Connaught Street Markets.

07/06/2026

A full week of Heritage Week events on Connaught Street and the west side of Athlone, celebrating Heritage at Risk through music, sport, markets, traditional craft demonstrations, talks, guided walks, street theatre, treasure hunt, family fun and community history. Highlights include the Over 40s 5-a-side final in The Hollow on Saturday 22nd and our Living Heritage Day in Connaught Gardens on Sunday 23rd August.

One of the highlights of the week will be our Over 40s 5-a-side Football Tournament in The Hollow, with the final taking place on Saturday 22nd August. Walsh’s are the current holders of the plaque… so let’s see who takes it home this year! ⚽



Mc Neill’s Bar Connaught St Athlone
Walsh's Bar
Shamrock Lodge Hotel
Heritage Ireland
Visit Westmeath
athlone.ie
Westmeath Independent
Athlone Canal Heritage Bannon Woodworks
The Heritage Council
thefarmhouse.ie
Handknitsby Linda
Midlands 103
Sonas Aromas
IOMST

07/06/2026

07/06/2026

An IPhone was found by a member of the group while out walking early Thursday morning May 28th in Athlone.

Its being kept charged so please share this post so the owner can call it to arrange to collect it.
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Athlone At Its Best

06/06/2026

Big shout out to my newest top fans! 💎 Handknitsby Linda, Celine Fallon, Johnny Martin, Howard Grehan
I know Facebook does the whole “Top Fans” thing, and it’s lovely to see the names popping up… but really, this is just a thank you to everyone who keeps supporting us ❤️
The people who like the posts, share them, comment, tag someone, tell their neighbour, turn up on the day, buy from the stalls, bring the kids down, ask how they can help, or even just say “fair play” when they meet us.
Honestly, it all helps.
We’re only a small voluntary committee, and we’re trying our best to bring a bit of life back into the west side again. Not in a flashy way. Just slowly, properly, and with heart.
Connaught Street and the west side have so much history. Families, businesses, music, sport, old stories, old buildings, parades, community, neighbours looking out for one another… all the things that made this side of town what it was.
We’re not trying to create something from nothing. We’re just trying to remind people of what was always here.

Over the last three years; we’ve had markets and family fun days, live music, alpacas, street theatres, treasure hunts, parades, football tournaments, heritage events, culture days, piwtey conner and information nights, guest speakers, outdoor games and a sensory tent; clean ups, planting, painting, tidying, fixing, planning… and probably a fair bit of panicking behind the scenes too 😂

But every single thing we do is done with the same aim — to bring people back down this side of town, to support local, to make use of the spaces we have, and to give people a reason to feel proud of the west side again.

So to our top fans, our regular supporters, our vendors, volunteers, local businesses, musicians, families, neighbours and everyone who has backed us in any way at all…
Thank you.

We see it. We appreciate it. And we don’t take it for granted!

Bit by bit, we’re getting there.❤️

Connaught Street & Environs Community Group.
Bringing life back to the west side!
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03/06/2026

Ballymahon this Friday!!

02/06/2026

02/06/2026

We have two Markets during Heritage week 2026.

Ireland's National Heritage Week starts the third weekend in August and runs for a 1 week period. Coordinated by The Heritage Council.

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