http://www.skibbereenartsfestival.com 24th July - 1st August 2009 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:56:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Skibbereen Heritage Centre is delighted to issue an open invitation to the premiere of its documentary on the Great Famine, made by award-winning local filmmaker Pat Collins of Harvest Films. The 30 minute documentary features local historians Philip O’Regan, Gerald O’Brien and Fr. Patrick Hickey as well as leading academics Dr. ... http://www.skibbereenartsfestival.com/documentary-launch/ Street Parade and Official Opening of SKIBBEREEN ARTS FESTIVAL With Skibbereen Fire Brigade, St. Fachtna’s Silver Band, Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann, Vintage Cars and Tractors, Atlantic Sea Kayaking, Skibbereen Rowing Club, Skibbereen GAA Club Underage, Skibbereen Soccer Club Underage, Skibbereen Civil Defence and many more organisations. Fancy Dress. Everyone is welcome to ... http://www.skibbereenartsfestival.com/skibbereen-parade/ SPEND THE BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND IN WEST CORK! MURPHY’S PRESENTS CORK X SOUTHWEST 2009 The official festival of us The Showgrounds, Skibbereen, West Cork Saturday August 1st, 2009 This coming Saturday, August 1st, the West Cork town of Skibbereen gears up for the arrival of thousands of music and arts lovers from all over the country for ... http://www.skibbereenartsfestival.com/cork-x-southwest/ When the crowd ripped up the seats during the film ‘Rock Around the Clock’ at Dublin’s Carlton Cinema in the first Rock‘n Roll riot in Europe, in the audience was a young man who never thought he would go on to become a legend in his own lifetime. One of Ireland’s ... http://www.skibbereenartsfestival.com/showband-night-with-dickie-rock/ Ken Webster is the original outrageous hypnotist. Way back in 1985 Ken burst on the hypnosis scene like a rebel without a cause and 24 years later he is still at the top of his profession and is widely recognised as being one of the best in the business. Ken’s summer ... http://www.skibbereenartsfestival.com/ken-webster-hypnotist/ Opening of ‘West Cork Artists 2009’, a group exhibition of paintings, drawings, sculpture, prints, photographs and mixed media work by many of the established, emerging and new artists who have made West Cork their place of work or indeed their subject matter. The exhibition runs until 22 August and is ... http://www.skibbereenartsfestival.com/west-cork-artists-2009/ With Chris Watson, Kevin Brew and Luke Clancy. This is aimed at people interested in or  experienced in radio, sound, film sound and music. The workshop will involve the ‘Sound  Stories’ team discussing how an episode of ‘Sound  Stories’ is made, from recording, to writing to  mixing. This will also include ... http://www.skibbereenartsfestival.com/sound-series-masterclass/ With Karl Shiels. Karl Shiels is one Ireland’s most accomplished actors. He won best Actor Award at the Dublin Theatre Festival for his role in Comedians in 1999 and has acted in Abbey productions including Beauty in a Broken Place, At Swim - Two Birds, The Barbaric Comedies and Henry IV ... http://www.skibbereenartsfestival.com/actors-workshop/ With Adrian McCarthy Adrian McCarthy specialises in making documentary films and is a director and producer with ten year’s experience of making entertaining and insightful documentaries with an emphasis on observational, human interest, arts and history films. His documentaries as a director include Graham Linehan: Funny Business (2007), School No.1 – ... http://www.skibbereenartsfestival.com/documentary-workshop/ as Gaeilge. I 1832 rinne William Hamilton Maxwell cur síos sa leabhar Wild Sports of the West ar na heachtraí a tharla dó agus na scéalta a chuala sé le linn dó a bheith ag taisteal in iarthar na hÉireann. Ba cheann de na scéalta seo, scéal faoi rón a bhí ... http://www.skibbereenartsfestival.com/an-ron-dall/