CivicDollars vs Baile Beo

What if there was a way you could be rewarded for being more active and help local community groups at the same time? Now you can with Civic Dollars. You can earn Civic Dollars by just spending time in a park (designated earn zone) and then you can get rewards for yourself or you can donate your Civic Dollars to a local community group or charity who can pool them together and get access to unique rewards from local businesses. To start earning Civic Dollars just: Download the app and register, Visit a Park or Open Space (designated earn zone) Start earning Civic Dollars Select a reward for yourself Choose a community group or charity and donate to them You can also report problems like anti-social behaviour and litter by using the (!) button while in a park. We will be updating our social media accounts with details of any new parks that have been added to the platform. Parks will be assigned different earn values so make sure to check the app for your nearest parks and how many Civic Dollars you can earn while there. Each park will have a real time symbol indicating how busy the parks are and will help you with social distancing (Red, Amber, Green). The app will only be using your GPS while inside a participating park and will only start when a user clicks the green “GO” button. If you forget to stop your visit your session will automatically stop when you walk out of the park.

Irish place names were anglicised over centuries. 'Mainistir Eimhín' became 'Monasterevin'. Tír an Iúir became 'Terenure'. Cionn tSáile became 'Kinsale'. Thousands of names stripped of meaning, replaced with English inventions that carry nothing. We never restored them. Baile Beo does. Across Ireland, towns, villages, and landscapes have long had a local identity. These names described the land itself — its geography, history, ecology, mythology, characters, and memories. Through colonisation and anglicisation, mirroring the decline of the Irish language itself, these logainmneacha (place names) were largely pushed aside and forgotten by most people who pass through them every day. The Irish language is experiencing a remarkable revival. With it comes a growing movement of people reclaiming the names that were taken — learning what they mean, where they come from, and what they say about the land beneath them. Baile Beo is built for that. FEATURES • Journey Mode — turn it on and discover the history of every town you drive through, in real time. Ancient names, myths, monasteries, and stories stretching back thousands of years. • 60,000 Irish place names alongside their English forms • Name meanings and origins, rooted in history and geography • Detailed place histories — from early legend to recorded history • Ancient monuments — ring forts, round towers, megalithic tombs, crannógs • Explore by map or by county • Save favourite places and build your own collection WHY BAILE BEO? Irish place names are more than arbitrary labels — they are records of how people understood their locality and the land. Mainistir Eimhín means 'Saint Evin's Monastery'. Cnoc na Cásca means 'the hill of Easter'. Leaca na Nóiníní means 'the hillside abounding in daisies'. Every name carries a world. Whether you're fluent in Irish or a foghlaimeoir, Baile Beo puts the real names of Ireland back in your hands. Every town has a story.