Community website for Millstreet, Co. Cork, Ireland
Millstreet Pipe Band will be enrolling new members on Friday, 21st September at 8pm in the Creche near Millstreet Town Park.
All are very welcome.
Millstreet Pipe Band will be holding its Annual Church Gate Collection on 22nd/23rd September 2012.
We thank dedicated Band Member, Marie Twomey, for this information. (S.R.)
The Corkman Newspaper is out every Thursday in all the local newsagents, and contains much more than just the online version.
Cullen Pipe Band All Ireland Pipe Band Champions – Grade 2 for 2012
on Saturday 7th July in Ballina, Co Mayo
In 1998 the Band won the All-Ireland Pipe Band Championships in Grade 4 and in 2007 won the
World Pipe Band championshipsin Grade 4 and in 2007 won the World Pipe Band championships in Grade 3B.
As well as fulfilling many engagements locally, the band competes in Grade 2 and the development band competes in Grade 5.
Finally we get a chance to catch up on the many images we’ve captured over the past few weeks. Here we share the second part of our coverage of St. Patrick’s Day in Millstreet where we focus on [read more …] “St. Patrick’s Day in Millstreet – Part 2 (Catching Up!)”
Cullen Pipe Band had a very full schedule participating in a total of seven St.Patrick’s Day parades this year. First up was a recital in Cullen after mass on the 11th where the juvennile members gave their first public performance with the band. Afterwards the band held a very successful flower and cake sale in the community centre. In the afternoon the band paraded in Rathmore for their annual St.Patrick’s day parade.
On St.Patrick’s Day itself the band started out in Tralee, followed by [read more …] “Cullen Pipe Band at the Millstreet St.Patricks Day Parade”
The Millstreet Pipe Band at the Killarney St.Patricks Day Parade. photo from Konrad Paprocki Photography. [read more …] “Millstreet Pipe Band in Killarney St.Patricks Day Parade”
[read more …] “A Musical Welcome to the New Year”
The Millstreet Pipe Band were playing at the Kerry County Final last Sunday. Here are some photos, and instructions on how to see the match on the TG4 website: [read more …] “Millstreet Pipe Band at the Kerry County Football Final”
Millstreet Pipe Band will be holding their Church Gate Collection this forthcoming weekend, 24th and 25th September 2011. Established over 60 years this is one voluntary group which deserves the most generous of supports when one considers how privileged we are in Millstreet to have such a musical treasure which always adds so much and gives such a sense of occasion to a huge variety of events on such a very regular and consistent basis. And we have also just become aware that the ladies in the Pipe Band will be taking part in the Cork Mini Marathon where they will be fundraising for different charities including COPE, The Irish Heart Foundation, Motor Neuron & The Lifeboat Association. Your generous support to this weekend’s collection would be greatly appreciated.
The first ever Piping and Drumming Summer School will take place in Cullen from July 25th to 28th inclusive. The School is being supported by the Arts Council and Cork Arts Department. Instructors from the National Piping Centre of Scotland will be providing tuition for beginner, intermediate and advanced players during the course. For more information please see the band website cullenpipeband.com or call 086 875 3084.
[click the poster on the right to see it in full size]
Some members of Cullen Pipe Band celebrating Live Music day in association with the Arts Council. April 8th.
From the Arts Council Website: love:live music is a celebration of all forms of music in Ireland through free nationwide music events and aims to promote access to live music for all regardless of location or circumstance and to encourage active participation in music events.
It certainly was a wonderful night to remember at the Dromhall Hotel in Killarney on Saturday, 26th March 2011 when Millstreet Pipe Band celebrated its 60th Anniversary in a truly grand style. The occasion was superbly co-ordinated by various members of the renowned Band. Marie Twomey had prepared a magnificent audio-visual presentation on the history of the famous Band. Here we invite you to view a selection of images we took on the splendid occasion when [read more …] “Millstreet Pipe Band’s Night to Remember at 60th Celebrations in Killarney”
Millstreet Pipe Band will be having a 60th Anniversary Celebration at the Dromhall Hotel, Killarney, Co. Kerry on March 26th 2011, with music on the night by the Kelt.
This is an opportunity for the Millstreet Community & for past members to join in with the celebrations of the band.
This Patrick’s Day marks 60 years playing in the Millstreet St.Patricks Day Parade, and that 60 years is a huge achievement because it is 60 years of unbroken service, the kind of which is rarely seen these days.
There are two members of the first Se.Patricks Day Parade still playing in the band for the 60th Parade this year. Is this a record, for 60 years of unbroken service?
(click on the poster on the left for the details in full)
The Kennelly Archive represents a lifetime of work by Padraig Kennelly and his wife Joan, bore out of a passion for photography, that has culminated in an in-depth pictorial record of Co. Kerry. They have now digitized the negatives of the photography which appear on their website kennedyarchives.com.
Fortunately, he visited Millstreet a few times in the late 50s and 60s, attend a dance in the Star Ballroom, The Pipe Band Festival of 1958 and a few more visits. In total there are 143 photos in the collection which were taken in Millstreet, and amongst them some wonderful photos of people from the time. Many are still with us, some are no longer
All the photos are available for purchase on KennellyArchives.com and we would recommend that you would purchase those ones that are relevant to you as these kinds of photos only turn up once in a blue moon. However, all photos are available for previewing and details on how to view all the photos are given below: [read more …] “Kennelly Archives”
[read more …] “Millstreet Pipe Band at the Kerry Football Final”
Juvenile Pipe Band being formed in Cullen. Classes commencing Autumn 2010 in new practice facility. Information evening in Cullen Community Centre Tuesday, September 28th 7.00pm. For more information phone 087-2347651 or go to cullenpipeband.com
Click the photos above to see the brochure.
[read more …] “Pipe Band at Béal na mBláth”
Cullen Pipe Band took first place at the British Championships in Grade 3A held in Annan Scotland on June 26th.
Cullen Pipe Band took part in the Scottish Championships, held in Dumbarton on May 22nd. The band placed 2nd overall in their grade and placed 1st in Piping. [read more …] “Cullen Pipe Band at the Scottish Championships”
Programme 161 showing highlights of the St Patricks Day Parade in Millstreet.
from the LTV2 Facebook page
Scenes from the Millstreet St.Patrick’s Day Parade 2010, taken by Air Take Photography (based in Meelin) with their revolutionary way to take top quality, low altitude aerial photography for a fraction of the cost of traditional aerial photography. You can visit their new website, and see all the photos from our St.Patricks Day Parade.
[read more …] “St.Patrick’s Day Parade by Air Take Photography”
Just a short note that the Cullen Pipe Band Annual Celebration Night and Fundraiser will take place in Flemings Bar, Cullen on Saturday December 19th at 9pm. All are welcome. Beidh ceol agus craic ann!
