21 Years Ago – a look back at April 1995
A headstone was unveiled at Leitrim Cemetery, Kilworth to honour the memory of Tomas Ó Riordáin, better known as ‘The Caist’. Pádraig Ó Braoin...
Cavanagh’s Fermoy Ford leagues preliminary winners drawn
There was a very good attendance at Cavanagh’s showrooms, Fermoy on Monday night last, where the preliminary 30 names were drawn for the two...
Bid for Seanad seat fails
O’Flynn ‘down, but not out’
Eliminated on the tenth count, Cllr Frank O’Flynn is not to become Senator this time round, but within hours of...
Vodafone coverage exceeds requirements in north Cork – despite complaints
While acknowledging that a number of their customers in the north Cork area have had a ‘poor experience’ with mobile phone coverage, Vodafone say...
Mitchelstown remembers 1916
On the eve of the calendar anniversary of the Easter 1916 Rising, the people of Mitchelstown gathered together on Saturday last to commemorate the...
Number crunching Ronan nets €20K
Ronan Fenton, an accountant with leading firm KPMG scooped €20,000 at last Tuesday night’s Fermoy GAA & Pitch & Putt Club lotto.
Ronan’s grandmother, Frances...
Extensive celebrations in Kildorrery for 1916 centenary
With respect to all the other monuments and plaques erected to commemorate 1916, the installation in Kildorrery is by far and away the most...
Kim Phuc Phan Thi and Fergal Keane for Immrama 2016
Vietnamese-Canadian Kim Phuc Phan Thi, best known as the nine-year-old child depicted in the Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph taken during the Vietnam War on June...
Primary students set out their own proclamation
On Saturday last, as people gathered in Mitchelstown to mark the centenary of the Easter Rising in 1916, there were a number of items...
Thomas Kent profiled in ‘16 Lives’ series
The latest book in the historical series 16 Lives, featuring Thomas Kent, was launched on Thursday, April 21st in the NCO’s Mess, Collins Barracks,...
