An Irishwoman's DiaryAS CHRISTMAS PARTIES go, it was one of the better gatherings of neighbours, with the seasonal addition of offspring drawn home…Mon Mar 21 2011 - 00:00
A thrilling new chapter for TriskelDespite many setbacks and false starts, the €4Fri Feb 18 2011 - 00:00
Women take the lead in the Big House revivalTheir houses are big, historic and challenging – but they are determined to keep them open for businessThu Feb 03 2011 - 00:00
An Irishwoman's DiaryIT is a very long time indeed since I joined a march, but last month I walked with 100 or so writers, readers, library staff …Mon Jan 17 2011 - 00:00
The enduring allure of Swan LakeThe staging of the classic Russian ballet by Cork City Ballet this week is the realisation of a dream for artistic director Alan…Mon Nov 22 2010 - 00:00
Who's who? Mystery at the galleryDoubt is the great attraction at an exhibition of 17th-century Irish portraiture at the Crawford gallery, where things are not…Sat Oct 30 2010 - 01:00
Celestial chorus in a Cobh cathedralIt’s an unusual idea that mixes early music with modern technology, while a choir sings the words from a novel about a 16th century…Sat Sept 18 2010 - 01:00
An Irishwoman's DiaryPAINTED by both Annigoni and Lucian Freud, the dowager Duchess of Devonshire has always had an eye for artWed Mar 17 2010 - 00:00
Record of owning 'half the world'Asset-stripping fire sales, negotiations for wine, the price of premium pigs and the fate of Jews in Cork – it’s all part of …Sat Nov 14 2009 - 00:00
Great works, grand designs‘It’s an almost secret profession – at least if I’m doing my job properly you shouldn’t be able to see the joins,’ says award…Wed Jun 10 2009 - 01:00
An Irishwoman's DiaryVICTORIA Glendinning’s new book on Elizabeth Bowen and Charles Ritchie may have unleashed a slow-scorching lava flow on existing…Sat Jun 06 2009 - 01:00
Sleeping beauty awakesOver the years, piecemeal restorations have kept Fota House from ruin, now the Irish Heritage Trust is bringing full realisation…Sat Apr 04 2009 - 01:00
Plans to acquire Cork heritage estate abandonedTHE IRISH Heritage Trust has confirmed that it has had to abandon the negotiations which were close to completing its acquisition…Thu Feb 26 2009 - 00:00
Remembering Russia's YeatsThe life and times of one of Russia's most famous writers is celebrated at the estate which provided the inspiration for some…Mon Aug 04 2008 - 01:00
Stories that won't go awayBrought up in a committedly atheist household, novelist Salley Vickers found herself tempted by the forbidden fruit of religious…Wed Jul 09 2008 - 01:00
Inspired by a true sense of historyThe remarkable story of the Klotz violin dating back to 1703 takes a new twist as a 12-year-old student gets the chance to play…Fri May 09 2008 - 01:00
New Irish Heritage Trust to take over Fota HouseThe Irish Heritage Trust is to take over responsibility for Fota House in Co Cork from SeptemberFri Aug 03 2007 - 01:00
An Irishwoman's DiaryThe guest list for the unveiling of the memorial to Fermoy's Forgotten on October 8th is still being compiled, but the Taoiseach…Mon Sept 25 2006 - 01:00
An Irishwoman's DiaryIt isn't very often that a bishop-elect will admit to composing his sermons in a swimming pool, but the Very Rev Michael Burrows…Tue May 02 2006 - 01:00
Exiling art colleges to the 'burbsAre financial reasons enough to justify moving art colleges from city locations? Mary Leland examines Cork's options and Aidan…Tue Jan 31 2006 - 00:00
Beginning of the end lights the way forwardCork 2005: It was symmetry all the way with official functions last weekMon Dec 19 2005 - 00:00
An evening to light up the LeeCork: Capital of Culture: Coming after the civic function to mark the passing of the designation of European Capital of Culture…Mon Dec 12 2005 - 00:00
A fairytale for teenagersCork 2005: A hillside church built for a vanished garrison is the setting for Graffiti Theatre Company's production of The Snow…Mon Dec 05 2005 - 00:00
How to concentrate mindsCork 2005: Giving his contributors a "dying breath" brief, Dr William Reville of UCC admits that his Last Lecture series was…Mon Nov 28 2005 - 00:00
Ground-breaking Berger in VanguardCork 2005: A desire to do "something really special" for Cork 2005 lay behind John P Quinlan's decision to invite writer and…Mon Nov 21 2005 - 00:00
Sisters find their cultural callingCork 2005 : It can't be often that British artist Tacita Dean is upstaged by her own subject, but this is a possibility with…Mon Nov 14 2005 - 00:00
Traveller wagon puts down roots at museumCork 2005: Paper flowers, camphor balls and buttons are the coded mementoes of a tradition now enshrined in the permanent installation…Mon Nov 07 2005 - 00:00
Where dancers come firstCork 2005: Cork City Ballet and its artistic director Alan Foley have been awarded a €20,000 grant from the Cork 2005 organisation…Mon Oct 31 2005 - 00:00