Venue: Ballinora Church
Date: 7 October 2022
Time: 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
Join our bat walk and learn more about the different species of bat we have in Ballinora.
On the walk, you’ll use a bat detector to find bats and identify the species.
The bat walk is free but you’ll need to book.
To book a place of the bat walk, contact:
Find out more about our bats in Ballinora project
Ballinora ICA are holding a heritage event on 20 August 2022.
The event includes the launch of Ballinora past and present (2nd edition).
Venue: Ballinora scout den
Date: 20 August 2022
Time: 2:30pm
We’ve published an action plan for 2022.
Our action plans list the work we’ll do under the 8 themes identified in 2012 as most important to our community.
You can also find out what we plan to do where you live.
We’ve started to work with UCC’s Geography Department to prepare a digitised (GIS type) map of our local Ballinora and Waterfall community.
We’ll keep adding information about our community as new data is made available – such as bat sightings and local historical sites. The digital mapping project will help us tell our community’s story.
We’d like to say a big thank you to
Cork County Council for the funding and support we’ve received from the Community Support Fund Scheme.
The scheme has helped to fund the work we’ve recently done to remove trees from the graveyard at Inniskenny.
We’ve received generous funding, help and advice from Cork County Council over the years. Without their support and funding, we could not take on the projects that we do.
We’ve published Dermot O’Donovan’s article ‘The 18th Century Penal Chapel in Ballinora’. It was first published in Times Past 2014-2015 Journal of Muskerry Local History Society Volume 11.
It’s an interesting article that covers the Penal Laws and Penal Chapels. As well as looking at the oral and written evidence for a Penal Chapel in Ballinora.
Find out more about Ballinora’s Penal Chapel.
We’ve put up signs in Ballinora to remind dog owners to pick up their dog’s poo. Dog owners have a legal duty to pick up their dog’s poo. A court fine can be up to €3,000.
Dog poo is dangerous to people’s health. Contact with dog poo can lead to toxocariasis. Toxocariasis is an infection that causes dizziness, nausea, asthma, blindness or seizures.
There are a lot of walkers in Ballinora. We have a heritage trail covering local historical sites. And St James’ church recently held a Camino walk. We want everyone to enjoy walking in the district, so it’s vital we keep Ballinora safe and clean.
We’d also like to thank Cork County Council for supplying the signs.
Find out more about:
When is the AGM?
The AGM will now be held in the tunnel at Ballinora Nursery and Garden Centre on Thursday 26 August 2021 at 8.00 pm.
What’s on the agenda?
We’ll be talking about:
- the financial report
- the election of officers
- biodiversity
- sustainable energy
- rural regeneration
- our eight-point plan
We’ve just finished the first phase of our ‘Bats in Ballinora’ project.
The aim of Bats in Ballinora is to confirm sightings of bats in Ballinora and Waterfall. We want to record where bats live and the species.
We’ve published a research document called ‘Bats in Ballinora – Phase 1: Preliminary desktop research’
Our research:
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- explains the phases of the Bats in Ballinora project
- defines the study area for the project
- gives an introduction to bats
- profiles the Irish bat species
Find out more about Bats in Ballinora
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- if there are any issues the Community Association needs to deal with – and record solutions to the issues
- what improvements the Community Association can make
To get this information, UCC has written a survey. We’d like you to fill it in and tell us what you think.
The survey closes at 5:30 pm, Friday 13 August.
Your feedback will help us improve and continue to serve the community in an effective way.
The survey is anonymous and all responses to the survey will be deleted within 30 days of the project finishing.
UCC will carry out their work following their ethical guidelines around data collection.
