We are so excited to unveil our shiny new July|August edition — featuring Irish Country Magazine's first-ever double cover 💚
@niamhdevereux meets two Irish women from two generations, both athletic trailblazers: the record maker, Sonia O'Sullivan, and the record breaker, Rhasidat Adeleke. While Sonia reflects on a golden sporting career and her passion to now pass on the baton, Rhasidat opens up on her rise to sprinting fame (she won a *third* medal at the European Athletic Championships after we went to print!), and how she is dreaming of lifting gold on the podium at this summer's Olympic Games. Prepare to be filled with awe and inspiration at the sheer determination and grit of these two globally-revered sportswomen. Photography: @clairejnash
This issue is themed around all things energy, and it is jam-packed with features designed to revitalise and reinvigorate. From harnessing tidal energy with the best ocean stays around Ireland, protecting your energy as a parent, navigating burnout according to @the.wellness.psychologist, and no longer having the energy to keep up with the world, like @muireann.o, you are guaranteed reads to make you feel seen.
We also have our usual spotlight on Irish movers and shakers — the stories behind the best Irish producers, designers, and makers. Plus:
🥗Salad recipes with a twist
💛Yellow décor to lift your mood
🐟The lowdown on salmon DNA skincare
🧳@_anneoshea_'s holiday wardrobe edit
👩🌾How to infuse your garden with vibrant colour
All this for just €4.50; pick up the July|August issue in shops nationwide, or click to irishcountrymagazine.ie/subscribe — we have a wonderful limited subs gift offer this issue from @handmadesoapcompany ☘️
#irishcountrymagazine #irishmagazine #irishathletics #rhasidatadeleke #soniaosullivan #irishwomeninsport
Our feature #MyStyleMyStory showcases the eclectic and distinctive style of women around Ireland.
@cathyocstylist renowned stylist and founder of #WomenUnbranded is celebrating those with unique individual style and, sharing the lessons they have learned, both in life and looks.
In our May|June issue, Cathy meets 80-year-old Audrey Conlon, photographed by @clairejnash.
To shop for pieces that emulate Audrey's look, we have an edit from @marksandspencerireland inside the issue #sp
For more empowering content to curl up, pick up #IrishCountryMagazine, in shops nationwide 💚
#irishmagazine #irishmade #irishstyle #irishwomen
Hit save for inspiration later in the month and add any events from your local area in the comments.
🌼 1 May: Iconic Costumes of the Irish Silver Screen - 11.30am at The Museum of Style Icons at Newbridge Silverware, Newbridge, Co. Kildare.
🌼 1 - 5 May: Cork International Choral Festival will feature hundreds of choirs and a lineup of exciting performances and workshops. See corkchoral.ie
🌼 1 - 25 May: Graphic artist Orla Walsh has a Pop-Up shop at Powerscourt Centre for the month selling her adventurous creations. See orlawalsh.com
🌼 4 - 6 May: The Shine A Light Festival takes place in conjunction with the Great Lighthouses of Ireland, with events over the Bank Holiday weekend. See hookheritage.ie
🌼 5 May: Rudimental will headline an impressive line-up at The White Sands Hotel, Portmarnock. See eventbrite.com
🌼 6 May: The commemoration of the 109th anniversary of the sinking of the Lusitania will take place in Cobh on Bank Holiday Monday. See visitcobh.com.
🌼 7 - 18 May: The Mousetrap, the longest running play in the world, will play a limited run at the Gaiety Theatre
🌼 12 May: The Irish Pop-Up Collective's summer pop-up will feature over 55 Irish brands and businesses in Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire. Follow @irishpopupcollective
🌼 14 - 25 May: Dublin Dance Festival’s 2024 Edition presents a world of dance with diverse identities, histories, and perspectives. See dublindancefestival.ie
🌼 17 May: On A House Like A Fire, written and performed by Michelle Read will take place in Roscommon Arts Centre at 12 noon. See roscommonartscentre.ie
🌼 17 - 26 May: International Literature Festival Dublin returns with its biggest-ever program, featuring over 230 events. See ilfdublin.com
🌼 19 May: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band play Croke Park Dublin. See ticketmaster.ie.
