Anaïs O’Donovan (22) from Skibbereen is part of the Irish Freestyle Kayaking team representing Ireland at the Canoe Freestyle World Championships in Nottingham, taking place from June 27 to July 2, 2022. Perhaps one of the biggest challenges for this up-and-coming young star on the water is funding her ambitions. “We are self-funded […]
Eyeries Family Festival, taking place this year from July 15 to 17, is reputed for delivering a family-focused weekend, offering a wide variety of mostly free activities for people of all ages to enjoy. This is the first festival of the summer season in Beara with many people organising their […]
St. Barrahane’s Church Festival of Music, Castletownshend celebrates its 40th festival with a first concert on Thursday, July 14 and continuing on each successive Thursday until August 18. The concerts are held in the beautiful setting of St, Barrahane’s Church. The church, well-known for its’ Harry Clarke stained-glass windows, boasts […]
July comes in with a storm and even if this is not reflected in the actual weather, there is certainly an intense energetic background to the first days of this month. Over the last week in June, this energy was building slowly. You may have seen examples of extreme confrontation […]
On a wet and windy June bank holiday weekend, cabin fever eventually drove Mary O’Brien and family out of the house and down west on the Sunday to visit one of the 23 gardens on the West Cork Garden Trail. Taking on board the statement ‘there is no such thing […]
This month provides the second set of synopses given in alphabetical order, for my wife’s ancestral lines and what we have learned from atDNA matching. If you have DNA tested and related to any of these families, do get in touch and consider adding your DNA information to the project. […]