Category Archives: Community Interest

Radio Beams-Jessie Lendennie owner of Salmon Bookshop and Literary Centre in Ennistymon.

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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.

The Genealogy Show – Ogham stones: Pillars of the Past – Dr Riona Doolan

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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 – Alina Senoka and Monica Mackena tells us about the Clare Festival of Ukraine.

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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 Thursday repeat at 4:30pm.
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Radio Beams – Bernard Lynch has a long CV about his life.

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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 Radio Beams at 3.30pm every Tuesday and 4:30 repeat on Thursday’s

Radio Beams – Clare Traveller CDP with Bridget Casey,Martin McDonagh and James McDonagh.

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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 Radio Beams at 3.30pm every Tuesday and 4:30 repeat on Thursday’s

Community Unity with guests – Mary Kate Bolger, Denis Hynes , Aisling O’Connor, Simon Day

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Mary Kate Bolger , Skipper & Guide at Dolphin Watch speaks about and the various boat excusions offered to the public this season sailing out of Carrigaholt.
Denis Hynes speaks about the large mural artwork designed and delivered by a local Kilkee youth project at the Kilkee Water World due for re-opening in 2024 after the refurbishment is complete.
Brenda has the Community Diary of events for the area.
Aisling O’Connor fills us in about life so far as this years Clare Rose of Tralee 2023.
Teresa is blown away by her visit to meet Simon Day at the Loop Head Lighthouse which is open now until mid September.

Community Unity with Guests Deirdre Devalley Dermott Petty Owen Downes.

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Padraig talks to Ennis poet Deirdre Devally about her poetry, career and the upcoming Open Mic evening at Banner Books in Kilrush this Friday 28th and the last Friday of every month.
Padraig has the Community Diary of events for the area.

Mairead speaks to Dermot Petty who’s stage play ‘The Only Punk Rocker in the village’ set in North Clare in the late 1970’s where a teenagers discovery of Punk Rock turns his life upside down causing shock and misunderstanding with his parents, friends and community, coming to the Hotel Doolin on August 20th.
The 21st Kilmihil Festival Of Fun is coming up this August holiday weekend 4th-7th, Mairead has Owen Downes on the line with all the info for the weekend.


Community Unity with guests John Mitchell, and Padraig Hayes.

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John Mitchel from Barrats Town an incredible organisation running residential camps in Kildare for children and family with serious illness.

Padraig has the Community diary of events for West Clare.

Padraig Hayes Chairperson of Clare Leader Forum on the upcoming Disability pride Parade in Ennis with events kicking off on Wednesday 26th July from 11:45am at the Daniel O’Connell Monument, then it’s off to The Temple Gate Hotel for music and food from 12:45pm.

Big thanks to O’Mara’s bar for hosting our fundraiser last Saturday afternoon, we would like to thank all volunteers and everyone who supported the station on the day and the two DJ’s Mikey Lorigan and DJ Brian Clohessy , all made for a very lively and enjoyable Saturday afternoon.
Many thanks to our valuable sponsors:

Bernie Keating, Keatings Restaurant.
The Long Dock, Carrigaholt.
Nolan’s Fish and Chips, O’Curry Street, Kilkee.
Sonny Hastings.
The Lighthouse.
Williams Hardware.
O’Maras Bar.


Radio Beams – Neplase brothers talk about thieir navite foods and play their music.

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Radio Beams 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

The Genealogy Show – 17th Century Ireland.

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Presented by Judy Brennan.
Produced by Lorna Moloney.

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.



Comunity Unity with guests Mike Lorigan, Brian Clohessy and Brian Mackhan

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With the upcoming open air RCB fundraiser this Saturday afternoon 22nd July at O’Maras Bar in Kilkee , we have both DJ’s for the afternoon on the line, Micheal Lorigan host of RCB’s Friday afternoon music show Mikey’s Mix and DJ Brian Clohessy DJ for Saturday’s music show ‘Dancing into the Weekend’.
Open to all , call into O’Maras Bar this Saturday afternoon from 2pm.

