What’s Happening

Cruinniú na nÓg Cruinniú na nÓg will take place this Friday and Saturday 14th & 15th June nationwide with free events to help children and young people get creative. To find events in Kilkenny go to https://www.kilkennylibrary.ie/eng/news/cruinniu-na-nog-kilkenny-programme-2019-final.pdf   The Big Dig & Hidden Histories The School of Irish Archaeology and Butler Gallery, co-ordinated by Kilkenny County Council Heritage office, will host the Big Dig & Hidden Histories workshops on Saturday 15th June. This event has been developed to celebrate the restoration and re-development of Evan’s Home as the new Butler [...]

Are you looking for a safe, facilitated space to critically reflect on your work and to see what the learnings are? Are you interested in using reflective practice methods to support well-being at work and to support the exchange of good practice? This SHEP Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Programme, sponsored by SHEP, The National Youth Council of Ireland, The HSE and the Department of Children and Youth Affairs (DCYA), may be of interest to you and/or your colleagues. Strand 1: Staff supporting Children & Young People This strand is sponsored [...]

Free Electrical Recycling Dates 2019 Mooncoin - The Church carpark, Saturday June 22nd 10am - 4pm Thomastown - The Quay carpark, Saturday June 29th 10am - 4pm Castlecomer - Erins Own GAA Club carpark, Saturday July 6th 10am - 4pm Johnstown - The Church carpark, Saturday July 13th 10am - 4pm Any electrical waste =, batteries, energy saving lightbulbs accepted, large and small, from fridges to phones, laptops to lawnmowers, toys to power tools and everything in between!

Join the School of Irish Archaeology and Butler Gallery for the Big Dig Workshop for Cruinniú na nÓg on Saturday 15th June in Kilkenny City. Children (ages 5 to 12) can learn to be archaeologists exploring the layers of history beneath their feet. This exciting event is co-ordinated by Kilkenny County Council Heritage Office in association with Butler Gallery, and has been developed to celebrate the restoration and re-development of Evan’s Home as the new Butler Gallery site opening in 2020. Over the course of 800 years this area has had [...]

Dunhill Ecopark, Dunhill, Co. Waterford on Monday 13 May 7pm – 9pm. This public meeting will bring together key players and experts at EU and national level to explore the potential of Social Enterprise in revitalising rural Ireland. The dialogue will give our region’s Social Enterprise stakeholders the opportunity to learn about the support opportunities available at EU level and also promote the added benefits that this partnership has the potential to bring. There is growing momentum and interest in social enterprise at all levels – this is your opportunity [...]

Kilkenny Spartan Volleyball Club are organising a free ‘Volley4all’ event on Saturday 4th May from 14:00 – 16:-- in the Watershed, Kilkenny. The event is open to all ages. There will be prizes, games, and members will demonstrate volleyball techniques. For further details contact Fergus 086 8528884,

Celebrate Biodiversity Week in May with An Taisce by joining us for a two hour walk to consider:  ‘Wildlife Refuges in an Intensively Farmed Landscape’. Meet at Jenkinstown Wood carpark:  Sat. May 18th, 11 a.m. Register at facebook.com/antaiscekilkenny  Places are limited to 25. The walk in rural North Kilkenny will look at the diversity of wildlife in a freshwater pond, hedgerows and woodland.  The importance of these refuges in an area of intensively grazed and cut pastureland and arable land will be observed.  Additional measures to enhance wildlife on farms [...]