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Radio Beams – John Lynch on Community building
John has a lot of experience living and working in Community groups in the UK.aS John says it does take a lot of commitment to work and live in a community group with objectives .
Tune in to www.rcb.ie at 3.30 pm Tuesday and Rpt Thursday at 4:30pm
Community Unity featuring Fiona O Malley , Mary Keane.
Chris brings back some good news from the 2024 CRAOL awards ceremony in Dundalk.
Padraig has the Community Diary of events for the area, and Teresa is out and about to visit Mary Keane at Halla Eoin for the low down on upcoming events , with news of a passing sleigh stop around Christmas, on the 8th November Limerick Astronomy Club will be at the centre.
Mikey’s Mix
Kilkee Arts Festival: Charlotte Brontë ~ Walking The Invisible
Kilkee Civic Trust Recorded Archive⤤
The festival honours: Charlotte Brontë ~ Walking The Invisible ~ 1854 to 2024 ~ 170 Years later.
It will be hosted on Friday, 13th & Saturday, 14th & Sunday, 15th September 2024.
The venue is: Cultúrlann Sweeney, O’Connell Street, Kilkee, Co. Clare V15 P960
The complete festival programme details are attached below.
Admission to the entire programme of festival events is FREE of Charge.
A donations box will be available, throughout the festival, to assist the Kilkee Civic Trust in defraying essential and necessary expenses; which is In keeping with the Kilkee Civic Trust long-standing custom, for the Summer Talks Series & annual Arts In Focus evening, each year.
Radio Beams – Rita Kierce ran for Ireland.
Rita represented Ireland in New Zealand and Australia and in many countries in the EU.
Rita got cancer in 1990 and was not long married. Had two children 20 years later Rita is back running again with St Mary’s Athletic Club. She also now runs on the track and still winning.
Community Unity featuring Jill O’Connor , Collette , Sharon Meaney and Sarah Clancy
Jill O’Connor from Loop Head Rowing Club is in the studio following the completion of the “Five Pilots” , a community boat build project.The St. Ayles Skiff was officially launch last week in Carrigaholt. The Loop Rowing Club is currently open to new members see link for details.
Teresa attended the Connect Cafe in Milltown Malbay at the Collette from Money Advice and Budgeting Service , a free service which can advise on personal budgeting and planning advice to keep yourself out of arrears, and financialy in good health. Clare Office: 0818072470 9-8pm Mon-Fri. Outreach every second Wednesday at the Family Resource Centre in Kilrush, Please contact before hand.
Padraig has the Community Diary of events for the area.
Padraig Sarah Clancy co-ordinator of Clare PPN and poet and is performing at the Banner Books open mic, reads some of her poetry.
RCB Sport Show
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Tune in on Fridays evening at 7pm on 92.5fm – 94.8fm and Internet live stream
The Genealogy Show – The Nation of Barretts
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 – Hons}MSc FGS senior Engineering Geologist Eileen Thompson.
Born in Scotland. Started work in printing in London. Due to serious discrimination between men and women. In conditions and pay she started on the road to doing night classes.
Which finally lead Eileen to been a Geologist now based in Slieve Aughty mountains between Clare and Galway. Where she works from.
Tune in to www.rcb.ie Tuesday 3.30pm repeated Thursday 4:30pm.
RCB Sports Show
This weeks RCB Sports Show has been cancelled out of respect for a sudden bereavement within the local GAA clubs.
Mikey’s Mix
Tune in for a treat from last weeks tv and a little clubland visit to 😅🎶🎶🎶🎶
Mikey’s Mix on the air every Friday afternoon from 2:30pm, and repeated at 8PM