Cork County Council Library & Arts Service, with support from the Arts Council is providing a series of free online writing workshops, designed to support creative writing throughout the county. Three new online courses, beginning on April 29th and running every Wednesday evening until late June, will offer those with an […]
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James Waller is a practicing artist and also runs Clonakilty School of Painting.www.jameswaller.orgwww.paintingschool.jameswaller.org At the beginning of ‘The Little Prince’, by Antoinne du-Saint-Exupery, the prince discusses his drawing no. 1 and his drawing no. 2. He becomes exasperated by the grown ups who think his drawing no. 1 is a […]
by Pauline Murphy This month marks the centenary of the ambush at Upton near Innishannon that killed the brother of Antarctic explorer Tom Crean. One hundred years ago, on the afternoon of April 25, 1920, a report reached Innishannon RIC barracks of suspicious activity in fields around Skevanish near Upton […]
Featuring John Spillane, Trad Sessions, Áine Tyrell, Eve Clague + many more Live each night at https://www.facebook.com/DeBarrasClon/ Due to the current covid-19 crisis, DeBarras live music venue in Clonakilty, West Cork, has unfortunately closed up for the time being. However, the music lives on in DeBarras Sitting Room to Sitting […]
Following the success of Cork County Councils ‘Colourful Heritage of County Cork’, a colouring book for all ages, a second volume is now in the works. In addition, The Council’s “Heritage of County Cork” series will this year see the addition of an eighth volume entitled ‘The Archaeological Heritage of […]
If you can’t go to it, it will come to you! Take a virtual tour of Michael Collins House, Clonakilty using the Michael Collins House App. With a 45 min audio guide, photos, videos and more, learn all about Micheal Collins and the history of Irish independence. Available at: https://michaelcollinshouse.oncell.com/ or on […]
