Connemara West, the fifty-four-year-old community development company based in Letterfrack, is set to launch its new five-year strategic plan on Sunday, June 15th at 12 noon at its Centre in Letterfrack Village. The plan will be officially launched by Cathaoirleach of Galway County Council, Cllr Martina Kinane, and will be followed by a day of celebration for the entire community. The strategy, which draws on key input from the community, [...]

Connemara West was lucky to qualify for support under The Hare's Corner project 2025   and received  species of native trees and heritage apple  trees from  Irish Seed Savers to plant at the Teach Ceoil, Tully. Children and their teachers Roisin (Clarke) and Roisin (Hennessey) from Rainbows End Playschool helped to plant the apple trees and native woodland trees at the Teach Ceoil in Tully on Wednesday 28th June 2025.  The [...]

It was  great to have the Aquinas College Ireland Programme visit the Connemara West Centre on 14 May and learn about our different projects and activities. Thanks to our partners  ATU Connemara, GRETB Youthreach Letterfrack  and Connemara Community Radio for facilitating the visit.  The Aquinas 2025 cohort of students were led by  Mark O'Toole, Father Bob Keller and Dr. Penny Avery.  The students also  planted  two mountain ash trees at [...]

A get together has been organised to explore setting up a Men's Shed for the Letterfrack/Renvyle/Kyelmore/Moyard area. The event will take place in the Wild Goat Cafe on Tuesday 15th April at 3.30pm. Contact colin.clarke@connemarawest.ie for further information.  

Join us for a ‘Casting The Net’ workshop with Caoimhe Dunn where we will weave stories and found objects into willow sculptures. Saturday 18th January - Teach Ceoil, Tully - two workshops - families 10am-1pm and adult 3-6pm.  Bookings to Twistedlaneproductions@gmail.com.  The workshops are  Twisted Lane Productions and Connemara West collaboration and are  kindly supported by Galway County Council Arts Office. About 'Casting the Net' workshop Cast the net and [...]

Discover the technique of relief printmaking,  workshops with Brigid Mulligan. Brigid Mulligan is an award-winning visual artist from county Longford. Brigid works in multi-media, she enjoys printmaking in cyanotype and linocut. Brigid holds a master’s in creative Practice & First-Class Honours Degree in Fine art Sculpture from ATU Galway. In 2020 she packed in the day job as a chef to focus all her energy on her artistic practice. Since then, [...]