Union Hall: It took local people power to turn the lights back on 

The Obama production was just the icing on the cake. From new coffee shops to florists, Union Hall was returning to the life long before Netflix came to town, says West Cork local RP O'Donnell

IE WEEKEND VICKIE 20/06/2022.

Long ago, Union Hall was briefly famous — a villager died so spectacularly that people travelled from all over the country to watch it happen: from Antrim, Galway, Dublin, Clare, anywhere they got a paper.

In the early 19th century, a man named Thomas lived on the corner of what is now the causeway pond, but was then just the open coastline. The wind, cold and wet, whipped off the ocean and straight through the walls of his small cottage. Consumption dripped down from the ceiling — Thomas fell sick and began to die.