This week on ‘The Way It Is’ on Claremorris Community Radio 94.6fm, your host Anthony McNicholas attended The National Ploughing Championships, in Ratheniska, Co Laois.

The programme features numerous interviews from many at the event, which give a real flavour of what the first post-covid National Ploughing Championship had to offer.

This is the first of two programmes, with the second airing next week on the same days and times.

So join us this evening Monday the 26th of September at 7 pm and if you miss it the show will be repeated on Wednesday the 28th of September at 5 pm and again on Friday the 30th of September at 1 pm.

Tune in to Claremorris Community Radio on 94.6 FM, online at ccr946.ie and on all good radio apps.

Join Claremorris Community Radio for Culture Night on Friday September 23rd from 7pm -10pm at Market Square, Claremorris!

Culture Night is Celebrating ‘Inclusion, Human Rights and Diversity’ and you are all invited to participate in our creative event, sharing homemade food and unique entertainment at the World Tent on Market Square, Claremorris.

Bring some good food to share & we’ll provide the entertainment with a host of local & global talent, including Duggan School of Irish Dancing, Straw Boys, The Men’s Shed, Alan Jordan & Co and Gilligan’s Trad Seisiun. The night will also feature The Barcelo Bros, who will bring a youthful, raw and energetic beat mixed with some musical poetry to the show. You can then dance the night away with The Evans Brothers Band of Reggae, Afrobeat, Funk, Soul and Jazz music.

So come along to Market Square Claremorris for world music & food brought to you from countries around the world, offering jus t a taste of some of the cultures contributing to community life here in Claremorris.

You can also tune in to CCR94.6FM’s Outdoor Broadcast from 7pm-9pm. Link available here: https://ccr946.ie/

For more information go to: https://culturenight.ie/…/variety-is-the-spice-of-life…/

At 6pm this Culture Night (Fri 23rd September), join Gus Sweeney and Ellen McDonagh for a special Culture Night programme dedicated to Traveller culture.

Ellen interviews writer, activist and educator Oein DeBhairduin, and Gus shares poems and reflections on his experiences growing up between two cultures, Traveller and settled.

The programme is a A Good Molly Production for Claremorris Community Radio, supported by Mayo Arts Service.

You can also hear it on the Mayo Travellers Support Group page from 7 pm on Friday, or on the Good Molly Radio & Podcast page.

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