Liam Deasy News Today

A new history association has been founded in West Cork, which is effectively an umbrella group for existing groups.

THEY’VE waited ten years to get their hands on the Andy Scannell Cup so it’s no surprise it’s been on a tour this week. 

Next Wednesday, May 24, marks the centenary of the end of Irelands Civil War. GERRY WHITE recalls the seismic events leading up to the end of the ...

The Cork County Mayor’s Charity Dinner is set to take place later this month in aid of two charities: Cancer Connect and Bandon Hyperbaric Oxygen ...

A 13-YEAR-old boy from Union Hall sacrificed his summer holidays to spend seven weeks deep sea fishing with his dad.After much pleading, Liam Deasy’s mother, Monica said she and his father, Niall, agreed to allow him to travel from Killybegs to Union Hall on board the Ocean Pio

Pressure continued to mount as calls for peace from civil war intensified in the second week of February 1923.

This column profiles important historical events which took place during this week, 25 years ago, 50 years ago, 75 years ago and 100 years ago.

It has been fifteen years since this column focussed on the Timothy Kennefick memorial near Coachford. My thanks to Tony McCarthy of Blarney for raising Timothy’s story way back when this column was exploring and writing about the River Lee valley.