Elaine Tubridy

Steo Wall pays a visit to ancestral gigging spot of Johnny Doran

*Ballynacally Cottages. NORTH Clare musician Steo Wall paid a visit to Ballynacally last weekend as this month’s featured guest of the Estuary Sessions. Dublin-born Steo Wall is a direct descendent of Johnny Doran. Johnny, as locals will know, was a traveller and outstanding piper from Wicklow, who travelled the country in the 1920s, staying and …

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Mullaghmore. Photo: Julie Tillett

Burren Slow Food Festival promises to ‘nourish body and soul’ this May

*The Burren. THE Burren Slow Food Festival promises to nourish body and soul through food and wellness when it returns in May. The event, organised by Slow Food Clare, is Ireland’s longest running food festival and will take place on May 19th at the Pavilion in Lisdoonvarna. It is part of a month-long festival of …

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