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Five-time Tour de France winner Bernard Hinault will make his first appearance in an Irish cycling event when he participates in the Tour de Conamara, details of which were just announced.

As part of its bicentenary town celebrations during 2012, Clifden in Connemara is hosting Philip Littlejohn, who will give a Titanic lecture to commemorate the town’s historic link to the Titanic via Jack Phillips (Titanic's senior radio operator) who worked at the Marconi Transatlantic Radio Station (1909 -12), which was located three miles south of Clifden.

Connemara has beaten off stiff competition to be chosen as the location for the world’s first Local Digital Economy (LDE) with Clifden to become a centre for excellence.

This Saturday November 12 at 8pm the annual Clifden Fashion Show takes place in the Station House Theatre. This year’s chosen charity is the local Connemara branch of St Vincent de Paul. A night of fun and fashion is promised with special guest Mary Kennedy of RTE on hand to add even more style and panache to the occasion.

After a wait of nearly 15 years it seems that work on a new sewerage scheme for Clifden will finally be a reality with work set to begin early next year.

The 49th Oughterard show will take place at the end of next week and prospective entrants are encouraged to move fast as today marks the deadline for applications. The committee have yet again put together a sterling line up which is sure to attract patrons from all over the country.

I have often heard my grandmother say that the fun of Galway races began when you were hauled up onto a sidecar, behind a lively pony, and driven at a smart pace to Ballybrit. Passengers held on tightly to each other, or to the wooden seat, as the smell of horse, and the jolting ride over rough roads gave it a carnival atmosphere. The races were a two-day meeting then yet the jarvies, or ponymen, would hang about the town for the week hoping to get a fare. As well as bringing racegoers to Ballybrit in the mornings, and home in the evenings, they also brought them to Salthill. Sometimes they carried them to the dogtrack at College Road. Either way it was a long and busy week for the ponymen who came mainly from the Moycullen area, renowned for its Connemara ponies, and passionate owners.

Oughterard, currently in the spotlight for Celebrity Bainisteoir, will continue its action-packed summer activities with its annual show, which takes place this year on August 27 and 28.

THE CONNEMARA Photo Society will open its inaugural exhibition this evening at 6.30pm at Bridge Street, Clifden.

This weekend will see the launch of a new guide to the best walking routes in Connemara and Mayo.