🌼 25 - 26 May: Street Feast, Ireland's national weekend of street parties and community cel
Have you entered your business in the Irish Made Awards 2024 yet? Last year’s Overall Winner Revive Active shares what the Irish Made Award has meant to them in terms of growth and increased business and marketing opportunities. Pick up the latest issue
Have you entered your business in the Irish Made Awards 2024 yet? Last year’s Overall Winner Revive Active shares what the Irish Made Award has meant to them in terms of growth and increased business and marketing opportunities.
Pick up the latest issue of Irish Country Magazine to find out more about the awards and enter your business now by clicking the link https://eu1.hubs.ly/H08P1RC0
#ima2024 #irishmadeawards #reviveactive #overallwinner #irishmade #irishbusiness #supportlocal
#MyStyleMyStory is a new addition to Irish Country Magazine, showcasing the eclectic and distinctive style of women around Ireland.
@cathyocstylist, renowned stylist and founder of #WomenUnbranded is celebrating those with unique individual style and, sharing the lessons they have learned, both in life and looks.
In our Mar|Apr issue, Cathy meets Julie Ann Relihan, a personal stylist from Barna, Co Galway, photographed by @clairejnash.
For more empowering content to curl up with over the coming weeks, pick up #IrishCountryMagazine, in shops nationwide 💚
#irishmagazine #irishmade #irishstyle #irishwomen
How beautiful is Kelly Connor's kitchen?
Documented on @millhouseriver, this 200-year-old mill was lovingly restored in an 18-month project using @fleetwood_paints
For all the details, pick up the March|April issue of #IrishCountryMagazine, for this and so much for interiors inspiration
Video @clairejnash
#sp #fleetwoodpaints #interiorstyling #restoration #historicalbuildings #irishhomes
He did it! Cillian Murphy has become the first Irish-born actor to win an Oscar for Best Actor, for his masterful performance in 'Oppenheimer' — which was the big winner of the night, scooping seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
"I'm a very proud Irishman standing here tonight," the Corkman said whilst accepting his award, finishing with a cúpla focal 💚
Cillian wasn't the only Irish winner on the night: Dublin's Element Pictures, which made 'Poor Things', won in four categories: Production Design, Costume, Make-up & Hairstyling, and Best Actress for Emma Stone. Congratulations to all for doing Ireland so proud.
🎥IMBD
#oscars #oscarswinners #irishactor #cillianmurphy #oppenheimer #cillianmurphyedit #poorthings @element_pictures #irishfilm
Inside our March|April issue, our health series #TheInvisibleStruggle shines a light on #epilepsy.
What are the many myths and misconceptions? What is it like to be one of the estimated 45,000+ people in Ireland (one in 100) living with epilepsy? @niamh_devereux reports with insights from @epilepsy_ireland & former Irish cricketer Emma Beamish.
On creating her illustration for this edition of #TheInvisibleStruggle, @sagray says: "I wanted to capture how epilepsy would feel to the sufferer. That moment of dropping out of consciousness. The lights at the top of the piece are to represent visual auras that some people experience with epilepsy."
If you ever witness a person having a seizure, remember these three words: TIME, SAFE, STAY. Time the seizure, as if it goes over five minutes, an ambulance should be called. Ensure the person is safe and don't ever put anything in the person's mouth or restrain them. With a non-convulsive seizure, gently guide the person away from any danger. And stay with the person during and after the seizure to gently reassure them.
#health #epilepsyawareness #irishcountrymagazine #informinspireindulge
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Take a look behind the scenes on our March|April cover shoot with @katja_miaa 💛
Pick up our latest edition, out in shops now nationwide 🩷
Cover team
🎥✍️@niamh_devereux
📸@marthamacnulty
👗@_anneoshea_
💇♀️@callahcrowns
💄@sam_tsan @charlottetilbury
🏰@fitzpatrickcastle
#irishcountrymagazine #outnow #behjndthescenes #bts #marchaprilissue #spring #katjamia #irishtv #irishpresenter
Take a look behind the scenes on our 'Bold Move' fashion shoot — in the current issue of #IrishCountryMagazine 💚
Team:
Photographer @annawphoto
Stylist/production @_anneoshea_ @morgantheagency
Model @siouxkendal at @notanother.intl
Makeup @lisa_redmondmakeup @notanother.intl using @charlottetilbury
Hair @kristina.hand using @livingproofuk
Video by @lapushk1na
#fashion #irishfashion #fashionshoot #irishmagazine
Hit save for inspiration later in the month 💚
✨Brigit: Dublin City Celebrating Women’ is back for a third year of city-wide celebrations from Thursday 1 - 5 February. See dublin.ie/brigit
✨She Moves Through The Fair concert, featuring Irish musicians like Moya Brennan and Loah, 4 February. See brigid1500.ie
✨Mocking ‘Bridget’: Irish immigrant stereotypes after the Famine takes place on 1 February at 5.30pm – 6.30pm. See epicchq.com.
