Author: Skibbereen Historical

One of the best known personalities in the history of Skibbereen is Frederick Peel Eldon (Fred) Potter. For many years he was owner and editor of the Skibbereen Eagle newspaper, which was founded by the Potter family in 1857. An

This weekend everyone around Skibbereen is justifiably proud of the achievement of Paul O’Donovan, Fintan McCarthy and their coach Dominic Casey in winning another Olympic Gold. That is not to forget the other two rowers from Skibbereen, Aoife Casey and

On Friday night, 5th July, the Skibbereen Historical Journal, Vol. 20 2024 was formally launched. The event was presided over by the chairperson of the society, John O’Neill, and the guest speaker was the society’s first chairperson, Jim Byrne. Given

March 5th is the feast day of Naomh Ciarán of Cape Clear. Legend has it that Ciarán converted much of the southwest coast of Ireland and the region of Saigir in County Offaly, where his father came from, before St

Thank you to everyone who attended last Wednesday’s lecture on the Rev. Edward Spring and his Mission. Given that it is Halloween, the following addendum to the story of Edward Spring deals not with religious affairs but instead with things