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Reaching for the bigger picture

Mary O'Brien December, 2020

For Kate Arbon, Christmas has become a very sacred time to spend in solitude. The West Cork astrologer loves the freedom of no pressure or expectation and finds a special peace in being alone and inwardly focused at such a busy time of year. “I don’t really ‘do’ Christmas in […]

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A helping hand in a time of ‘Impossible Choices’

Mary O'Brien December, 2020

The Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP) Annual Appeal launched last month is one of the most difficult in the Society’s 176 years history. Christmas will be different for everyone this year but the theme ‘Impossible Choices’ reflects the really hard situation families on low incomes face in the […]

‘Tis the season for traditions

Mary O'Brien December, 2020

Just in time for Christmas, ‘Pretty Interesting History’ has launched the latest in a series of whimsical visual anthologies of Irish women’s social history – ‘The Curious Lady’s Guide to Marriage’. The writer, designer and illustrator behind these humourous historical guides is Jenny Dempsey, a self-proclaimed history obsessive and talented […]

Clonakilty GP still remembered for service during Spanish flu

Mary O'Brien October, 2020

Clonakilty GP Dr Laurence O’Cleary was also the doctor at the County Home in Clonakilty when, while the Great War still raged, the Spanish flu broke out in 1918. Dr O’Cleary did his medical training at Queen’s College Cork. After graduating, he went to London where he worked as a […]

Home & Garden

A forever home

Mary O'Brien October, 2020

Niamh Whitty purchased her home in Clonakilty a little over a year ago. Able to see the potential in the four-bedroom 1930s farmhouse that was still firmly stuck in the past, the property photographer from Longford, who has lived in West Cork for a number of years, had the creativity […]

Food & Drinks

Outdoor eatery with a tropical vibe opens in Clonakilty’s oldest family-run hotel

Mary O'Brien August, 2020

A stalwart presence at the heart of Clonakilty, the family-run O’Donovan’s Hotel is a proud part of the town’s history, withstanding two World Wars, a Civil War, recessions, countless other ups and downs and, to cap it all, a pandemic. If walls could talk this family-run hotel would have some […]

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