✨A Festival to celebrate the Year of the Dragon will run from 3 - 11 February, with flagship free event in Meeting House Square, Dublin, on 11 February. See dublinlunaryear.ie
✨The award winning, Fishamble: The New Play Company is joining forces for an exciting co-production with Theatre Gu Leòr Scotland and Theatr Bara Caws Wales. The Irish dates for TAIGH/TŶ/TEACH will be from 9 – 14 February in Ionad na Dromoda, Iveragh Peninsula, Kerry. See fishamble.com
✨Spike, Dublin’s alternative cello festival is back for three days 9-11 February, bringing audiences and world-class musicians from home and abroad together for a weekend of music for all tastes. See spikecellofest.com
✨Glass Mask Theatre presents the Irish Premiere of Country Music by Simon Stephens and directed by Ross Gaynor from 6 February – 2 March. See glassmasktheatre.com
✨Explore your shore on one of Green Sod Ireland's "Wild Acres" sites at Salrock, Co. Galway. Saturday, 10 February at 10am. See greensodireland.ie
✨Make a difference for heart patients in the Mater by hosting your own Big Heart get-together this Valentine's Day (14 Feb) - or any date in February that suits you best. See materfoundation.ie
✨Dublin’s Asia Market has a stimulating schedule of events and experiences for Asian food lovers of all ages this Lunar New Year from 10 - 25 February. See asiamarket.ie
✨Exhibition by artists Leonie King and Siobhan Percy will take place at 7pm on 18 February at The Gallery Café, Co. Galway. See thegaller
Mná na hÉireann 💚
How beautiful is this tribute to Sinéad O'Connor, who passed away last year, by @irishwomeninharmony.
The collective of 23 Irish female artists — including musicians like @andreacorrofficial, @thisisruthanne, @tolu_makay @moyabrennan, @souleofficial, @thisislyra, @ericacody — have released their version of 'Nothing Compares 2 U' in her honour, with proceeds going to a charity chosen by her family, the @aisling_project. You can donate €4 by texting SINEAD to 50300.
This is the first single release by Irish Women In Harmony in two years — long may it continue ☘️
#irishwomeninharmony #irishmusic #irishwomen #femalemusicians #femaleartists #femalesingers #irishcountrymagazine #informinspireindulge
We have some exciting news...
Almost 12 years ago, Irish Country Magazine was launched with the aim to profile fascinating Irish women, spotlight beautiful places across Ireland and showcase the incredible craft, design and produce made right here on this island (take a look down our cover memory lane above!)
All these years later, our core values remain the same, but we are ecstatic to announce our biggest growth in readership yet. Thanks to your support and loyalty, our readership jumped by an extraordinary 30,000 in 2023, bringing us to 153,000 readers in total. We appreciate every single one of you.
This year was a wonderful one for the magazine, in more ways than one. Our seventh #IrishMade awards ceremony was bigger and better than ever before, our health series #TheInvisibleStruggle was nominated for a @headline_ireland Mental Health Media Award, and hugely inspirational women graced our seven covers. From Captain of the Republic of Ireland football team Katie McCabe, aged 28, to former President Mary Robinson, soon to be 80, we will continue championing Irish women of all ages, from all walks of life, in 2024 and beyond.
We wish each of our readers and followers a very Happy New Year, and we look forward to creating more of the content you love. ☘️
*TGI Kantar 2023
Video: @heresjerome
#irishmagazine #irishmade #IrishCountryMagazine #printmedia #readershipgrowth #informinspireindulge
Have you seen the latest addition to Irish Country Magazine, #MyStyleMyStory?
