For the month of July art and geography combine in two distinctly different exhibitions at Blue House Gallery, Schull. Firstly, artists from the now long established D.I.T Degree Course on Sherkin Island will be shown in an exhibition that charts the development of this singular initiative in bringing third level […]
As most people have heard, Ireland declared a climate and biodiversity emergency in May 2019. Many people rejoiced, but as Green Party leader Eamon Ryan pointed out “declaring an emergency means absolutely nothing unless there is action to back it up. That means the Government having to do things they […]
I’ve just finished reading a book about the Black and Tans in County Clare. What made this book so different to other books on that period, was that it was constructed around years of interviews with older people; about their recollections of the Black and Tans in Ireland, or the […]
After a short illness, Tony Eklof passed away peacefully in the presence of his loving family at the Bon Secours Hospital in Cork on May 20. A lover of history (Napolean Bonaparte was his hero), Renaissance art (he loved searching out the obscure), music (he played music of all types from […]
It’s full steam ahead in Courtmacsherry for the erection of a replica model at the entrance to the village of the ill-fated ocean liner RMS Lusitania, which will be officially ‘launched’ at 4pm on Sunday, July 14 by historian, author and former diver of its wreck, Paddy O’Sullivan from Bandon. […]
Bantry is the overall winner of Ireland’s Best Kept Town competition, 2019. The results were announced this week at an awards ceremony in Farmleigh House. Bantry also won the Best Kept Small Town category. Arklow, County Wicklow won the Best Kept Large Town category, Donaghmore, County Tyrone won the Best […]