Galway Events
Clean Coasts Roadshow – Connemara
Boardwalk Café Clifden Boat Club, Beach Rd, Clifden, Co. Galway, IrelandClean Coasts are delighted to announce the Clean Coasts Roadshow which will be running at various locations around the coast of Ireland. It aims to bring together all those with an interest in protecting their local beaches, seas and marine life. The Connemara Stop will take place on Thursday 21st April at the Boardwalk Café, [...]
Bio-blitz Talk – Inis Mór
Hall Rónáin Kilronan, Inis Mór, Aran Islands, Co. Galway, IrelandClean Coasts Officer for Galway, Beckey-Finn, has been invited to give a talk during the first ever Inis Mór Wildlife Festival and Bio-blitz on 10th June at 2pm in Hall Rónáin in Kilronan. There will also be a beach clean locally after the talk. Please see the timetable for a full listing of events for the Inis [...]
World Oceans Day at Galway Atlantaquaria
Galway Atlantaquaria Salthill, Galway, Co. Galway, IrelandClean Coasts officer for Galway, Beckey-Finn, will be taking part in the World Oceans Day celebrations at the Galway Atlantaquaria on Sunday 12th June from 11am to 5pm. The World Oceans Day theme for 2015 – 2016 is Healthy oceans, healthy planet. The ocean is the heart of our planet. Like your heart pumping blood to [...]
Corporate Volunteering Day with SAP Galway
Clean Coasts officer for Galway, Beckey-Finn, is carrying out a corporate volunteering day with SAP Galway at Salthill. The day will include a marine litter survey and beach clean as well as other biodiversity and team building activities. If you are interested in our Corporate Volunteering initiative please check out our page or contact us for more [...]
Rang 5 Furbo Beach Clean
Trá na bhForbacha Trá na bhForbacha, Na Forbacha, Co. Galway, IrelandClean Coasts Officer for Galway, Beckey-Finn, will be attending Rang 5 Furbo's beach clean on Thursday 23rd June. The clean-up will take place at Trá na bhForbacha (Furbo Beach) in Na Forbacha, Co. Galway. If you wish to attend please contact Beckey-Finn on the detail below!
Grattan Pokémon Beach Safari
Grattan Beach Grattan Road, Galway, Co. Galway, IrelandClean Coasts Group, Galway Atlantaquaria, will be hosting a free Pokémon Beach Safari on Grattan beach, Salthill, Galway (beside the Lifeguard station).The event is on the 20th of August at 12pm. Inspired by the phenomenon of Pokémon Go; Galway Atlantaquaria seeks to educate the public about the diversity of Sea life on the Seashore, where [...]
NUI Galway Volunteering Fair
Bailey Allen Hall Aras na Mac Leinn, NUI Galway, Galway City, Galway, IrelandClean Coasts officer for Galway, Beckey-Finn, will be at the NUI Galway Volunteering Fair from 11am to 3pm to show students the great opportunities there are to take an active role in protecting Ireland's beaches, seas and marine life. Come on over to our stand to find out about taking part in the Big Beach [...]
Loughrea Tidy Towns Clean-up
Loughrea Loughrea, Co. Galway, IrelandLoughrea Tidy Towns are teaming up with St Raphael's Secondary School's TY studetns to carry out a clean-up of the lakeshore in Loughrea on Tuesday 27th September from 11:30am to 12:30pm. Clean Coasts Officer for Galway, Beckey-Finn, will be joining the clean-up event and will give a short talk on the work of Clean Coasts beforehand. Everyone [...]
Convergence Session in Galway
Siobhan McKenna Lecture Theatre Arts Millennium Building, NUI Galway, Galway City, Co. Galway, IrelandClean Coasts Officer for Galway, Beckey-Finn will be attending this years main Convergence session in Galway. The session is entitled "Galway - Making The Transition to a Healthy, Low Carbon, Creative City". It will provide an opportunity for policy makers, civil society organisations, researchers, community practitioners and Galway citizens, to come together to maximise the potential of Galway to be a world [...]
