Clare Heritage Week guide

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Clare
Clare
Whale Watch Ireland 2016
You are invited to join the IWDG for a free and guided land-based whale watch at a local headland,
as part of All-Ireland Whale Watch day.
Venue: Lighthouse
Cost: Free
Organiser: Irish Whale and Dolphin Group
Email: simondberrow@gmail.com
Telephone: 086 8545450
Website: www.iwdg.ie
Booking Required: No
Dates: 27th August 14:00 PM to 17:00 PM
Whale Watch Ireland 2016
You are invited to join the IWDG for a free and guided land-based whale watch at a local headland,
as part of All-Ireland Whale Watch day.
Venue: Lighthouse
Cost: Free
Organiser: Irish Whale and Dolphin Group
Email: sanod2@gmail.com
Website: www.iwdg.ie
An Exhibition of Doolin Heritage
On display will be several photobooks pertaining to the history and heritage of the village of Doolin.
Venue: Doolin Cave Cafe
Cost: Free
Organiser: Helen Browne
Email: doolincave@gmail.com
Dates: 20th August 10:00 AM to 17:00 PM , 21st August 10:00 AM to 17:00 PM , 22nd August 10:00
AM to 17:00 PM , 23rd August 10:00 AM to 17:00 PM , 24th August 10:00 AM to 17:00 PM , 25th
August 10:00 AM to 17:00 PM , 26th August 10:00 AM to 17:00 PM , 27th August 10:00 AM to 17:00
PM , 28th August 10:00 AM to 17:00 PM
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Natural Heritage at the Cliffs of Moher
We will be focusing on how people make places and what that has meant for the Cliff of Moher's
built, natural and cultural heritage over the last 100 years.
Venue: Cliffs of Moher Visitor Centre
Cost: Free
Organiser: Cliffs of Moher Visitor Centre
Email: info@cliffsofmoher.ie
Telephone: 0657086141
Website: www.cliffsofmoher.ie
Dates: 20th August 10:00 AM to 17:00 PM
Butterfly Hunt
Find the hidden butterflies in the garden. Get a little map to mark their position. The map is yours to
keep and contains a lot of information about the butterflies.
Venue: Vandeleur Walled Garden, Kilrush
Cost: Free
Organiser: Vandeleur Walled Garden
Email: info@vandeleurwalledgarden.ie
Website: www.vandeleurwalledgarden.com
AM to 18:00 PM , 23rd August 10:00 AM to 18:00 PM , 24th August 10:00 AM to 18:00 PM , 25th
Mini-Beast Hunt
Join a Burren National Park guide to explore the wildflower meadows in the park and investigate the
invertebrates that live there such as dragonflies, shield bugs, butterflies, moths and froghoppers.
Venue: Gortlecka Crossroads, Burren National Park
Cost: Free
Organiser: Burren National Park
Email: burrennationalpark@ahg.gov.ie
Website: www.burrennationalpark.ie
Booking Required: Yes
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Family fun treasure hunt
Explore the Friary and solve the clues to unearth some of the many interesting features of this 13th
century site, and be in with a chance to win an OPW Family Heritage Card
Venue: OPW Ennis Friary
Cost: Free
Organiser: OPW Ennis Friary
Email: ennisfriary@opw.ie
Dates: 21st August 12:00 PM to 16:00 PM
Mini Beast Hunt
Explore the nature reserve looking for bugs and insects and the habitats they live in. Fun and
interesting for all the family.
Venue: Dromore Wood Nature Reserve
Cost: Free
Organiser: National Parks & Wildlife Service
Email: coolepark@ahg.gov.ie
Selfie Treasure Hunt
Come along & take part in our Family Fun Selfie Treasure Hunt around the beautiful historic
twin-towns of Killaloe & Ballina on the shores of Lough Derg. Great fun for all ages.
