Applications close today for a summer job that offers peak prospects — keyholder of the tiny oratory atop the 2,510ft-high Croagh Patrick in Mayo.

THE late co-founder of the Willie Clancy Summer School, Muiris Ó Rócháin was yesterday described as “a man of great vision, great courage, but a very humble man”.

TRIBUTES were paid to Muiris O Rócháin — the driving force behind the Willie Clancy Summer School during the past four decades — who died yesterday.

The tiny village of Milltown Malbay is the focal point for Willie Clancy Week, reports Caomhan Kean.

An estimated 25,000 people have begun climbing the Mayo mountain of Croagh Patrick.