Sligo Town Macra Club

We are delighted to announce that Benbulben member, Andrew O'Doherty will be representing Sligo Macra at this year's Aurivo Northwest King's and Queens 👑👑

Kings and Queens takes place Saturday the 20th of January in the Radisson Sligo. Tickets can be found at the below link. After tickets can be purchased on the door on the night 🕺

Looking forward to a brilliant night!

https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/aurivos-northwest-kings-and-queens-tickets-770701658407

Sligo Macras Beef and Sheep Stock Judging takes place tomorrow at Woodville Farm F91DC80 at 2pm

All welcome to join 😊

Dont forget this Sunday is the county round of stockjudging.

Enjoying the food and drink in the Radisson Blu Sligo at this year's FBD Young Farmers awards.

A lovely morning spent on Knocknarea farm for their open day, very educational and interesting. A great use of a small irish farm and looking after our environment as the boys methods are fully organic. We wish them ever success farm.

Why not go learn how to shear your own sheep this June. Taking place in Grange Co Sligo this June 10th and 11th. If you want to book a place contact Rural Enterprise Skillnet, 0719858252 🐑🐑🐏🐏🐏

" For Sale, Rural Ireland "

This will be the harsh reality if steps are not taken now! Family farms being put up for sale, young people being forced to leave due to not being able to afford housing or access facilities.

Join Macra na Feirme as we walk 79kms to Dublin where members will address 8 key issues which are crucial for the survival of rural Ireland.

Sligo Town Macra to walk for Athy to Government Buildings to stand up for Rural Ireland

On April 25th and 26th Macra Members from across Sligo will walk from Athy in County Kildare where Macra was founded in 1944 to the steps of Government Buildings.
The Journey will cover 79Kms, one for every year that Macra has been in existence. Our members will walk through the night to carry as simple message, ‘We want a future in Rural Ireland’.
Sligo Town Macra members will gather with Macra members and rural people from across the country from 6pm April 25th in the centre of Athy. From here our members will embark on the 79Km journey walking through the night taking ‘Steps for our Future’.
The Steps for our future action is organised by Macra Nationally and aims to highlight 8 key issues affecting Rural Youth,
1. Accessing affordable housing and cumbersome housing planning guidelines
2. Disjointed and sparse healthcare services for rural communities
3. The Governments definition of a family farm as ‘average’ and ‘typical’
4. No recognition or engagement by Government on a farming succession scheme
5. Lack of planning for the future of our rural communities informed by rural people
6. Imposition of quotas on young farmers availing of grant aid support
7. Lack of public transport for rural Ireland
8. Proposals to rewet large areas of rural Ireland
Our members are not just coming with problems though we have solutions, and on Wednesday April 26th we will hand in those solutions to Government to address these issues.
Sligo Macra members are very exercised about these issues and ask all rural people to join with us in our days of action.

For Further Information contact:
Sligo Town Macra
National President John Keane 0857049175
Derrie Dillon 0872834923

Reminder that our new members night taking place this evening at 8:30 pm

Reminder that our new members night taking place this Friday

Dont forget club meeting tomorrow evening.

Join us at our County meeting tomorrow night 📌📌

Less than 3 weeks to go until our new members information night which is on the 21st of April at 8:30pm in the Avalon centre.

Macra is a youth organisation for people aged 17 to 35. It's a great way for young people to meet up in Sligo and around the country with lots of activities to take part in like sports, debating, social nights and much more!

The sun even decided to come out for our farm walk today 🌞 ☀️

Just one week to go until our Sligo farm walk. Hope to see you all there

Social Media Workshop‼️

Eweknit Katie Shanahan Louise & The Calf Girl will be delivering a social media workshop for FREE online via zoom for ALL Macra members 💙💫

They will cover a range of topics on various aspects of Instagram, Facebook and TikTok! Register to join for free via the following link ⬇️

https://macra.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZArc-GuqT0qEtMMv2npc6Yh9HU5-NLd5Oy5

A wealth of knowledge to be learned from these guys who are mastering all major social media platforms! 💪🏼👏🏼

Macra Agricultural Skillnet

🐮🐮 Farm Walk 🐮🐮

Sunday the 2nd of April Sligo Macra are hosting a farm walk on the Farm of Brian McNicholas and Karen Rowe. Brian runs a suckler herd in Ballinacarrow. Farm walk kicks off at 2pm.

All welcome to join 😊
Brian Mc Nicholas Karen Rowe Sligo Town Macra Club Benbulben Macra - North Sligo Coolaney Macra Na Feirme Ballymote Macra

Thank you to those who attended last nights Sligo County Meeting. Brilliant discussion about the future of Macra in Sligo and Nationally.

Please find the schedule of dates agreed last night. Keep an eye on social media for more upcoming events 📌

If you'd like to join or just find out what Sligo Macra is about PM our page

Coming up this week

North West Macra crowns 2023 king and queen North-West Macra na Feirme has crowned its 2023 King and Queen at an event at The Radisson Blu Hotel, Sligo, on Saturday, January 21st, 2023.

**Delegate Packs**

Going on sale this Wednesday 25th January at 10am!!!!

€205pp for 2 people sharing
€175pp for 3 people sharing

Bed, breakfast and entry to both nights included (gala banquet Saturday).

FIRST COME FIRST SERVED BASIS

Please do not contact hotel before 10am

The hotel will take €100 deposit per room, and then the remaining balance one week prior to the event (from the card used to book).

There will also be a €50 security deposit (cash) once people arrive to ensure the rooms are kept well.

Deposit is NON-REFUNDABLE