Search Results for 'Sinead McCoole'

How many famous people lifted that heavy brass knocker on the door of Lady Augusta Gregory’s home at Coole, Co Galway, and gave it a resounding rat- a -tat -tat? It resounded again last weekend with all the authority of a grumpy judge’s gavel. The writer and broadcaster John Quinn, chairman of the 19th Autumn Gathering, used it to great effect to keep speakers to their time, and to summon people to the next event.

The opening of the Jackie Clarke Collection in Ballina, Co Mayo, last Tuesday, April 2 heralded a new era for Irish history.

A rich jewel of Ireland’s heritage was unveiled for the first time to the public in Ballina to mark the conclusion of National Heritage Week on Sunday, August 26 last.

The people of Mayo are invited to enjoy and appreciate a new public garden in Ballina this Heritage weekend.

Ballina resident Sinead McCoole is among some of the country’s leading academics and authors to feature in an advisory group established last week to assist with centenary commemorations of the 1912-16 period of Irish history.

Controversial Castlebar Independent councillor Frank Durcan slammed the amount of money that will be spent by Mayo County Council on housing and maintaining the Clarke Collection in Ballina. Under the freedom of information act Cllr Durcan received a copy of the contract entered into by Mayo County Council with Mrs Anne Clarke the widow of the late Jackie Clarke who amassed the collection over a number of years.

Controversial Castlebar Independent councillor Frank Durcan slammed the amount of money that will be spent by Mayo County Council on housing and maintaining the Clarke Collection in Ballina. Under the freedom of information act Cllr Durcan received a copy of the contract entered into by Mayo County Council with Mrs Anne Clarke the widow of the late Jackie Clarke who amassed the collection over a number of years.

The next Westport Civic Trust talk will be on Tuesday November 17 at the Atlantic Coast Hotel at 8pm.