Community College Students ‘Busy as Bees’ on Meadow and Garden Project

Community College Students ‘Busy as Bees’ on Meadow and Garden Project

Castleisland Community College students are Busy as Bees with their Wild Meadow and Irish Garden Planting Project. “Transition year students at the college have been engrossed in learning about the importance of biodiversity and the bee population,” said project mentor and teacher, Doreen Killington. Field Trip Along The Maine Mary Walsh of Castleisland Tidy Towns…

Community College Joined Up Thinking with Tidy Towns and Ecologist

Community College Joined Up Thinking with Tidy Towns and Ecologist

The Castleisland Community College Transition Year students applied for and received a grant from Community Foundation Ireland to work with ecologist Brendan Kirwan. The purpose of the grant is to improve the biodiversity of the town. Areas of Potential They have surveyed the town and decided that the areas with the greatest potential were the…

Traditional ‘Round the Town’ Treatment for Basketball Heroines

Traditional ‘Round the Town’ Treatment for Basketball Heroines

The age old ritual of basketball teams returning to Castleisland in triumph opened a brand new chapter on Sunday evening. This time because the St. Mary’s U-14 Girls came home with the All Ireland ‘A’ Club Championship title. Then, following a well set pattern, cup bearing, medal wearing champions are paraded up and down Main…