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Free nationwide Oral History Mentoring Programme for Community and Heritage Groups: April – June 2025. Plus free equipment for your group to keep.  Application Deadline Mon 31 March Learn interview skills and how to record, edit and present your community’s oral histories. We provide free recording equipment which your group can keep. We’ll have you […]

Cuimhneamh an Chláir broke new ground in 2024, investigating new and innovative ways to manage, interpret and share our community archive. Working with experts from America’s James Madison University, we tackled a question that’s becoming increasingly important: how can we use new technology to preserve our local stories while ensuring we do it the right

We are proud to announce the publication of our comprehensive Step-by-Step Guide for archiving oral histories with the Digital Repository of Ireland. Working with expert archivist Clare Lanigan and Cuimhneamh an Chláir Project Manager Paula Carroll, we’ve created a detailed roadmap for preserving Ireland’s rich oral heritage in digital format using established DRI guidelines and

For Heritage Week Cuimhneamh an Chláir will present a public interview with the vibrant, compellingly interesting and hugely entertaining 88 year old Kitty Leyden from Tulla. It’s a live recording for The Clare Oral History Podcast, hosted by Paula Carroll (https://tinyurl.com/y99ket3h) It’s free but ticketed. See booking details below  It takes place in Cnoc na

Cuimhneamh an Chláir runs an annual nationwide Oral History Mentoring Programme for Heritage and Community groups who wish to add an oral history dimension to their work.  The 2024 trainees have been collecting stories around the country from Tallaght to the Galtees. Come along and listen to them at a celebratory event on Saturday 29