Johnston House

10/05/2024

What a wonderful, Community filled, weekend! Thank you Fleadh na gCuach Committee for a superb festival!

26/03/2024

The summer is booking up!

22/03/2024

*LOOKING FOR 2024 FESTIVAL SPONSORS!*

As the May Bank Holiday is quickly approaching, we're delighted to be in the midst of planning the 30th Fleadh na gCuach! But like many nonprofit, volunteer organisations, we are looking for any businesses or persons who would like to sponsor the festival. We are looking for a main sponsor, who will appear on the poster as well as other advertising, and minor sponsors, who will all be advertised with us and recieve a signed 30th Anniversary Cuckoo Poster.

This festival can not run without support and help from the Kinvara Community, and we appreciate any help you can provide. If you'd like to make a donation towards the festival, you can do so at the Kinvara Credit Union. If you'd like to be a sponsor, please contact us directly.

As its the 30th Anniversary of the festival, we have extra family friendly activities, a full line up of amazing musicians throughout the weekend, and much more planned, but we need the support from all of you! Thank you so much, and watch this space, as we'll be launching the poster very soon!

05/01/2024

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Thinking of a group trip to galway? Look no further than Johnston House in Kinvara! We sleep 10 guests comfortably. Right in the center of kinvara, with pubs, shops, restaurants and cafes only meters from the front door!

Johnston House: Historic Village Retreat

21/07/2023

LAUNCH OF THE 2023 CRUINNIU NA MBAD POSTER!!!!

The artwork for this year’s Cruinniu na mBad poster is brought to us by abstract artist, Debbie Browne. In April of this past year, Debbie exhibited her “Leave Your Mark” show. This local, community-oriented project was created and directed by Debbie with the help of over 60 friends and family. What started as an 8 ft. by 5 ft. piece of blank white paper evolved into an exciting collection of scribbles, doodles and marks made by Debbie’s friends and family, with Debbie intermittently adding her own paint in between. Eventually the large piece was cut into six individual pieces and framed. The artwork on the Cruinniu na mBad poster is one of those six individual pieces. Although not as contemporary as the poster artwork in the past, the Cruinniu na mBad Committee believe that Debbie’s project promotes the importance of our community in Kinvara, and is a mesmerisingly beautiful depiction of a boat out at sea.
Debbie has been a member of Kinvara’s community for over 30 years. Her husband, Declan Connolly, and herself were avid sailors for decades, and great supporters of the Cruinniu na mBad. Debbie was diagnosed with Multiple System Atrophy (MSA) in October of 2021. MSA is a rare, incurable, progressive neurological disorder that affects the body’s movement, balance, speech and swallow, and autonomic functions, including blood pressure, temperature, digestive, cardio and respiratory control. Debbie’s diagnosis was one of the many things that sparked the “Leave Your Mark” project. It is an exploration of community, care and friendship, much like the Cruinniu na mBad itself.
If you’d like to learn more about the “Leave Your Mark” project, and view more of Debbie’s artwork, please visit her website, debbiebrowne.art. There will be 100 copies of the poster signed by Debbie available to purchase over the Cruinniu na mBad weekend. Unsigned posters and previous year's festival posters are available to purchase in Eurospar Kinvara. From all of us in the Cruinniu na mBad Committee, thank you Debbie, for allowing us to use this exceptional piece of artwork, and for inspiring a new and colourful way to see the world.

14/06/2023

Join us for a very fun Cruinniu na mBad fundraising night on July 7th at Tullys Kinvara !

A lot goes into the organising and funding of kinvara's very popular and beloved festival behind the scenes. If you or your business would like to sponsor a question round during the quiz for €100, or to book a table for the quiz, please contact 0873448446.

06/04/2023

06/02/2023

Please help by signing this petition to save our hidden Church in the center of kinvara!

PLEASE TAKE ACTION TODAY!
DO WHAT YOU CAN TO HELP ST. COMAN’S CHURCH AND GRAVEYARD

5 practical things you can do today!

1. Visit the Property Registration Authority (PRA) web site www.landdirect.ie. You can enter as a ‘guest’ and search for the folio no. GY123313F. See the outline of the folio that includes the graveyard for yourself. The folio - giving details of the names and address of the owners - is available to buy for €5.

2. Ask yourself the simple question: On what basis were private individuals made registered owners of a large section of St. Coman’s Graveyard in which there are documented graves.

