History & Folklore

I’ve just finished reading a book about the Black and Tans in County Clare. What made this book so different to other books on that period, was that it was constructed around years of interviews with older people; about their recollections of the Black and Tans in Ireland, or the […]

By Kieran Doyle De Barra’s Folk Club is a renowned and revered place that has drawn many famous as well as up and coming musicians, comedians and even actors.  On Wednesday May 16, it made history by hosting history! The brainchild of Alan McCarthy and Jamie Murphy from the Michael […]

In 1972, British paratroopers stationed in Northern Ireland, opened fired on the Civil Rights marchers, murdering 14 civilians. Images of carnage that occurred that day in Derry on January 30, ‘72, were flashed around world, highlighting the apartheid system that existed in the north. Not only that, it was a […]

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 […]

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 […]