Experience majesty of ‘Reliquaries’ at Syracuse’s Everson Museum – Syracuse.com (blog)

Posted on 6. May 2012 by achill island - Google News

Syracuse.com (blog)
Experience majesty of 'Reliquaries' at Syracuse's Everson Museum
Syracuse.com (blog)
He found what he was looking for in the people and places of Achill Island on Ireland's west coast. With more than 40 canvases, all painted between 1913 and 1928, the exhibition should be on everyone's visit list. The exuberant touch and expressive ...

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Rare Stranding of Minke Whale on Achill Island – Afloat

Posted on 27. April 2012 by achill island - Google News

Rare Stranding of Minke Whale on Achill Island
Afloat
#MARINE WILDLIFE - A minke whale died shortly after washing ashore in what was a rare stranding on Achill Island last week, according to Mayo News. The whale, reportedly and eight-metre adult male, was discovered beached on Keel beach last Tuesday 17 ...

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Heinrich Boll weekend coming up next month – Mayo Advertiser

Posted on 26. April 2012 by achill island - Google News

Heinrich Boll weekend coming up next month
Mayo Advertiser
The annual Heinrich Boll memorial weekend will take place from Friday May 4 to Sunday May 6 at Cyril Gray memorial hall, Dugort, in Achill. The event will be formally opened this year by the German Ambassador to Ireland, Dr Eckhard Lubkemeier on Friday ...

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Achill Half Marathon – Athletics Association of Ireland

Posted on 26. April 2012 by achill island - Google News

Athletics Association of Ireland
Achill Half Marathon
Athletics Association of Ireland
The Elverys Sports Achill Half Marathon which takes place on Saturday 7th July 2012 at 11am is organised by Achill Event Management in association with Achill Tourism, the local tourist office on Achill Island, Co. Mayo, in the west of Ireland.

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Martin Howlin at the helm as shore anglers win team places – Mayo Today

Posted on 26. April 2012 by achill island - Google News

Martin Howlin at the helm as shore anglers win team places
Mayo Today
The beaches selected were Whitestrand on Saturday morning, Enniscrone on Saturday evening, and Keel on Achill Island on Sunday. In all, 36 anglers of the country's top shore anglers qualified for this event, having either remained in the panel from ...

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Literati alight on Achill for Böll Weekend – Mayo News

Posted on 24. April 2012 by achill island - Google News

Literati alight on Achill for Böll Weekend
Mayo News
One of Germany's foremost post-World War II writers, Böll visited Achill Island regularly during the 1950s and '60s. His travelogue, 'Irish Journal', lovingly describes his journey to Achill, his time there, and his observations on island life and the ...

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Whale stranded on Achill beach – Mayo News

Posted on 24. April 2012 by achill island - Google News

Whale stranded on Achill beach
Mayo News
You need JavaScript enabled to view it The rare sight of a live minke whale stranded on Keel beach on Achill Island came to a sad end when the whale died soon after coming ashore. The eight-metre adult male came ashore on Keel beach near Dookinella ...

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Sub-contractor removes stone from HSE site in lieu of payment – Mayo News

Posted on 17. April 2012 by achill island - Google News

Sub-contractor removes stone from HSE site in lieu of payment
Mayo News
... Colman's Day Care Centre Limited and Comharcummann Forbatha Acla Teoranta obtained an urgent interim injunction against Eugene Doran of Dooniver Plant Hire ordering him to cease the removal of materials from the site in Bunnacurry on Achill Island.

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Durcan to read new work in Westport – Mayo News

Posted on 17. April 2012 by achill island - Google News

Durcan to read new work in Westport
Mayo News
These days, he likes to visit Achill, and the island features in this new book. In the over 80 poems that make up this latest collection, Durcan's 22nd, the poet is on the road, also visiting Paris, New York City, Chicago and Brisbane, ...

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Ah, it could be worse – we could be Greece – Irish Times

Posted on 16. April 2012 by achill island - Google News

Ah, it could be worse - we could be Greece
Irish Times
Böll, who spent a great deal of his time on Achill Island, saw something germane to Irish culture but visible only to an outsider: the profoundly fatalistic mentality of those who shrug off every misfortune with the consolation that they could be worse ...

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