Cobh Edition May Events & Entertainment Guide

Ongoing Daily Events
Mon-Sun – Titanic Trail will Take place every day at 11am from in front of the Commodore Hotel. Learn all the real fascinating history of Cobh and its connections with Titanic. Afternoon tours arranged by request contact info@titanic.ie to book or Call 087 276 7218

Mon-Sun – The Queenstown Story New Titanic Exhibition – €7.10 Adults €4.00 Children – Cobh Heritage Centre    9.30 am – 5.00 pm – Contact Cobh Heritage Centre – 021 4813591

Mon-Sun – Fota Wildlife Park – Wildlife Talks Every Day – Every day from 11am till 5pm . Find out all you need to know about your favourite animals at the park with wildlife talks crew. All timetables are available at the park upon arrival. –  021 4812678

Mon – Sat – Cobh Museum Open from May to October – Mon – Sat 11.00 – 13.00; 14.00 – 17.30 Last Admittance 17.00 – Admission Charge – The exhibitions in the museum reflect the maritime and cultural history of the town, the Great Island on which the town stands, and Cork Harbour. – Old Scots Church, High Road, Cobh. Tel. 021 4814240

Bible Garden –  St. Benedict’s Priory, The Mount, Cobh open every day free to walk around or sit in beautiful surroundings. Tea rooms open Mon-Fri 10am – 4.30pm, home made scones, cakes, jams made from our own fruit and marmalade.

Ongoing Weekly Events
Jack Doyle Boxing Club Training Schedule – Monday 6.00pm to 8.00pm. Wednesday 7.00pm – 9.00pm. Friday 6.00pm – 8.00pm in the Convent for boxers aged 11 upwards. For our underage boxers, aged between 6 to 11, training is on at the Community Centre every Wednesday from 4.00pm – 6.00pm

Mondays – SWELS (Seniors With Energetic Lifestyles) – Great Island Community Centre 11.00 am – Contact Great Island Community Centre – 021 4815905

Wednesdays – Cobh Table Tennis Club – Cobh Community College – 5.00pm – 7.00pm – Contact Phil Shaw – 0851441961 or 021 4814326 – Fee – €3.00 – Age 8 and up.

Weekly Weightwatchers meeting in the Commodore Hotel on Tuesday’s at 10.00am and Wedensday evenings at 6.00pm. Contact Ellen Brown.0861513371

Fridays – Bingo with over €1500 to be won every week! – Great Island Community Centre – 8.00 pm – Contact Great Island Community Centre – 021 4815905

Cobh Farmers Market – Promenade from 10.00am to 2.00pm

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Spike Island Tours have resumed –
Michael Martin’s guided tours of Spike Island have resumed and are operating every weekend in the month of May. Tours will depart at 2pm every Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holiday in May. Additional departures can be provided if numbers permit. Group Tours of 25 or more arranged for any dates. Contact Michael at 087 2767218 or Marine Transport at 021 4811485.  Summer Schedules will be in next Month’s edition.
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Saturday 30th April – Cobh & Harbour Chamber kick-start the Summer Swing “All the Fun of the Fayre” today and tomorrow Sunday May 1st. Live Music, Childrens Entertainment and lots of fun for all the family. Starts at 1.00pm in the Promenade both days.

Sunday 1st May – Jack Gilmartin’s fascinating free tours of the Old Church Cemetery will take place on the first Sunday of each month this summer. Starting at 2.30 pm at the main gate of the cemetery, the first tour begins today. The amazing history that spans over three centuries of this graveyard which has over 11,000 recorded burials is recounted in a very entertaining and captivating way by Jack. His depth of knowledge and witty style makes this tour unmissable

Sunday 1st May – Kellys Bar – 1.00pm –  Buster, and Sunday Night we have The Shamrouges

Sunday 1st May – Ryans Bar – 6.00pm – 8.00pm – Jimmy Frahill & Bunker Lynch. Sunday Night at 10.00pm is Dr Dec & The Side Effects

Sunday 1st May – Commodore Hotel Front Lounge – Karl Long and in O Sheas Bar is Jimmy Crowley at 3.30pm & 9.30pm

Sunday 1st May – Crows Nest – Live Music with ‘The Urge’

Sunday 1st May – The Quays – Dirty Secret – 10.00pm – 12.30pm

Sunday 1st May – Liner Visit – Independence Of The Seas – 3.00pm

Sunday 1st May – O’ Shea’s Bar Commodore Hotel – Andrew Foley

Monday 2nd May – 21 Ditches sponsored Walk – In aid of ‘Save Cobh Hospital’ – Meet at Walterstown Community Centre – Starts at 10.30am

Monday 2nd May – Ryans Bar – Karl Long  – 1.30pm

Wednesday 4th May – Liner Visit – Celebrity Eclipse – 2.00pm

Wednesday 4th May – Liner Visit – Discovery – 7.00am (Ringaskiddy)

Wednesday 4th May – Cobh Family Resource Centre – Coffee Morning – 11.00am – 2.00pm

Wednesday 4th May – Kellys Bar – Back on Track

Wednesday 4th May – O’ Shea’s Bar – No Frontiers Trad Trio Music

Thursday 5th May – Crows Nest – Student Night with DJ

Thursday 5th May – Cobh Community Centre – Alzheimers Tea Day – 10.00am to 2.00pm during the day and 7.00pm to 10.00pm in the evening.

