Embrace Irish design at Cork Craft Month festival

Summer time should mean expeditions and adventures out of doors but it feels like we haven’t moved beyond March.

However, there is some light relief for design lovers in the soggy South who’ve spent the summertime staying out of the rain — Cork Craft Month.

Now in its sixth year, it’s grown from a small group of crafted design-makers organising the event on a shoe-string budget to a bit of a block-buster that garners financial support from a slew of backers including sponsors, the Design and Arts Council of Ireland, Fáilte Ireland, local enterprise offices and Cork County Arts Office.