An Taoiseach Micheál Martin delivered a keynote and wide-ranging address at the National Civil War Conference at UCC on June 15. He dealt with several of the atrocities committed during the period including Ballyseedy and the ‘execution’ of prisoners, Dick Barrett, Rory O’Connor, Liam Mellow and Joe McKelvey, who were […]
The first casualty of the Irish Civil War in Cork was Patrick Francis McCarthy, who died in Skibbereen in July, 1922. On the centenary of the war, Pauline Murphy explains who Patrick was and the circumstances of his death. Twenty-two—year-old Patrick Francis McCarthy Jr, from Morahin near Ballydehob, was killed on […]
A crowd gathered on Keelbeg Pier last weekend for a special ceremony and service of dedication to name Union Hall RNLI’s Atlantic 85 lifeboat, ‘Christine and Raymond Fielding.’ The funding for the lifeboat came from the late Dr. Raymond Fielding, a keen mariner and proud Corkman. While Raymond and his wife […]
Cllr Danny Collins, an Independent Councillor for the West Cork Electoral area, has been elected the Mayor of the County of Cork. Cllr Collins was nominated by Cllr Declan Hurley, and seconded by Cllr Seamus McGrath. Mayor Collins topped the poll in the Bantry Electoral Area in the 2019 elections, […]
by Holly Cairn TD At the end of June there were just twelve properties advertised for rent in Cork South West on daft.ie. There are fewer than 80 homes to buy for under €250,000 between all of the major towns. We know this is a beautiful part of the world […]
So here we are: mid-summer. My favourite time of the year. I know some will say that the autumn is the most beautiful, that winter is most cosy, and spring most uplifting, but I’ll take full-blown summer over the other three. Summer is the best. The landscape is lush and […]