Community website for Millstreet, Co. Cork, Ireland
The Burke & McCarthy families wish to thank all those who contributed to the Church Gate Collection for the Courtmacsherry RNLI Lifeboat. Thanks also to everyone who helped us. Your ongoing support is much appreciated. The total collected was €1,865.43.
The Millstreet Vintage Club Summer Car Run was held last Saturday Evening over in Cullen and despite the Weather being a big Challenge with Thunder and Lightning and Torrential Rain prevailing before the start of the Event there was a very impressive 95 Cars signed on for
the Event which was again in Aid of BUMBLEance Children’s Ambulance Service,the starting point was the Cullen Community Centre where the Bumbleance Ambulance was also on display,the Cars left Cullen just after 6pm and made there way on a Scenic Route up to Knocknagree and then on to Ballydesmond, Sugan Road,Cordal and on to Castleisland before heading out the Abbeyfeale Road and then turning left and heading up into some spectacular views of the Countryside that brought the Cars down into the Finish at O`Riadas Bar and Restuarant near Ballymacelligott, the weather was not as favourable on this occasion but the views on this part of the Run never disappoint even on a bad Weather day and once we reached the finish this was followed by Refreshments and Musical Entertainment supplied by Bernie Heaney Barry O Halloran Sheila Heery and Tim Joe O’Riordan.
At the Finish of the Event the Bumbleance Ambulance was again on display at O Riadas Bar Ballymacelligott and a viewing of this very impressive Vehicle gives a person an idea of the great Work and Service this voluntary group carry out for seriously ill Children.
There was an open draw made before the start of the Run in Cullen for a Perpetual Trophy and this was won by Ian O’Connor in his Subaru Legacy.
Millstreet Vintage Club and Event Organiser Willie Fitzgerald would like to thank everyone who came along to the Event, your support was tremendous and much appreciated,a big shout out must go out to the People that helped out on Saturday Evening in very Challenging Weather Conditions which helped make the Event a massive success, to all the Marshalls, Bike Marshalls, Registration/Sign On, Route Layout/Arrowing Crew, the hardworking Catering Crew in Cullen etc many many thanks for all your help, also thanks must go out to Cullen Pipe Band, An Garda Siochana,Cullen Community Centre, Sheila Fitzgerald of The Corkman Mike Sheehan Old Road Productions,O`Riadas for great Food and Hospitality, Photographers and Media People, thanks also to The Pub Carriganima for the Amplification System and finally many thanks to all the people that donated Spot Prizes for the Raffle namely Kealy Coaches Cullen,The Pub Carriganima,Super Valu Millstreet, Murphys Gala Banteer Kanturk, Duggans Recovery, Liam O`Connor Garage, Dan Barry Crash Repairs Bernard and Mary Crowley,Luke/Mairead Hurley and Family,Dan and Mary O’Riordan,Eileen and John Lucey Recovery Boherbue,Sheila Heery,
O Riadas Bar and Restaurant,Bernie Heaney, and Sibly Group.
For anybody that may have not been at the Event on Saturday Evening last but would like to make a Contribution to Bumbleance you can still do so on a Go Funde Me Page organised by Corkmusicstation and Willie Fitzgerald,this Go Fund Me Fundraiser Page will remain Live until the end of June and can be found on the Link Below.
We hope you Enjoyed the Event and we look forward to seeing you all again very soon.
Photos by Daniel Lane, Sammy Murphy Seán Radley and Ray Corkery.
This weekend’s Church Gate Collection in Millstreet will be for the Courtmacsherry RNLI Harbour Lifeboat.
Millstreet Vintage Club made a Presentation to the Mercy Hospital Foundation on Thursday Evening last with the Proceeds from the recent Inaugural John Barry Memorial Tractor Run, an Impressive final Total Amount of €4,000 was collected from the Event.
