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Meet the makers of the ‘West Cork’ podcast at the inaugural Cork Podcast Festival

WCP Staff August, 2019

The inaugural Cork Podcast Festival, presented by The Good Room in association with Cork Opera House, has announced the first event of the festival programme: ‘West Cork Podcast’, live at Cork Opera House, Saturday, October 12, 2019. Sophie Toscan du Plantier was murdered days before Christmas in 1996, her broken […]

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‘Beasties, Birds and Friends’ exhibition at Etain Hickey Collections in August

WCP Staff August, 2019

This August’s exhibition (August 6 – September 6) at the Award winning Etain Hickey Collections shop and gallery (National Best Shop Front Award and Home Store Winner Irish Made Awards, Irish County Magazine 2018) is a group show of Irish Makers and Artists who have made work for the theme […]

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The timeless art of violin making finds a home in the West Cork countryside

WCP Staff August, 2019

West Cork has long drawn the creative talents of writers, musicians and craftspeople to its shores from all over the world. This diversity is what makes the area such a culturally rich and vibrant place to live – a place where the community is renowned for the warmth of its […]

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Catch a glimpse behind the stage curtain on The Everyman Tour

Brendan McCormack August, 2019

Every Wednesday and Saturday at 1pm, The Everyman invites you to step behind the curtain on the immersive back-stage tour if the theatre. Today’s tour guide is local actor and performer Damien Punch. His sidekick Jimmy Bray will undergo transformations as move through this old and still glorious building. We […]

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The Everyman Theatre – dreaming of us since 1962

Brendan McCormack August, 2019

“I love living, I have some problems with my life, but living is the best thing they’ve come up with so far.” Neil Simon The Odd Couple by Neil Simon runs at the Everyman Theatre on MacCurtain Street until August 17. Not such an odd couple – theatre and this […]

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Blind Boys and Blind Boy just some of the performers at 10th Anniversary Skibbereen Arts Festival

WCP Staff July, 2019

Art is everywhere in West Cork. In the scenery, in the people and in the atmosphere. The 10th anniversary Skibbereen Arts Festival pays homage to this vital fabric of their community with an amazing programme of music, theatre, sound, film, poetry, exhibitions, installations, workshops, walks, talks and a spectacular futuristic […]

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