3. Get your neighbours, friends and relatives to contact the people below with the same question.

4. If you're on social media such as Twitter or Facebook ask the same question.

5. Write to, or talk to, your TD and Councillor – ask them to help right the situation.

PEOPLE TO CONTACT

Property Registration Authority
Cathal Whitney, Examiner of Titles, PRA,
[email protected] or phone (051) 303 000
Liz Pope, CEO, PRA
[email protected] or phone (01) 8048066

Galway County Council
Jim Cullen, CEO, Galway County Council
[email protected] or phone 091 509 000
Marie Mannion, Heritage Officer, Galway County Council [email protected] or phone 091 509 000

Councillors
Councillor Joe Byrne
[email protected] or phone 087 2625775
Councillor Martina Kinane
[email protected] or phone 087 269 2102
Councillor PJ Murphy
[email protected] or phone 087 790 5401

TDs
Seán Canney TD
[email protected] or phone 086 251 3639
Ciarán Cannon TD
[email protected] or phone 091 880 790
Anne Rabbitte TD
[email protected] or phone 090 9759695

Contact us, The Kinvara Heritage Group at [email protected]

03/08/2022

Loving this video by our wonderful tidy towns committee 👏☺️

24/04/2022

29/03/2022

Donations for our new friends!
We are collecting items on Thursday and Friday this week. Donations can be dropped to Johnston’s Hostel. If items need to be collected, please send a message and collection can be arranged.

If possible please bag by size/gender.
ALSO CLEAN, NEW OR AS NEW CONDITION ONLY PLEASE! If you wouldn’t wear it or use it PLEASE DO NOT DONATE.

Here is a list of what is needed.

NO MORE WOMENS TOPS NEEDED.
NO MORE KIDS JACKETS NEEDED.
NO MORE GIRLS CLOTHES NEEDED.

Season appropriate clothing
adult females sizes 6-18. Mainly sizes 10-14
adult males sizes medium to xxl
6 x one to four year olds
4 X four to six year olds
2 X female ten to twelve year olds
2 X male ten to twelve year olds
3 X female teenagers
2 x male teenagers

New socks/underwear would be brilliant.

Some of the other items needed

*Lunch boxes and water bottles have kindly been donated for all primary age children*
School bags
Pencil cases
Pencils
Pens
Crayons
Rubbers
Toppers
Notebooks

Wellington boots
Light jackets/raincoats

Chargers for various phone types
Good condition mobile phones

Simple games for young children

New makeup/nail varnish

A few luxuries could be nice too! Handbags, some costume jewellery, even perfume. Items that would help make these lovely people feel a little bit better 😊

If you have anything else you feel may be of use, please feel free to comment or send a message.

PLEASE PLEASE only donate what you would be happy to wear or use yourself. So new or as new condition only. All items that are left over will be donated to a local charity shop.

Thank you again for your continued support.

17/12/2021

Johnston's would love to welcome the Dolmen Centre to the building! Please pay a visit to their pop up Christmas shop, open until 2 today! 🎄🎅

15/11/2021

Our amazing, generous and one of a kind neighbors across the street received a beautiful write up for a beautiful reason! Nice to be reminded how important small acts of kindness are! 💕 Well done Tullys Kinvara, you're an inspiration to us all!

You wouldn't see many pubs in Ireland doing something like it

28/10/2021

Big news and lots of changes afoot here at Johnston House, Kinvara! Check out the latest addition to our rental: The Veranda!!! We are also open for year round bookings on Airbnb.ie and now Booking.com.

29/04/2021

Lovely little clip of the hidden gems in Kinvara

20/04/2021

Agnes keeping guard of the new window display for Lily's Mind

Take a peek at the Cuckoo poster next time your passing!

13/04/2021

Cuckoo posters available soon!

*** Cuckoo Posters Available Soon! ***

Times may be hard, but we'll always have the memories of the fun we've had and the hope of fun to come in the future!

So for a bit of a morale booster, the cuckoo festival committee has agreed to allow me to release the poster art that was originally done for fleadh na gCuach 2020. And as the festival will not be going ahead again this year I'd say we could all use a reminder of just how special our little town really is.

I'll be having 500 limited edition prints made and they'll be going on sale at €50 each on the May bank Holiday weekend. I'll also be taking preorders beforehand.

Keep a look out, as I'll be releasing the poster and upclose images of it in the next week! The original artwork is also for sale, so please inquire privately with me if interested!

13/02/2021

Who will be Agnes's Valentine tomorrow?? She's been waiting for that special someone for years! 🌹💋