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Events and Courses in and near County Clare which took place in 2004

Events and Courses in and near County Clare which took place in 2004.


  Date Event Location Contact Details
March - May Saturdays,
27th March,
24th April &
22nd May
Organic Gardening Workshop
One day a month for three months

Irish Seed Savers, Capparoe, Scariff, Co Clare Irish Seed Savers
061-921866
April Monday–Thursday
5th – 8th
REPS (Rural Environment Protection Scheme) Course

Ennis Damian Costello, Teagasc
065-6828676

Friday 16th Biodynamic Preparation Workshop
Compost preparations and field sprays

Irish Seed Savers, Capparoe, Scariff, Co. Clare Irish Seed Savers
061-921866
Saturday 17th Bird Watching Outing Dromore Woods, near Ennis
Meet in Dromore Woods Car Park at 10 a.m.
Birdwatch Ireland
065-6824804 or 065-6822145
Thursday 22nd Earth Day    
May Saturday–Sunday
1st – 2nd
Weekend in the Woods
Courses such as 'Wattle and Daub' with Joe Gowran (Irish Coppice Association), River Ecology with Del Harding and a course in Herb-lore with Kes Clarke.

Bealkelly woods, Tuamgraney, Co. Clare CELT (Centre for Environmental Living & Training)

celtnet@europe.com

Lesley Bradbury 061-925231

Monday–Thursday
10th - 13th

EurOCEAN 2004 Conference Galway EurOcean 2004
Sunday 16th National Dawn Chorus Day Burren National Park
Meet at Grotto in Corofin at 5.30 a.m.
Birdwatch Ireland
065-6824804 or 065-6822145
  Saturday 22nd Biodiversity Day Ennis, Co. Clare Elaine Keegan, Biodiversity Action Plan Project Manager, Clare County Council
Tel: 065-6846456
  Monday 24th European Day of Parks
Festival of Nature

  Europarc Federation
June Starts
Thursday 3rd
Green Week Events will take place throughout Ireland this week

ENFO
Information on the Environment
Saturday 5th World Environment Day Events will take place throughout Ireland on this day

United Nations Environment Programme
Tuesday 8th World Oceans Day Events will take place throughout Ireland on this day  
Tuesday-Friday
8th – 11th
REPS (Rural Environment Protection Scheme) Course

Ennis Paula Brown, Teagasc
065-6828676

Sunday 27th
12 noon – 6 p.m.
Open Day at Irish Seed Savers
Tours of gardens and orchards. Guest speaker Tom Maher - national potato specialist - Teagasc. Traditional potato varieties; their origin & introduction to Ireland &
their role in the great famine.

Irish Seed Savers, Capparoe, Scariff, Co. Clare Irish Seed Savers
061-921866
TBC Bird Watching Outing
TBC Birdwatch Ireland
065-6824804 or 065-6822145
July Saturday 3rd Whale and Dolphin Training Course

Scattery Island Centre, Kilrush, Co Clare The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group
Simon Berrow 086-545450
Friday–Sunday
16th - 18th
Whale Watching Weekend Course Cape Clear, Cork The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group
023-31911
Sunday 18th –
Sunday 25th
Woodlands Conservation Project Workcamp

Glenstal Abbey, Co. Limerick Antoin Kiely, Workcamp Organizer
086-3395023 or E-mail akiely@limerickcoco.ie
July - August Sunday 25th July – Sunday 1st August Woodlands Conservation Project Workcamp

Glenstal Abbey, Co. Limerick Antoin Kiely, Workcamp Organizer
086-3395023 or E-mail akiely@limerickcoco.ie
August Sunday 1st Organic Gardening Open Day Learn about small scale organic production and gardening
Killaloe, Co. Clare Jim Cronin
061-377443
Friday–Sunday
13th - 15th
Whale Watching Weekend Course

Cape Clear, Cork The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group
023-31911
Monday 16th World Ozone Day    
Saturday 28th Bird Watching Outing to the Shannon Airport Lagoon Meet at the Shannon Golf car park at 5pm Birdwatch Ireland
065-6824804 or 065-6822145
September Sunday–Sunday
5th – 12th
Heritage Week Various events running throughout Clare involving both built and natural heritage.
Heritage Officer, Clare County Council
065-6846408
6th, 8th, 13th, 15th REPS (Rural Environment Protection Scheme) Course

Kilrush Aidan Buglar, Teagasc
065-9051189 / 9051676

Wednesday–Saturday 8th – 11th Irelands Native Woodland Conference Galway Mayo Institute of Technology, Galway Woodlands of Ireland
01-2849329
Friday–Sunday
10th - 12th
Whale Watching Weekend Course

Cape Clear, Cork The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group
023-31911
Sunday 12th Open Day at Irish Seed Savers
Tours of gardens and orchards.
Guest speaker TBC

Irish Seed Savers, Capparoe, Scariff, Co. Clare Irish Seed Savers
061-921866
Sunday–Saturday
19th – 25th
Energy Awareness Week Events will take place throughout Ireland this week

Sustainable Energy Ireland
Wednesday 22nd Car Free Day

   
TBC Bird Watching Outing TBC Birdwatch Ireland
065-6824804 or 065-6822145
October 4th , 6th, 11th, 13th, 18th, 20th, 21st REPS (Rural Environment Protection Scheme) Course

Ennistymon Joe Larkin, Teagasc
065-7071077 / 7071635

Thursday 14th Tree Day
A day in the school curriculum dedicated to the study of trees
Educational material and free guided woodland walks provided to all primary schools

The Tree Council
01-2849211
TBC Bird Watching Outing TBC Birdwatch Ireland
065-6824804 or 065-6822145
November 2nd, 4th, 9th, 11th, 16th, 18th, 19th REPS (Rural Environment Protection Scheme) Course

Scariff Conor O’Reilly, Teagasc
061-921093 / 921311

November - December November
22nd, 24th, 29th and December
1st, 6th, 8th, 9th
REPS (Rural Environment Protection Scheme) Course

Ennis Joe Kelleher, Teagasc
061-921093 / 921311

TBC – To Be Confirmed

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