Kilrush
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Oct 14, 2026
Niamh CaseyGUEST
And it was just, as you said and Karen said, conversations and just chatting naturally when we're out playing ourselves and talking to people we were playing with at the time.
Niamh CaseyGUEST
everybody was volunteering to help what can we do to help and how can we add to the festival and we all want to take part so I actually didn't have to even ask anybody everybody volunteered so like we have Bernie Keane on the accordion volunteered to do the workshops and myself and Karen Walsh Karen McNerney who's talking to you as well on the radio there and Noel Birmingham it just came together so easily just through chats and conversation we just it all came together and then we're very lucky we have the local cultist in Kilrush, Inishcohe cultist and he says she's brilliant with the children in the locality and provides loads of opportunities for them to play but we just wanted to include and build on what she's doing as well and she was delighted to take part so that was another addition so and yeah there's so many different things going on between the singing sessions and even the traditional Irish mass, you know, it's just a way of including everybody in the community in a natural way, you know.
Alan MorrisseyHOST
And, you know, obviously it took a lot of people to make this happen, Karen, but I'm sure there were only, there was no rubber arms that had to be twisted because I'm even looking at the lineup, I sense there's a great pride in the area in Dumbag to showcase the very talented musicians that are there.
Alan MorrisseyHOST
And I know both yourself and Niamh are amongst those many musicians that will be playing.
Diane KellyGUEST
I mean, we always, we talk about, even, I mean, the Burn is fabulous and it's amazing up there.
Diane KellyGUEST
But then if you go back to West Clare, I mean, back around Kilkee, Kilrush, all those areas and Dunbeg itself.
Diane KellyGUEST
I mean, the, you know, the coast walks, the cliffs back in Kilkee and George's Head and all those areas.
Diane KellyGUEST
And, you know, you don't have to pay for your parking either.
Derek DormerPANELIST
They were all covering everywhere.
Derek DormerPANELIST
I'd say there was a couple of thousand in there in Kilrush.
Derek DormerPANELIST
It was crazy.
Derek DormerPANELIST
The atmosphere was electric.
7 MINS LATER
Eoin BrennanHOST
Munster hopefully on the double for them.
Eoin BrennanHOST
Uh, Clooney-Quinn in the Munster Junior as well.
Eoin BrennanHOST
Uh, a big weekend of ladies football that also included, uh, wins in the Intermediate Shield for Kilrush, and the Junior 'A' Shield for Wolf Tones, so they have to be appreciated as well.
Eoin BrennanHOST
And there's the Junior B finals to come in both the Shield and the Cup in two weeks' time as well.
Colm LiddyGUEST
And when he brought the idea home to Clare, it really took off.
Colm LiddyGUEST
Broadford had a meeting at which 10,000 people, um, gathered, and there was ones also in Feakle, Quin, Kilrush, and then there was another huge one in Ennis.
Colm LiddyGUEST
And this one, bizarrely, the star speakers were, quite exotically for us, two Presbyterian ministers-
Alan MorrisseyHOST
Ooh
5 MINS LATER
Alan MorrisseyHOST
You definitely know it's yesteryear when you have apothecary shops.
Colm LiddyGUEST
Yeah.
Colm LiddyGUEST
Meanwhile, um, he himself had his own bunch of thugs that were patrolling in Kilrush if anybody attempted to, um, you know, canvass for one of the other candidates.
Colm LiddyGUEST
And, um, when the O'Brien candidate went down there, they were in their-- They were so afraid to leave their hotel, and the doors were smashed in.
Stevie HayesGUEST
You know, you see the Tidy Towns committees, you see the work they do around then, it's absolutely brilliant.
Stevie HayesGUEST
I see them in Kilrush, you know, keeping the place tidy.
Stevie HayesGUEST
All people who give up their time.
Stevie HayesGUEST
Um, you know, the GAA, another one for example, people that give up time and time again.
Derek DormerCORRESPONDENT
It really, really was.
Derek DormerCORRESPONDENT
I don't think I've ever seen a crowd as big in Kilrush.
Derek DormerCORRESPONDENT
I mean, the stewards come down and move people around and tell them go round by the side and go behind by the goal.
Derek DormerCORRESPONDENT
It was electric, honest to God.
Derek DormerCORRESPONDENT
So, you know, you can't complain.
Derek LynchHOST
Just a final word before we finish up.
Derek LynchHOST
I believe our self-appointed senior analyst got lost in the moment, did he, in Kilrush?
Derek DormerCORRESPONDENT
Self-appointed, yeah, okay, I'll go with the self-appointed part.
Derek LynchHOST
Well, a Clare business is celebrating national recognition for an initiative that is making a real difference to older people in our communities.
Derek LynchHOST
Rock The Rails Family Store in Kilrush has won the Age-Friendly Business Innovation Award at the 2026 National Age-Friendly Recognition and Achievement Awards, which were announced in Limerick, uh, last Thursday night.
Derek LynchHOST
The business brings clothing directly to older people in the community and residential settings through a mobile shopping service, helping customers maintain their independence, their choice, and social connections, even when mobility makes visiting a traditional shop difficult for them.
Derek LynchHOST
The judges praised the initiative for removing practical barriers while supporting the dignity, confidence, and indeed, social engagement as well.
7 MINS LATER
Maggie CroninGUEST
Happy Monday, and thank you so much again.
Derek LynchHOST
No problem at all.
Derek LynchHOST
That is Maggie Cronin there from the Rock the Rails Family Store in Kilrush celebrating that national award.
Derek LynchHOST
So well done to her and everybody else, uh, for bringing that back to the county.
StevieHOST
So that's 1981.
StevieHOST
And, um, we lost a final to Kilrush, I think it was.
StevieHOST
I have no remember the match really.
StevieHOST
I remember we played Newark in the semifinal.
StevieHOST
I've some recollection of that, but, uh, other than there was a cutting out of the paper the following week, uh, we played Kilrush and I think all the under 14s, Nevin and, um, a lot of lads that age got brought on the under 14 team, and they played the two fourths on the matches the following week.
StevieHOST
Uh, but they could go back to, we, we start doing foundation course with Desly Shaw and Mick Keogh, Sean Gannon, all these boys.
StevieHOST
They was doing the coaching.
Anne-Marie McGannGUEST
story.For sure.
Anne-Marie McGannGUEST
And I suppose the, uh, I was going to start with, um, talking about, um, Kilrush and how they had a, a wonderful setup for everyone, uh, yesterday.
Anne-Marie McGannGUEST
The crowds and the atmosphere were absolutely unbelievable.
Anne-Marie McGannGUEST
And I suppose, um, it was a game that had absolutely everything.
Derek LynchHOST
Uh, we were there Saturday morning for a hurling blitz on the grass pitch, and it was mighty to see that progress being made.
Derek LynchHOST
But, um, it, it does say that there's, um, already all-weather facilities in these road, Clatlee in Kilrush, which obviously are, are council-owned.
Derek LynchHOST
Uh, you can book those if you want them.
Derek LynchHOST
They're also highlighting the 2026 Community Sports Facility Fund, which they say grants of up to five hundred and fifty thousand are available under the regional Tier One category.
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