Community website for Millstreet, Co. Cork, Ireland
Blessed with very good weather Confirmation Day 2011 was a very memorable and special experience for the 70 young Candidates for Confirmation, their Parents, Relatives and Friends. The music and singing as well as the [read more …] “Sacrament of Confirmation Administered in Millstreet on Tuesday”
Co-ordinated by Breda O’Leary, Librarian, Millstreet Library the annual St. Bridget’s Cross Workshop was an outstanding success with expert instructors Breeda Kelleher, Teresa Kelleher and Kitty Cronin kindly sharing their skills in the making of the traditional Crosses. Here we view a selection of images illustrating the [read more …] “St. Bridget’s Cross Workshop at Millstreet Library”
Photos from Cullen Primary School play that was on Sunday night (Dec 19th). Photo’s by Sean Moynihan. [Click the photos for full size]
Presentation N.S., Millstreet and Scoil Mhuire, Millstreet B.N.S. are closed until Monday, 10th January 2011. A very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year is extended to All.
The Scoil Mhuire, Millstreet B.N.S. presentation of a very special Musical Nativity Presentation on Tuesday, 21st December 2010 at 7.30 p.m. in Millstreet G.A.A. Community Hall has been cancelled due to the wintery weather conditions. The Staff are very conscious of the fact that the Boys are very disappointed with the cancellation and are appreciative of their hard work and effort. A very Happy Christmas is extended to All.
Due to the present wintery weather conditions and because Cloghoula N.S. is closed, the Mass and Nativity Play scheduled to take place there today, has been cancelled. Over the years this wonderful occasion has been one of the major highlights of the year.
We have just been informed that Presentation N.S., Millstreet and Scoil Mhuire, Millstreet Boys’ National School will remain closed on tomorrow, Monday, 20th December 2010 due to weather conditions. When further updates emerge we shall post them here on our website.
Presentation N.S., Millstreet will present “The Greatest Treasure of All” – A Nativity Play – in St. Patrick’s Church, Millstreet on Monday, 13th December at 7.30 p.m. . All are very welcome to this much anticipated production.
Scoil Mhuire, Millstreet B.N.S. will present a very special Musical Nativity Presentation on Tuesday, 21st December 2010 at 7.30 p.m. in Millstreet G.A.A. Community Hall.
Photo of a Junior Infants Class in the original Presentation Convent N.S. from 1977 (approx) The new (current) building dates from 1978.
Back Row: Teacher – Mary McSweeney ? (originally of Minor Row), Denis Cronin, Mark Doherty, John O’Riordan, Edward O’Sullivan, Kieran Kelleher, Adrian Kelleher, Conor Corcoran, Stephen Duggan, Martin O’Shea.
Middle Row: Dan Barry, Thomas Barrett, Kevin Smith, Mick Murphy, Paddy Cotter, Noelle Crowley, Lisa Murphy, Carmel Dineen, Rose Regan, Noel Creedon, Donal Moynihan, Dermot Daly, Brian Murphy.
Front Row: Veronica O’Mahony, Liz Cotter, Eileen McCarthy, Karen Kelleher, Tina Murphy, Nuala O’ Leary, Michelle O’Leary.
Special thanks to Lisa Murphy (who now lives in New York) who gave us the the photo. She also asked to “Please ask all my Millstreet friends to keep my 3yr old son Adam in their prayers as he is due to have his 3rd open heart surgery very soon”. [read more …] “Holy Bear!”
Daniel & Robbie O Sullivan, Ballydaly, pictured with the Sam Maguire Cup when it visited the schools in Millstreet last week. Pic:Geraldine Dennehy
Their dad John is one of Corks greatest supports and he was the winner of 2 tickets for the All Ireland in a draw run by The Corkman newspaper.
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Children from Cullen and Carriganima National Schools attended the Kerry Life Education Mobile Unit within which a wonderfully educational presentation superbly co-ordinated by Séamus Whitty took place in the Car Park of Cullen [read more …] “Kerry Life Education Mobile Unit in Cullen”
RATHDUANE National School in Ballydaly will close its doors at the end of this month after 141 years. The pupil numbers had dropped to eight last year and the remaining families confirmed by letter on August 30 that they had enrolled their pupils elsewhere.
Yesterday saw the end of an era as Seán Radley officially retired from his teaching position in the Presentation National School. As a teacher he has been renowned for the quality of his work, emphasised by the fact that he was asked to give lectures in universities in Cork and Dublin. Most in Millstreet know Seán through the schools, or through his tremendous work in the community with Millstreet Museum, LTV2, and more recently here on millstreet.ie, and his efforts in the community are appreciated by all. We wish him well with this transition, and we are sure that he’ll be as ever-present in the community as before.
