In February 1847, the British Relief Association sent ninety-six tons of food to Schull on the naval vessel Scourge. The ship’s commander, J. Cruford Caffin, was shocked by what he saw and reported that three-quarters of the people of Schull
John O’Sullivan, Lisalohorig, one of nature’s gentlemen
The death took place on February 20, 2018 of John O’Sullivan, Lisalohorig, Skibbereen. In his 97th year, John was one of the oldest people in Skibbereen parish. He died full of years and contentment having lived a long and fulfilled
Appalling conditions in Skibbereen in March 1847
Rev. Richard Boyle Townsend was Rector of Abbeystrewry parish and did extraordinary work to help relieve the poor and to highlight the plight and suffering in this area during the Great Irish Famine (1845-52). On March 9, 1847 he wrote
Skibbereen to host major art exhibition
Uillinn West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen, will this year host a major exhibition of artwork from Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum at Quinnipiac University, Connecticut, USA. The exhibition, entitled ‘Coming Home: Art and the Great Hunger,’ will be displayed in two
Anne Plumpre’s impression of Skibbereen in 1815
Anne Plumptre (1760-1818), the English writer and translator, visited Skibbereen in 1815 and in her book ‘Narrative Of A Residence In Ireland During The Summer Of 1814 And That Of 1815 wrote: “… I proceeded by the new-made road, indeed