Teams profiled as race begins for Clare intermediate football championship
*Cooraclare’s Micheál Garry. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ACTION KICKS off in the Clare intermediate football championship where twelve teams will be vying for honours.
Kildysart
Local referendum for Lahinch versus Lehinch gaining traction
LAHINCH’s “identity crisis” could be solved in two years with increasing calls for a referendum to determine its correct spelling.
AIB’s move to go cashless in four Clare branches ‘a slap in the face to rural Ireland’
FOUR MAJOR AIB BRANCHES in Clare are to be turned into cashless outlets from the end of September.
ŠKODA Ring of Clare Cycle brings 2,500 cyclists to the Banner
2,500 cyclists are in the county this weekend for the return of the ŠKODA Ring of Clare Cycle..
Clare footballers head Stateside for US championships
*Keelan Sexton in action in Croke Park. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill FOLLOWING THE CONCLUSION of Clare’s run in the All-Ireland SFC, a number of Colm Collins’ side have headed to the United States.
Kildysart through to Cusack Cup final & Doora/Barefield progress to Garry Cup semi-final
*Kildysart’s Stephen Sheehan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Kildysart will face St Breckan’s in the Cusack Cup final while St Josephs Doora/Barefield booked their place in the semi-finals of the Garry Cup.
Coolmeen’s growth in housing, traffic & school numbers cited in bid to reduce speed limit
GROWTH IN COOLMEEN HAS been flagged in the argument to reduce the speed limit in the West Clare village.
No funding to resurface ‘best maintained estate in Clare’
A HOUSING ESTATE IN KILDYSART is claimed to be the best maintained in the county while also boasting to have “the finest view from any Council estate in Ireland”.
Final round determines promoted and relegated teams in Cusack & Garry Cup
*Diarmuid O’Donnell scored two goals for Kildysart while Damien O’Loughlin & Corofin secured promotion. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography The concluding round of games in Divisions 1, 2 and 3 played over the weekend have cleared the way for the play offs and also confirmed what teams will drop down a division for next season.
Kildysart Currach Club members row in behind 10 year celebrations
By Stephen Kearney In autumn 2010, a group of friends from Kildysart stumbled across boat builder James Madigan displaying one of his latest builds, a West Clare Currach. The friends got talking to James and decided that they too would like to turn their hands to boat building. So over the winter of 2010-11 , …
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