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Millstreet in 1974 – Hall’s Pictorial Weekly

Hall’s Pictorial Weekly was an early comedy series that ran on RTÉ from 1971 to 1980. Each week, the ‘Hall’s Pictorial Weekly’ film crew would arrive at a town or village in any county in Ireland. They would film the people and the place and return to RTÉ where the footage was edited and put to music. This short film of around one minute’s duration formed part of the opening sequence for that week’s episode. As it was not advertised as part of the programme billings in the RTÉ Guide or newspapers, people watched in the hope it was the turn of their town or village to have its moment of fame. In  the summer of 1974, it was Millstreet’s turn, with video sequences from the Square, Main Street, and the West End.

Enjoy, and if you recognise any of the people in the video or the images below, please do let us know.

[read more …] “Millstreet in 1974 – Hall’s Pictorial Weekly”

If you had told me at the start of the year that I would be in politics, I wouldn’t have believed you

Politics wasn’t on the agenda for Nicole Ryan as she entered 2024. By the year’s end she had secured Sinn Féin’s highest ever vote in Cork North West in the general election. John O’Shea hears how she plans to move forward in a traditional heartland of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil

Read the full article on the Echo.

Jim Kiely, Westport and formerly of Millstreet

The death has taken place on August 20th 2024, of Jim Kiely, Westport, and formerly of Ballycotton and Millstreet Co. Cork.

Jim was a former managing director of Allergan, Westport, and was a member of the board of IDA for many years.

He contributed hugely to the growth and expansion of one of the west of Ireland’s most successful companies, first established over 40 years ago, and which now employs over 2,000 people across Ireland. [read more …] “Jim Kiely, Westport and formerly of Millstreet”

Noreen Cashman, Tullig House

The death has occurred of Noreen Cashman, Tullig House, Millstreet, and formerly of Bandon & Youghal. On May 16, 2024, NOREEN departed this life peacefully at Kilbrew Nursing Home, Ashbourne, Co. Meath. Predeceased by her sisters Estie & Eileen, brothers Paddy, Denny, Bill, Fr. Mike, and Jim. Sadly missed by her sisters Agnes & Cecily (LA), Stella (NYC), and extended family members at home and abroad. May she rest in peace.

Reposing at Tarrant’s Funeral home on Sunday (May 19th) from 6:30pm until 7:30pm. House private to family. Requiem Mass on Monday (May 20th) at 11am in St. Patrick’s Church, Millstreet which will be streamed by Millstreet Church. Funeral to St. Mary’s Cemetery afterwards.

Darkness into Light 2024

Join us for the upcoming Darkness Into Light 2024 on Saturday 11th of May at 4:45 am (tomorrow morning).
You can still sign up and donate online or turn up on the day and donate to the collection box here in Munster Fire & Safety Shop on Main Street or in one of the locations through the town.
We have a number of t-shirts available for anyone who wants to pop in for one in advance of the walk. Limited availability so they will be handed on first come first served basis.

  • The walk starts on the Killarney Road, at the turn off to Millstreet Community School at 4:45am. See you there!

For further details see the Munster Fire & Safety page.

New Footpath from Drishane to Coole Cross

The Drishane road has long been day or night a popular place for  people looking to get out and walk or run in a safe location. Good news is that the pavement looks set to be extended out to Coole Cross in the near future.

The Corkman tells us that at the most recent meeting of the local municipal district, funding of €40,000 was allocated for  the Footpath Project Millstreet from Drishane to Coole Cross, while the Christmas Lights  in Millstreet are also to receive funding of €8,000. [1]

So many people walk that stretch of the road that a path has long been reddened into the roadside, so hopefully this footpath will add extra safety for those out walking.

Páirc Chatháin, Liscahane

This week, Cork County Council published planning documents on its new Social Housing Development at Liscahane for 26 homes. Thect site is located to the rear of an existing residential estate (Old Coach Avenue and Old Court Drive), off the Liscahane Road.

This is to be welcomed as homes are in very short supply in Millstreet, as is the case all over the country presently.

Below is the site layout, but full documents for the development are available on the Cork County Council website HERE.

[read more …] “Páirc Chatháin, Liscahane”

Con (Connie) Buckley, Kanturk, formerly of Kippagh

On March 27, 2024 peacefully, surrounded by his loving family at Mercy University Hospital Cork, Con (Connie) of Coolykereen, Kanturk, and formerly of Kippagh, Millstreet. Beloved husband of the late Kathleen and loving father of Tim, Joan and Lily, dear brother of Frances, Mary and the late Abina (Bunnie), Margaret and Michael.

