Clongorey Evictions Walk

I attended the Clongorey Evictions Walk last weekend, which was organised by Clongorey and District Community Association for Heritage Week. It was a great event and very well organised and informative. Well done to Cllrs. Noel Heavey & Peggy O’Dwyer and all involved. All the presenters, actors, musicians and singers were brilliant.

Maynooth Campus Biodiversity

It was Biodiversity Day yesterday at Maynooth Green Campus and Tom from BirdWatch Ireland Kildare Branch led us on a tour of the university grounds to listen to and see the birds living there. It is really impressive to see how nature is able to thrive alongside the educational facilities, when the campus is managed…

All Ireland Turf Footing 2019

The promotional video for this year’s All Ireland Turf Footing competition in Ballyteague GFC was excellent. It includes some great footage of the 1934 Turf Cutting competition which was officially opened by Éamon de Valera and took place in Allenwood South. The event was my first official engagement as an elected representative and there was…