I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Oh my, my, my July! (Thank you, Mundy,…) High summer is when we hit peak West Cork. Other times of the year are delightful, but high summer, with its extra nine hours of daylight (compared to December) is what the hype […]
Irish pole vaulter and sports scholarship athlete from Cork, Conor Callinan, who represented Ireland at the European Team Championships in Maribor, Slovenia at the end of June, celebrated the best result of his career to date at the Championships, clearing 4.90 metres in the pole vault. The talented pole vaulter […]
The increasingly popular Skibbereen Arts Festival returns this summer (July 25-August 3) with an incredible programme of world-class local, national and international acts. A major coup for the festival this year is the debut West Cork appearance by the legendary English musician Richard Thompson, described by the LA Times as “the […]