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Kilfenora

Kilfenora

The Home of Traditional Ceili Music and The Gateway to the Burren

The Home of Traditional Céilí Music and The Gateway to the Burren

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  • About
    • About Kilfenora
    • History
    • The Burren
    • Music
    • Kilfenora Ceili Band
    • Father Ted
    • Kilfenora Timeline
    • Kilfenora Time Capsule
    • Farming
    • Sport
  • News
  • Events
    • Kilfenora Traditional Music Festival 2025
    • Festival concert – Máirtín O’Connor Band
    • “The Sounds of Kilfenora” project launch
    • Riches of Clare concert, Kilfenora Cathedral
    • Architectural Heritage of Kilfenora Cathedral – 25 June lecture
    • Kilfenora Traditional Music Festival 2024
    • Main concert – Kilfenora Trad Fest 27.4.24
    • Céilís and Riches of Clare @ Kilfenora Trad Fest
    • Celebration of Irish Dance in Kilfenora
    • CD launches at Kilfenora Trad Fest 2024
    • Dance and music workshops
    • Past Events
      • Kilfenora Trad Festival 2023
      • Heritage events in Kilfenora in August
      • Kilfenora Trad Festival 2022
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New plan for Kilfenora’s future

A draft strategy and plan for Kilfenora is being shared with the community, to help focus improvement efforts in and for the village and surrounding area.

It sets out proposals to improve Kilfenora as a place to live in and work, and as an attractive destination for visitors to come and spend their money. It is a concise document – just 3 pages.

This has been prepared under the auspices of the Kilfenora Development community group, which was formed in December 2020. Clare County Council and Clare Local Development Company (CLDC) had advised that Kilfenora would struggle to get support and grants – indeed little had come Kilfenora’s way for many years, unlike some other locations – unless it created an umbrella organisation to represent the village and its separate various interest groups. Accordingly Kilfenora Development formed a representative steering group – see a reminder about that here.

Some early successes have been achieved – grants have been obtained and a number of discussions held with the Council. A reformed Tidy Towns team has been busy and a sustainable energy group is getting underway – badly needed as energy prices soar. Steps are also being taken to repair and re-open our historic Cathedral.

However Kilfenora was also advised that it needs a strategy and plan as a basis for talking to funders, articulating its needs and projects to take the village forward. The plan also needs to be a basis for collective community action – we have to do things for ourselves and work together if we are to prosper and succeed.

An earlier attempt was made in 2018, supported by CLDC (the Kilfenora Planning Group), but that village plan was never enacted. Yet it contained good ideas, and these have been incorporated in the new document.

Member of the community are asked to respond in three ways, preferably by writing to [email protected]

(i)               Indicate whether they support the strategy and  outline village plan

(ii)              Contribute any comments and ideas to help carry  the plan forward

(iii)            Indicate how they can personally help and contribute

You can read or download the document here.

There will be some brief mention of this at a public meeting on Kilfenora’s future to be held on Tuesday 15 March at 8pm in the Hall – where the Kilfenora community will be briefed on all the developments that have been taking place and those that are being planned and, again, invited to contribute and participate where they can

Want a job with RSS?

Jobs are available now to work in the Kilfenora area under the Rural Social Scheme (RSS).

The work entails varied tasks to support the local community – 19.5 hours a week for a minimum payment of €225.

Job applicants should be over 25, involved in farming or fishing, or a family member of someone working in this area. Also, they should be receiving a social welfare payment – see the list in the picture below.

Anyone interested should contact the RSS Area Supervisor, Kieran Lenihan, on 087 698 9077.

Kilfenora agri business on TV

Kilfenora will be featured in a new 7-part TV series entitled ‘Contractors’ which will air on TG4 at 9:30pm on Thursdays.  The Collins family business appears in the programme on Thursday February 24.

Eoin Collins of Kilfenora 

Collins Agri specialise in silage, baling, tillage and slurry handling services. The spotlight will in particular be on Eoin Collins, who also works as a secondary school teacher.

The 50-minute programmes provide an insight into contemporary life in rural Ireland. They explore the working lives and personal experiences of agricultural contracting families from diverse locations over the critical six-month period from April to September.

The Collins Agri crew

Jobs at the Burren Centre

The Burren Centre is starting to gear up for the 2022 season, and is seeking to fill several posts now that normal business conditions are in view.

  • A part-time administrator – book-keeping, payroll, and some other duties
  • A full time cook/chef
  • A part-time general assistant (primarily working in the Tea Rooms)
  • Seasonal/summer staff – serving customers, helping in the kitchen etc

Manager Claire Collins says “we are looking for enthusiastic and customer-friendly staff, preferably with some relevant experience. But we will provide training, so it’s a good place to build your skills.”

The Burren Centre has been refreshing its menu and decor, and a significant investment in its exhibitions is underway.

Details of all the jobs can be found on the attached PDFs – just click the link.

Vacancies February 2022

The Burren Centre is hiring

 

 

 

Revised Kilfenora square parking proposals – any views?

Here is the new proposal (see map and notes below) from Clare County Council reflecting the input of Kilfenora residents collected in June 2021. If you as a local resident have any further views, send them to Kilfenora Development Community Group by email ([email protected]) or in an envelope at O’Gorman’s shop – by Monday 7 February. 

In June 2021, an extensive consultation was undertaken among Kilfenora residents about parking in the Square. Initial suggestions from Clare County Council about parking bays, bus stops and signage were considered, together with suggestions for installing ‘parklets’ and a central island. The great majority elected for keeping things simple and flexible as regards parking bays and installations.

The Council has reflected this in the recently released revised plan, which is very simple and respects three main conclusions from the consultation.

  • The only useful marked parking bays would be in front of the Burren Centre, including a ‘disabled parking’ space.
  • Access to the lane beside the Cathedral should be kept clear.
  • To address the issue of visitors mistakenly driving down the lane thinking they are heading for Lisdoonvarna, the traffic sign (by the Burren Centre) for Lisdoonvarna before you enter the Square from the Ennistymon direction will be removed. The directional signs near the recycling bins will remain.

Regarding other community requests from the 2021 consultation, note that bicycle racks were installed in a better location, and Bus Eireann bus stop signs may be provided in future. However, the Council as yet has no plan to install electric car charging points as we requested.

 

Kilfenora Trad Festival 2022

Hooray! We plan to stage the Kilfenora Traditional Music Festival again on the weekend of 23-24 April 2022. We will adopt a similar format to previous years with events and sessions on the Friday and Monday as well.

This will be the 12th festival in a series that began in 2009 with the centenary of the Kilfenora Céilí Band. The festival is noted for great concerts and céilís, plus cracking CD launches and pub sessions.

We can announce that our main concert act on Saturday 23 April will be the mighty ‘4 Man & a Dog’, who last appeared in Kilfenora 10 years ago. There should be some great supporting artists as well – watch this space. If you want to book your ticket early, contact Noel O’Donoghue on 0878364780.

The ever-popular Star of Munster Céilí Band will be leading a céilí later on Saturday night – bring your dancing shoes. And put them on again on Sunday for the traditional open-ait céilí in the Square with the incomparable Kilfenora Céilí Band. There will also be a younger band or two featured.

Obviously the pandemic prevented us from staging the festival in 2020 and 2021. We hope that by April the restrictions we have all faced will have been finally removed.

So keep checking the website and facebook page for more news in coming few weeks.

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