Venue: Between the Waters
Organiser: Féile Brian Ború
Email: info@feilebrianboru.com
Website: www.feilebrianboru.com
Antique Rock Show at Doolin Cave
Bring rocks or fossils for identification and information by Dr. Eamon Doyle, geologist for the Burren
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and Cliffs of Moher UNESCO Global Geopark.
Venue: Doolin Cave
Cost: Free
Organiser: Burren and Cliffs of Moher UNESCO Global Geopark
Email: edoyle@clarecoco.ie
Website: www.burrengeopark.ie
Dates: 23rd August 14:00 PM to 16:00 PM
10th Annual Clare Bat Talk & Walk
Starts with a family friendly talk that tells the audience how a bat really lives, debunks myths about
bats and covers all Irish species as well as others from around the world. Followed by a walk.
Venue: The Inn at Dromoland (previously The Clare Inn)
Cost: Free
Organiser: Clare Association of An Taisce, The National Trust for Ireland
Email: clare.antaisce@gmail.com
Telephone: 086 349 7946
Website: http://www.antaisce.org/local/clare
Storytelling by Eddie Lenihan
Eddie's storytelling ignites the imagination and keeps our myths & legends alive. His captivating,
excitable stories will keep you on the edge of your seat! Hear tales of adventure, magic and heros
Venue: The Celtic T-Shirt Shop
Cost: Free
Organiser: The Celtic T-Shirt Shop
Email: info@celtictshirts.ie
Website: www.celtictshirts.ie
Heritage Day 2016
Heritage Day 2016 @ Mooghaun Hillfort, Newmarket on Fergus. Treasure hunt for kids, craft demos,
wildlife walk & heritage trail. Fun event for all the family in an area of historical interest!
Venue: Mooghaun Hillfort
Cost: Free
Organiser: Obair Newmarket on Fergus
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Email: Tracey.daly@obair.org / Eimear.murphy@obair.org
Website: www.obair.org
Heritage Garden Day
Come visit our beautiful 20 acres of organic seed gardens and heritage orchards. We'll have Talks,
Tours, Craft Demonstrations, Children's activities all promoting Ireland's unique ecological heritage
Venue: Irish Seed Savers
Cost Adult: € 5
Cost Child: Free
Organiser: Irish Seed Savers
Email: info@irishseedsavers.ie
Website: www.irishseedsavers.ie
Tulla Weekend of the Welcomes
Various events held around Tulla parish including genealogy talks, guided tour to Mooghaun Hill
Fort & Forest, Bia agus Ceol (supper entertainment), Céilí and Mass Rock Celebration.
Venue: Various locations around parish of Tulla, County Clare.
Cost: Free
Organiser: Tulla Reaching Out & Ireland Reaching Out
Email: tulla@irelandxo.com
Telephone: (087) 9771385
Website: http://www.irelandxo.com/ireland/clare/tulla
Dates: 26th August 19:00 PM to 22:00 PM , 27th August 10:00 AM to 23:00 PM , 28th August 14:00
PM to 18:00 PM
Mulkere, Music & Musings
In this olde worlde pub local seanachaí, Dessie Mulkere, will enthral you with tales & songs of times
past. Musicians, singers and wordsmiths weave in and out to stir the memories.
Venue: Kilshanny House
Cost: Free
Organiser: Mary Butler
Email: kilshannyhouse@gmail.com
Telephone: +353 (65) 7071660
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Website: www.kilshannyhouse.ie
'Older Than Ireland' Movie Showing
A showing of the movie 'Older than Ireland' will take place in the Health & Wellness Centre.The
story of a hundred years of life as seen through the eyes of thirty Irish centenarians.
Venue: Health & Wellness Centre, Carrigoran
Cost: Free
Organiser: Health & Wellness Centre Carrigoran
Email: health@carrigoranhouse.ie
Website: www.carrigoranhouse.ie
Dates: 23rd August 11:30 AM to 13:00 PM , 24th August 11:30 AM to 13:00 PM , 25th August 11:30
AM to 13:00 PM
1916: Two Clare Lives
This event will launch 1916: Two Clare Lives - A thirty-minute radio docu-drama featuring the
witness statements of two Clare men, Michael Brennan and Art O'Donnell.
