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Colum Cronin

Thurs Dec 10 2020 

8pm

 

Having recently produced a film documentary entitled ‘Kilmichael Ambush – A Story of a Century’, Colum tells the story of how he and his son Shane conceived the idea and went about producing what was to become a highly successful production, achieving more than 11.5k views online in just three days. He explains how they were motivated to tackle this ‘hot potato’ subject and how they managed to do all of this under the confines of Level 5 Covid lockdown. Colum will give an overview of the ambush story as told in their documentary, expanding on certain points of the story and adding some caveats of interest along the way.

The film may be viewed on www.coppeenheritage.com

Colum Cronin is the founding chairperson of Coppeen Archaeological, Historical & Cultural Society. For the past 50 years he has been a husband and father, a professional musician, recording engineer, music teacher, photographer, a community development officer and a farmer. He returned to education as an adult, achieving a B.A. in Comm Edu & Dev. He is an active member of several community groups but local heritage is a particular passion of his. Currently, Colum is studying for an M.A. in Local History through UCC.

From Ardfield to Santiago de Compostella/Finisterre

A journey in pilgrim footsteps of over 1000 years

by

Traolach Ó Donnabháinin

The Parish Centre, Clonakilty

on Thursday 28th February at 8pm

Documentary: Historic Coastal Village of Timoleague

As part of Heritage Week 2022, Dúchas Clonakilty Heritage visited the historic coastal village of Timoleague which is situated at the mouth of the Argideen river estuary.  To take us back over the centuries our guides are Diarmuid Kingston and Michael O’Mahony.

Documentary: Three Local Stories

Produced as part of Heritage Week 2021, this documentary tells three stories. The first part is the history of Lisselane Estate and in particular two of its owners – the infamous landlord William Bence Jones and in more modern times, C. O. Stanley. The second section concentrates on Kilgarriffe old cemetery and some of the many important individuals and families interred there over the last three hundred years or so. The final section of the video highlights Ring Village and the nearby Ballintemple Graveyard, detailing the importance of Ring as a port and the 800-year history of the cemetery wherein lay the remains of Tadhg an Asna among other notable names.