Linda Ervine, MBE and Council of State Member with her husband Brian officially opening Scariff Harbour Festival 2026 at Scariff GAA Club on Friday evening. Photograph: Arthur Ellis. LOCAL LANDMARKS, stories from behind shop counters in East Clare, the lure of the Irish language in East Belfast and stories from Palestine were among the highlights …
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SIGNS and hoardings, banners and flags, are flying high in Scariff in advance of the Annual Harbour Festival this Bank Holiday weekend. The increasingly popular four day family festival with an events programme packed to the brim with activities from high octane riverside and hurling pursuits to reflective historical walks and talks with fun activities …
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EXPERIENCES from Palestine by a Scariff couple will be shared in a short film.
DIOCESAN Bishop of Killaloe, Fintan Monahan, will lead a Camino of Hope walk through the northern part of Scariff parish during the upcoming Annual Harbour Festival. The 10km walk will begin at the Market House in the centre of town on August 2nd at 11.45 and head out the Flagmount road to the mass rock …
Clare and Scariff hurler Mark Rodgers receives a presentation from GAA President Jarlath Burns. Photograph: Arthur Ellis. LARGE crowds flocked to East Clare for the twenty first Scariff Harbour Festival which proved to be a tremendous success over the August Bank Holiday weekend.
FILE PIC: Christine Kiefer and Jackie Parfitt from the Glendree Potters with a stall at Scariff Harbour Festival Market. Photograph: Natasha Barton SCARIFF HARBOUR Festival takes place this Bank Holiday weekend with scores of crowds expected in East Clare.
A golden voice of national broadcasting and showband aficionado and performer will get this year’s Scariff Harbour Festival under way on the lead up to the August Bank Holiday weekend.
*Genealogist, Dr Jane Hall0ran-Ryan. FAMINE ORPHAN girls from Scariff are among the gripping stories of people and place that will be told at the upcoming Scariff Harbour Festival.
LONG-held links between the Scariff Harbour Festival and Northern Ireland plus Scariff’s strong GAA roots will be showcased through the presence of GAA President, Jarlath Burns at the popular East Clare festival.
*Marie McInerney. TALES FROM THE PAST OF IRELAND’S first chipboard factory located in Scariff will be shared at an upcoming exhibition.