Happy Christmas to all our students, past, present and to come. Happy Christmas to all our staff, past, present and to come. Happy Christmas to all our many supporters, past, present and to come. Happy Christmas to all our purchasers and suppliers past, present and to come. Happy Christmas to all associated with Gurteen College and as the sun set is close to it's last in 2017, may 2018 be another Great Year for All :-) Snow photo taken this December looking East from the back of the college. Sunset looking West from behind the farm buildings.

LAST CHANCE 2017 Winter Wonderland at Gurteen College our last evening this evening open EARLY at 4pm this Friday night ... join us? Call 06721282 to plan your visit, or just come along. Santa must leave this evening... time to get busy :-) What a wonderful success this has been, enjoyed by so many, thank you to all staff that have made this possible, special thanks to Jamie Owens... what will next year bring? :-)

Regular updates on Gurteen College Beef Enterprise & student experiences.

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Applications are now open for the Full Time Green Cert Course (Level 5 Certificate in Agriculture) which is then followed by a Level 6 option. Course commences September 2018. If you have any queries please email info@gurteencollege.ie or phone 06721282. To apply online for Gurteen's full-time Level 5 course please visit this page: https://www.teagasc.ie/education/going-to-college/apply-online/

Congratulations Shane, another lovely article by Catherina Cunnane, for That's Farming. Ex-student Shane Dolan, studied to Level-Six in Dairy Herd Management at Gurteen Agricultural College, also securing the Second Runner-Up award in the 2016 Teagasc/ FBD Student of the Year! http://www.thatsfarming.com/news/shane-dolan-interview If you are a young farmer and you want to share your story contact Catherine Email catherinacunnane@gmail.com

Gurteen College would like to congratulate Sharon Mannion, previously an Equine and Business student at Gurteen College, and her family on her and their achievements as this article below highlights - super Irish Draught breeding and a credit to you all :-) http://www.thatsfarming.com/news/dec-horse-breeder

Developments 2017 continue...Progress of the New Dairy today at Gurteen College... rising fast :-)

Gurteen College has seen so many happy children... come for a trip out these last few evenings, Tues Wed Thurs and Fri then no more... it has been great :-), "the main man has to leave us and go get busy!" Please note: SATURDAY 23rd DECEMBER FULLY BOOKED PRIVATE PARTY call 0892000224 to secure a time slot (preferred for your convenience) or arrive between our opening times and be happy to go with the flow... plenty of fun to be had and time to be spent, we have received FANTASTIC reviews.. "the best Winter Wonderland experience I have been to" :-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0p8BLjp6ic&t=104s

AIT/Gurteen College Equine Business Graduate Linda Murphy gave a professional performance at HSI Coaching and Breeding. Conference on 28 Nov. where top event rider Andrew Hoy put Linda and her horse through their paces in front of 400 attendees. Well done Linda! Ex. student Linda has had many successes this past season ... as she did last year... CONGRATULATIONS LINDA! Current AIT/Gurteen College Equine Business Students attended the HORSE Sport Ireland HSI National Coaching and Breeding Conference 2017 which took place at Cavan Equestrian Centre. This year, the conference focused on horse and rider production for success and featured internationally renowned equestrian professionals such as Rob Ehrens, Chef d’Equipe to the Dutch Show Jumping Team and Russell Guire; founder of Centaur Biomechanics.

No need to pre-book... just come along :-) Please join us on Wednesday evening (13th) for a very interesting and informative Equine Demo Tuition Clinic from James Tarrent and Tony Ennis - regarding strides involved in show jumping. Only €10 :-) 1 CPD point for HSI and IPC for attending. Please share....