Dave Mac's Local Legend

In advance of a forthcoming Cork History Matters podcast Dave Mac here complies a sample of the conversation he had with author & publisher Roz Crowley whose book Macroom Mountain Dew, available at Waterstones, Nano Nagle Place on Douglas Street and online, tells the tale of Ireland’s first outdoor music festival in Macroom in the late 70s. The Mountain Dew festival first featured Marianne Fai...

The Kerry native is back fresh from a festive climb up Carrauntoohil and is ready to present you with music, chat and banter weeknights from 7.

The trailer for Gary's film has already received 2,500 views. It's a 35 min comedy flick that members of society who have dyslexia or anxiety should be able to connect with. Gary who has a background in teaching got inspiration from the film when he noticed that not every student has the same needs. To see the film premiere visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcsHjb6moY0

Miki from Slovakia who originally is a qualified architect decided to move discipline to fashion photography and partly in PR and commercial. He mentions the crossover in terms of composition and the fact that he had always been playing around with cameras since he was about 9. A side from this he has decided to launch his own clothing brand after seeing a niche in the Irish market, called Gnarly...

With the return of spectators Sinéad chats about this year's Cork club championships. Including the Senior division footballers of St. Finbarr's claiming victory over Clonakilty and in the Hurling Midleton beating Glen Rovers. Throughout December there's a new initiative in place called Red Friday. Dave will be giving away Cork GAA club season tickets for 2022. As Cork's RedFM are proud sponsors o...

Stephanie Rainey's cover of the Christmas classic Last Christmas which was ironically recorded Last Christmas really began to take off, and started getting close to 250,000 streams. It has now been added to a spotify playlist. Despite having another addition to her family Stephanie still plans to produce plenty of great music in the coming year. To hear her rendition of Last Christmas visit: Spoti...

Corcadorca Theatre Company have just celebrated their 30th Anniversary and are now full steam ahead with Éadaoin O’Donoghue’s new play, Hail to the Great Wave! which is open at CTDC (Corcadorca Theatre Development Centre) in Triskel nightly (except Sunday) at 8pm until Saturday, December 4th. Hail to the Great Wave! is a dark, sweet, comedy about a couple surviving during the apocalypse. Ironicall...

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In cinemas and online from Friday 5th to Sun 21st, the 66th Cork international film festival runs for a full 17 days and is safe & fully Covid compliant. With documentary's, features and short films from Cork Ireland & around the world. Including: Disco Pigs, Road runner, Clueless, Boiling Point and Big. There's also a trail of discovery around the City available. You can now download the...

Fear Park is a scare event held every October. We are a live immersive walk through horror maze. Coláiste Éamann Rís - formally known as Deer Park CBC - hold a scare house every Halloween, as a family friendly community based night of spooky scary fun. This is the biggest fundraising event in the schools calendar. All proceeds of the night go straight back into the school so between students, pare...

Part documentary, part concert film, Love Yourself Today is an emotive celebration of modern spirituality and the power of music to heal, it centres around the music of Irish singer songwriter Damien Dempsey but also turns the lens onto his fans. Every Christmas in Dublin, the crowds gather for Damo’s Christmas gig at Vicar Street. For many, these shows have become a cathartic ritual, a safe space...

Rachel started posting videos during the first lockdown of her playing songs on the piano such as; Tiësto's Adagio for Strings with the man himself re-sharing the video. Along with Mark McCabe's Maniac 2000 which Mark also reposted. Other fans include Brian O'Driscoll, Jenny Green and Jerry Cinnamon. Rachel has an opening spot at Block Rockin" Beats in Cork Opera House this Sunday. For tickets vis...

Gavin chats about the video for the song which has a comedic element to it. Which suits the fun sound of the single. The third album is something that he wanted to be unique to the first two while still maintaining the songwriter vibe. To hear more of Gavin's music visit: https://shop.gavinjamesmusic.com/

The Arts and Ageing podcast was launched last week. It's an 8 part series with a new episode released every Monday. It was an initiative originally funded by the Arts Council and initiated by Cork City Council. The podcast looks at creative ways at engaging with the elderly. Including a part called local know- how, where older members of the public talk about skills they have and how they are stil...

