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February 2024 – Week 1 progress
Pond Extension In accordance with the Landscape Plan that was commissioned with the latest Town & Village Grant awarded to…
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Our Journey to Being Shortlisted for LAMA 2024
The Clogheenmilcon Fen & A Dash of Pure Blarney The Clogheenmilcon Fen is an alkaline wetland system on the outskirts of…
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Blarney Business Awards 2023 – Digital Media win for Brand Blarney
Brand Blarney was selected as the winner of the Digital Media award at the Blarney Business Awards 2023 for our…
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Dawn Chorus 2023
Join us for a Dawn Chorus
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Let’s Plan Together
Cork City’s Local Economic & Community Plan – Let’s Plan Together – features Deborah Maguire from Brand Blarney talking about…
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Pride in Our Community Award
Brand Blarney is honoured to have been recently recognised and Highly Commended in the Best Project in Urban Area category…
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Weeding Crew
The Brand Blarney weeding team was out cleaning up the flower beds in the main carpark at the Fen yesterday…
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Wild Flowers June 2022
Wild flowers at the middle carpark..25 species of wild flowering herb..these plants support up to 71 species of caterpillar..many bees,…
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Wildlife sightings February 2022
Species visiting the Fen in February: Mallard Teal Shovler Widgeon Tufted Gadwall
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Dawn Chorus 2022
A damp but still beautiful dawn chorus at the Fen. The birds in good singing voice. Blackbirds stole the show…