Culture

Gary plays with the Clonakilty Jazz Collective every Monday night in the Emmet Hotel in Clonakilty.  It was my pleasure to interview Damien Dempsey before he comes to play West Cork. WCP: I was reading the liner notes to Ronnie Drew’s last album, ‘The Last Session A Fond Farewell’. The […]

Magic, music song and dance are coming to Bandon on March 14 as West Cork proves it’s got talent and lots of it! With an under 13s show at 1.30pm, and a seniors show kicking off at 8pm, Bandon’s GAA hall is set to be the equivalent of Carnegie hall. […]

Bantry is all set for its third Strictly Come Dancing fundraiserthis March. Hosted by St. Finbarr’s Boys’ NS, to raise funds for this local school and this year, the school have partnered with Pieta House and in appreciation for the great work that they do, the committee will make a donation from this […]

Butlerstown Variety Group is busy rehearsing for a brand-new show ‘What a Feeling’, which will run for seven consecutive nights beginning on Easter Sunday night. The show has been part of the fabric of the community for five decades and has stood the test of time, with each production constantly […]

Native West Cork film director and writer Maurice O’Callaghan returns to directing, this time with a musical, which tells the story of the legend of ‘The White Lady of Kinsale’. The show, which has been in production for over two years, will take to the stage in Kinsale Community College […]

What is most noticeable about Leah Sohotra (Lee-ah Suh-hathra) is her strength. Her experiences have made her the woman she is – real, insightful, honest, direct, artistic, loving, funny and happy. She has always found herself working in jobs in philanthropy – in a homeless shelter, women’s Rape Crisis Centre, […]