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Donegal’s Tory Island and Clochán Bréanainn on the Dingle peninsula are among coastal communities profiled in a new series for TG4 starting next week. The award-winning “Bailte” presented by Síle Nic Chonaonaigh returns for its fourth season, profiling some of…

The fickle August weather has allowed a window for the return of Connemara’s coastal races off Omey island this weekend. The meet with nine races will take place from 1pm this Saturday, August 24th, on the strand separating Omey from…

The Aran island of Inis Mór plans to revive an annual Galway Hooker regatta which had not been held there for a number of years. Weather permitting, Féile na mBád, Árainn takes place this Saturday, August 24th, with races starting…

Clifden RNLI launched on Tuesday evening (20 August) to rescue two people and their pet dog from Omey Island after they were cut off by the tide. The volunteer lifeboat crew were tasked at 8.30pm and launched their Atlantic 85…

The annual "Gathering of the Boats" at Kinvara in the sheltered southeast corner of Galway Bay last weekend (16th-18th Aug.) was as ever an intertwining of sea and land, as the action got under way ashore on Friday with the…

It's neither right nor proper that the lively post-hurricane climatic unpleasantness currently threatening Galway is called Storm Ernesto. Maybe it should be called Storm Englebert. Or anything else, but not Ernesto. For if you happen to go through the university…

The corncrake found along the Atlantic seaboard is at its highest level in 25 years, Minister of State for Nature Malcolm Noonan has confirmed. The Corncrake LIFE project has recorded 233 corncrake “territories”, which is up 45 per cent since…

Clifden RNLI’s volunteer lifeboat crew were called out on Monday (19 August) to assist two sailors who had run into difficulty in Ballinakill Bay, near Letterfrack. The sailors of the 10-metre yacht were two sister who had passaged from Cardiff…

Efforts are being made to trap salmon which escaped from a fish farm off the Connemara coast last week. As The Irish Times reports, the fish escaped last weekend while work was being carried out at the farm at Rosroe,…

The 200th anniversary of the “Nimmo” pier at Roundstone, Connemara, is being celebrated with an exhibition by artist Rosie McGurran. “Finding [Alexander] Nimmo” is the title of her exhibition in Roundstone Lower Community Hall, which commemorates the completion of the…

The 45th Cruinniu na mBad at Kinvara in the southeast corner of Galway Bay will be going at full sail, music, and word power this weekend, from Friday, August 16th through Sunday, August 18th. And it has become much more…

Irish Arctic explorer Kevin Cronin will speak about his polar experiences and his book on the Franklin expedition at a talk in Connemara this week. Cronin, who has sailed for many years with Paddy Barry and others, participated in the…

The local Connemara community of Indreabhán in County Galway is being invited to participate in a Seashore Bio-Blitz, Scavenger Hunt, and Litter Beach Clean-Up in An Trá Mhór on Monday next, 19th August. The bilingual event is organised by Galway…

Weather has forced postponement of the Omey races on the strand separating Connemara’s Omey island from Claddaghduff. Strong winds and heavy rainfall have been forecast for the west coast on Sunday, August 4th. The Omey races had been due to…

Irish sailor Paddy Moran was on board the winning yacht for a “nail-biting finish” to the 2023-2024 Clipper Round the World Race. Moran is one of the crew of Ha Long Bay Vietnam which secured the overall win of the…

A Connemara island’s famous low Spring tide races have attracted international media over the years. The Omey meet, which once also included currach races, return next Sunday August 4th after a break of several years. As The Sunday Independent reports,…