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SKIBB U14s played Barryroe in the league at home last Thursday evening and gave another fine team performance with some very good passages of passing football.
Playing into a gale in the first half Skibb still managed to lead at half time 5-7 to 2-4 with four goals from Eoghan O’Connell and one from Rory Byrne.
Monday 20 May at 1.00pm
Free, no booking required
As part of the Bealtaine Festival, West Cork Arts Centre will screen The Last Statue Maker in Cork. This short film tells of one man’s life and work. Maurice O’Donnell’s lifelong fascination with statues, grew from modelling figures from turf as a small child, to an apprenticeship at Bernardi’s Statue Shop in Cork, to time spent in Italy studying with the great masters. His work has been exhibited all over the world and he continued to make statues right up to his eighties. The documentary also tells the stories of some of the statues themselves, including the famous ‘moving’ statue of Ballinspittle, which was one of Maurice’s creations. [Read more...]
National Drawing Day on Saturday 18 May
Life Drawing
Artists and students are invited to take part in a life drawing session at West Cork Arts Centre as part of National Drawing Day on Saturday 18 May. Drawing Day was started in 2004 by the National Gallery of Ireland’s Education Department and has developed into a nationwide event, held in partnership with national and local museums, galleries and cultural centres.
FIANNA Fáil has today published legislation which aims to radically de-criminalise minor fishery offences by Irish sea fishing vessels.
The Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill proposes:
Work underway at Castledonovan. Pic: Geograph
THE refurbishment of Castledonovan Castle near Drimoleague is due for completion this summer, the OPW have confirmed.
It is hoped that the castle will be open to members of the public in early June or July.
Finance for the refurbishment was officially sanctioned by former minister Síle De Valera in 1991.
THE under 14 footballers played neighbours Ilen Rovers in a very competitive league match in Rath last Thursday evening.
Playing with a strong breeze in the first half Skibb led at half time by four points but it proved insufficient as Ilen dominated the second half and ran out winners on a score of 5-8 to 2-9.
The U13s played Kilmeen in the first round of the West Cork championship on Monday evening in Castlehaven.
Kilmeen started well with two goals inside the first five minutes. O’Donovan Rossa played very well with some very good individual performances and dominated possession for periods in the game.
However their failure to convert their scoring opportunities in the first half was the deciding factor in the end with Kilmeen winning 8-8 to 2-2.
‘Whether you see dyslexia as a disability or not, it so affects your daily life, and you have to get to a place of excepting it for its foibles, and what it gives you, and what it takes away, the way it interrupts your life… In that way it is so like Love.’ Caroline Bowditch
Tara Brandel’s new solo work Gawky & Awkward is a very personal piece, revealing the things we struggle with and a dancer’s creative journey through dyslexia. The work is directed by Caroline Bowditch (previously Scottish Dance Theatre’s Dance Agent for Change) and incorporates an original score by disabled composer Charlotte White.
OPENING at West Cork Arts Centre on Saturday May 4th is Octagon, an exhibition of painting, print, drawing, mixed-media, video and sound works by West Cork-based artists - Alison Cronin, Marie Cullen, Sharon Dipity, Paul Forde-Cialis, Ian Humphreys, Tess Leak, Susan Montgomery and Sarah Ruttle, which showcases the diverse studio practices of 8 artists who facilitate creative learning programmes at the Centre. The exhibition opens to the public at 3.00pm this Saturday and runs until Saturday June 8th.
SKIBBEREEN has got talent! Mercy Heights transition Year students are putting on a production of The Sound of Music.
Under the guidance of Ms Brennan, Ms Lieber, Ms Hennessy and Ms Griffin, the girls have been busy rehearsing and perfecting their adaptation of the classic musical.
WEST Cork's Graham Norton has bagged another Bafta scooping the 2013 award for best entertainment programme for The Graham Norton Show. The Bandon native was hosting the glittering awards … [More...]
THE people of Clonakilty, Rossmore and surrounding areas turned out in force on Sunday to welcome home the members of the Kilmeen Drama Group who scored an historic third victory in a row at the All … [More...]
by Sharon Murphy Caprese Salad, otherwise known as Tomato, Mozzarella and … [Read More...]
Americans love to eat, So do I, but what is it what makes their food so tasty ? First I need to … [Read More...]
TOM and Ross Keogh, of Keogh’s Farm, was joined by latest flavour collaborators Aileen and Michael … [Read More...]
A FINE Gael TD has expressed his frustration and disappointment at the failure to get answers in the … [Read More...]
?A safety initiative entitled “Light Up” will take place nationally on Wednesday 20th and … [Read More...]
FIANNA Fáil has today published legislation which … [Read More...]
WELL known Marine Correspondent Tom MacSweeney … [Read More...]
CHRIST Church, Kilfaughnabeg, Glandore was consecrated on the 12th September, 1861 and since then … [Read More...]
SESKIN Montessori Children with parents and teachers Miss Mary, Miss Margaret and Miss Linda … [Read More...]
RECENTLY West Cork Citizens Information Service has noted an increase in queries from the public in … [Read More...]
AT a recent ceremony at the Bandon Adult Learning … [Read More...]
SECONDARY school students are on a mission to … [Read More...]
JOIN The Bere Island Heritage Centre and the World … [Read More...]
THE Minister of State at the Department of Arts, … [Read More...]
BANTRY Blues are delighted to announce the dates for its annual Kellogg's Cul Camp. The camp will take place from Monday the 8th to Fri 12th July at Wolfe Tone Park, Bantry, Co Cork. This … [Read More...]
SKIBB U14s played Barryroe in the league at home last Thursday evening and gave another fine team performance with some very good passages of passing football. Playing into a gale in the … [Read More...]
TAOISEACH Enda Kenny has offically launched a new walking trail which has been described as Ireland's answer to the famed “Camino de Santiago” in Spain. The Beara Breifne Way is a … [Read More...]
WEST Cork's Gougane Barra, Beara Peninsula and Kinsale have all made it on to the longlist in The Irish Times competition The Best Place to Holiday in Ireland. They are among 25 holiday … [Read More...]
