Tripe + Drisheen: The Friday View 29/10
It's spooky time and there's loads going on in Cork this Halloween
Dragon of Shandon Samhain Festival
Cork Community Art Link have once more put together a great programme of performances to celebrate the living and the dead. It’s all taking place on the northside of the city centre on Sunday October 31, between 6 and 9 p.m.
While there’s no parade this year, there is plenty to see and hear including performances by the Cork City Samba Band and UCC’s department of theatre. Also, watch out for the giant skeleton troupe roaming the city centre form Daunt Square and around St. Patrick Street, North Main Street and Paul Street.
More information about the full programme here.
Cycling meets cosplay
If you’re around the Marina this Saturday, look out for the Spooky Cycle. Cork Cycling Campaign and Let’s Play Cork will be holding a 5-8 kilometre cycle for all ages from the Marina down to Mahon along the greenway. This one’s a little different: they’re asking everyone to come along in Halloween costume. There will be some goodies and treats after the cycle and a chance for participants young and old to have a chat and maybe a dance.
Meeting point is The Marina Greenway Car Park at 2 p.m. on Saturday, October 30. More information here.
There’s also a few more days left of the Halloween Halloween Witches Walk at Fota House. The self-guided trail is suitable for kids up to age eight. Adults are free, but tickets are €5 per kid. More information here.
Welcome, and welcome back
Pludg Records are back in the city centre on Cornmarket Street (The Coal Quay) since last weekend. This Sunday, October 31 at 3 p.m., they’ll be holding their first gigín in their new digs. Limited capacity so check in on Twitter for availability.
Meanwhile if you’ve been along MacCurtain Street recently (or The Victorian Quarter as it would like to be known) you might have noticed down towards the Leisureplex a new record shop has opened up. Thirty-three Record Shop Cork is new to the neighbourhood and was opened by Claudia Hernandez and her husband Erwin earlier this month by Mexican couple who have been in Cork a while now. We hope to get into Plugd and Thirty-three soon.
On T+D this week
We had two news stories this week. Cork City Council held their first in person meeting (of 2021) of all councillors this week in City Hall, which is still doubling as a vaccination centre. It was a bit of scramble getting it all together, so there was no livestreaming, but the Council hasn’t ruled out streaming those meetings as in person meetings return. Hopefully, an archive will also be in the works.
In other news there’s an extensive archaeological dig going on at 92-96 North Main St, where developers Bmor are constructing a seven-storey student apartment block. Local historian George Patterson has photographed the site and we included some of his photos in that story.
There’s a great quote from Avril Purcell of Lane Purcell Archaeology , the on-site archaeologist for the development, whcih illustrates how water is everywhere in Cork.
“The problem we have with Cork is that it’s a city that was built on a marsh and we have a huge problem with water,” Avril said. “Even today, we spent most of the morning pumping out trenches full of water.”
And finally, Team T+D are working flat to the mat the past few weeks and we should be ready (have to be!) to announce the details of what we’ve been working on very shortly. It’s a pile of work, but we’ve been working with some great people and you should see the fruits of our labour soon enough.
Look out for our Arts + Culture podcast tomorrow. It’s a lovely Samhain-themed recording.
Also, in case you missed it we had a chat with Conor paints pictures Harrington about his stunning new mural on Grand Parade.
Have a great weekend and remember the temporal shift on Sunday/Monday morning. Fall back, as the Americans put it.
That’s it for this week’s round-up. Any tips, news or events you’d like to share with Tripe+Drisheen, you can contact either of us at jj.odonoghue@gmail.com or emailellieobyrne@gmail.com. We are always happy to speak to people off the record in the first instance, and we will treat your information with confidence and sensitivity. Get in touch.