CASTLETOWNBERE IN ITS WILD GLORY
John Murray went as far as he could this week.. Nothing new then.. Well, as far South West as you can go,that is. With native Corkman, Tim Desmond riding shotgun, John dipped his toe in the business waters of Bantry Bay at Castletownbere, on the occasion of the opening of "Ondine", shot in the area..Did he come back with 10 toes? Listen on and find out.
ONDINE 
Ondine was shot on location on the Beara Peninsula during August and September 2008.The film went on general release on Fri 5th march. Colin Farrell is without doubt the face of the film which also starred Alicja Bachleda, Stephen Rea, Dervla Kirwan and Alison Barry. Neil Jordan directed and wrote the film and he told us what it was like working down in the Beara, and was Colin Farrell like a " fish out of water" in the wilds of west Cork ( Ondine is about a mermaid! - hence the pun.. oh never mind!)
Web: www.irishfilmboard.ie
MAN IN THE BOAT OR VAL IN THE BAN(TRY)
Val McCarthy runs the Lucy D, a fishing trawler operating out of Castletownbere. And as he tells John in true taxi driver style. “ I had that Colin Farrell in the back of the boat.. etc” in between giving a run down on the state of the fishing industry in the South West..
HAVE PROJECTOR WILL TRAVEL
Noreen Collins is the formidable woman who runs The Cinemobile, a 100 seat cinema built on an articulated truck base that travels the length and breadth of the Island bringing real cinema to all. Schools, towns without cinemas, film clubs, festivals and “location screenings” like showing Ondine in Castletownbere are all part of the business.
Cinemobile
Fis na Milaoise Teo.,
Cluain Mhuire,
Monivea Road,
Galway.
Tel: 091 751629
Email : info@cinemobile.ie
Web:www.cinemobile.net
To listen to the full interview with Noreen Collins click here
THERE'S WIND IN THEM THAR HILLS
Quentin Gargan of Turbotricity is a friend of the show, and besides his Green tech wind Turbine business, he has a good handle on the whole small business sector in West Cork and the Beara peninsula, and on tourism projects such as the Sheep's Head Way.
Turbotricity South West Office:
Coomanore North,
Bantry,
Co. Cork.
Tel: 027 30053
or Lo-Call 076 6152052
Email: info@turbotricity.com
Web: http://turbotricity.com
Also check out www.thesheepsheadway.ie
STEELE BY NAME CHEESE BY NATURE
Quinlan Steele runs Milleens Cheese, the pioneering family cheese business based in Eyeries on the Beara. Started by his parents Norman and Veronica Steele, Milleens is now one of the best known and widely exported Irish GourmetCheeses.. and both his parents had parts in Ondine!
Milleens Cheese
Eyeries
Beara
Co. Cork
Tel: (027)74079
Email: info@milleenscheese.com/ milleens@eircom.net
Web: www.milleenscheese.com
WACK FOLL DI DADDIO OH! THERE'S ICE CREAM IN THE JAR
Kieran Murphy from Murphy’s ice cream in Dingle crossed the infamous Cork and Kerry mountains carrying no whiskey in the jar, but rather ice cream for all in the Cinemobile. Kieran and brother Sean have expanded the business steadily from their Dingle base and are now in many upmarket shops across the country. In between slurping on his ice creamcone John quizzed him on how the business is going.
Milseoga Uí Mhurchú, Teo.,
Strand St.,
Dingle,
Co. Kerry,
Tel: 066-9152644
Email: kieran@icecreamireland.com
Web: www.murphysicecream.ie
BEARA OF GOOD NEWS?
John Murphy is Chairman of Beara Tourism and is owner/manager of the Castletownbere Restaurant and B&B, and is the best man to tell us how tourism is going and how they are going to have to diversify away from dependence on the fishing industry and into Eco and Green tourism.
