Splendid Carriganima Parade Blessed with Glorious Sunshine Today

Carriganima's Third Annual St.Patrick's Day Parade today was blessed with glorious sunshine as it has been on the two previous occasions.  MC supreme, Seán Murphy gave a brilliant running commentary on the wonderfully colourful parade.   Dan Joe Kelleher and his son Declan recorded for LTV1.   We've compiled a selection of over 180 images of the superb event.  (S.R.)
Carriganima’s Third Annual St.Patrick’s Day Parade today was blessed with glorious sunshine as it has been on the two previous occasions. The Parade was led by Millstreet Pipe Band while MC supreme, Seán Murphy, gave a brilliant running commentary on the wonderfully colourful parade. Dan Joe Kelleher and his son Declan recorded for LTV1. We’ve compiled a selection of over 180 images of the superb event. (S.R.)

113Carriganima Parade 2013 -800The annual event was very well coordinated with excellent sound, magnificent live music outdoors by Danny Creedon and indoors at The Pub by Jerry McCarthy and “Autumn Gold” .  Even “Katie Taylor” was present as was a Star from last evening’s RTÉ News!   We hope you will enjoy our selection of over 180 pictures of a truly [read more …] “Splendid Carriganima Parade Blessed with Glorious Sunshine Today”

Results & Fixtures – 18th March 2013

GAA: National Hurling League: Cork 1-16 Clare 1-22, 7pm Sat March 16th in Páirc Uí Rinn. Mark Ellis was #18 (unused) [teamsheets and preview] [match report]

Feile Peile B Group 2: Millstreet 2-3, Cill na Marthra 1-7 ; Macroom 0-5, Millstreet 3-2. (16th March)

U18 Premier FL 2(1): Bandon v Millstreet (OFF), 3pm 16th March

U16 A FL: Millstreet v Mitchelstown (CONCEDED by Mitchelstown), 1pm 18th Mar

KCU JA HL: Castlemagner v Millstreet @ Millstreet, 2pm Monday 18th March (CANCELLED)

Athletics: Tralee Half Marathon (16th March): James Coakley finished in a time of 2:04:31. Brian O’ Connor finished at in a time of 1:52:01 [results]

St.Patricks 5k (Phoenix Park, Dublin): Denis McCaul 22:23 [result]

Mallow 10K (Monday March 18th): 1:09:05 Johnpaul Buckley, 1:15:52 Con Twomey, 1:17:16 Josephine Creedon, 1:21:12 Frances Ring, 1:25:26 Sheila Tarrant, 1:26:51 Janice Sheehan [results]

Rallying: West Cork Rally 16th & 17th March. John O’Sullivan (#100) finished in 53rd place. Liam Moynihan co-drove for Colin Moynihan (#124) but they went out after stage 4. [westcorkrally.com] [final results]

Soccer: no games scheduled for the St.Patricks Day weekend for the Millstreet teams

AUL 1A: Millstreet Celtic v Grangevale, Sat 23rd March 2.30pm(CANCELLED – weather)
AUL 1A: Rathcoole Rovers 1 Glenthorn Celtic 3, Sat 23rd March 2.30pm
AUL 3B: Los Zarcos v Kanturk, Sat 23rd March 2.30pm (CANCELLED – weather)

Boxing: The big news this week is that Ireland’s Olympic team will be fighting in the Green Glens Arena, Millstreet on Friday May 3rd [read more details]

Greyhounds: Ballydaly Danube finished second in race 1 – the www.igb.ie A5 525 Final (Grade : A5) Flat 525 in Shelbourne Park  on Thursday evening March 14th in a time of 29.36 [result]

Crossfield King won race 2 – The Bet On The Tote 330 (Grade : S4/5) Flat 330 in Curraheen Park on Friday March 15th, by 2.5 lengths, and in a time of 18.08 [result]

Crossfield Lois finished third in race 5 – The Fundraising @ Curraheen Park 525 (Grade : A7) Flat 525 on Friday evening March 15th in Curraheen Park, in a time of 30:01, ahead of Pat Kelly’s Coomlogane Frank [result]

Coomlogane Missy won race 6 – The Sales At Curraheen Park (Grade : A8/9) Flat 525 on Friday evening March 15th in Curraheen Park, in a time of 29.56 [result]

Millridge Silver finished second in race 7 – the Tralee C.B.S Buster Sweepstake Semi-Final (Grade : A2) Flat 500 at the Kingdom Greyhound Stadium on Sat March 16th, in a time of 27.79 [result]

Millridge Lass finished second in race 9 – The Kate Browne’s Grandstand Restaurant 525 (Grade : A5) Flat 525 at the Kingdom Greyhound Stadium on Sat March 16th, in a time of 29.64 [result]

Death Notice: Peg Healy, Murphy’s Terrace

2011-05-05 Peg Healy on her 80th BirthdayThe death has occurred on Sunday, March 17, 2013 of Peg Healy, (née Lynch) of Murphy’s Terrace, Millstreet. Reposing at Tarrant’s Funeral Home Millstreet, Monday from 6.00pm with removal at 8.00pm to Cullen church. Requiem mass on Tuesday at 12 noon and burial afterwards in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Millstreet.

Shearing for St.Patrick

2013-03-17 Paddy O'Keeffe on the St.John'sGAA float at the Ballingeary St.Patricks Day Parade - appeared in the Six-One newsPaddy O’Keeffe was spotted on the RTÉ Six-One news shearing the Sheep Car on the St.John’s GAA float at the Ballingeary St.Patricks Day Parade. St.John’s were promoting the upcoming All Ireland Sheep Shearing and Woolhandling Championships which they are organising and which will be held in the Green Glens on May 25th and 26th.

Paddy’s appearance on the news can be seen on the RTÉ Player (from 12:45)