*Senior investigating officer, Insp David Finnerty. Photograph: Joe Buckley OVER 100 witnesses who attended a party in Bunratty forty years ago on the night that Patrick Nugent died are to be interviewed as part of a fresh investigation into the death of the Sixmilebridge man.
A jaunting car takes visitors on a trip through Bunratty Castle and Folk Park. Photo Paul Corey MORE than 300,000 television viewers across Australia will be introduced to Bunratty Castle & Folk Park this autumn.
*Deric Hartigan of Ireland AM (pictured centre) with Irish Wolfhounds Rian and Mide at Bunratty Castle and Folk Park. TELEVISION weatherman Deric Hartigan made a welcome return to his former stomping ground of Bunratty Castle on Thursday last.
Fossetts Circus is making a welcome return to Bunratty Castle and Folk Park this weekend. Photograph: Brian Arthur. BUNRATTY is going to see the circus roll into town this weekend. Castle and Folk Park in Co Clare will host ‘The Big Top’ of Ireland’s national circus this weekend.
*The late Patrick Nugent. APPROACHING THE fortieth anniversary of Patrick Nugent’s death, his brothers are hopeful that a new national appeal may prompt persons with information to come forward so that they can put the tragedy behind them “once and for all”.
Kerry farmer Mick Teahan with a Kerry Bog Pony and foal in the Kerry Bog Village. Photo Joe Keogh A NEW INITIATIVE has been launched at Bunratty Castle and Folk Park to preserve and promote awareness of one of Ireland’s rarest breeds of pony.
*Bunratty Castle & Folk Park has come under the Council’s ownership with the transfer of Shannon Heritage sites. SUPPLIERS IN CLARE need to be supported by the local authority by making them the first choice when it comes to services at tourism sites under their operation.
*Affia Hussey aged 4 years and Niall Moloney, farm manager at Bunratty Castle and Folk Park with newly arrived Irish Wolfhounds 12-week-old Rían, meaning King, and 1-year-old Míde, named after the 5th province of Ireland in Celtic times who took up permanent residence on the grounds of Bunratty Castle and Folk Park. Photograph by Eamon …
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*Stephen Hanley, newly appointed General Manager of Clare Tourism East (Bunratty, Craggaunowen, Knappogue and Inis Cealtra /Holy Island), pictured centre at the Regency Walled Gardens in Bunratty Castle and Folk Park with Pat Dowling, Chief Executive of Clare County Council; Leonard Cleary, Director of Tourism Development, Clare County Council; Elaine Hiney Wall, Gardens Manager, Shannon …
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*Photograph: Brian Arthur FOSSETT’S CIRCUS 135th anniversary will be celebrated this month in the beautiful surrounds of Bunratty Castle and Folk Park.