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  • Watergrasshill CFR “on call” Group – AED external heated cabinet

    Thanks to John O Connor, Community Association member, our AED heated cabinet is fully operational (the temp on it will rise over the next 12 hrs), meaning we can use this as a focal point to store our on call AED bag & accessories, this is a great addition to our volunteers who are on call weekly meaning when one goes off call they place the AED there for the next on call person to collect and so forth.…

  • Community First Responders – Restart a Heart Event – Sat Oct 10 WGH

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  • Culture Night 2024

    Another great event, Watergrasshill an official HUB for Culture Night

    Thanks to the Arts Council & Cork County Council for their continued support of this annual event

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  • Darkness into Light 2024

    When a Community pulls together…DIL 2024
    Outstanding work by all involved in this event, participants and donators.

    Thanks to Watergrasshill National School for use of the School Hall & to John Kennedy, John O Regan for what they do!

    €5,513.54 – THANK YOU WATERGRASSHILL

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  • Cork County Council Update – Main Street maintainance / Glenville Road junction

    Information received pertaining to the Glenville Junction in the village:

    The road marks are purely preliminary and for Cork County Council (CCC) observation (only) of traffic and truck (HGV) movements at the junction. No decision has being made by CCC on junction build out or parking spaces

    CCC are presently considering repairing existing damaged footpaths at the village centre and leaving all parking as is and constructing minor buildouts at the Glenville junction to improve sightlines at the junction.…

  • Community Centre – IMPORTANT PUBLIC NOTICE

    Due to an incident last week where a person could not gain access to their scheduled event we must make it clear that access to the Community Hall is for patrons only. Loitering will not be tolerated in the entrance, the grounds or inside the Community Hall, in cases where loitering occurs Garda will be notified immediately.…

  • Mayor visits the new plaza

    Cork County Council brought Mayor Cllr. Gillian Coughlan to the site of the new plaza on Wednesday 23rd February 2022. The Mayor was very impressed with the work carried out and thanked all involved for their time and efforts.

    Cork County Mayor, Cllr. Gillian Coughlan with members of Watergrasshill Community Association and the Planning & Development group- Photo by Michael Mac Sweeney.
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  • Christmas Tree

    Our new plaza required a substantial Christmas Tree to set it off. The Planning & Development Action Group approached many local businesses for funding, and we were delighted with the generous response.

    Our new Christmas Tree.

    We held an official lighting ceremony on December 17th, including music, hot drinks, pizza, and local crafts.…

  • New Watergrasshill Plaza

    Watergrasshill’s new plaza nearing completion.

    Anyone in Watergrasshill over the last month will have seen the construction work in the centre of the village. One of the public consultation findings in December 2019 concluded that Watergrasshill no longer had a focal point due to new estates, built mainly at the southern end of the village.…

  • From Roots to Fruits

    We are beginning a project to capture the story of Watergrasshill through photographs, film, folklore, arts & culture, environmental and historical records. Read more here…