John Murphy,
Castletownbere Restaurant and B&B,
Main Street
Tel: 027 70244
Web: www.bearatourism.com
LOOP THE LOOP
Georgina Goulding runs the shop known as Loop The Loop which carries fruit, veggies health foods and more, and she provided a lot of the food for the crew and cast of Ondine. Georgina is in no doubt as to how tough it is making a living with what can seem like such long winters in the far South West.
Health Food Shop, Juice Bar, Fair Trade Gift Shop
Bank Place,
Tel: 027 70770
Web: www.loopdeloop.ie or www.bearatourism.com
Lilli Klint, John Murphy and Georgina Goulding being grilled by John Murray
LILLI KLEANS UP
Lilli Klint runs Lilly’s Eco Clean Ltd out of Castletownbere. From Finland originally Lilli is a cabinet maker andcame to Ireland ten years because of the seemingly endless jobs here.. That was then, etc! Her experience as a contract cleaner here convinced her of the need for less nasty cleaning products and so the business was born.
Lilly's Eco Clean Ltd.,
Centra Commercial Park,
Castletownbere, Co. Cork
Tel: 027 71632 / 087 925 7004
Web: www.lillysecoluv.com
FEEL NO QUILT AT ALL
Beryl Cadman runs Custom Quilting Ltd. based just outside Castletownbere. Australian Beryl has lived here for 13 years. She met her Irish husband while he was in Australiaand they moved to Ireland temporarily 13 years ago to mind his sick father, but decided to stay.Now she has a thriving if rather unexpected business and tells John how the Beara hosts its own annual quilting conference. It’s in June this year and she’s expecting 70 people from the Middle East, US, and Scandanavia!
Custom Quilting
Derrymihan West
Castletownbere Co Cork
Tel: 027 70414 Mob: 0868196502
E-mail: info@customquilt.com
Web: www.customquilt.com
SOLAS MAKES LIGHT WORK OF GALWAY PICTURE PALACE
Tracy Geraghty talked to John about the film business in general and especially the project she is heading up, the Solas Galway Picture Palace, a new art house film venue being built in Galway. Tracy was manager of the Galway film Centre before being seconded to the Palace.
Web: www.galwayfilmcentre.ie
CASTLETOWNBERE IN ITS WILD GLORY
John Murray went as far as he could this week.. Nothing new then.. Well, as far South West as you can go,that is. With native Corkman, Tim Desmond riding shotgun, John dipped his toe in the business waters of Bantry Bay at Castletownbere, on the occasion of the opening of "Ondine", shot in the area..Did he come back with 10 toes? Listen on and find out.
ONDINE Ondine was shot on location on the Beara Peninsula during August and September 2008.The film went on general release on Fri 5th march. Colin Farrell is without doubt the face of the film which also starred Alicja Bachleda, Stephen Rea, Dervla Kirwan and Alison Barry. Neil Jordan directed and wrote the film and he told us what it was like working down in the Beara, and was Colin Farrell like a " fish out of water" in the wilds of west Cork ( Ondine is about a mermaid! - hence the pun.. oh never mind!)
Web: www.irishfilmboard.ie
MAN IN THE BOAT OR VAL IN THE BAN(TRY)Val McCarthy runs the Lucy D, a fishing trawler operating out of Castletownbere. And as he tells John in true taxi driver style. “ I had that Colin Farrell in the back of the boat.. etc” in between giving a run down on the state of the fishing industry in the South West..
HAVE PROJECTOR WILL TRAVELNoreen Collins is the formidable woman who runs The Cinemobile, a 100 seat cinema built on an articulated truck base that travels the length and breadth of the Island bringing real cinema to all. Schools, towns without cinemas, film clubs, festivals and “location screenings” like showing Ondine in Castletownbere are all part of the business.
Cinemobile
Fis na Milaoise Teo.,
Cluain Mhuire,
Monivea Road,
Galway.
Tel: 091 751629
Email : info@cinemobile.ie
Web:www.cinemobile.net
To listen to the full interview with Noreen Collins click here
THERE'S WIND IN THEM THAR HILLS
Quentin Gargan of Turbotricity is a friend of the show, and besides his Green tech wind Turbine business, he has a good handle on the whole small business sector in West Cork and the Beara peninsula, and on tourism projects such as the Sheep's Head Way.
