Laragh & Glendalough Tidy Towns
We remind people that judging for T.T. takes place around this time so we ask residents to keep their area free of weeds and litter on pathways outside your residence or around our community. We depend on volunteers so we need your help to keep Laragh/Glendalough looking well. Many hands make light work and we thank you now for helping us in advance.
Wicklow Mountains National Park Summer Lectures 2023
We are honoured to welcome eight wonderful speakers over July and August for what promises to be an exciting look at of some of Wicklow and Ireland’s flora, fauna, habitats, heritage and more.
This year, in addition to our focus on nature and natural history, we have collaborated with the OPW Visitor Centre in Glendalough to bring you two lectures on the archaeology and human history of the National Park!
All lectures start at 7.30pm in the Glen of Imaal Mountain Rescue Base, Trooperstown, Laragh, A98 VY72. The venue is wheelchair accessible.
Lectures are free of charge to attend. To book and for more information call us on 0404 45425 or email educationwmnp@npws.gov.ie.
Brockagh Market & Car Boot Sunday 9th July
The Brockagh Market & Car Boot 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. www.brockaghresourcecentre.ie.
Glendalough Heritage Forum
We are sorry that due to significant demand for places we are no longer able to take reservations. Please contact us if you would like to join the reserve list: glendaloughheritageforum@gmail.com. However, any places that become available may not be known until close to the event.
We regret that we cannot accommodate everyone interested in participating on the community excavation but as a licensed excavation on a national monument it is important that we maintain a high level of supervision and management.
Glendalough Heritage Forum plans a number of online events for Heritage Week (https://glendalough.wicklowheritage.org/) and we will post weekly updates on the excavations on this page if you would like to follow our progress across the community excavation and the UCD Field School that follows.
We are most grateful for support provided by Wicklow County Council, The Heritage Council and University College Dublin for funding the community excavation. We hope to be able to offer places again next year and that you may be able to join us then.
For younger children Wicklow County Council will also be sponsoring The Big Dig to take place at the Glendalough Visitors Centre on Sunday 13 August as part of Heritage Week 2023 (follow https://www.heritageweek.ie/ for further details).
Annamoe Centre
A big thank you to all those who came to our recent Rambling House/Storynight in the Annamoe Centre. We had another fabulous night of music, songs and stories. Not only had we participants from all over Wicklow but some from Dublin, Carlow and Wexford as well so pencil our next night (Sept 8th) into your diary and come along. We will even give you tea and cake/biscuits as well. You don’t have to take part just come and enjoy. Any queries call 086-8749092.
Walking group in the Brockagh
On Monday mornings weekly at 10am join the Laragh walking group at the Brockagh Resource Centre for a walk around the Glendalough area for approximately one hour. No need to book, just show up on the day.
Brockagh Digital Hub
We have a mixture of Hot Desks, Dedicated (Weekly/Monthly) Desks, Pod and Meeting rooms available with High Speed Broadband Connection. Our shared working space is located in the the heart of county Wicklow with panoramic views of the stunning Glendalough Valley. Free parking, free tea/coffee facilities and lift access. To avail of the discounted rates you must pre-book your desk through brockaghhub@gmail.com only. Daily Rate €15, half day rate €10, weekly rate €60, monthly rate €199. We also have a special student rate of €10 day rate or half day rate €5. Register now as a Member on our connectedhubs.ie site.. We are waiting to see if they are renewing the voucher scheme. All bookings to be made through either connectedhubs.ie or for discounts email brockaghhub@gmail.com. Mon-Fri, 9am to 5pm. www.brockaghresourcecentre.ie.