Arts & Culture

THE Great Hunger, Patrick Kavanagh’s epic poem will be brought to Glór on Friday night. It is being performed as a one-man show by Jack Healy, of the Theatre Makers company.

THE North Clare men who fought in World War I are remembered in a new book by Ennistymon historian and retired soldier Gerard O’Halloran, which is being launched on Friday in The Falls Hotel.

JULIE Feeney’s mobile phone reminds her of what she has to do. Every time she picks it up, the words “Begin today” stare back.

  IRELAND’S Atlantic Seashore, a new book by photographer Valerie O’Sullivan, charts in words and images the richness and diversity of people and places from Mizen Head to Malin Head and showcases a number of locations and people in Clare. The book is a culmination of two years work, mainly negotiating the most precarious weather in living memory, in between Valerie’s job as a full-time photographer. “County Clare has its own unique beauty. The lives of the people follow the same pattern – desperately trying to preserve their way of life, knowing and breathing the sea all their lives, eager to converse and trade stories about the weather and to discover mutual friends along the way,” Valerie said. It was because of this that Valerie has featured many of its coastline scenes and people in her recent publication.“Meeting well-known seaweed producers Michael and Evan Talty was fascinating. They love working the land and the seashore. Their knowledge of sea vegetables …

ACROSS the county a number of writers groups are offering a communal outlet for what is essentially a solitary pastime.

Glór will host a celebration of the work of the late Jean Regan (1940-2012), which will bring together the best of her work along with more recent, unseen pieces.

Local man Enda Donnellan from Kilmoon, Lisdoonvarna is organising the first winter solstice festival in the country.

THE Courthouse Gallery will hold three exhibitions in the coming weeks. Something of the Night, a painting and a sculptural installation by Mary Noonan and Peter Burns takes place from this Friday until November 29.