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Sharing skills for a truly sustainable homelife.

Common Knowledge is a non-profit social enterprise based deep in the Burren, on Ireland’s beautiful West Coast. We share skills in building, making, mending and growing, because we believe that between us all, we have the knowledge needed to create a truly sustainable future.

Designing Our Food Future: A Community Approach to Change
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Designing Our Food Future: A Community Approach to Change

We talk to Lara Hanlon from Portion Collaborative about the future of food production in Ireland, and how taking a design thinking approach to the problem will create solutions for everyone. Our upcoming workshop, The Future of Local Food Systems: Re-Imagining Community Growing in Ireland in November is a packed itinerary of discussions, panels, potluck dinner and design thinking to turn problems into solutions using design thinking and simple visual mark making.

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When Build School went to Portugal
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When Build School went to Portugal

Build School went to Portugal last week and it was a great success. Read bout how Zack Halliday and the Common Knowledge team taught a bilingual group about not only building and but ecological sustainability and connection with the land and each other.

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The Art of Giving: Why Handmade Gifts Matter This Christmas
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The Art of Giving: Why Handmade Gifts Matter This Christmas

Give the gifts that truly resonate this festive season with our guide to making your own handmade gifts and learning a new skills along the way. Give a gift to someone and to yourself at there she time and get the joy in making something with your own hands for family and friends.

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Get Your Home Winter-Ready with Our DIY and Repair and Home Workshops
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Get Your Home Winter-Ready with Our DIY and Repair and Home Workshops

Yes we know it's a bit early to be mentioning the word Christmas, but it's only because we want you and your home to be holiday season ready when it all comes around, and what better way then to tick off all those to-dos off your list in time for all those visitors. You can learn how to tackle all of those jobs waiting for you and more by taking one of our two upcoming DIY and Repair at Home weekend courses.

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The DIY Kitchen Cabinet Makeover: Learn How to Build Like a Pro
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The DIY Kitchen Cabinet Makeover: Learn How to Build Like a Pro

Learn to design, build, repair, or upgrade your kitchen with this hands-on DIY kitchen cabinets course. Ideal for beginners and those looking to save money, this course covers ergonomic kitchen design principles, essential cabinet construction techniques, joinery methods, and practical tools for building and repairing cabinets. You'll also explore countertop options and finishing techniques to give your kitchen a professional touch. Whether you're starting from scratch or revamping an existing space, you'll gain the skills to create a custom kitchen that suits your needs and budget.

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Gut Health, Culture, and Community: The Power of Fermented Foods
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Gut Health, Culture, and Community: The Power of Fermented Foods

If you've ever wondered about how to stack your cupboards with delicious preserved jars of pickles, wanted to try the gut busting benefits of kimchi or sauerkraut then you should enter the wonderful world of pickling, fermenting and preserving with us in our Introduction to Fermentation course at Common Knowledge this season.

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Your Perfect Venue: Retreat, Gather and Create at Common Knowledge
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Your Perfect Venue: Retreat, Gather and Create at Common Knowledge

Come and gather at the Common Knowledge Centre for your next event, retreat of corporate gathering. We've got the perfect space for you with our Lodge, Octagon and Studio spaces designed for a range of numbers and configurations, not to mention our 50 acres of stunning boglands and organic gardens that are at your disposal too.

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Fire, Food, and Ferments: Join Us for a Creative Season at Common Knowledge
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Fire, Food, and Ferments: Join Us for a Creative Season at Common Knowledge

As the days grow shorter and the air turns crisp, there's no better time to hunker down, embrace the season, and learn something new. At Common Knowledge, we’re inviting you to spend your autumn and winter sharpening your DIY skills and crafting abilities in the warm glow of our Lodge fire. Check our our list of Seasonal course, with some CK favourites alongside some new offerings to tempt you to Kilfenora this season.

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Crafting Connection: The Joy and Skill of Spoon Making
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Crafting Connection: The Joy and Skill of Spoon Making

The conversation this week is with master craftsman,  Éamonn O’Sullivan form Hewn spoons. He talks about the skill and craft involved in carving your own spoon and the joy of using this piece of cutlery to feed and nourish yourself.

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Why We Need to Keep Traditional Skills Alive
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Why We Need to Keep Traditional Skills Alive

We’d like you to introduce you to Aoife Hammond, our Events and Projects Co-ordiantor here at Common Knowledge. We’ll let Aoife tell you all about their music, community building and skill sharing influences so you can see how it translates into what they create and run for us with Heritage Days, Community Projects and our upcoming Rekindle Festival.

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Demystifying Permaculture with Ciara Parsons
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Demystifying Permaculture with Ciara Parsons

We’d like you to meet Ciara Parsons, the Common Knowledge Permaculture Co-ordinator and let her tell you all about what permaculture is, why she loves it and what she’s growing, cultivating and teaching in this space on our 50 acre site in Kilfenora.

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  • Courses

    Learn to build, make, mend or grow at The Common Knowledge Centre in 2024.

  • Community Projects

    We work with communities and mission-aligned non-profits to bring our collective energy to their biggest challenges.

  • Venue Hire

    We are pleased to now offer The Common Knowledge Centre for hire for private gatherings, workshops and events.

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