Who we are

Cork Cultural Companions is an Age & Opportunity Arts initiative, delivered by Muintir Cork and supported by the HSE and Cork City and County Councils. Cork Cultural Companions has local networks of members who attend events together regularly in Cork City, Mallow, Bantry and East Cork.

Wednesday 1 May 2024

Crawford Art Gallery May 2024

 

Image: Jed Niezgoda


Morning Animation Camp

Monday 1 July – Friday 5 July, 10am-1pm

Monday 8 July – Friday 12 July, 10am-1pm


Immerse your child aged 8 to 12 in the captivating world of animation with our exciting Animation Camp! Running for one week each, camps take place from Monday 1 July to Friday 5 July, or Monday 8 July to Friday 12 July from 10am to 1pm each day. With all materials provided, participants will delve into drawing, playing, and crafting imaginative characters. They'll also learn animation fundamentals and create their own movie using Stopmotion Studio Pro. The camp fee is €100 per camp, inclusive of all materials. With only 12 spots available per camp, secure your child's place early by contacting Emma Klemencic at emmaklemencic@crawfordartgallery.ie. Join us for an unforgettable journey of creativity and animation!

Martin Healy, A Moment Twice Lived, digital film still (2016), Collection Crawford Art Gallery, Cork © the Artist


Martin Healy: A Moment Twice Lived

Opens 2 May


Continuing a season of Artists’ film from Crawford Art Gallery’s collection, A Moment Twice Lived (2016) by Martin Healy explores our perception of the passage of time through the subjective experience of memory, aging and dreaming. The circuitous narrative focuses on a fleeting moment  - in the library of Crawford Art Gallery - when a lone character studies the surface of a painting and begins to sense she has seen the image before. The work references JW Dunne’s book An Experiment with Time (1927) and the film oscillates between two inter-connected scenes revealing how our lived experiences often distort in our memory into increasingly blurred distinctions between the past, present and the future. Martin Healy works with photography, film and sculpture to explore the cultural and symbolic paradigms that underpin human mythologies and belief systems. To read more, visit here.

Filming Sit, Stand, Smoke: L-R_ Adam Duggan, Al Draper, Danny Horgan. Photo Credit: Tadhg Richardson


CURTIN // KEATING: Sit Stand Smoke

26 April – 5 May


Now booked out! Linda Curtin and David Keating's SIT STAND SMOKE is a brief adventure in virtual reality (VR) which explores some of the motivations and circumstances that led to the creation of Seán Keating’s iconic painting, Men of the South (1921-22). Funny, provocative, and poignant, SIT STAND SMOKE takes the viewer into the unexpected world of Dr Éimear O’Connor, art historian, biographer, and – in this narrative – a newly initiated VR director casting actors for her first VR project.

Image courtesy of MTU Cork School of Music


Music at Midday

Sunday 5 May, 12pm


Music at Midday returns to the iconic Sculpture Gallery at Crawford Art Gallery on Sunday 5 May at 12pm with a triple-bill of chamber music delights. Mentored by Emma Neal and Christopher Marwood, the Gliondar, Elm and Gealach Quartets from MTU Cork School of Music will perform a kaleidoscope of works by Haydn, Beethoven, Mozart and Shostakovich. Free to all visitors, no booking necessary. Arrive early to avoid missing out! To read more visit here.

Left image: Jan McCullough photo © the Artist. Right image: Emmett Scanlon photo © Myles Shelley


IN CONVERSATION with Jan McCullough and Emmett Scanlon

Thursday 9 May, 6pm


Join us for an In Conversation event with Jan McCullough and Emmett Scanlon, Director of the Irish Architecture Foundation and Artistic and Editorial Organiser of the 18th International Architecture Exhibition, Venice Biennale. Jan McCullough is a visual artist based in Northern Ireland. Her work explores the human acts of construction, fabrication and DIY, and the communities of interest and place that form around them. Night Class is a new series of sculptural interventions and photographs responding to the artist’s research into the history of Crawford Art Gallery. The work explores how acts of labour and the people who perform it are intertwined with the building’s fabric. Free to attend and no booking necessary, to read more, visit here.

