NEW YEAR GREETINGS

EVERYONE IN GRANDVILLIERS WISHES ATHY AND AROUND PEOPLE A HAPPY AND PEACEFULL NEW YEAR 2012 !

CHRISTMAS 2011 and YEAR 2012

All members of the GRANDVILLIERS Twinning committee, everyone in Grandvilliers wish to all their ATHY's friends a Merry Christmas and a HAPPY NEW YEAR !

So this is Christmas...

Run to visit Emma at Clancy's, best and friendly pub in IRELAND !

MANY YOUNG MEN OF TWENTY at the Athy Community Arts Center

11th Shackleton Autumn School 2011

UPCOMING EVENTS




11th Shackleton Autumn School 2011 - Friday



28 October 2011



7.15pm Official Opening of the 11th Shackleton Autumn School & Exhibition Launch



7.45pm Book Launch - In association with the Erskine Press the school will host the launch of Simon Beaufort's book 'The Nimrod Murders'



11th Shackleton Autumn School 2011 - Daily Exhibitions



28 October 2011 - 31 October 2011



Daily Exhibitions – 10.00am – 5.00pm -



11th Shackleton Autumn School 2011 - Saturday



29 October 2011


11th Shackleton Autumn School 2011 - Sunday



30 October 2011


Lecture Series



10.00am “The Cinematic Race to the Pole” Jan Anders Diesen

English and French workshop !

Since the beginning of October, Mrs Chauchat, chairperson of Grandvilliers JJC, is teaching english to members of Grandvilliers Twinning Committee.
News : French teaching will begin in Athy, for members of the Athy Twinning Group, shortly (i.e beginning of November).
Good news for all involved ..............;

NATIONAL PLOUGHING CHAMPIONSHIP 2011

It'll be some years before the Ploughing will come back to Athy. This year was to commemorate the 80th anniversary of its launch in Athy. Some members of our twinning committee stayed there for 3 days, during this event. Great event .......and thanks to the irish families where french people stayed.