THE first steps in making the region a mecca for film productions has moved a step closer with West Cork Film Studios undergoing a major recruitment drive for crews.Based out of the O’Donnell Design furniture factory at Baltimore Road in Skibbereen, West Cork Film Studios is lo
A BOOK that tells the story of the Coolmountain community in West Cork is now on sale.Fred Callow, who is originally from the Isle of Man but has been living as part of the so-called ‘hippy’ community since 1992, has written Blow-In: Living Off-Grid in West Cork.It is the fir
Sara Baume is commenting on a recent controversy over her identity when she stops mid-sentence. “This bird is a dunnock,” she interjects, nodding towards a brown bird flittering near us in Cork’s Fitzgerald’s Park. The tiny creature could have gone unnoticed as it hopped about in the sun. But readers of the West Cork-based author’s three novels, non-fiction book and essays will be unsurprised to learn that she is always aware of the grounding power of the natural world.
Sara Baume is commenting on a recent controversy over her identity when she stops mid-sentence. “This bird is a dunnock,” she interjects, nodding towards a brown bird flittering near us in Cork’s Fitzgerald’s Park. The tiny creature could have gone unnoticed as it hopped about in the sun. But readers of the West Cork-based author’s three novels, non-fiction book and essays will be unsurprised to learn that she is always aware of the grounding power of the natural world.