North Clare

A RUSTING piece of metal left hanging in a North Clare shed for decades may be a clue to a World War II mystery. Michael J Daffy, from Ruan, spotted the metal frame in the rafters of Percy Hogan’s shed in Cooga years ago. Michael believes the rusty metal is part of the tail of a German WWII plane and he is now trying to piece together information about the plane and it occupants. “The farmer who met the two pilots kept it and put it in his shed for about 50 years and I spotted it in the shed about 20 years ago. It is part of the tail of the plane. I didn’t know what it was but I asked the son of the man who met these people. He said his father took it down from the field and the plane was up in the rafters for about 50 years until I spotted it. He was selling …

DUBLIN senior hurling manager and Clare All-Ireland-winning captain Anthony Daly will launch a new Burren Walk at the Michael Cusack Centre in Carron on Saturday.

A North Clare GAA Heritage Centre chronicling the life and times of the former GAA founder, Michael Cusack should be exempt from paying up to €2,000 annually in rates.

The parish of Ruan is celebrating the retrieval of their hallowed ‘symbol of the parish’. The Nihil Chalice had been missing for over 12 months before it was recovered a fortnight ago.  

Work extending and refurbishing Corofin Hall looks set to begin by the end of next month after the Department for Environment, Community and Local Government this week allocated €300,000 to Clare Local Development Company for the North Clare project.

A NORTH Clare councillor has again called for signs directing motorists to Ruan. Councillor Joe Arkins made the call at a recent Ennistymon Electoral Area meeting after a Tidy Towns inspector reported they had difficulty finding the village.

A NORTH-American woman cycled through Clare recently raising awareness about peatland conservation in Ireland. Her cycling challenge began on September 19 and she arrived in the Boghill Centre in Kilfenora last week.

CLARE County Council has revealed the upgrading of the car park at the Cliffs of Moher may not be completed next year due to a lack of funding, despite claims from a local councillor it is in a “disgraceful” condition.