Clean Coasts Talk at GMIT
GMIT Galway Campus Old Dublin Road, Galway City, Co. Galway, IrelandClean Coasts Officer for Galway, Beckey-Finn, will be giving a talk to students studying Applied Freshwater and Marine Biology in GMIT a talk entitled 'Community Engagement and the Coastal Environment'. The talk will be followed later by a presentation from INFOMAR on the work they are carrying out mapping the sea floor around Ireland and is [...]
Sunday Funday at Galway Atlantaquaria
Galway Atlantaquaria Salthill, Galway, Co. Galway, IrelandClean Coasts will have a stand at Galway Atlantaquaria's Sunday Funday which will take place on Sunday 13th November from 12pm to 5pm. This family Funday is to celebrate the launch of Science Week on and is aimed at people of all ages. Pop by and learn more about marine litter, Think Before You Flush, #2minutebeachclean, etc [...]
GMIT Networking Event
GMIT Galway Campus Old Dublin Road, Galway City, Co. Galway, IrelandClean Coasts Officer for Galway, Beckey-Finn, will be attending a special networking event at GMIT this evening which has been organised by some of the students from the Applied Freshwater and Marine Biology course.
Clean Coasts Roadshow – Galway City
Salthill Promenade Salthill Promenade, Salthill, Galway, IrelandThe Roadshow which is also running in a number of locations nationwide aims to bring together all those with an interest in protecting their local beaches, seas and marine life. A Galway Stop will be at Salthill Promenade on Saturday 25th March from The Galway stop of the Clean Coasts Roadshow will be one with a twist and [...]
Clean Coasts Roadshow – Ceathrú Rua, Connemara
Leabharlann na Ceathrú Rua Ceathrú Rua, Connemara, Galway, IrelandSeó Bóthair Cóstaí Glana i Leabharlann na Ceathrú Rua Tá áthas ar Chóstaí Glana, na Seónna Bóthair Cóstaí Glana a fhógairt, a bheidh ar siúl in áiteanna difriúla timpeall chósta na hÉireann. Tá na Seónna Bóthair seo ag iarraidh na daoine go léir a bhfuil spéis acu ina dtránna áitiúla, farraigí agus saol mara a [...]
Mindfulness on the Beach Day
NationalThis day is to highlight the benefits of coast on your mindset and how spending time along the coastal region can have a positive impact on our state of mine. We will take this day to recharge, gain energy from the sea and most of all emphasis the need to protect this region which is [...]
Drumming Circle on the Beach – Galway
Rinville Beach Rinville Beach, Oranmore, Co. Galway, IrelandThe tradition of drumming and singing together goes back to the mists of the past and our homo ancestors. In the times of screens, social media, migration, scattered communities, the need for belonging to a group or a tribe calls us again. Drum Circle fulfils that need instantly, you will feel the power of community [...]
Celebrate Your Shore – Galway
We are teaming up with Galway Atlantaquaria for a family event which will include activities such as #2minutebeachclean, disintegration of plastics games, biofacts and rockpooling. Exact time and location will be confirmed shortly.
Nominations for Ocean Hero Awards Now Open
NationalWe are asking the public to nominate volunteers who they believe have made an outstanding contribution to Ireland’s coastal environment. This year we are looking for entries to the following 6 categories: Group of the Year, Individual of the Year, School of the Year, Business of the Year, Idea of the Year and Beach Clean [...]
Big Beach Clean
NationalClean Coasts Big Beach Clean weekend will take place on the 15th, 16th and 17th of September 2017. We are delighted to team up with the International Ocean Conservancy again for the International Coastal Cleanup event. In 2016, nearly 800,000 volunteers in over 90 countries removed 8,193 tonnes of marine litter from the world’s oceans. We hope everyone will join the movement for litter free seas [...]
Corporate Volunteering Day – Irish Water
Grattan Beach Grattan Road, Galway, Co. Galway, IrelandClean Coasts Group, Galway Atlantaquaria, with Clean Coasts Officer, Richard, will be hosting a Corporate Volunteering Day at Salthill, Galway with employees of Irish Water.The day will include a clean-up as well as other biodiversity and team building activities. This will be done as part of our Corporate Volunteering initiative where we work with organisations [...]