Reflecting on International Women’s Day, Ireland’s Referendum Day, and the Resilience of Scattery Island Women
Today marks an important day for Ireland, as citizens across the country are called upon to participate in two referendums aimed at shaping the future of our nation. As we step into the polling booths, we carry with us not only the weight of our individual choices but also the collective responsibility to shape the…
March 8, 2024
Remembering Christmas on Scattery Island…
Christmas will be very different this year – for everyone. It’s feels like an appropriate year to look back and remember that Christmas wasn’t always about frenzied shopping for gifts, the over indulgent treats and ‘Christmas FM’ blasting out festive tune on the radio as we race around doing all those last little jobs in…
December 22, 2020
Local communities brimming with local Saints…
Have you noticed Social Media has changed over the past week, facebook and Instagram have become a lot less “this is what I do” and a lot “more what can we do for you?” Communities are pulling together in ways not seen for decades. In Kilrush Offers from our local stores to deliver ready meals,…
March 19, 2020
From farmers son to Saint… How did St. Senan create a following centuries ago?
Saint Senan (c. 488-544) As we flick through social media and absorb stories about celebrities and news from around the globe in an instant, try to imagine what it was like in the years around 488-544, when a young man was born, near Kilimer in County Clare. Just how extraordinary did one…
March 6, 2020
Our Great Island Experience in Co. Clare’s Wild Atlantic Way
We often get asked.. “but what will I do on an uninhabited island for five hours?!!”… So we thought we’d share some tips on the best way to enjoy Scattery Island and our new Great Island Experience Tour. But first off.. lets dispense with some of the fearful myths!.. “Yes”… there is 4G on the island…
May 26, 2019
The lives of the Scattery Island Pilots
The older name for Scattery is Inis Cathaigh, an Island steeped in tradition. The recent social history of Scattery Island can be said to have begun with the settling of a number of families from the Kilbaha district of West Clare. A number of these family names included Melichan, Griffin, Keane, Hanrahan, Scanlon, Moran, Brennan…
May 19, 2019
Scattery Awarded a further EDEN Innovation Prize in ‘Sustainable Tourism and Implementation’
Following their recent award as the European Destination of excellence award for Ireland for 2017, Scattery Island has scooped a further award at yesterdays Annual EDEN conference in Romania. This award was given for ‘Best Practice in Sustainable Tourism and Implementation’ and recognises the work carried out by Scattery Island Tours in implementing…
May 16, 2019