There is an enormous ruin a couple of miles outside Bandon, on the Timoleague road. Drivers not speeding or using their phones can’t fail to see it! This was the old Allman cotton mill. When the cotton business failed in 1826, James C. Allman turned to making whiskey. Allman’s was […]
The ever-changing moon was an object of mystery and superstition in Ireland. The old Celtic druids placed great emphasis on the moon and arranged their calendar by it. It was believed that any work or business undertaken when the moon was growing (waxing) would be successful. Work begun when the […]
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 […]