Day: November 22, 2015

Aubane Presents Halloween Cheque to Millstreet Community Hospital

A very impressive cheque for €1,200.00 was presented at the Wallis Arms Hotel tonight to St. Joseph's Community Hospital, Millstreet by Aubane Social Club following the successful annual Halloween Fancy Dress Event some weeks ago. Refreshments for those present tonight was kindly provided by Billy and the Wallis Arms Staff. Click on the images to enlarge. (S.R.)
A very impressive cheque for €1,200.00 was presented at the Wallis Arms Hotel tonight to St. Joseph’s Community Hospital, Millstreet by Aubane Social Club following the successful annual Halloween Fancy Dress Event some weeks ago. Refreshments for those present tonight were kindly provided by Billy and the Wallis Arms Staff.  Appropriate words of thanks were expressed.   Click on the images to enlarge.  (S.R.)

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Bernard O’Donoghue added to the Irish Poetry Reading Archive

This week Cullen native Bernard O’Donoghue was added to the Irish Poetry Reading Archive, which is part of a project to create a central repository for poetry readings by Irish poets and writers, which tries to capture and preserve the rich and diverse landscape of poetry in Ireland. The collection captures the voice of the poet reading a selection of their work, and giving a very brief overview of the context and circumstances that influenced the writing of the poem. Below are nine videos of Bernards poems, and also at the end, a long video in which he talks about the beauty of the work of Seamus Heaney:


Ter Conatus – on a brother and sister that live their lives on a farm together until one of them dies and the other is left alone
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On the TV and Radio this weekend

A number of Millstreet people appeared on national TV and Radio this weekend:
2015-11-20 Eoin McCaul on the TV3 Toy Show 02First up was Eoin McCaul on the TV3 Toy Show, where he gave a superb performance of an Adele song.
Watch Eoin on the TV3 Player (from 37:50 to 40:30)

2015-11-21 Millstreet Toddlers with Brenda O'Donoghue - RTÉ Radio 1
Next up were the Millstreet Toddler group who won the RTÉ and Irish Rail “Journeys on Us” competition on the Countrywide programme. They hosted Brenda O’Donoghue for an afternoon when the recording was done.
Listen to them on the RTÉ Radio Player (from 18:20)

2015-11-21 Joanne O'Riordan on the Ray D'Arcy Show 01Last Night it was the turn of Joanne O’Riordan who was appeared on the Ray D’Arcy Show and spoke to ray about her recent award and how life is progressing
Watch Joanne on the RTÉ Player (from 1:03:00)

2015-11-21 Katie Healy on the Ray D'Arcy Show 02
Also on the Ray D’Arcy Show was Katie Healy, girlfriend of Kilcorney man David Nolan who was shot in the massachre in the Bataclan Theatre in Paris last weekend
Watch Katie on the RTÉ Player (from the start)

2015-11-24 Aine Collins on the Claire Byrne ShowOn Monday evening Áine Collins TD was speaking on the Claire Byrne Live Show on RTÉ One TV, about gender quotas for the upcoming election.
Watch her on the RTÉ Player (from 33:40)

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Magnificent “Swan” Enhances Christmas Lighting 2015

Great credit is due to the wonderfully dedicated Millstreet Christmas Lighting Committee for having introduced this superb "Swan" at the fountain in West End as part of the overall christmas lighting. This weekend sees the church gate collection for this excellent cause. Click on the images to enlarge. (S.R.)
Great credit is due to the wonderfully dedicated Millstreet Christmas Lighting Committee for having introduced this superb “Swan” at the fountain in West End as part of the overall Christmas lighting. This weekend sees the church gate collection for this excellent cause. Click on the images to enlarge.   (S.R.)

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