Denise Foley, Timoleague and Geraldine Collins, Butlerstown at the Barryroe Co-op Centenary celebration. (Photo: Gearoid Holland)

Zoe, Alan and Annie Tennyson from Bandon at Ballymoney House in Ballineen. (Photo: Denis Boyle)

Sasha and Leah Cooke with Eve O'Donovan. (Photo: Denis Boyle

Mike Deasy, Timoleague and Anthony O'Donovan, Barryroe, enjoying their chips. (Photo: David Patterson)

Locals Michelle Ronan and Michelle Lawlor at the Reenascreena tractor, car, bike and truck run. (David Patterson)

Helen Ryan with Kyra and David Hayes, all from Clonakilty, at the Reenascreena charity run. (Photo: Andy Gibson)

Lisa O'Leary, Wilton, Ann Marie O'Brien and Sinead O'Brien, all Barryroe, at the Harvest Moon evening in the Butlerstown Community Hall. (Photo: Martin Walsh)

Kieran Coakley, Clonakilty with his niece and nephew Maggie and Jerry Coakley from Reenascreena. (Photo: Andy Gibson)

Emma Horler, Castletownshend, Nollaig Frost, Tragumna, Barry O'Brien, Ballydehob and Sarah Thomas, England at the annual Tragumna Threshing. (Photo: Anne Minihane)

Kathleen Tessyman presenting a donation of €110 to Sinead Keohane of Cancer Connect on behalf of the Bantry ICA.

The Bandon GAA All-Stars camp is running again on Saturday mornings. This group of participants and their coaches took a break from activities to pose for the camera. Back: Eva Nagle, Eve Twohig, Patrick Nyhan and Darragh Trunwitt. Front: Adam Clarke.

The road beside Timoleague Abbey was flooded last week due to high tides, strong winds and heavy rains.

The final race in the Beara AC 5 Mile Race Series took place in Eyeries last Saturday and the overall winners of the series were: Ellen Vitting Kenmare AC (2nd place), Julie O’Brien Durrus AC (1st place), and Nina Murphy Beara AC. Right; the male winners were Bobby Tangney Kenmare AC (3rd place), Michael Dullea Skibereen AC (1st place) and Donal Coakley Glanmire AC (2nd place).

The final race in the Beara AC 5 Mile Race Series took place in Eyeries last Saturday November 8th. The overall winners of the series were:
Male winners
1st (middle pic) Michael Dullea Skibereen AC
2nd (right) Donal Coakley Glanmire AC
3rd (left) Bobby Tangney Kenmare AC

Pupils from Kilcolman National School enjoyed the visit of Ballinascarthy GAA and camogie club players to their school with the cups they have won this year.

Macroom's Barry O'Brien (left) and his Rossmore co-driver Declan Buttimer, who won Class M1 in the Irish Tarmac Rally Championship pictured at the awards ceremony at the Clayton Hotel Silver Springs last weekend. (Photo: Martin Walsh)

The Samhain Parade, the Music of What Happens, took place in Clonakilty last Sunday and was a tremendous success despite the weather.

Denis O’Sullivan (chairperson, Clonakilty GAA) Willie Griffin (winner), Aileen Collins (lotto officer), Catherine Griffin, Liam O’Brien (club president) and Aaron Griffin at the presentation of the jackpot winning cheque of €7,200.

Clonakilty husband and wife rally crew and award winners Eamonn and Lisa McCarthy at the NAPA Auto Parts Irish Tarmac Rally Championship awards ceremony in the Clayton Hotel Silver Springs, Cork last weekend. Eamonn took third overall (driver) in the Modified category of the series and Lisa was second overall (co-driver), they with family and friends (from left): Tommy Knox, John Ronan, Brigid Knox, Aaron Kelly, Julie Ryan, Luke McCarthy,Alan Ryan and Tim McCarthy. (Photo: Martin Walsh)

Clonakilty Community College TY students James Carey (left) and Jack Brosnan, from Clonakilty doing some voluntary work helping Breakthrough Cancer Research in Astna Square. (Photo: Martin Walsh)

Locals Jason Collins and his son Evan having a laugh and a ball on Pearse Street, Clonakilty. (Photo: Martin Walsh)

Clonakilty Community College students Zin Zan Llewellwyn (left) and Danny Murphy with their self-crafted Christmas trees (part of their Student Enterprise) on Pearse Street, Clonakilty. (Photo: Martin Walsh)

First class pupils at Kealkill National School are enjoying learning how to play chess every Friday evening in school with their teacher Ms O’Connor. They have currently learned how to move pawns, rooks, knights and bishops with the help of the online Ficheall lessons and are lookinig forward to an in-school tournament once they have mastered all the moves.

