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Kerry teenagers power up for a more sustainable future
Students from Killorglin Community College, joined peers from across Ireland, to gather in Dublin to discuss and ideate on climate action and environmental sustainability.
It was all part of a unique event co-hosted by EirGrid, in partnership with Young Social Innovators (YSI).
The money and energy-savvy TikTokers shared energy-saving tips and sustainability advice on the popular platform under the handle – ‘The Economic Life Raft’.
“We share money-saving tips like recipes to use up leftovers and how to bleed your radiators so they’re more energy efficient," explaining the idea student, Zachery Cahill, said.
The group now plan to grow their own vegetables in the school’s polytunnel.
“We want to show that it's cheaper and better to grow your own vegetables. We’re working with the student council too to get reusable water bottles for students, to cut out plastic bottles, and we hope to work with the local Tidy Towns group to go litter picking,” student Emma Healy said.
While at the Dublin event, the students had the opportunity to learn about the inner workings of the National Control Centre, the hub from which EirGrid manages Ireland’s electricity grid, and to provide the grid operator with their views on how they’d like to see Ireland’s energy system develop for the future.
As well as a series of thought-provoking workshops on issues including the Sustainable Development Goals, climate justice, biodiversity, and degrowth, the students, who are all tackling climate related issues as part of their YSI participation, brainstormed about how to develop their own project ideas, alongside EirGrid staff.
EirGrid is the Climate Action and Energy partner to Young Social Innovators, a national organisation that engages thousands of young people annually in co-creating and developing innovative ideas to address social challenges.
300 years of Kenmare House highlighted at National Park talk
The history and legacy of Kenmare House were explored on Thursday evening as part of the ongoing Killarney National Park Autumn Talks Series.
Rachel Kavanagh of Killarney House delivered the presentation, titled ‘Shadows of Splendour: 300 years of Kenmare House’, which was live-streamed to the public on the Killarney National Park Facebook page.
The talk detailed the arrival of the Browne family, Earls of Kenmare, and their lasting influence on the local landscape. Kavanagh traced their historical timeline from their initial residence at Ross Castle to the grand mansion at Kenmare House, and later to Knockreer House and Killarney House.
The presentation followed another successful event in the autumn series last week, when UCC Professor of Modern Irish Pádraig Ó Macháin drew record numbers for his lecture on the Annals of Inisfallen. Ó Macháin discussed the medieval manuscript, compiled by the monks of Inisfallen Island, which remains one of Ireland’s most important surviving historical records.
The Killarney National Park Autumn Talks Series continues weekly, featuring lectures on local history, heritage, and natural conservation.
Lecture to honour martyr Fr Francis O’Sullivan at Friary
The Kerry branch of Cumann na Sagart is inviting the local community to a special bilingual lecture on Monday, November 9 to mark the life and legacy of South Kerry martyr Fr Francis O’Sullivan O.F.M. (1591–1653).
The event will take place at 8pm at his shrine inside the Franciscan Friary on Martyrs’ Hill (Cnoc na Mairtíreach) in Killarney. Fr Billy Hoyne O.F.M. will lead the evening, which will feature local lore, music, and history.
Born in Waterville (An Coireán), Fr O’Sullivan was executed during the Penal Laws for continuing his priestly ministry in defiance of Cromwellian banishment orders. While taking refuge on Scarriff Island (An Scairbh) off the Iveragh (Uíbh Ráthach) coast, he was tracked down by soldiers and killed while celebrating Mass.
His skull was preserved for generations by the O’Connell family of Derrynane (Doire Fhíonáin) and is currently on display inside the Friary church in Killarney. Local fishermen along the South Kerry coast have long invoked his memory with the traditional prayer, “Let us pray to almighty God and to the red-haired friar of Scarriff.”
The gathering is open to all members of the public. Further details are available from Fr Tomás on 087 2213799.
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