St.John’s GAA are holding their annual Texas Holdem Tournament in the Wallis Arms Hotel tomorrow Sunday March 10th at 3:30pm. All are welcome.
Last years 1st Prize was €1200 total prize pool was €3000 hopefully will be bigger this year.
Community website for Millstreet, Co. Cork, Ireland
We lost 2-0 at home to Richmond this afternoon. We were very sloppy for the first 20 mins and gave up two good chances which forced good saves from Piotr Oziast. After that we found our feet and started creating chances. Michael Murphy set Tadhg Collins clear and his first time shot went just wide. Minutes later Brian Murphy sent a ball acorrs the box to Collins but his shot was straight at the keeper. Despite this pressure it was Richmond who took the lead on 30 mins. We responded by creating another couple of good chances before half time but couldn’t convert. The second half saw us spend the majority of the time attacking and Richmond looking to break. Collins had shot blocked early in the half before Brian Murphy and Donagh Murphy had shots off target. Collins was through on goal with 20 to go but his lobbed effort went just wide. With 10 mins to go we were awarded a penalty when Collins was bundled over in the box but Tim Kiely saw his shot saved. Richmond got a second on the break with a couple of mins to go so seal the points. Best for us on the day were Oisin Murphy and Donagh Murphy. – by Tim Kiely
World Wide Welcome
Multicultural evening
Monday 11th March 2013 @ 7pm
Millstreet Community School library/canteen
Admission: Free
EVERYONE IS WELCOME
A fun filled multicultural evening to celebrate nationalities and cultures in the Millstreet area, through song, dance, stories and traditional dishes.
This event will be filmed by a production company for use in a future edition of the RTE 1 Nationwide programme
For more details contact Millstreet Community School on 029 70087
Millstreet Juvenile GAA registration for all age groups Monday 11th of March from 7-8pm. Anyone who missed last Mondays registration for the 6 and 7 year olds can register them Monday night.
Millstreet Juvenile GAA Club will hold a victory/medal presentation on Sunday 24th March in The Wallis Arms Hotel at 7pm. Finger food will be served. Tickets cost €5.
– from the PRO of Millstreet Juvenile GAA Club: <email>
Those were the days … members of the Teaching Sisters who taught at Drishane Secondary School, with past pupil, Betty Dillon(nee O’Riordon), Millstreet,left, Sr Rosemary Barter, Cork Provincial, Infant Jesus Sisters, Sr Peter Fahy, Denny Lane,… photo credit: Valerie O’Sullivan.
This photo appeared in the Corkman on March 26th 2009, and was part of an article on the upcoming hundred year celebrations in Drishane.
Millstreet Development Group and Millstreet Community Council would like to announce that the Cork 20 Rally will be headquartered in Millstreet for the next two years.
Due to the initiative of some members of Millstreet Development Group and with the cooperation of Millstreet Community Council this announcement is possible. When the management of the Munster Car Club were approached about headquartering the Rally in Millstreet they gave it their full attention and eventually gave the nod to Millstreet against keen competition. In the negotiations Millstreet had one “ace” that would be hard to beat, namely the outstanding facilities at the Green Glens Arena and the enthusiasm of the Duggan family to see the rally come to Millstreet.
Millstreet is certainly no stranger to rallying. One has only to cast their minds back to the 70’s and 80’s when Billy Coleman and Gerard Buckley dominated rallying nationally and internationally. In that time Coleman won six Cork 20’s and Buckley won five.
Also Millstreet lies smack in the middle of the best rallying countryside in Ireland and in previous years it hosted stages of the Cork 20, Rally of the Lakes and Circuit of Ireland which Coleman won three times.
The rally will take place in 2013 on Oct 5th and 6th. Over the two days competitors will travel about 280km on up to 14 stages. We expect about 120 competing teams of which 12 to 15 will be W.R.C professional cars. Apart from the 5/600 members of backup teams and [read more …] “Rallying Comes Home”
The death has occurred on March 07, 2013 of Sr Attracta GILMORE of Drishane Convent, Upton, Dunmore, Galway and Killarney Road, Millstreet.
Removal at 6.45pm today, Friday, from Tarrants Funeral Home, Millstreet to St. Patrick’s Church, Millstreet. Funeral Mass tomorrow, Saturday, at 12 noon. Funeral afterwards to Drishane Cemetery.
