The famine set in motion a process of depopulation ... Cummins struggled to articulate what he saw when he entered a settlement outside Skibbereen, in December, 1846. “I was surprised to ...

And that’s another reason why I left old Skibbereen. By contrast, Holt McDougal’s US history textbook The Americans devotes a flat two sentences to “The Great Potato Famine.” ...

A contract has been signed for the Skibbereen Road Realignment Project in recent days with construction set to begin in May 2025. Cork County Council has appointed contractor McGinty & O’Shea ...

Meabh Collins had other ideas, however, as she landed a famous winning point for Skibbereen Community School. With that, the silverware was back in Cork for the first time since 2022, when St Mary ...