This Thursday, December 1st 2011, come and enjoy a night of art, music and fun.

An exhibition of paintings by Martine will open in Gallery 126 at 6pm. The paintings will be on show from 6pm to 9pm. Attached above please find a selection of images from the show.

In “Ole Ole”, the tapas bar across the street from the gallery, the Byrds will entertain with a programme of music and song. “Ole Ole” will be open from 6pm.

Gallery 126 is located at North Main Street, Youghal, Co. Cork, Ireland.

Gallery 126 promotes the work of professional contemporary artists, local, national and international.

Work by Gallery artists is on permanent display. Throughout the year regular exhibitions of work by new artists are held.

Portraits
Gallery 126 also has a photography studio specialising in portraiture.

Framing
Full framing service available.

If you are interested in any of the above, please contact us for full details on 086 3862292

Gallery 126 is located at 126 North Main Street, Youghal, Co. Cork.

The gallery is on the right hand side 200 metres past the Clock Gate as you drive through.

Less than one hours drive from Cork and an hour from Waterford.

The paintings below are by the artist Martine

The Youghal Arts Network held their annual Halloween Fancy Dress fundraiser at the Marine Bar last Saturday night (October 29th 2011). The event was in aid of the local South Abbey National School. The fun began at 9pm and there was fantastic prizes for the best dressed. Donacha O’Cearuill from the Arts Network thanked everyone for supporting the fundraiser. Everyone dressed in Halloween themed costumes and danced the night away to DJ Beetlejuice. A great Time Warp Time was had by all.

More pics and video to follow shortly……

YOUGHAL ARTS NETWORK will hold a fancy dress Halloween fun fundraiser at the Marine Bar, Youghal, this Saturday night, October 29th. in aid of the local South Abbey National School. The fun begins at 9pm and there will be special prizes for best male and female costumes.

The Youghal Arts Network are a very active group of people who, among other things, organise fund raising events to help voluntary clubs, organisations, groups, schools etc., in the town of Youghal who are in need of financial help.

Click on the videos below to watch some of the previous Halloween Fancy-Dress parties at The Marine made by www.youghalonline.com and don’t forget to turn up the volume!
Halloween Fancy Dress Party – The Marine Bar Youghal 2010

Halloween Fancy Dress Party – The Marine Bar Youghal 2009 – Click Below

On Friday September 23rd last, locals and visitors enjoyed the unique experience at Youghal’s second culture night which was a free night of entertainment, discovery and adventure.

The night featured a host of exciting events which including musicians,exhibitions, storytelling, choral singing, silver craft display and a host of other interesting cultural events. Art dealer Eamonn O’Brien of Gallery 126 featured an exhibition of late 19th century illustrated sheet music to the enjoyment of all who attended while musician Tom Connelly played selected songs on the mandolin.

Over in John Kennedy’s electrical shop, CRY 104fm outside broadcast crew went live from ‘The Gossip Shop’ which proved to be a great success. Radio jocks from the station entertained the listeners and the crowds who turned up at the open door, open mike session. Michael Roche read from one of his favourite poems and John Kennedy played some really unique original material from the distant past. Tony Sheehan, Jim Coleman and Tim Smith also played some of their favourite tunes. Meanwhile children were also being entertained at Oona Colin’s new shop ‘In Stitches’ with storytelling and crochet and stitching classes.

The photographic exhibition ‘Last Days. The Last of Carpets in Youghal’ in the Mall Arts Centre was also a highlight of the night. The exhibition captured the mood of the workers and the work place in the final days of the carpet factory in store street just before it closed back in 2006. The life size images gave a real depth to the exhibition.

Another photographic exhibition was on show over in McGoldrick’s Art & Photographic gallery on North Main St. entitled ‘Flight of Fancy’ and included a demonstration by local artist Eileen McGoldrick. Across the way at Luigi’s restaurant poetry reading by local poets and invited guests went on for the evening, organised by Alan Prim’s Bookshop on South Main St.

The diverse programme of events around the town was amazing and really had something for everyone. The  culture night definitely built up on the success of last year event and great praise to all involved. This type of local and national community involvement can only make next year’s Culture Night one of the main highlights in the autumn calender of cultural events in the town.

Click on image to enlarge – Photos by Ed Guiry & Will McGoldrick

Following the official opening of “The Beauty of Youghal”photographic exhibition in aid of Trocaire’s Famine Appeal at Youghal Credit Union almost twenty exhibits sold within two hours resulting in disappointment for people who wanted the same prints later. Bob Rock has agreed to reprint any such items as required. So if you were disappointed drop in and place your order.

Bob would like to take this opportunity to thank all of those who contributed to getting the project up and running,John Colbert, Chairman,Youghal Credit Union,Barry Treacy,Manager,All the staff who have the important job of collecting the money, Sandra Mc Lellan,TD, thanks for the memories, Sandra, Councillor Michelle Henessy, thanks for coming Michelle, Janet Twomey, Regional Development Officer,Trocaire,Tony Troy who helped hang the prints,the’re still hanging Tony, Anthony Cooper for making the collection box, if we fill that Tony we’ll have solved the hunger crisis.Finally, thanks to everybody who showed up for the launch,those who bought a print or made a donation and if you have not yet, do drop in even if you are not a customer, they will be glad to see you.

