Kilteevan Tidy Towns was delighted to welcome the Shamrock Squad Adventures back to the Cloonlarge Loop today.  They couldn’t wait to see Gulliver again. The one and only Batty O Brien was on the bog deck playing the trumpet to welcome our visitors from Co Roscommon, Co Clare and Co. Limerick.

In our photo you can see The Shamrock Squad presenting Eileen Fahey and Noel Maguire, Kilteevan Tidy Towns with Fairy Doors, created by Mens Shed Ballaghaderreen and subsequently  hand painted by the children for Lilliput Way. We are looking forward to putting them up.

Shamrock Squad is a community of additional needs families and persons with disabilities on the mission to make outdoors accessible to all. Kilteevan Tidy Towns is committed to inclusion, reducing inequalities, good health and well-being.

With the support of Cllr Kathleen Shanagher and Roscommon Sports Partnership a new mode of transport a Trishaw was brought to Cloonlarge. The Trishaw allows wheelchair users and people with reduced mobility an opportunity to experience a cycle in the great outdoors. We all witnessed how young Patriks face lit up when he was offered the opportunity of a spin on the Trishaw with licenced pilot Noel Feeley.

 This new initiative was the brain child of Councillor Kathleen Shanagher. Funding was secured from Roscommon Lions Club, Roscommon County Council, Lough Ree Access for All, the Sacred Heart Home Comfort Fund and Roscommon Sports Partnership.

Roscommon Sports Partnership is currently training the bike pilots for the Trishaw.

Our thanks to The Shamrock Squad, Noel Feeley and Dave  Brady Roscommon Sport Partnership, Batty O Brien and Cllr Kathleen Shanagher for a really most enjoyable afternoon.

Native Irish wildflowers like Dandelions, Clover, and Birds-foot trefoil provide the best source of pollen and nectar for our native pollinators. By mowing less, we can give them a chance to appear naturally – no seeds needed.