Arts & Culture

A FILM screening in the country’s best-known caves is one of the highlights of a new film festival taking place in North Clare later this month.

NORTH Clare drama group Burren Players take to the stage at the Royal Spa Hotel, Lisdoonvarna this Thursday in a production of Ken Ludwig’s comedy Lend Me aTenor.

ELEVEN-year-old Declan Cairney began volunteering with the Burren Birds of Prey Centre over a year ago and since then, his love of raptors has intensified. The birds eventually proved the inspiration for the fifth-class pupil to write his first book, Raptors – A Pocket Guide to Birds of Prey and Owls, which will be launched at the centre this Saturday.

COORACLARE harpist Tina Mulrooney has been playing for more than 20 years but she recently decided to change her harp. She found an instrument that marries American craftsmanship with African hardwood. After travelling far and wide, Tina now owns Ireland’s first concert-style fully levered chamber harp made from bubinga wood.

BLIND storyteller Bríd Uí Choisteala will be revered among her own in Kilbaha when her life and times form the basis of a public lecture this weekend.

A group from Newmarket are about to bring a play to the Big Apple.

The excitement of aviation will be captured through the eyes and creative hands of hundreds of children from Shannon Airport’s catchment area, as it hosts its first schools art competition.

IRELAND’S clean coasts will be showcased in North Clare later this month.