On behalf of the village of Tullycross and Connemara West, the presentation by Kevin Heanue Chairman of Connemara West, of a picture of Tullycross, to President Kevin Quinn of Aquinas College to mark the 45th Anniversary of the Aquinas college Ireland Programme in Tullycross.
Connemara West plc welcomes the inclusion of its education-led development strategy as one of the case studies in the government’s National Planning Framework, which was launched as part of Project Ireland 2040 in Sligo Institute of Technology by Taoiseach Leo Varadakar TD on Friday February 16th. Project Ireland 2040 is the government’s overarching policy initiative to provide comprehensive social, economic and cultural infrastructure for Ireland up to 2040 and has [...]
Ministers Michael Ring and Sean Kyne and Hildegarde Naughton, T.D. visited Tullycross last Friday to discuss Connemara West's ambitious plans to develop a International Residential Education Centre in Tullycross. The Minsters also met with Professor Mike Lorr, Director of the Aquinas College 2018 Ireland Programme and Michelle Plumsted, Assistant Director and the Aquinas 2018 student group.
The President of Ireland, Michael D Higgins, visited the GMIT Letterfrack Friday 10 November to mark the 30th anniversary of the partnership between Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) and Connemara West plc. This partnership has been responsible for the establishment of Ireland’s leading education and training facility for furniture design, wood technology and teacher education. Over that time more than 1,300 graduates have emerged from the campus which was designated The [...]
Seán Kyne, TD, Minister of State with special responsibility for the Gaeltacht and Natural Resources, unveiled the corner stone of Connemara West’s ambitious International Residential Education Centre, in the village of Tullycross, County Galway, today. The Centre will consist of a state-of-art newly built education hub with a 50 seat auditorium; a wifi-enabled library; group study/breakout rooms; video conferencing facilities; meeting rooms; a conference room; community meeting rooms and a [...]
Aquinas College from Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA officially launched their new Ireland Study Abroad Programme in Tullycross, Co. Galway, today April 4th 2017. Although Aquinas College have brought students to the Connemara village for 44 years, 2017 marks a change in the structure and delivery of their Ireland programme, changes that will ensure that the programme continues to flourish in the coming decades. The new programme has been restructured to [...]
New England College from New Hampshire, Greater Boston Area brought 12 students and 3 Professors to Tullycross, Renvyle, Co. Galway from 7th to 19th March as part of a global learning programme. The programme, ‘Live Local – Think Global’, sought to immerse students into a small village with a unique environmental and economic model. New England College, which is a private, non-profit college, located in the quintessential New England town [...]
Connemara West welcomes the emphasis in the Irish government’s new Trade and Investment strategy on attracting more international students to Ireland. In the recent past, Connemara West’s own strategy of education-led development has led to a fivefold increase in the number of American students coming to North West Connemara for a global learning experience, and we are well placed to meet the government target of a further 27% increase in [...]
Connemara West are holding a briefing for public representatives and media on Monday February 6th 2017 from 10am to 10.45am in the Meyrick Hotel, Eyre Square, Galway to launch our ambitious community-driven project focused on education, heritage, the diaspora in the United States and niche tourism. This project underpins Action 165 of ‘Realising our Potential: Action Plan for Rural Development’ launched by the government on Monday January 23rd. Connemara West [...]
Connemara West included in the Action Plan for Rural Development launched by the government on Monday January 23rd. Action 165 of the Plan is based on Connemara West's plans around the provision of Education Services to US colleges as an innovative model of local development. This project underpins Action 165 of ‘Realising our Potential: Connemara West plc together with other stakeholders is responsible for the delivery of the action.
