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Track down your ancestors at the library

National Heritage Week, co-ordinated by the Heritage Council, runs from Saturday until August 29. Clare County Librarian, Helen Walsh said the library provides a fantastic opportunity for people of all ages to participate during this year’s event.

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‘Oh Donnybrook, jewel full of mirth’

TIME LINE A “DONNYBROOK” is sometimes used to describe a general melee or row particularly in “stage oirish” situations. The scenario seems to be that we all go around wearing funny hats and red beards shouting “Shure” and “Begorrah” while we beat one another with small blackthorn sticks.

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100-year-old Maisie recalls meeting handsome Collins

THE life of a Sixmilebridge centenarian is more reminiscent of a Hollywood starlet at times than that of the stereotypical Irish woman of her time. While like many of her generation she recalls the tyranny of the Black and Tans, she also remembers the bright lights and glamour of Monte Carlo.Born in Ballinalee in Longford, Maisie O’Nualláin moved to Sixmilebridge in 2005 at the age of 95 to live with her daughter Eilis and son-in-law Michael Rogan. Last week, she celebrated her 100th birthday with a party for friends and family. “We had a great weekend altogether,” Maisie tells The Clare Champion. She is sitting in her adopted home with Eilis sipping mid-morning tea. Maisie looks well and vibrant and could be mistaken for a woman 20 years her junior. “But for my daughter, I would be lost,” she comments.Maisie Heraty’s parents were shopkeepers. Seán MacEoin, the Blacksmith of Ballinalee, veteran of the War of Independence and later government minister, …

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