Gallery Asna at Clonakilty Arts Centre, is holding a unique exhibition this month; ‘Of Granite’, a touring exhibition by ROGHA Collective, brings the art and craft of South Armagh to West Cork. An area of outstanding natural beauty, rich in heritage, myth and magic, South Armagh is a place and people […]
Culture
Arran Street East, a creative studio originally set up in Dublin in 2015, will open a new creative hub this summer in Schull. The hub will be a centre for making and learning traditional crafts, and will offer pottery, weaving, and baking courses in a beautifully restored barn located behind […]
Lovers of all things wool will happily lose themselves in the beautiful tactile space that is Olga’s Own Craft Studio and Yarn. This Ballinaspittle-based haven for knitting lovers is the creation of Olga Prins, a South African native who says that the village of Ballinspittle instantly captured her heart, which […]
Multi-instrumentalist Rawney (aka Ciarán Calnan) is an independent artist hailing from Clonakilty. Having played in various bands from the age of twelve, most notably Setmaker, he has been focusing on solo endeavours of late and his debut EP ‘Say It Loud’ is due for release on July 8. Rawney’s sound […]
After a challenging few years, Fit-Up Festival is back with a full festival in July and August this summer in West Cork. Running from July 14 to August 7 in a selection of venues around West Cork, Blood in the Alley Theatre Company has an excellent offering of five plays […]
An Taoiseach Micheál Martin delivered a keynote and wide-ranging address at the National Civil War Conference at UCC on June 15. He dealt with several of the atrocities committed during the period including Ballyseedy and the ‘execution’ of prisoners, Dick Barrett, Rory O’Connor, Liam Mellow and Joe McKelvey, who were […]