{"id":489609,"date":"2026-06-08T21:35:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T21:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/489609\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T21:35:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T21:35:12","slug":"visitor-centre-to-open-at-oweninny-windfarm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/489609\/","title":{"rendered":"Visitor centre to open at Oweninny Windfarm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Oweninny Windfarm Visitor Centre has announced it will open to the public this summer. The family friendly facility will be open Thursday to Sunday, from 10am to 4pm between June and the end of September, with free entry for all visitors.<\/p>\n<p>Developed by BnM and ESB,\u00a0Oweninny Windfarm Visitor Centre is a state of the art resource that has been designed to showcase the importance of wind energy and sustainability, illustrating how this renewable form of power benefits the country and the local community.\u00a0 The centre does this through engaging, interactive exhibits and colourful, specially curated displays and challenges, which aim to help inform and educate visitors \u2013 from schoolchildren to adults alike.<\/p>\n<p>Orla\u2019s Caf\u00e9, a family friendly caf\u00e9 will operate at the centre during opening hours. The facility is also wheelchair accessible.<\/p>\n<p>Another feature for visitors at Oweninny Windfarm Visitor Centre is the scenic 5km walk which provides engaging, interactive stops along the way and picnic benches along Lough Nafaran<\/p>\n<p>A number of additional events aimed at families and young learners are also set to take place at the centre throughout the summer, with further details to be announced in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Kathy Rowland, Manager of Oweninny Windfarm Visitor Centre, has been speaking with Midwest Radio\u2019s Rowan Kelly\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.midwestradio.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/KATHYWIND.wav\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.midwestradio.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/KATHYWIND.wav<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 Oweninny Windfarm Visitor Centre has announced it will open to the public this summer. The family friendly&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":489610,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,61,60],"class_list":["post-489609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=489609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/489610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=489609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=489609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}