The 10th year of the Clonakilty Waterfront Marathon could not have gone off any better regardless of the early morning rain reports Bob Hilliard and the Clon Crew. Following the traditional minute of silence and blessing by Monsignor Aidan O’Driscoll, close on 2,500 runners, walkers and wheelchair participants raced down […]
Gaelscoil Dhoctúir Uí Shúilleabháin, St Patrick’s Boys’ National School, Skibbereen Community School and 49 North St. have teamed up with Anne Crossey to introduce three new mental health initiatives to the community. The first is to encourage men to begin meditation. A five-week pilot programme called ‘Meditation for Men’ will […]
In December, Jack & Jill Liaison Nurse Eilín Ni Mhurchú was delighted to receive a cheque for almost €14,000 thanks to the hundreds of supporters who took to the streets of Clonakilty on Sunday, September 29 to raise funds for Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation. The Jack & Jill Children’s […]
Ireland’s first educational course to examine the modern history of the Irish LGBT+ community has been launched at University College Cork (UCC). ‘From Shame to Pride? A Short Introduction to LGBT+ Irish History (1970s-2020)’ is being taught by historian Dr Diarmuid Scully as a course in UCC’s Adult and Continuing […]
This year is an important centenary year in marking the role of Cork City and County in the War of Independence, as Dúchas Cloankilty’s next lecture will illustrate: The Burning Of Cork will be given by Michael Lenihan in The Parish Centre, Clonakilty on Thursday, January 23 at 8pm. ‘A […]
Cork senior football star Melissa Duggan recently had the proud honour of receiving All-Star and Munster Ladies Football of the Year awards following a plethora of outstanding displays for the senior inter-county team and her beloved club team the Dohenys. The West Cork football heroine also captained the Munster senior […]