Venue: Westropp Room County Museum
Cost: Free
Organiser: Rita McCarthy
Email: mccarthyrita99@gmail.com
Opening of the Nan Hogan Memorial Garden section of our Heritage Garden
The opening of our Nan Hogan Memorial Garden will honour one of Clare's legendary Cumann na
mBan leaders, the executed leaders and all those who fought and died for Irish freedom in 1916.
Venue: Ryan Darbys Bar
Cost: Free
Organiser: O'Brien's Bridge Community Group
Email: mags.oconnor@ul.ie
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Church Music with the Schola Petra Fertile Choir
The award winning Schola Petra Fertile will perform a number of devotional chants related to the
church calendar in the 13th century Friary.
Cost: Free
CANCELLED. Researching Bottle Nose Dolphins in the Shannon Estuary
CANCELLED. Learn about the research regarding the Bottlenose Dolphins in the Shannon Estuary.
The talk is held by the Shannon Dolphin and Wildlife Foundation. Donations are welcome.
Cost: Free
Scattery Island's O' Cahane's Castle
Dr. John Treacy of the San Marcos Project, Spanish Point will give a talk about Nicholas Cahane's
16th Century Castle and the visit of 7 ships of the Spanish Armada to Scattery Island in 1588.
Venue: Scattery Island
Cost: Free
Organiser: OPW Scattery Island Visitor Centre
Email: scatteryisland@opw.ie
Website: www.heritageireland.ie
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Four Funerals and a Wedding
Kilkee is ringed by graveyards from near sea-level Temple Mead to the most elevated in West Clare,
Farrihy Graveyard with Kilfera Graveyard and that of Cill na Giallaigh.
Venue: Sweeney Theatre, Kilkee
Cost: Free
Organiser: Paddy Nolan
Email: cmcguire@clarecoco.ie
Website: www.clarecoco.ie
Dates: 22nd August 19:00 PM to 20:00 PM
Presentation on the Freshwater Pearl Mussel in Co. Clare
This presentation will give an introduction to the species, its habitat requirements, life cycle and
long term prospects within County Clare.
Venue: Kilrush Public Library
Cost: Free
Organiser: Congella McGuire
The Banner Rising
Jackie Elger will present this audiovisual celebration of people from Clare involved in the 1916
Rising from the Cuimhneamh an Chláir Archive, featuring excerpts from interviews with local people.
Venue: De Valera Public Library
Cost: Free
Organiser: Clare County Library with Cuimhneamh an Chláir
Email: mailbox@clarelibrary.ie
Website: www.clarelibrary.ie
The development journey of the Vandeleur Walled Garden from 1997 to 2016
See the development of the garden since the start of this wonderful project in 1997.
Cost: Free
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Ten Lamb Chops for a Pound
This is a humorous talk by Maureen Sparling about life in her native Limerick City when she was a
young girl.
Venue: Kilkee Bay Hotel
Cost: Free
Organiser: Kilkee Civic Trust
Email: secretary@kilkeecivictrust.org
Website: kilkeecivictrust.org
The Scroll of Ireland's Fame
Oral Historian Dr. Tomás Mac Conmara will present an illustrated lecture based on his publication
on the autograph book of Clare republican Paddy Brennan, compiled in Frongoch Internment Camp
in 191
Venue: Clare Museum,Arthur's Row, Ennis, Co. Clare, Ireland
Cost: Free
Organiser: Clare Museum
Email: claremuseum@clarecoco.ie
A Century in Clare 1916-2016
Jackie Elger will present this audiovisual event celebrating the rich heritage & culture of County
Clare over the past 100 years, featuring a selections of clips & a slideshow of photographs.
