Little Rockers

In the whole of Europe, this flower grows in the high Alps and the Arctic tundra. ☘️

In Ireland, it grows at sea level, in the Burren, on bare limestone, in the wind off the Atlantic.

The Spring Gentian shouldn't be here. And yet, every April and May, it blooms across the grey stone of County Clare like a tiny blue flame that refuses to go out.

The Burren is one of the strangest and most sacred places in Ireland. A vast limestone wilderness, carved by glaciers 15,000 years ago, where Arctic, Alpine, and Mediterranean plants grow side by side in the cracks of ancient rock. Scientists still argue about why. The Irish just call it home.

The Spring Gentian has no Irish mythology attached to it. No legend, no god, no story. It doesn't need one. It simply appears every spring, electric blue against grey stone, and reminds you that Ireland has always been a place where the impossible quietly happens.

Have you ever walked the Burren? Drop a comment below and tell us where in Ireland you've seen wildflowers that stopped you in your tracks. ☘️

A massive congratulations to Cathál on winning the Clare Community games competition 🎊🎊🎊
We wish you the very best of luck in the all Ireland final 🤞🏻🙏🏻

Congratulations Cathál on your wonderful achievement in the Clare Community Games handwriting competition. Best of luck in the All-Ireland finals 👏🏻 🎊 Crusheen Ballinruan Tubber Community Games

🌟 A huge congratulations to Rían on winning the U12 Flute and Tin Whistle competitions at Fleadh Cheoil. His hard work, commitment and musical talent have truly paid off. We are all so proud of you, Rían! 🎶🏆👏

Congratulations to Ethan, Tom and Rían on their fantastic success in winning the U12 competition at the Clare Fleadh. Their dedication and talent are truly inspiring and we are delighted that they bring their musical talent and traditional Irish music to the children attending our breakfast and afterschool services 🎼🎶 🎵🪈🎻🪗

Afterschool treat 🍦

A Galway woman was delighted to receive her first commemorative coin from new President Catherine Connolly as she celebrated her 107th birthday last weekend.

Mary O’Leary (nee Quinn) celebrated her birthday at the Little Flower Nursing home in Labane, Ardrahan on May 23, surrounded by friends, family and staff.

Born in 1919 in Ballinlisheen, Tubber, Clare to John Quinn and Mary Kate McKague, Mrs O’Leary was an only child who never met her father, as he passed away before she was born.

She attended Boston National School and Gort Secondary School and worked from a young age on the family farm. She married her husband Joe O Leary in Tubber church in 1948 and they lived in Ballinlisheen until Joe passed away in July 1997.

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