Category Archives: Community Interest

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.
Request your KCT E-mail Newsletter / Summer Programme from:

Reflections

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Listen in to Reflections on Sundays at 3:00pm on 92.5-94.8fm and live stream.
A weekly 30-minute space for Christian prayer, song and devotion. It is presented by the Brothers of Charity Group led by Antonio Cebas and joined in by Donnie Dillon, Anne Marie Harte Orla McMahon and Kathleen Ryan 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.


The Genealogy Show – The Hunger Strike of 1981

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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.



Kilkee Civic Trust – Patrick Galvin , Pilots on The Shannon.

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Date: Wednesday, 5 th July 2023 at 8pm No. 1 of 9 Talks

Speaker: Patrick Galvin

Talk Title: Pilotage on the Shannon, near Past, Present, and Future

Talk Description: As an island nation, we rely on our ports to facilitate 95% of all imports and exports. Ensuring the safe and efficient movement of ships in and out of our ports is the job of our Maritime Pilots.

Patrick’s talk will be broken into three sections: the near past, the present, and the future possibilities. In the near past, he will be looking at developing critical infrastructures on the Shannon, like Moneypoint and Tarbert power stations and the challenges they posed to the Maritime Pilots who were on the Shannon at the time.

A River Pilot himself; Patrick will expand on the career path to becoming a Pilot, and explain why a Maritime Pilot is necessary and regarded as one of the most critical risk mitigation measures to ensure the safe movement of ships in and out of our ports. Not only will Patrick Galvin tell us all about the ships in Irish Waters, he will also speak about the various types of cargo that our local ports import and export. Then, he will look at the possibilities of what lies ahead, from potential developments on the Shannon Estuary, to how shipping may evolve and explore the potential to see autonomous shipping on the Shannon anytime soon.

About the Speaker: Born and raised on the banks of the Shannon Estuary, in a village called Cappa, just outside the town of Kilrush in Co. Clare. Patrick Galvin is a Class 1 licensed Pilot on the Shannon Estuary. His seagoing career started in 1992 with Arklow Shipping. In 1998 Patrick attended Cork Regional Technical College and attained his 2nd Officers Certificate. Later, he completed Mate/Masters and Masters Unlimited certificates in South Tyneside College (United Kingdom) in 2002 and 2006.

While at sea, he worked for Arklow Shipping, P&O Ferries, and Stena Line, working in various roles on board up to the rank of Master. 11 Patrick Galvin became a Pilot on the Shannon Estuary in 2009. In 2017 he was elected to the position of Chairman of the Association of Marine Pilots of Ireland; in 2021, he was elected Vice President of the European Maritime Pilots Association. A proud Clare Man – Patrick Galvin is the first Irish Vice President of the European Maritime Pilots Association.


Radio Beams – Timmy McMahon found poetry inspiring.

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Radio Beams show this week is with well know Timmy McMahon from Kilvoydan Corofin.Timmy speaks about his childhood,boxing days, and hurling days. His shyness at 14 yrs playing for Corofin.
Ending with a long poem about his late great friend Toddy O Loughlin. This brought a lot of emotion. Tune in to www.rcb.ie 3.30pm Tuesday. Please share.

Community Unity with special guests Fr.Gerry Kenny, and Marion Honan.

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Fr. Gerry Kenny is in the studio speaking to Mairead about the history and the upcoming 60th anniversary of The Church of The Immaculate Conception and St. Senan in Kilkee.
Brenda has the Community Diary of events for the area.
and Marion Honan with the Kilrush Art Group who meet every Friday in Kilrush Community Centre , exhibition on July 13th at the Kilrush Library.

Community Unity

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Today’s Community Unity, Brenda has the community events diary for West Clare and Musicians Bill O’Brien and Sennan make a special visit into the studios for an hour of music and chat, with Brenda, Chris, Padraig and James.

The Genealogy Show – The McGrath Surname

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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 – Jim Cronin Organic farmer and Tutor from East Clare.

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Radio Beams show this week is with well known Jim Cronin from Bridgetown. He is an organic farmer who grows vegetable and packs them and sells them in Killaloe and Limerick .
Jim is from Ennistymon town,went abroad for a while. Then bought a farm in Loop head . Stayed there for 8 yrs. Then bough a 16 acre farm in Bridgetown.
Jim is in big demand to teach and gives talks.

Comunity Unity – Fionnuala Murnane and Diathy O Connell, Karen J McDonnell , and Emma Troy

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In the studio today with two members of The Kilkee Civic Trust , event organisers Fionnuala Murnane and Diathy O’Connell speak about the new season of Summer Talks kicking off this week with Wednesday’s ‘Pilotage On The Shannon’ and Friday’s festival of local talent , ‘Arts In Focus’ , one of the biggest events of the year in The Culturlann Sweeney events diary.

Following Brenda with the Diary of events for the West Clare area it’s over to Padraig at Banner Books to meet poet Karen J. McDonnell, where on the last Friday of every month Banner Books hosts an open mic evening of poetry and readings.
Brenda and Teresa visit the Kilkee Community Centre for the Crack’d Spoon Summer Drama Camp to meet Bonnie, David and Emma who paint the picture of what Summer Drama Camp is about.

The Hell of The West Triathlon 2023

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RCB Sports was at the Kilkee “Hell of the West” Triathlon on Saturday to capture some of the days video highlights in Kilkee. Over 480 participants took part in the event in what was some early morning challenging weather for the swim.
The Kilkee Hell of the West Triathlon is an Olympic Distance Triathlon which is up and running since 1985 – making it one of the longest continuously running triathlons in Ireland and in the World. Organised by the Limerick Triathlon Club this race traditionally falls on the last weekend in June. Hell of the West starts with 1500m in the relatively calm waters of Kilkee’s Horseshoe Bay, followed by a 44km cycle against the winds of West Clare and a 10km hilly run along the rugged coastline of Loop Head.
Standard Distance National Champs 2023 Hell of the West Results.
Men’s Podium
1st, Ralf Bodamer
2nd, David Higgins
3rd, Anthony O’ Brien
Women’s Podium
1st, Emma O’ Brien
2nd, Deirdre Casey
3rd, Hilary Huges

Reflections

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This week’s ‘Reflections’ marks the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul or Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, a liturgical feast in honour of the martyrdom in Rome of the apostles Saint Peter and Saint Paul, which is observed on the 29th of June. This is probably one of the oldest feast days celebrated in the Christian calendar. Together, the two saints are the founders of the See of Rome, through their preaching, ministry and martyrdom there. The day is a solemnity or a feast day of the highest rank
Tune in the Sunday at 3pm on 92.5 & 94.8

The Genealogy Show – Apprentice Boy of Derry

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PRESENTER(S): Katie Breen
PRODUCER: 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.



Community Unit featuring Jessica, Colin Healy, Robert Clancy.

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With the Summer in full swing we have Jessica from West Coast Aqua Park (booking details) to let us know about all the fun to be had at Kilrush Marina, opening this Saturday.
Padraig has the Community Diary of Events for our area.
Máiréad speaks to Marian Honan who runs art workshops with Kilrush Art Group which meets on Friday’s at Kilrush Community Centre.
Robert Clancy speaks about the upcoming 50 year reunion of The Kilrush Boys Scouts Brass Band which visited West Germany in the 1970’s , to be held in Kilrush at Crotty’s Bar in August.
Colin Healy from Sailing Into Wellness speaks about his organisation and The Saoirse Rally sailing event in commemoration of Conor O’Brien from Foynes, Co.Limerick, the first sailor to circumnavigate the world in a small yacht 100 years ago.