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NIAMH Parsons is to headline a special concert on Friday, February 1 at Feakle Community Hall in aid of the Ciúnas Centre. She says she is delighted and honoured to be asked by Tommy Hayes to return to the East Clare village.

DOZENS of Clare pupils have been honoured by the County Vocational Education Committee (VEC) for their achievements and contribution to their schools during their time in second-level education.

MUCH has been made of President Obama’s link to County Offaly and Moneygall but there are other noted Americans with strong ties to the county. One such is Margaret Mitchell, the author of Gone With The Wind.

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  CUIMHNEAMH an Chláir and the Clare Education Centre are celebrating the success of their first joint Clare School’s Folklore Education Quiz. The quiz involved pupils from primary schools all across the county listening to memories of Clare’s elderly population, selected from the archive of Cuimhneamh an Chláir. Pupils were given the task of carefully listening to selected memories, which related to Christmas from the 1920s to the 1940s and answering associated questions. The quiz generated an enormous response, with over 300 pupils rising to the challenge. Ten winners were selected for special prizes sponsored by the Clare Education Centre and Cuimhneamh an Chláir. They were presented with their prizes at a special gathering at the Clare Education Centre last week. According to Pat Hanrahan, director of the Clare Education Centre, the response to the education quiz was most encouraging. He said, “From the level of responses received, it was obvious that the work of Cuimhneamh an Chláir is making …

Pat Guerin looks to the rich and fascinating past of his family’s home place in Kilnamona  

THE importance of providing information to older people to ensure they are claiming and in receipt of their entitlements cannot be over-emphasised.

Tony O’Reilly’s achievements as a businessman are well documented.