At its monthly Board meeting held on July 22nd, Connemara West wished Galway Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) every success in its recent application as part of the Connacht Ulster Alliance (CUA)   to establish a technological university in Connacht/Ulster.  The application was made to the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris, TD. In addition to GMIT, the Alliance comprises the Institute of Technology Sligo, [...]

Connemara West has opened a pop-up remote working hub in Tullycross village.  The Hub is located at Renvyle Thatched Cottages making it possibly one of the most unusual and picturesque digital spaces in the West of Ireland. Users of the pop-up hub also have the option of booking accommodation in a separate cottage although accommodation availability is limited for the next few months due to high demand. The pop-up remote [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]