REVEALED: Offaly s favourite building has been crowned
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The Round Tower at the ancient monastic site of Clonmacnoise has been selected as Offaly s Favourite Building.
The selection follows voting by thousands of readers from an initial list of 50 buildings which was narrowed down to a shortlist of five and published in last week s Tribune.
The tower, known as O Rourke s Tower, forms part of an extensive site that includes the ruins of a cathedral, seven churches, two round towers, three high crosses and a large collection of Early Christian grave slabs.
Most of the churches have recently undergone comprehensive conservation works, mostly re-pointing, with the Nun s Church (about 1 km off site), currently under wraps while it too undergoes the same process.
The man organises the donations through Facebook and will join Claire to tell his story.
Also on the show will be immunologist Professor Luke O Neill, who was verbally and physically assaulted in the street by an anti-vaxxer for his work during the Covid-19 pandemic.
O Neill has been a leading figure in providing information throughout the pandemic and he will discuss the impact the attack had on him.
There will also be a discussion about how things will change in Ireland when the population is vaccinated.
In a show that will feature one of the most fertile men in Ireland and one of the leading immunologists in the world, you might wonder how they could possibly top that.
The National Museum of Ireland - Country Life, at Turlough Park, Castlebar, is encouraging people to build some ‘hedgehog highways’ this spring to help one of Ireland’s best loved wild animals.
WATCH: A look at Ennis, Co Clare more than 70 years ago
The Irish Film Institute presents this study of the sleepy village of Ennis, Co Clare, in the 1940s and how Shannon Airport affected daily life in the locality.
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The 1949 short-film “Ennis,” from British Pathé, is featured on the Irish Film Institute’s IFIPlayer.
While Pathé’s lens focuses on primitive thatched cottages in this short film, the narrator describes how Ennis clings to the old ways of life.
A young boy fills a bucket from a street pump, and the voiceover tells how water for a wash or a drink still means a long walk for someone.
Minister Martin announces new Artist-in-Residence Programme as part of the Decade of Centenaries Programme
Minister Catherine Martin T.D. has announced a new Artist-in-Residence scheme to create new works to encourage public engagement with the Decade of Centenaries and institutions.
Artists will be invited to reflect on the rich collections held by our institutions and other bodies and create innovative pieces in order to reach new audiences.
The programme is in partnership with the National Museum of Ireland (NMI), the National Library of Ireland (NLI), the National Archives (NAI), the Beyond 2022 Project and the Military Archives as part of the Decade of Centenaries Programme 2021-2023.