Finbarr O’Shea QFA Manager, Bantry Credit Union Charlie Weston, Personal Finance Editor with the Irish Independent, phoned me Thursday morning a few weeks ago. He had seen the story in The Southern Star on Bantry Credit Union’s purchase of the Bank of Ireland building right next door to us. Describing […]
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The Sherkin Island Haiku group has launched its fourth collection of poetry. ‘Light Between Seasons – a year of Haiku poetry from Sherkin Island’ features edited threads of Haiku and the lively quips of conversations that flowed between group members via WhatsApp during Covid lockdown over a twelve-month period from […]
St. Barrahane’s Church Festival of Music, Castletownshend continues to celebrate its 40th Music Festival on each successive Thursday until Thursday August 18. These three contrasting concerts are held in the beautiful setting of St, Barrahane’s Church. On August 4, 8pm, Gemma Magner, soprano, James Taylor, organ/harpsichord, Caitríona O’Mahony, baroque violin, […]
What constitutes ‘museum quality’? How much craft is there in art, and vice-versa? Is craftsmanship necessary in a work of art? How do we value ‘works of art’ and ‘craft’? These are some of the questions which have swirled around conversations I’ve had of late with gallerists and fellow artists; […]
Lovers of all things wool will happily lose themselves in the beautiful tactile space that is Olga’s Own Craft Studio and Yarn. This Ballinaspittle-based haven for knitting lovers is the creation of Olga Prins, a South African native who says that the village of Ballinspittle instantly captured her heart, which […]
I love the month of August because it is the beginning of harvest-time in our garden: the greenhouse is full of cucumbers and tomatoes, which we pick as the fruits ripen, and the courgette plants produce so much we can easily eat courgette at every meal well into the autumn. But […]