The existing walking track during the day and night (lights are on in the Winter time for walkers). The existing surface is loose stone and to ensure elderly walkers have a more enjoyable and safe walk we are going to asphalt it this Spring coming.
A nature trail is being looked at along the bank of the local river whereby people from the local area can appreciate nature in its rawest form as these areas are untouched or changed by mankind in any way.
What we have seen is that a community is more that just its people, it is also its heritage, wildlife, fauna, trees, landscape and buildings. By people coming together great things can be achieved and learnt from each other on how to improve both our community and environment that we all live in.
Posting this in behalf of Donal Brosnan: The walks and talks last Thursday eve the 23 08 2023 took place at the former Garda Station (police station). This building had a long and varied history built around 1960 by the Crown to keep their version of law and order in the parish. It was attacked several times by the local IRA units during the war of independence from 1919 to 1921. The main attack on the RIC Barracks, The Square, Brosna on June 19-1920, involving so many brave men and women of this and neighbouring parishes involving over 50 people. In 1922 it was handed over to the Irish Free State and was then known as the Garda Station which closed in 2010, it is a listed building. A massive thanks to our local historian Patrick Brosnan for going through some of the verbal and written knowledge of the building in the evening and to all who turned up.
Posting this in behalf of Donal Brosnan: Following on from our meeting of last Thursday 15/06/23 at the lower train football field, whereby it was agreed 5 years ago to let this place re-wild itself (batter of the bank) the next phase of plan to bring in major anchor trees such as Scott Pine and Oak trees. The other minor trees will be Mountain Ash, Alder, White Thorn, Lime trees and Sycamore. These are native trees and will still allow the gorse, grasses, nettles, flowers to grow under it. Thanks to all who attended and Ms Mairead Moriarty for doing the presentation.
Looking forward to these events Donal
We are looking at a retired park ranger to speak on the Hen Harrier, an ecologist on upper mountain area of Brosna and what should be there to thrive, on the river banks what is presently there, what should be removed and planted, how to help fauna, wildlife and biodiversity, what could be planted around our own football field, to provide a bee home allowing flowers which are native to grow (no cutting), trees, bird boxes, bat homes, a local historian on the buildings in the parish, the land league, the listed building, the history of the people and where they went to. These people would be approx €1,500.00 with approx €300.00 on tea /coffee and biscuits after. there should be 12 meetings in the round of the year.
By education we are hoping to inform people thus they can take what they learned and apply it to their own area or spread the knowledge they got.
The location would either be walking around the football field, around the parish, parish hall or club meeting room these are allowed to happen in these buildings.
