20 Clare projects to share €1.7m from Community Recognition Fund
*Lahinch playground. TWENTY community projects in Clare will share in the €1.7m worth of funding announced in the Community Recognition Fund.
Scariff
Scariff reign supreme over Inamona again
*Patrick Ryan gets away from Jason McCarthy. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. Scariff unquestionably demonstrated that there are now a senior force after doubling the dose on Inagh/Kilnamona to pick up where they left off in 2023 in O’Garney Park, Sixmilebridge.
Scariff out to show run to semi-final wasn’t a flash in the pan
*Keelan Hartigan of Scariff. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill AFTER an impressive run which saw them reach the semi-final last year, Scariff go into this season’s senior championship hoping that the experience they gained will benefit the club as they seek to end a seventy one year wait for senior honours.
Edna O’Brien to be buried on Holy Island
*A mural of Edna O’Brien at Wood Quay in Ennis. Photograph: John Mangan EDNA O’Brien’s funeral is to take place in her native Co Clare in the coming weeks.
Baker moves onto new Garda role in Ballinsaloe
TWO-TIME ALL-Ireland winning Clare hurler, Ollie Baker has been appointed to a new Garda role in Galway.
‘A fearless teller of truths’ – one of Ireland’s greatest writers of modern times Edna O’Brien dies
*Edna O’Brien. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod ONE of the country’s greatest writers, Tuamgraney native Edna O’Brien has died.
Ex Clare hurler Barry outnumbered in Murphy household but confident of getting bragging rights
*Barry Murphy flanked by his children Fionnan, Silín, Gearoid and Daithí. EX CLARE hurler Barry Murphy will be outnumbered in his own house when it comes to supporting his native county in the All-Ireland SHC final but he’s confident that Brian Lohan’s side can produce their best performance of the year this weekend to quieten his Cork …
Our Game sets the scene in Scariff with All-Ireland preview
SCARIFF is the setting for the Our Game Live All-Ireland hurling final preview on Thursday evening as anticipation ramps up for the meeting of Clare and Cork in Sunday’s showpiece event.
Story of the Famine in East Clare to be retold during Scariff Harbour Festival
The Old Water Tower on the banks of the Graney River on the Feakle Road out of Scariff. It was built to supply water to the Workhouse and is one of the stops on Walking the Way of the Famine. Photograph: Gabrian Van Houdt. SCARIFF’S Harbour Festival will tell the story of the famine in …
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Hot wheels for Clare County Fire & Rescue Service
Pictured at the official handover of two new Volkswagen Transporter vans to Clare County Fire and Rescue Service at the Central Fire Station Headquarters in Ennis were: (front row, l-r) Cllr Alan O’Callaghan, Cathaoirleach, Clare County Council; Killaloe Station Officer Graham Tuohy; Kilrush Station Officer Michael Hanrahan; Director of Physical Development Alan Farrell; and (back …
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