Sadly missed by his loving family, sons-in-law Denis and Maurice, grandchildren John and Conor, sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, nephews, relatives, neighbours and friends. Ar dhéis Dé go raibh a anam dílís. [rip]

Reposing at Grace’s Funeral Home, Kanturk (P51 WDX8) on Sunday from 4pm, with prayers at 6 pm. Reception into The Church of the Immaculate Conception, Kanturk on Monday, for requiem mass at 2pm, which can be viewed live at Church Services. Funeral afterwards to St. Mary’s Cemetery, Millstreet. Condolences on Rip.ie.

Noreen Keating (née Burke), Millstreet, Cork

The death has occurred of Noreen Keating (née Burke), Millstreet, Cork. On December 30th 2023, Noreen passed away peacefully, in the wonderful care of the staff of Araglen House Nursing Home, Boherbue, Co. Cork. Predeceased by her parents James and Bridget Burke and her sisters Breeda and Sheila. Much loved sister of Brendan and Tommy. Sadly missed by her sisters-in-law, brother-in-law, husband John, nieces, nephews, grandnieces, grandnephews cousins and friends. [rip]

Reposing in St. Patrick’s Church, Millstreet, on Monday, 1st January 2024, from 6pm to 7.30pm. Requiem Mass on Tuesday, 2nd January 2024, at 1pm followed by burial at St. Mary’s Cemetery, Millstreet. Funeral Mass will be live-streamed on churchservices.tv/millstreet.

Noreen’s family are deeply grateful to all the staff at Araglen House for the exceptional care given to her over the last number of years.

Messages of sympathy can be left on her RIP Condolence Page.

Tom Meaney – Acknowledgement and First Anniversary

Tom Meaney
Rathroe, Derrinagree, Mallow, Co. Cork.
Died 26th December 2022
Acknowledgement and First Anniversary

On the occasion of Tom’s first anniversary, his daughters Noreen and Siobhán, sons Con, John, Tomás and Donal, daughters in law Helen, Joanne, son in law Niall and his adored seven grandchildren would like to acknowledge the many gestures of kindness and sympathy shown to us
throughout Tom’s illness and funeral.
We are deeply indebted to our dedicated Community Health nurses, Dad’s committed carers, Marymount Hospice Support Team and The Irish Cancer Society Night Nurses for the remarkable kindness and care shown to him. We would like to extend our thanks to the entire staff at Dr. Leaders’s Surgery, Boherbue and all in Reens’s Pharmacy Millstreet. We wish to thank everyone who attended the funeral ceremonies and those who travelled long distances to be with us. Our sincere appreciation to Uachtarán na hÉireann Michael D Higgins for the attendance at the funeral mass of his Aide de Camp, Colonel Stephen Howard and to the Tánaiste Micheál Martin
acknowledging the contribution of our late father to the Irish state and his commitment and dedication to his constituents. Thank you to those who telephoned, sent mass cards, sympathy cards, novenas and letters, celebrated masses, placed messages of condolence on RIP.ie and those
who participated in the live streaming of Tom’s funeral mass. We remember with gratitude those who would have liked to attend but could not and remembered us in their thoughts and prayers.
A sincere word of thanks to Canon John Fitzgerald P.P. Millstreet, who celebrated Tom’s funeral mass and recited prayers at the graveside assisted by Fr. Bartie Doherty, Kiltegan Fathers, Fr Paddy Byrne, Millstreet and Fr Liam Kelleher, Cobh. Our gratitude to Seán Ó Sé, traditional singer, Margaret Healy, soloist accompanied by Leah Murphy on the organ for their beautiful singing and music. Thanks to Margaret Murphy, sacristan and to Garden of Eve flower shop.
We thank Davy, Cora, Martina and Declan of Tarrant’s Undertakers for their support, advice, empathy and professionalism, Peter O’ Callaghan for the excellent streaming of Tom’s mass. Our sincere thanks to the Gardaí of Millstreet Garda Station and to the stewards for the professional manner in which the organisation of traffic and parking was managed ensuring the safe flow of traffic during the funeral.
We will always cherish and remember with gratitude everyone who stood in respectful silence in the various Guards of Honour and the people who stood in respect along the roadside on the journey to St. Mary’s Cemetery. To those who helped in any way, your contribution made our loss more
bearable. It would be impossible to thank everyone individually, kindly accept this acknowledgement of our sincere appreciation.
Masses have been offered for your intentions.

