Inchigeelagh village is located in the parish of Inchigeelagh, once known as Iveleary (from the Irish Uibh Laoighaire - The Homeland of the O'Learys). The village and its twin, Ballingeary, about 8 miles away, are the main inhabited areas in the parish, but there are other hamlets too. The parish stretches along the banks of the River Lee, whose source is in the mountains surrounding Gougane Barra. For most of its course down to the sea near Cork City, the Lee forms a string of lakes, the area sometimes being known as The Co.Cork Lake District. The scenery is stunning, the air is sparkling and the lakes are clear. There is good company, good music and good food & drink. Come and see for yourself.

By Eileen Christie 14-12-06

Have you noticed how lots of red lights have appeared on chimneys in the village? It’s not Christmas decorations and it’s not landing lights for Cork Airport. In fact it’s the receivers for the new wireless broadband service being beamed in from the new relay mast at Derreen. You will have seen endless adverts on TV and in the papers for broadband and until recently it was available to most of the country – but not us. The real point is “Why should you want it?”
You use a chainsaw or a washing machine to make a job easier and quicker, maybe even to do a job better than by hand. Broadband is no different. Lots of good websites don’t even work properly these days without broadband – they keep ‘upgrading’ them which really means ‘slow them down’ if you have only dial-up. Even the banks have loaded their sites with so much stuff it’s almost quicker just to get in the car and go to the branch. Without broadband you don’t even know what you are missing. Few people seem to know you can set up an email programme like Outlook to get your email for you – no more logging onto the internet each time to get your webmail – there’s just no need. It all adds up to a lot of time saved which you can use for something else.
So what does it all cost? That depends on the package. Can you honestly say you would do without a tool you need because you need to spend money to get it. You’d prefer to stay doing it the old-fashioned way? Of course not – it’s all about what it costs to make the tool called the Internet into a tool that really works for you. Tools are supposed to make life easier. Log onto www.digitalforge.ie if you want to know more about what it can do for you.