Click on image to enlarge – Pics; Youghalonline.com – Landscape pics by Bob Rock | email: news@youghalonline.com

ART AND CULTURE VENUES open their doors in Youghal on Friday night, Sept. 23th 2011. Drama, behind-the-scenes tours, and music performances are all part of the fare on offer. The night is one of the highlights of Youghal’s cultural calendar and will give people the opportunity to explore venues and facilities at night and for free!

A Plein air paint out in Youghal Co.Cork,on September 11th 2011 where the South West gang brave the elements. Click on the video below.

Plein air is a term derived from the French phrase en plein air, which literally means ‘in the open air’. It’s a familiar concept today, but in the late 1800s when the Impressionists ventured out of their studios into nature to investigate and capture the effects of sunlight and different times of days on a subject, it was quite revolutionary.

The Homecoming of the photographic exhibition ‘Last Days. The Last of Carpets in Youghal’ takes place on Corks Culture Night, 23rd September 2011 in the Mall Arts Centre, Youghal.

The launch of the photographic exhibition “Last Days. The Last of Carpets in Youghal” will take place in the Mall Arts Centre, Youghal on Friday 23rd September 2011 at 7pm, in accordance with Corks Culture Night. This launch marks the homecoming of the exhibition; as the collection is returned to Youghal on a permanent basis.

The exhibition was previously displayed in May 2007 and was compiled by Marcella Reardon and Derek Speirs who witnessed and documented the final days of the factory’s operation in December 2006.

The striking photographs of this exhibition encapsulates the immense impact of the immenent closure of the factory. Tremendous pride was taken in the producing of these high quality carpets and this exhibition honours the skill and workmanship involved in this process.

The production of carpets in Youghal began in 1954 with just four employees. At the height of its operations, nearly 800 staff were employed in Youghal alone.  The industry is one that symbolises Youghal itself and was monumentuous to the development and progression of the surrounding communities.

The official launch of the exhibition takes place at 7pm in the Mall Arts Centre on Friday 23rd September. Una Whyte, the talented concert Harpist and Vocalist will perform a recital to mark the opening of the exhibition. Previous factory workers as well as those involved in compiling the exhibition will be present to mark the homecoming of the exhibition.

The exhibition opens in the Mall Arts Centre on Friday 23rd September from 3pm – 10pm and on Sunday 25th September from 3pm – 6pm;  and runs from Monday 26th to Friday 30th September from 9am to 4pm daily. Entry is free of charge and all are welcome.

For more information please see www.themallartscentre.com or contact Joyce Hosford on 083-3606507.

Corks Culture Night occurs on Friday 23rd September and it is an evening, which promotes cultural activities within Cork, and gives people the opportunity to explore cultural sites at night for free of charge.

Click on image below to see the nostalgia farewell party for ‘The Carpets’ employees at the Walter Raleigh Hotel back in December 2006. Photographs in this post are from Youghalonline archive/2006 and are not part of the exhibition

The Mall Arts Centre/St. Mary’s Collegiate Church
Part of Youghal Socio Economic Development Group
7-10 Emmet Place, Youghal, Co. Cork
Tel: 083 360 6507

 

Chasing Footsteps in the snow, Footsteps that were made ninety years ago

Tom Crean & The Endurance Legacy

Illustrated Talk by Jerry Aherne

Date: Wednesday 24th August 2011        Time: 8pm to 9.30-pm

Venue: Council Chambers, County Hall, Cork County Council, Carrigrohane Straight Road, Cork Admission: Free
Contact: The Heritage Unit 021-4285863           www.heritageweek.ie

The Heritage Council assumed the role of coordinator of National Heritage Week from the Department of the Environment, Heritage & Local Government in 2005.  Since then the week has grown into a highly successful programme of over 1000 events which take place during the last week of August each year.

National Heritage Week 2011 will run from the 20th to the 28th of August.

Following on the success of his SOLD OUT exhibition in aid of South Abbey School in the Methodist Hall 3 years ago retired photographer Bob Rock is working on a new venture. This show comprising over 60 prints will open in Youghal Credit Union in early September.The work, all shot locally will depict the beauty of Youghal as never seen before. All of the images are printed on acid free paper using Canon’s  Chromalife 100 inks (100 years life behind glass)  and mounted ready for framing.Prints will be selling at almost half usual price and all profits go to Trocaire’s East Africa famine relief appeal.

Those prints make a unique gift for giving or keeping.They can be easily removed from the mount and posted to relatives abroad in tubes.So don’t forget to drop into the Credit Union (dates to be announced) for a visual treat and who knows you might buy a print and save a life.