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THE CLIFDEN Community Arts Week returns from Thursday September 17 to Sunday 27 and will feature readings from such major Irish poets as Seamus Heaney and Michael Longley.

The Athenry Heritage Centre will be transformed into a cavern of delight with spooks, ghosts, and things that go bump in the night this Saturday. Enjoy making wands and spells, experience the creepy crawly exhibits, and watch the enchanting Hansel and Gretel puppet show with the Hobgoblin Puppet Company. Be part of ‘The Scary Factor’ and win a prize. There will be face-painting, and prizes for the scariest costume. The centre will provide three performances beginning at 10.30am, 1.30pm, and 3pm.

PETER PAN, the boy who would never grow up and who could fly, has enchanted audiences since JM Barrie introduced him to readers and theatre goers in the early 1900s.

The Karma nightclub will be transformed into a haunted house for Hallowe’en night this Saturday so that it has the same eeriness as Galway’s haunted Woodlawn House.

Mystery still surrounds the fatal car accident which resulted in the tragic death of a young woman over the bank holiday weekend.

The Christmas season brings with it a whole new scent. It is almost as if the air adopts a unique aroma of pine, cinnamon, and spices that sets your mind on the Christmas period.

In Sligo town the library was. On the floor of a dusty old attic, the books hadn’t been moved for decades and, with the exception of some older local history journals, seemed to be of little interest. However, based on the promise of these journals, a deal was struck.

Up ahead lay the Brandenburg gate, with its two sections of six Doric columns. With the heat scorching, she can no longer hear her quick footsteps on the hot road on this Sunday morning in Germany. Atop the gate lies the Quadriga, a chariot drawn by four horses and driven by Victoria, the Roman goddess of victory. How appropriate that she should stare down on this day of achievement from the girl from Loughrea.

Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney will read as part of this year’s Clifden Arts Festival.

The winter is creeping upon us and we know this as these mornings we see our breath in the cold air.