The network is voluntary and works at a community level across the County and represents over 1000 groups. With the aim of giving a voice to these community groups. The organisation dates back to 2014 when town councils were scrapped. The PPN then stepped in with 31 groups across the Country. In Cork there's one for the City and one for the County. Any community can join for free and gain access t...

The script are back playing gigs already and are extra excited. Danny chats about how the concert goers aren't on their phones as much and are living in the moment and how it took for them playing their hit "The Hall of Fame" for the stadium to light up in Romania. We hear their new single "I want it all"

Rob is talking about how important eggs are as a superfood not only for athletes but for everyone. He chats about how you can cook so many different meals with eggs which are also very tasty and healthy .He speaks from Turners Cross as he awaited watching his son Cathal captain the Republic of Ireland under 17 to victory over Andorra last night in the European Championship playoffs. For more infor...

Ardú Street Art project recently announced their return with some of the country’s most exciting street artists brightening up Cork city’s streets from now until October 15th. Commissioning artwork from home grown talent of the highest level is the main aim of Ardú. The 2021 edition features four large scale murals by renowned artists: Friz at St Finbarr’s Road, Shane O’Malley at Lower Glanmire Ro...

The Finswim Expedition started out from Carrickfin Blue Flag beach on the North West Donegal Coast on 17th September 2020. Anrí Ó Domhnaill (Henry o Donnell) was aiming to attempt a finswim and circumnavigation of the entire coast of Ireland with support from his expedition team. He also aimed to raise €100k for two worthy charities, Irish Cancer Society (ICS) and Water Safety Ireland (WSI). They...

John is currently on tour in Germany, he is arriving home to Cork in 3 days. Where he will be doing a number of gigs around Ireland for October. With gigs in Cork that include: The Triskel Arts Centre on October 16th, Mallow Arts Festival on October 27th and Tracton on November 20th. Next year he will also be playing in Coughlans, Douglas Street on February 3rd and 4th. He has released a new album...

You're spoilt for choice at Ballyhass Lakes with activities such as: Axe Throwing, Zip Lining and High Ropes. There's also a Coachford branch with other activities. Such as an assault course and wakeboarding. Being located so near to Rathcool where the Irish Community Air Ambulance is located, Ballyhass decided to set up a fundraising effort. The price of availing of the Air Ambulance is €3500. Me...

The first Air Ambulance Charity Cycle will take place in West Cork on Saturday, October 2nd. Caheragh native, Darren Lynch is organising the 60km event to thank the Irish Community Air Ambulance following his own experience this summer. Darren was involved in a serious cycling accident in July and was treated at the scene and then airlifted to hospital to treat his injuries by the crew of the char...

Thermo Fisher Scientific, based in Currabinny, has opened up applications to its €50,000 Community Partnership Grant scheme. Applications are open until the 8th of October to community groups in the lower harbour area who are making their communities healthier, cleaner and/or safer and can be made at www.thermofisher.com/csr/community-partnership-grant This is the second year in a row they've done...

A documentary made about The Quay Co-op is featured in this year's Indie Film Festival which was produced by Emma and Eddie of Frameworks Films. It was founded in 1982 and John has worked there since 1985. A large number of those who set it up would have been members of communities back then that would have been seen as outside the norm such as: Lesbian, Gay, CND and Anti- Apartheid. It was seen a...

Tomasz is a recipient of the inaugural PLATFORM 31 bursary award. He screened 4 art films as part of the No Space project at Uillinn Arts Centre in west Cork as part of culture night last Friday night, in which he collaborated with other artists in Ireland, Australia, Pakistan and Sweden. For more info about Tomasz visit: Installations/Projects (tomaszmadajczak.com)