A new history trail, The Cork Rebel Way, which highlights locations of immense historical significance in West Cork from the 1916 rebellion through to the Civil War has been launched.

AN expanse of harbour views come with the Glounthaune house, Woodlands, in Upper Annmount, and at 3,300sq ft, the house itself is no slouch either.

BALTIMORE, repeatedly sacked by pirates, is still regularly colonised from the sea, only this time the swashbucklers are driving RIBs and other powerful motorboats, they wear chic lifejackets and carry nothing more offensive than a razor-sharp platinum credit card.

RECENTLY I took my Dublin-reared family to Cork to give them a taste of my home town during its term as City of Culture.