@cathyocstylist, renowned stylist and founder of #WomenUnbranded — which is designed to create social change towards ageing in the fashion and beauty worlds and affect more inclusion and visibility for 40+ women — is celebrating those with unique individual style. And, sharing the lessons they have learned, both in life and looks.
In the first feature of the series, Cathy meets the wonderfully creative interior stylist Mia Parsons (@miap123) of @distriktbymia; photographed by @clairejnash.
For more empowering content to curl up with over the holidays, pick up the December issue of #IrishCountryMagazine, in shops nationwide 💚
#irishmagazine #irishmade #irishstyle #irishwomen
How fabulous is @roisinlaffertykld's office space, created using @fleetwood_paints? For all the details, pick up a copy of the December issue of #IrishCountryMagazine 💚
Video @clairejnash
#SP #interiors #interiorstyling #officespace
We are honoured to share our December issue cover, out tomorrow. As we approach the 33-year anniversary of Mary Robinson’s inauguration as the first female President of Ireland, we sat down with Mrs Robinson to discuss her legacy. In a fascinating interview, she shares how much has changed since then, how women's voices are still powerful and necessary forces for positive change, and what fuels her passion to continue to fight for the most vulnerable people in our world.
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🔊Limited edition available in audio and Braille to members of @ncbi_sightloss
Cover image: The Elders / Tlhabi Monnakgotla
Interview: @niamh_devereux
Cover design: @ciaramulvany
Video: @heresjerome
#informinspireindulge #irishcountrymagazine #maryrobinson #Decemberissue #irishmagazine
Last night we attended the launch of @meathmade, a selective collective of Co Meath's most creative makers, from painters and jewellery makers to ceramicists and blacksmiths.
The aim of the collective, the first of its kind in the Royal County, is to promote and showcase excellence in craft and design, as well as to support members to develop sustainable business and create networking opportunities.
Chairperson of the initiative, @clareoconnor_studio, said it can be a lonely business, as a sole trader, and this is a way for creatives to join forces and support each other. The heritage and history of the county was proudly discussed on the night, namely that some of the first creatives and crafts people in Ireland came from Meath, thousands of years ago.
Currently, there are 38 members, but there will be a call out for more to join in 2024 on meathmade.com ☘️
#irishmade #irishdesign #irishcollective #irishcountrymagazine #informinspireindulge
Our annual Irish Made Awards took place in the glorious surroundings of Killashee Hotel on 5 October and it was certainly an evening to remember. Award winners, finalists, nominees and Irish Made supporters all gathered to celebrate the incredible brands
Our annual Irish Made Awards took place in the glorious surroundings of Killashee Hotel on 5 October and it was certainly an evening to remember. Award winners, finalists, nominees and Irish Made supporters all gathered to celebrate the incredible brands and products produced in this country. The theme of the night was ‘Celebration and Collaboration’ and we were thrilled to have Minister Neale Richmond TD in attendance alongside our co-sponsors, Brid O’Connell from Guaranteed Irish and Mary Jo Hoyne from DCCI. Hosted by presenter and broadcaster Muireann O'Connell, the fashion was outstanding, the atmosphere was fantastic and we’re already looking forward to the next one!
#IrishMadeAwards2023
🎥: Jerome Dunne
#IrishMade at its finest 🍀 @shanehollanddesignworkshops is busy making the plaques today in County Meath, to be handed out to our amazing Irish Made Awards Winners at Thursday's ceremony. We can't wait!
#irishmadeawards2023 #madeinireland #irishdesign #irishcraft #countymeath #irishcountrymagazine
La Roche-Posay have launched their brand new Effaclar Duo+M anti blemish corrective gel. The launch event hosted by @lorrainecandy was a very informative interview with Consultant Psycho-dermatologist for @larocheposay Dr Alia Ahmed @the_psychodermatologist and Ambassador for Mental Health, Dr Alex George @dralexgeorge
Both gave incredible insights into the relationship between the mind and the body, particularly when it comes to your skin and how important it is to look at the psychological impacts of skin conditions alongside treating the symptoms.
Taking time for yourself to destress can be vital in helping any skin conditions alongside the right derma-logical treatment and skincare routine. So go for a calming walk or treat yourself to that massage. Whatever makes you feel rested.
Read the interview with Dr Alia Ahmed via the link in bio.
#larocheposay #wellness #mentalhealth #psychodermatology #irishcountrymagazine
