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RNLI voluntary crews deserve our thanks and support – Achill and Ballyglass …Connaught TelegraphThe Achill Island crew on board their all-weather lifeboat were called out on 14 occasions and assisted eight people in distress. The Aran Island crew wer… Continue reading →

BBC NewsAchill-henge: A monument that divides IrelandBBC NewsBut on Achill Island, off the far west coast – up a mountain and in the middle of a bog – sits a different kind of monument that locals are calling Achill-henge. The wind is so strong, just o… Continue reading →

Humpback Whale Spotted Off AchillAfloat#MARINE WILDLIFE – The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group has confirmed the sighting of a humpback whale off Achill Island in Co Mayo last weekend. Surfers off Keel Beach were credited with the discovery, after spottin… Continue reading →

Syracuse.com (blog)Grit gives way to color in exhibit at Syracuse's Everson MuseumSyracuse.com (blog)This coincided with his first trip to Ireland and summertime stay on Achill Island on that country's West Coast. There, his subject matter was … Continue reading →

Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung initiiert Veranstaltungsreihe in WeimarOstthüringer ZeitungIn der Galerie ACC hält er einen Vortrag über die Aufenthalte der Familie Böll auf Achill Island , die 1957 Einzug in dem "Irischen Tagebuch" fanden. Im St… Continue reading →

Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung initiiert Veranstaltungsreihe in WeimarThüringer AllgemeineIn der Galerie ACC hält er einen Vortrag über die Aufenthalte der Familie Böll auf Achill Island , die 1957 Einzug in dem "Irischen Tagebuch" fanden. Im St… Continue reading →

Syracuse.com (blog)Everson Museum opens exhibit of works of Robert HenriSyracuse.com (blog)But Henri also spent years portraying the landscape and people of Achill Island, a speck of land located off the central West Coast of Ireland. Saturday, an exhi… Continue reading →

Achill village drama group to play TFMayo NewsHaving started off as an avenue of raising funds for the local community festival, the Dooega Drama Group from Achill Island are heading for loftier heights after it was confirmed they will play the TF Roya… Continue reading →

Irish TimesA home on AchillIrish TimesHe bought a cottage on Achill Island in 1958, and from then on the family came regularly to spend periods of time there, and Böll did a great deal of his writing in that cottage. In 1972 he won the Nobel Prize in … Continue reading →

Irish EchoAround IrelandIrish EchoThe Achill-henge project is the work of controversial developer Joe McNamara, a native of the island now resident in Galway. McNamara, who is said to owe Anglo Irish Bank €3.5 million, gained national notoriety when … Continue reading →