2024 – Help Us Fund The Clifden Christmas Lights

This is our annual appeal to ensure that Connemara’s capital Clifden is nice and lit up for the festive season! We hope you will contribute a little (or a lot!) to light up Clifden in 2024. Every year without fail and with incredible local generosity, the Connemara Chamber gets the lights up in Clifden. In […]

Connemara community pays tribute to Dr. Brendan Flynn of Clifden Arts Festival

At a packed-out Station House Theatre in Clifden, Connemara last Saturday afternoon (25th November 2023), the Connemara community paid tribute to the man who has driven the Clifden Arts Festival (the longest running community arts festival in the country) into its 47th year. The two-hour event, organised and hosted by Connemara Chamber of Commerce included […]

Life begins at 40! Clifden Arts Festival in its 4th Decade!

It’s that time year when thoughts move to the Clifden Arts Festival – now in its 40th year! Browse the online brochure here: https://issuu.com/clifdenartsfestival/docs/caf-prog-2017-low-res For the uninitiated, this is arguably the highlight of Connemara’s calendar of events. Every September the community comes together in conjunction with artists from Ireland and further afield to celebrate the arts. […]