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A treat for all Daniel O’Donnell fans: in New Years eve at the end of 1994, Daniel O’Donnell played a concert from Millstreet which was RTÉ’s New Years Eve programme at the time and shown live on TV. RTÉ is fifty years old this year, and are showing some programmes from the past, and included in these is the concert from Millstreet.

Daniel is accompanied by the RTÉ concert orchestra, conductor Noel Kelehan, and the Daniel O’Donnell band.  He is joined on stage by Mary Duff, Mary from Dungloe as well as others.

See the concert on RTÉ Player.

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Back 1998 the Euro Lamberetta Jamboree was held in the Green Glens, Millstreet from the 19th to the 21st of June, when hundreds of Lambretta owners from all over Europe descended on Millstreet for three days.

Cesare Battaglini was an Italian who was the most famous of all long distance Lambretta riders, riding all over the world on his bikes, and he was in Millstreet for the festival. His recent death reminded us of this event: “Most times he continued riding to each event, either on a model D or a series 2. His first Irish Euro to Millstreet, for instance, involved a 2,700 mile round trip.” - from Jetset Magazine

Here are a few photos from the Jamboree: continue reading…

We had been waiting for news of upcoming boxing at the Green Glens arena, and this morning’s Examiner confirms the news:

“BIG-TIME boxing returns to the Green Glens Arena in Millstreet on December 10 when Rylane Boxing Club combine with the Garda Boxing Club to stage a show that will be built around the annual visit of the NYPD to box a Garda selection.

It was at the Green Glens that Steve Collins stripped Chris Eubank of his WBO world super middleweight title and, after confirming his superiority over the former continue reading…

Clive Corry with members of his dedicated Staff at the highly successful SelfBuild Show in Green Glens on Saturday, 12th Nov. 2011. The Show continues today (Sunday) when similar very large crowds of visitors are expected to attend this wonderful annual event.

We share a selection of images from the hugely popular Show where we meet the organisers, the visitors, the exhibitors and the staff inside and outside the continue reading…

Darragh Ryan on Lonesome Dove

Last weekend Europe’s biggest pony show, was held at the Green Glens again. It was the 25th hosting confirmed the ongoing interest in equestrian sport as a recreation amongst children and teenagers evident by more than 3,200 entries accepted for the three-day hosting that commenced on Friday and continuing through Saturday and a 15hour programme on Sunday concluded a memorable staging.

At the show, Darragh Ryan riding the piebald Lonesome Dove set a new National Puissance Record for the 148 ponies of 1.85m. continue reading…

The 25th Owners Pony and Young Riders Charity Show is on at the Green Glens this weekend (Friday 28th – Sunday 30th).

They raise loads of money each year for charity, and it has a great family atmosphere, so give it a visit and see what is going on.

More info at these links:
Owners Pony & Young Riders Charity Show
Millstreet Horse Show website
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The National Dairy Show 2011 is being held in the Green Glens today. The event will, as always, be a great family day with a large trade exhibition and the best of Irelands dairy cows in attendance.  This year’s show will be officially opened by The Minister for Agriculture, Simon Coveney. The National Dairy Show has developed over the years and can now proudly acclaim itself as one of the best in Europe.

Other new attractions this year will include Macra skills as Cork Macra clubs battle each other in competitions that are unique in their originality. Glenilen Farm will be present on the day. They will be giving talks on Artisan production and many people interested in this area will value the experience of the successful West Cork family enterprise.

The Coachroom at the venue will host the Pfizer Animal Health ‘Farm Forum’ to discuss the topic “Opportunities & obstacles post 2015”. Alan Jagoe, National President of Macra will chair the forum which continue reading…

• The Millstreet Matters Column has all the news including:

• Millstreet Country Park launches it’s new Ecology Module Programs for Junior and Leaving Certificate Classes,
• information on the upcoming Dairy Show (15th Oct),
• all the Millstreet GAA news, and
• all the other bits of information.

Just a section of the very large attendance at Millstreet Horse Show on Sunday, 14th August 2011.

Here we share the first part of our feature on this year’s very successful Millstreet Horse Show.   Green Glens looked magnificent as we witnessed Bill Cullen presenting the winners with continue reading…

Bill Cullen (The Apprentice TV Series) and Seán Radley pictured at the Millstreet Horse Show on Sunday 14th August 2011

(pic – Geraldine Dennehy)

These are just a few of the hundreds of superb photos taken by Geraldine Dennehy at the horse show from today and yesterday (and probably for the rest of the week) have been posted on the Facebook page for Millstreet Horse Show. If you are logged onto Facebook, you can view the photos at:

• Day 1 (Tuesday 9th August)  
• Day 2 (Wednesday 10th August)
• The first ever National Eventing Discovery
• Day 3 (Thursday)

From today’s Examiner:  Francis Connors has been competing at Millstreet Horse Show for “about 35 years”, and is determined to add to his good memories of the Cork event this week. The Waterford rider is a 10-time national champion and accepted as one of the best exponents of the sport.

That, though, does not guarantee success and, while he mostly remembers the good times, he admits his aspirations have not always been fulfilled at Millstreet, which begins its five-day stint today… [Read the full article]

Green Glens is looking quite magnificent as it prepares for this year's Show which begins on Wednesday, 10th August 2011

Lots of activity presently at Green Glens as all is made ready for what promises to be a truly superb Show.    Here we share a selection of continue reading…