Friday 6th May – Liner Visit –Emerald Princess – 8.00am

Friday 6th May – Cobh GAA: Night At The Dogs – Curraheen Park Greyhound Stadium – 6.30pm

Friday 6th May – Cobh Pirates RFC Annual Youth Awards – Clubhouse, Paddocks – 8.00pm – U13, u15, u17, u19 Team Awards – Adm: Free

Friday 6th May – O’ Shea’s Bar – 3.30pm -5.30pm Jimmy Crowley and at 10.30pm is Brian McGovern

Friday 6th May – Kellys Bar – Liam Noddy Naughton

Friday 6th May – Rob Roy – Tease Live with Martin Baylor

Friday 6th May – Cobh Ramblers Clubhouse – Fundraising Night in aid of Scoil Triest Special School – 8.00pm – Scoil Triest in Lotamore, Glanmire is a Special School for Children with Autism. All proceeds will go to Scoil Triest. A great line-up of local acts will perform and there will also be Spot prizes on the night. Tickets €7.00 each – Confirmed to play on the night along with Dirty Secret are Mary Frahill & the Frahill Family also ‘Woody & Buzz’ aka Bunker (Pat Lynch) & Jimmy Frahill

Friday 6th May – Bellavista – Live Music from 9.00pm – Complimentary finger food

Saturday 7th May – Cobh Cathedral – First Holy Communion Day for St Joseph’s – 10.00am –  1.00pm

Saturday 7th May – Commodore Hotel – Communion Lunches – Tel: 021 4811277 for bookings – Music is, Front Lounge – T.J. Baird and O’Sheas Bar at 10.30pm is Shaun O’Connor

Saturday 7th May – Ryans Bar – Noddy Naughton

Sunday 8th May – May Procession – From Mercy Convent Cobh to the Cathedral – 3.00pm

Sunday 8th May – Springfield Ramblers – SFAI Under 16 National Cup Semi-Final. – St Francis v Cobh Ramblers – 12 noon at John Hyland Park, Baldonnel.

Sunday 8th May – Cuskinny Gardens Open Day – 12.00pm – 3.00pm – In aid of ‘Save Cobh Hospital’ – Admission €5. Plant sales, Raffles, Teas, Home Baking, Jams & Chutneys for sale

Sunday 8th May – Lusitania Commemoration in Cobh  – This ceremony of prayers, musical honours and the laying of wreaths is organised by Cobh Tourism and commences at the Lusitania graves in the Old Church Cemetery at 1.45 pm. At approximately 2.30 pm a parade will leave from the Old Town Hall on Lynch’s Quay to the Lusitania Peace Memorial in Cobh Town Centre where further ceremonies will take place. The ceremonies are fitting memorials to the more than 1100 people who died, including almost one hundred children. It seeks to remind us of the heart wrenching tragedy and heartbreak of the events in the aftermath of the sinking.

Sunday 8th May – Cobh Tourism is delighted to announce that the Band of 1 Southern Brigade (Band of the Southern Command) will perform on the bandstand in The Promenade immediately after the Lusitania Commemoration (approx. 3.30pm).

Sunday 8th May – Kellys Bar – Liam Noddy Naughton

Sunday 8th May – High Chaperal – Jimmy McCarthy

Monday 9th May – Liner Visit – Le Boreal – 7.00am

Thursday 12th May – Fota House – From Polka to Polska – This exploration of old and new music from Ireland and Sweden has all the makings of a sensational concert at Fota House, Fota Island on Thursday 12th May at 8pm. Tickets priced €20 / €15 are available at Tel. 021 4815543.

Thursday 12th May – Crows Nest – Student Night with DJ

Friday 13th May – Kellys Bar – Back on Track

Friday 13th May – O’ Sheas Bar 10.30pm  – Sean & Drew (Debut)

Friday 13th May – Rob Roy-  Jaime Stanton

Friday 13th May – Ryans Bar – Cobh Blues Club

Friday 13th May – BellaVista Hotel – Live Music from 9.00pm – Complimentary finger food

Friday 13th May – Table Quiz in aid of Cobh Special Olympian Clodagh Kilcullen – ack Doyle Room, Commodore Hotel – Clodagh Kilcullen from Cobh is one of 126 athletes who will represent Ireland at the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Athens, Greece.Clodagh will compete in 5-a-side Ladies Football and is currently busy training and preparing for the games. Tables are €20.00 for a table of 4. There will be loads of spots and craic on the night.

