Fermoy Tidy Towns and Avondhu Blackwater Partnership undertook a bat box project with 3rd year students from Colaiste an Chraoibhin. At the start of this project Jim Wilson from Bat Conservation Ireland (http://www.batconservationireland.org) came to give a short presentation about the importance of box boxes, particularly along our rivers. The students who had built several bat boxes…
As part of the Green Schools Initiative, Bishop Murphy Primary school recently undertook a Green Schools project with Fermoy Tidy Towns and Avondhu Blackwater Partnership. As part of the project, students from Bishop Murphy along with Cathal O’Meara Avondhu Blackwater Partnership Landscape Architect planted some apple trees, Box hedging and a small wildflower area.
In the latest of his series of articles on how we look at our town, Avondhu Blackwater Partnership’s Cathal o’ Meara looks at a gap in the market in Fermoy for a farmers market. ‘The idea of a local economy rests upon only two principles: neighborhood and subsistence…” Wendell Berry. Growing numbers of towns throughout…
Streets are more than traffic, at their most basic level they are community spaces. Looking at past photos of Fermoy this is immediately evident. Patrick’s street served as a market, meeting place, thoroughfare and spectacle at the same time. We need to bring this rich texture of life back into our town to create a…
As the recent Fermoy Street festival highlighted, vibrant, attractive streets with less traffic promote social and recreational activities, because people walking become inspired to linger and enjoy their town. And more people spending more time in the town can only be of benefit to local businesses in the long term. The Fermoy Street Festival gave…
Avondhu Blackwater Partnership’s Landscape Architect Cathal O’ Meara has worked closely with the residents’ associations and Tidy Towns committee in recent times and outlines a fundamental flaw in how we interact with our town. Cathal explains, “Fermoy town has, like many Irish towns suffered a decline in the quality of its urban environment since the…
Avondhu Blackwater Partnership this week launched the findings of the Mallow Estates Needs Analysis commissioned in partnership with the Mallow Estates Development Association, in the Woodview Drive Community Centre. The consultation process of the Mallow Estates Needs Analysis project has provided an opportunity for individuals, groups and various stakeholders, to identify and document challenges facing…
Avondhu Blackwater Partnership was recently delighted to be able to assist the Dromahane Development Association in a long awaited upgrade project. The roadside bordering on the church car park had become an eyesore with successive hard winters and increased traffic leaving divots and potholes in their wake. The Development Association has drafted a three year…
Avondhu Blackwater Partnership have welcomed a new addition to the staff in the form of Cathal o’ Meara, who has been contracted to provide expertise in the area of Landscape Architecture. Avondhu Blackwater Partnership provide grant funding to Communities in the Fermoy/Mallow/Blarney region under the Rural Development Programme and the Local and Community Development Programme…
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