As a mark of respect to all impacted by yesterday’s tragic accident we are postponing our talk scheduled for this Wednesday until the 15th of May.

And…we are back! Ready to start our Spring-Summer series of talks. First out of the blocks is John Phayer with a fascinating talk about domestic & industrial bog cutting in the area. This talk will take place The Lakeside Hotel next Wednesday 24th April at 7.30pm.

There’s a really lovely festival in Tuamgraney this weekend. St Cronán’s Church will be the venue for harp ensemble workshop on Sunday at 11am followed by a free recital at 1pm. There are lots of events with a gala concert in St Joseph’s Church tomorrow night at 8pm.

Beautiful - Irish family history in action, St Patrick would surely have approved of the generosity of spirit encountered in this eventful and meaningful trip ‘home’. ☘️☘️

Killaloe in 1979, brilliant footage! rte.ie/archives/2024/…

On the last Sunday of every month service is held in St Cronán’s keeping up its tradition of being the oldest church in continuous use in Ireland.

This fantastic series detailing the history and continuing magic of Thursday Nights in Feakle at Shortt’s Bar (formerly Lena’s). In 3 parts - a great listen especially for anyone interested in traditional music, community and East Clare
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What a fascinating find, never walk past an old photo album for sale!

The biggest collection of Stone heads in Clare is in the ruins of Kilfenora Cathedral. They display a variety of styles- the praying monks, a pouting bishop, a ghostly one in 2D and another integrated in a High Cross. They date from 1100-1500 AD when Kilfenora was a diocese unto

Can’t wait to have a look at this!

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The Album Issue Two is on its way to the shops! From Sat 2nd Dec you can buy it at The Forge, Heaney’s Costcutter & Ponte Vecchio in Killaloe and in TJ’s Angling in Ballina. It can be bought directly from us, 1st we need to check 2023 postage costs so bear with us for a few days.

This is sure to be an interesting talk by Killaloe resident Dr Tomás Mac Conmara.

You can hear Dr David Fleming’s wonderful talk about Edmund Sexten Pery and the Limerick Killaloe Canal on the History Show on Scariff Bay Community Radio SBCR this Sunday 1-2. Thanks as always to SBCR for recording our talks, broadcasting and podcasting them 🙏

Tomorrow eve 18th Oct at Killaloe Library, should be v interesting.

Hear all about next week’s Killaloe Sailing Club history talk in News Extra at 7pm tomorrow and at 11.35am on Sunday - Scariff Bay Community Radio. Scariff Bay Community Radio SBCR Killaloesailingclub

All your weekend listening from Scariff Bay Community Radio! Our Community Voice! Scariff Bay Community Radio SBCR

Was this the wettest summer ever in Killaloe-Ballina? It might not be, we will look in the Irish Newspaper Archives to see if there was a worse one and let you know!