LANDOWNERS along the route of the proposed Greenway from Scariff/Tuamgraney to Limerick are being given an assurance that the development will follow best practice guidelines on consultation.
The proposed new Scariff-Limerick Greenway will run through a number of South-East Clare villages, including O Briensbridge.
Design work to begin on Scariff-Limerick Greenway
August 4, 2021
DESIGN work on the proposed Scariff to Limerick Greenway is to begin now that contracts have been signed, Clare’s Fianna Fáil TD has confirmed.
Deputy Cathal Crowe, who is his party’s tourism and aviation spokesperson, described the potential of the 41km route as “transformational in South and East Clare”.
The project, led by Waterways Ireland in conjunction with the ESB and Clare and Limerick County Councils, will result in a greenway stretching from Scariff to Killaloe, along the Errina Canal, crossing the River Shannon at the Black Bridge near the University of Limerick (UL) and on to Limerick City.
Traditional musicians are beginning to discuss what the post-COVID world will sound like once pandemic restrictions are lifted and life begins to return to normality.
But, according to Eoin Stan O Sullivan, the Newmarket-based Musician In Residence for Sliabh Luachra, musicians are considering whether they will be playing more gigs in community halls and other large venue settings rather than pubs when restrictions begin to be relaxed. There are questions whether many pubs will survive the pandemic and whether people will be willing to go back to pubs to hear live music, he said. During last summer, we were planning to organise a series of music events in some of the new digital hubs around Sliabh Luachra and stream them online - but we had to rethink that.
THE pubs have been silent for months now as the echoes of the last Sliabh Luachra polka played with passion at a session have long since died away.
But this weekend the tentative first notes will resound as the rebirth of live traditional music gets underway.
A concert featuring virtuouso accordion player, Bryan O Leary, is being broadcast online to launch the musician s new album, Tranquility in Tureencahill.
This is part of an initiative instigated by Scully s Fest organiser, Eoin Stan O Sullivan, who has just taken up the position of Sliabh Luachra Musician in Residence , a joint venture between Cork, Kerry and Limerick County Councils to promote the music rich region which straddles the three counties.