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Rural Life
by Máirtín Ó Catháin The words were spoken in plaintive tones amidst the plaintive tones of...
Sheep
By Mairtín Ó'Catháin It’s not discrimination; it’s just the wool. The farmers of east...
Opinion
By Mairtín Ó'Catháin Eighteen nights non-stop, rural dancing every night. A young man’s...
The Connemara Sheep and Wool Trail is one of two new self-guided digital projects that highlight...
A Co. Galway farmer is working to attract new pupils to his children's national school so that a...
Irish dairy farmers face constant change, from unpredictable weather to evolving regulations and...
Community information meetings which aim to encourage all "stakeholders" to participate in helping...
Agri-Business
Údarás na Gaeltachta has announced the establishment of a pioneering new Food Hub at the...
By Mairtín Ó'Catháin Hobnail boots on a country road in Connemara. We counted the steps in...
Having an Irish grandfather who was a farmer sparked a love of animals and the land in TamiJoy...
FORUM Connemara’s Dúlra Project is expanding its efforts to control the spread of Rhododendron...
The Connemara Mayo Blackface Breeders Group (CMBBG) will hold the largest-ever two-day sheep sale...
In this article, we talk to Germain Milet, who is a market specialist for meat and seafood in Bord...
Environment
A project to control the spread of the Rhododendron ponticum in the west of Ireland is set to be...
The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) is planning to remove a deer fence which is located...
Locals in the Connemara area are being offered the opportunity to avail of free training courses...
By Mairtín Ó'Catháin Did Connemara people invent the 'craic'? It might be a good topic of...
A project to revive the Cladóir/Claddagh sheep breed is now in its third year and is still in the...
Rhododendron is impacting scores being given to farmers under the under the Agri-Climate Rural...
Mairtín Ó Catháin reflects on memories of Christmas in rural Ireland Will I be able for...
By Mairtín Ó Catháin The mountains soar to the sky, a majestic and rugged picture that might...
A Galway based artist who spent her childhood on her grandparents' Connemara farm looks to memories...
Efforts to try and prevent the granting of a prospecting licence in Connemara for gold and silver...
Approximately 90% of the population of Connemara is opposed to an application by a mining company...
Opposition to mining for gold and silver in Connemara is clearly evident this week after 6,900...
