KILTEEVAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GROUP LIMITED
Kilteevan, Roscommon, Co. Roscommon
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FarmPEAT Project Presentation
As part of the Science curriculum, all pupils of Kilteevan NS learn about plants and animals and learn about environmental awareness and care i.e. caring for the local natural environment.
Earlier this year, as part of our pupils' work in Science, Geography and Visual Arts, all pupils participated in the Farm PEAT Project competition "Love Your Wellies".
Over 1,000 schools entered the competition and Kilteevan NS had not one, but two entries shortlisted in the Top 10 - The Turf Hopper by Killian Lunt and The Peatlands by Mark Fox. The school learned today that we had 8 entries shortlisted in the Top 40 - amazing!
In June 2022, the Overall Winner of the Love Your Wellies competition was announced...... Mark Fox Jnr from Kilteevan NS!
Today, four members of The FarmPeat Project visited Kilteevan National School to present winning pupil Mark with his prize.
Members of the Kilteevan Tidy Towns Committee, chairperson of the of the Board of Management Mr. Tom Costello, pupils and staff gathered in our school yard this afternoon for a lovely prize giving ceremony.
Eileen Fahey from Kilteevan Tidy Towns spoke passionately about her love for the bog and commended the pupils and staff of Kilteevan NS for all of their work helping to preserve and protect the local environment.
Mark presented his project, explaining that he was inspired by his Mam, her work with Kilteevan Tidy Towns and his late Grandad Cahill. He showed samples of sphagnum moss, grass and peat used in his 3-D model, explained the importance of the bog in terms of soaking up water and storing carbon and reminded us that "a drying bog is a dying bog!"
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How lucky we are to have the bogs of Cloonlarge and Clooncraff so close to Kilteevan NS
Keep your eyes peeled for interviews and photographs from today's presentation in the local newspapers, hopefully very soon!
Sincere congratulations to Mark - your love of your family, your love of the local environment and your artistic talents really shone through in your project.
Paddy Malone of the FarmPEAT Project with Mark and his family
Mark with Cillian with Aoife Kirk Community Engagement Officer Community Wetlands Forum
Kilteevan Tidy Towns Good News!
Tidy Towns Results 2022
We are delighted with our results in the National Super Value Tidy Towns Competition today.
At this time, we want to acknowledge the work of our hardworking committee. The current committee has worked non-stop for the past six years, in all seasons and through very tough and difficult times.
We are pleased that the judges gave special mention to Kilteevan Junior Tidy Towns/ Kilteevan N.S. It is a joy for us to work with a school that shares our vision and our values for Kilteevan.
Big thanks also to all the staff of Roscommon Co Council and the National Parks and Wildlife Service for all your support.
New Seating at Radharc Loch Rí
We are delighted to inform you that our new Age Friendly seating is now installed on Radharc Loch Rí. Both seats are close together –so an ideal spot for a family picnic.
This road has been described as
“Pure peace”
“A great place to get in touch with yourself,”
“Switch Off Road”
Take time for yourself saunter, stroll and rest on our new seats. Just enjoy.
You will find the road Radharc Loch Rí on our updated map below.
Kilteevan Tidy Towns would like to acknowledge the support of Roscommon County Council and the Department of Rural and Community Development ORIS Scheme (Measure 1) 2021 for providing the seats.
Events that opened Amazing Windows of Wonder
Our sincere thanks to Michael Bell of Nature Learn for another extraordinary Biodiversity Morning on the Cloonlarge Loop. This was our third and final event for 2022. We had the privilege of seeing and identifying amazing creatures for the first time. There is no doubt these events opened Windows of Wonder for us.
We have collated all our data now and we know that during our three walks with Michael we identified 40 different species of Macro Moths. We were particularly pleased to learn that three of these moths had not been recorded in Co. Roscommon before. If we include the moths we identified during our Heritage Week event in August, we have now identified 48 different species on the Cloonlarge Loop.
We enjoyed getting up close and photographing the moths . We learned how to handle them with care and how to observe them and how release them safely back into the wild.
See the beautiful Pebble prominant moth photo above and Black Rustic ,Canary -shouldered thorn and Gold Spot photos below . And that's just four of our 48 finds.
We also learned about the Nicrophorous investigator Beetle (photo below). What an amazing story. We saw butterflies,caddisflies and micromoths and discussed trees, shrubs and flora.
All our species were recorded and records were submitted to the National Biodiversity Data Base or Moths Ireland.
We also participated in Marsh Fritillary Larval Web Monitoring. Thanks to Michael we learned how to look and where to look. Our thanks to Laura Connolly and Chris Peppiatt, of the National Parks and Wildlife Service for their preparatory research for today.
A BIG thank you also to Barney and Imelda Donlon for all their support during the three walks.
Kilteevan Tidy Towns has been committed to Citizen Science for many years. These walks with Michael Bell together wiith our new moth trap and swatches means we can contribute more to protect biodiversity . We are also pleased to have young members of the community now interested in recording for nature. Michael encouraged us to continue to submit our records to the National Biodiversity Data Centre or to Moths Ireland. Kilteevan Tidy Towns will now coninue to record moths in Kilteevan. We look forward to working with young people in the Spring when we will put our Biodiversity swatches to work.
In May 2019 the Dáil voted upon and declared both a National Climate and Biodiversity Emergency, Roscommon Co Council followed with a similar declaration. It is vitally important that we ALL work to preserve ALL biodiversity.
We would like to acknowledge the support of the National Parks and Wildlife Service with this innovative and exciting project.
