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Rita O’Connell, Cian O’Mahony and Eamonn Nealon enjoying the singing and poetry at the Designs shop.
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Sekeeta Crowley, Jenny Gregory, Tadhg Harrington and Aideen O’Leary, volunteering at the Sherkin to Baltimore swim last weekend. (Photo: Siobhán Russell)
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At the opening of Macroom’s new fire station were Lauren McCarthy, great granddaughter of well-known station master Martin McCarthy, with her mother Jessica McCarthy and uncle Michael McCarthy, retired member of Macroom Fire Services. (Photo: John Allen)
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Kate, Cathriona, Aine and Ciara Connolly from Leap at the launch of ‘Stories of the Revolution.’ (Photo: Andrew Harris)
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Vanessa and Alan Deane from Dunmanway were recently married at the Inchydoney Lodge & Spa in Clonakilty.
(Photo: Andy Gibson)
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Aaron O’Leary and his firefighter dad David O’Leary were at the opening of Macroom’s new state-of-the-art fire station (Photos: John Allen)
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Firefighter Mike Grygiel with daughters Ewa and Ola.
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Paul De Waard from Kinsale, who swam from Baltimore to the Fastnet Rock in September, with his swimming hero Steve Redmond at a talk given by Steve in the Owenabue Arts Collective Gallery, during Culture Night in Carrigaline. (Photo: Siobhán Russell)
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Sandy Gallagher of Violette boutique and Sophie Miall, Cré Pottery, enjoying Culture Night in Skibbereen.
(Photos: Anne Minihane)