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Forthcoming Events

Louth/Boyne Valley Conservation Volunteers working day (Saturday 4th February 2012, 11 am to 3pm)

There will be another chance to get involved in improving our local environment in a real hands-on way this Saturday.

Join us at the lovely Townley Hall Forest Park, just to the west of Drogheda, to cut down alien invasive cherry laurel and Rhododendron.

Townley Hall Forest Park is a great amenity for the people of Drogheda and surrounds. It is part of the River Boyne and River Blackwater Special Area of Conservation and is owned by the people of Ireland, though Coillte, the national foresty company.

Dublin and Fingal conservation colunteers will be joining us to show us how to do the work safely Conservation Volunteers.

Brendan McSherry
Louth Heritage Officer
brendan.mcsherry@louthcoco.ie
086 601 3839
 

Leader Training for Conservation Volunteering

Conservation Volunteers will be organising a training session for new and aspiring volunteers, to be held in Dublin on Saturday 18th February. Please contact me if you are interested.
 

Drogheda to host National Famine Commemoration 2012

Drogheda has been selcted to host the National Famine Commemoration on 13th May 2012. It is proposed to recreate a traditional 'Lazy Bed', as used for growing potatoes, on a prominent site in Drogheda. Further details later.