Clare artists Óscar Mascareñas and Elaine Tucker have found a spiritual home in Ballycuggaran. The Sixmilebridge based artists have made the woods their second home, and have built up a connection to the wildlife and plant life of the locality. That unique relationship will be the subject of a new exhibition hosted by both artists at Coach House in the People’s Museum of Limerick later this month. Entitled Transposition, the exhibition is a visual love letter to Ballycuggaran, its striking trees and beautiful animals. “Elaine and myself used to spend virtually every weekend travelling to different parts of the country taking photographs. We drove to Ballycuggaran and just fell in love with the place and started going there every weekend,” said Óscar. “We discovered the woods, which aren’t that well known, and we started exploring them and taking pictures of the flora there, there are a lot of very beautiful trees. It is a special place, both the woods and …
Read More »€39,000 to upgrade recreational walks
Some €39,000 has been allocated by the Minister of State for Regional Economic Development Michael Ring to Coillte for the development of new recreational facilities and the maintenance and promotion of existing recreational infrastructures in Clare. The money is to be spent on the maintenance of current walks and trails and is Clare’s allocation from a national fund of €1.3million. The works will facilitate the repair to signage and the barrier at Cahermurphy; the upgrade of the trails, maintenance of seats, new signage and vegetation control in Cratloe and general vegetation control in Doon. Funding will also go towards the general control of vegetation at the access of the East Clare Way at Knocknageeha, general vegetation control around the picnic area and the replacement of the barrier at Gragans Wood; the upgrade of the trails and vegetation control in Kilrush; and the upkeep of trails, new signage and general vegetation control at Moylussa, Ballycuggaran plus the general maintenance of trails …
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