Sitting on top of Spring and looking forward to Summer, Blue House Gallery is hosting an exciting run of exhibitions and artists that in their own way reflect the spirit, colour and times we live in. Running May 27 until June 15: (on the ground floor) Nigel Huleatt-James offers us […]
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‘The Hold’, which opens on Bere Island on Friday, June 17, documents the lives of 24 Bere Island women throughout the Covid-19 pandemic and the hold the island has on them. The women, formed a collective, Bere Island Women Create, and during lockdown worked remotely with award winning island artist […]
To prepare for the return of Clonakilty International Guitar Festival (CIGF) this September, the festival organisers are hosting two special events in June to whet the appetite and generally remind everyone of the life-changing magic of live music. The Yonder Boys in DeBarras and Shanley’s on June 3 and Dog […]
Modern Irish Sculpture opened on June 2 at The Kenmare Butter Market, County Kerry, with more than 30 of Ireland’s foremost sculptors exhibiting. One of Ireland’s most exciting new gallery spaces, The Kenmare Butter Market opened in June 2020 to showcase the work of both national and international artists; this […]
An open air performance area is the latest exciting development on Camus Farm – a 30-acre organic holding in Ardfield, Clonakilty – which this summer will host two outdoor concerts or ‘Fair Days’ of contemporary folk music. On June 5, Camus will welcome Lorkin O’Reilly; I Have A Tribe; O […]
The Irish language writings of Templeglantine, County Limerick native, Eoin Ua Cathail, have been translated and published for the first time by Patrick J. Mahoney, who served as a columnist with the West Cork People for several years. “Aside from offering invaluable insight into Irish emigrant life during the nineteenth century, the […]