A Canvas of Summer Skies

One daring design, one cautious surfer, and a love painted across Ballycove’s summer skies.

For muralist Niamh O’Shea, Ballycove’s first Arts & Waves Festival is her dream canvas... if the town will let her splash a thirty-foot sea-dragon across its iconic cliffs. Former pro surfer Rory Donnelly, now owner of the Board & Bike shop, sees disaster in neon paint and tourist selfies. Thrown together as festival co-chairs, the pair agree on exactly one thing: they can’t stand each other. But late-night planning sessions, salt-sweet breezes, and shared secrets blur the bright line between clashing and chemistry.

When a slick outside investor dangles Rory a lucrative sponsorship—only if Niamh’s daring mural is replaced by bland corporate branding—Ballycove’s summer showcase teeters on sell-out. Rory must choose between safe profit and the village’s creative soul; Niamh’s hard-won reputation hangs on finishing her bold design. Forced into a fragile truce, they battle deadlines, gossip, and their own stubborn pride. Every brush-stroke and tide-tumble lesson draws them closer, until rivalry softens into something as dazzling as the Atlantic sunset.

The festival countdown is ticking—will their masterpiece be a cliff-side mural or a once-in-a-lifetime love?