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A public talk by Ken Bond entitled Mad Moths of Mayo and Other Insects of Erris will take place in the Ionad Deirbhile Heritage Centre, Erris on Saturday August 2 at 9pm.

Laura Walsh, a native of Kilkenny, took up the position of field monument advisor with Kilkenny County Council a few months ago.

A talk in Erris on the Private Life of Grey Seals by Denis Strong will take place on Friday September 26 2008 at 9pm in Ionad Deirbhile Heritage Centre, Eachléim. The talk is funded by the Heritage Council and admission is free.

Pictured at the launch of the Heritage Council’s, ‘Significant Places of Public Worship Grant’ for St Canice’s Cathedral, Kilkenny are, Trevor Stacey from the Representative Church Body of the Church of Ireland; Michael Starrett, chief executive of the Heritage Council; and Fr Paddy Jones of the Catholic Church’s Sacred Art and Architecture Committee.

Galway East Tourism scooped the top prize at the Galway County Heritage Awards, held in Claregalway last week.

Kilkenny city is getting ready for a host of celebrations that are to take place throughout the year in 2009 to celebrate receiving the city charter 800 years ago.

The last six boats of the Claddagh fleet are to be restored to working order in time for the Volvo Ocean Boat Race, as part of a new project which seeks to preserve and promote Galway’s maritime heritage.

While Cllr Michael J Crowe may be ‘sick of trees’, one man who certainly isn’t is Green Cllr Niall Ó Brolcháin, who is concerned about the future of trees near the Salmon Weir Bridge.

Kilkenny County Council is holding a Tidy Town information evening which is open to all community groups, development associations, residents’ groups or any member of the public who takes an interest in their surrounding environment.

The Biodiversity Family Day takes place in Barna Woods this Sunday October 19 and the theme of the event is ‘Love our Woods!’.