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Begin the Wild Atlantic Way in Bandon
where the old saying ‘Beauty
is in the eye of the Beholder’ was born.
Visit Bandon Tourist information
and Craft Centre, with Skylight Gallery.
It has a selection of the finest local crafts and bric-a-brac.
With an art gallery upstairs displaying works by talented local artists,
the Craft Centre is an aesthetic treasure-trove and a pleasure to visit.
It stocks the very best of Irish tableware and gifts items from the craft sector.
The product range includes Nicholas Mosse and Bandon Pottery.
100% mouth blown and hand cut crystal from Tipperary Crystal
and Irish Handmade Crystal are available. Also in stock are Wild Goose
artefacts which combine heritage with the contemporary inspired by myths,
legends and history finished in pure bronze or cast iron. John Hanley throws,
scarves and accessories as well as a wide range of Avoca gifts, cook books
and ceramics can be purchased.
Bandon Craft Centre regularly showcases up and coming Irish crafts’
people so you can buy that one off design piece.
Find us on Bridge Street, Beside Methodist Church, Cork or phone 023 8841115.
For further details please see our web site www.bandoncraftcentre.ie
A branch of a family of Norman settlers known as Deasys’
Hodnetts changed their name to MacSeafraidh (son of
Geoffrey) which was later anglicised to MacSherry or Serving Dinner Wednesday to Saturday Evening
McSharry. This is where the town of Courtmacsherry 6.00-9.30pm
got it’s name. One descendent of a “Courtmacsherry
Hodnett” Patrick MacSheafraigh from Antrim travelled Early Bird Available 6.00-7.00
to America in 1745 and founded MacSherrystown in Sunday Lunch 1.00-3.00
Adams County, Pennsylvania.
Light Saturday Lunch 12.30-3.00
www.courtmacsherry.ie June to Mid Sept Light Lunches
served Mon-Sat 12.30-3.00pm
Clonakilty- Cloch na Coillte
“Stone of the woods” MICHELIN BIB GOURMAND 2015
Ireland’s first “Fair Trade” town. In 1292 a charter
was given to Thomas De Roach to hold a market
every Monday at Kilgarriffe (then called Kyle Cofthy
or Cowhig’s Wood), close to where the present town
now stands. As it’s name suggests Clonakilty has been
historically a very wooded area.
One of Ireland’s most captivating leaders, Michael
Collins, was born close to Clonakilty in Woodfield Farm.
In 1919 he founded the IRA (Irish Republican Army) .
For ten days in 1922 he was head of the Irish Free State
prior to his being ambushed and murdered at Bandon
in Co. Cork by Irish Republicans opposed to the 1921
Anglo- Irish Treaty.
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where the old saying ‘Beauty
is in the eye of the Beholder’ was born.
Visit Bandon Tourist information
and Craft Centre, with Skylight Gallery.
It has a selection of the finest local crafts and bric-a-brac.
With an art gallery upstairs displaying works by talented local artists,
the Craft Centre is an aesthetic treasure-trove and a pleasure to visit.
It stocks the very best of Irish tableware and gifts items from the craft sector.
The product range includes Nicholas Mosse and Bandon Pottery.
100% mouth blown and hand cut crystal from Tipperary Crystal
and Irish Handmade Crystal are available. Also in stock are Wild Goose
artefacts which combine heritage with the contemporary inspired by myths,
legends and history finished in pure bronze or cast iron. John Hanley throws,
scarves and accessories as well as a wide range of Avoca gifts, cook books
and ceramics can be purchased.
Bandon Craft Centre regularly showcases up and coming Irish crafts’
people so you can buy that one off design piece.
Find us on Bridge Street, Beside Methodist Church, Cork or phone 023 8841115.
For further details please see our web site www.bandoncraftcentre.ie
A branch of a family of Norman settlers known as Deasys’
Hodnetts changed their name to MacSeafraidh (son of
Geoffrey) which was later anglicised to MacSherry or Serving Dinner Wednesday to Saturday Evening
McSharry. This is where the town of Courtmacsherry 6.00-9.30pm
got it’s name. One descendent of a “Courtmacsherry
Hodnett” Patrick MacSheafraigh from Antrim travelled Early Bird Available 6.00-7.00
to America in 1745 and founded MacSherrystown in Sunday Lunch 1.00-3.00
Adams County, Pennsylvania.
Light Saturday Lunch 12.30-3.00
www.courtmacsherry.ie June to Mid Sept Light Lunches
served Mon-Sat 12.30-3.00pm
Clonakilty- Cloch na Coillte
“Stone of the woods” MICHELIN BIB GOURMAND 2015
Ireland’s first “Fair Trade” town. In 1292 a charter
was given to Thomas De Roach to hold a market
every Monday at Kilgarriffe (then called Kyle Cofthy
or Cowhig’s Wood), close to where the present town
now stands. As it’s name suggests Clonakilty has been
historically a very wooded area.
One of Ireland’s most captivating leaders, Michael
Collins, was born close to Clonakilty in Woodfield Farm.
In 1919 he founded the IRA (Irish Republican Army) .
For ten days in 1922 he was head of the Irish Free State
prior to his being ambushed and murdered at Bandon
in Co. Cork by Irish Republicans opposed to the 1921
Anglo- Irish Treaty.
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