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A KILLALOE toddler, who has already had numerous major operations including open-heart surgery, is now facing the prospect of a kidney operation because of a rare disease.

THE 95th anniversary of the Gallipoli Campaign was marked at a recent commemoration in Limerick organised by the Royal Munster Fusiliers Association (RMFA).

A NUMBER of letters, which give a unique insight into the impact of the Great Famine on people in County Clare will go under the hammer at James Adam and Sons Ltd, in Dublin on Tuesday next.

GIRLS filled the top positions in this year’s Clare Champion Second Level Short Story Competition.

With summer holidays around the corner, The Clare Champion looks at some of the preparation that goes into looking bikini beautiful just in time for the sun.  

TIMELINE The Aran Islands played a major part in the literature of the Gaelic revival in Ireland. They inspired Yeats and Synge went there on his recommendation. Their influence was further expanded with the filming of Man of Aran, a film about island life and the battle with the forces of nature.

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In the early 17th century, fresh from their defeat at Kinsale, thousands of Irish fled the country and into exile. For many years after, former soldiers of O’Neill and O’Donnell continued to flee the country and seek out their fortunes in a less hostile environment. Perhaps one of the more unusual destinations was Brazil, with Irish colonies formed on the banks of the Amazon.In 1612, Irish brothers Philip and James Purcell from Tipperary established such a colony. The Purcells built up a thriving tobacco plantation near a tributary of the Amazon, thereafter to be known as Purcell’s Creek. They were accompanied by a handful of other Irishmen, primarily from the Munster region. An amiable relationship was formed with the indigenous population, who in turn found the Irish more agreeable to deal with than the previous colonists of Dutch, English and Portuguese traders. It was the dream of vast riches that first drew the Purcells to this largely unexplored region. Brazil …