O’Connor withdraws from race to become Clare GAA Chairman
Crusheen’s Michael O’Connor has announced he will not be seeking contesting the election to the post of Clare GAA Chairman.
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Long-serving GAA officer Michael Griffin dies
The death took place last weekend of former Clare GAA official Michael Griffin.
A Latoon fairy bush that got international attention
For so long, employees in Shannon and Limerick wished for a bypass through Newmarket-on-Fergus, little did they or anyone think that the construction of the M18 would secure international attention.
TV documentary traces lives of ordinary Clare folk during construction of M18
Jill Beardsworth and Keith Walsh’s 2018 documentary When All is Ruin Once Again had its TV premiere in September.
D”Barber Shop still a cut above on twenty fifth anniversary
ENNIS barber Micheál Malone is celebrating 25 years in business at D”Barber Shop on Francis Street.
Demystifying the Biddy Early connection to Clare’s success of 1995
Leading up to the historic 1995 All-Ireland final, talk of the Biddy Early curse began to take hold within the county.
Clare loses another music powerhouse in Brendan Mulkere
Famous fiddle-player and teacher, Brendan Mulkere has died, he had tutored generations of musicians in London from the 1970s onwards.
Six Clare groups to receive combined €186k in COVID-19 stability fund
€186,000 in funding has been ringfenced for community and voluntary organisations, charities and social enterprises in Clare.
New managements finding it more difficult to progress in COVID championship
New management teams are finding it more difficult to advance in the 2020 Clare SHC and SFC which has been dubbed as “the COVID championship”.
Merited win sees O’Callaghans Mills progress to quarter-finals
First half goals from Gary Cooney and Bryan Donnellan laid the foundations for this merited win by O’Callaghans Mills over Crusheen in this round 2 game in the senior hurling championship.