Millstreet Macra won their first National title since reforming 4 years ago. Our Question Time team of David O’ sullivan, Kieran Murphy, Dan Creedon and Mick Walsh (L-R on photo without trophies) beat off stiff competition in Castlebar at the end of February to take an outright victory and National Macra title back to Millstreet.
On Friday night last (1st March). the Millstreet Macra set dancers comprised of Niamh O’ Mahony,Tracey Lehane, Maura Sheahan, Cathriona Cullinane, Laura Lynch, Ciara Hickey, Deirdre O’Mahony and Eileen O’ Sullivan won the regional round of the National Talent Contest in Ballyanly. Kieran Murphy also won Mastermind in the National Talent Contest. Both groups will be representing the region at the upcoming county final which will be taking place in Imokilly on Easter Saturday.
On Saturday last night our debating team consisting of Rebecca Enright, Anneka Dunne, Katie Guerin and James Kelleher (L-R in photo) beat an enthusiastic Kerry Macra team to progress to next round of the national senior debating competition. Rebecca also was awarded the ‘Best Debater’ accolade on the night of the four teams competing. They will compete again on the 23rd of March, opposition and venue TBC.
To top off the night, Rebecca also took part in the Muskerry Macra ‘Titles’ night and came away with the prize of Miss Blue Jeans Muskerry 2013 and [read more …] “Millstreet Macra News”
As well as our Sunday services we also hold a Bible study on a mid-week evening. We are trying to make this meeting more accessible to the wider community. So on, the evenings of Thursday 14th and 21st March, we are having meetings in a classroom at Millstreet Community School which has been kindly granted to us.
In light of this Lenten season we will be considering two key decision times in the life of our Lord. On the 14th March we will be thinking about the temptations of Christ and on the 21st March we will be considering the moment of decision at Caesarea, Philippi after which Jesus “..set his face resolutely for Jerusalem” (Luke 9:51). These key Bible passages will be considered in an imaginative and informed way making use of recent archaeological discoveries in Israel.
The group will be inter-active as always with opportunities for questions and discussion together. These meetings are open to anyone and everyone and there will be no charge.
For further information please call Laurence on 064 6631613 or 087 2749044. We look forward to seeing you there.
more photos of John by Eoin Fegan
The official unveiling of this years Cork 20 rally will take place this Wednesday night 6th March at 7.30pm in the Square, Millstreet, outside the “Wallis Arms” Hotel.
Special guest Billy Coleman will be in attendance.
A collection of rally cars, including some of Billy’s iconic rally cars will be on display.
We look forward to seeing you all there – from the Munster Car Club
UPCOMING FIXTURES
U-21 FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
MILLSTREET -v- BLACKWATER GAELS
in KNOCKNAGREE
FRIDAY NIGHT 8th March at 8.00p.m.
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DUCON CUP
MILLSTREET -v- LYRE
in BANTEER
SUNDAY (10th March) at 2.00p.m.
We’ll invite each of the applicants to say a few words about why they have applied and what they would use the money for (if their name came out of the hat!!). We’ll have a short chat about MonsterMAC and then we’ll have the draw (it will be less than an hour).
by
Eily Buckley
Dia is mhuire diobh go leir a cairde and welcome to News report 1157 from Millstreet.
Fondest greetings dear listeners and I wish you all the very best on this very pleasant, sunny, Tuesday morning.
The Annual March fair was held in the Town on Sunday. It was cold but dry as it always is for March Fair. The town was lined with colourful stalls, and there was a wide range of livestock on
display in the outskirts. Prices were down with some reaching new lows where a pony was sold for €5 while laying hens were selling at €15 each. One rooster reached new heights when he flew up on the high roof of Barrett’s house and was quickly captured on camera by Sean Radley and in no time at all, made it to the web. Take a look.
We are delighted to say that the mighty Cork 20 Rally will be based at the Green Glens Arena this year. On October 4/5/6th.
And on to-morrow Wednesday evening, March 6th, it will be launched in our Town Square. Between 7 to 8 pm and all are welcome. Please come out in large numbers to greet this great event.
Below are the list of outings planned by Millstreet Golf Society for 2013. If you are interested in joining the society please contact Denis Hickey at 087-9527880.