Vandeluer Festival Mairead speaks to Brian Mackhan who is involved with organising this weekends VANDELEUR FESTIVAL KILRUSH 3 day festival starting this Friday morning with events around Kilrush and includes artist, Ailish Malone, with music from Teresa Carrig, The Alvin Purple Experience , Rogu, The Kilfenora Céilí Band, PJ Murrihy, and Fashion Show with The Holman Lee Agency at Vandeleur Walled Garden.


KCT 3 – Éanna Ní Lamhna – Going wild in Co. Clare – the birds and the bees, the flowers and the trees

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Speaker: Éanna Ní Lamhna
Talk Title: Going wild in Co. Clare – the birds and the bees, the flowers and the trees.
Talk Description:Éanna will give us a whirlwind tour in her own inimitable way of the fascinating wildlife of Co. Clare.Éanna Ní Lamhna She will tell us about the original native Scots pines that still exist in the Burren as well as the butterflies there that occur nowhere else in Ireland.The seabird colonies on the coast in high summer as well as the wildlife rich turloughs will be described and you will make the acquaintance of the fairy shrimp and the legless lizard. The unique situation leading to both Arctic Alpine and Mediterranean plants living side by side on the Burren will also be described. You are in for a treat.

About the Speaker:
Éanna Ní Lamhna holds science degrees from UCD. Her thesis on the ecology of sand dunes and salt-marshes was published in the Journal of Life Sciences.

She set up the Irish Biological Records Centre in 1974 and is responsible for the original distribution maps of mammal and insects. She lectured post graduates on sustainability for 20 years in TU Dublin.

Her publications include a series of five studies on Irish Air Quality, eight books including Wild Dublin and her most recent – Wild Musings.

Éanna was President of An Taisce from 2004 – 2009 and was until recently President of the Tree Council of Ireland.

Éanna is a Judge of Environmental Initiatives undertaken by local groups on a county level such as Pride of Place.

A highly respected radio and television broadcaster on environmental issues; she has been an expert on the RTÉ Mooney Goes Wild radio programme since it began in 1995 and indeed is still the only female voice.

Alongside Derek Mooney, (Presenter), she is joined on the panel by colleagues Terry Flanagan, (Science & Wildlife Reporter), Niall Hatch, (BirdWatch Ireland) and Dr. Richard Collins, (Ornithologist).

She also appears regularly on Virgin Media’s The Six O’Clock Show with an environmental and wildlife slot.

Included in “Irelands influential 100” list in 2012; she is a much sought-after speaker and lecturer and is a fluent Irish speaker.


Community Unity with Guests Sharon Meaney, Adrian McCusker, Sadhbh Smyth

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On today’s Community Unity we have Sharon Meaney from Clare Volunteer Centre highlighting the upcoming Disability Pride and Power Parade in Ennis on Wednesday July 26.
Brenda has the Community events diary,
and in the studio with Mairead are guests Sadhbh Smyth and Adrian McCusker the proprietor of Kilkee business Post a Selfie who’s innovative downloadable smartphone application enables a user to send out a printed postcard to anywhere in the world from inside the app.

KCT 2: Michelle Dillon – Forecasting Ireland’s Weather

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Kilkee Civic Trust – at Cultúrlann Sweeney

Our summer season of weekly Kilkee Civic Trust Talks continues this Wednesday, 12th July at 8 pm

Speaker:

Michelle Dillon


Forecasting Ireland’s weather

Talk Synopsis:


Michelle will give an insight into the world of weather forecasting at Met Éireann, giving an overview of some of Met Éireann’s forecast products and services. Met Éireann is the authoritative voice on meteorology in Ireland,its forecasts and warnings feeding into decisions that need to be taken by key stakeholders such as airport authorities, county councils and in extreme weather, the National Emergency rdination Group. Michelle, a native of Tullycrine, near Kilrush, will afford an insight into the world of weather forecasting at Met Éireann.
FREE of Charge Entry and all are welcome.
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