Do we ever really know the half of it??!!! What's under our very feet??!!! Well if you're from Cork, or have an interest in Cork, the team from Hysterical Histories will knock your socks off with a slew of unheard of TRUE tales about the city, in their summer show at the Spailpín Fánach.

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Summer's here! And with it comes Tracton Arts Festival. Ceramicist and artist Sara Roberts is the Festival Organiser, and with over 30 events being packed into this year's festival, she had a lot to celebrate when she spoke to Conor Tallon on The Arts House on Cork's 96FM and C103!

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Jim O Mahony is one of the most unassuming guests you could meet. Quietly spoken, a huge supporter of the arts in Cork, he works as a biologist in MTU, but he's also a gifted pianist. He's a talented actor, having just played the professor in Educating Rita to great acclaim in UCC's Aula Max. And by a quirk of fate, he sounds like Frank Sinatra. So it was no surprise that he devised and created a superb show to tell the story of Ol Blue-Eyes, and pepper the show with his singing of some incredible songs. Elmarie and Conor saw the show already and are planning to go again!

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Anna Mulcahy joined Elmarie Mawe on 96FM and C103 to chat about the joyful return of Kinsale Arts Weekend for 2022, and take a look at some events worth advance booking!

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Conor Slattery is well known to film goers and TV audiences but when he came in to studio to chat to Elmarie, it was about the latest film he's directed. Once Upon a Time in Ireland tells the tale of a group of Anti-Treaty fighters, who are trapped in a cave by the tide. It's been screened in many festivals at home and abroad already, but Conor had some exciting news about its release to share with listeners. Not only that, but he was joined in studio by his two young sons who are also filmmakers, and all three have a film being screened in the Beara Film Festival in West Cork!

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Catherine Kirwan's latest crime novel, Cruel Deeds, and Tadhg Coakley's latest book on sport, "The Game", both made the Irish Times Best Seller Lists this year, and for good reason. Two authors at the top of their fields, with a large and growing loyal readership, they each have engaging personalities which connect with live audiences as much as those who settle with their books at home. Which is why they are just 2 more of the guests at the West Cork Literary Festival in July. They joined Elmarie in studio to chat about the upcoming festival.

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Conor Tallon and Elmarie Mawe were delighted to welcome Cork author, Madeleine D'Arcy, into studio to chat about her book of Short Stories, Liberty Terrace, the monthly Fiction at the Friary events, and the upcoming West Cork Literary Festival in Bantry.

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What a stunning place is West Cork! And its islands' communities know the very special and unique qualities of living there year-round, while the rest of us may just stay a while during the summer holidays. What binds a community together? What Hold does place have on us? Well Conor Tallon spoke to Mary Sullivan about a fascinating project on Bere Island.

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Would you be mortified singing in front of anyone? Well listen to this chat Louise White had with Elmarie about a very unique event in this year's Cork Midsummer Festival. It takes place in Fitzgerald's Park - and it may just change your mind about failure!

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Elmarie went along to an Allora Quartet rehearsal to chat to the players ahead of the West Cork Chamber Music Festival 2022

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