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AFTER DARK TOURS RETURN TO EUROPE’S ALCATRAZ

After dark tours are returning to Spike Island Cork for the Halloween season, as
the island attraction closes out its 2019 season. The Cork harbour island has been
home to a monastery, fortress and centuries of island homes, but its use as an
island prison on 4 separate occasions has seen its fame grow and earn it the title of
‘Europe’s Alcatraz’.
The islands popular After Dark tours were launched in 2017 allow visitors to ex-
plore the abandoned prisons, sit in solitary cells and discover an place of punish-
ment that was once called ‘Ireland’s hell. Guides share the dark history of the
island to an over 15’s only audience telling stories that cannot be told to any day
tour. With the island holding the most notorious of Ireland’s murderers and crimi-
nals and the original 1800’s prison cells part of the experience, its unsurprisingly
that the tours have thrown up many accounts of ghostly sightings and experiences.
Visitors have taken some startling images while tour guides and guests recount
strange occurrences.

The island is also open for regular day tours on weekends, half terms and occasion-
al mid-week days, the schedule can be viewed at www.spikeislandcork.ie

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Sirius Suppers Presents: Inni-K

Friday 01 November. Food served from 7.30pm, music at 8.45pm sharp.

Tickets €20 (includes meal and music) available online at www.siriusartscentre.ie
or through the office info@siriusartscentre.ie / 0214813790.

Sirius Suppers combine an evening of food and music, with evening meal provided
by foodies Comida, followed by new music from the best of Ireland’s emerging
artists. A sociable and affordable evening offering opportunities to hear new music
and try out local fare, at Sirius Arts Centre.

Named by RTÉ.ie as “one of ten fierce women defining Irish culture”, Dublin- based
singer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Inni-K (Eithne Ní Chatháin) has re-
ceived consistent praise for her fresh style of indie-folk since the 2015 release of
her acclaimed album ‘The King has Two Horse’s Ears’. Inni-K’s second album ‘The
Hare & the Line’ was released 1 March 2019. She sold out the Irish Arts Centre,
New York earlier this year was an Official Showcase performer at Folk Alliance
International music conference in Montréal as part of her U.S. and Canada tour
dates.

Inni-K’s music draws on her extensive background in folk and traditional Irish mu-
sic, even as she ventures into new musical territories. Her music combines ethereal
vocals with deft musicianship, evocative lyrics and a unique approach to song-writ-
ing. Having shared stages with various renowned musicians including Malian kora
master Toumani Diabaté, drummer Jeff Ballard, Glen Hansard, Liam Ó Maonlaí, Lisa
Hannigan, and many more, Inni-K is becoming a well-established presence in Irish
music.