© Brian Teeling



PUBLICATION LAUNCH AND IN CONVERSATION

with Brian Teeling, Jennie Taylor, James Merrigan and Sara O’Brien

Thursday 16 May, 6pm


The launch of this collaborative project between visual artist, Brian Teeling and art writer, Jennie Taylor will be take place on Thursday 16 May at 6pm. Their project – in a glow of a frozen flame – explores Crawford Art Gallery’s buildings and its immediate surroundings through a printed publication populated by photographic images and flash fiction texts. Teeling and Taylor will be joined by artist and art critic James Merrigan and writer, researcher, and editor Sara O’Brien for this event. TEELING AND TAYLOR: in the glow of a frozen flame, available from 16 May, is a BUILDING AS WITNESS artist project, supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts,Gaeltacht, Sport and Media under the Decade of Centenaries Programme 2012 -2023. To read more, visit here.

Image courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland


Light And Shade: Drawing Workshop

Saturday 18 May, 2pm – 4pm


Whether you prefer a hands on approach or time to work alone, this interactive workshop also translates to a self-led activity. Navigate through our collection of sculptures and Canova casts, and take time to consider how light and shade are at play in the space! All ages are most welcome | no experience necessary | free, drop-in. To read more, click here.

National Drawing Day is an initiative led by the National Gallery of Ireland

Ursula Burke, Work in Progress (detail), 2023 © the artist



IN CONVERSATION with Ursula Burke and Dr Edwin Coomasaru

Friday 24 May, 6pm


Ursula Burke’s practice incorporates porcelain sculpture, soft sculpture, embroidery sculpture and drawing. Burke’s installation, These Fragile Monuments, consists of a tapestry frieze investigating Irish historical, art historical and contemporary representations of guerrilla warfare inspired by the work of Norwegian tapestry artist Hannah Ryggen (1894-1970). Inviting Ukrainian weaver Zhanna Petrenko to weave the tapestry, Burke creates a thread between two countries and periods of time.  She  has also created a sculpture of a battle-bruised dog modelled on The Jennings Dog – a Greek bronze from the 2nd century CE – which is covered in hand embroidered flames emblematic of all the houses and commercial premises that were burnt out by the Black and Tans. Ursula Burke will be in conversation with Dr Edwin Coomasaru, a historian of modern and contemporary British, Irish and Sri Lankan art; his research considers the politics of ‘gender, sexuality, and race. Coomasaru is an editor of the journal Visual Culture in Britain. URSULA BURKE: These Fragile Monuments (25 May – 21 July) is a BUILDING AS WITNESS artist project, supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media under the Decade of Centenaries Programme 2012 - 2023.

Image: Provision

Free Gallery Tours
 
Sunday & Bank Holiday Tours, 2pm
Check out Crawford Art Gallery’s expert, friendly tours. Take a journey through the historic building with surprising stories of your national collection and delve into the dynamic programme of temporary exhibitions. Sunday & Bank Holiday tours take place each week at 2pm.
 
Thursday Tours, 6:30pm
Heading home from work or out for the night? We also provide free evening tours every Thursday at 6:30pm! You can even bring a date! The meeting point for our free tours is in the Sculpture Galleries. Tours vary weekly and last approximately 45 – 60 minutes.


Tours are free and no booking is required! If you’d like to learn more about the artworks such as those in our exhibition A Matter of Time, a public tour is perfect for you! Visit 
here for more information!

Image courtesy of The Green Room


The Green Room at the Crawford


Whether you need a mid-week pick-me-up or a tasty treat, The Green Room is here for you! Start your day off right with a tasty treat!  We can't wait to see you soon at the café, now open 6 days per week. The best of local Cork & Irish produce, treated with a light hand by chefs committed to simplicity and flavour. For reservations email reservationsatthegreenroom@gmail.com or call 021-2410929. Please note that the café is closed on Sundays and Bank Holidays.


Opening Hours
Open 6 Days a week


COFFEE& TREATS
Monday – Saturday
10am – 11.15am


LUNCH
Monday – Saturday
12pm – 3pm
Last orders 2.30pm

Íomhá: Jed Niezgoda


Campa Beochana na Maidine

Dé Luain, an 1 Iúil - Dé hAoine, an 5 Iúil,10r.n.- 1i.n.

Dé Luain, an 8 Iúil - Dé hAoine, an 12 Iúil, 10r.n.- 1i.n.


