Non-profit social enterprise sharing skills for an affordable, sustainable happy home • Building • Making • Mending • Growing • Community 📍 Ireland
Joined January 2022
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10 Dec 2023
Hi folks! We haven't been actively posting here on X for a while. To stay in touch, follow us on Instagram via the link our bio or signup to our newsletter here: ourcommonknowledge.org/subsc…
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26 Nov 2024
Join us for another special show from the @wildatlanticway from counties Clare & Limerick on #RTENationwide Wednesday 27th November @RTEOne 7pm @ShannonAirport @BunrattyCastle @ClareHour @Limerick_Leader @LimerickHour @Failte_Ireland @ClareTourism @Limerick_ie @CliffsofMoherIE RT
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18 Sep 2023
Simple and brilliant concept for revitalising Irish towns with @IAFarchitecture.
‘Making projects out of the wishes of the people, empowering local people, and looking beyond the normal options’.
@IrishTimes @GemmaTipton
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17 Sep 2023
The multilayered, fascinating, Hometown Architect project, is drawing out the untapped resources of towns such as Aughrim and Lisdoonvarna irishtimes.com/property/2023…
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27 Jun 2023
#ReimagineLisdoonvarna's "Tapping the Well" public meeting is tomorrow! Read all about it in @ClareEcho and all locals welcome!
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This project by @common_k_ @graftonarchs ACT Studio & Lisdoonvarna Fáilte is part of #IAFarchitecture's #placemaking programme
ALT Three men and two women stand in a row in an interior with maps, drawings, and models around them.
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23 Jun 2023
Delighted to see this profile of @common_k_, of which I'm a board member. We're currently issuing Community Bonds structured as 5 year loans (paying 5% interest p.a) to create a thriving hub to teach self-building, resilience & home skills. Revolutionary?
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22 Jun 2023
#ReimagineLisdoonvarna are holding their first event on 28 June & were on @ClareFM yesterday to discuss it. Play it back for @fionnkidney @common_k_ on how the project came about & Shelley MacNamara @graftonarchs on memories of a Lisdoonvarna childhood. clare.fm/podcasts/morningfoc…
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18 Jun 2023
Thanks @KeithDugganIT for this piece on Common Knowledge in the @IrishTimesMag today irishtimes.com/life-style/20…
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17 Jun 2023
Lovely to hear about the wonderful work going on in the Burren in County Clare 🇧🇦, Ireland. Todays @RTECountryWide visited the 'Common Knowledge' centre @common_k_, bringing the ecological & social care of #permaculture to local Irish #LGBTIQ people ♥️
@NakedPermie @cultivate_ie
15 Jun 2023
Based in Clare @common_k_ hosts courses in building, growing, making, and mending. This week they hosted a residency for LGBTQ people focused on climate change, sustainability and community resilience. I spent a day with them for @RTECountryWide @RTERadio1 Reporting on Saturday
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15 Jun 2023
Based in Clare @common_k_ hosts courses in building, growing, making, and mending. This week they hosted a residency for LGBTQ people focused on climate change, sustainability and community resilience. I spent a day with them for @RTECountryWide @RTERadio1 Reporting on Saturday
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15 Jun 2023
👷🛠️No better way to spend a week in Clare than at @common_k_ Build School, where participants learn on-site skills applicable to any renovation, DIY or new build project you may be undertaking.
One of our #EditorsChoice event for June
More info👇
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13 Jun 2023
Artist Eimear Walshe to represent Ireland at the 60th Venice Art Biennale @irelandatvenice: rte.ie/culture/2023/0613/138…
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26 May 2023
Two @common_k_ Build Schools coming up in June. A great way to spend a week in Clare. ourcommonknowledge.org/cours…
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24 May 2023
Are traditional skills & crafts key to more #sustainable modern living? Inspiring thoughts from skilled crafters & grafters in my report from #Rekindle Festival of Lost Skills @TodaywithClaire @RTERadio1
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22 May 2023
👷♀️⚒️🪨 For anyone interested in working with stone & lime, @common_k_ will be delivering a good selection of introductory traditional skills courses in Co. Clare in the coming weeks! 👇 ourcommonknowledge.org/cours…
@intbauireland @SPABIreland @ulsterahs @HeritageHubIRE
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20 May 2023
After his @common_k_ course, husband & his inspection team our building us a lean-to greenhouse... (I'm drinking tea & encouraging them...) #Saturday
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Looking to learn something new?
Head along to Rekindle festival with @common_k_ this Sunday and learn some forgotten skills! Including (but not limited to): wool spinning, sugán chair making and water divination, foraging and lace-making
more info: ourcommonknowledge.org/rekin…
ALT Text in orange and blue sits on a light beige background with fire and spark graphics in the same colours. Text reads: AN INTER-GENERATIONAL FESTIVAL REKINDLING THE SKILLS OF THE PAST FOR A TRULY SUSTAINABLE FUTURE REKINDLE Festival of Lost Skills SUNDAY 14TH MAY 2023, 12-5PM PARLIAMENT STREET ENNISTYMON, CO.CLARE ADMISSION FREE BOOK AT LINK IN BIO SUPPORTED BY: arts funding council chomhairte ealaíon festivals The Community Foundation for Ireland COMHAIRLE CONTAE AN CHLÁIR CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL
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3 May 2023
🌤️May's #EditorsChoice comes from Felix Hunter Green, Project Manager for Housing Unlocked.
With events from @IAFarchitecture, Space Saloon & The MAAK, zwkr, & Palace of Un/Learning, @common_k_, @AnitaSMARTlab, @caracourage
Check out his selection
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28 Apr 2023
Delighted to be collaborating with @common_k_ on ‘Embers’, a gorgeous audiovisual exhibition exploring old skills and crafts in Co. Clare. Launching at The Courthouse, Ennistymon, Thurs evening 11 May. You can also catch it on the festival day itself of course!
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