Venue: Scariff Public Library
Cost: Free
Organiser: Clare County Library with Cuimhneamh an Chláir
Email: mailbox@clarelibrary.ie
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'Garrett Barry to Willie Clancy' : lecture by Howard Marshall
The life of Garrett Barry (1847-99), the famous Inagh travelling piper, and his influence on local
piper, Willie Clancy. Howard's book, with Ben Taylor's beautiful photographs, will be on sale.
Venue: Áras OaC
Cost: Free
Organiser: Oidhreacht an Chláir
Email: eolas@oac.ie
Telephone: 065-7085785
Website: www.oac.ie
"What lies beneath ......" Explore Ennis Friary through the burial tombs erected over six
centuries
Guided tour of the 13th century Franscican Friary led by local historian and author, Brian Dinan.
Cost: Free
Organiser: OPW
Visit the Shannon Dolphin and Wildlife Foundation
Visit us for guided tours of our dolphin research and education centre, and learn about the valuable
work we do on the Shannon Estuary bottlenose dolphin population!
Venue: Shannon Dolphin Centre
Cost: Free
Organiser: Shannon Dolphin and Wildlife Foundation
Email: shannondolphins@gmail.com
Website: www.shannondolphins.ie
Dates: 20th August 10:00 AM to 16:00 PM , 22nd August 10:00 AM to 18:00 PM , 23rd August 10:00
AM to 18:00 PM , 24th August 10:00 AM to 18:00 PM , 25th August 10:00 AM to 18:00 PM , 26th
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August 10:00 AM to 18:00 PM , 28th August 10:00 AM to 18:00 PM
Loop Head Heritage Trail Free Audio Guide
Free audio guide* to Loop Head, where wonderful scenery, stories and great hospitality abound!
Simply download the free Guidigo App and search for Loop Head. *Does not include entry to Railway
Museum
Venue: Your self-guided tour begins at the West Clare Railway
Cost: Free
Organiser: Abarta Heritage Ltd
Email: info@abartaheritage.ie
Telephone: 052 618 9468
Website: abartaheritage.ie/product/loophead/
Dates: 20th August 9:30 AM to 17:00 PM , 21st August 9:30 AM to 17:00 PM , 22nd August 9:30 AM
to 17:00 PM , 23rd August 9:30 AM to 17:00 PM , 24th August 9:30 AM to 17:00 PM , 25th August
9:30 AM to 17:00 PM , 26th August 9:30 AM to 17:00 PM , 27th August 9:30 AM to 17:00 PM , 28th
August 9:30 AM to 17:00 PM
Killaloe Cathedral and Boat Trip on Lough Derg
A guided tour of St. Flannan's Cathedral, Killaloe including a visit to the tower. This part of the tour
is free. At 3.30 pm a cruise on Lough Derg on the 'Spirit of Killaloe'. 1 hour duration.
Venue: St. Flannan's Cathedral, Killaloe
Cost Adult: €10.00
Cost Concession: OAP - €8.00
Organiser: Shannon Archaeological & Historical Society
Email: jamaica@iol.ie
Website: www.clareheritage.org
Visit Ennis Friary
Vist the 13th century Franciscan friary, founded by the O'Briens and see the numerous 15th century
sculptures carved in local limestone
Cost: Free
Organiser: OPW
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Dates: 21st August 10:00 AM to 17:15 PM , 28th August 10:00 AM to 17:15 PM
Guided Tour
Guided tour of the 13th century Franciscan Friary, learn about the start of the town of Ennis and
view the 15th sculptures in local limestone - led by OPW guides
Cost: Free
Dates: 21st August 10:30 AM to 11:15 AM , 28th August 10:30 AM to 11:15 AM
Outing to Molougha, birthplace of St. Senan
An outing to St. Senan's birthplace, Molougha, Killimer, County Clare. St. Senan's holywell and
Molougha graveyard which features some interesting inscriptions and funerary art.
