Meitheal Mara

Know someone who enjoys organisation, events, and working with people?

We're looking for someone to support the behind-the-scenes work that makes Cork Harbour Festival & Ocean to City happen. A great opportunity to gain office experience, develop skills, and be part of a supportive team.

More details here:
https://meithealmara.ie/ce-vacancy-festival-office-assistant/

Feel free to share with anyone who might be interested.

We’re proud to see one of our Bádóireacht crews featured in this article.

Our Dunfanaghy currachs are community-built, and our young rowers are carrying currach heritage forward in their own way.

It may not be the traditional image of a currach crew, but it shows exactly what currach rowing in Ireland is today: vibrant, active, and alive.


Cork ETB Youth Services The Heritage Council Cork Harbour Festival & Ocean to City Cork Sports Partnership

Currach Expert To Speak At Cork Harbour Festival Event Author Breandán Mac Conamhna discusses Ireland's currach heritage at Cork City Library during Cork Harbour Festival.

Don't forget that while the Ocean to City race is over for another year the Cork Harbour Festival continues with lots of activities, events & outings for the rest of this week.

On Saturday there is a rare opportunity to hear from curragh expert Breandán Mc Conamhna following the publishing of his groundbreaking book 'The Curraghs and Naomhóga of Ireland'.

Taking place in Cork City Library at 3pm on Saturday.
Hosted by Naomhóga Chorcaí in association with Cork City Libraries.
Full information available at: https://corkharbourfestival.com/events/
We hope to see you there.
Cork Harbour Festival & Ocean to City

**Reminder**
Our rescheduled Make a Model Boat project - hosted by Councillor Kieran MCarthy - is taking place this evening at the Lough.
We hope that you can join us to celebrate the creativity and ingenuity of our young people

McCarthy’s Make a Model Boat Project 2026 sets sail on The Lough this week!

Entries still being taken.

𝗢𝗰𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 - 𝗔𝗻 𝗥𝗮́𝘀 𝗠𝗼́𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 | 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀

What a day! A huge THANK YOU to everyone who took part in Ocean to City 2026 and helped create an unforgettable celebration of rowing, paddling, community and Cork Harbour.

This year’s event welcomed over 660 participants across almost 200 entries and four course distances. More than one-third of participants travelled from overseas, joining participants from across Ireland for a fantastic day in Cork Harbour. The Race Hub buzzed throughout the day, crews enjoyed visits aboard the tall ship, and there was no shortage of smiles, stories and fun both on and off the water.

Most importantly, thank you for the patience, positivity and good humour that make Ocean to City such a special event every year. Whether you were chasing a category prize, or were enjoying the experience of completing Ireland’s largest multi-craft race, you helped create an unforgettable day.

We would love to hear how everyone got on! please do leave us comments below so we can pass on the feedback to our big team of hardworking volunteers 💗

And 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀!

The Provisional Prize Winners are now live and include our first round of prize winners. At this stage, only the initial first-prize placings have been allocated. Second- and third-place prizes, along with a range of prize categories to be confirmed (due to the course change), will be announced over the coming days, along with the full race times.
https://oceantocity.com/results/

Photo: Clare Keogh (more photos will be posted over the coming days).

We can't wait... Starting today! It'll be epic. Well done to the entire Meitheal Mara team for making this happen once more 🤩

How exciting!!