Tum do pháiste i ndomhan tarraingteach na beochana má tá siad idir 8 agus 12 bhliain d’aois lenár gCampa Beochana! Beidh na campaí ar bun ar feadh seachtain amháin an ceann, ón Luan an 1 Iúil go hAoine an 5 Iúil, nó ón Luan an 8 Iúil go hAoine an 12 Iúil ó 10am go 1pm gach lá. Cuirfear na hábhair ar fad ar fáil, agus gheobhaidh na rannpháirtithe taithí ar líníocht, súgradh, agus carachtair shamhlaíocha a chruthú. Beidh siad ag foghlaim chomh maith faoi na beochana bunúsacha agus faoina scannán féin a chruthú agus Stopmotion Studio Pro in úsáid. Is é táille an champa ná €100 agus cuirfear gach ábhar riachtanach arfáil. Níl ach spás do 12 dhuine ar gach campa, agus mar sin cuir áit do pháistein áirithe go luath trí theagmháil a dhéanamh le hEmma Klemencic ar emmaklemencic@crawfordartgallery.ie. Bí linn ar aistear dodhearmadta cruthaitheachta agus beochana!

A Moment Twice Lived le Martin Healy, stadán scannánaíochta digiteach (2016), BailiúchánGhailearaí Ealaíne Crawford, Corcaigh. © the Artist


Martin Healy: A Moment Twice Lived

Osclaíonn 2 Bealtaine


Agus é ag leanúint séasúr de scannán ‘Artists’ óbhailiúchán Ghailearaí Ealaíne Crawford, fiosraíonn A Moment Twice Lived (2016) le Martin Healy ár dtuiscint ar imeacht ama trí thaithí shuibiachtúil ar chuimhne, ar dhul in aois agus ar bhrionglóidíocht. Dírítearsa scéal timpeallach ar phointe ama gasta - i leabharlann Ghailearaí Ealaíne Crawford - nuair a dhéanann carachtar aonair staidéar ar dhromchla phictiúir agus tosaíonn sí ag brath go bhfuil an íomhá feicthe cheana aici. Déanann anobair tagairt do leabhar JW Dunne An Experiment with Time (1927), agus téannan scannán idir dhá radharc idirnasctha a léiríonn an chaoi a gcuireann árdtaithí ár gcuimhne as a riocht in idirdhealuithe idir an t-am atá thart, anaimsir láithreach agus an t-am atá le teacht. Oibríonn Martin Healy le grianghrafadóireacht, scannánaíocht agus dealbhóireacht chun paraidímí samhaltacha agus cultúrtha a fhiosrú atá mar bhunagus taca le miotaseolaíochtaí agus córais creidimh. Chun níos mó a léamh,tabhair cuairt anseo.

Sit Stand Smoke á scannánú: C-D_ Adam Duggan, AlDraper, Danny Horgan. Creidmheas Grianghraif: Tadhg Richardson


CURTIN // KEATING: Sit Stand Smoke

26 Aibreán – 5 Bealtaine


Níl aon spás fágtha! Is mion-eachtraíocht é SIT STAND SMOKE i réaltacht fhíorúil a fhiosraíonn roinnt de na hábhair spreagtha agus nacúinsí as ar tháinig ealaín íocónach Sheáin Keating, Men of the South (1921-22). Agus é greannmhar, conspóideach, agus tochtmhar, cuireann SIT STAND SMOKE an t-amharcóir ar aistear trí dhomhan gan choinne an Dr Éimear O’Connor, staraí ealaíne, beathaisnéisí, agus - sa scéal seo - stiúrthóir réaltachta fíorúla nach bhfuil taithí aici ar róil a thabhairt d’aisteoirí inacéad tionscadal RF.

Le caoinchead ó Cheolscoil Chorcaí in Ollscoil Teicneolaíochta na Mumhan


Music at Midday

Dé Domhnaigh, 5 Márta, 12i.n.


Filleann Music at Midday ar an nGailearaí Dealbhóireachta aitheanta i nGailearaí Ealaíne Crawford ar an Domhnach, an 5 Bealtaine ar 12 meán lae le trí mhír áille de cheol aireagail. Agus iad faoi stiúir Emma Neal agus Christopher Marwood, cuirfidh na ceathairéid Gliondar, Elm agus Gealach ó Cheolscoil Chorcaí in Ollscoil Teicneolaíochta naMumhan meascán draíochtúil de shaothairi láthair idir Haydn, Beethoven, Mozart agus Shostakovich. Saor in aisce dogach cuairteoir, ní gá áirithintí a dhéanamh. Tar go luath ionas nach mbeidh aiféala ort! Chun níos mó a léamh, tabhair cuairt anseo.

Íomhá ar chlé: Jan McCullough grianghraf © the Artist.Íomhá ar dheis: Grianghraf Emmett Scanlon © Myles Shelley


IN CONVERSATION le Jan McCullough agus Emmett Scanlon

Déardaoin, an 9 Bealtaine, 6i.n.


