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Former Olympian and cross-country athlete Catherina McKiernan was the first woman home in the inaugural Conamara 10k.

Irish running legend Catherina McKiernan will be the race starter at the inaugural Conamara 10k on October 8.

Make a date this year to explore the Connemara landscape with not just great walking but great guides, providing a fantastic insight into the unique cultural/archeological/historic heritage of the area running on selected dates over the four seasons of the year.

Corinthians outplayed the Connemara All Blacks on Friday evening in their annual Connacht Senior League game, racking up a 52-5 victory.

The latest Four Seasons Walking Festival takes place from Friday October 21 to Sunday October 23.

Connemara is an unique area that needs to be protected and environmental farming has to be supported, according to Minister for Arts, Heritage, and Gaeltacht, Jimmy Deenihan.

Historic paintings of Galway are scarce enough so it is always good to come across them. Our image today is one of the Claddagh painted by Charles Lamb in the 1930s. It is hardly surprising that visitors, painters, poets, and novelists were attracted to this fishing village that was in Galway, but not of it. They were all fascinated by the odd assortment of thatched cottages, built at haphazard angles, with intersecting streets and lanes in which one could lose one’s way within a couple of acres. Sometimes they were built in irregular squares or circles around little greens where the young children played. The houses were very small, and while some showed signs of poverty, most were very clean and neat. The back doors of many of the houses looked into the front door of their neighbours, and though the buildings were quaint, picturesque, and romantic, modern sanitation was unknown there.

Historic paintings of Galway are scarce enough so it is always good to come across them. Our image today is one of the Claddagh painted by Charles Lamb in the 1930s. It is hardly surprising that visitors, painters, poets, and novelists were attracted to this fishing village that was in Galway, but not of it. They were all fascinated by the odd assortment of thatched cottages, built at haphazard angles, with intersecting streets and lanes in which one could lose one’s way within a couple of acres. Sometimes they were built in irregular squares or circles around little greens where the young children played. The houses were very small, and while some showed signs of poverty, most were very clean and neat. The back doors of many of the houses looked into the front door of their neighbours, and though the buildings were quaint, picturesque, and romantic, modern sanitation was unknown there.

Connemara and Mayo form an area known for stunning scenery, and a new guidebook by walking guide Paul Phelan describes some of the region’s best and most spectacular walks. Connemara & Mayo – A Walking Guide will be launched by Clifden-based archaeologist Michael Gibbons in Westport Tourist Office on Thursday September 22 at 5pm.

Severe weather warnings did not dampen the enthusiasm of participants in the annual Clifden Lifeboat 10k race which took place on Sunday September 11 last.