Louise O’Brien of the Mercy Hospital Foundation was on hand to accept the Cheque from Event Organiser Dan Barry along with his Family and Members of Millstreet Vintage Club and Linda was delighted with the response and generosity from the Vintage Enthusiasts and General Public who supported the Event and said the money made will go to looking after the Elderly Care Department in the Mercy Hospital Cork.
Millstreet Vintage Club Chairman and Event Organiser Dan Barry was delighted with the way the Event went and thanked everyone who helped and supported in anyway to make the very first John Barry Memorial Tractor Run a great success and in doing so helping a great Cause in the Mercy Hospital Foundation which is a Charity very close to the Hearts of the Barry Family.
We thank both Daniel Lane and Seán Radley for the Photos. 📸📸
With just over 2 weeks left to go to the Millstreet Vintage Club Summer Car Run which is taking place on Saturday Evening June 17th the Event is once again in Aid of Bumbleance Childrens Ambulance Service and is open to All Vintage/Classic Cars Bikes Vans Trucks etc,
Bumbleance Childrens Ambulance Service does wonderful work and is a Totally Voluntary Organisation.
Bumbleance ensures that the journey of a sick child is as safe and comfortable as possible,
Bumbleance Trips and Services cover the following
Pre and Post-surgical appointments
Inter hospital transfers
Respite and Hospice Trips
Scheduled Trips
Chemo Cab
Transplants and critical care
Angel Trips
The Run will Start Out in Cullen Community Centre (Eircode P51 YY06) with Sign On from 4.30pm and Take Off at 6pm Sharp and it will take in a Scenic Route with the Run ending up at O’Riadas Bar Ballymacelligot just outside Castleisland where there will be Free Food and Music Supplied by Bernie Heaney, Barry O’Halloran and Sheila Heery, also on the Evening there will be a Draw with some nice Prizes to be Won.
Entry for the Run will be by Donation and its all for a great Cause in Bumbleance Childrens Ambulance Service,for Details Contact Willie Fitzgerald on 087 2229874,Ita Fitzgerald on 087 9865217 or Bernard Crowley on 087 7924406.
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY OF IRELAND
FERMOY BRANCH NORTH & EAST CORK
We avail of the services of the Irish Red Cross and we will have them on site again this year.
With our determined effort and your support we truly hope we can continue to provide the supports and services our local MS community need.
Our voluntary branch here in the Fermoy/North and East Cork area, like all other branches across the country are a support network for people and families living with MS in our community, and on our renewed walk we will have fun while at the same time raising much needed funds. (No amount is too small)
To get involved, register free on https://www.ms-society.ie/fermoy-branch-annual-fathers-day-walk or email <email>
Sponsorship Cards are also available, phone 089 9548177
MS is one of those diseases that has many different forms and can take various paths through a person’s lifetime making each person’s journey individual. Thankfully over the past number of years scientific research has provided a number of treatment options using Disease Modifying Therapies which are tailored to the individual and can assist in altering the course of the disease.
It is in supporting Research Programs through MS Ireland that we gain invaluable information about this disease and possible treatments. MS Ireland through their 32 voluntary Branches throughout Ireland provides a number of valuable supports and service to people and their families living with the challenges of MS. Information Line: 0818 233 233
So why not join the Facebook page Fermoy Multiple Sclerosis Society Annual Walk | Facebook & view the updates. Invite your friends, family and work colleagues knock the dust off those walking boots and take the challenge for those in your local area with MS on Sunday 18th of June. (Father’s Day).
Safety First STOP and THINK!
Please make yourself aware of Coillte Safety signs on site before commencing the walk.
When parking, take care not to block access for local residents or the Emergency Services
We will have great fun & we look forward to seeing the pictures on social media of you getting out there, I’m up for it, are you?
The Multiple Sclerosis Society of Ireland is a limited company registered in Dublin, Ireland with registered offices at 80 Northumberland Road, Dublin
Company Registration Number 296573. Charity Number 5365.
