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 […]
History & Folklore
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 […]
Following the success of Cork County Councils ‘Colourful Heritage of County Cork’, a colouring book for all ages, a second volume is now in the works. In addition, The Council’s “Heritage of County Cork” series will this year see the addition of an eighth volume entitled ‘The Archaeological Heritage of […]
If you can’t go to it, it will come to you! Take a virtual tour of Michael Collins House, Clonakilty using the Michael Collins House App. With a 45 min audio guide, photos, videos and more, learn all about Micheal Collins and the history of Irish independence. Available at: https://michaelcollinshouse.oncell.com/ or on […]
Local community organisation, Dúchas Clonakilty Heritage, has recently put the full contents of their two sell-out ‘Historical and Archaeological Journals’, (published 2015 and 2017), on their website. The idea was mooted at a recent online meeting of it’s executive committee where it was suggested that many people isolating because of […]