Heritage Week
20th - 28th August
Check the Heritage Week website for details on Heritage Week Activities including activity sheets for children, heritage trails, Holy Island Mass and Famine memorial mass.
Celtic Traditions Concerts
Celtic Traditions Concerts every Monday. Doors open 7.30 pm , concert takes place from 8 to 9.30 pm
Summer Opening Hours
Summer Opening hours are as follows: Mon to Fri 9 - 5 and Sat 12- 5. Note: This is until the end of August.
Sacred Sounds
Due to popular demand the East Clare Heritage company are extending the Sacred Sounds concert series over the months of September and October. The concerts will be taking place every Monday at 7.30
Brian Boru Information Day
As part of heritage week, the East Clare Heritage Centre will be host to a Brian Boru information day from 11am-4pm Saturday 21st August. All are welcome
Sacred Sounds
Next concert taking place Monday 23rd August. On the night there will be performances by the legendary Concertina Player Chris Droney, the harpists Gerard and Eimear Coughlan and folk singers Kate Purcell and Pauline Hartigan. Admission 15 euro, two tickets for 25 euro plus concessions for groups, students and OAPs.
Sacred Sounds
Next Concert in the series is taking place on Monday the 19th of July in St. Cronan's church. Pat Mullins, Denise Glass, Eimear and Gerard Coughlan, and Kate Purcell will be performing on the night.Doors at 7.15. Admission 15 euro, two tickets for 25 euro plus concessions for groups, students and OAPs. Clare FM will be recording on the night.
See link below,(if links not displaying in browser, right click and select "save as" to save the pdf to your computer.)
Sacred Sounds
Next Concert in the series is taking place on the 12th of July in St. Cronan's church. Quentin Cooper & Eoin O'Neill, Seamus Bugler and Kate Purcell will be performing on the night.Doors at 7.15. Admission 15 euro, two tickets for 25 euro plus concessions for groups, students and OAPs.
See links below,(if links not displaying in browser, right click and select "save as" to save the pdf to your computer.)
Sacred Sounds
“Sacred Sounds” is the folk concert series being launched at St Cronan’s Church by East Clare Heritage & Kate Purcell. The first event will be held at St Cronan’s Church, Tuamgraney on Monday, July 5 at 7.p.m. Doors will open at 6.45p.m.
See links below,(if links not displaying in browser, right click and select "save as" to save the pdf to your computer.)
National Famine Commemoration
National Famine Commemoration Sunday the 16 May, Mass in the Casaoireach at 2PM
Merriman Research Blogspot and Twitter
http://merrimanresearch.blogspot.com/2010/04/genealogical-pilot-workshop-at-ul-on-19.html and on twitter: http://twitter.com/conqueredlands
A Sliabh Aughty Ramble
A Sliabh Aughty Ramble is the new book by our own Gerard Madden. Musings on the folklore, history, landscape and literature of the region,this book is a one hundred and eighty page, indexed, publication with 120 illustrations. It will be launched at the Mountshannon Hotel on Saturday the 3 April at 8.30 P.M by Mr Tony Killeen T.D. and in Woodford Hall on Saturday the 10 April.
Upcoming Meeting
A meeting will be held in the heritage centre Tuamgraney on 24th September. All are welcome
Concert
The concert that took place on the 27th March in St. Cronins was a great success and 1350 euro was raised for the Midest Cancer Foundation. Well done to all those involved,in particular, Dr Manus McGuire, Kevin Garry, Nuala Madden and the M.C for the night Paula Carroll.