This Bord na Móna Locomotive drawing milled peat is a rare sight in the bogs these days, and sadly coming to an end, but I fully support Bord na Móna’s new strategy to go from brown to green. Many of us have Bord na Móna to thank for why we live where we do today,…
Category: Lullymore
Great initiative by Into Kildare. Absolutely amazing to see our most prominent landmark on the Hill of Allen lighting up across the surrounding countryside! My thanks to all involved for bringing this symbol of hope to the people of Kildare. Well done to Allenwood man Enda Grace of Dundara Television & Media who produced the…
With €108 million to be spent on bog restoration across Ireland, I am delighted to see Lodge Bog, Ticknevin Bog and the Timahoe Bogs included. Areas of Killina Bog are already rewetting too, with Sphagnum moss growing naturally there in places. https://www.leinsterleader.ie/…/five-kildare-bogs-to-be…
I’m very lucky to have Lodge Bog as my back garden. One good thing about the pandemic is that it has allowed me to explore the area a lot. My favourite spots are the areas which have been rewetted by Bord na Móna, and the intact raised bog which is owned by the Irish Peatland…
Allenwood Playground is back on track again with the opening of the new Part 8 consultation period today. The playground site is kindly being provided by ACDAL Allenwood for use by the entire community. As secretary of Allenwood Tidy Towns, we led the process to find a suitable site, and last year secured a Drehid…
The R414 to Lullymore is in a good state now to serve the hundreds of buses visiting Lullymore Heritage & Discovery Park when we return to school tour season next year. The resurfacing works, budgeted at €306,250, were partly funded by the July Stimulus package thanks to the council’s Clane Maynooth Roads & Transportation team….
Allenwood and Derrinturn were identified as ‘Priority One’ in terms of needing Open Space, as part of the last Kildare County Open Space Strategy in 2011. Despite this, a decade has passed and both villages still lack adequate open space and neither have a playground. I raised the issue in my submission for the next…
I’ve been keeping track of COVID-19 cases in our area using the Government’s Data Hub. See https://covid19ireland-geohive.hub.arcgis.com/. I pay more attention to these local numbers more than the national figures at this point. I’m also finding that a daily walk and getting some fresh air is really helping my mental health. Try to get outside…
If you have just turned 18, or will be 18 on February 15th 2021, then you can register now to vote in future elections. To check if you are already registered go to http://www.checktheregister.ie/ To register, just print out the form at https://b-wy.se/voting-form and complete it. If you don’t have access to a printer then…
Bord na Móna Powergen today announced commencement of the pre-planning stage for a proposed wind farm development in the large peatland area close to Lullymore, Ballyteague, Allenwood, Killina, Ticknevin and Ballyhagan. My own home is less than 350 metres from the boundary of the development, so I will be using my local knowledge of the…