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RECENTLY, a cousin lent me a ‘dead man’s penny’. These are large medallions, 12 centimetres across, given to the family of every Great War soldier and a few women, killed in action or of wounds.

A talented East Clare athlete, who was the second Irishman home in the recent Dublin City Marathon, is daring to dream about the possibility of representing Ireland in the World and European Championships over the next two years.

One startling aspect of the downturn in the world economy has been the pressing need for so many people to re-evaluate their lives in order to find alternative forms of fulfillment.

KILKEE will stage the town’s second annual playwright festival this weekend. The festival, which will be directed by Jenny Bassett Walsh, will be held in the Culturlann Sweeney Theatre. The theatre is part of the refurbished Kilkee library.

SOME of the highest achievers to graduate from Mary Immaculate College in Limerick last week are from Clare. Among them was Aylin Yildrim from Clonlara who received the College Medal for first place in German studies.

Irish history is full of “what if” stories. One of the great questions concerns Eoin Roe O Neill. What would have happened if he had lived to meet Cromwell in battle after he landed in Ireland?

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