A new initiative from the Heritage Council and National Museum of Ireland invites you to share your discoveries and insights about the hidden heritage of your locality. Due to Covid 19 we have all become much more familiar with our immediate locality. This can help us to see things in […]
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Imagine growing up in a town that one of Ireland’s largest circus families called home. That was the case in the 1940s and 1950s when Duffy’s Circus set up its winter base in Dunmanway, West Cork. Dunmanway locals share some fond memories of this time with Sandra Maybury. Duffy’s Circus […]
CUH Charity’s Ambassador, Peter O’Mahony, has today, on World Ovarian Cancer Day, launched an urgent fundraising campaign to secure ground-breaking technology, which will significantly advance cancer testing, enabling patients to commence their highly targeted therapies and clinical trials earlier. The technology will have immense potential to improve cancer patient quality […]
Bealtaine Festival, an Age & Opportunity event, is a celebration of the arts and creativity as we age. Although festival organisers had to cancel their live and in-person events this May, they are bringing a taste of the festival to you online for the entire month of May – Bealtaine […]
Ireland’s first Horse Trail, the much-awaited Beara Bridle Way, has been completed in West Cork with the assistance of Cork County Council. Managed by Beara Tourism, the Beara Bridle Way will allow visitors to take in the stunning landscape of the Beara Peninsula on horseback. Straddling the borders of both […]
Jean Dunne, a Sherkin Island artist, is working with other artists and friends of the Sherkin Island community to help raise funds for Cork Penny Dinners. Jean has created a dedicated page https://thewoolshop.ie/?s=cork&post_type=product on her online wool shop where images of artwork can be bought, with 100 per cent of the profits […]