The Great Outdoors 6feb2025

The Green Schools Travel Program is running the Big Travel Challenge, a national competition for schools to promote sustainable and active travel. Schools are encouraged to increase their numbers of students walking, cycling, or using other active modes of travel for nine days. The competition offers prizes for schools with the highest increase in active and sustainable numbers, as well as for schools that come up with creative solutions to promote these modes of travel. The competition is open to all schools on the Green Schools Program, with around 200 schools participating. Regional winners will receive €500, and each county will have a winner who will receive €200 towards a celebration. The program also includes regional travel officers who work with schools to help them improve their travel options and achieve their travel flag. Schools can participate by preparing their community and increasing their numbers of active and sustainable travelers. The competition ends on Valentine's This program is sponsored by Forum Connemara's social inclusion program, PSICAP, which supports individuals, community groups, and social enterprises across Connemara. Contact us today to see how we can help you at 095 4116 or see forumconnemara.ie. Welcome to the Great Outdoors here on Connemara Community Radio 87.8 and 106.1 FM. Right, we're getting ready to start the Great Outdoors here on Connemara Community Radio. We have a full program as always and I hope you'll stay with us. Very shortly on the eco spot we'll speak with Ellen Cassan who's a travel officer in the Dublin area of the Tashka Green School and she's going to talk about the Green School's travel program, the Big Travel Challenge, and we'll find out more about that. Piersa O'Cleave, who's Head of Communications and Public Affairs with the Heritage Council, is going to talk to us about Community Heritage Grant Scheme, which is now open for applications. Clodagh Doyle, the Keeper of the Irish Folklore Division, National Museum of Ireland, Country Life, who we speak to regularly, is going to talk to us about a special talk being held on Saturday the 8th of February on love, marriage, and matchmaking traditions ahead of St. Valentine's Day. David Moore from Astronomy Ireland is going to talk to us about what the sky holds for February and they're having an online public lecture on Monday the 10th of February. And then afterwards we'll speak with Stephen Ward, Spokesperson for the Clifton Films Society, and we're going to talk about the Spring Schedule of Films announced beginning on Monday the 10th of February with a film called The Teacher and then that'll start to be classical music. So lots of people are going to the end of our program, but we are going to go with our Eco Sloth now. The Eco Sloth on Connemara Community Radio, a weekly program focusing on environmental and climate sustainability. This program is co-funded by Commissioning Ireland through the Sound and Vision Scheme. Right, I'm delighted to welcome Ellen Kisan, who's Travel Officer, Dublin area of Nantashka to our program. Ellen, you're very welcome to be here on Connemara Community Radio. Hi Brendan, thanks very much for having me on. No problem at all. Ellen, tell me a little bit about this Green Schools Travel Program, the Big Travel Challenge. What's this all about? Yeah, so this week and next week the Big Travel Challenge is going to be going on and it's a part of the Green Schools Travel Program. So the Green Schools Travel Program works with hundreds of schools, nearly 500 schools around the country to promote sustainable and active travel to school. So that includes things like walking to school, cycling, scooting, park and striding, carpooling and taking public transport. Okay, so the idea then I presume is that the schools would try to come up with ideas to make it more accessible or easier for people to do things like that. So what do you want people to do I suppose? So for the Big Travel Challenge in particular, this week and next week, it's our national competition where we're asking schools to promote a specific or all modes of active and sustainable modes of travel for a set period of time. So it will be nine days, so this week and next week. And we also have a bit of a Valentine's spin on it since it's ending on Friday, the 14th of February. So we're asking schools to kind of try and make the extra effort to try and get their numbers up for either walking, cycling or all the rest of the different active travel modes. And also for schools maybe that find it hard, you know, for whatever reason it's not practical to try and do those active travel modes. We're also trying to get them to come up with sustainable or kind of creative solutions to the issues they might have in their school. So we have a good few prizes on offer as well. That's good. And of course I suppose you could say the Valentine's Day is to do with the heart, I suppose, and walking, cycling, all that good for your heart health as well as everything else. So you could actually tie it in that way, just the whole idea of, you know, how important the heart is in every sense. Yeah, exactly. So it's kind of all about, you know, loving our health and loving our planet at the same time. So we also do kind of have a few resources on that, like encouraging like a Valentine's nature walk and a love letter to your planet. And yeah, it's a great way to tie it in. So something like this, I mean, how many schools would take part in these kind of competitions? Because I know you run a lot of different types of ones, but something like this, would you get a lot of schools taking part? So, yeah, so the competition is open to all schools on the Green Schools Programme. In particular, it's focused to the schools just working on the travel team. But usually we get around maybe 200 schools who enter more and more. So, yeah, and, you know, the amount of schools who can win this year is even increased because we have our four regional winners who will be getting €500 each. And then there'll be one school crowned as travel school of the year. And in addition to that, then we also have, we're offering county categories as well this year. So, you know, every county will have their own school crowned and they'll be getting the €200 towards a pizza party or an ice cream van to celebrate their efforts. So, you know, a Galway school could be up for winning regional or county level or even national level. So, yeah, there's a lot of good prizes to go around and good chances to get involved. Okay, so how do schools get involved in this? I mean, what do they have to do? So, what they have to do is they, any schools that are on the programme already, they would have kind of been told about this in advance. And what they would have had to do is kind of try and get the school prepared or get the whole kind of community prepared on trying to make this extra effort. So, really what they're trying to do is increase their numbers from, you know, their average numbers of, say, average walkers per day. They're trying to get those numbers increased for the whole nine days of the challenge. So, really, schools who kind of have the biggest increase in their active and sustainable numbers will be in with a chance of winning. And also, you know, we're also including, we'll also be looking at, you know, schools who kind of came up with other kind of creative ways to promote it. If maybe they don't think that they'll win on the number side of it for whatever practical reasons, you know, if they kind of come up with some practical workshops or activities to do during the two weeks, they'll also be in with a chance of winning. That's good. Because, I mean, for an awful lot of rural schools, it's very difficult to organise a lot of these ideas because the fact that people have to travel generally quite a long