Don’t be too surprised if you pass a well-dressed man in an Italian suit grasping a beautiful dried floral bouquet some day soon on a street in Clonakilty. If Hunter & Bloom, Clonakilty town’s newest stylish addition to its retail scene, has anything to do with it, this could very […]
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The Good Dairy Company makes artisan ice-cream using milk and cream from its pure-bred pedigree Friesian Cows on its dairy farm in Nohoval, Kinsale. While Tom Good is the fourth generation farmer behind the cows that produce the high quality milk and cream; Catherine is the business and marketing mind […]
There is no greater testament to the success of Lisheens House than the heartfelt words of the people who have accessed the service. The independent West Cork mental health charity and suicide prevention service has been offering free counselling across Cork County since it was first set up in 2014 […]
“In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count, it’s the life in your years,” Abraham Lincoln. Scottish-born Theresa Lyons is such a force of life. Now settled in Clonakilty with her husband Bernard and daughter Kathleen, this determined and inspirational lady, who turns eighty this year, […]
As regular tofu eaters Méabh Mooney and Ronan Forde were disappointed that there seemed to be no Irish-made tofu available on the market, the most widely available brands being made in Germany and the UK. In the midst of a pandemic the couple experienced a moment of madness, or fate, […]
Working in the Clonakilty Arts Centre feels like how I imagine an old ship to be; the floorboards creak and the roof sags like sails in a lull; the walls between rooms are patched and paper thin, pigeon feathers waft through old windows and the dim light articulates dust as […]