22 November 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Skibbereen group were honoured at the all-Ireland Pride of Place community awards on Saturday evening. The awards, hosted by Marty Morrissey, took place online due to the Covid pandemic with 6,000 people logging in from across Ireland to see community groups pick up gongs. Skibbereen took top spot... Read More
20 November 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre, in Skibbereen town, West Cork has launched their ‘Cork Artists Winter Showcase’ online today. Uillinn Galleries, their new online gallery is a platform for an extraordinary collection of art by over sixty artists from the city and county of Cork for viewing and... Read More
19 November 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Kinsale (almost West Cork) & Baltimore (certainly West Cork!) are on the list Not one, but two County Cork villages feature in the 12 Most Beautiful Villages and Small Towns in Ireland list as selected by Conde Nast Traveller, the world’s leading travel magazine. The Mayor of the... Read More
16 November 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The Clare Echo recently referred to Donald Trump as a ‘Clare Hotelier‘ (technically correct in that Trump has one of his many Golf Hotel’s there, at a place called Doonbeg), well in the same vein please permit us to refer to Jeremy Irons as a ‘Cork Actor’. After... Read More
16 November 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie A new three-part documentary series about Sophie Toscan du Plantier’s life, made in collaboration with her family, is heading to Netflix. The series will be produced by Lightbox and will tell the story of the 1996 murder that became a national obsession in Ireland and France. With exclusive... Read More
16 November 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The series called ‘Murder at the Cottage’ is expected to air on Sky Crime in 2021 Directed by six-time Oscar® nominee Jim Sheridan First in-house doc from Sky Studios with access to Sophie’s family and Ian Bailey Six-time Oscar® nominee Jim Sheridan (My Left Foot, In The Name... Read More
15 November 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Eight designs will be chosen to be sent around the world with a message from home The Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr Mary Linehan Foley, is inviting 4th class primary school children from across the county to design special postcards and show what A Real Cork... Read More
14 November 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Are you guilty of hoarding half empty tins of paint at home, those “just in case” tubs that you finally get around to dumping when they’ve dried up?! Householders have traditionally brought their leftover paint to their local Civic Amenity Site for disposal, however this may be set... Read More
10 November 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Clonakilty Distillery Founder, Michael Scully with Marketing Executive, Cliodhna Scully, pictured presenting a cheque for €1,155 to Dr Jason van der Velde of West Cork Rapid Response, following a charity auction held by Clonakilty in partnership with Irish Whiskey Auctions in mid-October. West Cork Rapid Response have said... Read More
10 November 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork County Council’s Arts Service brings music to County Schools during lockdown. The latest project in ‘Tuning Up’, Cork County Council’s Music in Schools Programme, will see Ensemble Dagda, visit six primary and secondary schools, to give virtual performances in the classroom. Developed by Cork County Council, ‘Tuning... Read More
9 November 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Paul Sheridan, founder of Tour de Munster has been named as Novembers Cork Person of the Month. An avid cyclist himself, Paul’s work to raise funds for the Munster branches of Down Syndrome Ireland (as well as others) have helped the lives of countless Cork families. This year... Read More
8 November 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie In real life the Sack of Baltimore took place on 20 June 1631, when the village of Baltimore in West Cork, Ireland, was attacked by pirates from the Barbary Coast of North Africa, they were made up of Dutchmen, Algerians and Ottoman Turks. The attack was the largest... Read More