2.30 Lusitania Peace Memorial , Pearce Square
3.30 ‘Exploring the Lusitania’ – a Lecture by Eoin McGarry and Tim Carey at the Commodore Hotel
Friday, April 30, 2010
95 Anniversary of the sinking of the Lusitania
The Lusitania Commemoration on will take place on the 9th May
2.pm at the Old Church Cemetery
2.30 Lusitania Peace Memorial , Pearce Square
3.30 ‘Exploring the Lusitania’ – a Lecture by Eoin McGarry and Tim Carey at the Commodore Hotel
2.30 Lusitania Peace Memorial , Pearce Square
3.30 ‘Exploring the Lusitania’ – a Lecture by Eoin McGarry and Tim Carey at the Commodore Hotel
Open Garden Fundraiser at Cuskinny House
This event will take place on SUNDAY 23 MAY 2010
at CUSKINNY HOUSE, Cobh, County Cork
Special Garden Tour with Wildlife Expert
Jim Wilson at 3:00PM
FIRST ADMISSION 11AM – LAST ADMISSION 4PM
Plant sale – coffee, teas and cakes!
Admission €5/€10 Family Ticket
ALL PROCEEDS TO BENEFIT SIRIUS ARTS CENTRE!!!!!
By the Kind permission of Mrs. Wanda Ronan
Spend the day in one of the most beautiful gardens in East Cork. Fun for
the whole family!!
Sirius Arts Centre is a non-profit multidisciplinary centre for the arts in
Cobh. Running exhibitions, music concerts and Community Engagement
activities, as well as an internationally recognised Artist in Residency
Programme, the Sirius is housed in the listed heritage building, known
formerly as the Old Royal Yacht Club.
Like many arts organisations, this year is a struggle for Sirius due to the
economic downturn and €20,000 in funding cuts. This Open Garden fundraiser
is a way you can come out and enjoy one of the jewels in East Cork at
Cuskinny House and help support this worthwhile organisation at the same
time.
Local Wildlife Expert Jim Wilson will give a guided talk “Exploring
Cuskinny’s Wildlife” at 3:00pm on the day – an event you definitely won’t
want to miss!
For more information contact Suzanne MacDermot or Mary O’Dee at Sirius: 021
481 3790
www.siriusartscentre.ie
at CUSKINNY HOUSE, Cobh, County Cork
Special Garden Tour with Wildlife Expert
Jim Wilson at 3:00PM
FIRST ADMISSION 11AM – LAST ADMISSION 4PM
Plant sale – coffee, teas and cakes!
Admission €5/€10 Family Ticket
ALL PROCEEDS TO BENEFIT SIRIUS ARTS CENTRE!!!!!
By the Kind permission of Mrs. Wanda Ronan
Spend the day in one of the most beautiful gardens in East Cork. Fun for
the whole family!!
Sirius Arts Centre is a non-profit multidisciplinary centre for the arts in
Cobh. Running exhibitions, music concerts and Community Engagement
activities, as well as an internationally recognised Artist in Residency
Programme, the Sirius is housed in the listed heritage building, known
formerly as the Old Royal Yacht Club.
Like many arts organisations, this year is a struggle for Sirius due to the
economic downturn and €20,000 in funding cuts. This Open Garden fundraiser
is a way you can come out and enjoy one of the jewels in East Cork at
Cuskinny House and help support this worthwhile organisation at the same
time.
Local Wildlife Expert Jim Wilson will give a guided talk “Exploring
Cuskinny’s Wildlife” at 3:00pm on the day – an event you definitely won’t
want to miss!
For more information contact Suzanne MacDermot or Mary O’Dee at Sirius: 021
481 3790
www.siriusartscentre.ie
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Maiden Voyage for the Eclipse liner - arriving on Cobh this Friday
Free Family Entertainment to kick start the Liner Season
This Friday, 30th April the magnificent Celebrity Eclipseliner will pay her first visit to Cobh on her maiden voyage. To mark the occasion the Cobh and Harbour Chamber are hosting a full day of FREE Family entertainment to delight locals, visitors and passengers alike.
