Culture

A sublime spectacle is typically a combination of awe-inspiring complexity and vertiginous scale. Under this definition we find the man-made ‘wonders of the world’: pyramids, cathedrals, mosques, temples and ancient cities. In this article I reflect upon two experiences of the sublime: the giant mechanical animals of La Machine in Nantes […]

As September rounds the corner of an unusual year in the life of many Blue House Gallery presents a host of suitably reminiscent shows as well as exciting new work to entice and engage before the season takes a gear change. From the 3rd September – Sunday 15th September there […]

The Clonakilty International Guitar Festival returns this September 10-19 for its 17th iteration, as organisers attempt to once again electrify the streets and crash the internet of the coastal town with the sweet sound of those six strings. “We can’t cram like sardines into every nook and cranny of Clonakilty […]

After a longer than usual hiatus, Clonakilty Film Club returns to the Park Cinema this month with a superb selection from the best that world cinema has to offer. Over the autumn season the club will show six films on fortnightly Tuesdays, plus a very special Saturday feature film that […]

In his address to the nation on Tuesday, August 31, Taoiseach Micheál Martin said that the sectors still closed due to Covid-19 can “now begin to hope again”. If all goes according to plan, restrictions will gradually ease in September including the return of indoor live music events, albeit with […]

DeBarra’s Folk Club Clonakilty are back in business at last this month, hosting world-class live performances to audiences in their intimate outdoor setting, the beer garden and brand new yard garden.   Over the coming weeks, DeBarra’s will welcome some of the country’s finest musicians, writers, and comedians to perform […]