Hollyfort Newsletter 9

Santa Comes to Hollyfort Sun 10th December '23

This year, Santa and Mrs Clause will call into Hollyfort at the Old School Community Centre on Sunday 10th December ’23 to meet the children. We expect them to fly in around 6pm, loaded with surprises. 

Afterwards join us for the countdown to ‘Light-Up the Christmas Tree' on the village green at 7.30.     

We look forward to seeing you there.

 Christmas Raffle

It would not be Christmas in Hollyfort without a bumper raffle with a sack load of prizes. Tickets are €2 a line from Cooney’s shop in Hollyfort, or from members of the Tidy Towns’ committee and on Sunday 10th. Proceeds to Hollyfort Village fund. 

Raffle results evening of 20th December '23, Cooney's Pub, Hollyfort village.

 

Hollyfort 1st prize Nth Wexford 2k Clean

Hollyfort was awarded 1st prize in the Keep Wexford Beautiful Competition 2023 in category North Wexford 2K Clean.  Persistence was  the key as litter was cleared from roads, hedges and ditches on a regular basis. 

To the litter tossers, please stop tossing litter from your car. Don’t be the problem, be part of the solution. 

And to everyone else, thanks for your support in helping to keep Hollyfort a litter-free zone!

 

National Reuse Month - Leave No Trace

October is National Reuse Month

National Reuse Month is run by MyWaste.ie, with the aim to inspire and provide us with the skills and tools to reuse more at home, at work and at play. This campaign fits perfectly into our Principles:
Plan Ahead and Prepare and Dispose of Waste Properly.

Follow us on social media this month, we'll be sharing amazing organisations and initiatives to help you cut down on your single-use waste.

Tidy Town Results - Another good year.

 

It was another good year for Hollyfort in Tidy Towns '23 competition as the village was awarded an increase of 12 points, a tremendous achievement. A big thank-you to the Hollyfort Development Group/Tidy Towns, and all those people who did their part in keeping the village and surrounding areas looking so lovely.

Click here to read the full Tidy Towns Report

National Heritage Week Event - Nature's Pantry

 

A chance to sample wild foraged ingredients and hear how to prepare some seasonal dishes and ones to store for the winter. 

Join Nikki Darrell of The Plant Medicine School, in Hollyfort's Old School Community Centre

Sunday 20th August '23

2.30pm to 3.30pm

No registration necessary, just turn up. Check out our new kitchen, too!

Mt Nebo Walk Sun 30/7/23 at 2 pm

 

Old School New Kitchen

 

We have made many improvements to the Old School Community Centre in recent years, including upgraded toilets and new windows, but a recent updating of the old kitchen is something else!

Thanks to a grant from Pobal CCIF, we have installed a state-of-the-art kitchen.

The facility was welcomed by existing groups Hollyfort Book Club and Hollyfort Writers, and we hope new groups will take advantage of the centre.

To register your interest, email hollyfortvillage@gmail.com

Tip of the Month - July - Relax

 

Relax and enjoy the benefits of all that hard work you have done in your garden over the past months!

Pic of Hollyfort Village

Mia and Hollyfort Harmonies

CPR Cardiac & AED training

 

A NIght to Remember in Hollyfort Sat 17th June '23

 A Night to Remember in Hollyfort

Hollyfort welcomes the amazing Mia Parsons to perform in a once-only concert in the Hollyfort’s St. Johns Church.

Mia has been interpreting song from the soul, jazz, folk and blues genres for over 30 years now, bringing her own sultry twist to each of them. Always singing from the heart, her choice of song is rooted in great lyrics.

She will be accompanied by Roger Taylor on Piano and Eugene Fitpatrick Guitar and Mandolin and together this magical trio will interpret an eclectic mix of well-known classics from down through the years. Including songs from Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, James Taylor and many more.

There will also be a once-only performance by Hollyfort Harmonies formed especially for the night, with appearances by young talented musicians Tara and Lorna Cush. 

Saturday 17th June at 7.30pm

Doors open at 7pm. Entrance fee €10. Children under 10 years free.

Fund-raiser for Hollyfort Tidy Towns.

 

 

Tip of the Month - May - Compost Week

 

ICAW 2023
May 7 – 13, 2023

International Compost Awareness Week (ICAW) is the largest and most comprehensive education initiative of the compost industry. It is celebrated each year during the first full week of May.

The goal of ICAW is to work together to raise public awareness on why we all should be composting our organics recycling and using compost. The program includes poster and video contests in the fall and activities and events held during the week in May. Throughout the week of ICAW, community, school, government and business events are held to encourage and celebrate composting - all types of composting – from backyard to large-scale.

 

Hollyfort's May Bush needs ribbons and rags!

 

Did you know that Hollyfort has a May Bush in the grounds of Hollyfort’s Old School Community Centre?

On the first of May, summer officially begins and in centuries-old fashion, it's also the time that people in Wexford will gather their painted eggs shells, ribbons and bunches of flowers and decorate their May Bush.

Join us by adding your rags and ribbons to our tree and help us support this age-old tradition.

Quiz Night Fund Raiser for Hollyfort

 

Join Hollyfort's Spring Clean Day Sat 15/4/23

 

An Taisce's National Spring Clean project is Ireland's nationwide anti-litter campaign which takes place during the whole month of April in towns and villages.

The Hollyfort Tidy Towns community regularly litter-picks during the year and now you have an opportunity to join them on Saturday 15th April '23. Meet at the crossroads or, if you would rather, pledge on our Facebook  to clean up the road outside your property. Bags and gloves will be provided - Just ask in Cooney's shop.

National Tree Week 21st March - 26th March 23

This year's NTW's theme is - Biodiversity Begins with Trees. We all hope it inspires people to plant and care for trees and to highlight the many benefits they provide to our environment and local communities.

This February '23, Hollyfort Tidy Towns/Unfurling Fern planted 350 native saplings on Mt Nebo - Oak, Scots PIne, Hazel and Hawthorn thanks to a Pobal Community Trails Grant.

At least 6 trees have been planted around the village thanks to Wexford Co. Council.

Remember - if you fell a tree in your garden, it is recommended to replace it with three saplings.

Write by the River

 

HDG/Tidy Towns AGM 6/3/23

 Hollyfort Development Group/Tidy Towns are holding their 2023 annual general meeting on 

Monday, 6th March 2023

at 7 pm

in Old School Community Centre, Hollyfort.

Get involved in your community 

All welcome 

Tip of the Month

 

Recycling 1 ton of paper saves 7,000 gallons of water, three cubic yards of landfill space and 4,100 kilowatt-hours of electricity.

Reuse containers and reduce waste. The average child's school lunch generates 67 pounds of packaging waste over a year.

Batteries can cause serious harm to human health and the environment when disposed of with municipal solid waste. Many companies and retailers will take your old batteries and properly dispose of them or have them recycled.

Green Tips | Pages | WWF (worldwildlife.org)

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