Crusheen-based artist Patrick Kenneally will unveil a new collection of work in Kinvara this month, exploring Ireland’s deep relationship with the ocean and the coast. His exhibition, Connection, opens at KAVA on Tuesday, August 12, with the gallery open daily from August 13–19. As an oil painter with a love of colour and coastal landscapes, …
Two Ennis performers made their Dublin stage debut last week as part of the ensemble in Sweeney Todd in Concert with the National Symphony Orchestra. Aoife O’Gorman and Lily Christopher, both from Ennis, have been involved in stage school productions from a young age and have continued to pursue their passion through performances with community …
Three Clare-based arts organisations will receive a total of €187,265 through the Arts Council’s 2026 Arts Grant Funding scheme, supporting a wide range of artistic work and community-focused projects across the county. The Clare recipients are Courthouse Studios and Gallery, Cracking Light Productions and Salmon Poetry. Cracking Light Productions, a creative partnership between Maeve Stone …
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When choreographer and director Douglas Reddan returned to his family home in County Clare during the COVID-19 lockdown, he didn’t expect his daily 5km walks to spark a years-long artistic journey. But those quiet rhythms laid the groundwork for Pull Hard a short film that blends movement, memory, and masculinity into a coming-of-age portrait of Irish youth. …
AUGUST; welcome another month of adventure in the garden with lots of colour. We have so much going on in the gardens. There is lots of cleaning with flowering perennial and other flowering shrubs. Deadheading could be a daily job this time of year but feeding and watering as needed keeps the blooms going longer. …
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KAVA Courthouse in Kinvara will host a group exhibition this August featuring the work of five women artists from across Ireland. The artists Josephine Boland, Jennifer Hennessy, Catherine Christie, Ann Fripps, Auveen Byrne first met during a painting workshop in Dunmore East in Waterford in 2021. They’ve stayed in close contact since, forming a collaborative …
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*Donna McGettigan TD (SF). Photograph: Eamon Ward. CLARE TD Donna McGettigan (SF) has strongly criticised what she describes as ongoing neglect of women with endometriosis, calling for “gold-standard” care and publicly urging the Government to listen to the voices of those affected.
KINVARA based duo Eileen Fleming and Frank Hall will join Dublin Harpist Claire Roche for ‘An Evening of Music and Song” at Thoor Ballylee next Saturday (July 19th).
A yellow weather warning has been issued for the hot temperatures in Clare this Saturday and Sunday. Met Éireann has issued yellow weather warnings for the average temperature of 27°c this weekend. The warning will be in effect from Saturday 12pm to Sunday 6am. The highest temperature will reach 30°c during the day on Saturday, …
Following the success of his debut show ‘Colours in the Landscape’, Ennis native Christopher Quinn is back with his second solo exhibition, Ethereal, now on display at Clare Museum. Hosted in conjunction with Clare Arts Office, the exhibition opened on June 23 and will run until July 19. This marks a ten-year journey into landscape photography for …
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