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ALMOST €210,000 has been raised for Action Breast Cancer over a three-year period, thanks to a successful annual charity walk in Killaloe.

A recent visit to Dublin saw representatives from Ennis receive good feedback on their work towards a Purple Flag for the town.

Hopes are high that the South Galway village of Clarinbridge will play host to one of the country’s sporting legends during the annual Oyster Festival, which takes place on the weekend of September 15-16.

THE death has taken place of Mrs Frances Browne, Buttermarket Street, Ennis. She was wife of the late Kevin J Browne, a well-known journalist in the Mid-West until his death in 1986.

THE trees removed when a roundabout associated with the Glaise na Rinne was being developed should be reinstated, Councillor Greg Duff has said.

THERE was a large crowd for Saturday’s open day at Hastings Farmhouse, one of the most historic buildings in Shannon.Hastings Farmhouse was one of the locations where the IRA held Brigadier General Lucas during the War of Independence and descendants of the general and his captors attended Saturday’s event. LEADER funding administered through Clare Local Development Company and further fundraising has facilitated Dúchas na Sionna’s conservation of the historical landmark.Speaking to The Clare Champion, Olive Carey of Dúchas na Sionna said everything had gone very well at the open day. “We had a terrific day, a great turnout and lovely sunshine. We had some volunteers dressed in uniforms from the period from a re-enactment group. They came and added a lovely flavour to the day. We had Ruth Wheeler, the grand-daughter of General Lucas and Aideen Carroll, the grand-daughter of Sean Moylan.”There were a number of presentations and some of General Lucas’ letters from captivity were read to those assembled. …

A SHANNON woman, who suffers from a breathing condition and holds a disabled parking permit, found a note saying ‘I didn’t realise that retarded people could take disabled spots’ when she returned to her car in Ennis last weekend.The woman, who does not wish to be named, is in her ’50s and suffers from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).“It’s a breathing condition and as a result of that, I need to use oxygen. I can’t walk for long distances. I can’t walk up hills, that sort of thing, but you wouldn’t know it to look at me,” she told The Clare Champion.“On Sunday we were going out to lunch, my daughter and myself, and we were kind of dressed up for going out. We parked the car and when we got back, this note was on it. I was really upset about it. “I have worked in the disability sector as an advocate for people with disabilities. I would be …

ENNIS has firmly been put on the map with this week’s launch of the Ennis Atlas, part of the Royal Irish Academy’s Irish Historic Towns Atlas project. The Ennis Atlas is the 25th in the Irish series, part of a Europe-wide project with similar publications for over 480 European urban centres.The publication traces, for the first time ever, the development of the county town throughout the centuries.The newly-published Ennis Atlas examines the growth of the town from its early O’Brien foundation at Clonroad to the medieval town that developed around the Franciscan Friary, to its function as an early modern market and county town through to the 20th century.Over 15 early maps and old views of Ennis are presented in the book, with additional thematic maps and illustrations along with an extensive essay by local man, Brian Ó Dálaigh. “I grew up around the lanes and streets of Ennis and I never thought I’d get to know them so well,” …