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Jackie Clarke Collection garden unveiled for Heritage Week in Ballina

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

Misterman to be staged in New York

Misterman, the hit play of this years Galway Arts Festival and one of the finest pieces of theatre ever staged in the city, will receive its American premiere in New York later this year.

Local authorities have success in awards

Mayo County Council and Ballina Town Council were both awarded at the Chambers Ireland Excellence in Local Government Awards, organised in partnership with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.

Durcan slams money spent on Clarke collection

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.

Durcan slams money spent on Clarke collection

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.

Clarke collection to be displayed in Knock Airport

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Ireland West Airport Knock has become the new location to tell the story of the newly discovered ‘national treasure’, the Jackie Clarke Library and Archive. Mayo County Council is delighted to bring to the public an exhibition on the collection in association with the airport.

New Jackie Clarke exhibition at IWAK

Ireland West Airport Knock has become the new location to tell the story of the newly discovered national treasure, the Jackie Clarke Library and Archive. Mayo County Council is delighted to bring to the public an exciting exhibition which shows images of the items in the collection and the story of how it was discovered in association with the airport. This exhibition shows in images what the public will see in reality in Ballina in September when the actual library will be unveiled during National Heritage Week.

Culture night at the Jackie Clarke library

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Upwards of 300 people attended the culture night at the Jackie Clarke Library and Archives in Ballina. The highlight of the night was the showing of old films taken by Jackie Clarke from the 1950s. On show was rare, unseen, footage of various events from Ballina and Swinford, including Corpus Christie processions, sports days, and Bunree Swimming Pool. Another film showed the unveiling of the monument to Ballycroy hunger striker Seán Mac Neela, who died in 1940. The films were shown in relays to accommodate the crowds on the night. They was preceded by a presentation from Paddy Lenihan from the National Graves Association, a non-politically aligned group that looks after some 500 graves of the patriot dead across the 32 counties.

 

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