This is a close crop of a photograph taken by Timothy Murphy on Castleisland’s Lower Main Street in the early 1980s. The whole image can be seen on the window of O’Herlihy’s or Mickey Herlihy’s as it was known locally. There are times in this game when getting names of people in photographs for people…
Abbeyfeale native Maura O’Connor recorded music for her new EP, It’s Handed Down in mid January in Newmarket, on the North Cork side of the famed Sliabh Luachra area. “This the second EP released under the Sliabh Luachra record label which was recorded, mixed and mastered by the wonderful Eoin Stan O’Sullivan,” said Maura as…
Kerry Music and it’s Musicians – A Source of Influence on My Personal Style is the title of Saturday night’s latest installment of the rolling Handed Down series of lectures and recitals at the Heritage Centre in Scartaglin Village with a starting time of 8pm sharp. It will be presented by Charlie Piggott. De Dannan…
During a recent trip to America, Castleisland archaeologist, Maggie Prendiville hopped from sister, Julie’s place in New York to Chicago to meet her school-mate, Catherine Broderick-O’Sullivan. While in Chicago, Catherine arranged for Maggie to talk to the Chicago Irish Radio station on its Good Morning Ireland programme. The multi-talented Maggie is one of these unflappable…
