Dia is Mhuire diobh go léir a cáirde and welcome to my Report.
The word is out ,we have a winner and I want to congratulate the popular Kelleher Brothers, Fenton, Stephen, Nicky & Jamie, on being the joint winners of one of the biggest jackpots in the life of our Lotto, €16,000, Their winning numbers were 6,9,12,25 Congratulations also the their lucky seller Mary Rose at Healy’s Bar. She will receive the sellers prize of €1,600. As far as I know it’ a first in the long life of our Lotto, when so many people shared to Jackpot and this time because it is going to four obviously, close knit brothers, it is indeed very special.
The lotto it a very important feature in the everyday running of our community. It’s the life line of Millstreet GAA, The Town Park and the Community Council for our Youth. I’m sure when the dust settles there will be a special photo shoot at the presenting of the prizes. In the meantime the weekly Jackpot starts off again at €2,000. Please continue to give it your best support and this is as good a time as any to say a sincere word of that to all those who support our lotto in any way.
We’ll move on.
Fondest greetings dear friends and welcome to the month of November. In his message on the first of the Month Pope Leo XIV, sent out a message to the world wishing everybody the best of God’s blessing and guidance on this the month of the Holy Souls. The youthful Pontiff is up for anything which endears him to many. In the recent past he accepted the gift of a magnificent white stallion from a friend in Poland and this week a friend from his native wild West gave him a Buffalo Bill Jersey. His cheery and natural ways endears him to people from all walks of life. Look out for him on Social media/Facebook etc, his messages are always very inspiring.
At our Saturday evening Mass all those who passed away during the year were remembered and candles placed on the alter in memory of them. On Sunday the Blessing of the graveyards was well attended including Cullen Cemetery. Many thanks to our priests for their wonderful attention to our dear departed.
The dark nights are in and the heavy weather brings them in ahead of time. It put a little damper on trick or treating, but you can’t keep the young people down. They still did the rounds of the houses with their little container at the ready to get what was going. One little lad on returning home couldn’t wait to spill his spoils out on the table for all to admire, but alas most of it was water after the heavy rain. But it did nothing to dampen his spirits.
Children’s games are very different from the ones we played in our day. We didn’t go out after dark around because we were afraid of the fairies. Inside we played Fox & Goose by drawing lines in squares on a piece of paper and tried to outdo each other with X’s and O’s. Blind Man’s Buff was another and with the light of the open fire we made animals rabbits and birds and other shapes on the walls by twisting our fingers in certain ways. With a piece of string criss crossed around you fingers you made a cats cradle which never failed to draw attention. During the war when paraffin oil was not to be got, we did our lessons by the light of the open fire. By stretching on the floor to catch the light of the flame. But the great drawback was that the heat dried the ink on the nib and we were forever dipping. Old people would be thrashing out the affairs of the day. Maybe one home from foreign parts would come in and all attention would be turned to him, because he saw things and knew things that nobody else did. We never tired of listening to the story of the fellow telling his story of New York and with the old man’s stick he would pull out some of the ashes from the edge of the fire and explain the big houses and the streets and the rivers while his captive audience kept vigil over his every word and then low and behold the sheep dog arose from his slumber and with a swipe of his tail he wiped away half of New York in one sweep. This story never failed to bring gales of laughter. We were scared going to bed because I think the old people loved to see our reaction to the tall tales of the strange happenings that they convincingly told about. My Dad was of rather nervous nature himself and he was for ever telling us of the ghoulish things that he saw in his day. The night he heard the Banshee at a wake, the times he saw two women in deep conversation in the same place every night as he went and came home from the local. One time I asked our Uncle who was his brother if they had seen these scary things and his reply was. “Let me alone with that fella he’s afraid of his own shadow all his life, we travelled the same roads and never saw anything.” Proving once again if proof was needed, that it was all in the mind. Such were the things that filled our long nights back then. In spite of all the things that we didn’t have back then, we still call them the Good Old Days. And even in our young day, the old people of that time were hankering after the things that they did in their day. It has to be a generation thing.
I must congratulate that lovely Rylane couple, Rita O’Sullivan and her husband Johnnie on their 40th wedding anniversary. Their contribution to the everyday life of their community is beyond measure. Not least among them the wonderful Mushera Dancing Platform, where patrons dance away their Summer Sundays to the sound of music. We wish them many more years of wedded bliss.
Please say the Holy Rosary every day. The Holy Rosary is streamed from our church at 9.40 before 10 am Masses.
Please support the Table Quiz at Corkery’s Bar on Friday November 7 in aid of three Community School Students who are going to Lourdes as helpers at Easter 2026. Starts at 8 pm. Tables of 4 €40.
Gala Afternoon tea Dance at Aubane Community Centre from 3 to 5.30pm on Sunday November 16th. Music by Timmy Lehane and Billy O’Brien. Admission €10. All welcome.
A very important Information Evening entitled ‘Own the Local’ will be held at Cullen Community Hall on Friday evening November 7. Please support it well. All welcome.
Eucharistic Adoration every Tuesday from 10.30 to 7.30pm. Sign up for an hour every week or drop in any time.
Ministry of the Pastoral Leader. (Taken from Sundays Mass Leaflet)
The volunteer Ministry of the Pastoral Leader was introduced as a response to the changing needs of parish communities. The pastoral leaders work alongside the Clergy and other volunteers in their parishes and pastoral areas. If you are interested in more information phone the Diocesan Pastoral Centre. 064 663 2644. Or log on to www.diocesofkerry.ie
Please tune in to Sean Radley every Tuesday night on Cork Music Station. For details of his ever changing shows.
Look up our website every day for information of the many happenings in our place.
Thought for the week. When we lose someone we love ,we must learn not to live without them, but to live with the love they left behind.
Sinn a bfuil a cáirde ,Slán is beannacht Dé libh go léir.
