From the reputed invention of the bicycle in 1817 by the German Baron, Karl Von Drais to West Cork’s most famous cyclist Michael Collins to this year’s Clonakilty Bike Festival going online due to Covid-19, Kieran Doyle takes us on a very interesting journey through the history of the bicycle. […]
History & Folklore
The ongoing restrictions caused by Covid-19 mean the organisers of the annual Famine Walk in Louisburgh, Co Mayo have been forced to postpone the iconic event. The walk, organised by peace and justice organisation Afri, has been a popular annual event attended by 100s each year since 1988. Despite the […]
The many community groups, volunteers and staff that make up Cork County Council’s COVID19 Community Call have shown remarkable collaboration and cooperation in recent times. The Community response on the Beara peninsula is no exception. Bere Island Community Radio, at the heart of the community of Beara, Sheep’s Head and […]
RTE’s award-winning heritage series Building Ireland, which chronicles the engineering, geography and architecture behind some of Ireland’s most iconic building projects returns, returns to screens on April 16, with an episode on the construction of Dublin Airport’s terminal building. West Cork features in episode 3, which examines the Beara Peninsula’s […]
by Pauline Murphy This month marks the centenary of the ambush at Upton near Innishannon that killed the brother of Antarctic explorer Tom Crean. One hundred years ago, on the afternoon of April 25, 1920, a report reached Innishannon RIC barracks of suspicious activity in fields around Skevanish near Upton […]