West Cork Islands
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(Photos: Anne Marie Cronin) Bere Island’s first cruise tour visitors called to the island on Thursday on the MS Bremen and enjoyed a great day’s exploring! Some of the visitors set out on bikes or on foot to discover the island for themselves and discovered the island’s fantastic views over Bantry Bay and the island’s …
Sherkin Creates is a community art exhibition set to showcase the wonderful creative talent on West Cork’s Sherkin Island The exhibition opens in the Sherkin Island Community Hall at 2:30pm on Saturday 18th June. Part of the West Cork Islands ‘Summer on the Islands’ Festival, the exhibition will be curated by Sherkin Island painter, Jo Ashby. …
Sherkin Island has a reputation as the island of the arts And that’s been strengthened in recent years as students have come to the island to study for a Visual Arts degree. The BA in Visual Art gives budding artists the unique opportunity to study visual art on the West Cork Island as part of …
For people in the medical and caring professions, work involves giving a huge amount towards the healing and support of others. But in order to keep giving of themselves, carers need time for healing and renewal too. A September retreat on West Cork’s Bere Island offers people in the caring and medical professions the chance …
(see full-sized image here) Bantry Bay Blueway has become Ireland’s first water-based trail, designed to tempt visitors out onto the waters of the Wild Atlantic Way to explore Bantry Bay and Whiddy Island. The trail invites visitors out onto Bantry Bay to enjoy a host of activities like kayaking, paddleboarding and sailing available in the …
Two artists from Sherkin Island will hold a joint exhibition of paintings at the Community Hall on Sherkin Island from Saturday 9th August until Saturday 22nd August. ‘Two Views’, opening at 2:30pm on 9th August, is a collaborative show between artists, Jo Ashby and Majella O’Neill Collins, both of whom paint seascapes from their Sherkin …
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