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The 101st Connemara Pony Show gets under way in Clifden next week, running from Tuesday August 18 to Friday August 21, with a packed programme set to draw thousands of visitors to the Galway town for what is the world’s largest gathering of Connemara ponies.

The government’s draft planning guidelines could potentially give precedence to applicants from Gaeltachts in other counties over locals for one-off housing developments in Connemara.

Were ponies allowed to wander illegally on the public road or was it an act of God that brought down a tree on the night of Storm Éowyn in 2025 and allowed them escape?

Minister for Education and Youth Hildegarde Naughton visited Scoil Mhuire in Maigh Cuilinn last Thursday, May 7.

The volunteer crew of Clifden RNLI came to the aid of an injured kayaker who was stranded on Crump Island, near Renvyle, at the weekend.

Education specialist and forthcoming by-election candidate, Dr Sheila Garrity, is calling for immediate action to reinstate local speech and language therapists for children in south Connemara schools.

Following the success of Connected, a joint exhibition by Elaine Cunningham and Siobhán Moore which took place in Salthill last November, the exhibition is now on tour and can be seen in the visitor centre at Connemara National Park, Letterfrack throughout this month.

The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) has revealed a new and unique cultural and visitor experience at Connemara National Park, entitled the “Connemara Pony Heritage Centre” which was opened last Friday by Deputy John Connolly, Fianna Fáil TD.

The Ros Muc Area Genealogy and DNA group is hosting the sixth annual Connemara Gathering next week as part of Heritage Week.

Traditionally, the Connemara Pony has thrived for centuries on the region’s rugged mountains and craggy seashore and has been shaped by that same harsh, rural terrain. For generations, families in Conamara have relied on this work pony for survival.