Le Chéile April 2021 – now available online

The latest issue of Le Chéile is now available:

Le Cheile 2021 AprilDownload

This issue features updates and articles on:

  • The Unfortunate Death of Jack Lattin
  • Energetic Clean-up of the Countryside

If you wish to print Le Chéile you can download the issue from above and use the print menu option when you view the magazine. Your computer setup may allow you to choose Booklet Form when printing. Please contact us if you need assistance.

Clane’s Biodiversity Action Plan Published

A detailed biodiversity action plan has been created by a cross-community group including Clane Tidy Towns, Clane Parish, local schools, residents’ associations, GreenPine Consultants and Kildare County Council.

As well as various action points the community can take in the coming years, the document also includes helpful practical advice on how to plan, plant, and manage biodiversity friendly areas in our community.

Find out more, download the document and get involved at our Biodiversity Action Plan page.

Le Chéile March 2021 – now available online

The latest issue of Le Chéile is now available:

Le Cheile 2021 MarchDownload

This issue features updates and articles on:

  • Works undertaken by Clane Community Council since 1973
  • Recent initiatives by Clane Tidy Towns and Friends
  • Place Names of Clane

If you wish to print Le Chéile you can download the issue from above and use the print menu option when you view the magazine. Your computer setup may allow you to choose Booklet Form when printing. Please contact us if you need assistance.

Clane Autism Friendly Town Online Training Available

Free Online Training is now available that supports the Clane Autism Friendly Town initiative.

It explains some practical ways in which we can make Clane Autism Friendly, and the benefits that this gives to the whole community. Everyone is invited to view the material at https://www.olivecontoso.com/Autism-Friendly-Towns-Training-V4.0/.

The team has also produced the following 3 minute video which introduces the initiative:

If you have any questions or would like to get involved see the team’s contact details at https://clanecommunity.ie/claneautismfriendlytown/.

Le Chéile February 2021 – now available online

The latest issue of Le Chéile is now available:

Le Cheile 2021 FebruaryDownload

This issue features updates and articles on:

  • Clane Community Council AGM 2021
  • St Brigid’s Chair, Table and Thimble
  • The Pale
  • The Giant Irish Elk found at Clongowes

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Le Chéile January 2021 – now available online

The latest issue of Le Chéile is now available:

Le Cheile 2021 JanuaryDownload

This issue features updates and articles on:

  • Clongowes Cemetery
  • The Abbey Cemetery (on Sallins Road)

If you wish to print Le Chéile you can download the issue from above and use the print menu option when you view the magazine. Your computer setup may allow you to choose Booklet Form when printing. Please contact us if you need assistance.

Clane Community Council AGM

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All are invited to the 47th Annual General Meeting of Clane Community Council which this year will be held online via Zoom on Monday, January 25th, 2021 at 8pm.

Attendees will learn of what the Community Council and its subcommittees have worked on in 2020, and opportunities to contribute to the community of Clane in 2021 will be discussed.

This meeting will be held using Zoom. To receive the zoom details please register your interest to attend below.

We look forward to seeing you!

    If there are any comments you wish to make please add them here:

    Le Chéile December 2020 – now available online

    The latest issue of Le Chéile is now available:

    Le Cheile 2020 DecemberDownload

    This issue features updates and articles on:

    • Mick Sammon – the last man standing in Croke Park on Bloody Sunday, 1920, by Seamus Cullen

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    Christmas Lights in Clane – Thank you!

    Clane Community Council is delighted to announce that as of this evening… Clane’s Christmas Lights are on!!

    Please note that this wonderful display would not be possible without the just as wonderful support we received from across the community:

    • the businesses, community groups and parish of Clane that donate the power to the lights, the aerial platform for installation and the year-round storage of our (growing!) collection of lights
    • the fantastic financial support of residents, businesses and organisations through donations privately and via the GoFundMe page (which we will keep open for the moment)
    • a generous grant from Kildare County Council (the LPT fund)
    • the commitment and hard work of the teams of volunteers that donated their time so generously to the installation of the display   

    Our sincere thanks to everyone that contributed in any way towards this project, but, taking a little step back, a big thank you too to everyone that supports in any way any of the community groups, organizations and initiatives in Clane that enrich our lives and our village in so many ways.

