Musicians Malachy Reynolds and Bethan McGuinness at theThe Launch of the 2013 West Cork Chamber Music Festival in Bantry.
Pat Coldrick
DUBLIN based Pat Coldrick, Classical guitarist and composer is appearing at Dunmore House Hotel in Clonakilty on Wed 26th June at 7.30 for an intimate dinner followed by superb virtuoso recital.
Martin Hayes
THE finest of Irish traditional musicians will be descending on Bantry for the Masters of Tradition from 14 – 18 August. Fiddler Martin Hayes will be joined by a stellar cast including Dennis Cahill, Steve Cooney, Seamus Begley, Pipers Union, the Voice Squad, Triona Marshall, Paul Brock and many more.
CORK Opera House is excited to present Gamiina – a unique new collaboration between 6th Class Cork Educate Together students, UCC Gamelan Orchestra and Icelandic sextet Amiina as part of Cork Midsummer Festival.
NEIL Delamere, now one of the country’s best-known comedians plays Bantry’s Maritime Hotel on Saturday, June 22nd next.
This week West Cork Times caught up with Neil for a quick chat ahead of the gig.
Born and raised in Edenderry, Co. Offaly, Delamere has now spent half of his life living in Dublin.
The Annual Members’ Exhibition will open at West Cork Arts Centre on Friday 14 June at 7pm.
The Members’ Exhibition is a group exhibition celebrating visual art in West Cork. The exhibition is open to all artist members of West Cork Arts Centre. more »
FROM 28th June to 6th July, Bantry will come alive to the sound of music as one hundred world-class musicians descend on the West Cork town for the renowned West Cork Chamber Music Festival.
This summer’s stellar line-up include Israeli and Finnish violinists, French and German cellists, Hungarian and Spanish quartets; and Russian and British pianists.
Following last year’s successfull show which featured on National TV, Clonakilty Agricultural Show is back again on Sunday, 9th June 2013 with a packed programme of events to suit all age groups.
So successful was the TV Programme last year that it had the highest number of hits and the TV crew are returning to do a second programme from the Show Grounds in Clonakilty on June 9th.
A VAMPIRE movie filmed partly on the Beara Peninsula in West Cork has gone on general release around the world.
The movie, Byzantium, directed by Neill Jordan and starring Gemma Arterton and Saoirse Ronan tells the story of a pair of female vampires who wreak havoc on an unsuspecting English seaside town.
Sam McCarthy at the launch of the Mad Pride Ireland Summer 2013 Programme.
MAD Pride Ireland have confirmed that Skibbereen will host a Mad Pride Family Fun Day this year as part of their summer programme of events.
The Skibbereen event will take place in the Town Park on Sunday, June 16th and will run from 1pm to 5pm.