As promised on 15th July 2010 we now feature that very special c.1954 school photograph kindly provided by Joe Hickey (Killarney & Millstreet) and identified by Joe, Jerry Lehane and Tommy Burke – all of whom appear in the picture. The location is Millstreet Boys’ National School on Clara Road and the teacher is Mr. William (Bill) O’Keeffe. It’s likely that there are two classes included – possibly, 3rd and 4th Class. We are hoping that someone may identify the one person we have been unable to identify. (Seán Radley for www.millstreet.ie )
Note: a larger photo has been uploaded for a better view of the picture. Click on the photo below to see it:
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Pictured at the presentation of the 2010 AIB Better Ireland Award Cheques in the Millstreet, Co. Cork Branch of AIB on Thursday, 15th April. From left: Seán Brennan, Branch Manager AIB Millstreet, Sr. Mercedes Behan (representing St. Vincent de Paul, Millstreet – St. Patrick’s Conference – €2,000.00 cheque), Joan O’Mahony. Principal (representing Presentation N.S., Millstreet – €3,000.00 cheque), Diarmuid McCarthy, Principal (representing Holy Family N.S., Rathmore, Co. Kerry – €5,000.00 cheque) and Mary Murphy, AIB Better Ireland Programme Coordinator, Millstreet AIB Branch, Co. Cork. (Picture: Seán Radley)
See the AIB Better Ireland Press Release below: [read more …] “2010 AIB Better Ireland Awards”
Annabelle O’Sullivan presenting the “Mrs. O’Sullivan” Cup to the victorious Knocknagree N.S. Quiz Team – Andrew Sheehan, Darren Brosnan (Captain), Eoghan McSweeney and Paul O’Connor – at the recent Cloghoula N.S. (Millstreet) Sports and Pattern Day. Also included is Mary Murphy, Principal, Cloghoula National School. Pic.: Seán Radley
Seán Radley was recently presented with an award by UCC Department of Education after giving an influential Lecture to the Postgraduate Diploma in Special Educational Needs teachers group.. He said himself:
It was quite an honour to have been asked to give the “Focal Scoir” lecture to the Munster Post Graduates who have just come to the end of their UCC Course in the area of Learning Support and Special Education Needs. They were such a supportive and uplifting audience. The picture was taken by Michael English in the exquisite gardens of Mardyke House, UCC.
There is an article on this weeks Corkman with the full details of this story
As part of the AIB Better Ireland Programme, your local AIB branch has €10,000 to give to deserving children’s projects in your area. The three local childrens projects are:
A. the Presentation National School,
B. the Holy Family National School, and
C. St.Patricks Conference, SVP Millstreet.
The project that attracts the most votes will be awarded €5,000. Second place will receive €3,000 and third place €2,000. You can vote by texting MILLSTREET A, MILLSTREET B, or MILLSTREET C to 51303 which costs 8c and you can do iot as many times as you like, or you can do it for free on betterireland.ie/vote.html (screenshot above) but you can only do it once every 12 hours! Voting closes on March 15th, so get your votes in and support your community.
RATHDUANE NATIONAL SCHOOL: The future of Rathduane National School is under the spotlight as parents and friends go all out to save their local rural based primary school base.
Concerned associates from the greater Ballydaly catchment area are hoping to offset dwindling numbers.
Rathduane National School is an excellent example of a primary school establishment that flourished and adapted to the changing fortunes of time. It has been and, hopefully to parents and friends, will remain a focal point for learning in their small community.
This is a sniplet from the Millstreet Matters column on the Corkman website, which also contains all the other news from the Millstreet area.
The Minister for Education and Science, Batt O’Keeffe TD, has told all primary and post-primary schools to close on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week due to the bad weather.
Minister O’Keeffe took the decision in the interest of the welfare of school children.
The Minister took the decision following a meeting today [Friday] of the Government’s emergency planning group and in the context of the poor weather outlook for the coming days.
Minister O’Keeffe said: ‘I took the decision to close all schools based on my concern for the health and safety of school children in these very challenging weather conditions.
‘I considered, in particular, the forecast for snowfall on Sunday and Monday which will cause further disruption.
It was announced last night that due to the treacherous nature of the roads, footpaths and concreted areas, all schools in Millstreet will remain closed until next Monday (11th January). This includes Presentation Convent, Boys National School, Millstreet Community School, Ballydaly National School and Cloghoula National School. There is no information on the other schools. With the freezing weather set to continue into next week, this will have to be reviewed in due course for the first few days of next week.
The schools have now been off for three weeks over the Christmas period, as they were closed for two days before Christmas for the same reasons. I wonder are the kids happy to be off still, or would they prefer to be back with their friends?
The Department of Education and Science have published an inspection report on Cloghoula National School. We have added the conclusion below, but the whole report is available to read on the Department’s website. Also available are older reports for all the other schools in the Millstreet area, which are also listed below:
Conclusion:
The school has strengths in the following areas:
[read more …] “Cloghoula National School – Whole School Evaluation”