Fr. Jerry Singleton, Cullen, Baltimore & Fort Lauderdale

The death has occurred of Fr. Jerry Singleton Cullen, Cork / Baltimore, Cork. Formerly of St. Anthony’s Catholic Church, Fort Lauderdale / Archdiocese of Miami. On November 24th, 2023, Fr. Jerry passed away, peacefully, surrounded by his loving family and in the wonderful care of the staff of Araglen House, Boherbue.
Predeceased by his loving siblings Kay, Dinny and JJ and his adored nephews Diarmuid and Labhrás.
Fr. Jerry will be deeply missed and mourned by his loving family: his dear brother Noel, sisters in law, Cecelia and Ann, his beloved nephews, nieces, grandnephews, grandnieces , extended family, wide circle of friends and clergy in Ireland and the US. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis. Codhladh sámh. [1]

Reposing in the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Cullen, P51E195, on Sunday 26th from 5pm to 6.30pm. Requiem Mass on Monday 27th at 12 noon, followed by burial in the adjoining cemetery. Funeral Mass will be live-streamed on https://www.mycondolences.ie/
House Strictly Private. The family would like to thank the wonderful staff at Araglen House and doctors Bertie and Zelia Daly. Family flowers only, by request, donations, if desired, to Focus Ireland. Messages of sympathy can be left on the RIP Condolence Page.

Donie Burke, Knockanroe, Kilcorney

Bourke (Kilcorney), On September 1st 2023 peacefully at his home in Knockanroe, in the presence of his family, Donie, beloved husband of Josephine (nee Cronin), dear father of Dan, Jerry, Phyllis (Carroll), Cyril, Imelda, Colette (Linehan), Finbarr and John Paul, brother of Dermot and the late James and Joan Kiely. Deeply regretted by his loving family, his 21 grandchildren, daughters-in-law Claire, Susan, Nóirín and Eimear, sons-in-law Pat and Cedric, nephews, niece, grandnephews, grandnieces, relatives, neighbours and a large circle of friends. May he Rest in Peace.

Reposing in McCarthy’s Funeral Home, Banteer on Sunday from 7:00pm followed by prayers at 8:30pm. Reception into St. Nicholas’ Church, Kilcorney on Monday for 12 noon Requiem Mass, which can be viewed live at http://www.mycondolences.ie. Burial afterwards in the adjoining cemetery.

Messages of sympathy for the family may be left via the link HERE.

Darkness into Light 2023

Calling Millstreet!

Join us on the morning of 6th May at 4:45am (next Saturday morning) at the Junction of Killarney Road and Millstreet Community School to walk from Darkness into Light.

This has proven to be a great community event in the past couple of years – with refreshments provided by local businesses and hosted by Munster Fire & Safety after the walk.

Feel free to donate in the buckets which will be around town and in Munster Fire & Safety on the morning. You can also register and donate online at https://www.darknessintolight.ie/join/millstreetdarknessintolight

See you there!
The Munster Fire & Safety Team

Please note that we initially had the incorrect time of 5:30am listed

Obituary: Tom Meaney, Fianna Fáil stalwart who was close to Jack Lynch and opposed Charlie Haughey leadership

Former Fianna Fáil TD and minister of state Thomas Meaney, who has died at the age of 91, was a member of the Dáil for 17 years and a prominent figure in Cork politics.

He was part of a group of Fianna Fáil deputies known as “The Club of 22” who opposed the leadership of Charles Haughey in the early 1980s.

Tom Meaney was born on August 11, 1931, in Millstreet, Co Cork. He was a member of Cork County Council from 1970 to 1977 and a TD for Fianna Fáil from 1965 in the constituency known as Cork Mid and, when it was abolished in 1981, moved to Cork North-West where he won a seat in two general elections before retiring in 1982.

He was party spokesperson on defence in 1973 and minister of state at the Department of Industry, Commerce and Tourism from 1980 to 1981.

He was the first minister from a Dublin government to meet a counterpart from Northern Ireland to establish north-south measures to promote tourism on both sides of the Border.

[read more …] “Obituary: Tom Meaney, Fianna Fáil stalwart who was close to Jack Lynch and opposed Charlie Haughey leadership”

Garret Fitzgerald visits Millstreet

Last Wednesday’s RTÉ aired the “Two Tribes” documentary , about the diverging paths taken by Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael in the post-civil war landscape and their political dominance over the last 100 years. To our surprise, there was a very short clip of the Fine Gael leader Garret Fitzgerald’s visit to Millstreet.

I’m guessing it’s in the run-up to the 1987 General Election, but I’m open to correction. Does anyone recognise any of the faces?