Bí linn don imeacht In Conversation le JanMcCullough agus Emmett Scanlon, Stiúrthóir ar Fhoras Ailtireachta na hÉireann agus Bunaitheoir Ealaíne agus Eagarthóireachta an 18ú Taispeántas Ailtireachta Idirnáisiúnta, Venice Biennale. Is amharc-ealaíontóir í JanMcCullough atá lonnaithe i dTuaisceart Éireann. Fiosraíonn a cuid oibre nagníomhartha daonna tógála, déantúsaíochta agus DFÉ, agus na pobail spéise agus áite a bhaineann leo. Is sraith nua d’idirghníomhaíochtaí dealbhóireachta agus de ghrianghraif é Night Class atá curtha i láthair mar fhreagra arthaighde an ealaíontóra ar stair Ghailearaí Ealaíne Crawford. Tugann an saothar freagra ar an mbealach a oibríonn an saothar agus na daoine a ghníomhaíonn éatá fite fuaite i ndlúth agus inneach an fhoirgnimh. Ní ghearrfar aon táilleagus ní gá áirithintí a dhéanamh, agus chun níos mó a léamh cliceáil anseo.

© Brian Teeling


SEOLADH FOILSEACHÁIN AGUS IN CONVERSATION

le Brian Teeling, Jennie Taylor, James Merrigan agus Sara O’Brien

Déardaoin, an 16 Bealtaine, 6i.n.


Beidh seoladh an chomhthogra seo idir an t-amharc-ealaíontóir, Brian Teeling agus an scríbhneoir ealaíne, Jennie Taylorar bun Déardaoin 16 Bealtaine ar 6pm. Fiosraíonn a dtogra – in a glow of a frozen flame – foirgnimh Ghailearaí Ealaíne Crawford agus a gcomharsana máguaird trí fhoilseachán clóite atá lán le híomhánna fótagrafacha agus téacsanna mear-fhicsin. Beidh Teeling agus Taylor in éineacht leis an ealaíontóir agus an léirmheastóir ealaíne James Merrigan agus leis an scríbhneoir, an taighdeoir, agus an t-eagarthóir Sara O’Brien don imeacht seo. Beidh TEELING AND TAYLOR: in the glow of a frozen flame, ar fáil ón 16 Bealtaine, mar thogra ealaíontóra BUILDING AS WITNESS atá ag fáil maoiniú ón Roinn Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán faoi Chlár Dheich mBliana nagCuimhneachán 2012 - 2023. Chun níos mó a léamh, tabhair cuairt anseo.

Íomhá le caoinchead ó Ghailearaí Náisiúnta na hÉireann


Light and Shade: Ceardlann Líníochta

Dé Sathairn, an 18 Bealtaine, 2i.n. –4i.n.


Cibé gur fearr leat cur chuige teagmhálach nó am le hoibriú i d’aonair, tá solúbthacht sa cheardlann idirghníomhach seo gur féidir athrú go gníomhaíocht faoi do stiúir féin. Féach tríd ár mbailiúchán dealbha agus múnlaí Canova, agus glac do chuid ama faoin gcaoi a mheas a bhfuil solasagus scáth idir lámha sa spás! Tá fáilte roimh óg agus aosta | níl taithí riachtanach | saor in aisce, buail isteach. Chun níos mó a léamh, cliceáil anseo.

Is tionscnamh é Lá Líníochta Náisiúnta atá faoi stiúirGhailearaí Náisiúnta na hÉireann.

Work in Progress le hUrsula Burke, (sonra), 2023 © the artist


IN CONVERSATION le hUrsula Burke agus an Dr Edwin Coomasaru

Dé hAoine, an 24 Bealtaine, 6i.n.


Cuimsíonn cleachtas Ursula Burke dealbha poirceallánacha, dealbha boga, dealbha bróidnéireachta agus líníocht. Baineann suiteán Burke, These Fragile Monuments, le fríos taipéise a fhiosraíonn léirithe ó stair na hÉireann, ó stair na healaíne agus léirithe comhaimseartha treallchogaíochta a fuair spreagadh ó shaothar an ealaíontóra taipéise Ioruach, Hannah Ryggen (1894-1970). Agus é ag tabhairt cuireadh d’fhíodóir na hÚcráine Zhanna Petrenko an taipéis a fhí, cruthaíonn Burke snáithe idir dhá thír agus dhá thréimhse ama.  Tá dealbh cruthaithe aici freisin múnlaithe ar mhadra traochadh catha The Jennings Dog - dealbh chré-umha Gréagach ón 2a haois CE - atá clúdaithe le lasracha bróidnithe lámhdhéanta de na tithe agus de na háitribh tráchtála go léir a dhóigh na Dúchrónaigh. Beidh Ursula Burke i gcomhrá leis an Dr Edwin Coomasaru, staraí ar ealaín nua-aoiseach agus chomhaimseartha naBreataine, na hÉireann agus Shrí Lanca; déanann a thaighde cúrsaí polaitíochta a mheas maidir le ‘hinscne, gnéasacht, agus cine’. Is eagarthóir é Coomasaru aran irisleabhar Visual Culture sa Bhreatain. URSULA BURKE: Is togra ealaíontóra BUILDING AS WITNESS é These Fragile Monuments (25 Bealtaine - 21 Iúil)atá ag fáil maoiniú ón Roinn Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta,Spóirt agus Meán faoi Chlár Dheich mBliana na gCuimhneachán 2012 - 2023.

