We’ve started to work with UCC’s Geography Department to prepare a digitised (GIS type) map of our local Ballinora and Waterfall community.
Cork County Council Community Support Fund
The Ballinora penal chapel
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.
New dog poo signs in Ballinora
We’ve changed the venue for our Annual General Meeting (AGM)
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?
- the financial report
- the election of officers
- biodiversity
- sustainable energy
- rural regeneration
- our eight-point plan
Bats in Ballinora: phase 1 research
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
Tell us how we’re doing
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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
We’ve rearranged our Annual General Meeting (AGM)
When is the AGM?
The AGM will now be held at St James’ church on Thursday 26 August 2021 at 8.00pm. Due to coronavirus (COVID-19) regulations, we’ll be meeting outside the church.
What’s on the agenda?
- the financial report
- the election of officers
- biodiversity
- sustainable energy
- rural regeneration
- our eight point plan
UCC to start new research project about our Community Association
UCC are to begin a research project on our Community Association.
The Community-Academic Research Links initiative (CARL) will work with us on a research project. There will be 2 parts to the research:
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- An audit of our work in the community
- To identify best practice of community organisations’ nationally and internationally
This will be a 3 month project taking place over the summer.
It’s still early days but we hope to find out more about how we can be more effective in our work.
We’ll publish an update to the research when we have the results.
One year on: Wildlife, habitats and natural amenities
It’s one year since we published our Wildlife, habitats and natural amenities: a 5-year plan. It’s been a difficult year for everyone. But we’ve kept on working where and when we can to achieve our goals.
Some of our plans had to be delayed or postponed due to COVID-19 restriction, but we’ve still managed to make progress in a lot of areas.
Each year we’ll publish an update so that you can find out how we’re doing against our yearly goals.
You can now read our year 1 report.