Seamus Begley and Oisin MacDiarmada, accompanied By Padraic O'Reilly at the Corofin Traditional Festival

"Seamus Begley and Oisin MacDiarmada accompanied By Padraic O'Reilly #2 at The Corofin Traditional Festival February 28th, 2014." Posted on Youtube on the 16th of March 2014 by Niamhaines.

Ann Kirrane - "Working the Streets" live in concert at the Kilfenora Music Festival

"Vince Keehan's song, "Working the Streets" from Kilfenora Music Festival - April 2013. Ann Kirrane, vocals/concertina, Garry O'Briain, piano & Musical Director, Ronan Greene, Fiddle & Barry Brady, Accordion. Video - Key Hideki-Nakao." Posted on Youtube on the 28th of May 2013 by Padraig Stevens.

Liscannor Bay by The Fiddle Case at Doolin Folk Festival

Mick Flynn's song "Liscannor Bay" played by The Fiddle Case - Jon O'Connell, Eoin O'Neill, Quentin Cooper and Adam Shapiro - at the Doolin Folk Festival June 13th 2015. Posted on Youtube on the 7th of October 2015 by Anne-Lotte Paymans.

Fancy a scary movie for Halloween?

Fancy a scary movie for Halloween? Films on DVD are available in Ennis, Ennistymon, Kilrush, Kilkee, Scariff and Shannon Libraries and may be requested from any library. We've got The Birds, Blair Witch Project, Bride of Frankenstein, Dawn of the Dead, Nosferatu, Let Me In, The Wicker Man and lots, lots more. Check the library catalogue at http://opac.clarelibrary.ie/ and for a list of new DVDs see http://opac.clarelibrary.ie/search~S3?/ftlist^bib09%2C1%2C0%2C151/mode=2

Matchmaker Willie Daly and some of his clients at the Matchmaking Festival 2015 in Lisdoonvarna

Matchmaker Willie Daly and some of his clients at the Matchmaking Festival 2015 in Lisdoonvarna, County Clare. Posted on Youtube on the 21st of September 2015 by Ronan McGreevy.

Some Aerial Views of Killaloe and Ballina

"Here is a small video showing a little bit of Killaloe, County Clare and Ballina, Co Tipperary. The two villages are separated only by a bridge over the river Shannon." Posted on Youtube on the 3rd of October 2015 by Videocopter Ireland.

GE Industrial Internet: Creating a More Efficient Power Plant - Whitegate, County Clare

"GE created a unique energy management solution to help the Whitegate power plant facility reduce costs and improve overall plant efficiency. With advanced diagnostics and metrics, the Whitegate power plant makes better decisions with the management of big data. GE has the ability to leverage data to help customers use software and analytics to form a more intelligent power station. As technology and data continues to merge, the industrial internet will continue to play a key role in the success of power plants globally." Posted on Youtube on the 23rd of October 2015 by GE-Power Services.

Ghost Estate for Halloween - A Haunted House Luminaria in Scariff Public Library

A Haunted House Luminaria craft session took place in Scariff Public Library yesterday for a group of 7 -11 year olds as part of Scariff Library’s 'Boom' Young People's Arts Festival. There was great imagination put to use decorating houses with lots of spooky bats, witches, creepy spiders and skulls. The houses were then lit up with 'led' nightlights inside to let all the glitter sparkle.

The Internet Archive - free online digital books

The Internet Archive is a nonprofit digital library that provides free public access to collections of digitised materials, including public-domain books. The Open Library is part of the Internet Archive which aims to be an online public library. The site contains the full texts of over one and a half million public-domain books, all of which are fully readable, downloadable and searchable. In the Digital Books section of Clare County Library’s website we have collected a selection of Clare and Irish interest books which are available through the Open Library and other sources. Links to the online books are arranged by subject. You may find material here of interest, particularly rare and out-of-print publications.

http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/online_resources/digital_books.htm

Brooklyn - from book to film

The film Brooklyn premiered in Dublin last week. Starring Saoirse Ronan, Domnhall Gleeson, Jim Broadbent and Julie Walters, the film is based on Colm Toibin’s book of the same name which was published in 2009. The film tells the story of Eilis Lacey who leaves 1950s Ireland for New York. There she falls in love but later has to choose between her life in the US and her life back home, between love and duty. Directed by John Crowley, Brooklyn met with critical acclaim following showings at the Sundance, New York and Vancouver film festivals earlier this year, and Ronan has been tipped for an Oscar nomination for her performance.