Íomhá: Provision


Turais Gailearaí Saor in Aisce

Dé Domhnaigh & Turais Saoire Bainc, 2i.n.

Bí páirteach i sainthurais chairdiúla Ghailearaí Ealaíne Crawford. Téighar thuras tríd an bhfoirgneamh stairiúil le scéalta iontacha faoi do bhailiúchán náisiúnta agus téigh isteach i gclár dinimiciúil na dtaispeántas sealadach. Bíonn turais Dé Domhnaigh & Saoire Bainc ar siúl gach seachtainag 2i.n..

Turais Déardaoin, 6:30i.n.
Ag dul abhaile ón obair nó amuigh don oíche? Cuirimid turais tráthnóna saor in aisce ar fáil freisin gach Déardaoin ag 6:30i.n.! Is féidir leatpáirtí a thabhairt leat go fiú! Tá an pointe cruinnithe dár dturais saor inaisce sna Gailearaithe Dealbhóireachta.

Tá turais phoiblí saor in aisce agus níl aon áirithint ag teastáil! Más mian leat níos móa fhoghlaim faoi na saothair ealaíne cosúil leo siúd inár dtaispeántas nua A Matter of Time, is cinnte go mbeadh turas poiblí foirfe duit! Téigh
anseo lehaghaidh tuilleadh eolais!

Íomhá: The Green Room i nGailearaí Ealaíne Crawford


An Seomra Glasag an Crawford


Cibé an bhfuil íocshláinte lár na seachtaine uait nó milseog bhlasta, tá An Seomra Glas anseo ar do shon!  Tosaigh do lá amach ar an mbealach ceart le ceapaire bricfeasta breá nómilseog bhlasta!  An chuid is fearr de tháirgí áitiúla Chorcaí & na hÉireann, cóireáilte le lámh éadrom ag cócairíatá tiomanta do shimplíocht agus do bhlas. Le haghaidh áirithintí seol ríomhphost chuig  reservationsatthegreenroom@gmail.com nóglaoigh ar 021 -2410929.


Tabhair faoi deara, le do thoil, go mbeidh an caifé dúnta ar an Domhnachagus ar Laethanta Saoire Bainc


Uaireanta Oscailte:
Oscailte 6 Lá sa tseachtain


CAIFE & MILSEOGA
Dé Luain – Dé Sathairn
10r.n. – 11.15r.n.


LÓN
Dé Luain – Dé Sathairn
12i.n. – 3i.n.
Orduithe deireanacha ar 2.30i.n.







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Welcome to the Cork County Council Library & Arts Service Newsletter

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Get to Know Cobh Library


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Cobh Library is located in the impressive Arch Building in Casement Square. The construction of this historic building was commissioned by the Smith Barry family (of Fota Estate) and was completed in the early 1800’s. The building began life as a market house, one of the key buildings in any town, and has over the years has served as a courthouse, town hall and memorably, and as a temporary morgue for the victims of the Lusitania disaster in 1915. It has been a library since the mid 1900’s and has welcomed successive generations of readers in that time. 

The library is staffed by Julie, Ed, Niamh, Claire and Sheila. Our opening hours are Tuesday to Saturday 9.30am to 17.30pm. Our contact number is 021-811130 and our email is cobh.library@corkcoco.ie

We are lucky to also have a separate Exhibition Space which allows us to run monthly exhibitions by local artists and groups. It also means that we can run lots of events and group meetings while preserving the library as a space for reading and study.  

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We have 2 computers for public use along with remote printing and photocopying. Please note that we cannot accept card payments in Cobh Library. We also hold daily newspapers the Irish Examiner, Irish Times and Southern Star and Hello magazine weekly. 

