More than 60 events are planned for 15 towns and villages around Cork Harbour for a nine-day festival which includes sailing, surfing, seafood markets, heritage trails and the spectacular Ocean to City race.

A Californian student at University College Cork will help remember the arrival of the US navy in Ireland — 100 years to the day after her great-grandfather commanded the flotilla that sailed into Cork harbour.

Ken Griffin is originally from Dublin, but has lived in New York for the past 23 years. Formerly of Rollerskate Skinny, his latest band is August Wells. They play the Sirius Arts Centre in Cobh tonight.

A special event will recreate a hasty yet lavish Christmas meal eaten by the men of The Endurance expedition before the ship was crushed by ice.

An exhibition titled 'Time (Ireland) Act' by Ruth Clinton and Niamh Moriarty is currently taking place at the Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Co. Cork.

CLARA Rose Monahan is a woman of many parts. However, the golden thread uniting her many different roles is music.

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We bring you a round up of all the latest news and reviews from the world of entertainment. 

Doug Dubois’ images of a Cobh estate are a glimpse into the world of childhood, says Richard Fitzpatrick

Visitors are being urged to use the train if they intend being part of the 10,000 people expected to descend on Cobh, Co Cork, tomorrow to attend the centenary commemoration of the sinking of the Lusitania.

Here’s a quick look at the latest music, gig, film and entertainment news.

MUSIC NEWS: Don McLean is on his way to Ireland in June, and don’t be surprised if he’s in rather good form, considering he’s just sold the transcipt for his ‘American Pie’ song for $1.2m.

MUSIC NEWS: Hozier’s latest video, for ‘Someone New’ off his debut album, features Game of Thrones star Natalie Dormer. 

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MUSIC NEWS: The Script’s Danny O’Donoghue and co have been busy touring, with Hot Press also reporting the band recently shot the video for their single ‘Superheroes’ in a township in Johannesburg.

‘Skin to Air & Edge of Absence’ is an exhibition by Bernadette Cotter at the Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, and represents three and a half years of intricate work in textiles and on paper.

The last fog horn sounded by an Irish lighthouse boomed out in 2011, made obsolete by technological advances.

IF the diverse art exhibitions running throughout the Cork Midsummer Festival have one thing in common, it is their strong international dimension.

The East Cork Early Music Festival is a showcase of compositions pre-1750, says Declan Townsend

A CYNIC might suspect that birder and photographer Ronan McLaughlin this month choked Cuskinny Marsh of its oxygen — and consequently its marine life — as a stunt for the upcoming launch of his calendar collection of exquisite wildlife photography, and to make his images all the rarer, as he has tracked the months and the seasons on this widely-sung and justly-appreciated marsh beauty spot.

Tommy Barker finds an artist’s ‘quarters’ hidden in a large period house.

SUMMER kicks off in Cork and Kerry today with a bumper weekend of festivals and two marathons.

WE’RE a small group of writers and artists at the Sirius Arts Centre in Cobh. We meet weekly to try out new work on fellow writers and artists and we’ve all experienced some success in the past six months.