distance to it. But I suppose that there are things, as they're approaching the school, they might get out and walk the last couple of hundred metres or half a kilometre or whatever. I mean, there are probably ways that they can up what they do as well. So I suppose a bit of creative thinking is what's needed. Yeah, that's exactly. So, of course, you know, we want to encourage, you know, active and sustainable modes. But, of course, we know that that's not always possible, especially in rural, a lot of rural areas, like you mentioned. So even schools in rural areas, a lot of the time will kind of opt for the park and stride mode, which is kind of a combination. So, you know, it's for students who have to take the car for whatever reason if they live too far away. And then the idea is that they'd be parking up maybe ten minutes or five minutes away from the school in a good area and then hopping out and walking the extra ten minutes to school. So that kind of has a good, a dual kind of good result that it means that there's less congestion at the front of the school and also you're getting a few more steps in and you're getting a little bit of exercise before you head into school. And also schools in rural areas will kind of then also focus on, you know, trying to look at the safety measures outside the school, you know, and trying to promote, you know, either a slow down day if they find that there are areas on a kind of a country road which is kind of open to just cars flying by. That's always a good thing as well to just try and promote the safety for anyone trying to come to school in a sustainable way. I see here that you have regional travel officers who will be out visiting schools. Are they based in every part of the country or how do these people get involved in the school programs? Yes, so our travel officers, there's a network of about 25 travel officers who are all around the country. So they work with a set number of schools on the travel team of the Green Schools Program. So every school who is on the travel program will have access to a travel officer who will come in frequently to either do workshops with them and kind of try and help them come up with solutions if they have any kind of travel concerns in their school and also try and help them in their way to achieving their travel flag. So going out and doing the essential parts like doing a walkability audit is one thing that we do which is kind of having a look around the front of the school and the routes around the school and seeing what areas can be improved either by the council or either what steps can the school do to improve, make it easier for walking and the other active modes of travel. Okay, so it's a fantastic idea. Now I notice here as well that if people want to follow how their schools are going, there's a way for them to do that. How do they do that? So the way that they'll find out, you know, we don't have any live updates of how schools are doing but basically at the end of the two weeks they'll submit, all schools who want to participate will submit kind of their numbers that they've taken of walkers, cyclists etc. for the week and then, you know, once they've sent them in they'll find out, you know, who's been the winner of their county and their regional area in the country. Okay, so it sounds like it's a very interesting one and it's a great idea to encourage more and more children to get involved in exercise as well as all of that. But it's been lovely talking to you about it and thank you so much and let us know if any Connemara people are involved or have won or are coming to Forth Per Second, we'd be delighted to try and talk to them as well. But thanks for being with us this evening. Thank you. We will indeed. Thanks Brian Bond. Thanks. Bye bye. Now that's Ellen Cassander who's Travel Officer Dublin Area with Antashka Green Schools. Of that Green Schools travel programme, the big travel challenge is on at the moment and it's love our health, love our planet this Valentine's Day. And as I say, we would love to hear if anybody from around the Connemara area is taking part and how they're getting on. We'd be delighted to talk to them about that. We are hopefully going to go and see a lot more of the schools over the next couple of months, if we can, to visit them all and to find out what they're up to. So we'll be getting in contact with you if we get ourselves out of the storm damage, et cetera, et cetera. But anyway, we're going to take our break now for the ads and we will be back with Pierce O'Cleave, who's Head of Communications and Public Affairs at the Heritage Council. You've just been listening to the Eco Sloth on Connemara Community Radio, a weekly programme focusing on environmental and climate sustainability. This programme is co-funded by Commissioning them on through the Sound and Vision Scheme. DJ King's Bar and Restaurant Clifton special offers. Two courses for 25 euro and three courses for 30 euro in our upstairs restaurant from Friday to Sunday inclusive. This offer also includes a complimentary glass of Prosecco on Valentine's Night. 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And just before we go over to speak with Piers O'Queen, I just wanted to mention to you that the St. Patrick's Day Parade at Clifton takes place on the 17th of March. And the parade starts at 12.30 and all groups assemble on the Galway Road by 12 o'clock. Stewards will be on hand on the route to assist in any way to ensure a safe and well-martialed parade. Participating groups may enter any float or team of their own choosing. As we say every year, the brighter and bolder the float, the better. There are a variety of prize categories this year which include Best Overall, Most Topical, Best Community Effort, Most Chemical. Each school that participates in the parade will receive a certificate of participation as well. And if you need to find out more information about it, please contact info at connemarachamber.ie or call 089 952 6795. It's always important for communities to show off what they're doing as well. So do keep an eye out for that and I'll remind you of it a bit later on. But I'm delighted to welcome Piers O'Keefe who is Head of Communications and Public Affairs at the Heritage Council. Piers, you're very welcome to see us here on Connemara Community Radio. Thank you very much, it's nice to be out here, thanks for the time. No problem at all. Now, Community Heritage Grant Scheme is now open for application. Tell me a little bit about this particular scheme, what's actually involved here. Sure, so it's an amazing scheme really, one of my favorites of all the schemes that we run. So it kind of does what it says on the tin, a Community Heritage Grant Scheme. So it provides funding to community groups all over the country, public community groups all over the country who are involved in heritage-type projects. So the kind of committees we'll be talking about are the Tidy Hands Committees, Parish Councils, Local Action Groups, Heritage Groups, History Groups, really the whole sort of breadth and range of voluntary-type groups all over the country are eligible to apply. In terms of the types of projects that get funded, again, it's a massively sort of wide range of project types. Even if it's loosely connected to heritage, it's probably eligible. So that could be anything from the biodiversity side of things, if you need to remove invasive species from a historic site or graveyard, it could be conservation work to an old building, a mill, a holy well, or it could be something like an interactive map or interactive sort of storytelling, signs that go up around places of interest in local areas, really anything that spans the sort of heritage spectrum. Okay, so it really does, as you say, they're opened up to be built and natural and cultural heritage. So I mean, all aspects really fit