This Friday, 30th April the magnificent Celebrity Eclipseliner will pay her first visit to Cobh on her maiden voyage. To mark the occasion the Cobh and Harbour Chamber are hosting a full day of FREE Family entertainment to delight locals, visitors and passengers alike.
Friday, April 23, 2010
Free tours of the Old Church Cemetery to commence on 2nd May
Starting on the 2nd May, Free Tours of the Old Church Cemetery with Jack Gilmartin on the first Sunday of every month.
• Meet at 2.30 at the main gate
• Learn the fascinating history of this 300 year old graveyard, with over 11,000 recorded burials, including many victims of the Lusitania and Napoleon’s private physician, Dr. Veerling.
For further information, contact Jack at 086 2516716
• Meet at 2.30 at the main gate
• Learn the fascinating history of this 300 year old graveyard, with over 11,000 recorded burials, including many victims of the Lusitania and Napoleon’s private physician, Dr. Veerling.
For further information, contact Jack at 086 2516716
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Cathy Davey to visit Cobh
Thursday 22 April 8pm
An evening with
CATHY DAVEY
Plus support Yvonne O’Grady
Doors 7:45 Start 8:00pm
Tickets are still available for this concert please call Sirius at 021 481 3790 to book and for more information.
Credit Card and Laser Facilities Available (service fee applies)
Monday, April 12, 2010
Free Family Entertainment to kick start the Liner Season in Cobh
On Friday 30th April the magnificent Celebrity Eclipse liner will pay her first visit of the season to Cobh and to mark this occasion the Cobh and Harbour Chamber are hosting a full day of FREE Family entertainment to delight locals, visitors and passengers alike.
As an early prelude to the Summer Swing Series this year on 30th April 2010 the town will come alive with a host of various musical entertainment. Cobh’s own ‘Big Band’ will perform many of your favourites on the beautiful restored bandstand in Kennedy Park (known locally as ‘the prom’). The Big Band started playing together last summer, and have been regularly playing pubs and functions ever since. Featuring eight veteran musicians all from the town, including two from the Cobh Confraternity Brass & Reed Band, the band plays soul, jazz and funk with Katie McGroarty and Councillor Jim Quinlan both featuring on lead vocals. They will be followed by the very talented Niamh and Diarmuid will be on hand with traditional Irish music, Dan Noonan of Disco 2000 is sure to have you dancing and also the local farmer’s market and arts and crafts stalls will have something for everyone. Not forgetting the children who will be entertained by a face painter and balloon clown and much, much more.
So why not come to Cobh on Friday and enjoy all that is on offer. Visit cobhharbourchamber.ie and cobhcalls.com for further information
As an early prelude to the Summer Swing Series this year on 30th April 2010 the town will come alive with a host of various musical entertainment. Cobh’s own ‘Big Band’ will perform many of your favourites on the beautiful restored bandstand in Kennedy Park (known locally as ‘the prom’). The Big Band started playing together last summer, and have been regularly playing pubs and functions ever since. Featuring eight veteran musicians all from the town, including two from the Cobh Confraternity Brass & Reed Band, the band plays soul, jazz and funk with Katie McGroarty and Councillor Jim Quinlan both featuring on lead vocals. They will be followed by the very talented Niamh and Diarmuid will be on hand with traditional Irish music, Dan Noonan of Disco 2000 is sure to have you dancing and also the local farmer’s market and arts and crafts stalls will have something for everyone. Not forgetting the children who will be entertained by a face painter and balloon clown and much, much more.
So why not come to Cobh on Friday and enjoy all that is on offer. Visit cobhharbourchamber.ie and cobhcalls.com for further information
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Titanic Commemoration in Cobh on 11th April
Cobh commemorates the tragedy of the sinking of the Titanic each year. The 2010 ceremony will take place on 11th April at 2.30 pm. 79 passengers boarded the liner in Cobh and later perished in the North Atlantic.
