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 […]
Culture
The 99th anniversary commemoration of the battle of Crossbarry will be held on Sunday March 29 next at 2pm at the monument. On March 19, 1921 the flying column of the third Cork brigade of 104 volunteers under the command of Tom Barry won a famous victory when they smashed […]
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, […]
Eleven art students from the West Cork Campus, College of Commerce will be showcasing their ‘work-in-progress’ at an amazing new exhibition space at the West Cork Hotel, Skibbereen from February 8-14. Curated by Aisling Roche and Paula Marten, the exhibition, which will include ceramics, painting, drawing and sculpture will showcase […]
Bantry has Strictly Fever again as the third Strictly Come Dancing event takes place in the West Cork town. Hosted by St. Finbarr’s Boy NS, this hugely successful fundraiser has already raised almost €60,000 for this local school. This year, the school have partnered with Pieta House and in appreciation […]