Brockagh Digital Hub
Join us in our shared working hub in the beautiful valley of Laragh & Glendalough with free parking, window views surrounding your work space and tea/coffee facilities.
We have a mixture of Hot Desks, Dedicated (Weekly/Monthly) Desks, Pod and Meeting rooms available with High Speed Broadband Connection. Under the National Connected Hubs Voucher Scheme you will receive 3 free days of hub use per person. Vouchers will be valid until the end of August. Register now as a Member on our connectedhubs.ie site to avail of the free vouchers and get an alert when your vouchers are available. You will be able to access your credits from Monday the 27th of June. All bookings to be made through connectedhubs.ie. Brockagh Hub is open Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm. For more information or enquiries please email brockaghhub@gmail.com or if you would like to speak with a staff member phone us Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm 0404 45600.
Heritage Week Free Event
Pattern Day Walk to Lady’s Well Carrick Mountain on Sun 14 th Aug 6pm. Meeting at: Moneystown School, A98VF83. The walk is approx 9 kms in total.The well is marked on The Neville Maps of 1870 but the pattern day ended in 1798 until revived in 2013. The Walk includes a short talk in Pre-Christian and Christian traditions of the well, poetry and music. Refreshments afterwards in Moneystown Community Hall. Open to adults and accompanied children. No dogs allowed. Any queries to: Rosaleen Durkin rosaleendurkin8@gmail.com.
Scrap Metal Week at the Brockagh Resource Centre
Monday 15th to 30th August 2022 you can drop your metal scrap up to the back of the Brockagh Resource Centre, Laragh(Fundraiser for the Brockagh Resource Centre). Some of the items you can bring are Biscuit tins, steel oil tanks, steel window frames, steel coal bunkers, car batteries, radiators, Solid fuel cookers, Sheep wire, bicycles, old cars without the tyres, steel wheelbarrows, golf irons, etc. No Fridges, Freezers, Cookers, Timber, Plastics or Tyres. Once the scrap is on the premises it cannot be removed by the public. CCTV is in operation for 24 hours. For more info call 040445600 or email us at brockaghoffice@gmail.com.
Wicklow Mountains National Park-Free Event
Family Bat Talk Thurs, Aug 11th at the Education Centre, Miners’ Road, Upper Lake, Glendalough, Eircode: A98AP99 at 7:30pm.
Bloodsuckers, blind as a bat etc. All just myths! Come along and discover the real facts behind our Irish bats and how they are supremely adapted to their nocturnal lifestyle in our family friendly talk. Speaker: member of the National Park education team. Followed by a Bat Walk at the Information Office, Upper Lake, Glendalough, Eircode: A98R221, at 8.30pm. Free and booking not required. Bring insect repellent and a torch.
Parking at County Council Upper Lake Car Park, A98W778 (charges apply). For more information, contact us at the Education Centre Tel: 0404 45656 (Monday to Friday). Information Office at 0404 45425 (10am to 5.30pm, 7 days a week) or email us at wickloweducationcentre@housing.gov.ie, www.wicklowmountainsnationalpark.ie.
Brockagh Market & Car Boot (Next date Sun August 14th)
Why not have a day out in the Laragh/Glendalough area via the Locallink bus, with bus stops at Wicklow, Rathnew, Ashford, Roundwood, Annamoe for only €3 and join us at the Brockagh Market & Car Boot which is once a month on the 2nd Sun(except Jan/Feb).
Open to the public from 10am to 3pm. Tea, coffee and food snacks are available. Indoor and outdoor stalls with a variety of items for sale with plenty of bargains from gifts, clothes, plants, books, toys, aloe vera products, artwork, tools, household items etc. Free parking and customer toilet facilities. The barrier will be locked from 6pm Saturday evening until 8am Sunday morning. You can contact us by phone 0404 45600 (Wed-Fri 9am to 2pm) or email carbootbrockagh@gmail.com. All stallholders must pre book their space or no entry on the day.
Laragh Badminton Club (Breaking for Summer, back 12th Sept)
Badminton classes are in the Brockagh Resource Centre, Laragh with Monday evenings: Mondays 4th, 5th and 6th class at 7.30-8.30pm. Thursdays 1st, 2nd and 3rd year Secondary 6.30-7.30pm and 4th, 5th, 6th year secondary 7.30-8.30. Adults 8.30 onwards. Contact Phil Curley 0404 45175/087 2067607 Or Gosia Ward 087 063 8898. Small club fee for the year applies for participation. All are welcome.