Patrick Mc Carthy PRO
087 7593044
Short video of yesterday’s Millstreet Vintage Club Cars and Coffee Event held in the Grounds of Drishane Castle in Millstreet.
A Great Day was had today at the Millstreet Vintage Club Cars @ Coffee Event held in the lovely Grounds of Drishane Castle in Millstreet,the Event which was headed by Donie Lucey and Team attracted close on 200 Cars of all Descriptions with something there for everyone to enjoy,there was a great attendance from the General Public as well as Car Enthusiasts who travelled from near and far and the Weather behaved very well for the Event with the beneficiary from the Proceedings being Millstreet Day Centre which is a very Worthy Cause.
Donie Lucey would like to thank everyone for there generous support on the day and wishes to thank the Duggan Family for the use of such a fantastic and attractive venue and location which undoubtedly added to the fantastic atmosphere that was to be had at the Event,also Donie would like to thank all the Club Members who helped out today and without there hard work and support the Event would not have been the success that it was.
Photos Courtesy of SJM Photos(Sammy Murphy) and Danny Lane.
Millstreet Vintage Club held the Inaugural John Barry Memorial Tractor Run on Sunday May 7th last in Millstreet in aid of the Mercy Hospital Foundation, John Barry was a founding Member of Millstreet Vintage Club and was a very enthusiastic collector of Vintage Equipment and Memorobelia and it was fitting that the Run was based and started from John`s Home in Lackabawn,the Barry Historical Museum located in Lackabawn was also opened to the General Public on the day and John`s Son Dan Barry who organised the Event would like to to thank Everyone for the fantastic support received at the Event with an impressive 85 Tractors taking to the Road just after 12.30pm from Lackabawn outside Millstreet.
The Route for the Event took in some great Countryside Views as it made its way past Kilcorney Creamery where John worked for many years and then on to Kilcorney itself before heading on over the Brandy Road and from there the Tractors went on to the Rylane/Millstreet Road and then made there way on to Ballinagree where we were made very Welcome by our Friends and Neighbouring Club Ballinagree Vintage where the Tractors stopped for a Break,from there the Run made its way on to Mushera down past St Johns Well and then on to the Kerrymans Table and Aubane and from here made its way to Darbys Cross and back on to the finish in Millstreet,the Weather was a mixed bag on the day but was dry for the most part and Clerk of the Course Dan Barry would like to thank all the Marshals for keeping the Event Run so smoothly on the Road and in helping to co-ordinate Parking etc, also many thanks to Mick Duggan and his Co-Pilot Willie Fitzgerald along with Bike Marshalls Seanie Kelleher, Noel Kelleher and Anthony Kelleher for leading the Tractors out on the Road and keeping the Run progress so smoothly, to the Arrowong Crew for there help on marking the Route and to all the Crew at Sign On and to the Catering Crew in Lackabawn thanks for all your help,to the Media and Photographers for covering the Event thank you for the Publicity, also a big shout out to Connie Dennehy for looking after us so well in Ballinagree,and to Denis Lane for providing the use of his Public Address System, Dan would also like to acknowledge the help he got from Relatives Neighbours Friends etc which helped in a very big way to make the Event the success that it was.
Denis McSweeney in his Ford Super Dexta won the John Barry Memorial Trophy and Millstreet Vintage Club want to thank Everyone for the great Turn Out and Support from the Public,it is very much appreciated.
Many Thanks to Danny Lane and Sean Radley for the Pictures.
The inaugural Millstreet Vintage Club John Barry Memorial Tractor Run is happening Tommorrow Sunday May 7th, both the General Public and Vintage lovers alike are very welcome to attend the Event and visit the Barry Museum in Lackabawn in Millstreet which will be Open to the Public on the day.
The Museum is full of some lovely displays of Vintage Gems and allows a person to go back in time and rekindle what life was like in years gone by.
