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Tractor Run 2025

The 2025 Tractor Run will leave Parke village at 10.00 noon on Sunday 6th April 2025.

WITH SINCERE THANKS TO OUR SPONSORs

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Tractor Run 2024

The 2024 Tractor Run will leave Parke village at 12.00 noon on Sunday 7th April 2024, and will run through Turlough, Ballyvary and Straide, before returning to Parke village through Muckanagh and Fisherhill.  In all the route is 26 kilometres in length.

All Drivers MUST REGISTER in Parke: please bring your Driving License with you.  Thanks.

This year the event is open to vintage cars and motorbikes.

We are delighted to announce Mayo Autism Camp as our charity partner for 2024.

Again our thanks to the Kilgallon, Reaney and Kerins families for facilitating the event by opening their fields to host the tractors and spectators’ and supporters’ cars.

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Tractor Run 2023

Huge thanks to all the participants in the 2023 Tractor Run which left Parke at 12.30 pm on Sunday 2nd April 2023, ran into the Sacred Heart Nursing Home in Castlebar before running up the Windy Gap to finish in Crimlin.

We would also like to thanks all the sponsors (listed below) who donated goods to the value of over € 8,000 for the Monster Public Auction, and to the local businesses who supported it with services on and in the lead up to the event.

Huge thanks to the Kilgallon, Reaney and Kerins families for facilitating the event by opening their fields to host the tractors and spectators’ and supporters’ cars.

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Installation of Benches

Installation of Benches: thanks to the tireless work of Gerry Murphy, and with support from Councillor Ger Deere and the staff in Mayo County Council, PCADA are installing a series of benches at locations at scenic locations on walking routes around the area.  More planned.

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Bio-Diversity Plan

Bio-Diversity Plan: thanks to funding from Mayo County Council, PCADA has commissioned Dr Karina Dingerkus from Balla to develop an outline survey and action plan for the area: this will inform all future developments and give them a solid basis in sustainability.

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Kayak Trip

Kayak Trip: we are indebted to Martin Bolger from Fisherhill for this wonderful account of a trip along the Manulla river, a fantastic facility that wanders quietly through the area. It is just one example of the natural resources available to residents and tourists alike here.

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Charity Auction 2019

Charity Auction 2019; This is where it all started, pre-Covid.  Thanks to the support from the community and over 100 businesses, PCADA raised more than €5,000 in its inaugural event.