Meeting rooms, Inkwell Theatre, and desk space (with WiFi) available for rent. Please contact the Administrator.
Next Coffee Morning:
Friday, 24th March 9.30-11am |
No further events planned at present.
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ANNOUNCING TRACTON'S GOT TALENT 2023...
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PLEASE MAKE THAT CALL TO SHARE YOUR TALENT - THE MORE THE MERRIER!
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Starting Weds 22nd March 7-8pm, Thurs 7-8pm and Fri 9.30-10.30am.
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Final workshop: Saturday, 15th APRIL
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CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS! WHETHER YOU HAVE JUST ONE WEEKEND EACH YEAR, AN ODD DAY EVERY 6 MONTHS, HALF A DAY A MONTH, A COUPLE OF HOURS A WEEK - OR ANY OTHER AMOUNT OF TIME YOU WOULD LIKE TO GIVE TO YOUR COMMUNITY - WE HAVE VOLUNTARY GROUPS IN TRACTON WHO WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. RIGHT NOW WE ARE PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN HEARING FROM ANYONE WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED TO HELP WITH TRACTON MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL (various roles), THE COMMUNITY COFFEE MORNINGS, AND TRACTON COMMUNITY COUNCIL ALSO HAS A VACANCY.
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About the centre and theatre...
Tracton Arts & Community Centre is located in beautiful, rural surroundings near the village of Minane Bridge, County Cork. It offers a broad range of facilities in a magnificently restored and extended old school house including conference room facilities and a theatre. Hosting a range of activities to suit young and old, passive or active, the community centre has become the heart of local community life; from exercise classes to art classes, and meetings for mothers & toddlers to activities for the retired. The attached Inkwell Theatre has hosted a wide variety of shows; from local, amateur drama groups and choirs through to international performers such as the Vanbrugh Quartet, Luka Bloom and Mick Flannery.
The community centre comprises two large rooms suitable for e.g. sports classes, parties and meetings, and the theatre is a 120 seat venue with a modular stage, full sound and lighting equipment, a film projector and screen. With the stage packed away it becomes a flexible, airy space suitable for a variety of activities and events.
Outside the grounds are being thoughtfully landscaped, there is a large car park, a running track of almost 400m and a purpose built bread & pizza oven.
To discover more about events at the Inkwell Theatre, please click here.
For further information and pictures of the rooms and facilities available for booking please click here.
The community centre comprises two large rooms suitable for e.g. sports classes, parties and meetings, and the theatre is a 120 seat venue with a modular stage, full sound and lighting equipment, a film projector and screen. With the stage packed away it becomes a flexible, airy space suitable for a variety of activities and events.
Outside the grounds are being thoughtfully landscaped, there is a large car park, a running track of almost 400m and a purpose built bread & pizza oven.
To discover more about events at the Inkwell Theatre, please click here.
For further information and pictures of the rooms and facilities available for booking please click here.
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Tracton Arts & Community Centre is delighted, and excited, to announce that we have approval for grant funding for the installation of a lift in the entrance hall. This will fulfil our dream of creating a user-friendly space, accessible by everyone in our community.
Minister Humphreys (Rural and Community Development) has pledged over €33 million to upgrade and develop 278 Community Centres up and down the land. The grant we will receive is to cover 95% of the cost to buy and install the lift. The project will go ahead in the coming months, and in the meantime we will be fundraising for the extra 5% to cover the total cost. We are very proud that our Community Centre, and all the wonderful activities and events happening there, will be more accessible for all in future. |
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TRACTON COMMUNITY COUNCILTracton Arts & Community Centre and the Inkwell Theatre are run by Tracton Community Council; a group of volunteers who work to maintain and improve the environment and facilities in the Tracton area. To learn more about the community council, its sub-committees and affiliated groups, and for all contact details, please click here. |
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The Knocknamanagh Old School Story...
From a ruin...
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...to a modern community centre and theatre.
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The building that is now Tracton Arts & Community Centre is a rare surviving example in Ireland of a two-storey Georgian National School, and is on the Register of Protected Structures (ref-Cork County Council RPS 00662). Threatened with demolition by Cork County Council in 2003, it was acquired by Tracton Community Council in 2006, and a specific committee (KOST - Knocknamanagh Old School Trust) was established to oversee the restoration and development.
For the story in pictures, and other images of recent events and activities at the community centre and theatre please click here.
For the story in pictures, and other images of recent events and activities at the community centre and theatre please click here.
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TRACTON ARTS & COMMUNITY CENTRE...
A JEWEL IN THE HEART OF THE COMMUNITY
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