    Wishing you and your family a safe and happy Christmas,

    Clane Community Council

    Christmas Lights in Clane

    Christmas Lights in Clane

    Clane Community Council is preparing for this year’s Christmas Lights around the village centre to conclude the programme of voluntary work for 2020.

    Christmas Lights in Clane has been developed as a collaborative effort for the benefit of people living and visiting Clane since 2016.

    This year we would really welcome additional donations from people with any links to Clane.

    Contributions will go some way to match the funding provided by local businesses and Kildare County Council towards maintaining the low-energy LED lights.

    Our GoFundMe page is https://www.gofundme.com/f/clane-community-council-christmas-lights.

    Many thanks for your support

    Le Chéile November 2020 – now available online

    The latest issue of Le Chéile is now available:

    Le Cheile 2020 NovemberDownload

    This issue features updates and articles on:

    • “Autumn” by Jim Canning
    • North Kildare Meals on Wheels
    • The Irish Gazetteer
    • The Big Snow of 1933
    • “Clane Past”
    • Halloween
    • Medieval Records of Clane

    If you wish to print Le Chéile you can download the issue from above and use the print menu option when you view the magazine. Your computer setup may allow you to choose Booklet Form when printing. Please contact us if you need assistance.

    Le Chéile October 2020 – now available online

    The latest issue of Le Chéile is now available:

    Le Cheile 2020 OctoberDownload

    This issue features updates and articles on:

    • Saint Ailbe and Clane Abbey
    • A Blessing of the Graves in the Graveyard attached to the old Church of Saint Michael off the green
    • Saint Ailbe
    • Know your Clane
    • Maria Dunn and the O’Neills of Clane

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    The latest issue of Le Chéile is now available:

    Le Cheile 2020 SeptemberDownload

    This issue features updates and articles on:

    • Saint Ailbe and Clane Abbey
    • Rev. Matthew West, Vicar of Clane 1785-1813

    If you wish to print Le Chéile you can download the issue from above and use the print menu option when you view the magazine. Your computer setup may allow you to choose Booklet Form when printing. Please contact us if you need assistance.

    Community Biodiversity Workshops for Clane

    Clane Tidy Towns is delighted to invite you to a set of three practical workshops dedicated to protecting and encouraging Biodiversity in Clane. In addition, with the generous support of Clane Project Centre, we have some exciting ideas about showcasing any measures in public spaces you might decide to take…

    Community Workshops

    Clane is one of ten communities participating in a Community Biodiversity Workshop initiative in County Kildare in 2020. Three online workshops have now been announced to share practical ways in which our biodiversity can be protected and enhanced for future generations, and help apply these techniques to locations in and around Clane. Residents, Residents Associations, and all organisations maintaining property in Clane are encouraged to attend.

    • Introductory Biodiversity Workshop Tuesday 1st Sept 7-9pm on Zoom. This webinar is open to all and will cover general habitat types typically found in most community spaces and explain how to create and manage them. Communities from around Kildare are invited to this training programme. 
    • Clane Training Session 1: Saturday Sept 26th (9.30am-12.30pm). A half day webinar focused on Clane. This will focus on some of the spaces and features in our community and identify specific opportunities for enhancing biodiversity.
    • Clane Training Session 2: Tuesday Oct 6th (6.30-9pm) on Zoom. A final webinar dedicated to Clane where we will finalise actions and other details to be included in the local Action Plans specific to Clane.

    To participate in this series of free events, please fill out the form below (ideally before 1pm on Monday August 31st) and we will get you registered with Brian at Green Pine consultants who are delivering the training.

      If there are any comments you wish to make please add them here:

      Showing off your work!

      To highlight the biodiversity-enhancing measures that you may choose to take, Clane Tidy Towns are delighted to announce that they will work with the various local projects in Clane to help promote them with the help of funding generously provided by Clane Project Centre. Exact details will depend on the number and the nature of the locations in Clane, but we think a coordinated set of discrete signage might be a delightful addition to the community. Perhaps something like these…

      Please sign up to workshops using the form above to register your interest.