into this. It can be a mixture of all of them or can one specific aspect, I presume, Ned? Absolutely both. I mean, it's a whole other question, but we sort of believe in the Heritage Council that you can't distinguish between the three, that in every project, you're really talking about three types. If you're removing invasive species from a historic building, already that's both natural and built heritage. With every heritage type project, you can find elements of all. But yeah, you're right. Some of them are specifically about built heritage and others are a mixture of all three. But again, any type of project is probably eligible. Okay. Now, I know for a lot of fundraising or funding events like this, there are very often limitations as to whether it can be for built stuff or in the sense of whether it's capital funding or whether it's for spend generally. But if somebody wants to bring out books or maps or something like that, is that all covered as well as the actual structure or doing the actual work on the ground? Books aren't covered in the scheme, actually. I mean, again, a conversation from the other day, but we are planning on launching a sort of a pilot scheme for publications hopefully later in the year. So I might be back on to you again at that point. But no, it doesn't fund books or publications. It funds, you mentioned built heritage there. It funds, let's say there was a building or some object or structure or monument of importance in a local area that was sort of a disrepair, say. You can fund a kind of a study, a conservation study, so an expert comes in, assesses the situation, explains what needs to be done, and then you can apply for funding again the next year, and that can be then the actual action of it. You can start actioning a conservation study or report the following year. So we fund sort of each stage of projects when it can't be done in one year. But there is a stipulation that whatever project you get funded for, you have to have it wrapped up by November this year, which isn't always possible if you've got a sort of a long-term project. So we sort of take people through various stages if that's needed. Okay, so that's very useful for people if they're doing a fairly long project. They can do different sections of it at different years and hopefully that they'll be eligible for the following year for whatever aspect they're doing. Are the applications, is that very straightforward, or what do people need to do to apply? It's very straightforward. Inevitably, there is paperwork involved, as one would expect, but as far as paperwork and sort of application processes go, it's pretty straightforward. If people log on to heritagecouncil.ie forward slash funding, you'll find all the information there and there's obviously a sort of guide for applicants that hopefully lays out in fairly simple terms what needs to be done. Things people might imagine, like explaining what the project is about, there has to be some sort of costing in there, some sort of projection of costs, and then aspects like what are the benefits of this particular project to the local area, things like that. If someone is deeply involved in heritage or a group in their area, they can answer those things fairly easily, I would think. I know Galway is amazing in terms of how it does in this scheme. It always has, per capita, the most demands along with Donegal, a funded project, and there's obviously a few reasons for that. Obviously, Galway is one of the richest counties for heritage in the country. The voluntary and community sector is really strong in Galway, and it's also down to your heritage officer, Mary Mannion, who's brilliant. She's amazing at working with people. She's excellent for giving advice to groups who might be struggling with a certain aspect, or you need reference letters as well if you're submitting a project from somebody in the area who can vouch for the project or the people. I know she's really helpful towards groups when it comes to that kind of thing as well. What kind of funding is available for people? What's the minimum? What's the maximum? It's between €500 and €25,000. It's one of the only schemes, actually, in the country that funds projects with such a low cost like that. Most schemes like this in the country have a high starting point where the minimum you can apply for is €50,000 or €100,000. That usually means loads of paperwork. Whereas this is different. It funds very tiny projects. It could be something as simple as digitising a couple of recordings of oral history onto a website, which is quite cheap, all the way up to large conservation works on a church or a monument or a building. Anything between €500,000 and €25,000 is possible. Again, I always say to people that sometimes that couple of €100,000 can be so valuable because very often you're struggling with trying to find the small amounts and it's just a little bit extra to push you across the line. So it really is a great starter for an awful lot of people if they're not really that familiar with funding and all of that, that it gives them the kind of feel for it and then they can move on from there. Big time, yes. It can be an absolute pain for somebody to fundraise in an area where they're trying to get people interested in an area. That takes up time and energy and stuff like that for what is sometimes a small amount of money but it's also not the kind of money people have in their pockets to just donate. So again, it's really good for those kind of projects. I'm just looking at the list of projects funded in Galway last year in front of me here and there was one in Newport that got €2,500 or €2,400 all the way up to €25,000 for a particular project in Ardrahan. So again, it just depends on the scope of the project. As I said earlier on, when you're submitting the application, there has to be some sort of proof or studies done on how much something is going to cost and that's assessed then internally by our own experts. Sometimes groups get what they ask for, sometimes a little bit less. It just depends on the particular project. Now obviously for something like that, there's a possible need then for somebody with a lot of expertise coming in. Can that be funded if you're looking for somebody who's going to have to draw up these plans or to give you ideas about how you're going to spend the money and what the benefit would be? So do you mean that the funding goes towards hiring an expert to assist with some sort of area of specialty? Yes, you might have a plan but you might not be able to do much about it yourself but if you can get somebody who is an expert in that field, does that get covered in it or not? Absolutely, yes, it does for sure. Sometimes when you're dealing with heritage type projects, it's so special, especially when it comes to traditional skills like stone masonry or patching where there are very few people able to do the work in the country. We know all of them at this stage because the schools are so small and we're at this so long. Absolutely, we know all the people that are hired all over the country to do that kind of specialist work. So absolutely, a lot of what we fund would be the hiring of those kind of consultants, specialists, architects, people with traditional building skills, archivists, things like that are often recruited to help with these kind of projects. Okay, so it's amazing. Now I know that, I think it's tomorrow, there's a funding webinar or something, is there for people to have an idea of what else is happening there? That's right, yes. So if anybody is interested and might have questions or just wants to listen to what it's all about and hear experts talk about how to apply, we're doing a webinar tomorrow at 12 noon. So again, if you just want heritagecouncil.ie forward slash funding, you can register for that particular webinar. And for people