First class pupils won a trip to the cinema with their creation of ‘the slimer' when they won the competition to create the scariest Halloween sculpture.

Kealkill National School’s girls camogie team who recently won the Sciath na Scoil final.

Congratulations to the Kealkill National School’s debating team who won the first round of the Concern Primary School Debates competition. The subject for the debate was:
social media should be banned for U16s. The opposing team was Clondrohid National School. Kealkill captain Kate Kirwin, along with her team mates Caoimhe Crowley and Alannah Maddock were all outstanding on the day. Special thanks to the chairperson on the day Dan Sheehan and time keepers Fionn O'Halloran and Gearoid O'Sullivan who carried out their duties very professionally.

Minister for Social Protection Dara Calleary with Micheal Hurley, coordinator of Employability Service West Cork, at the employer recognition and recruitment event held in in Dublin last Wednesday.

Hannah Dare (Organico), Sinead O’Donovan, Danielle Delaney (Bantry Business Association), Anna Healy (NIWC president), Carly O’Donovan at the Network Ireland West Cork event held at Organico last week. Photo courtesy of Anna Groniecka.

Members of the Innishannon Vintage Steam Rally organising committee at the Munster Arms Hotel where they presented the proceeds of this year's rally and prize raffle at their annual dinner dance to the Irish Cancer Society. This year a record €100,000 was raised. Included are Robert O'Leary, Mary Desmond (secretary) and PJ Ryan (treasurer) with Niola McMahon (Irish Cancer Society) and Aoife O'Sullivan (cancer night nurse based in Bantry and who works all across West Cork), Billy O'Sullivan, John Keheller and Martin Desmond.
(Photo: Donie Hurley)

Ahiohill Vintage Club members and beneficiaries at the club's presentation night where €52,000 was raised from the clubs annual working day which was shared amongst Pieta House, Mercy Hospital Foundation Cancer Care and Dunmanway Hospital Daycare Centre, with other local causes also benefiting. Appreciation was extended to sponsors, participants and spectators for their generous donations, as well as to volunteers. (Photo: Paddy Feen)

The Ilen Rovers minor ladies have qualified for the county C final against Donoughmore.
They have also qualified for the West Cork minor Bfinal against Beara. Back: Juliette Field, Victoria Haffner, Cliona Herlihy, Siobhan Hickey, Maria Connolly, Carla O'Regan, Sarah Keating, Clodagh Hickey, Mary Bushe, Ava Murphy, Tara Duggan, Sanne Connolly, Mia Crowley, Aoife O'Driscoll, Kate Carey and Meg Walsh. Front: Aisling Hickey, Saoirse Harte Leonard, Hannah O'Driscoll, Diana Rose Coakley, Lucy O'Driscoll, Emma Browne, Alannah O'Driscoll, Tiana Crosby, Claire Collins and Holly O'Flynn.

Alannah Cattermaul and Sophie Connolly enjoying the Cycle Right programme in Rath National School with Karl and Max of Cycle Sense, Skibbereen.

Lovely to see the Buddy Bench and Positivity Tree in use during Bí Cineálta (anti-bullying) week at Rath National School by friends Darragh Fitzgerald, Mila Browne, Orlaith Brennan, Méabh Collins and Joni Perry Clark.

James Hurley kicked off Bí Cineálta (anti-bullying) week with a lovely gesture of making Rice Krispy buns for all his class mates including Luka Perry Clark and Max Musgrave.

Pupils of St James' National School with their Team Hope shoeboxes.

