Monthly Archives: July 2017

Genealogy Radio Show – Episode 20, Series 6, Clans and Surnames – Mark Wardlaw

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Lorna Moloney’s doctoral thesis, ‘From Gaelic Lordship to English Shire: The MacNamaras of Clare, c.1259-1603′, is being supervised by Professor Steven Ellis. Lorna’s academic profile can viewed at http://nuigalway.academia.edu/LornaMoloney. She has delivered conference papers at Oxford; Lincoln College: Exploration of the Medieval Gaelic Diet: (2012); seminar papers at the Moore Institute in NUI Galway, ‘The Gaelic Lordships in Thomond, c. 1400-c.1500’ and papers at Irish Conference of Medievalists on themes of Brian Boru and landscape of East Clare. Lorna has published on medieval themes and on maritime subjects.

Lorna received her Certificate for the Advancement of Forensic Genealogy (CAFG) in Dallas in March 2015.


RCB Sports Show Special – Munster Hurling Final Preview

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On this Special RCB Sports Show we preview the 2017 Munster Senior Hurling Final with our local Hurling experts Paddy McDonnell & Mick O’Neill. We hear from Clare’s joint Managers Gerry O’Connor & Donal Moloney & Captain Pat O’Connor plus Declan Barron will give us the Cork view on the final.
Please leave any comments or opinions on our RCB Sport Facebook page or on our twitter account @rcbsport


The summer season of weekly events commences this Wednesday, 5th July

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The summer season of weekly events commences this Wednesday, 5th July, with the first KCT Talk at 8pm, at Cultúrlann Sweeney, O’Connell St., Kilkee.

*** There is two events this week! *** 

A Talk on Wednesday 5th July & our annual “Arts in Focus” evening on Friday 7th July.

Speaker: Peadar King

Talk Title: “Nobody Asks Poor People If They Want War” ~ Viet Thanh Nguyen

Talk Synopsis: Drawing on over a decade of reporting from across the world for the RTÉ series What in the World? Peadar King explores the devastating impact of war on the poor of the world in Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Timor Leste, Laos and Western Sahara. He will also feature rarely seen footage of three Clare people’s experience of war.

Venue: Cultúrlann Sweeney, O’Connell St., Kilkee

When: Wednesday 5th July at 8pm

Admission is FREE of charge

A donations box is available, at each KCT Talk, to assist us in defraying essential and necessary expenses

DIARY DATE:

On this coming Friday 7th July we look forward to the annual Arts in Focus evening at Cultúrlann Sweeney.

Doors Open at 7pm for the “Sea-Themed” exhibition of Arts & Crafts by local Artists. Then; an evening of music, song, dance, poetry and film starts on stage at 8pm

Admission is FREE of charge

Website: www.kilkeecivictrust.org

Kilkee Civic Trust is on Facebook! Please “Like” us on Facebook.

Radio Beams – I Met LEO

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From the 4 corners of Clare. Full of colour, life, fun, human stories of conquests, and achievements. From all walks of life in Clare.
Dermot brings a unique inside to people activities and life in Clare.
Not afraid to challenge the norms, asks the hard question and bring humour to the story.
Dermot covers stories that never may get air time on any station and his relaxed way of finding out the issues that bother people. Listeners from all ages and back round find his tones easy listening.
You can tune in each Tuesday at 3.30 and repeated on a Friday.


RCB Sports Show 03/07/17

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On this RCB Sports Show, we review Clare’s victory V Laois in All-Ireland Football Qualifier & Clare’s defeat in Munster Minor Football Final V Kerry, Clare Camogie Manager Trish O’Grady & Captain Orlaith Duggan tell us about their draw V Kilkenny, we look back at Clare’s Extra Time Minor Hurling Munster semi-final victory V Lim, James Sexton will give us the local Athletics results & we round up the sporting week.
You can also leave any comments or opinion on our Facebook page RCB Sport or on our twitter account @rcbsport


Reflections 02/07/17

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A weekly 30-minute space for Christian prayer, song and devotion. It is presented by the Kilkee Prayer Group led by Anne Haugh and Kathleen Ryan and joined in by Donnie Dillon, Anne Marie Harte and Antonio Cebas. It is an invitation to engage in Christian worship through prayer and song, as well as to reflect on the lives of the Saints whose feast day we celebrate. All listeners at home are invited to add their own prayers and petitions and together with those of the group offer them in unison to the Grace of the Lord and our Blessed Lady.