Well listeners, I hope you have had a chance to tune into www.westcorkfm.ie. It might take some time to get into the new format, but our schedule now runs Saturday and Sundays. The ‘History Show’ will now feature on Saturdays at 6:30pm. Once again, if you want to hear any […]
History & Folklore
Its official…Atlantic Radio Ireland has begun its latest venture. From this month, Atlantic Radio Ireland is launching online as www.westcorkfm.ie. Why the domain name change? Kieran Doyle fills us in. In short, in the coming months, as well as being an internet station, we will also be broadcasting as WestCork […]
John Cadogan Murphy, later known simply as ‘Whitehead Murphy’, was born in 1859 in Assolas near Skibbereen, where the monument now stands on the Baltimore Road. John had three brothers – Patrick, James and Jeremiah – and three sisters – Harriet, Nora and Mary Ellen. Before his 21st birthday John […]
Clonakilty man James Nyhan, 307621, Petty Officer (Stoker) Royal Navy HMS Prince was killed following the sinking of the RMS Leinster by German U-Boat-123. Conor Nyhan tells us more about this tragic event. Family Background James Nyhan was the fourth of eleven children born to Daniel and Mary Sutton of […]