Community notes March 29th

Seven Heads Table Quiz

The Seven Heads Walks Committee are holding a fundraising table quiz on Friday night, March 28th at Pad Joe’s Bar, Timoleague beginning at 8pm. Tables of four at €40 each are available and a raffle and refreshments will also be on offer. Funds raised will go towards the maintenance and upgrade of the walks in the greater Seven Heads area.

Daffodil Day

Friday, March 28^th is Daffodil Day for The Irish Cancer Society. Daffodils will be on sale in Timoleague on Friday. Donation boxes will be at Foley’s Centra.

A Music Bingo night featuring Centre-Stage Karaoke will take place at Pad Joe’s Bar on Saturday April 5^th. from 8pm. A raffle will also be held on the night. Tickets for Music Bingo are on sale at €10 each and can be purchased by contacting Donie, Karen or Grainne. Proceeds from the night will go to Timoleague Daffodil Day.

Irish Cancer Society provides vital services to support those affected by cancer throughout Ireland. Please donate what you can to this worthy cause.

Tidy Towns Gold Medal Presentation

Six committee members of Timoleague Tidy Towns Association were present at The Talbot Hotel, Ballincollig on Monday night last for the official presentation of awards and medals to the winning Tidy Towns Groups from Clare, Limerick, Kerry and Cork. Timoleague received two gold medals on the night which were won in 2023 and 2024 along with presentation certificates. Chairperson, Marian O’Callaghan was accompanied by her fellow officers, Sheila Walton and Denise Foley and three committee members along with Cllr. John Michael Foley MCC. Mr. Gerry Buttimer TD Minister of State at The Department of Rural and Community Development and at The Department of Transport gave the key note address to an attendance of more than 200 Tidy Towns volunteers.

Now the work in preparation for this year’s competition begins. A “Community Meitheal” will assemble each Tuesday evening at The Abbey Car-Park at 7pm. If you are available why not join other volunteers in making Timoleague an even better village so that it can make further progress in the competition this year.

Tidy Towns Report ’24 Contd.

Nature and Biodiversity in your Locality: “We noted that throughout the village you have introduced flowers and pollinator planting supporting the ecosystem. The tiered planter by St Patrick's statue is impressive. Well done on receiving a public grant for this feature. The planting within the Railway Park and next to the telephone box is also eye-catching. We are delighted to learn that the school utilises the Education Garden throughout the week. You're receiving strong community support for this project. Well done on getting electricity connected in the cabin recently. We congratulate the school on achieving the Nature Hero Award. This is clearly a proactive school engaging in the Green Schools Flag initiative, the Amber Flag and the Active Schools initiative. The school had all of the flags on display. We are pleased to learn that the educational garden is now part of the All-Ireland Pollinator plan. As previously outlined, it is ideal that the school children are playing such an active part in the Educational Garden. This provides a great learning experience for the children. There are a multitude of activities taking place in the garden including making compost, setting up new recycling areas, demo classes on growing vegetables and flowers and collecting rainwater to reuse to water plants.”