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.

We wish all candidates the very best of luck in the forthcoming elections and we would very much appreciate if kilteevan is respectred as a poster free zone.

This is in the interest of our environment which we are working hard to protect.  

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We are delighted to be able to host this event with Michael Bell of Nature Learn.

Places are limited so booking is essential please - email [email protected] as soon as possible.

A bus will transport you from Kilteevan Community Centre to and from the walk.

This event is FREE

This event will follow the Cloonlarge Loop Trail in Kilteevan which is a gentle 5km loop walk bordering our boglands. We should be back at the Community Centre by 1.00pm. Please note the length of the walk. It is not suitable for very young children.

During the walk you will learn how to record what you see and join Ireland’s Citizen Science community.  Some members of Kilteevan Tidy Towns will share their experience of the benefits and fulfilment of Citizen Science.

This event is kindly supported by Roscommon Co Council Heritage Office and the National Parks and Wildlife Service.

Sad to see what we collect

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