Connemara West are running a series of talks with Michael Gibbons for people who have an interest in learning more about graveyards and the rich heritage that is to be found in the area. The 3 workshops will take us on a journey from early Christian Ireland to the present time. The course will be delivered online and is free of charge and will take place on the following Wednesday [...]
Connemara West are launching a graveyard mapping project to record the memorials and heritage of the local graveyards and burial grounds in the Parish of Ballinakill. This is an ambitious plan to record and digitally map the six graveyards and their memorial inscriptions. It is also planned to capture, within their wider context in the landscape, other burial grounds and monuments in the area through aerial photography and videography. To [...]
Connemara West welcomes the publication of Ireland’s new rural development strategy ‘Our Rural Future’, which was launched by Taoiseach Micheál Martin TD and Minister for Rural and Community Development Heather Humphreys TD on Monday March 29th . “The emphasis on digital hubs and remote working in the strategy aligns directly with our proposed Global Learning and Digital Hub project in Tullycross village” said Dr. Kevin Heanue, Chairman of Connemara West. [...]
Due to the latest government guidelines for mass gatherings the Connemara West AGM on the 26th of September 2020 at 8pm will be held electronically and will be available to members via ZOOM. To get a link to the meeting members can email janet.otoole@connemarawest.ie or phone on 095 47117. Thank you all in advance for your cooperation.
On Thursday 2nd April, the Minister for Rural and Community Development, announced the Governments ‘Community Call’ to link local and national Government with the community and voluntary sectors. It aims to coordinate community activity, direct community assistance to where it is needed, and marshal the volunteering energy of the country while people are cocooning. Our COVID-19 Community Outreach Champions are working as part of this Government Initiative helping to fill [...]
by Kevin Heanue and Michael O’Neill Connemara West is featured in latest CCJ Spring Newsletter. CCJ - Community Creating Jobs, founded in 2011, is a country wide movement to develop positive and innovative ways to address the issues of unemployment and involuntary emigration in communities across Ireland. Click here to read the article or follow the link t the CCJ website and read the article there: https://www.ccj.ie/post/spring-2020-ccj-newsletter
Connemara West welcomed Aquinas College back to Tullycross village last night at a flag raising ceremony to mark the start of the college’s 2020 Ireland Programme. This is the 47th year that Aquinas College has brought students and faculty to Tullycross for a semester-long study abroad programme, beginning in January each year. This year, 12 students, faculty member Professor Jennifer Dawson and administrator Ramil Collier arrived in Tullycross on [...]
The fifth annual Interchanges took place in Renvyle, Connemara, Co Galway, June 12-14 2019. Interchanges is an annual micro conference which is an initiative of Connemara West plc, Aquinas College, Michigan and Lourdes University, Ohio. The conference, gives an opportunity for international colleagues to discuss and exchanges knowledge on research collaboration and projects; study abroad programme set-up and development; internship establishment, development and evaluation; pedagogical issues in relations to Irish [...]
Connemara West, Galway and Lourdes University, Ohio launched the University’s new Bachelor of Science Degree in Craft Beverages, also known as the “Full Bodied Degree” on Friday, March 8, 2019 at 4 pm at the Portershed in the heart of Galway City’s innovation district, strengthening the legacy of Galway city and county as the European Region of Gastronomy. Sean Kyne TD, Minister of State & Government Chief Whip, officially launched [...]
Connemara West welcomes the award on Friday November 23rd of €1.728 million for its Global Learning & Digital Hub in Tullycross village from the government’s Rural Regeneration and Development Fund. The successful application to the fund, which was led by the Western Development Commission, was one of the first 18 projects funded out of 290 applications submitted. The Connemara West award was the sixth highest. Commenting on the news, Dr. [...]
