Bridie Maher, Ada Lacey, Patricia Tyrrell, Eileen McDonald, Olive Cook and Florence Dagg at the celebrations in the Market Square, Tinahely to mark the 60th anniversary of the Tinahely guild of the Irish Countrywomen’s Association (ICA). Photo: Joe Byrne
Culture Night at Tinahely Library: Writer Sylvia Cullen reading her trilogy of short stories.
Some of Culture Night audience members at Tinahely Library
Culture Night at Tinahely Library: Bruce Copeland, Shannon Perry and Sylvia Cullen with The Book of Tomnafinnoge
Tinahely Show, August Bank Holiday Monday.
The rain held off, there was lots to do and see. Another great day out at the Annual Tinahely Show. Dating back to 1935, the historic agricultural show attracts over 20,000 visitors annually and has steadily grown to become one of the largest and most celebrated agricultural shows in Ireland.
SVP’s Fairgreen Resource Centre Gardening Group in Tinahely are over the moon after they won a commendation in the Postcard Garden section at this year’s Bord Bia Bloom for their entry, which focused on the need for recognition and protection of bogs.
Established just a year ago, the gardening group has gone from strength to strength under the guidance of volunteer tutor and horticulturist Evelyn Byrne.
Despite stiff competition from many other community and school groups, the group’s application for a place at Bloom was successful, clinching a coveted spot in the beloved Postcard Gardens section. Measuring 2m x 3m, the Postcard Gardens are one of the most popular visitor attractions at the festival each year and this year, ‘Ode to an Irish Bog’, the inspirational garden created by the SVP Group, won a commendation and generated lots of interest from visitors and fellow exhibitors.
Highlighting the diversity of flora, fauna and wildlife to be found in Irish bogs ,and how they form an intrinsic part of the Irish landscape and our national heritage, the garden channelled the SVP Group’s belief that climate change and the threat to biodiversity is something which each of us can address even in a small way. Members of the group were at Phoenix Park in Dublin each day over the June bank holiday weekend to answer questions and provide information on how anyone could recreate it in their gardens, community spaces or on wasteland or similar wetlands.
“A wealth of plant life ranging from bog cotton, water lilies, blueberries, cranberries and a variety of grasses and mosses thrive in our bogs creating a varied landscape inhabited by hares, otters, frogs and a myriad of insect life, as well as being the hunting grounds for peregrine falcons, merlins, plovers and hen harriers to name but a few,” an SVP Group spokesperson said.
“Having dismantled the bog at the end of Bloom, the group plans to recreate the garden on the grounds of the Fairgreen Resource Centre where the community, local schools and fellow gardeners will be invited to come along and see what can be achieved.
“If anyone would like further information on how to create a bog garden of whatever size in their own gardens or on their land, they can contact us by email at fairgreenresourcecentre@gmail.com.”
Breaking News – I am delighted to see that €198,000 has been granted for the development of a new Hill Walking Trail in Tinahely. I have worked with local landowners and our walking committee to grow this sustainable tourism industry.
Thanks is also due to them and to our wonderful outdoor recreation team in County Wicklow Partnership and Wicklow County Council.
A huge thank you to Seamus Monaghan, Paddy Byrne and Declan Monaghan for creating another new stone flowerbed at the Shrubwell in Tinahely today! Can’t wait to get it planted up!
What an amazing turnout we had today for the Tinahely Spring Clean! Thank you to everyone who took part. 43 bags of rubbish collected today!
Many thanks to D’lish Coffee Shop for refreshments for our Tidy Towns Volunteers.
Great turnout and atmosphere as usual at the annual Daffodil Day Coffee morning in Tinahely Courthouse Arts Centre. Well done to all the bakers and volunteers and thanks again for a great display for a greater cause!
What a fantastic night for Tinahely at the 2023 Wicklow Tidy Towns Sustainable Development awards!
We won 9 awards in total, including The Trees Award, The Circular Economy Award, The Landscaping Award, The Built Environment Award, Water Conservation Award, Main Street Award, Schools Biodiversity Award, Climate Change Award and Local Champion Award. Congratulations to everyone involved and thank you for making Tinahely a great place to live!
All of us in Tinahely Community Projects are devastated at the loss of our friend Damien Murphy on January 8th. Damo was a massive support for all our work and was passionate about the commercial and social development of the town which he loved so well. There are not enough words to express how much Damo was loved by us all. Our prayers and thoughts are with Karolina, Khloe, Christian and all the Murphy family.
Tinahely Choir Christmas Carols.
A great turnout on Wednesday at The Courthouse for our Christmas Carols & Coffee fundraiser for KARE Tinahely.
Tinahely Christmas Lights Coffee Morning Fundraiser.