Jenna Twomey (left) and Abbey O'Dwyer, both from Passage West, enjoying a trip to Clonakilty. (Photo: Martin Walsh)

At the recent Harvest Moon event in the Butlerstown Community Hall were (from left): Rosemary Sexton (Clonakilty), Elaine McCarthy (Barryroe) and Marie Whelton (Barryroe). (Photo: Martin Walsh)

Enjoying the recent Harvest Moon event in the Butlerstown Community Hall were (from left): Elaine O'Leary (Seven Heads), Anne-Maire Holland (Barryroe), Anne Marie O'Driscoll (Ahiohill) and Ciara Holland (Tirnanean). The event was a fundraiser for the Butlerstown Community Centre. (Photo: Martin Walsh)

Pat Kennedy’s glowing mine cart filled with copper ore from the magic mountain at the Schull Halloween parade.

Mary Murphy enjoyed a great party in celebration of her 60th birthday.

Cllr Caroline Cronin, Tommy Jermyn, Nuala Hegarty, Mary Hayes, Seamus Daly (CEO), Sean Levis, Brian Coursey and Finn O’Mahony at Drinagh Co-op, where Seamus Daly donated new food containers to the Meals on Wheels team.

Seamus Hayes of Ballinspittle and Courcey’s Athletic Club set a personal best and broke the three hours for the 2025 Chigago Marathon in a time of two hours, 52 minutes and 30 seconds.

Tommy Collins, Dr Mervyn O’Driscoll, Helen Sisk, Michelle O’Mahony, Maisie Culbert, Finn Mannix and Liz McCarthy at the launch of Pictorial Past of Dunmanway.

Minister Christopher O’Sullivan alongside Liam Ó Maonlaí at the launch of the Seanscoil, a short film by Lorraine Hogan about how locals transformed their old 1836 schoolhouse into a thriving hub for community and the arts. (Photo: Siobhan Russell)

Cornie Buckley, Frank Coleman, Liam Webb and Alan Coleman at Allen’s Bar in Riverstick where Ballymartle celebrated their 50th anniversary of reaching the county junior A final.

Dan Seaman Motors presented a defibrillator to Bandon Community First Responders, Carmel O'Donovan, Dan Seaman, Mary Seaman, Marion McSweeney, Gerard Seaman, Rohnan Seaman and Gavin Seaman. (Photo: Gearóid Holland)

Aoife Delaney (Carrigaline), Gemma Healy (Clonakilty), Alex Moloney (Mallow) and Melissa Collins (Bandon) graduated this week from the Certificate in Disability Inclusive Practice which is an id+futures course at UCC. (Photo: Gerard McCarthy)

Enjoying the coffee morning at Gaggin Hall last Sunday, which was held in aid of Bandon Community Hospital, are Donie Coomey, Mary O'Regan, Molly O'Donovan and Mary O'Mahony, all from the hospital, who joined the event and thereby made the day extra special for everyone.

Katie Hurley, representing Carbery Marca, who was recently crowned Ireland’s ‘Queen of the Castle’ took time out of her busy schedule to launch the Drinagh Tractor Run 2025. The run will take place on Sunday December 21st with registration from 11am in Drinagh. The run will start at 1pm sharp. Front: Katie Hurley, Eileen McCarthy, Padraig Barrett, Margaret Murphy, Pat Kingston, Robert Ellis, Con O’Donoghue and Brendan Lennox. Back: Don Hurley, Caroline Hurley and Shane Connolly. All proceeds raised will be in support of Drinagh Community Walkway and Drinagh Community Defibrillator Group. (Photo: Anne Minihane)

Ken Kingston and Cillian Kingston from Drinagh enjoying a trip to the FAI cup final between Cork City FC and Shamrock Rovers at the Aviva Stadium last Sunday.

Pupils of St Patrick's Boys’ National School in Skibbereen enjoying story time about bees and beekeeping at the local library which was hosted by retired teacher Clíona Paterson. (Photo: Anne Minihane)

Three helpers from Bishop Galvin National School, Ellen Murray, Elise Crowley and Muireann Sullivan, helping to load the shoeboxes for Team Hope. Over 100 boxes were assembled by the pupils and these will be sent to children in deprived areas around the world and to war torn countries.

Samhrán O'Farrell (Rossmore), Adam Giles (Rosscarbery) and Richard Doolan (Connonagh) chilling out together ahead of the charity tractor run that was held in Reenascreena in aid of Stand for Féile, Reenascreena National School and Reenascreena Community Pre-School. (Photo: Andy Gibson)