Venue: Outing to St. Senan's Birthplace, Molougha, Co. Clare
Cost: Free
Organiser: Kilrush and District Historical Society
Email: kilrushhistorysociety@gmail.com
Website: www.kdhs.ie
Archeological and Historical tour of Newpark House
Newpark House is a 18th Century two-storey, four by four bay, gable-ended house, facing over
Newpark Woodlands. Newpark House has a fascinating history as well as many architectural
features.
Venue: New Park House, Tulla Road, Ennis
Cost: Free
Organiser: Newpark House
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Visit to Tomeen Cave, Tulla
Unique visit and guided tour by landowner to the renowned Tomeen Caves partially roofed river
limestone cave. There are 10 spectacular caves in total, each separated by surface collapse.
Venue: O'Halloran's Filling Station
Cost Adult: €10.00
Cost Child: €5.00
Cost Concession: €7.00
Organiser: Pat Harrison
Email: harrisonlaura@eircom.net
Telephone: 086 - 8662615
Dates: 27th August 14:00 PM to 16:00 PM , 28th August 14:00 PM to 16:00 PM
Open Day at Loop Head Lightkeeper's House
An opportunity to see the conservation work of Irish Landmark Trust. Imagine life as a lighthouse
keeper on your self-guided tour of this restored lightkeeper's house now run as holiday
accommodation.
Venue: Loop Head Lightkeeper's House
Cost: Free
Organiser: Irish Landmark Trust
Email: caroline@irishlandmark.com
Website: www.irishlandmark.com
Open Day at Inchiquin House
An opportunity to see the conservation work of Irish Landmark Trust. Enjoy a self-guided tour of this
elegant Georgian country house set in gardens and now available as holiday accommodation.
Venue: Inchiquin House
Cost: Free
Organiser: Irish Landmark Trust
Email: caroline@irishlandmark.com
Website: www.irishlandmark.com
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Free Daily Tours of Scattery Island
Free guide tours of Saint Senan's 6th century monastic settlement including the island's famous
round tower, holy well and exploring the rich history ,heritage and folklore of Scattery Island.
Cost: Free
Email: scatteryisland @opw.ie
Website: http://www.heritageireland.ie
AM to 17:00 PM , 23rd August 10:00 AM to 17:00 PM , 24th August 10:00 AM to 1:00 AM , 25th
Geopark Walk and Talk
A walk and talk about some aspects of the geology of the Burren with Dr. Eamon Doyle, geologist for
the Burren and Cliffs of Moher UNESCO Global Geopark
Venue: Fanore Beach
Cost: Free
Dates: 22nd August 14:00 PM to 16:00 PM
Walk & Talk Dysert O'Dea Monuments
Walk through the more prominent monuments of Dysert O'Dea with a talk by Risteard Ua Croinin,
County Archaeologist and County Conservation Officer.
Venue: Dysert O'Dea Castle
Cost: Free
Organiser: Congella McGuire
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August Wildflower Walk
Even at summer's end, the Burren meadows are ablaze with wild flowers. Join a National Park guide
on our Nature Trail to learn about August blooms, their biology, diversity and place in the ecosystem.
Cost: Free
Walk with a Difference
Event for wheelchair users in association with IWA. Experience the Burren's famous built, natural
and cultural heritage on the High Common and end the day with tea and scones in a local farmhouse.
Venue: St Patricks Hall, Corofin
Cost: Free
Organiser: Burrenbeo Trust
Email: trust@burrenbeo.com
Website: www.burrenbeo.com
A walk and talk about aspects of the geology of the Burren by Dr. Eamon Doyle, geologist for the
Burren and Cliffs of Moher UNESCO global Geopark
Venue: Flaggy Shore
Cost: Free
Clarecastle Village Walk
Heritage Walk Clarecastle Dr Joe Power will lead a historical walk through Clarecastle.
