After an extraordinary year Kilteevan National School, had a most memorable and enjoyable school tour at home this year.
The tour was spent at home on the Cloonlarge Loop Kilteevan
All of the children walked the 5 kilometres.
How lucky are we! Another great find in our “Managed for Wildlife” area,
Today it was the amazing Silverwashed Fritillary -Fritileán geal.
This butterfly is the largest of the fritillaries found in Ireland.
The adults are powerful fliers and fly in sunny conditions or dappled sunlight frequently perching and feeding on tall flowers.
Larvae feed exclusively on Violets, primarily Common Dog-violet.
Flowers visited by adults include Bramble,Fleabane, Knapweed, Privet Ragwort, Thistles and Water Mint.
National Heritage week kicks off today with over 20 projects and events around Co. Roscommon registered on https://www.heritageweek.ie/projects and there are more in the pipeline.
Please note Kilteevan Tidy Towns forthcoming event below.
A very different Tidy Towns results day but a great day for Kilteevan Tidy Towns – Winners of the Tidy Towns 2021 National Heritage Award. The award was sponsored by The Heritage Council.
A wonderful achievement for our small Community! We have also received an increase of 11 marks in the 2021 competition giving Kilteevan an overall mark of 301 points. Our adjudicator stated that “A visit to Kilteevan is definitely on my immediate wish list. The Community of Kilteevan should be rightly proud of its achievements.”
Kilteevan Tidy Towns would like to express a sincere thank you to everyone who has helped us in any way to achieve this outstanding result.
Our report can be viewed on the link below
https://tidytowns21.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/u_reports/2021/roscommon/2021-County-Roscommon-Kilteevan-2189.pdf
Our team for 2021- September 2022 is as follows.
Eileen Fahey Chairperson, Kilteevan Tidy Towns and Leonora Neary Artist, officially releasing Cloonlarge Loop Birds Biodiversity Calendar 2022 in the Abbey Hotel Roscommon.
This unique limited edition collector’s item is based on research carried out by Laura Gallagher, Conservation Ranger, National Parks and Wildlife Service. Each bird was magnificently illustrated by Leonora Neary Roscommon artist and life-long nature lover. The calendar is designed by Fiona Dunne, FDDesign Roscommon. We wish to acknowledge Kevin Fannon, Kilteevan Tidy Towns for proposing Cloonlarge Birds as our 2022 theme. Thanks also to our Heritage Officer, Nollaig Feeney for being a constant stalwart and support in all matters relating to our heritage.
Given current government guidelines, we felt it was safer not to host a coffee morning to distribute the calendars. Please contact Tidy Towns Committee members if you would like to receive one. The calendars are free but in return we would graciously welcome any donation to support our environmental work.
This project was funded by the Department of Housing, local Government and Heritage under the Peatlands Community Engagement Scheme 2021
Artistry and design funded by National Biodiversity Action Plan Funding Scheme
Arising from the success of the release of our 2022 Birds Biodiversity calendar, we have decided to release a digital version of the calendar. You can download the calendar from the link below.
This will allow everyone to see and appreciate Leonora Neary's beautiful illustrations, Laura Gallagher’s research, and Fiona Dunne’s design and digital version. Our sincere thanks to Leonora for allowing us to share her work in this way.
Enjoy our biodiversity and please let’s preserve it for future generations
KILTEEVAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GROUP LIMITED
Kilteevan, Roscommon, Co. Roscommon
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KILTEEVAN TIDY TOWNS
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http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/index_en.htm
http://www.environ.ie/en/Community/RuralDevelopment/EURuralDevelopment/
This project received grant aid from Roscommon LEADER Partnership Rural Development Programme which is financed by the Irish Government under the Rural Development Programme Ireland 2007-2013 and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development: Europe investing in Rural Areas.
