Culture

Many festivals in West Cork, and indeed throughout Ireland, have been cancelled and, where feasible, an online offering has been made as a substitute for the real experience.  An international storytelling festival has been held annually on Cape Clear during the first weekend of September since 1994. This boutique festival […]

2020 would have been the 15th anniversary of West Cork artist Geraldine O’Sullivan’s summer exhibition. This year, due to the current restrictions on public events, the two-day event has changed to private viewings during the month of August. Geraldine’s latest work will be shown in the artist’s home gallery and […]

West Cork artist Helle Helsner is letting locals and visitors alike know that her work is made locally with a pop-up display in the window of her landmark studio in the former Doswell Gallery in Rosscarbery. The display is part of the Design and Crafts Council of Ireland’s #madelocal campaign […]

There are all types of talented creative spirits quietly working away in the many nooks and crannies of West Cork. Where else would you find a welder-pipefitter- turned-sculptor and a retired traditional boat builder collaborating on a project to breathe new life into a traditional barrel-top wagon? Noel Molloy, or […]

Clonakilty, with its vibrant creative scene, is home to many makers, artists and craftspeople. This August, as part of Cork Craft Month 2020, the people at Green Dot – Irish Design Makers have put together a self-guided walking trail to give visitors, and locals, the chance to ‘meet the maker’ […]

‘Harvest’ is the theme for this year’s West Cork Creates Exhibition, which in its tenth year will not be found at its usual Skibbereen venue, in the O’Driscoll Building, Levis’ Quay, but instead will take place via an online 3D Exhibition, gallery and shop. At the beginning of the year […]