Kinsale Cultural and Heritage Society hosted 4th class students at the town’s Library to mark Seachtain na Gaeilge as Seanchaí, Paddy O’Brien, entertained the gathering. The second year the local history society organised the event, it has proven to be very popular with the students from Summercove NS, Scoil Naomh Eltin, Dunderrow NS, St Multose […]

On the 15th of February 1921, 13 members of the IRA, including the Officer in charge of the 3rd Brigade of the Cork IRA, Charlie Hurley, lay in wait to ambush a party of British soldiers at Upton train station. The hastily gathered party of IRA Volunteers lacked the experience of the men of the […]

In September 2016, several large signs to mark key locations on the Battle of Kinsale were stolen. The remaining signs were removed by the local authority for safe keeping. Nine years have almost passed since the historic markers were taken and despite the best efforts of the community, including the Chairman of Kinsale Cultural and […]