who can't make it, we're going to upload it afterwards online on the website, so don't stress if it doesn't suit. But it's a really good opportunity to hear from my own colleagues here who assess the grants and who've been working on it for years and years who know it inside out and to ask them particular questions. So good opportunity for people if they're curious. Okay, so just give us the dates then for application and when the work must be finished as well. So it closes for applications on the 14th of March at half eleven in the night, in the p.m. and then projects have to be completed then by the 14th of November later this year. Okay, so that gives people nearly over a month now to get prepared and then, as you say, they have quite a few months to get the work done as well. So how quickly do they know whether they've been successful or that they will be getting a grant? It takes about a month and a half. So in general, that'd be 14th of March. It would be end of April by the time people know. Okay. As I said, sometimes these projects are quite small. It actually wouldn't take too much work between, say, April and November to get it over the line. Like every year when people are drawing down their grants, they get half up front and then another half upon completion. And in general, they're always completed. There might be small stresses towards the end, but it's a huge success rate in terms of meeting that deadline. So I wouldn't let that stress me out if I wouldn't. Yeah, I think there's a little bit of push sometimes. There's no harm at all. It gives people a little bit of extra encouragement. Listen, it's great talking to you, Piers. And as I say, best of luck with this particular funding. We'll be reminding people of it a little bit later in the program as well. But thank you so much for being with us on the show this evening. Thanks so much for having me on. No problem. No problem. Okay. That's Piers McReeve there, who's Head of Communications and Public Affairs with the Heritage Council. And if you are interested in those community heritage grant schemes, there's a webinar held tomorrow. That's tomorrow being Friday. So if you're listening to it tomorrow afternoon, you're too late. But if you're listening to it tonight here on Thursday, you can actually tune in at 12 o'clock, go on to the Heritage Council, and you will find the information there. And it may be useful for people to see that. Now, we're going to play a piece of music in a moment, but I just wanted to mention that there's a great concert coming up at the Station House Theatre on Tuesday next, the 11th of February, at 8pm, featuring Derek Hickey, Lisa B. Vaughan-Cain and MacDara O'Fallon. You may remember I spoke with MacDara last week. Anyway, that's coming up in the Park Music Network Tour, but also through the Clifton Arts Society. One of our great friends that we have on a regular basis coming to us from the Roscommon area, and this is a group, Gatehouse, and we're going to listen to them here with a slow reed which is called Jack Rose. Jack Rose Jack Rose Jack Rose Jack Rose Jack Rose Now, that's the great Gatehouse there, and, of course, they're a very well-known group in here in the west part of Ireland. They, of course, are a Sligo, Roscommon kind of area, and it's lovely to hear that particular one. That was a slow reed there from them, Jack Rose. Now, of course, we all know that St. Valentine's Day is on the way, and it always has a lot of traditions associated with us, and to tell us a bit more about this, I'm delighted to welcome Clodagh Doyle, Keeper of the Irish Folklore Division at the National Museum of Ireland Country Life. Clodagh, you're welcome to us again here on Connemara Community Radio. Hi, how are you, Fraser? Not too bad at all, not too bad. Now, I suppose for a lot of people, they have this idea that St. Valentine's Day would be the Valentine's cards, which I suppose a lot of people would have been sending, but, of course, obviously in the older days, probably that wasn't a feature. What did the Irish, or how did the Irish celebrate St. Valentine's Day in the past? I think we weren't so majorly into St. Valentine as the commercial way that the cards have kind of brought us to it today. Although he was associated with love, we have a very strong connection in Ireland to St. Valentine in some ways. I know in Whitefriars Street Church, there's relics of St. Valentine's blood, and, you know, that there's an altar and a shrine there. I even remember going there as a child because my grandmother lived up the road in Scots, so it was a lovely church to visit. But you'd say a prayer that you'd meet the right person, and it's still very popular today where people come to get their rings blessed on St. Valentine's Day there. And also people do look to the saint and pray to the saint, and there's prayers to look for love, I suppose. But I think, strangely enough, you know, Shrove Tuesday, getting married was so important in the Irish tradition. You just had to get married, you know. If you didn't get married, it wasn't a good thing really for the community, so people really encouraged marriage. And most of the time, courting started during the summer, you know, pretty much around Lughnasadh and all that, and different times of the year when there was bonfires and people gathering together. And then you'd probably come by Halloween, you'd be kind of trying to figure out all the games we played and all the barn back. People's trying to figure out if you'll get the ring if you're going to get married within the next year, and maybe start courting over the winter period. And then by the time it comes to Shrove, if you haven't married, you're flipping your pancake to make sure you will get married in the coming year. But people loved a good wedding, and you couldn't get married during Lent. So Shrove, around Shrove Tuesday, was very important if you got married just before that. And that's coming up now on March the 4th, so you have time to get married. Because if you didn't get married by the time Lent had started, people often felt that, you know, there was Chalk Sunday, which was the Sunday after Lent, and people believed that Chalk connects on the people who hadn't married. Or sometimes places in Ballinrobe would have thrown salt at the bachelors and different people, Salt Monday, after Lent had started. And just to pickle them for another year and make sure they stayed in their point. So I suppose, and then other traditions in Ireland would be like those, like getting married, but getting engaged, and the matchmaking tradition that was so strong. And even, you know, going to Liston Barna now is sometimes still today, but it was matchmaking. And often marriages were convened by the fireside or in the pubs by two farmers with different, with marriageable son or daughter, you know. So love matches weren't always the way, and quite often it was about, the marriage wasn't, it was strongly about wealth and different things and marriage within the community. But then there was also the kind of these other traditions of, you know, torches at weddings and bonfires. People probably remember that still happens very strongly. Straw boys at the weddings are really important and a very strong tradition in the three southern provinces. And, you know, different things as well from straw boys. And, you know, people do remember straw boys and certainly very popular still. Sometimes people threw money. If you didn't, if the straw boys were these people who, if they weren't invited to the wedding, they'd come along in disguise. And it was very important to treat them well or you wouldn't have any luck in your marriage. And, you know, those things like we associate with wedding traditions as well, putting out the child's flag, wearing something borrowed, something blue, throwing rice, rice or confetti. Rice