Scariff Bay Community Radio celebrates ten years as the talk of East Clare
*John S Kelly and Tom Hanley. SCARIFF BAY Community Radio is this week celebrating its tenth birthday and of leading the talk of East Clare.
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Plenty to soak up in Scariff for Harbour Festival
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.
Four Clare minor hurlers selected on team of the year
*Paul Rodgers. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill FOUR Clare minor hurlers have been selected on the Electric Ireland Hurling Minor Star Team of the Year.
Cratloe produce Neville-say-die finish to edge out Scariff
*Diarmuid Ryan catches the sliotar. Photograph: Joe Buckley DAIRE NEVILLE was among the young Cratloe brigade to lead the line scoring three points in the final ten minutes as John O’Gorman’s side edged out Scariff in the opening round of the TUS Clare SHC.
Scariff’s velvet revolution is tested by its evolution
*Mark Rodgers. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. SCARIFF’s continuous upward development graph has been a prime example of the benefits of a strong underage conveyor belt.
The Water Break: Every club believes they are capable of lifting the Canon Hamilton
*Ballyea and Kilmaley face off in one of the ties of the round. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. SIXTEEN teams enter the championship arena this weekend as the sliotar gets thrown in for the eagerly awaited TUS Clare senior and premier intermediate hurling championships.
Tuamgraney based Wilde Irish Chocolates looking to become more streamlined
*Patricia Farrell. FOR more than a quarter of a century, Wilde Irish Chocolates has been crafting delicious, hand-made confectionary in Tuamgraney.
Country Girl Edna to be remembered on first anniversary
ON THE first anniversary of her death, Edna O’Brien will be remembered during Scariff Harbour Festival. Blue Road, a film documentary on her life and completed shortly before her death, will be screened twice in her home place over the August Bank Holiday weekend.
Cultural change & lack of young customers a big factor in closure of rural Clare pubs – O’Brien
*Pat O’Brien. Photograph: John Mangan CULTURAL CHANGE and a lack of young customers are the biggest challenges facing Clare publicans according to the former owner of The Blacksticks Pub, Pat O’Brien.
Ronan Collins recalls Clare show band scene ahead of Scariff Harbour Festival performance
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.