Date: | Time: | Cost: | Course: |
Saturday 30/03/13 | 12:50 – 14:00 | € 50 | Tralee (Captains Prize) |
12/05/13 | 10:40 – 11:50 | € 35 | Castlemartyr |
06/07/13 | 11:30 – 13:00 | € 25 | Kanturk(Part of gathering festival) |
12/10/13 | 10:00 – 10:50 | € 35 | Dooks |
GAA: Post Primary JBF: Millstreet CS 1-2 Col. Treasa (Kanturk) 4-8, in Millstreet, 12.30 Friday 1st March
U14 A/B FL: Millstreet v Kildorrery, 2nd Mar (CONCEDED by Millstreet)
DUCON Cup: Cullen 0-11 Millstreet 0-10, 2pm Sun Mar 3rd [report]
Minor : Kilmeen 1-11 Millstreet 106, 1pm 2nd March
Athletics: Well done to the Millstreet Runners who completed the Ballycotton 10 (March 3rd) [full results]:
0:56:19 #3149 John O’Connell [photos]
1:11:42 #1612 John Paul BUCKLEY
1:16:36 #118 Josephine CREEDON
1:16:43 #1331 Brian O’CONNOR [photo]
1:18:31 #132 ConTWOMEY
1:24:14 #2848 FrancesRING [photo]
1:26:05 #120 ShielaTARRANT
1:28:41 #2772 Janice SHEEHAN
1:33:50 #2032 Maeve O’Sullivan
1:34:05 #2045 Mairead O’Connell
1:39:32 #1563 Peter O’SULLIVAN
Greyhounds: Millridge Silver finished third in race 9 – The Greyhound Ownership 525 (Grade : A2) Flat 525 in Tralee on Saturday night March 2nd in a time of 29.97 [results]
Soccer: AUL 1A: Millstreet Celtic 0 Richmond 2, Sat 9th March 2.30pm
AUL 1A: Buttevant Rathcoole Rovers, Sun 10th March 10.45am
AUL 3B: Bweeng 7 Los Zarcos 1, Sat 9th March 2.30pm
Latest Last Man Standing Positions (Currently on week 2)
GAA Scór Sinsear: County Final – The Millstreet Question Time team had an easy victory in the County Final in Ovens on Saturday night (March 2nd) to record their 16th title in a row. St. John’s were seen to be very unlucky, coming second in the Novelty Act, and without success in the Recitation and Ballad Group. However, St.John’s got some consolation when they were awarded the best club in the county. [full results]
Rallying: Danny Creedon finished in 17th position in the Moonraker Forestry Rally (held in East Cork) driving a Subaru Impreza [results]
In the Canberra Rally, Australia (NSW section) Paul Drake finished in 13th position [results] [photos]
MILLSTREET OPTICIANS ( Vincent O’Doherty FAOI Optometrist )
now open at the E-Centre, The Square, Millstreet
Second Thursday monthly: 10.am – 5.30 pm
commencing Thursday 14th March
Tel 064-6632289 or 087 -2327830 for enquiries/appointments
Medical Cards Accepted
Notice from Bus Eireann: “The Route 40 Bus Service will no longer serve Millstreet/Rathmore. Customers who wish to travel to/from Millstreet will be able to travel to Killarney/Macroom on the Route 257, which operates Monday to Friday only – onward connections to Cork are available from Macroom on Route 40 or Route 233.”
So this all means that there are now no weekend services through Millstreet as the following buses below have been removed:
To Tralee: 7:40pm (Monday to Saturday), 2:40pm & 7:40pm (Sunday), and
To Cork: 7:05pm (Sunday)
Cork Regional Bus Timetables (Routes 257 & 233). Intercity / Expressway Timetables (Route 40). Read the press release on the Bus Eireann website.
The death has occurred on Saturday, March 02, 2013 of Con (Connie) Roche of Kilmurry, and formerly of Carriganima. Reposing at his residence this Monday evening from 6pm. Removal to St. Mary’s Church, Kilmurry at 8pm. Requiem Mass tomorrow, Tuesday, at 12 noon with burial afterwards in St. Finbarr’s Cemetery, Kilmurry.
Fr.James McSweeney also has a lovely photo from the Fair Field at the fair. You can see it on his website www.2u.ie