would have been precursor to confetti, bringing, you know, prosperity to the wedding couple. And, you know, and then there's all the beautiful songs and, you know, marriages in churches, but marriages at prisons. That's great by Jim McCann and, you know, Grace Biddleford. And, you know, there's so many lovely songs about marriage. And so, yes, we're going to kind of look at some of those traditions. And also the fact that you had to give up your job in Ireland when you got married, especially in civil service. And, you know, the women had to give up the jobs. The women. Yeah, exactly. That's it. Yes, only the women. And why that happened. And then, you know, the wedding rings and the clobberings as well are very important. And just that sense of also there was the tax year as well. If you got married, you could, before the end of the 6th of April, you might get all your tax back for the year. And there was kind of different things like that. You know, there was so many other traditions, but giving up your job was a really strong part of what was happening. And then having a honeymoon as well. You know, a honeymoon was quite a lavish thing. And the word is related to our bees exhibition. And there's the Mian na Mala is the Irish for honeymoon. So it's a month of honey. So that's where we get the word honeymoon from. One month, one full moon worth of honey. And that's the best part of the marriage, the start of the marriage. But also, you know, we have a bee exhibition. And it's really important to tell the bees if you were getting married or there was news like that. If there was a death or a marriage, you'd be telling the bees. And that whole idea of wearing a dress or what you got and what you brought to the wedding and your dowry. Did you have a dowry? Like, were you getting land with the wedding? Or were people walking the land? You know, sort of that idea of stepping out with somebody to kind of, you know, look at their land. And also thinking back to the quiet man and the way people married. And, you know, that sort of sense of those traditions and fish roe. But yeah, it's just important what to wear and whether you wore something borrowed, something blue. You know, what was lucky and unlucky. Unlucky to meet a funeral on your way to your wedding. Unlucky to meet, you know, just a cross path. And also people might not want the bride and groom to marry and they might wish ill luck on them. So it's important to kind of make sure nobody's tying knots and handkerchiefs at your wedding so that you won't have any luck. You know, so it's all, you know, there's lots of traditions there. But, you know, people, getting married was very important. And getting married was good because you needed to have the continuity of the village really and the community. And so it's very important to keep weddings. And then what did you give brides for weddings and different things. So pieces of furniture were often given, you know, a dresser or made for the wedding couple or, you know, that could be anything. You know, a bridge across was often given as a symbol of fertility to a newlywed, you know. So there's a lot of traditions there and maybe going by horse back to your wedding, you know. And sometimes it's a hooded cloak, not a big wedding dress. And, you know, brides would have worn a white dress. But then sometimes, you know, they came from America and they'd have a pink dress. And there was different times where different colors were in fashion, you know. So there's a lot of traditions. And, you know, there's a lot to be, there's a lot that we have carried forth. So, you know, if you think about the barn back and what you're going to marry, and then if you think about even flipping pancakes and believing that, you know, if you could flip it up in the air, you'd marry within the year. And so there's lots of traditions that we engage with now that have always been there. So, you know, it's an interesting area. And there's lots of proverbs and traditions associated with love and marriage. So I'd like to look at some of those and talk. I'm giving a talk on Saturday in the museum outside of Ginterla. And that's called Take Me to Church, you know. And that idea of being, you know, brought down to the, getting the bride being brought to the church and what was lucky and unlucky, who gave her away and all these things. And then I'm also giving the same talk actually at GMIT, sorry, ATU now, of course, ATU in Castlebar and in the Moore Library, Olive Graney is the assistant librarian there and she's organizing lunchtime talks. So that's on Tuesday this week. So, and I suppose everyone's just, you know, it's a time for love and it's a time people remember St. Valentine's Day. And, you know, there is that sense of still a time now and it's very strong in tradition to send a valentine card and send that mystery card as well. And you don't always send this, you know, I was feeling though when I was growing up, I'd always get a valentine card, but I think it was my dad. And I don't know how many more of these things happened. So your talk is on Saturday the 8th of February between 2 and 3 at Turnoff Park and for people to come along. But they need to book, it's important for people to do that, is it? Yeah, I think so. At the moment it is because Sheila was saying in the bookings office was saying that, you know, there was a lot of phone calls, but I am doing it again on the Tuesday in ATU. So, I mean, if you don't get there, we'll do it again, you know. So do you have many, what would you have done for Valentine's? Oh, well, I suppose ours would be more or less the same as that. You would have had the cards and stuff like that, you know. But, yeah, I mean, I just remember my grandmother who was from Cork talking about, you know, somebody asked her, was her wedding, was it a love or was it a match? And she said it was a love, which I thought was an interesting way of describing it. But anyway, Clodagh, this was great talking to you as always. Unfortunately, we were out of time. But the best of luck to you in that. And thank you so much. Thank you so much. Bye, bye, bye. That's Clodagh Doyle there, who is Keeper of the Irish Folklore Division at the National Museum of Life of Ireland, a country life in Cork Park. And great talking to her there. Now we're going to go over to our ad break. And after that, we would hope to have David Moore from Astronomy Ireland talking about what the sky holds for February and also a lecture which takes place on Monday the 10th of February. Discover the beauty of Calmore Abbey nestled in the heart of Connemara, 1,000 acres of history, nature and serenity Norwegian. Join our series of talks and events, stroll through enchanting woodland paths and take a moment to pause and reflect in the neo-Gothic church. Indulge in the homemade delights of the Calmore kitchen and explore the best of Irish brands and local crafts in our craft and design shop. Create timeless memories at Calmore Abbey. Plan your visit now at calmoreabbey.com. Calmore Abbey, a story so timeless, it's still being written. 