Bantry Library, a building of great architectural interest, is set to receive a grant of €259,920 from the Heritage Council for external conservation works. Cork County Council applied for the Historic Towns Initiative 2023 grant, which will fund much-needed refurbishment to preserve the library’s unique features. Bantry Library has played […]
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Spearheaded by philanthropists and patrons of the arts, Paul and Aileen Finucane, Cnoc Buí is a new community arts centre for visual and performance art located on the edge of Union Hall village. While architect plans are currently being drawn up and renovations are underway, part of the property is […]
Thady Trá’s photography exhibition ‘By Eye’ opens on Saturday April 8 at 5.30pm in Gallery Asna, Clonakilty. Thady has been honing his photographic skills for many years and keen observational and compositional abilities are evident in his work. The up-and-coming photographer has a huge grá for analogue photography and takes all his photographss on […]
All inspired poets are unique in their own way. John W. Sexton is no exception says Moze Jacobs. Specifically, he happens to be a particularly sci-fantastic one. The award-winning author of eight published poetry collections (and counting), two novels, a 100-episode RTE radio programme, and an album with Hugh Cornwell, […]
By Marianne Adams Lecturer of Arts in Health and Education at MTU Have any of us truly integrated the last two years, are we ready for the coming year, do we feel empowered in our own lives, and in our ability to impact the wider world? These are crucial questions, […]
Of all the young realist painters to have entered the world stage in the last decade, the Chilean, Guillermo Lorca García Huidobro, is certainly the most spectacular. His magic realist fantasies, delivered in oil on a cinematic scale, combine the opulent Baroque world of Peter Paul Rubens with a tropical […]