Venue: Church Carpark, Clarecastle
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Cost: Free
Organiser: Clarecastle and Ballyea Heritage & Wildlife Group
Email: cartock@gmail.com
Website: http://clarecastlecommunity.ie
Bat walk
Learn about the bats in the nature reserve and take a walk with the Conservation Ranger to discover
their habitats and hopefully see and listen to these fantastic creatures.
Venue: Dromore Wood Nature Reserve
Cost: Free
Organiser: National Parks & Wildlife Service
Email: coolepark@ahg.gov.ie
Wild About Ennis- Nature Walk
Woodland nature walk
Venue: Lees Road Sports and Amenity Park
Cost: Free
Organiser: Ennis Tidy Towns
Email: info@ennistidytowns.com
Website: http://ennistidytowns.com/
A walk and talk up the slopes of Mullaghmore with Dr. Eamon Doyle, geologist with the Burren and
Cliffs of Moher UNESCO Global Geopark.
Venue: Gortlecka crossroads, Burren National Park
Cost: Free
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Flora, Fauna & Folklore
History and habitat weave together on this guided walk covering the history of Holy Wells, abbey,
cairn and castle. Identify plants and wildlife, then retreat to Kilshanny House for lunch.
Venue: Kilshanny House
Cost Adult: €30
Cost Child: Free (walk and lunch included)
Organiser: Mary Butler
Email: kilshannyhouse@gmail.com
Telephone: 00 353 65 7071660
Website: www.kilshannyhouse.ie
Mooghaun Hill Fort Walk & Guided Tour
Join us with Dr. Michael O'Connell, Professor Emeritus, PhD. Botany, NUIG, as he guides us around
the Hill Fort and tells of his experience with the archaeological dig for the Mooghaun Hoard.
Venue: Mooghaun Hill Fort, Newmarket-on-Fergus, County Clare
Cost: Free
Organiser: Tulla Reaching Out & Ireland Reaching Out
Scattery Island's Holy Well
Author and Historian Michael Houlihan will give a walk and a talk on the history and heritage
associated with Saint Senan's Holy Well on Scattery Island
Cost: Free
Email: scatteryisland@opw.ie
Website: www.heritageireland.ie
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12 O'Clock Hills Heritage Walk
Guided 3 & 5km walks on the 12 O'Clock Hills including a number of heritage sites. The event will
begin in the recently restored Kilkishen Cultural Centre with a talk about the restoration projec
Venue: Kilkishen Cultural Centre
Cost: Free
Organiser: Kilkishen Development Limited
Email: kilkishen11@gmail.com
Website: www.kilkishen.com
Free Guided National Park Walk
Join us for a free guided walk on the Burren National Park Orange Trail. This is a 1.3km looped walk
winding through mature hazel woodland, species-rich grassland and turlough.
Cost: Free
TVAS Being an Archaeologist
Suitable for adults and teens, these workshops provide an opportunity to learn about what an
archaeologist does. Hands on experience excavating and sectioning a dig using special excavation
boxes.
Venue: Clare Museum
Cost: Free
Organiser: Clare Museum
Email: claremuseum@clarecoco.ie
Dates: 26th August 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM , 26th August 2:00 AM to 16:30 PM
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Drawing the past
Come and draw the Friary as it once was - Art event for adults and teens. Led by Hilary Gilmore,
A.N.C.A.D., Member of I.S.B.A. Materials not supplied, please bring your own.
Cost: Free
Organiser: OPW
Genealogy Workshop for Beginners
Join the local Ireland Reaching Out team to find out how to start to research your family tree, break
down brick walls and access resources for further research.
Venue: Tulla Courthouse Upstairs Room
Cost: Free
Organiser: Tulla Clare Reaching Out
Dates: 27th August 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
All event information is subject to change. Please consult the www.heritageweek.ie website closer to
the event for the latest updates - Document updated: August 20, 2016, 10:14 am
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