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And I'm hoping you'll be able to come back to me on Thursday. That was a great tune by Fairport Convention and I to come all ye, That was a great tune by Fairport Convention and I to come all ye, a bit of caning going on there as I'll be dancing around the kitchen. Happy to listen to you on Connemara. So that's it for tonight. Hope that you'll tune in again next week. Connemara Community Radio, thank you very much for listening and I hope you enjoyed all of the music. Now, we're back again to talk a little bit about what's happening in the sky at the moment and I'm delighted to welcome David Moore from Astronomy Ireland once more. David, you're welcome to us here on Connemara Community Radio. Thank you very much on a lovely clear night. A beautiful clear night. In fact, looking up at the sky on Connemara Studio, I can see some magnificent, I'm assuming they're planets because they look bigger than stars. So what would I be looking at out there now at the moment? You're absolutely right, yes. We have what's called this month the Planet Parade. All of the planets are going to line up on the same side of the sun in our evening sky. The only one that's really missing at the moment is Mercury. That appears at the end of the month. But right now, if you go out, you'll see the Moon and just below it is a brilliant star. That's actually the planet Jupiter. And if you look well over to the right and lower down, you certainly would have seen it higher up just after the sunset. You'll see Venus. It's even brighter than Jupiter. Venus is nearly 100 times brighter than the brightest stars in the sky. Those two are very spectacular. And the Moon being next to Jupiter is just one of the best naked-eye sights of the month. If you go from Venus to Jupiter and the Moon and then on over to the east, you'll see a lovely orangey-reddish star. That's actually the planet Mars. This month, actually last month, it's at its closest to Earth. Closer than it will be until 2031. So it's very bright too. And if you're out earlier on, below Venus, or 100 times dimmer, but still visible to the naked eye, is the planet Saturn. There are four planets in the evening sky. We've been featuring these in the magazine trying to get people out watching them. And if you've got a telescope, Uranus and Neptune are up there, between those other planets. You need a telescope to see them though. But you could technically see six planets in a few minutes from one to the other. In fact, I did it myself last night and took pictures of all six of them. Wow. It's very spectacular because, again, as you said there, it's just unusual for them all to be there at the same time. So, I mean, people should really make the most of it over the next couple of days or weeks to make sure they try and see every bit of this. Yeah, you've got all of February. And I meant to calculate how often this will happen, but Venus comes into the evening sky like this about once every eight years. It will be at the same height. It's really high up this time. And then for the other planets to line up as well, it's going to add more and more time to it. So it's probably a once-in-a-lifetime view that you're going to get. For most people, remember, it's Venus, Jupiter and Mars. They're the three really bright ones. Saturn, if you get out early, before all you're going to see with the naked eye, then Uranus and Neptune, you need a telescope to see those. So February is a very special month. It's all over the Internet. People are asking people to send them pictures and even just their written comments of what they see for a report in the magazine. And we've just been very lucky last couple of nights. I think Tomorrowland as well. The whole country is supposed to be clear. So it couldn't come at a better time. Yeah. And of course at the moment, I suppose, one of the most obvious constellations would be Orion's bell star, Orion. It's really, I mean, it's so powerful up there in the sky. You really can't miss it. Yes, I was out looking a few minutes ago. There it is sitting just below Jupiter and the Moon. I'm trying to see if I can get a camera that will actually fit Orion and Jupiter and the Moon all in the one picture. While I think of it, if you look just to the right of the Moon, with your eyes, you see a little clump of stars. That's the Seven Sister Star Cluster, also known as the Pleiades. And if you've got a pair of binoculars, take a close-up look at that. You won't just see seven. I can count about 40 in a pair of binoculars. That's a beautiful sight. And the Moon is sitting right next to it. Just tonight, the Moon will move roughly a hand span at arm's length to the left every night. So it'll be well past Jupiter tomorrow night. It's nice tonight to see it at its closest to Jupiter. And watch out for that Pleiades Star Cluster as well. And these are naked-eye sights that we feature in the magazine every month. They're aimed at kids and the general public, so nothing complicated. And when you get a clear night like tonight, you can just see how beautiful it all is. Absolutely. Now, I was reading somewhere recently about, is it the Winter Triangle? Is that the thing that we should be able to spot quite clearly in the sky at the moment? Yes. For official constellations, it's a bit like a patchwork quilt, like a set of states on the United States of America, that each constellation occupies a certain space. But there are some really bright stars that you can see really easily with the naked eye, and people tend to line them up in triangles. There's one called the Summer Triangle, which is Vega, Geneb, and Altair. There's a big hexagon of six stars at this time of year using some of the stars of Orion. And then there's a triangle that's been sort of artificially created with Jupiter up there. You've got Jupiter, one of the stars of Orion, I think it is, and the brightest real star in the sky, which is called Sirius. That's to the lower left of Orion and only really visible for a few months in the winter. So you can make all manners of triangles. They're unofficial names, but they're something nice to look at with the naked eye. Yeah, and I suppose with that, I mean, that's how I presume the constellations happened, that people were looking up and saw five or six or ten or twelve stars and said, well, that looks like a lion or a tiger or whatever it might be. I'm sure in different countries they're different names. So, I mean, not us kind of calling it whatever we want to call it in a way, it's just the same idea. We're just kind of following on from tradition of what people would have done in the past. Yeah, different cultures have named the star patterns in different ways. A lion is sort of catchy in a lot of people. It does sort of look like a humanoid figure with the three stars in its belt, a couple of shoulders up above, a couple of knees down below. You can understand where that one came from. Some of the other ones are rabbits and other weird things. They've had very active imaginations. There are 88 constellations over the whole sky. And the moon is going to get brighter and brighter. We've got what's called a snow moon, the full moon, next Wednesday, in fact, so the moon is going to get brighter all week. We've got a telescope, a pair of binoculars. Now is the time to view the moon. It's in the evening sky. And if you want to know more about the constellations, we had a brilliant talk. I think it was Ian Ridpath who gave it. I think it was the Christmas lecture, not last year, but the year before. You'll see it on our website anyway. And he explained a lot of where the constellation names came from. And, in fact, we have our monthly public lecture coming up this Monday. It's all about comets. There's a brilliant naked eye comet in the southern hemisphere at the moment. We can't see it, but we did have one visible naked eye in October. I saw it myself very easily with the naked eye. And we've actually got it. That features on the cover of our current magazine, that particular comet. So comets is a very apt talk on Monday night. If the family wants to sit down and watch it online, go to astronomy.ie and get your tickets now. Now, I see that they can type in the comments, what are they, where do they come from? And I suppose maybe before we finish up with it, tell us about what they are and where they do come from. Yeah, well, it's all very appropriate. We actually have our evening classes running at the moment as well. You'll see on our website. You can join those any time. Each class is self-contained until March, I think, the 19th, well into March anyway. And then you can repeat classes