In the Media
Job alert – Sports and Wellness Coordinator for Diamond Hill
Diamond Hill Community Centre and Gym are currently recruiting a Sports and Wellness Coordinator. The date for applications has been extended and those interested in the post should send their application by post to Diamond […]
Connemara West Community Sports Day
As part of our 50th birthday celebrations, Connemara West are sponsoring a family fun sports day on Sunday 21st August. The sports day will start at 2pm. We are planning a mixture of races and […]
Job Advertisement : General Manager at Diamond Hill Community Sports Centre
Diamond Hill is a community owned and managed organisation with a mission to develop sporting facilities that make a contribution to the health and wellbeing of the local community. Diamond Hill currently manages a community […]
WILD – Community Art Project: 5th-18th September 2022
Project on hold until further notice.
Wild is a project to bring people together in our community spaces and work together to create a large scale piece of art.
The aim is to upscale an […]
Early workshops in the Connemara West Centre
Between 1979 and 1986 Connemara West assisted various small privately owned craft workshops to establish units in the Connemara West Centre in Letterfrack. In December 1980, Serge Renouard began production in a leather workshop. Other […]
Craft Training Programme in Woodskills
Much of the effort in the five years after the purchase of the Industrial school in Letterfrack by Connemara West was spent in renovation work, painting, heating, wiring and plumbing. Connemara West opened it’s first […]
Connemara West Centre early occupants
In the early days of the Connemara West Centre, various discussions were held regarding the potential uses of the Centre. Advice was sought from many agencies included the Irish Productivity Centre, the I.D.A. and Kilkenny […]
Extracts from Connacht Tribune November 1975 and December 1976
From an article in the Connacht Tribune, 14 November 1975 the plans for the old industrial school in Letterfrack are mentioned “An old industrial school closed down now for over twelve months may become the […]
Dr Gay Corr established partnership with Connemara West
On the first of April, 2022 GMIT amalgamated with IT Sligo and Letterfrack IT to become the Atlantic Technological University (ATU). Making GMIT Letterfrack now ATU Connemara, the most westerly university campus in Europe.
To mark […]