THE work of famous American photographer Ansell Adams was researched by a  Clonlara student as part of his photography course in St Munchin’s College, Limerick recently.

THIS year’s Riches of Clare free lunchtime concert series begins this Sunday, with its official launch at the Kilfenora Music Festival. The concert series features traditional musicians from or based in Clare with an occasional visitor.

Olympus Has FallenDIRECTED BY: Antoine FuquaSTARRING: Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan FreemanCERT: 15A THE US President (Aaron Eckhart), the First Lady (Ashley Judd) and their young son Connor (Finley Jacobsen) are at Camp David, getting ready to attend a billionaire’s ball. Mike Banning (Butler) is the Secret Service agent in charge of the main man’s security detail. He’s also clearly a close family friend. On the way to the ball, there’s a tragic accident on an icy road. Afterwards, Banning becomes the fall guy, exiled to a desk job in the Treasury Department. Eighteen months down the road, he’s still not taking it well, sitting on the sidelines while his old buddies work the big jobs – like their latest, overseeing a visit to the White House by a delegation of South Korean ministers. All of this happens in the first 15 minutes, when Olympus Has Fallen is a serious and interesting political drama – well written, nicely played and …

Adapting a beloved series of novels for the big screen is never an easy process. For every Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter there’s two Golden Compasses and, while the Jack Reacher novels aren’t beloved by tweens and don’t feature any dragons, magic or dwarves, they still deep in the camp of “things the fervent fans don’t want to see screwed up”.

CAMMOGE Point in Poulnasherry Bay doesn’t betray its tragic past underneath the mid-April sunshine.Located near Clarefield, not far from Kilkee, the isolated stretch of stony beach was once a short cut from the extreme west of the county to Carnacalla near Kilrush. About three-and-a-half miles could be shorn from the journey to Kilrush by crossing the mouth of Poulnasherry Bay. The route was availed of for hundreds of years and, in fact, a ferryboat operated from Cammoge Point until 1927. However, the picturesque point was the scene of total devastation on December 12, 1849, when a boat, returning from Kilrush, sank. Forty-one people drowned within a mere 30 yards of completing the journey. In a detailed contribution to The Other Clare in 2006, historian Paddy Nolan outlined the nature of the tragedy and the context that led to it. On the morning of the multiple drowning, the boat, which was designed to carry 12 people, sailed to Kilrush. The majority …

In the story of her own life experiences, Aoife O’Connor from Midleton in Cork tells an all too familiar tale.

Cuimhneamh an Chláir, Clare’s award-winning oral history and folklore group, documents seasonal customs that were important rituals in the calendar year. Customs and beliefs surrounding May Eve occupied a central role in folk superstitions and many strategies were observed in respect of this day. The stories are the direct words of those recorded.

Coláiste Muire is looking forward to visits from Ireland’s top celebrities including Roz Purcell, Brent Pope and other well-known celebrities to their school this Saturday as part of Cycle Against Suicide.