Ballyhoura Development CLG
Ballyhoura Development is a community-led Local Development Company, and a registered charity, which works with communities, families, individuals and businesses in the Ballyhoura region of East Limerick and North Cork.
Our Vision: An area with empowered, inclusive communities, and a diversified economy.
Our Mission: To work in partnership to develop empowered and inclusive communities that inspire and embrace new opportunities, drive positive sustainable social, environmental and economic change, and reduce inequalities, thereby making the Ballyhoura area an attractive location in which to live, do business, and visit.
Welcome Address – Ambassador Dennis King | PRS Emigration Scheme Conference
Welcome Address – An Taoiseach Micheál Martin TD | PRS Emigration Scheme Conference
Commemorations: Memory, Community & Complex Histories in Documentary – Chris Nikkel
Bridging the Atlantic – John Tierney
From Whence They Came – Christy Roche
Irish and Canadian: Robinson Emigrants & Communal Identities in Peterborough County – Patrick Leahy
Genealogical Sources for Peter Robinson Descendants – Dr. Jane Halloran
The Robinson DNA Project – Glenn O’Meara & Matthew Barry
Agrarian Outrage and State Policy in Pre-Famine Ireland: Context, Coercive Power, and Control
The Trials and Tribulations of the Peter Robinson Emigrants in the Blackwater Region – Gerard Moran
A New Lease of Life: Why They Left and What They Left Behind – Bill Power
The EU as a Catalyst for Change: Ballyhoura Development’s Support for the Ukrainian Community
United in Europe: Strengthening Communities in Rural Ireland
Supporting Mental Health & Wellbeing
Rebuilding Futures in Ballyhoura: Supporting Ukrainian Entrepreneurs
The Ireland–Canada Homecoming 2025 – 200th Anniversary of the Peter Robinson Settlers
Policies and Permits: Identifying Barriers and Opportunities in Aquathermal Energy Projects
Ballyhoura Community ReImagined: Inspiring Stories of Local Social Enterprises
Ballyhoura Biodiversity: Empowering Communities to Rediscover Nature on Their Doorstep
Our Story: Creating Pathways to Employment
Building Bridges: Young Traveller Showcase – “Inner Dialogue”
Bicentennial of the Peter Robinson Irish Emigration of 1825 in Peterborough
Charleville & Mitchelstown “ARISE Project” Case Study
From Ballyhoura to Canada: Wreath Laying in Cobh Marks 200 Years Since Peter Robinson Emigration
Building The Capacity Of Young People For Active Participation in Society
Watch & Listen: The North Cork Rural Community Health Project
European Citizens
Youth Inclusion
Communicating Europe - Use Your Voice: The Power to Create Change