A new initiative from the Heritage Council and National Museum of Ireland invites you to share your discoveries and insights about the hidden heritage of your locality. Due to Covid 19 we have all become much more familiar with our immediate locality. This can help us to see things in […]
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Bealtaine Festival, an Age & Opportunity event, is a celebration of the arts and creativity as we age. Although festival organisers had to cancel their live and in-person events this May, they are bringing a taste of the festival to you online for the entire month of May – Bealtaine […]
Jean Dunne, a Sherkin Island artist, is working with other artists and friends of the Sherkin Island community to help raise funds for Cork Penny Dinners. Jean has created a dedicated page https://thewoolshop.ie/?s=cork&post_type=product on her online wool shop where images of artwork can be bought, with 100 per cent of the profits […]
Earlier this year, LifeFM 93.1, in association with Community Integration Fund launched ‘Hidden Stories’ a new series that will celebrate and showcase the writing of migrants and refugees in Cork. There were many submissions received but due to Covid-19, it was decided to extend that deadline and present for the […]
IndieCork Festival today announced a quarantine film project, designed to get people making creative short films, as lockdown continues. Referencing the famous ‘Dogme 95’ filmmaking movement, who created a ‘Dogme manifesto’ of rules under which films could be shot, the ‘Vow of Quarantine’ asks filmmakers to create 3 minute maximum […]
Ireland’s Young Filmmaker of the Year Awards 2020 are giving young filmmakers a platform to shine as this year’s awards move online due to the current Covid-19 restrictions with Cork girl Demi Isaac Oviawe, star of RTEs ‘The Young Offenders’, hosting this year’s online awards. Ireland’s Young Filmmaker of the […]