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New documentary on Collins Barracks to be broadcast on Cork Community Television
Eddie Noonan of Frameworks Films on location in Collins Barracks, Cork.
John Bohane
ONE hundred years after the British Forces pulled out of what was then Victoria Barracks in Cork, a new documentary called ‘Cork Through the Barracks’, will be broadcast on Cork Community Television on Tuesday, May 18 at 8pm.
This documentary tells the story of Collins Barracks in Cork and what a key role it has played in all of the major historic events in Cork over the past two centuries.
It will outline the part that the barracks played during the revolutionary period in Cork and in the formation of a new Ireland.
Minister Catherine Martin welcomes the reopening of Irelandâs National Cultural Institutions
Catherine Martin TD, Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, has welcomed the reopening today of Irelandâs National Cultural Institutions, along with galleries, museums and libraries across the country. Many of these cultural attractions welcomed their first visitors back this morning following several months of closure due to COVID-19 public health measures.
Minister Catherine Martin said:
âI am delighted that our treasured galleries, museums and libraries have reopened their doors today and I was especially pleased to pay a visit to the National Gallery of Ireland this morning. The reopening of our cultural institutions is an important step in the COVID-19 Resilience and Recovery Plan. Galleries, museums and libraries can bring so much joy and fulfilment to our lives. And with the return of intercounty travel today too, I hope t
Live events could go ahead as early as next month Minister hopes pilot arts events could take place indoors and outdoors
Mon, May 10, 2021, 21:11 Updated: Mon, May 10, 2021, 21:54
Minister for Culture Catherine Martin has suggested that pilot arts events may go ahead indoors and outdoors as early as next month.
Ms Martin said she was ambitious for arts events to get going as soon as it was safe to do so as performers had been deprived of an opportunity to make a living since the start of the pandemic in March last year.
The Minister has been in contact with Festival Republic which ran a successful pilot outdoor event at Sefton Park in Liverpool on May 2nd.
As the petals of real life very slowly begin to unfurl, this week sees the first steps in the gradual reopening of Irelandâs cultural sector, after four months closed.
Most galleries, museums, heritage sites, other cultural attractions and libraries (for lending only) can open their doors again from today. Fortunately, you can also travel outside your county to visit them. Up to 15 people can also now gather for live performance outdoors.(Other live performances, and cinemas, canât restart until June.)
Venues are looking forward to it. âIt has been a long time since the public have inhabited the gallery spaces, and we miss the connection and engagement with our audiences,â says Mary McCarthy, director of Crawford Art Gallery, in Cork. She encourages people to come in. âEven if you have not been before, do drop in.â