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Bare root planting

Noah Chase January, 2025

After storm Darragh in early December and the cold start to the New Year, this next month is an ideal time to get planting bareroot trees and shrubs. Deelish Garden Centre in Skibbereen has seen a huge increase in people interested in planting bare root plants year on year and […]

More than its walls: an arts sector in danger of falling

James Waller December, 2024

A junior student, who attends my art classes on the top floor of the Clonakilty Community Arts Centre (CCAC), recently posed the following question: “If art and culture are so important, as we’re taught in school, why are there so few places to view and make art?” We were discussing […]

‘Schull Creates’ a vision for the community

WCP Staff December, 2024

Schull Creates, a new community-led arts group in West Cork, is hoping to secure a permanent base where they can plan, create, and deliver a host of events while expanding access to the arts in the local community. Through engaging with local history and folklore and using visual art and […]

Guineafowl or peacock for Christmas?

Dr Jeremy A. Dorman December, 2024

As you carve that big roasted turkey on Christmas Day, I wonder how many will ask: why is a bird from America named after a country in Asia Minor? Turkeys belong to the family Phasianidae, along with pheasants, peacocks, chickens, partridges, grouse and quails. This family is part of a […]

Why we should care about our nature?

WCP Staff December, 2024

This month the Save Murragh Action Group – a community group opposed to a sand and gravel quarry planned adjacent to Bandon River in Murray, Enniskeane – gives us a glimpse of the wildlife supported by the Bandon River and outlines what we can do to help preserve and protect […]

The indigenous people of the Americas and their downfall: Parts 1 & 2

Kieran Doyle December, 2024

I remember having a debate with a history teacher from a school in Dublin. He was dead set against conflating events from the past with the ones we are living in. I respectfully disagreed. History is not consigned to the past. For me, the past is a continuous force that shapes […]

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