County Clare's Kevin Crawford (flute) plays a jig and two reels - Bill Collins'/Sweeney's Wheel/Major Harrison's Fedora - with Colin Farrell (fiddle) and John Doyle (guitar) at the St Louis Tionól Concert 2013. Posted on Youtube on the 2nd of February 2015 by Colin Farrell Music.
Thursday, 5 February 2015
Mary McNamara and John Coyne play a set of jigs in Masachusetts
"County Clare's Mary McNamara gives us a set of jigs with John Coyne accompaning on the bouzouki, at her CD release party, at The Burren Backroom in Somerville, Masachusetts, USA, the epi-center for Irish Traditional Music outside of Clare." Posted on Youtube on the 11th of November 2014 by Stephen Shepard.
Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill play at the Indo Irish Cultural Fest in New Delhi
County Clare's Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill play at the ‘Indo-Irish Culture Fest’, an event of Dance and Music to commemorate the Golden Jubilee year of the embassy of Ireland in India, held on Monday, 8th December 2014 at the Siri Fort Auditorium, New Delhi, India." Posted on Youtube on the 16th of December 2014 by Manish Mohan.
The Kilfenora Céilí Band – Guth an Phobail, TG4
"This piece was one of the GUTH an PHOBAIL (voice of the community) series that we were commissioned to produce for the news on TG4, the Irish Language television station. This piece focuses on the famous Kilfenora Céilí Band from County Clare - The Banner County." Posted on Vimeo by Matt Kelly Productions.
Doolin Folk Festival: an Insight
Scenes from the first Doolin Folk Festival in County Clare, 14th-16th of June 2013. This year's festival takes place on 12th-15th June 2015. Posted on Vimeo by Héctor Castells.
Flying around the Cliffs of Moher
Aerial views of the Cliffs of Moher, County Clare. Posted on Youtube on the 27th of January 2015 by Charles Layton.
Libraries Change Lives
"There is a lot coming our way these days, and many of us could use some help - but did you know help is already here?" posted on Youtube on the 10th of December 2014 by Public Libraries 2020.
Wednesday, 4 February 2015
School Days in County Clare: Registers, Roll Books, Histories - and Photos
For histories of some schools - Clooney, Connolly, Coore, Knockjames, Labasheeda, Lack, Quin and Tiermaclane - see our History of Education in Clare.
Search for your school among the 1342 photographs of pupils in our online photo collection - maybe you can help us identify some of the unnamed pupils. If you can, just click on the ‘Do You Recognise’ form and fill in details.
Digital Clare Launch Night
"Digital Clare is officially launched! At the Temple Gate Hotel in Ennis people from around the county came to be part of a special night which saw social media connecting County Clare and getting it trending in Ireland." Posted on Youtube on the 3rd of February 2015 by Digital Clare.
Monday, 2 February 2015
Top 50 films of the demi-decade
Two film critics, Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian and Paul Whitington of The Irish Independent, picked their top 50 films of the demi-decade recently. The films below were chosen by both critics and are available to borrow from Clare County Library.
Amour
The Artist
Blue is the Warmest Colour
Boyhood
Django Unchained
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Great Beauty
How I Ended This Summer
Ida
Inside Llewyn Davis
Kill List
Le Quattro Volte
Margaret
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
A Separation
The Tree of Life
Under the Skin
12 Years a Slave
To see the complete lists, see
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jan/05/top-50-films-of-the-demi-decade-peter-bradshaw
http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/movies/top-50-movies-of-the-demidecade-30922658.html
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