      Clane Sustainable Energy Community Online Webinar

      Residents, Organisations and Businesses in Clane are invited to attend a webinar on an energy master plan for Clane organised by the Clane Sustainable Energy Community team. It will be held on Zoom on Thusday August 6th at 7:30pm.

      Supported by SEAI, and presented by ORS, the webinar will kick-off an Energy Master-Plan initiative for Clane designed to help connect and support sustainable energy, local economic development and public well-being in and around our village.

      Attendees can register at https://bit.ly/ClaneSEC-Webinar.

      Le Chéile June 2020 – now available online

      The latest issue of Le Chéile is now available:

      Le Cheile June 2020Download

      This issue features updates and articles on:

      • In search of Clane’s Medieval Leper Hospital
      • Four Leaved Clover

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      Le Chéile April 2020 – now available online

      The latest issue of Le Chéile is now available:

      Le Cheile 2020 AprilDownload

      This issue features updates and articles on:

      • The Evergreens
      • From the Archives – Clongowes Cemetery
      • Clane Music and Dramatic Society
      • Clane and Rathcofey Community Games
      • Clane GAA
      • The Pale
      • Fr John Sullivan SJ
      • Clane Church of Saint Patrick and Saint Brigid

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      COVID-19 related information for Clane

      These are challenging times and we are all learning how to adjust. Many people are also wondering if and how they can help others. Here we gather some information and suggestions which may be of interest to the community. We will update the page over time as we hear of new initiatives.

      First and foremost, please make sure you are familiar with the latest official advice, and follow all appropriate precautions.

      Looking out for each other in Clane

      • Have you any neighbours that may need assistance now or in the future? Are they OK? Do they have your number? Would they like to give you theirs?
      • Some local groups and businesses are offering important support:
        • Clane Gardaí have assigned dedicated Gardaí to support the community. If you need their support phone the station at 045 868 262.
        • Clane Red Cross are willing to help people with medical support, collecting prescriptions etc. Email communitysupport.clane@irishredcross.com or telephone 086 267 2735. More information here.
        • Clane Community First Responders are willing to collect prescriptions, shopping, walking dogs etc. Email clanecfr@gmail.com or telephone 089 4965332. More information here.
        • Clane GAA and Condron’s SuperValu have partnered up to arrange deliveries of shopping for vulnerable members of the community. Complete information is available here. Vulnerable members of the community can text in (do not call) their name and phone number to 087 278 2827 and volunteers will phone them back to take the order, and arrange delivery.
        • Irish Wheelchair Association Clane are offering wheelchair accessible transport and also also pre-made frozen meals. Contact 087 143 7796 or email Tinga.ging@iwa.ie
        • Many Clane businesses are offering phone-and-collect, click-and-collect and deliveries and are detailing their updated hours and services on Facebook here.
      • The Community Call: Kildare County Council are coordinating a Kildare Community Response Forum. People needing support can call 1800 300 174 from 9am to 5pm, seven days a week. The helpdesk will connect in with all the local and state services in Kildare as well as the community groups in this map: https://www.kildareppn.ie/resources/covid-19-community/.

      Exercising

      Volunteering

      Time on your hands at home?

      • Kildare County Council have published a colouring book online: children might like to Colour in in Kildare Heritage.
      • Visit Kildare Library Online and check out their collections of online books, courses, comics, music and more.
      • Watch out for the signs of spring in your back garden or from the window. There are easy-to-use guides online to help identify that wildflower, butterfly or garden bird. Become a citizen scientist and contribute your sightings. Projects such as the Backyard Biodiversity survey or SpringAlive are suitable for all ages, and help fill in gaps in our knowledge.
      • Help us improve this website! Are you in a local community group? Is the group in the list here? Could your group’s information be updated or improved? Is there some other type of information that could be useful on this website? Please let us know!
      • Help put Clane on the map: thousands of websites (including Met Éireann, Kildare County Council and many pages on ClaneCommunity.ie) use OpenStreetMap as their underlying map. Spend a few minutes to check Clane here to see if the places, the amenities, the businesses you visit in Clane (and elsewhere) are appearing correctly. If not, you can add a note to the map using the icon on the right of the page, and volunteers will see how best they can deal with it.

      Exploring further afield – online