Eyeries Family Festival, taking place this year from July 15 to 17, is reputed for delivering a family-focused weekend, offering a wide variety of mostly free activities for people of all ages to enjoy. This is the first festival of the summer season in Beara with many people organising their […]
St. Barrahane’s Church Festival of Music, Castletownshend celebrates its 40th festival with a first concert on Thursday, July 14 and continuing on each successive Thursday until August 18. The concerts are held in the beautiful setting of St, Barrahane’s Church. The church, well-known for its’ Harry Clarke stained-glass windows, boasts […]
On a wet and windy June bank holiday weekend, cabin fever eventually drove Mary O’Brien and family out of the house and down west on the Sunday to visit one of the 23 gardens on the West Cork Garden Trail. Taking on board the statement ‘there is no such thing […]
This month provides the second set of synopses given in alphabetical order, for my wife’s ancestral lines and what we have learned from atDNA matching. If you have DNA tested and related to any of these families, do get in touch and consider adding your DNA information to the project. […]
Clonakilty is excited to once again welcome participants and spectators to the South of Ireland Band Championships on July 2. All previous bands expect to return to compete this year, including two new bands on their first visit to Clonakilty – Stedfast Shoes Band and An Lochrann Linn Brass Band […]
Bantry Development and Tourism Association invites everyone to join a mid-summer multicultural celebration at the Bantry Kupala Festival 2022 on Saturday, June 25 from 12-4pm. This festival is well known around West Cork for supporting artists from all backgrounds and this year’s programme features a unique range of artists from […]