CALL: Climate Action Louisburgh Locality

06/06/2026

And Thats a wrap

What an incredible day of creativity at Crinniu na nOg 2026 with Mary-Lou Mc Carthy and BOOKS at ONE

A huge thanks to all the young people who joined us on the banks of the Bunowen River and in Louisburgh Town Hall.
Invigorated by stories of Heron,Otter,Salmon, Bat, Pearl Mussel and yes even Midge ! and the weaving of Drama magic by the marvellous Mary-Lou Mc Carthy , your creativity really shone through.

Thanks you for your words, your movements, your laughter and the craic.

Mayo.ie CreativeIrl

02/06/2026

🌟Good morning, everyone!
Cruinniú na nÓg is nearlly here 🎉

Join us at at Books@One for a day filled with creativity and fun. You can still join in - contact Books@One for more information and bookings.

📅 Date: 6th June 2026
🕒 Time: 10am-12.30pm
📍 Venue: Meeting at the bookshop and then going on a wild wonders tour to Scott's Island and the Town Hall
👧🧒 Age Range: 9-12yrs
🎟️ Booking: Please book through the bookshop

For more information visit: https://cruinniu.creativeireland.gov.ie/

Mayo.ie CreativeIrl

18/05/2026

Exciting News! 🎉

Cruinniú na nÓg is just around the corner, and we're thrilled to be part of it again this year! We are. inviting children aged 9-12yrs to join for our 'CALL of the Wild' workshop hosted by CALL and Books@One Louisburgh. Get ready for a morning filled with creativity, imagination, and fun! 🌟

Meeting at Books@One, children will uncover the biodiversity on their doorstep through a ‘sensory treasure hunt’ on Scott’s Island (opposite the bookshop), which will be led by C.A.L.L’s nature-based education expert Shane Furlong. 🌱🐝🍂

The sensory adventure will continue with local artist Mary-Lou McCarthy. Through drama games, creative writing tasks and playful challenges, we’ll explore the senses in an immersive fun-filled drama workshop.

Mary- Lou is an interdisciplinary artist, who facilitates, writes and performs in work across theatre, film, television and radio. She is currently a Creative Associate with the Arts Council and facilitates drama workshops for young people in schools and Youth Theatres.

Shane has 13 years of experience running nature based education programmes in collaboration with schools and youth groups. He is a certified Forest Therapy Guide and Forest School Leader, and also Biodiversity Lead for CALL.

📅 Date: 6th June 2026
🕒 Time: 10am-12.30pm
📍 Venue: Meeting at the bookshop and then going on a wild wonders tour to Scott's Island and the Town Hall
👧🧒 Age Range: 9-12yrs
🎟️ Booking: Please book through the bookshop

It's going to be a great day, and we want YOU to be part of the fun! 🚀! Learn more and to book email [email protected] or visit the bookshop

.ie CreativeIrl

16/05/2026

Join the junior angling club this summer!

Passion for looking after our lakes and rivers often starts with creating magical memories on the water. By joing the Junior Angling club kids will have great fun learning about catch and release fishing, how to carefully handle fish, and how to catch them too of course!

We plan to have our first outing with Darragh in June, weather permitting. We hope to get out on the water regularly through the summer.

There is no charge and all equipment provided by us with thanks to generous funding from LAWPRO Local Authority Waters Programme

Please contact Rosarie to register your child's interest on WhatsApp 086 879 5964

Local Authority Waters Programme

14/05/2026

Inspiring stories of self-sufficiency and community reslience shared by Deirdre McGuirk, Project Officer for The Village Shops Project / AnSiopaÁitúil 🌼🏘️

The The Village Shops Project explores the significant role of village shops and shopping locally in preserving community resilience and food security. The project will look at how these systems from our past might be reintroduced into modern society in order for communities to live more sustainably.

So far Deirdre has identified over 180 shops which existed in Louisburgh and over 20 in Killeen between 1900 and 1980!

This project is funded by the Sunflower Charitable Foundation and coordinated by Killeen Community Council in collaboration with Louisburgh Killeen Heritage, Louisburgh Community Futures, Louisburgh Tidy Towns and Climate Action Louisburgh Locality (CALL).

Stay tuned for the next installment of the tour and if you have memories to share or want to find out more about the project, leave us a comment or email Deirdre [email protected]

Louisburgh TidyTowns

12/05/2026

A great line up for Mayo, including our Bumblebee ID and monitoring training May 21st in Lousiburgh. Please register via our Eventbrite 🐝🐝🐝

07/05/2026

We invite you to register for free Bumblebee monitoring training in Louisburgh this May 21st as part of National Biodiversity Week.

Experienced ecologist Dr. Karina Dingerkus will teach you how to identify and monitor bumblebees using Transect monitoring. This hands-on session on Thursday, May 21st at 10:00 AM is perfect for nature lovers eager to make a difference! Please register and we will confirm exact meeting point depending on the weather:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bumblebee-id-monitoring-tickets-1987675498924

You can also visit biodiversityweek.ie for a full programme of events in Mayo this May 🐝🐝🐝🐝

Inishturk Island Call ActionOffice

Join Ecologist Dr. Karina Dingerkus to learn how to identify and monitor our bumblebees in your own back garden

15/04/2026

Did you know that you can assess the level of pollution in a stream simply by looking at the macroinvertebrates in there?

As part of our Blue Dot to the Sea project, we had a great afternoon with TY students from Sancta Maria and LAWPRO learning about Water Quality Monitoring on the Bunowen river. We learnt about the Citizen Science Stream Index and how we as a community can easily monitor the quality of our own waterbodies, through kick-sampling and looking at what little creatures we find.

You can learn to do it yourself and share what you find at https://lawaters.ie/citizen-science/

We hope to run more workshops on how to kick-sample soon so watch this space!