Micheal gave an insightful account of the challenges facing the Mizen Head community and showed some of the successful projects they have delivered through local fundraising and public funding.

1. Challenging Times:
Community Endeavour in the
Mizen Peninsula
Rural Development Conference
30th November 2012
Michael Collins
Chairperson Goleen & District Community Council

2. Introduction
 Community Activism.
 Mizen Peninsula.
 Positives.
 Negatives.
 Possibilities for the Future.

3. My Back Round
 From a young age I have always been
involved in community activities.
 At present I belong to 24 different groups.
 From my experiences in these groups I
hope to inform you about some of the
problems & possible solutions.

4. Goleen and District Community Council
West Cork Community Alliance
Cork County Community Voluntary Forum
Lowertown Development Association
Schull IFA
Schull Community Alert
Schull School Board of Management
Friends Of Schull Hospital
Jerry Carey Walk Committee
Schull Agriculture Show Committee
Goleen Parish Steering Committee
Goleen Community Care Committee
St Josephs Young Priest Society
Kielhangel Graveyard action group
Lowertown Tidy Towns
Special Scenic Landscape Committee
West Cork Rural Transport
West Cork Development Partnership
Citizens Info
Cork County Joint Policing Committee
Goleen Festival Committee
Castlepoint Pier users association McLeain
Memorial Committee
Schull Water Action Group

6. Goleen & District Community
Council

7. History GDCC
 GDCC was formed in 1999.
 Thecouncil was set up in response to a
growing awareness of the lack of services
& the need discuss local issues.
 16 community councillors are elected

9. Mizen Peninsula

10. Population
DED 1911 2002 2006 2011
18,312 Crookhaven 779 250 239 230
18,313 Dunbeacon 588 213 211 199
18,314 Dunmanus 664 197 240 238
18,315 Goleen 709 260 239 256
18,318 Schull 1412 1068 1033 987
18,317 Lowertown 468 206 222 247
18,319 Toormore 575 214 205 183
Total 5195 2408 2389 2340

11. Positives
 Community Spirit.
 Local Business.
 Tourism.

12. Community Spirit

13. Rural Transport

14. Local Companies

15. Gubbeen Farmhouse Products

16. Mizen Vision

17. Skeaghanore Duck

18. Tourism

19. Schull Community Hospital

20. Schull Community College

21. Scoil Mhuire National School

22. Households with Broadband access 2006 under 3%

23. Households with Broadband access 2011 about 60%

24. Negatives
 Diminishing Services
 Unemployment
 Population decline

25. Bank Closures

28. In 2011 percentage of the population 65+ in Ireland
was 11.6% while parts of West Cork were over 20%

29. Possibilities for the future
 Human Resources.
 Tourism.
 Energy & IT.

30. Mizen Tourism Co-op
Society

31. Tourism
Wild Atlantic Way

32. Energy.
Oil accounts for just over half of
primary energy consumption in
Ireland (52% in 2009) and 60%
of total energy imports.
Community Wind power
In Mizen Peninsula

33. Source
 Airo Maps
http://www.airo.ie/
 CSO
http://www.cso.ie/en/index.html
 Ceramicx Ireland
http://www.ceramicx.com
 GDCC
http://www.goleen.info/
 Gubbeen Farmhouse Products
http://www.gubbeen.com/
 Skeaghanore Duck
http://www.skeaghanoreduck.ie/
 Mizen Head Visitor Centre
http://www.mizenhead.ie/
 WCDP
http://www.wcdp.ie

34. Thank You