[read more …] “Garret Fitzgerald visits Millstreet”

Thomas Mahony (19), Fatally Wounded at Annagloor

A hundred years ago yesterday (22 October 1922), a party of Free State troops under Brigadier-Commandant Ahern arrested two suspected Irregulars at Rathduane in the Millstreet district after Mass on Sunday. As these troops were returning to Millstreet, they were ambushed at Annagloor (within a mile of the town) by Irregulars, who opened fire from both sides of the road. Private Thomas Mahony received a serious wound in the stomach and died at Blarney while being rushed in a military ambulance to the Mercy Hospital in Cork city. See CE, 24 Oct. 1922; Death Certificate, [for] 22 Oct. 1922 (not registered until 22 April 1954), with a copy appearing in MSPC/2D377 (Military Archives).

The Cork Examiner provided the following account of O’Mahony’s career at the time of his funeral and subsequent burial in Midleton: ‘The dead soldier, who during the reign of terror [before the Truce of July 1921] was prominent with the East Cork Flying Column, won for himself, by his many daring exploits, the greatest regard by all who sought for the freedom of Ireland, and whilst the East Cork men were temporarily billeted in Clonmult—the scene of the famous engagement, where, unfortunately, only too many lives were lost—Thomas O’Mahony served in the column in a manner which the survivors of the fatal battle are always ready to praise, and speak of the dead soldier only in terms appropriate to a gallant and brave man. Following the Truce and the Treaty, Thomas O’Mahony was one of the first volunteers who took up quarters in Dublin under the regime of the National Army. [read more …] “Thomas Mahony (19), Fatally Wounded at Annagloor”

Running a School in Ukraine from Millstreet

Nova Kakhovka in Ukraine, was taken by the Russians on the first day of the invasion. For the first couple of months Professor Igor Serdyuka still did his job as the director of a 500 student school. But in early June the Russian occupiers told him to start teaching the Russian curriculum. When he refused, they threw him in jail. He escaped the war with his wife Tatyana, and they have found refuge in Millstreet, but he still organises teaching the students online.

Sky News visited Millstreet recently and interviewed the couple, which can be watched on SkyNews.com.

Noreen Dennehy (née O’Sullivan) Lisnaboy

The death has occurred of Noreen Dennehy (née O’Sullivan), Lisnaboy, Cullen. On August 9th 2022, peacefully in the presence of her loving family and in the wonderful care of the staff at Cork University Hospital. Beloved wife of Dan, loving mother of Eileen, Collette Ryan (Mournabbey) and Martin, son-in-law Damien, daughter-in-law Diane, her adored grandchildren Anna, Patrick, Katie, Shauna, Darragh and Jamie, her brothers Dan and Seamus and the late John and Anna. Sadly missed by her loving family, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews, kind neighbours, relatives and friends. May her gentle soul rest in peace. [rip]

Reposing at Church of the Nativity, Cullen on Wednesday, 10th August 2022, from 6pm to 8pm. Requiem Mass at 11:30am on Thursday, 11th August 2022, at Cullen. Burial afterwards at the adjoining cemetery, Cullen. Messages of sympathy can be left on the RIP Condolence Page.

Passing Through Millstreet in 1804

Extracts from the Journal of a traveller who passed through Millstreet twice in August 1804:

Friday, 24th August 1804. … From Mallow to Millstreet I took a post-chaise; but like all other travellers in a post-chaise, might as well have been at home, as I can give no account of the prospects, or of the manners of the people. The little vile inn of Millstreet was full of the company resorting to Killarney; so that I fared very uncomfortably: but early next morning set off in a chaise, and arrived at Killarney to breakfast

Sunday, 26th August 1804: Next morning, Sunday, we set out on foot for Millstreet, before six o’clock; intending to reach that place in time for church at twelve. But the day being sultry, and the distance greater than we believed, sixteen Irish or twenty-one English miles, frequent restings became necessary; and it was full eight hours before we arrived at the end of our walk: alas! too late for church, of which the service seemed to have been hurried over with its usual rapidity. On the road we met multitudes of Catholics going to matins, neatly dressed, having their beads and crucifixes suspended at their sides. Can these decent people be the sanguinary rebels who delight in massacre, and seek to turn things upside down? With respect to the establishment, or any other denomination of religion, there seems to prevail a melancholy lukewarmness. There is no church on the road or near it, all the way from Killarney to Millstreet. Neither is any difference apparent, except amongst the Catholics, betwixt Saturday and Sunday; some being employed in burning lime, some cutting turf, some thatching their houses, others sewing or knitting at their doors, and all whistling or singing. [read more …] “Passing Through Millstreet in 1804”