Mosses and liverworts – bryophytes – offer a wonderful miniature world to be discovered on the doorstep. West Cork is one of the best places in the world to see them, and the only kit needed is a mobile phone camera or a hand lens. A well-written book can provide […]
At this time of year buzzards are ready to set up their nesting territories. Listen out for their cat-like mewing call says Nicholas Mitchell Birdwatch Ireland West Cork. You may see a pair circle and soar over a suitable patch of woodland, or male buzzards putting on an aerobatic display […]
Older people in West Cork are being encouraged to engage with the vibrant local arts and cultural scene when events return, and virtually for now, with the official launch of Cork Cultural Companions, next week, on March 9. Anyone over 55 can sign up to be part of this […]
Kildare artist Enda Gallery (FKA delush) has unveiled a haunting new video that was filmed at the former Mercy Heights Secondary School in Skibbereen. The inaugural release is a music video for the single ‘Guess We Got A Problem’ originally found on his debut album ‘The Journey to Zero’. Producer/Production […]
Experience the transformative power of art as six students from the West Cork Campus display their work in the Skibbereen college’s first ever virtual exhibition. The exhibition, featuring the work of QQI Level 6 Professional Arts Practice students, is now live and continues until April 30. Against the backdrop of […]
It is difficult for us to imagine how shocked – even scandalised – people were at the turn of the 20th century by the work of the so-called avant-garde of artists emerging in France at the time. Painters such as Picasso and Matisse and Cezanne and Gauguin before them impressed […]