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A PACKED Cooraclare Hall witnessed renowned historian and author, Eoin Shanahan, formally launch the booklet on the War of Independence in West Clare last week.
Clare FM
17th December 2020
We’ve been marking a number of centenary anniversaries in Clare of events which took place during the War of Independence.
On Thursday’s Morning Focus, Gavin Grace spoke firstly to Paul Minihan ahead of a Zoom lecture this evening on the Moanreel Ambush and his relative John Minihan’s involvement.
Tonight’s lecture will be delivered via Zoom, and starts at 8pm. People who wish to attend are asked to email [email protected] by 6pm today.
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Gavin also spoke to Eoin Shanahan ahead of a wreath laying ceremony at Doonbeg on Saturday to mark the anniversary of the murder of Willie Shanahan and Michael McNamara by the British Army. Eoin reflected on his connection to Willie Shanahan.
Fr Brendan Quinlivan, Diocesan Communications Officer. Photograph - John Kelly.
Marathon of masses planned for festive season
December 11, 2020
IT IS set to be a Christmas like no other. Level 3 restrictions have allowed religious ceremonies to resume and the popular Christmas tradition of attending mass will be a very different this year. Between the parishes of Ennis and Doora-Barefield alone, an unprecedented 33 masses will be celebrated over two days in seven churches.
“We are of the firm belief that people want to come to Christmas mass and we will respond to that demand,” said Fr Tom Ryan, Co-PP of the Abbey Cluster. “We have to have social distancing and capacity restrictions, so our solution is to increase the number of masses. We’ll start on Christmas Eve at 4pm and finish with mass at midnight. On Christmas Day, we’ll have first mass at 7am and the last one at 6.30pm. We have the man power.”