Education and Public Engagement Manager The Organisation Castlecomer Discovery Park is a multi-activity adventure park operating as a not-for-profit social enterprise. We welcome 144,000+ visitors annually with 11,000 participating in our outdoor learning programmes across formal education and informal public engagement sectors. Through adventure, curriculum-linked activities and public outreach, we are committed to promoting the…
Taking the first steps into a new career! Castlecomer Discovery Park launches the second year of its’ FOUNDATION PROGRAMME IN ADVENTURE TOURISM in conjunction with the Kilkenny Carlow ETB. The Adventure Tourism sector is estimated to be valued at €1.2 billion and is one of the fastest growing and most exciting sectors within the Irish…
Castlecomer Discovery Park Celebrates Kilkenny Day in Style! 10th October 2021 Kilkenny Day is about celebrating everything that is wonderful about Kilkenny city and county; our communities, our heritage, our environment, our commerce, our creativity, our food, our hospitality, our sport and above all, our people. Nothing suits Castlecomer Discovery Park better than a reason…
Press Release Making the Coal Mining Heritage Accessible to a Worldwide Audience with the support of the Heritage Council. As we celebrate Heritage Week, its an opportune time to look at how Covid 19 has impacted the way we access heritage. The pandemic has indeed severely impacted the arts, cultural and heritage sector worldwide: with…
t We are absolutely thrilled to have been awarded grant aid from The Heritage Council under the Community Heritage Scheme to create an AR experience of our Coal Mining Museum. This project will provide interactive digital access of our coal mining museum to a world wide audience, it will preserve our materials and promote wider…
