Holger Smyth, Inanna Rare Books, Skibbereen, revisits houses shown in the rare Hodges publication ‘Cork and County Cork in the Twentieth Century’. Episode 3: Norton, Skibbereen, the home of solicitor and Teachta Dála, Jasper Travers Wolfe Norton, originally ‘Norton Cottage’, still towers prominently, overlooking the River Ilen and the West […]
Highlights
West Cork Development Partnership CLG, who successfully operated the programme in large parts of west and south Cork between 1991 and 2016, has been invited by the Department of Rural and Community Development to develop a Local Development Strategy to deliver the 2023 – 2027 LEADER Programme. The LEADER Programme […]
“Desperation is great motivation,” says John O’Connell one of the founding trio of West Cork Distillers which celebrates its 20th year in business in 2023. “Nobody wanted us in this game, and we were desperate to succeed.” West Cork Distillers was founded in 2003 when childhood friends from Union Hall, […]
Skibbereen native Grainne O’Keeffe joined the Ludgate Digital Hub CLG in Skibbereen in 2020 as CEO of a national thought leader in rural regeneration. Ludgate’s goal is sustainable job creation in a rural location leveraging 1gb fibre optic connectivity closing the gap on the rural digital divide. To date, the […]