The Exhibition Room has a full electric piano for public use. No need to book, just come in and play. 

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Knit and Natter Group

Regular groups and events for adults:

Tuesday - Great Island Writers Creative Writing group meet at 3pm - 5pm. New members are welcome.

Wednesday Mornings - Knit and Natter. Group is currently full.

Wednesday Afternoons - 45’s Card Game kicks off at 2pm every Wednesday.

Thursdays - EmployAbility Drop In Jobs Clinic to support people with disabilities to secure and maintain employment. Fortnightly from 2pm - 4pm.

Fridays - Cobh Women’s Shed meet at 10.30am.

Saturdays - Book Club on the last Saturday of the month. From 11am - 12pm. Group is currently full.

The East Cork Songwriting Group meets the second Saturday of the month from 10am - 1pm, new members welcome.

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Regular Groups and Events for Children:

Tuesdays - Baby Club for pre-walkers. Weekly at 11am.

Wednesdays - Teen Bookclub is on the last Wednesday of the month from 4pm - 5pm. New members are welcome.

Fridays - Storytime and colouring for ages 3+ is on weekly at 3.30pm.

Saturdays - Drop In Lego Club – Weekly 4pm to 5pm.

 

 

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Cobh Women's Shed

There is paid parking and a disabled parking space in the car park directly behind the library. The library is fully accessible, and we have baby changing facilities.

Cobh Library | Cork County (corkcoco.ie)


TOUR DE CORK T-Shirt Design Competition for Kids


Bike Week T-Shirt Design CompetitionBike Week Logos

Cork Bike Week takes place from May 11th - 19th as a part of National Bike Week.

Join us in celebrating Cork Bike Week 2024 by designing your own cycling t-shirt!

Pick up an entry form from your local library.

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Beidh Seachtain Rother Chorcaí ar siúl ón Bealtaine 11ú - 19ú mar chuid de Sheachtain Náisiúnta Rothar.

Bígí linn chun Seachtain Rother Chorcaí 2024 a cheiliúradh trí do T-léine rothaíochta féin a dhearadh!

Faigh forim iontrála as do leabharlann áitiúil.


Bealtaine Festival


Bealtaine Festival

Bealtaine is Ireland's national festival which celebrates the artistic abilities and creativity in older age and provides opportunities for older people to express themselves and explore their creative side as they age.

Throughout the month of May, there will be events held in libraries all across Cork County at which older people are more than welcome to attend.


Family History Talks at Your Local Library


Family History

Are you interested in tracing your family tree?

Uncover your family’s history by tracing your ancestors with the help of a staff member from the Local Studies Library as they explain how you might begin your journey.

If you have already started and are stuck at a certain point, then they are here to help you too. This is a free event, and no booking is required. The talks are available in certain branches, please see below for the details.

Also, a very helpful guide called 'Walking in the Footsteps of Your Ancestors; a beginner's guide to family history in Cork' has been compiled by the Local Studies library. The online version of this book can be accessed by clicking on this link.

We hope researchers will find this useful.

Midleton Library
Friday May 17th at 11am

Carrigaline Library
Thursday May 23rd at 11am

Charleville Library
Wednesday May 29th at 3pm

Genealogy at Local Studies | Cork County (corkcoco.ie)


Your Good Self Talks


Your Good Self

As part of Your Good Self: Cork's Positive Self-Help Programme, talks will be held around Cork County this month to help improve mental health.

These talks are free to attend.


Positive Mental Health for Older Adults

Positive Mental Health for Older Adults at Charleville Library

Thursday May 16th at 11am

A free talk will be given by Dr Rosarie Crowley, Clinical Psychologist, HSE on Positive Mental Health for Adults. No need to book, all are welcome.

For more information, please contact 063-89769 or email charleville.library@corkcoco.ie

Charleville Library | Cork County (corkcoco.ie)


Staying Mentally Fit in Later Years

Staying Mentally Fit in Later Years at Kinsale Library

Tuesday May 28th at 1pm

Dr. Riana Vermaak, Clinical Psychologist, HSE Cork-Kerry Community Healthcare, will deliver this talk on the importance of staying mentally fit in later years.

No need to book, all are welcome.

Kinsale Library | Cork County (corkcoco.ie)


Coping with the Ups and Down of Everyday Life

Coping with the Ups and Downs of Everyday Life at Mallow Library

Tuesday May 28th at 11am

Dr. Mary Tobin, Clinical Psychologist, HSE Cork-Kerry Community Healthcare, will deliver this talk on coping with the ups and downs of everyday life.