Sirius Arts Centre is pleased to present the works of two emerging Cork County Artists : Aisling Keating and Mark Whelan.
Imagination & the Abstration of Symbloic Forms – works by Mark Whelan
Time & Tide – works by Aisling Keating
Opening at Sirius Arts Centre
Thursday 8 April 7:00pm ALL WELCOME
Exhibitions will run until Sunday 24 April
Aisling Keating – Time & Tide – based on th subleties of landscape, the pieces in Aisling’s exhibition were inspired by places in West Cork, Meath and Kildare. Each painting includes the element of water in some form, be it sea, river, canal , stream or flood. The landscapes portray various states of dark and light and the delicacy of nature’s layers.
Mark Whelan – Imagination & the Abstraction of Symbolic Forms. Im this exhibition Cobh based painter, Mark Whelan explores the chaose of the imagination, visual uncertainty and the abstraction of symbolic forms.
Both exhibitions run until Sunday 24 of April
Gallery Hours are:
Wed – Friday 11AM – 5pm
Sat & Sun 2pm – 5pm
Mon & Tuesday closed
For more information please contact Sirius at 021 481 3790 or via email at cobharts@iol.ie.
Time & Tide – works by Aisling Keating
Opening at Sirius Arts Centre
Thursday 8 April 7:00pm ALL WELCOME
Exhibitions will run until Sunday 24 April
Aisling Keating – Time & Tide – based on th subleties of landscape, the pieces in Aisling’s exhibition were inspired by places in West Cork, Meath and Kildare. Each painting includes the element of water in some form, be it sea, river, canal , stream or flood. The landscapes portray various states of dark and light and the delicacy of nature’s layers.
Mark Whelan – Imagination & the Abstraction of Symbolic Forms. Im this exhibition Cobh based painter, Mark Whelan explores the chaose of the imagination, visual uncertainty and the abstraction of symbolic forms.
Both exhibitions run until Sunday 24 of April
Gallery Hours are:
Wed – Friday 11AM – 5pm
Sat & Sun 2pm – 5pm
Mon & Tuesday closed
For more information please contact Sirius at 021 481 3790 or via email at cobharts@iol.ie.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Mick Flannery & Cathy Davey in Cobh
Tickets are still available for
MICK FLANNERY In the Cobh Heritage Centre
Saturday 17 April 8:30pm Tickets €20
The Sirius Arts Centre
Presents an evening with
CATHY DAVEY
Thursday 22 April at 8pm. Tickets €18
For more information or to book contact Sirius at 021 481 3790
MICK FLANNERY In the Cobh Heritage Centre
Saturday 17 April 8:30pm Tickets €20
The Sirius Arts Centre
Presents an evening with
CATHY DAVEY
Thursday 22 April at 8pm. Tickets €18
For more information or to book contact Sirius at 021 481 3790
Saturday, April 3, 2010
The first year of the Great Island 10 mile Road Race
The inaugural Great Island 10 Mile Road Race will take place on 10th April, 2010.
All of the proceeds of the Great Island 10 will be going to the Irish Cancer Society.
The Great Island 10 is the brainchild of Roslyn Crotty who has lost her father and sister to cancer in the last two years.
As well as the 10 mile run, there will also be a 5 km walk for people who wish to support the Irish Cancer Society. Sponsorship cards are available for anyone wishing to raise funds for the charity.
For further information Visit: http://www.greatisland10.com
All of the proceeds of the Great Island 10 will be going to the Irish Cancer Society.
The Great Island 10 is the brainchild of Roslyn Crotty who has lost her father and sister to cancer in the last two years.
As well as the 10 mile run, there will also be a 5 km walk for people who wish to support the Irish Cancer Society. Sponsorship cards are available for anyone wishing to raise funds for the charity.
For further information Visit: http://www.greatisland10.com
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