Bailte Slachtmara Bhearna

21/07/2026

21/07/2026

Good afternoon, everyone.

Just a gentle reminder that our big 'tidy-up' in conjunction with CLG Bhearna takes place this coming Friday, from 4pm to 7pm. If you can spare even a little time between these hour's, please get in touch. If you have your own tools - brush, shovel, spade, etc.. please bring them along. We have a limited number of hi-viz's for those who dont have their own, and gloves will be provided.

Thank you to everyone - especially our local businesses - who helps to keep our village looking so good during the sumner month's. It really is appreciated.

We hope to see you all on friday.

30/06/2026

Thank you to CLG Bhearna for contacting us with this wonderful community anitiative. We will be meeting with them in the near future to determine numbers, age groups, etc... and working out a suitable work programne. We hope it will be the first of many collaborations, and we would encourege other groups; sports, social, business, etc... to get involved.

We will be issuing further reminders, closer to the date

All welcime!

20/05/2026

18/04/2026

A huge THANK YOU to the U15 boys and girls, and coache's, from CLG BHEARNA, who did a huge village clean-up this morning. Three seperate groups gathered a huge pile of rubbish in just one hour. We hope this will become a regular event, and that all the different age geoups will play their part, in helping out in their local community.

Maith sibh go léir

15/04/2026

*VILLAGE CLEAN-UP, WITH CLG BHEARNA U15's*

On Saturday morning, at 10am, we will be meeting up with the U15's [boys & girls] football team's, at the pier, to do a village clean-up. We have been inforned that there could be up to FORTY youngster's + coache's, so we hope to get a good morning's work done.

We will mainly be concentraiting on litterpicking various area's around the village, but may also do some weeding, and sweeping, if we have sufficient number's.

We would like to sincerely thank CLG BHEARNA for the initiative, and the various coache's for taking the time to get the youngster's involved.

We hope it is just the start, and hope that we can get all of the junior team's involved throughout the year, and hopefully, get other local sporting organisation's involved, also.

GO RAIBH MILE MAITH AGAIBH GO LÊIR

04/04/2026

****NEW (Jersey) SPONSOR - CHAMELEON****

On Thursday, April 2nd, we welcomed a new sponsor, who have covered the cost of our first batch of club jersey's, and, who will also be supplying a number of eye protection goggles, for our primary school's competition. The Jersey's are being produced, initially, for the last sixteen competitior's - (8 boy's & 8 girl's) - in the primary school's competition, which will hopefully be represented from all three school's in the parish.

A huge Thank you to local resident PADRAIC TIMON, who approached us recently, and offered to help out - on behalf of CHAMELEON - in some way.

We have designed - in conjunction with ATLANTIC PRINT - a Simple logo, that is specific to our local ball alley, in which we take great pride. We hope that the new jersey's will generate more interast in the game of handball, locally, and instill a sence of pride in the pupil's who wear them, and help us in our quest, to eventually form a junior handball club, in the Parish.

We hope to have the jersey's delivered in the next three week's, and display them ahead of the competition.

23/02/2026

A chairde,

We have set a provisional date for our annual 'John Connolly memorial' competition on Sunday April 26th this year. Anyone over 16yr's is eligible, so, if you are interested in entering, please get in touch. We have also set a provisional date for our schools competition, on Sunday April 19th. Both dates will be confirmed at a later date.

The schools competition - for the Osman Tisani/Blackeen Bhearna shield (for Boy's and Girl's) will follow a different format this year, as last year was quite difficult to manage - we learn by our mistake's!! Full details will follow in due course

There has been quite a bit of interest from both school's, and it is great to see many of them already getting in some practise, as it is a brand new sport for all of them, and takes time to learn

Maith sibh go léir!

17/02/2026

Good morning, all.

On Saturday, last, we were involved in a major clean-up around Rusheen Bay. The clean-up was organised by PETER CANTILLON, of BirdWatch Ireland, and was well attended. A huge amount of rubbish was gathered, and brought to a pre-arranged point, for collection by Galway City Council. Afterwards, we were invited to Petrr's house for coffee and a chat.

We hope to link-in with this group, again, and do some further clean-up's in the future.

Thanks to all who helped out, and we look forward to meeting you again, in the near future.

12/02/2026

Volunteers wanted.
Galway City Biodiversity
Galway County Biodiversity Office
Galway National Park City