Kerry County Council has now indicated to Fenit Town Hall that the long awaited Fenit Village Draft Masterplan (FVDM) will be published before the end of January 2022. Fenit Town Hall has supplied the full results of our village survey to the Council with a view to shaping this draft masterplan. Once published the FVDM
In October 2021 members of some Fenit Townhall sub groups visited the MTU Creative Media department to meet with final year students and discuss some opportunities to include various Fenit projects in a series of radio documentary projects. Three radio documentaries were subsequently planned around the Fenit community focussing on cold water swimming, Fenit lighthouse
In 2021, Fenit got its first Christmas Crib, kindly sponsored by Kerry County Council. The crib was blessed by Fr. Nolan on December 21st with carol singing by some of the local community.
The Fenit Town Hall Signage Group has been busy this summer, with the stone sign at the entrance to Fenit erected in May. This was funded by Cllr. Terry O’Brien (KCC) and created by Billy Leen. The ‘Welcome to Fenit’ sign was erected on October 1st; it features St Brendan the navigator, the lighthouse and
Jim Browne, who built the bridge in 1999, recently contacted Fenit Town Hall with the idea of getting it revamped. With the support of Laune Engineering, Liebherr and Kerry County Council, the bridge has been repainted and is ready to return to her post, to make a fitting overpass for the new Greenway.
DAG is working to raise awareness about the value and vulnerability of the Fenit Island tombolo, a precious natural resource and coastal barrier. In conjunction with Coastwatch Ireland, they are learning about best practices in marram grass harvesting and planting, implementing limited soft fencing to discourage trampling in key areas, learning about the sea grass beds in marine