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Community Tea Room now officially open
The Community Tea Room at Glór na dTonn opened on Saturday. Muintir A Chorrain have pictures on their Facebook page. The tea room will open every Thursday, Friday and Saturday until August 12th.
Opening of Tea Room.
Don’t forget, The Currane Community Tea Room opens it’s doors at Glór na dTonn at 11.00 am tomorrow.
Community Tea Room to open
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A Community Tea Room will open at 11.00am on Saturday July 1st at Glór na dTonn. It will serve refreshments and home baking.
On Saturday June 24th there will be a prelaunch event from 11.00am –4.00pm. Everyone is invited. Opening hours: 11.00am – 4.00pm each Thursday, Friday, Saturday. |
New Bus Services for Currane
Mayo Community Transport have announced that in an attempt to improve and strengthen their Achill Local Link (rural transport) service, 3 new bus routes will now provide a door to door service in Currane.
Currane – Castlebar Service, Tues and Sat:
Starting on Tuesday July 4th 2017 and each Tuesday and Saturday thereafter, there will be a service to Castlebar. The route will be operated by Michael O’Haire and will depart Currane at 10.10am and arrive in Castlebar at approx. 11.00am. The return trip will depart from Castlebar at 2.00pm and arrive back in Currane at approx. 2.45pm.
Currane – Achill Sound Service, Fri:
Commencing on Friday July 7th 2017 and each Friday thereafter, a service operated by Stephen Keane will depart from Currane at 11.00am. It will return from Achill Sound to Currane at 3.00pm
Cost: €2.50 single, €5.00 return.
Free travel passes accepted. Children under the age of 3 travel for free.
To book a seat, call the Mayo Community Transport office on 094 904 7571.
Around Achillbeg
Some footage of the trip around the back of Achillbeg, coming in to land at Corraun House.
A visitor drops in…
On May 12th there was lots of activity at Corraun House. Irish Lights were doing some work, preparing to carry out some repairs on the Achillbeg pier. They airlifted approximately 30 loads of building supplies from the field in front of the house over to the island.
What’s on. August 2015
@CompassBar have posted this on twitter. Hope you all follow them 🙂
Currane National School Centenary
Ian Boyle has made a video/slideshow of images of Currane National School and the Community to celebrate the schools centenary in 2013.
John Hoban has kindly provided the music. The track is Hollow Bones.
Currane National School Centennial
Celebrations start tonight and continue over the weekend. There is a special mass at 8.pm this evening (Aug 2nd) and celebrations continue in Glór na dTonn afterwards.
Scanlon Cup Reunion August 3rd
As part of The Gathering 2013, there will be a reunion of Currane ’82 & ’83 Scanlon Cup winning teams in The Compass Bar on Saturday August 3rd. There’s a page for the event on The Gathering website and some more information on The Compass Bar website.
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