On 2nd February 2012 Camphill Duffcarrig held a very special birthday celebration of 40 years as a community. The keys to Duffcarrig House, our first house community, were handed over on 2nd February 1972 by Dorothy Harvey who sold the property to Camphill. The Harvey family had held the property since the early 20th century. The very next day two of the people with special needs that formed the core of our community life drove down from Camphill Glencraig where they were then living to begin life in what was now to be named Camphill Village Community Duffcarrig.
We were lucky enough to have 4 of the people that were there at the very beginning at our special celebration cutting the cake. Two of the people with special needs cutting the cake arrived in Camphill Duffcarrig in February 1972 and are still here 40 years later. We would like to thank them and all those who have contributed their love, enthusiasm, skills and other support to the community over the years.
Camphill Duffcarrig was the first Camphill Community in the Republic of Ireland. Camphill in Ireland is also therefore celebrating 40 years of existence. Those 40 years have seen amazing growth in the size and range of activities undertaken by Camphill. Just have a look at some of the other pages on this website and you will see!
Our celebration on 2nd February was the first in what we hope will be a series of events celebrating and commemorating the achievements of Camphill Duffcarrig and Camphill in Ireland over the past 40 years. We also hope to take some time to reflect on our growth and change during that time in order to get a sense of how we can best contribute to the endeavour of supporting and truly meeting one another into the future.
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