Something remarkable is happening in Clonakilty writes James Waller: over the last two weeks 19 individuals, some of them representing over half a dozen key organisations, have come together to form the Clonakilty Cultural Centre Action Group (CCCAG). Comprised of strategic planners, community workers, artists, arts and home educators, arts […]
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One of Ireland’s favourite music festivals, The Baltimore Fiddle Fair takes place this year from May 8-11, with musicians from Quebec, Spain, Finland, Scotland, England, USA and from all over Ireland. The Baltimore Fiddle Fair is one of the most loved and respected festivals in the country, famous for its […]
Spring in West Cork means many things, not least the beginning of the exhibition season for many galleries. In Clonakilty, on March 27, 28 and 29, three exhibitions opened, either coinciding with or programmed for the Clonakilty Arts and Minds pop-up festival. The opening of ‘The Secret Country’ by TP […]
Charlie Magill played a stadium for the first time in his life and musical career in Thomond Park, Limerick last summer. Over 25,000 people watched the band Esmeralda Road – of which he is the guitarist, lead singer, composer and lyricist – as simultaneously the band watched the audience. Like […]
Traditional Irish music is a bit of a miracle. In many other Western European countries, homegrown music with roots that go back centuries (or even millennia) might be played at rural festivals and during cultural celebrations: A reminder of times long gone and largely obsolete. Here in West Cork and […]
Craig Cox reviews ‘All At Once Collapsing Together’, an exhibition of new work by Caoimhín Gaffney showing at The West Cork Arts Centre in Skibbereen. Using multi-screen film, photography, text and neon sculptures, shifting personifications of nature voice Gaffney’s concerns about the balance of influence between humans and the environment. […]