26 October 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork Community Art Link, the organisation that brought you the Dragon of Shandon Parade, have been working away to adapt this year’s Cork’s Samhain celebrations. The Dragon of Shandon will be left to sleep and dream of the ghouls, banshees and other mischievous characters that normally claim the... Read More
24 October 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Spike Island was Ireland’s version of Alcatraz, and in more recent years it has been a Tourist Attaction which won the title of EUROPE’S Leading Tourist Attraction 2017 Spike Island off the coast of Cobh in Cork harbour has over 1,300 years of Irish history. From being an... Read More
24 October 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork County Council is encouraging residents to discover the range of outdoor activities available to explore within a 5km radius of their homes via a handy map, which shoes 700 activities/attractions across the county. A key feature is the ‘Near Me’ tool, which then shows a radius of... Read More
24 October 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie News Review for October 2020Crawford Art Gallery is to receive a substantial acquisition fund from the Department of Tourism, Culture, Art, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media. The fund of €400,000 will enable Crawford Art Gallery to purchase artworks which will enhance the national collection as it invests in works... Read More
23 October 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie When will Mallow Castle open to the public? An exact date is not known, but the project which includes a public park has taken a massive step ahead this month. Cork County Council recently signed contracts to the value of almost €2 million with Cork based Vision Contracting... Read More
22 October 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin T.D., recently announced a range of funding supports in the region of €900,000, to support local authorities across Ireland to develop community-led commemorations of the significant historical events of 1920. In recognition of the transformative events that... Read More
22 October 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Arts Council is offering €9,974,730 to 166 arts organisations, 24 of which are in Cork City and County Cork The Arts Council has announced that it is offering funding of almost €10 million to 166 artists and arts organisations as part of its Arts Grant Funding (AGF)... Read More
22 October 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie ‘Heritage Heroes’ from County Cork celebrated at National Heritage Awards 2020 In relation to Cork: The award for best project in Cork City has been claimed by Ruti Lachs, for his project, ‘Cork Jewish heritage virtual walk’. This year, the Water Heritage Award was won by the Ellen Hutchins... Read More
21 October 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie ‘Cork Kerry Tourism’ used to be a thing, as the two Counties were often marketed together. The marketer’s dream was a wealthy American Tourist who would fly into Cork Airport, and spread his/her waller around before heading to the Lakes of Killarney, and doing the same. ‘Killarney’ was... Read More
21 October 2020 By Roger M Kennedy roger@TheCork.ie Anyone can live in a house, but how many actually come back to a home? The walls surrounding every home shouldn’t just have nice aesthetics, they should convey a message that emphasises comfort, style, and elegance. But there’s a catch, your house may have given you that... Read More
20 October 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Mayor of County Cork, Cllr. Mary Linehan Foley has extended congratulations to West Cork filmmaker Pat Collins on his election to Aosdána, the affiliation of creative artists in Ireland. Aosdána, founded in 1981, honours artists whose work has made an outstanding contribution to the creative arts in... Read More
19 October 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Award winning writers William Wall and Tadhg Coakley are very much part of Cork’s great literary tradition and both have now been chosen as October Cork Persons’ of the Month. William Wall was born in Cork City but grew up in the East Cork village of Whitegate. He... Read More