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Community Unity with guests David O’Connel , James Fennelly, and Daithi O’Connell

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On today’s show Mairead speaks to Ahmed Hassan Muhammed, a Community Sponsorship Support Worker in Limerick speaking about the Community Sponsorship scheme which helps settle refugees entering into Ireland.

Brenda has the Community Diary of Events for West Clare.

With the upcoming West Clare Mental health Week event’s scheduled from Tuesday 10th next week, James Fenelly from The Light house Mental Health Asociation in Kilrush joins us in the studio to updates us on the events in Kilrush, Curtian’s Farm in Kilmihil, and Vandeleur Woods, more details from The Light house Mental Health Asociation website.

Rounding off today’s show with live music from Daithi O’Connell, MC for this Saturday’s Kilkee Civic Trust, An Evening of Musical Favourites event at the Culturlann Sweeney, tickets are available from Clarearts.ie, and ticketsolve.com

Radio Beams – Frank McCormack Instone company in Boston Co. Clare.

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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.
Tune in to RCB at 3.30pm every Tuesday and 4:30 repeat on Thursday’s

Kilkee Civic Trust: An Evening Of Musical Favourites

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We are delighted to let you know that we are hosting an autumn concert titled:  An Evening of Musical Favourites

When: Saturday, 7th October 2023 at 8 pm
Where: Cultúrlann Sweeney, O’Connell Street, Kilkee V15 P960

Tickets may be purchased online at www.clarearts.ie

Alternatively; you may contact the Box Office at Cultúrlann Sweeney, Kilkee – at 065 906 0769 – or call in person for ticket bookings – on Wednesdays & Fridays, 2:30 to 5 pm.

Tickets are priced at €15 each, (including the €1 booking fee).
Please feel free to circulate this E-mail, especially to your family and friends, to assist us in spreading news of events in and around Kilkee.
Here is the direct link to the relevant page to book tickets: An Evening of Musical Favourites Hosted By Kilkee Civic Trust (ticketsolve.com)

Every good wish,

Joseph McCloskey

Honorary Secretary,
Kilkee Civic Trust


RCB Sports Show

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This week the show opens with Seamus Hayes & Adrian O’ Connor discussing all the action from the Clare Senior Hurling Championships and the Clare Senior Football Championships. This RCB sports show features interviews with Niall Bonfil and Tomas Bonfil from Naomh Eoin Football Club. This is the first time the West Clare Club have ever being in an intermediate semi final. They meet Kilimhil in Doonbeg this Sunday at 1pm followed by Clare Ladies Senior Football Semi Final between the West Clare Gaels and Kilimhil. Also on the show, David Byrne from the Kilkee/Bealaha Men’s Junior C Hurling Team who clashed with Clonbony in Inagh last Saturday night. Kilkee/Bealaha are now into the Semi Final. Adrian chats in studio with Luke Moriarty and Victoria Abrams of the West Clare Taekwon-do Club who competed in the World ITF Taekwon-do Championships in Finland this month. Luke brought home two medals to Clare winning the Gold in the World Team Sparring and Silver in the Individual Sparing competition.

Official RCB page

Tune in on Fridays evening at 7pm on 92.5fm – 94.8fm and Internet live stream

GAA, ClareGAA, TippGAA, MunsterGAA


Mikey’s Mix

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Hey ho all 🎁🎁😅📻📻 Be sure to tune into my show today 2:30 pm and listen to see if I meet any of your fantasy desires 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎁🎁📻📻 Click listen live from the RCB homepage.

Mikey's Mix

Community Unity

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On today’s show we have Sarah Ferrigan of Clare PPN who are involved in tomorrows Connecting Communities in Clare event at the Templgate Hotel in Ennis.

Mairead speaks to Mary & Carol from Clare Age Friendly
Medal winner Luke Morairty and Victoria Abram from West Clare Taekwon-do Club in the studio to talk about recent competition in Finland, and Padraig has the Community Diary of events for the area.

Community Unity with guests Sheila Fitzpatrick O’Donnell and Mary McMahon.

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Poetry readings from author Sheila Fitzpatrick O’Donnell. Meet Sheila at the Banner Books this Friday September 29th open Mic night from 6:30-8:30pm . Seee link for details.

Mary Mcmahon from Clare County Council speak about ‘Check the Register’ campaign to bring awareness to the voting registration process and to check registration details online to be able to cast your vote in elections and future refurendums. 0656821616 –

Padraig has the Community Diary of events for the area.


Radio Beams – Geraldine Burke history and politics of athletics in Ireland.

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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.
Tune in to RCB at 3.30pm every Tuesday and 4:30 repeat on Thursday’s

Kilkee Civic Trust:Charlotte Brontë Kilkee Honeymoon Festival at Kilkee Library.

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Kilkee Civic Trust

The Kilkee Civic Trust inaugural festival honouring Charlotte Brontë’s Kilkee Honeymoon will be hosted on this coming Friday, 15th September & Saturday, 16th September 2023.






The Genealogy Show – Sources in 1600-1700 Part 1

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Lorna is a Professional Genealogist and Family Historian. She is a longstanding member of the Association of Professional Genealogist. Lorna is the Resident Genealogist for Dromoland Castle in County Clare. Lorna worked as Project Genealogist for George Boole *200 genealogy project for University College Cork and is an excellent researcher for Irish family histories.

Lorna produces and presents the successful show: ‘The Genealogy Radio show’ aired each Thursday at 4p.m. from beautiful Kilkee, Co. Clare at Raidio Corcabaiscinn and Podcasts are available weekly.

Lorna 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. Her research areas are the MacNamaras and O’Briens of Thomond.

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



Radio Beams – East Clare Co-op Graham Lightfoot and Ger English.

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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.
Tune in to RCB at 3.30pm every Tuesday and 4:30 repeat on Thursday.