Lovin' Dublin City Spotlight on Terenure

Lovin' Terenure? Then check out this recent post about our village on the Lovin' Dublin City Spotlight website. Although mainly advertising the plethora of eateries in the area, there are some great photos of the shops and restaurants decorated for Christmas. You can even spot our chairwoman in action at the regular "clean up, green up."

Terenure Environmental Improvement Plan: Consultative Seminar on 4th December

A consultative seminar to discuss the Terenure Environmental Improvement Plan will take place on Thursday, 4th December at 7.30pm in The Evergreen Hall, Terenure Road North.

A presentation will be made by Patrick McNabola, Anthony Reddy Associates (Architects), followed by a discussion.

Terenure Residents' Association welcomes the opportunity to contribute this plan which will serve to inform the next City Development Plan.

Dublin City Development Plan, 2016-22

Dublin City Council has begun preparing the new City Development Plan for 2016 – 2022. The priority issues include:
expansion, development and regeneration of the city, 
climate change, 
the city and regional economy, 
community infrastructure and social inclusion, 
transportation, 
amenities and green spaces, 
population and housing, and
retailing. 

To inform the development plan process, the Council has put together an Issues Paper, which highlights some of the 'big picture' priority issues for the city over the next six years. Dublin City Council is encouraging citizens, communities and organisations to read through these issues and make observations.

From 10th November 2014 to 14th Jan 2015, you can make an observation through the Development Plan website on any of the issues outlined above. Click here to go to the Submission Form and enter your comments.

After 14th January 2015, Dublin City Council will review all comments as it prepares the Draft City Development Plan. The Draft Plan will in turn will be available to view and comment on in late 2015.

Terenure Christmas Festival and Tree Lighting

Date: Sunday 7 December

Venue: Main car park, Terenure Road North

The Christmas Tree has arrived in Terenure and will be lit up at the Terenure Christmas Festival, which will include the Terenure Market (moved for 1 week only to the car park), starting at 11am.

The specially enlarged market will have over 40 stalls, live entertainment, Santa Claus, the Snow Queen, Cuddles the Polar Bear plus free goodie bags for children and free mulled wine for adults!

The lights will be switched on at 4pm by the Lord Mayor, Cllr Christy Burke, and our own hero, Patrick "Rala" O'Reilly, the long-serving bagman for the Irish rugby team.

The First World War and Terenure: Update

On the 15th September we published an item on our website about how the Committee was trying to find out more about Terenure's connection, if any, with World War 1 (WW1). 

Click on the links below to find out more about:

• Thomas Murray, a veteran of WW1 who lived in Rathfarnham
• Leo Valentine who fought and died at the Somme and whose letters home to his mother were found in a box in a house in Terenure  
• the Europeana 1914-1918 website which contains materials and resources from all over the world about WW1
• the WW1 roadshow hosted by the National Library of Ireland at Trinity College, Dublin in July 2014. 

Many thanks to Professor Eunan O'Halpin, Professor of Contemporary Irish History, Trinity College, Dublin, and to Katherine McSharry, National Library of Ireland, for their assistance. 

Please Help Replant Terenure - Spring Bulb Planting Drive

Saturday 25 October

From 10 - 1

Evergreen Centre

(behind Health Centre, adjacent to car park, Terenure Road North)

The Terenure 2030 CleanUp/GreenUp group are planning to plant 5000 spring bulbs in the village over the next 2 weekends so if anyone would like to lend a hand you would be very very welcome! If you can make it for an hour or 2 that would be super.

Bring along your gloves and a spade if you have one. The ground may be hard so expect that it might be a little taxing in places. We shall see. If you know that you will make it on either day it would be great if you can drop us a quick note so that we know approx numbers in advance. Otherwise just pop along on the day and we will be delighted to see you.

Join SVP for the Launch of Their Book and Music Shop

The Terenure branch of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul will be launching their Book & Music shop on

Sunday 19th October

From Noon to 3pm

at their shop on Terenure Road North. Light refreshments will be served.

Terenure 2030 - Your Invitation to Participate!

After a successful first year with several Terenure based projects achieving wonderful results (think Sunday market, Portionwise healthy eating, greening of Terenure, Evergreen hall revitalisation etc etc), the Terenure 2030 team is ready to go again!

You are warmly invited to a meeting on

Thursday 16th October

at

Evergreen Club, Terenure

7.30 - 9.00pm

(The Evergreen Club is located at rear of car park on Terenure Road North, behind HSE public health office)

We are particularly looking for new members, so please come along and bring your friends, family and neighbours! 

More information can be seen here.

Terenure Bus Route Map

Not sure which buses pass through Terenure, or if you can get to Citywest or Blackrock directly by bus? We have now produced a route map for all Dublin buses that pass through or near Terenure (within 10 minutes walk from the Cross) in the style of the iconic London Underground map. You can see it here.

50,000 Bulb Give-Away Comes to Terenure!

The Flower Power Spring to Life project will take place at a number of venues in South Dublin on the 8th and 9th October 2014.
Get your narcissus, hyacinth, crocus and other bulbs in Terenure at

2pm Wednesday 8th October 

at the 

Evergreen Centre, Terenure Road North.

For more information contact Dublin City Council's South-East Area Office at 01-222 2243.