WALKERS can expect a ‘lovely mix of local history, folklore and wildlife’, at the seventh annual Skibbereen Walking Festival. These are the words of Conor Buckley, who will lead the Toe Head hike – one of the eight guided trails on offer as part of the festival which will
FROM rebels to rowers, the O’Donovans have included them all. And having travelled to all corners of the world, the O’Donovan Clan brought it all back home last week, with a special clan gathering in West Cork. The O’Donovans, one of the great clans of Ireland, took part i
A BRAND identity, as well as a new logo, signage and brochures are to be created for Kinsale Museum, despite the fact that it remains inaccessible to wheelchair visitors.Cork County Council took over the full management of the museum last October, which was previously run by volu
Over 57,500 burial records from 112 graveyards around Cork county are now available to access free of charge online.The team at Skibbereen Heritage Centre has been digitising Cork County Council burial registers for some time, creating a database of records that cover most of the