The late John was a founding member of Millstreet Vintage Club and there was hardly a vintage event held in the South West Region that John wasn’t present, his enthusiasm so evident for so many wonderful machines and contraptions
that helped John develop an indoor and outdoor museum at his home in Lackabawn that told the story of life in bygone days featuring rural life and farming in county.
So why not pop by to Lackabawn Tommorrow to take a look at some nice Vintage Tractors and Machinery with something for Everyone on display and at the same time supporting a great Cause too with Proceeds from the Event going to The Mercy Hospital Foundation.
A nice Scenic Route has been the planned with Sign On from 10.30am with Take Off at 12 Noon from the Barry Historical Museum Lackabawn Millstreet Eircode (P51 EY91)
All Vintage Classic and Modern Tractors very Welcome, Entry Fee €20
Further details on the event can be obtained from Dan Barry on 087-2680011.
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
With just over a week to go now to the inaugural Millstreet Vintage Club John Barry Memorial Tractor Run on Sunday May 7th both the General Public and Vintage lovers alike are very welcome to attend the Event and visit the Barry Museum in Lackabawn in Millstreet which will be Open to the Public on the day.
The Museum is full of some lovely displays of Vintage Gems and allows a person to go back in time and rekindle what life was like in years gone by.
The late John was a founding member of Millstreet Vintage Club and there was hardly a vintage event held in the South West Region that John wasn’t present, his enthusiasm so evident for so many wonderful machines and contraptions
that helped John develop an indoor and outdoor museum at his home in Lackabawn that told the story of life in bygone days featuring rural life and farming in county.
Proceeds from the Event are in aid of The Mercy Hospital Foundation.
A nice Scenic Route has been the planned with Sign On from 10.30am with Take Off at 12 Noon from the Barry Historical Museum Lackabawn Millstreet Eircode (P51 EY91)
All Vintage Classic and Modern Tractors very Welcome, Entry Fee €20
Further details on the event can be obtained from Dan Barry on 087-2680011.
A Presentation was
made on Tuesday Evening April 25th last to Millstreet Day Care Centre by Millsteeet Vintage Club following the Charity Tractor Run that the Club ran for the Centre back on Sunday 26th February last,an astounding €1,918.40 was the proceeds from the Tractor Run and both Marie O’Sullivan of Millstreet Day Care Centre and Chairman of the Day Care Centre Derry Morley
thanked everyone at Millstreet Vintage Club for organising a resoundingly successful
and most entertaining Event,they both went on to say Funds made on the Event will be put to great use in further development to make improvements to what is already a top class facility serving the Town of Millstreet and the Neighbouring Locality around it.
The Presentation on the Night of the Proceeds from the Event was made by Millstreet Vintage Club President Jack Sheehan.
Below are some Photographs from the Presentation on the Night and we thank Danny Lane for these Images.
Well done to my niece Alanna Barry whom took part in the London City Marathon on the 23rd April. She is participated to raise funds for the physiotherapy services at CUH and CUMH ( maternity ). If anyone would still like to donate it would be appreciated, donations can be made on the following link https://www.idonate.ie/fundrai
Presentation to Millstreet Day Care Centre will be made by Millstreet Vintage Club
following the Club’s recent Tractor Run for the Centre,the Presentation will take place on this coming Tuesday Evening April 25th at 8.30pm at Millstreet Day Care Centre, Everybody very Welcome to Attend.
Garden walk
on
Sunday, 16th April
2 – 5 pm
In aid of Spinal Injuries
Eircode – P51 E5X5 (across the road from Spar, Kanturk)
The Ned Tarrant Tractor Run is taking place Tommorrow Sunday April 2nd in Aid of Marymount Hospice with Sign on from 12 Noon in Kilcorney Hall and Take Off at 1pm,Entry for Run €20.
All Vintage\Modern Tractors very Welcome to Attend.
Followed by Live Music/BBQ at Healys Bar.
Millstreet Vintage Club would like to thank everyone who came along to the Johnny Hickey Memorial Spring Car Run last Sunday in Millstreet which was in Aid of Tubrid Holy Well.
