{"id":3770,"date":"2025-01-28T21:42:20","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T21:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irishwetlands.ie\/?post_type=event&#038;p=3770"},"modified":"2025-01-28T21:42:20","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T21:42:20","slug":"ballinahown-community-group-world-wetlands-information-day","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.irishwetlands.ie\/ga\/event\/ballinahown-community-group-world-wetlands-information-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Ballinahown Community Group World Wetlands Information Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3771 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irishwetlands.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Ballinahown.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irishwetlands.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Ballinahown-200x168.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.irishwetlands.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Ballinahown-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.irishwetlands.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Ballinahown-400x335.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.irishwetlands.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Ballinahown-600x503.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.irishwetlands.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Ballinahown-768x644.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.irishwetlands.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Ballinahown-800x671.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.irishwetlands.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Ballinahown.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Join us on Feb 2nd as we celebrate \u201cWorld Wetlands Day\u201d.<br \/>\nThe Ballinahown Community Group will kindly host a number of speakers and artists this coming Sunday, February 2nd, from 10am to 12pm in their community hall (N37 D768).<br \/>\nCathal Flood from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LAWPROteam?__cft__%5b0%5d=AZVZnoHns2FtzZrunMoIABAlPNshaT0Qd0Ldhk5OtlhYhlGrYtvLSaPZDV0Sl6fnUIhp7b7qjMTWczRXO-r0CqjKgq9QKZ9DRc7ypOz8FP5GhxPFy3uZTN40Ov9dNqJB26WOuhhOI78gUjSXLjSzEJs0zOgwQyissCntIJfazJYkCHV50lX3YxM7uHBqLNqrZcOkXODw3jXJO_Av8gtcRwcu&amp;__tn__=-%5dK*F\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LAWPROteam?__cft__%255b0%255d%3DAZVZnoHns2FtzZrunMoIABAlPNshaT0Qd0Ldhk5OtlhYhlGrYtvLSaPZDV0Sl6fnUIhp7b7qjMTWczRXO-r0CqjKgq9QKZ9DRc7ypOz8FP5GhxPFy3uZTN40Ov9dNqJB26WOuhhOI78gUjSXLjSzEJs0zOgwQyissCntIJfazJYkCHV50lX3YxM7uHBqLNqrZcOkXODw3jXJO_Av8gtcRwcu%26__tn__%3D-%255dK*F&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1738182545914000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1OFSgGXedBj1MEI_X8n9pR\">Local Authority Waters Programme<\/a>\u00a0(LAWPRO) will speak about water quality and the importance of wetlands in the midlands.<br \/>\nOur Senior Project Manager, Owen Murphy, will discuss the Breeding Waders EIP project, various species and the importance of wetlands for their survival.<br \/>\nHelen Conneely will take us through the measures\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BallinahownCommunityDevelopment?__cft__%5b0%5d=AZVZnoHns2FtzZrunMoIABAlPNshaT0Qd0Ldhk5OtlhYhlGrYtvLSaPZDV0Sl6fnUIhp7b7qjMTWczRXO-r0CqjKgq9QKZ9DRc7ypOz8FP5GhxPFy3uZTN40Ov9dNqJB26WOuhhOI78gUjSXLjSzEJs0zOgwQyissCntIJfazJYkCHV50lX3YxM7uHBqLNqrZcOkXODw3jXJO_Av8gtcRwcu&amp;__tn__=-%5dK*F\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BallinahownCommunityDevelopment?__cft__%255b0%255d%3DAZVZnoHns2FtzZrunMoIABAlPNshaT0Qd0Ldhk5OtlhYhlGrYtvLSaPZDV0Sl6fnUIhp7b7qjMTWczRXO-r0CqjKgq9QKZ9DRc7ypOz8FP5GhxPFy3uZTN40Ov9dNqJB26WOuhhOI78gUjSXLjSzEJs0zOgwQyissCntIJfazJYkCHV50lX3YxM7uHBqLNqrZcOkXODw3jXJO_Av8gtcRwcu%26__tn__%3D-%255dK*F&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1738182545914000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2V_zQTnI4wZkXhStaXGD-p\">Ballinahown Community Development<\/a>\u00a0are taking to preserve wetlands in their area.<br \/>\nPoet Jackie Gorman will share some of her beautiful poetry, including Crotach(Curlew).<br \/>\nThe impressive artworks from Athlone Landscape Artist Leila Henry will be on display. This is a free event supported by LAWPRO with refreshments provided on site, and no pre registration is required.<br \/>\nWe hope you can join us!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Location: Ballinahown Community Hall, N37D768<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Time: 10am \u2013 12pm \u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Contact details:<\/strong><a href=\"mailto:cflood@lawaters.ie\">cflood@lawaters.ie<\/a>\u00a0, Mob:\u00a0<strong>085-8541258<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":[],"event_cat":[],"class_list":["post-3770","event","type-event","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ballinahown Community Group World Wetlands Information Day - Coiste Bogaigh Ramsar na h\u00c9ireann<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishwetlands.ie\/ga\/event\/ballinahown-community-group-world-wetlands-information-day\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ga_IE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ballinahown Community Group World Wetlands Information Day - Coiste Bogaigh Ramsar na h\u00c9ireann\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u00a0 Join us on Feb 2nd as we celebrate \u201cWorld Wetlands Day\u201d. 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