Turbotricity South West Office:
Coomanore North,
Bantry,
Co. Cork.
Tel: 027 30053
or Lo-Call 076 6152052
Email: info@turbotricity.com
Web: http://turbotricity.com
Also check out www.thesheepsheadway.ie
STEELE BY NAME CHEESE BY NATURE
Quinlan Steele runs Milleens Cheese, the pioneering family cheese business based in Eyeries on the Beara. Started by his parents Norman and Veronica Steele, Milleens is now one of the best known and widely exported Irish GourmetCheeses.. and both his parents had parts in Ondine!
Milleens Cheese
Eyeries
Beara
Co. Cork
Tel: (027)74079
Email: info@milleenscheese.com/ milleens@eircom.net
Web: www.milleenscheese.com
WACK FOLL DI DADDIO OH! THERE'S ICE CREAM IN THE JAR
Kieran Murphy from Murphy’s ice cream in Dingle crossed the infamous Cork and Kerry mountains carrying no whiskey in the jar, but rather ice cream for all in the Cinemobile. Kieran and brother Sean have expanded the business steadily from their Dingle base and are now in many upmarket shops across the country. In between slurping on his ice creamcone John quizzed him on how the business is going.
Milseoga Uí Mhurchú, Teo.,
Strand St.,
Dingle,
Co. Kerry,
Tel: 066-9152644
Email: kieran@icecreamireland.com
Web: www.murphysicecream.ie
BEARA OF GOOD NEWS?
John Murphy is Chairman of Beara Tourism and is owner/manager of the Castletownbere Restaurant and B&B, and is the best man to tell us how tourism is going and how they are going to have to diversify away from dependence on the fishing industry and into Eco and Green tourism.
John Murphy,
Castletownbere Restaurant and B&B,
Main Street
Tel: 027 70244
Web: www.bearatourism.com
LOOP THE LOOP
Georgina Goulding runs the shop known as Loop The Loop which carries fruit, veggies health foods and more, and she provided a lot of the food for the crew and cast of Ondine. Georgina is in no doubt as to how tough it is making a living with what can seem like such long winters in the far South West.
Health Food Shop, Juice Bar, Fair Trade Gift Shop
Bank Place,
Tel: 027 70770
Web: www.loopdeloop.ie or www.bearatourism.com
Lilli Klint, John Murphy and Georgina Goulding being grilled by John Murray
LILLI KLEANS UP
Lilli Klint runs Lilly’s Eco Clean Ltd out of Castletownbere. From Finland originally Lilli is a cabinet maker andcame to Ireland ten years because of the seemingly endless jobs here.. That was then, etc! Her experience as a contract cleaner here convinced her of the need for less nasty cleaning products and so the business was born.
Lilly's Eco Clean Ltd.,
Centra Commercial Park,
Castletownbere, Co. Cork
Tel: 027 71632 / 087 925 7004
Web: www.lillysecoluv.com
FEEL NO QUILT AT ALL
Beryl Cadman runs Custom Quilting Ltd. based just outside Castletownbere. Australian Beryl has lived here for 13 years. She met her Irish husband while he was in Australiaand they moved to Ireland temporarily 13 years ago to mind his sick father, but decided to stay.Now she has a thriving if rather unexpected business and tells John how the Beara hosts its own annual quilting conference. It’s in June this year and she’s expecting 70 people from the Middle East, US, and Scandanavia!
Custom Quilting
Derrymihan West
Castletownbere Co Cork
Tel: 027 70414 Mob: 0868196502
E-mail: info@customquilt.com
Web: www.customquilt.com
SOLAS MAKES LIGHT WORK OF GALWAY PICTURE PALACE
Tracy Geraghty talked to John about the film business in general and especially the project she is heading up, the Solas Galway Picture Palace, a new art house film venue being built in Galway. Tracy was manager of the Galway film Centre before being seconded to the Palace.
Web: www.galwayfilmcentre.ie