95 Cars came along for the Drive and thanks to each and everyone for making the Trip to Millstreet in sometimes very changeable weather conditions,we would like to thank all the People that helped out on Sunday last which helped make the Event a massive success,to all the Marshalls,Bike Marshalls,Registration/Sign On,Route Layout/Arrowing Crew etc many many thanks for all your help,also we wish to thank Millstreet Pipe Band, An Garda Siochana, Humphrey Healy and Caroline of the The Bridge Bar Millstreet for looking after us all so well,to Noel C Duggans for providing a Top Class Car Park Facility, Garveys Super Valu Castleisland for looking after us on our Halfway Pitstop,to our Photographers and Media People for great Promotion,special thanks to Sean Murphy of the Pub Carriganima for the Amplification System, and thanks also Sinead Corkery for your help today and to all our Sponsors for Spot Prizes who were as follows,Colemans Millstreet,Tony O’Brien Master Butchers,The Pub Carriganima,Tim Lucey Car Sales,Dan Barry Crash Repairs,Willie and Ita Fitzgerald, Danny and Sheila Lane,and Bernard and Mary Crowley thanks very much and finally many thanks to the Hickey Family and Ann for there support and for donating the Johnny Hickey Memorial Cup to Millstreet Vintage Club and Congratulations to John O’Leary in his Honda Prelude who was the winner of this most beautiful Cup Today,we hope you all Enjoyed the day and we look forward to seeing you all again very soon.
Photos Courtesy of Danny Lane,Sammy Murphy,Ita Fitzgerald, Blarney Vintage Club and Ray Corkery
It’s all Systems Go for The Johnny Hickey Memorial Car Run which is happening Tommorrow Sunday March 26th,
Millstreet Vintage Club are delighted to be holding the Event this year in aid of Tubrid Holy Well in Millstreet,proceedings will be based out of the Bridge Bar Millstreet Eircode (P51 H978) with Sign on taking place there from 10.30am and Take Off at 12 Noon with the Event being led away by Millstreet Pipe Band and as usual all Vintage/Classic Cars,Bikes,Vehicles are very Welcome to join the Run,Draw for the Johnny Hickey Memorial Trophy and Spot Prizes to be won on the Day.
The General Public are encouraged and most welcome to come along for a look on the day with a nice display of Classic Vehicles promised to be in attendance,for more details Call Bernard Crowley on 087 7924406,or Willie Fitzgerald on 087 2229874.
A launch for the Event took place a while back and there was an interesting video made at the Launch outlining a history of Tubrid Holy and what it’s all about and also giving details of what we can expect in the Car Run itself,a link to the video can be found below
Video Captured by Ita and Willie Fitzgerald and the Photos by Danny Lane.
A Presentation was made by Millstreet Vintage Club last Wednesday Evening at Donagh Hickeys Centra Shop Rathmore with the Proceeds made following the recent Cars@Coffee Event held in Rathmore,the worthy beneficiary was St Francis Special School Beaufort and the Club presented the School with a Sum of €1,020.35.
Millstreet Vintage Club wish to thank everyone who supported such a worthy Cause in St Francis Special School and was delighted to be able to help out such a well deserving Group.
Photos Courtesy of Sean Radley and Danny Lane.
The Official Launch for the Millstreet Vintage Club 2023 Johnny Hickey Memorial Car Run which is this year in Aid of Tubrid Holy Well in Millstreet took place last Saturday Evening at Tubrid Well in Millstreet and a Video was recorded at the Launch to highlight what Tubrid Holy Well is about with a look at some of its History with Presenter Sean Radley who talks to James O`Sullivan who is Caretaker of the Holy Well Grounds and also Sean talks to Bernard Crowley Millstreet Vintage Club PRO who outlines details of the 2023 Johnny Hickey Memorial Car Rub which is happening on Sunday March 26th.
