Micheal Macgreil

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Bina McLoughlin: reached international audiences through her walk-on role as a shepherdess in Jim Sheridan’s 1990 movie, The Field.
The Queen of Connemara – An Irishwoman’s Diary on Bina McLoughlin

Since she was the Queen of Connemara, and her powers and skills in sorcery meant she could put curses on all and sundry, even on such high-flying poli(...)

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Government reviewing extension for western rail corrider

More than two years after it was promised, the Government is reviewing a possible extension of the western rail corridor from Athenry, Co Galway, to C(...)

The site, which is also associated with the pagan Lughnasa Solstice festivals, features a holy well and a Mass Rock. Above: Rural landscape in Connemara showing the Maumturk mountain range in the distance. Photograph: Michelle McCarron/Getty
Pilgrims head to Connemara hills for annual walk

A pilgrimage dating back to the 5th century will take place in the Maamturk mountains in north Connemara this weekend. Several hundred pilgrims from(...)

A Roma family after their eviction from an encampment in Villeneuve d’Ascq in France last year. Photograph: Reuters
Roma children case exposes deep roots of bigotry and prejudice

The dilemma faced by the gardaí involved in the removal of two Roma children from their homes last week was, supposedly, “Damned if they do and damned(...)