free in October. So do check that out on astronomy.ie as well. But comets are very interesting because we're probably made up mostly of comets. The early Earth was very hot, boiled off all the water. So where did the oceans come from? We think comets bombarded the young Earth and filled the oceans, basically. And either water came from comets or asteroids. And we're, our human body is 60% water. I think your brain is three quarters percent water. And perhaps as much as half of that is from comets. So you could argue people are, the main constituent of people more than anything else is comet juice. So it's very important where they came from, how we study them. They're very weird because Jupiter, you can see next to the moon, is a huge object, 11 times wider than the Earth. Comets are tiny. They're the size of towns or cities. But they get this big steam cloud around them that makes them as big as Jupiter. And then the radiation of the sun blows it off in these incredible tails. They're like clouds in the sky. Aircraft can fly through clouds in the sky with no damage. And comets are very similar. They're big, fluffy objects with not much substance to them. And that'll all be explained by James Bradley on Monday night, 7 o'clock, for anyone who wants to tune in. He's a great public speaker. And he'll tell you far more detail than I can over the course of about an hour. Okay. And then for people, if they can't be there on that night, they can pick that up then afterwards again. Is it still available for people? Yeah. It's great. Now everything is on Zoom. So all of the readers of the magazine in the 32 counties can connect in at the same time. We weren't able to do this pre-COVID. Only one of the few things that came out of COVID. But now you can also record it. And if you're not free, live on Monday night. All you'll miss is the ability to ask questions. And only a few people ask questions. So you can have the whole talk itself any stage in the future. In fact, if you go back to that Christmas lecture of 2023 about constellations, that's there on the website. It's under the section called DVDs, because we used to post it out on DVD in the old days. But now we can actually just email you the link as well. One big thing happening on Sunday is that the planet Mars will be extremely close to the Moon. It'll be about a tenth of the width of the Moon, below the Moon. So it's sitting on the edge. In fact, if you're in Scotland, you'll actually see Mars go behind the Moon. Unfortunately, we won't see it from this island. But they will be extremely close all evening. There's a big article about that in Astronomy Island magazine. So if you order it now, you should get it in the post just in time. OK. Well, David, as always, thank you so much for being with us. It's great to talk to you. And as I say, I hope a lot of people will enjoy looking at that particular lecture. But thank you for being with us this evening. Bye. My pleasure. Astronomy.ie. And you'll see our social media links there, free of charge. We post a daily Aurora notice, and briefly what's happening in the sky, free of charge. So you'll see all the links on Astronomy.ie, to that, the magazine, the lecture, the classes, the lot. OK. Thanks, David. Bye. That's David Moore there from Astronomy Ireland. And, of course, a very important group of people doing great work. So if you are interested in astronomy, and, of course, we have our local club here now in Connemara. They'll be having a lecture coming up fairly shortly. Of course, Galway has a club, and there's quite a few clubs in Mayo, etc. So if you are anywhere in the west of Ireland, you don't have to worry about finding somebody who can tell you about astronomy. But, of course, Astronomy.ie has all the stuff online as well. And that comment, that talk on February the 10th, if you go to astronomy.ie, comments, what are they, you will find the information there. Now, we're going to go to our break at the top of the hour. And after that, we'll be speaking with Stephen Ward from Clifton Film Society, and then we'll have classical music as well. On the road again Today's weather forecast is kindly sponsored by the Swinney Oil Company, Galway Road, Clifton, 095-22636. I can't wait to get on the road again On the road again Today's weather forecast is kindly sponsored by the Swinney Oil Company, Galway Road, Clifton, 095-22636. I can't wait to get on the road again On the road again Today's weather forecast is kindly sponsored by the Swinney Oil Company, Galway Road, Clifton, 095-22636. I can't wait to get on the road again On the road again Today's weather forecast is kindly sponsored by the Swinney Oil Company, Galway Road, Clifton, 095-22636. 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Telephone 095-41616 You can also buy your membership online on www.connemarafm.com Ringo Starr, apparently, now has the largest collection of wobble boards outside of Australia. You are dizzy, dizzy, so dizzy too. It's been a pretty good day so far. Absolutely. It's been a pretty good day. Sean B. Halperny, Saturdays from 5 to 6 on Connemara Community Radio. Right, welcome back again. I just want to remind people of a few extra pieces here. What I talked about earlier, but the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Clifton, and I know there's others around the county or around the area, so if people want to let us know about them, we'd be delighted to let people know as well. But this particular one for Clifton on Saturday the 17th of March at 12.30pm, the group's gathering at 12. And I think I mentioned it last year when we were up on stage talking about it and I was just saying that it was a little bit quieter than other years. I really think that anybody, no matter what organisation they're in, even if you just carry a banner saying who you are or what you're doing, it's really, really important. It's a great advertising for yourself, so no matter what kind of a group you are, it's really nice to do that, but it also adds to the whole atmosphere of the day. And I would imagine Canamara Community Radio will be there covering it again. We'll see how that will go, but as I say, everybody should really try to take part. And if you are interested in the one in Clifton, as I say, let us know about the ones in other parts of Canamara. But if you get on to the info at canamarachamber.ie, or call 089 95 267 95, that would be good. The other thing, just to remind you again of, is this wonderful Music Network concert, which will have the best of traditional music featuring Derrick Hickey, Liz of Yvonne Kane and Mac Dora of Waylon on Tuesday the 11th of February at 8pm in Clifton Station House Theatre. It should be a really, really wonderful concert. And I want to, just here before we go to our fortnight, also give special praise and thank you to all of our frontline workers who have been doing so much work over the last couple of weeks, trying to get this country, this area back to normal after the storm. I know it hasn't always been easy and there's been a lot of problems nationally, which I think we do need to look into. And I'm not kind of brushing this under the counter by saying the frontline workers have been doing a terrific job. They are out there morning, noon and night, trying whatever they can to help. And I have to thank two ESB workers from Dublin who I met yesterday who came to my rescue because I still don't have any power, two weeks later. As I say, I'm getting a little bit tired of candles and gas cookers and things like that. So I look forward to having real power back. But thanks to them for getting in touch with their bosses and saying this guy needs power. But to all of the workers and the guys, the people cutting trees and clearing roads and all of that different thing, because it's really, really important. But also they always say to people, please, please look