The Link to the Video Presentation can be found here at https://youtu.be/uoz3cjas4TI
The Johnny Hickey Memorial Car Run for this year will be based out of the Bridge Bar Millstreet Eircode (P51 H978) with Sign on from 10.30am and Take Off at 12 Noon,and as usual all Vintage/Classic Cars,Bikes,Vehicles are very Welcome to join the Run,Draw for the Johnny Hickey Memorial Trophy and Spot Prizes to be won on the Day
The General Public are very Welcome to come along for a look on the day with a nice display of Classic Cars promised to be in attendance,for more details Call Bernard Crowley on 087 7924406,or Willie Fitzgerald on 087 2229874.
Video Captured by Ita and Willie Fitzgerald and the Photos by Danny Lane.
The Annual Johnny Hickey Memorial Spring Car Run organised by Millstreet Vintage Club will take place on Sunday March 26th, this year the Event will be in Aid of the Running Costs of Facilities for Tubrid Holy Well in Millstreet which is a very Worthy Cause.
Johnny was a founding Member and former Chairman of Millstreet Vintage Club and was a highly Respected Person both in the Club and beyond so its a pleasure for Millstreet Vintage Club to be holding the 5th Annual Johnny Hickey Memorial Car Run, the Event will be based out of the Bridge Bar Millstreet Eircode (P51 H978) with Sign on from 10.30am and Take Off at 12 Noon,and as usual all Vintage/Classic Cars,Bikes,Vehicles are very Welcome to join the Run,Draw for the Johnny Hickey Memorial Trophy and Spot Prizes to be won on the Day.
For more details Call Bernard Crowley on 087 7924406,or Willie Fitzgerald on 087 2229874.
Millstreet Vintage Club hosts a Charity Tractor Run this Sunday with proceeds in aid of Millstreet Day Care Centre. Registration is at Millstreet Day Care Centre (Eircode P51 RY10) from 10.30am with take off at 12 noon sharp. A scenic route is promised with the run taking in Clara Road, Dereen, passing Croohigs Cross before diverting right to Knocknallane, Knocknaloman, Hollymount and turning right on returning via Caharbarnagh, Gortavehy, right at Croohigs Cross and a left for a return under Clara Mountain to Millstreet.
Refreshments will be served and promised for participants is a planned nice scenic route. Further details, contact Dan O’Riordan on 087-2452569 or Danny Lane at 087-2213848.
Proceeds from the Tractor Run will assist Millstreet Day Care Centre which provides a diverse range of services and facilities for the betterment of the entire Millstreet community and catchment area. Preparatory work to initiate the project began in the early 1990s under a progressive council headed by Chairman, the late Dr. Michael Feeley and Secretary, the late Christy Fitzgerald.
Operated by the voluntary Millstreet District Housing Group in conjunction with the HSE, the successful project was the culmination of a great deal of detailed planning and hard work. The attention to detail was second to none and the building is now finished to the highest standards.
The centre was officially opened by the then President Mary Robinson in 1994 and over the years, it has provided meals, discussions, nursing and health services to social and recreational outlets much to the satisfaction and enjoyment of patrons.
Words by John Tarrant.
Millstreet Vintage Club Charity Tractor Run with Proceeds in Aid of Millstreet Day Care Centre will take place on next Sunday February 26th,
ALL TRACTORS OLD AND NEW ARE VERY WELCOME TO TAKE PART IN THE RUN WHICH IS FOR A GREAT CAUSE IN MILLSTREET DAY CARE CENTRE.
Registration at Millstreet Day Care Centre(Eircode P51 RY10) from 10.30am with Take Off at 12 Noon Sharp. Refreshments will be Served
Nice Scenic Route Planned,
Entry Fee €20 Per Tractor
Your Support would be very Welcome and the General Public are very Welcome to come along on the Day
Details Contact Dan O’Riordan on 087 2452569 or Danny Lane on 087 2213848
