One Giant Leap for Skibbereen as anniversary of moon landing celebrated in the Cork town

Skibbereen celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Moon Landings on Friday night, with Bridge Street transformed into a wacky lunar landscape populated by astronauts and aliens for the West Corktown’s annual arts festival street party.

But the fancy-dress bash was celebrating a double anniversary: not only 50 years since mankind first took a step on the moon, but a decade since Skibbereen hosted its first arts festival: one small step it may seem, but a giant leap in the cultural calendar of West Cork, according to organisers, who doubled their funding from the Arts Council this year.