Booking your place at this event is required so please contact Mallow Library by phoning 022-21821 or by emailing mallow.library@corkcoco.ie

Mallow Library | Cork County (corkcoco.ie)


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Understanding Dyslexia Talk at Carrigaline Library

Wednesday May 29th from 11am - 12pm

Come along to Carrigaline Library for an informative talk on dyslexia with Úna from Blossom4Life. This talk is aimed at parents, students, teachers, and anyone else who thinks it would be of benefit to them.

Places are limited so please email una@blossom4life.com to book your spot.

Carrigaline Library | Cork County (corkcoco.ie)


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‘Fare Thee Well, John Henry’ at Cobh Library

Saturday May 18th at 2pm

“John Henry Kelly, future grandfather to a princess (Princess Grace of Monaco), left Drumilra, Newport for America in 1867 taking with him only his mason's hammer and his hopes for a better life...”

Cobh Library is delighted to announce we will be holding a special performance of the play ‘Fare Thee Well, John Henry’, which is written and performed by Marguerite Gannon with Aisling Smyth accompanying on fiddle.

There is no need to book, all are welcome to come along and join.

Cobh Library | Cork County (corkcoco.ie)


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Library Babies Baby Group at Cobh Library

Tuesday Mornings at 11am

Library Babies Baby Group would like to invite new members to join! Baby Group is a perfect opportunity to meet other new parents and carers and let your little one makes new friends.

Open to pre-walking babies from 4 months up.  Meeting in the library exhibition room on Tuesday mornings at 11am.  For more information and to join the group please contact Cobh Library on 021 4811130 or email cobh.library@corkcoco.ie

Cobh Library | Cork County (corkcoco.ie)


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Regency Dance Workshop at Cobh Library

Thursday May 30th from 12pm to 1pm.

We are delighted to host historian Melissa Shiels, who will return to the library to run a Regency Dance Workshop. Learn to dance like your favourite Jane Austen and Bridgerton characters in this fun, free class.  Suitable for all ages and abilities. Please wear flat, comfortable shoes.  Please book your place with the library by calling 021-4811130 or email cobh.library@corkcoco.ie

Cobh Library | Cork County (corkcoco.ie)


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Digital Skills Classes for Adults at Dunmanway Library

Each Tuesday during May from 10am - 12pm

Dunmanway Library is continuing its series of Digital Skills Classes for Adults throughout May, with the aid of a tutor from the ETB.

To enquire about attending, please contact Dunmanway Library by phoning 023-8855411 or by emailing dunmanway.library@corkcoco.ie

Dunmanway Library | Cork County (corkcoco.ie)


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Free Writing Workshops with Tina Pisco at Dunmanway Library

Wednesdays May 1st, 8th, and 15th from 10am - 12pm

Dunmanway Library is thrilled to have Tina Pisco returning for a series of creative writing workshops this May.

The workshops will run for three weeks, and they are suitable for beginners who would like to get started with creative writing in a relaxed environment.

Places are very limited so please contact Dunmanway Library by phoning 023-8855411 or by emailing dunmanway.library@corkcoco.ie to reserve your spot.

Image by Louise Barker

Dunmanway Library | Cork County (corkcoco.ie)


Paddy O'Brien

Paddy O'Brien Storytelling Visits to Dunmanway Library

Thursdays May 16th and 23rd at 11am

Come along to Dunmanway Library for a couple of enjoyable mornings of storytelling and chats.

Paddy O'Brien will be leading the chats and entertaining everyone with some of his own fantastic stories - told in his own inimitable way.

No booking required, and all are welcome.

Dunmanway Library | Cork County (corkcoco.ie)


Football Card Swap

Football Card Swap at Dunmanway Library

Saturday May 18th from 2pm - 4pm

Dunmanway Library is hosting a Match Attax card swap event so bring along your duplicate cards and trade with other collectors.

All are welcome!

Dunmanway Library | Cork County (corkcoco.ie)


Feel the Force Festival

Feel the Force Festival at Dunmanway Library

Taking place over the June Bank Holiday Weekend, the Feel the Force festival in Dunmanway is a weekend of Star Wars themed activities, workshops & cosplay. 

In the lead up to the festival, Dunmanway Library is being taken over by the dark side and transforming their windows with a display of Star Wars themed books and library resources.

There will also be a special Star Wars event in Dunmanway Library during the last week of May. Get in touch with the library later in May for more details!

Dunmanway Library | Cork County (corkcoco.ie)


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A Morning with Casey King at Fermoy Library

Thursday May 2nd from 11am - 1pm

Cork crime author Casey King will be hosting a workshop in Fermoy library for budding writers. Be sure to come down for writing advice or to ask Casey a question.