after your neighbours, your friends. If there are older people who are trapped inside, can't get out, need food, need water. And I know people are so generous. That's the great thing about Connemara, people will help out. But at the same time, you may just overlook somebody. So please look around you. If you think there's anybody that might need a little bit of extra TLC, please look after them and help them. So as I say, it's a very difficult time for an awful lot of people. But hopefully, as I say, we will get over it and we'll be... This kind of weather in the next few days hopefully will brighten things up for people and maybe it might stay like that for a little while. We're going to go with a piece from Paul Simon from his Graceland album. And this is for all of those people I mentioned there. This is called All Around The World. All Around The World All Around The World And there's no doubt about it It was a list of single things That's what that old army post was for Well the sun gets bloody and the sun goes down Ever since the water moved And the lights come up on the black-haired town Somebody said what's the better thing to do Well it's not just me and it's not just you This is all around the world Over the mountains, down in the valley This is the form of talk show host Far and wide his name was known He says there's no doubt about it It was a list of single things That's why we must learn to live alone 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just click in there and then there's actually a little field for putting in your email if you want to subscribe to our newsletter so all you have to do is put in your email in the little uh subscription uh place press subscribe we're also on instagram and facebook all you have to do is search clifton film society in in there and it will pop up and we share all of our information with the pages and all that and uh you guys the radio you're great for spreading the news so thanks so much again for having me on bernard it's really and from emma too she couldn't make it but she said thanks very much as well no problem no problem anyway steven look the best look to yourself and to everybody with this different film society with those films starting on monday the 10th with the teacher not like an interesting one but it was great talking to you again and the best look as i say thanks so much bernard take care bye bye bye and that's steven ward there who's uh with the clifton film society and their schedule of films starting on monday the 10th of february with the teacher and really right up to the 31st of march so this is they do two seasons a year so this is their spring one i suppose and then they'll have one in the autumn time again kind of time so yeah it's a great opportunity to get to see quite different movies along the way as well and as i say i thought was an interesting one i know a lot of people enjoyed the movies and they were nice and of course this theater there's wonderful place to be as well so well done to them all there now we're going to take a little piece of music and we are going to go with glenn campbell from a concert collection so it's a live piece but this is a lovely track which is gentle on my mind and i'm not man it's not because they thought we'd miss together walking it's just knowing that this world will not be cursing or forgiving when i walk along some railroad track and find that you are moving on the back roads by the rivers of my memory and for hours just gentle on my mind i may tip my cup of soup back from the circling cracks and cauldron in some strange yard with my fear of thin coal piles and a dirty ass hole all across my face is saying to me feel gentle is no that was glenn campbell there and gentle on my mind a lovely track from him it's great and picking going on there in the background i don't know who exactly was on that particular one but it's a lovely album this particular one the concert collection now we must come back to it some super um uh you know kind of uh i suppose appalachian pieces and stuff like that so it's really good it's really good to have that now um just again as i say to remind people that the concert coming up on the 11th of february and of course don't forget st patrick's day the film's starting back on the 10th of february and i'm not sure i think the astronomy club will be up fairly shortly as well but i'll have to check that out for you and give you more information on that but uh we're going to take another little tiny break first and then we will be finishing up the program you are listening to connemara community radio broadcasting on 87.8 and 106.1 fm you can also listen in to us from outside of the connemara area on our website www.connemarafm.com good morning to you and hope all is good with you on the lovely island this sunday morning good evening welcome to connemara community radio coming to you from the industry studio and if you just joined us welcome to connemara community radio broadcasting on 87.8 and 106.1 fm yeah you go and see uh followed by kathryn beefart where else would you get it connemara community radio 09541616 if you'd like a song played you're welcome to me i'm broadcasting that was a great tune by fairport convention and i come all ye bit of cane going on there to have you dancing around the kitchen hello everyone hope you're doing well you're listening to connemara community radio hey that's an extra reason to play to us at the folks who hear the blind set which i'm sure you know how to do when there was a time you can also listen in to us from outside the connemara area on our website www.connemarafm.com hope you're all well a nice feature of the artist they've been around from the 60s sold more than 250 million records worldwide making them one of the best-selling artists of all time so that's it for tonight i'd like to thank you all for listening and uh hope that you will tune in again next week connemara community radio thank you very much for listening and i hope you enjoyed all of the music right uh brings us now to the end of the great outdoors program and i'd like to thank everyone who took part tonight and kassan a travel officer dumped in the area with the antashka green schools about that big travel challenge with the schools and i'm sure most of the schools here are taking part uh pierce o'creve from the heritage council that heritage grant scheme is now open and there's a zoom meeting tomorrow at 12 now that's a friday so if you're listening tomorrow afternoon you're too late for that obviously but if you are listening to it tonight thursday you can listen or go on that tomorrow tony doyle from the irish folklore uh division of the national museum of ireland country life and that special talk on saturday the eighth of love eighth of february i should say on love marriage and matchmaking traditions and that will be on in park but you need to get on there to have a book a ticket uh david morse from astronomy ireland tell us about the skies what's available now in the parade of planets look out for that and also that public lecture on the comets on monday the 10th of february for astronomy ireland stephen ward from clifton film society and it's about their new program and just little brochures around town keep an eye out for those if you want to but if you go into clifton film society you'll find all the information thanks to everybody working behind the scenes getting this together uh karen particularly and thanks to ann and i suppose to gloria for their help this evening as well we have a new phone system it seems to be working quite well tonight so we wanted to keep it like that this program was sponsored by forum connemara's social inclusion program which supports individuals community groups and social enterprises across connemara contact us today to see how we can help you on 0954-1116 or see forum connemara.ie