To mark WWD in February 2024, Galway County Council and LAWPRO will be launching our new bi-lingual booklets on the Blue Dots of Connemara) with the Cathaoirleach Liam Carroll on the 2nd Feb at Scoil na bhForbacha. RTÉ’s Home School Hub’s Múinteoir John Sharpson will be delivering a special lesson to the students of the school highlighting why the waterbodies and wetlands of Connemara’s Blue Dot’s are so special and what the students can do to protect them.
Copies of the booklets are available online here: Connemara-Blue-Dots-ENG.pdf (streamscapes.ie and in Irish here: Connemara-Blue-Dots-IRE.pdf (streamscapes.ie) and have been distributed to the local Galway Public Library branches in Connemara for World Wetlands Day.
To see Connemara’s beautiful Blue Dots and learn more about them, watch this specially commissioned video made by LAWPRO and Galway County Council. Connemara Blue Dots (youtube.com)
For more information contact or to order your free copy of the Connemara Blue Dot booklet, email: biodiversity@galwaycoco.ie