Francie Kennelly from Leeds, Miltown Malbay, was probably the last of Clare’s storytellers of the modern era. He died in February in his 104th year, possibly ending a connection to a great storytelling line that stretches back centuries in this county. See our tribute to Francie and hear some of his storytelling on our Facebook page.
Here's to the women of Co. Clare whose stories have filled our archive and our ears and made us laugh and cry!
See our Facebook tribute to them on International Women's Day 2021.
https://www.facebook.com/clarememory/photos/a.3029986580411637/3647286282014994/
May Eve Traditions
Míle buíochas to everyone at the Clare Champion for running a fantastic features on May Eve traditions taken from the Cuimhneamh an Chláir archive. Hope you enjoyed it! If you missed it click here for a copy.
Cuimhneamh an Chláir (Memories of Clare) was formed by a group of volunteers in February 2009. We are an independent and voluntary group that digitally record, archive and share the memories, folklore, traditions and oral history of county Clare, through interviews with the county's oldest citizens. We have trained and mobilised 50 volunteers referred to as CuairteoirÃ, from across County Clare to help in this process. We are proud to have now conducted hundreds of interviews all accross our county with the wonderful older people of Clare.
Kindly supported by Clare Co. Council and Rethink Ireland
Our work has been been awarded/nominated for the following awards:
We have documented the life stories, memories and folklore of hundreds of Clare's oldest citizens with people aged 65 to 106
We have been awarded grants in recognition of our work from:
We have partnered with the following organisations