Friday 13th May – Cobh Pirates RFC Annual Club Awards – Clubhouse, Paddocks, 8.00pm – Player of the Year Awards, Clubman of the Year followed by Music: Dirty Secret – Adm: € 8.00

Saturday 14th May – Commodore Hotel – Confirmation Lunches Tel: 021 4811277 for bookings – Music is, Front Lounge – Pete Duffy – O’Sheas Bar 4.30pm – 6.30pm Jimmy Crowley and at 10.30pm is John O’Connor

Sunday 15th May – Liner Visit – Grand Princess – 6.00am

Sunday 15th May – Kellys Bar – Declan James

Sunday 15th  May – High Chaperal – Tim Desmond

Sunday 15th May – Ryans Bar – Paul Hannon

Sunday 15th  May – O’Sheas Bar – 3.30pm – No Frontiers Trad Trio

Tuesday 17th May – Liner Visit – Costa Deliziosa – 7.00am

Thursday 19th May – Fota Wildlife Park – Four Mile Cheetah Race – The cheetah Run organised by eagle AC in conjunction with Fota Wildlife Park will take place again this year on May 19th at 8pm. The race is one of the most popular road races in Cork and is expected to attract over 600 runners again this year. For more details visit www.eagleac.net

Thursday 19th May – Crows Nest – Student Night with DJ

Thursday 19th May – Rob Roy –  Reverb Electronic Music

Friday 20th May – Cobh Tourism Race Night – Commodore Hotel at 9.00pm

Friday 20th May – BellaVista Hotel – Live Music from 9.00pm – Complimentary finger food

Friday 20th May – Kellys Bar – All rights Reserved

Friday 20th May – O’ Sheas Bar  – 10.30pm – Brian McGovern

Friday 20th May – Rob Roy –  Back On Track

Friday 20th May – Cobh Pirates Clubhouse – 7.00pm – Head Shave, Leg Wax, Hair Dye – U19 Pirates Rugby Team Will Be Dying Their HAir And Waxing There Legs – In Aid Of The Belarusian Orphanage Project

Saturday 21st May – Fota Wildlife Park – Magician 21st & 22nd May – Tony Baloney is Ireland top funjurer and four times Irish Magic Champion. Whether you are three or ninety three he can you laughing- then scratching your head in puzzlement.

Saturday 21st May – Fota Wildlife Park – Bio Blitz 2011 21st-22nd May – Bio Blitz brings together wildlife experts in a race against time to see how many species can be recorded in 24hour period. Six sites across Ireland are taking part in this year’s blitz, including Fota Wildlife Park, with each site competing to find the most species.

Saturday 21st May – Official Opening of Springfield Ramblers AstroTurf pitch at 2.45m – The grounds will be rededicated as John Murphy Memorial Park. The opening ceremony will be performed by former Republic Of Ireland International Ray Houghton & John Delaney CEO Football Association Of Ireland. All the players in the club will be invited along with their parents/guardians. There will be games played on the AstroTurf pitch and on the grass pitch.

Saturday 21st May – Commodore Hotel – Communion Lunches Tel: 021 4811277 for bookings – Music is, Front Lounge:    Con Twomey – O’Sheas Bar at 10.30PM is Andrew Foley

Saturday 21st May – Quays Bar – Fusion

Saturday 21st May – An Audience with….Gerry McLoughlin Commodore Hotel Saturday 14th May – Tickets €10 from Commodore Hotel and the Great Island Community Centre

Sunday 22nd May – Kellys Bar – Martin Baylor

Sunday 22nd May – Ryans Bar – Dermie O’Rourke & Walter Cragoe

Sunday 22nd May – High Chaperal – Anna & Pure Gold

Tuesday 24th May – Liner Visit – Crown Princess – 7.00am

Wednesday 25th May – Liner Visit – Queen Victoria – 8.00am

Thursday 26th May – Liner Visit – Rotterdam – 7.00am

Thursday 26th May – Crows Nest – Student Night with DJ

Thursday 26th May – Cobh Pirates RFC AGM – Clubhouse, Paddocks, 7:30pm – Open to all fully paid up members.

Friday 27th May – Kellys Bar – Dr Dec and the Side Effects

Friday 27th May – Ryans Bar – Cobh Blues Club

Friday 27th May – Rob Roy –  Dermot O’Rourke & Walter Cregoe

Friday 27th May – O’Sheas Bar 10.30pm – Craig O’Neill

Friday 27th May – BellaVista Hotel – Live Music from 9.00pm – Complimentary finger food

Saturday 28th May – Liner Visit – Silver Whisper – 9.00am

Saturday 28th May – Commodore Hotel – Communion Lunches Tel: 021 4811277 for bookings – Music is, Front Lounge is Barry Ahern – O’Sheas Bar 3.30pm isJimmy Crowley and at 10.30pm Andrew Foley

Sunday 29th May – Kellys Bar – Karl Long

Sunday 29th May – Cobh Regatta Annual Texas Holdem Tournament – 5.00pm

Sunday 29th May – High Chaperal – Con Twomey