Tripe+Drisheen: The Friday View 01/10/21
Our weekly round-up of news and events in Cork
October arrives with an exclamation mark!
Ardú, the street art project which started last year, is back. You might know it from the giant multicolour mural of the hurler on the eastern end of South Terrace painted by Aches which is just one of the seven pieces that were created last year. The festival offers a good chance to see a large work in progress, especially if you’re nearby any of the city centre sites.
Beginning this week for the next few weeks, four artists will be up and down cherry pickers as they tackle gable ends. Bishopstown boy Conor Harrington is back in his hometown from London and will be painting a wall here for the first time in decades - and this time it’s legal. We’re going to try and catch up with some of the artists involved for our new Arts + Culture column on T+D, so look out for that in your inbox.
As part of the festival, Ardú will be holding guided tours of the existing murals and the new ones over the course of the festival. Also this weekend (Sunday, October 3), Cork artists Shane O'Driscoll and Peter Martin will be holding a workshop at Wandesford Quay Courtyard explaining the process of creating a large scale mural. Tickets €10. More information here.
Sos Lóin, ar ais arís
Earlier this year we wrote about some of the people in Cork trying to make a space for Gaelige in the city. One of the ideas suggested in that piece is to turn Cook Street into a mini-Gaeltacht. Now that life is meandering back to some resemblance of what it was pre-pandemic, Gael-Taca over on Sullivan’s Quay by Quay Co-Op is hosting Sos Lóin started by John Ó Ríordáin. And don’t worry about your level of Irish. As the organisers say, “Bring some food and whatever bit of Irish you have.”
Gach Máirt (every Tuesday) ag 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
There’s a great line-up of musicians in town for the 42nd edition of the Cork Folk Festival. Last night, John Murphy launched his new CD ‘Cork 1920, A City In Flames’ in St Peter’s Church. This Saturday, October 2, there’ll be a Rebels of Cork walking tour led by John. It’s free to join and meet at 1.30 p.m. at the monument in Blackpool.
As you might know, last week we launched our Arts + Culture column on Tripe+Drisheen which will be published on the weekends. In this weekend’s edition, musician John Murphy talks to Ellie, and there’s a great audio/podcast component to it.
Staying with the Folk Festival, one other lovely-sounding free event. There’ll be trad in the park (Fitzgerald’s Park) featuring the great Seán Ó Sé, as well as Máire Ní Chéileachair, The Abbey Céilí Band and Douglas Comhaltas. From 2 p.m.
The full line-up of concerts and sessions for the Folk Festival is all here.
The CHASE case
A High Court judgement issued electronically will be eagerly awaited by the organisers and many volunteers in the Cork Harbour Alliance for a Safe Environment (Chase) who have for years campaigned against the proposed Indaver incinerator in Cork Harbour.
At 10:30 a.m. today (October 1) High Court Judge David Barniville will deliver his orders and Chase will know if the application is to be remitted for reconsideration to An Bord Pleanála. Or not.
Chase challenged the granting of the license by An Bord Pleanála to Indaver Ireland on 11 points, and the judgement back in March was in favour of two of them, the most contentious being “objective bias”.
Swim, Vanessa, swim
Vanessa Daws will be taking to the pool in Midelton College today and tomorrow as she takes on a mighty challenge - a 30 hour endurance swim. Vanessa spoke with Ellie last week about why she’s attempting this feat - you can read that interview below - and spectators and swimmers are invited pool side while Vanessa swims round and round the pool. There will also be recitals. Tickets can be booked here for the free event.
Swap!
Too much clothes in your life? Or maybe you want to change up your wardrobe a little, or a lot? Well, Rebel Reads who are never short of good ideas and community events, are organising a clothes swap down at their base in the Marina on Wednesday, October 8.
How does it work?
Gather clothes you no longer wear and pop them in the wash. Bring them along to Rebel Reads. Swap them for as many items as you have brought (no limit to quantity of clothes). Enjoy tea, coffee and biscuits. And peruse the books and zines too. More info click on pic below.
Tweet of the week 1:
There was a fair amount of taking trips down memory lane, or trying to, when news broke on Twitter that Nancy Spains was finally and fully demolished. Many’s a night a lot of Cork heads had in there. Some while underage!!
The pub, which had been lying idle, will be turned into social housing.
Eating only Irish is not easy
Ellie loves a good challenge and for the month of September she set herself the goal of eating only Irish food. That was a hard task, and it’s the meat of this week’s long read.
It’s a great and illuminating read.
Tweet of the week 2:
Speaking of cycling down memory lane, Kevin Long found this piece in The Irish Examiner from around 2005 (possibly) while researching about cycling in the city. JJ had organised a forum called “Two Wheels Forward” in The Kino, and quite possibly all city councillors were invited. Ciarán Lynch from the Labour Party definitely attended, and it was a talk shop about how to get Cork back on two wheels, based on a policy document that Arup had drawn up for the council (loads of bike lanes everywhere). Two Wheels Forward was aiming to get all councillors up on bikes so they could experience what it was like to cycle in the city.
From it, Two Wheels Forward was invited to present to a council group - possibly the transport and mobility working group or something along those lines - and what I, (JJ), remember from that meeting was that one councillor brought up the fact that somewhere in the city there was a cycle lane. Meeting adjourned. JJ emigrated not long after. He’s back. And so are bicycle lanes.
And if you’re interested in how many city councillors cycle in 2021, check out this news story below from earlier this year.
That’s it for this week’s round-up. Don’t forget to look for out for tomorrow’s new Arts+Culture newsletter on Tripe+Drisheen.
Also 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.