Let’s look at why such a timeframe is required? When a baby girl is born her ovaries contain about 400,000 eggs. These eggs are stored in the ovaries until puberty when follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) signals the selection and growth of between 10-20 follicles each month. Each of these follicles […]
As one of your New Year resolutions, you may have decided to get back into family history. One of the reasons you may not have been so involved of late (except where life in general gets in the way) is that you were not making much progress. You can help […]
Nicholas Mitchell explains why it’s not too early in the year to talk about bird song, normally associated with the dawn chorus. Our resident birds have already started to sing. We humans mark the beginning of spring with the celebration of St Brigid on the first day of February. St […]
‘Clochán Uisce’, a new group just started in Clonakilty, is inviting anyone with an interest in our local rivers to meet to share memories, collect data, plan walks and promote these sometimes overlooked natural resources. The group is the Irish hub for the initiative ‘Drinkable Rivers’, an EU project to […]
Touring around West Cork with his mobile sauna, Donie Mc Auliffe has been hearing from many of his customers how the sauna is a great pick-me-up and comfort during cold weather. Chatting to one of his regular customers, a Denmark native, about ‘hygge’ got him thinking on the Irish version […]
West Cork Music is delighted to announce its Spring Concert Series. Over four Sundays in February and March, St Brendan’s Church in Bantry will welcome top-class soloists and quartets. On Sunday 12 February at 3pm, violinists Paul Ezergailis and Siobhán Doyle, violists Ruth Gibson and Cian Ó Dúill, and cellists Brian O’Kane and Aoife Burke […]