For more information, please contact 025-31318 or email fermoy.library@corkcoco.ie

Fermoy Library | Cork County (corkcoco.ie)


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Storytime at Fermoy Library

Saturday May 11th at 11.30am

Come and join us in the children's area for a few stories to start your Saturday! No need to book, all are welcome.

Fermoy Library | Cork County (corkcoco.ie)


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Author Eleanor O’Kelly-Lynch visits Fermoy Library

Saturday May 11th at 2.30pm

As part of our Bealtaine programme, Fermoy Library is delighted to host local author Eleanor O’Kelly-Lynch for a discussion on all things writing as well as the arts as we grow older.

Fermoy Library | Cork County (corkcoco.ie)


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Cork ETB Lunchtime Recital at Fermoy Library

Thursday May 30th from 12pm - 2pm

The Cork ETB will be performing a recital so be sure to come down for your lunch to see them perform!

No need to book, all are welcome.

Fermoy Library | Cork County (corkcoco.ie)


Repair Cafe at Kanturk Library

Repair Cafe at Kanturk Library

Saturday May 11th from 11am - 1.30pm

If you have broken household items in need of repair, or if you just want advice, you are welcome to come along!

 

  • Clothing/textiles
  • Electrical Items
  • Bikes
  • Furniture
  • General Household Goods

Interested in getting involved? Contact Roger by emailing rogernagle@gmail.com or Anna at Kanturk Library

Kanturk Library | Cork County (corkcoco.ie)


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MABS Visit to Kanturk Library

Thursday May 23rd from 10am - 12pm

Jacklyn Foley - Money Advice & Budgeting Service adviser - will be visiting Kanturk Library to offer guidance and answer your questions.

Kanturk Library | Cork County (corkcoco.ie)


How to be a Game Master for TTRPG

How to be a Gamemaster for TTRPG at Kinsale Library

Saturday May 18th at 2.30pm

Filip Dippel will deliver a seminar for adults on How to be a Gamemaster for TTRPG (Tabletop Role-Playing Games).

Be sure to check out Filip's wonderful art exhibition which is currently on display at Kinsale Library.

Kinsale Library | Cork County (corkcoco.ie)


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Meet Author Eleanor O'Kelly-Lynch at Kinsale Library

Thursday May 23rd at 11.30am

Are you a keen reader or an aspiring writer?

Author Eleanor O'Kelly-Lynch will visit Kinsale Library and talk to an adult audience about her books and the art of writing.

This is a free event, and all are welcome.

Kinsale Library | Cork County (corkcoco.ie)


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Author Talk and Q&A at Midleton Library

Saturday May 25th at 12pm

Midleton Library is very excited to host two such esteemed authors Anya Bergman and Cathy Sweeney in the library as part of the Midleton Art’s Festival. They will each give a reading from their newest books, ‘The Witches of Vardø’ and ‘Breakdown’ respectively, followed by a Q&A session.

This is a free event, and no booking is required. This is sure to be one not to be missed!

Midleton Library | Cork County (corkcoco.ie)


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Table Quiz for Adults at Midleton Library

Thursday May 16th at 12pm

Are you a trivia fan looking for a fun and exciting way to meet new people and socialize?

Come along to our friendly adults only table quiz, either alone or bring a friend. We will set you up with a team and put your brains to the test!

Limited places so make sure you contact the library to book your place on 021-613929 or email midleton.library@corkcoco.ie

Midleton Library | Cork County (corkcoco.ie)


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Art Workshop for Older People at Mitchelstown Library

Wednesday May 22nd from 4pm to 5.30pm

Mitchelstown Library are delighted to host a Bealtaine Festival Arts & Crafts workshop with Ann Lambe.

All are welcome. For more information, please contact 025-41939 or email mitchelstown.library@corkcoco.ie 

Mitchelstown Library | Cork County (corkcoco.ie)


Tribal Drumming

Tribal Drumming Workshop at Newmarket Library

Saturday May 25th at 10.50am

To celebrate Africa Day, Newmarket Library will be hosting a Tribal Drumming Workshop.

Places are very limited so early booking is essential. Contact Newmarket Library by phoning 029-61090 or by emailing newmarket.library@corkcoco.ie

Newmarket Library | Cork County (corkcoco.ie)


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Library in your Pocket at Skibbereen Library

Friday May 17th from 10am - 4pm

Would you like to listen to an audiobook or read a book on your own device?