Jason Ward reviews Maria Doyle Kennedy at Levis’ in Ballydehob Our ideas of places we have never visited are often influenced by how we see them in movies, in books and on TV. My first ideas of life in Ireland were formed by the movie The Commitments. In 1991, I […]
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Jason Ward reviews an event that took place at The Working Artists Studio in Ballydehob as part of the West Cork Feel Good Festival Everyone knows that live entertainment lifts the heart and nourishes the soul. Sharing a space with others while absorbing and enjoying lyrical, musical or dramatic skills […]
A junior student, who attends my art classes on the top floor of the Clonakilty Community Arts Centre (CCAC), recently posed the following question: “If art and culture are so important, as we’re taught in school, why are there so few places to view and make art?” We were discussing […]
There is a sentence about the singer-songwriter and guitarist Niall Connolly that is very memorable. It’s on his website, www.niallconnolly.com. Part of his Electronic Press Kit (EPK), it is being used over and over again by many of the venues where he plays: “A master storyteller, Niall Connolly is the kind of […]
Schull Creates, a new community-led arts group in West Cork, is hoping to secure a permanent base where they can plan, create, and deliver a host of events while expanding access to the arts in the local community. Through engaging with local history and folklore and using visual art and […]
Culture Night 2024 featured thousands of events up and down the country. According to some estimates a quarter of the population or 1.7 million people attended free arts and culture events on September 20. Around 30 of those audience members were in the back room of Kinsale’s glorious Tap Tavern. […]