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A survey of the Unbaptised Children’s Burial Grounds (cillíns) will be launched as part of Clare Heritage Week at 8pm on Thursday, August 21 in the Clare Museum, Ennis. Historian, writer and archaeologist, Michael Houlihan, carried out the Clare Cillíní survey from 2023 to 2025 on behalf of Clare County Council. The information gathered during the survey is being made publicly available on the Clare Heritage website: https://clareheritage.org/

Clare Arts Office, in conjunction with the Edna O’Brien Library in Scarriff, will host ‘Stereo’ by the artist Sabrina Heinrichs, from August 25 to September 27, inclusive.

Clare County Council is complementing its hedge cutting programme this autumn by facilitating landowners and community groups in maintaining hedgerows throughout County Clare, while adopting a management regime in keeping with biodiversity considerations.

National Heritage Week 2025 takes place from August 16 to 24, under the theme ‘Exploring Our Foundations’. Clare County Council has announced a countywide programme of events celebrating the county’s rich cultural, built and natural heritage.

From restored seating and public art to new planters and improved bus stops, Clare County Council’s Ennis Municipal District (MD) and local groups have delivered a series of linked enhancement projects aimed at improving how people move through and experience the town of Ennis.

Clare County Council has announced details of the Daniel O’Connell Commemorative Programme to mark the 250^th anniversary of his birth on August 9 and 10, 2025.

This August Bank Holiday weekend (Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd August), Craggaunowen will come alive with the sights and sounds of the Viking Age, as it transforms into a bustling Norse village featuring medieval games, thrilling battle reenactments, and a vibrant showcase of traditional Viking arts, crafts, and trades. ‘The Viking Age at Craggaunowen’ will provide visitors with an insight into how the pagan warriors lived in Ireland during the 9th and 10th centuries.

Clare Arts Office, in conjunction with Clare Museum, is hosting ‘An Abstract View’ by Paul McMahon at the Clare Museum, Ennis, from July 21 to August 23.

Clare Arts Office, in conjunction with the Edna O’Brien Library in Scarriff, will host ‘Works in Pastel’ by the artist Janet Buell from July 22 to August 23, inclusive.

Clare is in the running to become the European Volunteering Capital 2027.