Highlights - West Cork People

Casualties of Crossbarry

WCP Staff March, 2021

As the main base for the famed West Cork Flying Column, the area around Crossbarry was a hotbed of Republican activity in 1921. To deal with this, the British decided to converge on this small village near Innishannon and wipe out the Column. They hadn’t bargained on meeting with the […]

A welcome escape: From Tasmania to West Cork

Mary O'Brien March, 2021

A skilled storyteller, Esther Campion’s writing style has been compared to that of the late Maeve Binchy. The Cork native now living in Tasmania, writes stories about people you’d meet every day with secrets and challenges to face, back stories to resolve and futures to find hope in. Three of […]

Painting from the heart

Mary O'Brien February, 2021

This pandemic has changed perspectives for people from all walks of life. For award-winning portrait artist Áine Divine it’s been a catalyst for doing whatever makes her heart sing. No longer tied to the studio from 9-5, she has been working more and more in mixed media, painting what’s to […]

Remembering the victims of the Upton Ambush 100 years on

WCP Staff February, 2021

Shortly after 9am on February 15, 1921, a train heading westwards from Cork City, pulled in to Upton railway station, midway between Crossbarry and Innishannon. One of its carriages was carrying members of the dreaded Essex Regiment and IRA Brigade Commander Charlie Hurley was lying in wait with an ambush […]

Now that it’s here, are you braced for Brexit?

WCP Staff January, 2021

Paul Healy is the General Manager of the Rubicon Centre, Ireland’s largest enterprise incubator centre, which he has grown since it opened in 2006. With over 25 years’ experience in developing start-ups/scale ups across all technology sectors, Paul has first-hand experience of raising finance, accessing new opportunities, strategy, and company […]

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Coxswain Kieran Cotter retires after 45 years with Baltimore RNLI

WCP Staff January, 2021

December marked the end of an era for the Baltimore Lifeboat with the retirement of Coxswain Kieran Cotter after 45 years of service. At age 17, Kieran first became interested in Baltimore Lifeboat and he officially joined the crew on January 1, 1975. In the early years as a crew […]

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