 dwellings (6 no. 3 bedroom 2 storey semi-detached, 4 no. 2 bedroom single storey semi-detached and 1 no. 2 bedroom single storey detached dwelling) of high quality affordable homes. These 11 bungalows and houses will add to the existing 13 homes that Clúid already own within the scheme and complete the housing development...
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Connemara West undertook a number of local projects including a graveyard mapping project of the seven local cemeteries and graveyards in the Parish of Ballinakill - Salruck, Tooreena, Renvyle, Letterfrack Boys Cemetery, Banogues, St Thomas and Ballinakill. Other special occasions were a day-long visit by 5th and 6th class students from all the local National School - Eagles Nest, Tully, Lettergesh and Letterfrack to...
The Community Centre building was completed in 2020 but due to Covid only the toilets and limited access to the gym were allowed.
This year, Seisiún took place in the Teach Ceoil for the 45th summer with a group of talented local musicians, singers and dancers. The group were extremely happy to present a token of their appreciation to Michael O’Neill who was the producer and organiser of Seisiún for 44 years in the Teach Ceoil and prior to that in the Marian Hall in Tullycross. Michael’s wife May was presented with a...
After being redesigned four times and submitted to Galway County Council, planning permission for our community services and leisure building was granted in June 2016. After grants and tendering processes building works finally began early this month and are underway. The centre will include both home and away changing rooms, public toilets, a gym and general amenities space among other things. When the project is completed, the community will have...