The sculpture workshop led by Lelia Ni Chathmhaoil and Aoife Casby took place in the Teach Ceoil yesterday Sunday 15 Oct. During the workshop participants made amazing sculptures using materials that had been found along the seashore from pieces of rope, driftwood, plastic waste, sea glass. It was such a beautiful afternoon of creativity and good will. A small 'exhibition' of all the work will take place this Sunday (October [...]
Sea to Sculpture - a special Connemara West project with Twisted Lane Productions. Join us for an afternoon of sculpture making with Lelia Ni Chathmhaoil and Aoife Casby on Sunday 15 Oct 2025 from 2pm-5pm in the Teach Ceoil, Tully Using objects found along the shoreline, we will create small sculptures which will be shared in a Sculpture Trail around Tully on Sunday 22nd October and again as part of Sea Week in Letterfrack on Wednesday 25th October. Limited to 20 [...]
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Connemara West undertook 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. The project was funded through Forum Connemara Leader programme and the work was carried out on the ground by local volunteers whose dedication to the project was limitless. The support and guidance from [...]
Claudia Montgomery and her family travelled to Ireland in August 2023 to donate their family archive to Connemara West. They are descendants from the Wallace family in Tullycross and their mother brought to USA artefacts and items she felt might be interesting after the family house was sold. The family were in Ireland, when Renvyle Thatched Cottages were being built and they admired the ethos of Connemara West and felt [...]
Launch of Galway County Council’s Digital Mapping Project will take place in Ellis Hall, Letterfrack on Monday 14th August 2023 at 12 noon. SEOLADH AN TIONSCADAIL CHUN MAPÁIL DHIGITEACH A DHÉANAMH AR REILIGÍ CHONTAE NA GAILLIMHE 12 meán lae go dtí 2pm | Dé Luain an 14 Lúnasa 2023 As part of this project Connemara West have mapped seven graveyards in Ballinakill Parish – Renvyle, Tooreena, Salrock, Letterfrack Boys Cemetery, Banogues, St [...]
Renvyle Comhaltas in association with Connemara Weset present Seisiun 2023 in the Teach Ceoil, Tully, Renvyle H91 V638. Evenings of traditional Irish music, song and dance starting on Tuesday 11th July for 7 weeks. Seisiun starts at 9pm and doors open and 8.30pm.
Aquinas College, Grand Rapids, Michigan celebrated the 50th Reunion of the Ireland Study Away Program over the weekend of the 8 – 11 June 2023. The Reunion marked 50th years since Aquinas College first study abroad programme in Tullycross village in 1973. In the autumn of 1972, Gertrude Horgan, Dean of Women and member of the English department at Aquinas College, started the Ireland Study Abroad program at Old Head [...]
Diamond Hill Community Sports Centre and Gym are recruiting a health and wellness coordinator to join the team. Diamond Hill currently manages a community sports pitch, AstroTurf pitch and a purpose-built gym, therapy and meeting rooms in Letterfrack village. Diamond Hill is community owned and managed and it;s core mission is to develop opportunities that make a contribution to the health and wellbeing of the local community. Diamond Hill is [...]
Connemara West send best wishes for Christmas and the New Year to all our colleagues and supporters. Connemara West would like to thank everyone for all their support in 2022 in particular with our strategic plan, 50th birthday events and ongoing project work.
Connemara West is delighted to announce that it’s Executive Chairman, Dr Kevin Heanue, has been appointed to the Board of the Social Finance Foundation (www.sff.ie). The Foundation is a non-profit organisation and registered charity that was established by the Government and the Banking Industry in 2007 to make loan finance available at reasonable rates to viable social projects and organisations that find it difficult to obtain it from mainstream lending [...]
