Come and join us at this new FREE monthly event.Do you have a melody, but just can’t find the words? Maybe you have a poem that might make a good lyric? Or maybe you’d just like to bounce ideas with other songwriters?Meet fellow musicians and writers, and swap ideas over a cuppa and a cake. … Continue reading "Songwriters’ Social"
Come and join us at this new FREE monthly event.Do you have a melody, but just can’t find the words? Maybe you have a poem that might make a good lyric? Or maybe you’d just like to bounce ideas with other songwriters?Meet fellow musicians and writers, and swap ideas over a cuppa and a cake. … Continue reading "Songwriters’ Social"
Come and join us at this new FREE monthly event.Do you have a melody, but just can’t find the words? Maybe you have a poem that might make a good lyric? Or maybe you’d just like to bounce ideas with other songwriters?Meet fellow musicians and writers, and swap ideas over a cuppa and a cake. … Continue reading "Songwriters’ Social"
Come and join us at this new FREE monthly event.Do you have a melody, but just can’t find the words? Maybe you have a poem that might make a good lyric? Or maybe you’d just like to bounce ideas with other songwriters?Meet fellow musicians and writers, and swap ideas over a cuppa and a cake. … Continue reading "Songwriters’ Social"
Come and join us at this new FREE monthly event.Do you have a melody, but just can’t find the words? Maybe you have a poem that might make a good lyric? Or maybe you’d just like to bounce ideas with other songwriters?Meet fellow musicians and writers, and swap ideas over a cuppa and a cake. … Continue reading "Songwriters’ Social"
Come and join us at this new FREE monthly event.Do you have a melody, but just can’t find the words? Maybe you have a poem that might make a good lyric? Or maybe you’d just like to bounce ideas with other songwriters?Meet fellow musicians and writers, and swap ideas over a cuppa and a cake. … Continue reading "Songwriters’ Social"
A Cosy Concert with local folk and country duo Southern Cross Music at Banner Books, Kilrush. These intimate acoustic concerts give audiences an opportunity to really connect with the performers, immersing themselves in the music in an atmosphere of warmth and companionship. Southern Cross Music are well known from their performances all around County Clare. … Continue reading "Cosy Concert with Southern Cross Music"
Join two Clare-based writers this Halloween for a Samhain session as Tracy Fahey (winner of the 2025 Rubery International Award) and Jennifer Lindsay Gray discuss the darker side of lore, strange stories, and channelling female voices. Tracy Fahey is an Irish author and academic based in Co. Clare. In 2025 she won the Rubery International … Continue reading "Women, Writing, Folklore – An In-conversation with Tracy Fahey and Jennifer Lindsay Gray"
Come and join us at this new FREE monthly event.Do you have a melody, but just can’t find the words? Maybe you have a poem that might make a good lyric? Or maybe you’d just like to bounce ideas with other songwriters?Meet fellow musicians and writers, and swap ideas over a cuppa and a cake. … Continue reading "Songwriters’ Social"
In 1922, the County Clare Nursery, a state-supported mother and baby home for County Clare, was opened in part of Kilrush Workhouse. For the ten years of its existence it was owned and funded by Clare County Council. For the first six years it was managed by the Sisters of Mercy and thereafter by lay … Continue reading "Book Launch – ‘Forgotten Lives’ with Rita McCarthy"
A Cosy Concert with Cork singer-songwriter Ger Wolfe and acclaimed Australian guitarist Peter Miller. These intimate acoustic concerts give audiences an opportunity to really connect with the performers, immersing themselves in the music in an atmosphere of warmth and companionship. “Ger Wolfe is the Dylan Thomas of Cork in the singular sincerity and purity of … Continue reading "Ger Wolfe and Peter Miller – Cosy Concert"
A Cosy Concert with Greenshine's Mary Greene and Noel Shine, at Banner Books, Kilrush. These intimate acoustic concerts give audiences an opportunity to really connect with the performers, immersing themselves in the music in an atmosphere of warmth and companionship. "Noel and Mary create an excellent interaction of voice & guitar work. Some of the … Continue reading "Greene and Shine – Cosy Concert"