Twinning visit by French town confirmed
It will be the first visit under a twinning arrangement between the two towns which has been set in train with the support of Kildare County Council.
At last night's inaugural public meeting of the Kilcullen Twinning Group, Nessa Dunlea said the visitors would be here for St Patrick's weekend, arriving early on the Friday morning and returning to France on the Sunday evening.
She suggested there would be a reception for them on the Friday evening in the Kilcullen Heritage Centre and a programme for the rest of the weekend would be organised.
The meeting was attended by a number of local people interested in being involved with Kilcullen's twinning project, as well as Anne-Marie Conneely from Kildare County Council's Community Department who outlined the Council's newly-developed policy on twinnings.
Cllr Rob Power, one of two local representatives recently appointed to the Kilcullen Twinning Group by the Naas MD was also present, while there was an apology from Cllr Billy Hillis, who was unable to attend.
Des Leadon of the Irish Equine Centre in Johnstown, through whom the first contact by Saint-Contest came, was also present, as was Susan Rusk, formerly a resident of Kilcullen and currently chairperson of Newbridge Twinning Committee. Both agreed to help with the Kilcullen group's activities as it develops its twinning programme.
Others who agreed to be involved included Scoil Bhride Principal Anne Flanagan, Tanya Flanagan, Lorna Brophy, Antoinette Buckley, Brendan O'Connell, and Paul Leighton. Nessa Dunlea and Noel Clare, who were part of a small Kilcullen group who visited Saint-Contest in September to explore the twinning possibility, are also part of the Twinning Committee which was established last night.
There were apologies from a number of other people unable to make last night's meeting but who indicated they would like to be involved.
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