Community website for Millstreet, Co. Cork, Ireland
On May 15th a fun run was held around the Town Park with the the older toddlers while the younger ones held their own fun run indoors in aid of Barnardos and on May 22nd an ice cream morning in aid of Down syndrome Ireland was held. We would like to thank everyone who contributed to these worthy causes and we will be giving a donation to both charities. (Carmel Walsh)
[read more …] “Millstreet Parent and Toddler group supports charities”
by
Eily Buckley
Dia is mhuire diobh go leir a cairde and welcome to news report 1119 from Millstreet.
Fondest greetings dear listeners and I wish you all the very best on this cloudy but calm Tuesday morning.
Many congratulations to our master butchers James and Jerry Pat O Leary on being sworn in to an exclusive French Institution of Cookery, making them members of the White Pudding Fraternity.
Congrats also to everybody at Dernagree National School who are receiving the Prestigious Green Flag to-day in recognition of their green approach to litter and waste management. The Band of the Southern Command is doing the honours and all are welcome. Starts at 11.30 you may just make it.
The people of Cullen revelled in the joy of the official opening of their lovely new National school on Saturday, And we wish them every success in the years ahead.
In a two-hour special from 8.00 to 10.00 tonight “Radio Treasures” will feature 43 minutes of the truly superb Concert performed by Strings at Drishane Chapel. The various splendidly melodic presentations will be introduced by Music Instructor, Emer Foley-Twomey. This is an audio experience not to be missed if you did not have the opportunity of attending the special evening at Drishane on Friday, 1st June 2012. On our extended programme also tonight – some magnificent Alpine Swiss music …. and lots more. So please join us from 8.00 p.m. on www.corkmusicstation.com. You may also access the online radio channel on our Local Links on the homepage of www.millstreet.ie . Please feel very welcome also to share your comments regarding the Concert or any aspect of our programme here on our comment feature. Happy listening! (Seán Radley)
P.S. The Concert is presently being broadcast. If difficulty is experienced in accessing the programme just refresh the website and the problem should be solved.
It’s certainly uplifting to realise that we have such superb local Ambassadors in Poland at such a hugely international event. This is a further image from Ronan and Friends with their camper vans which they picked up in Munich after flying from Dublin. (S.R.)
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Interview of the lads before the Croatia game: Ireland fans ready for Croatia clash by omnisport-uk
[read more …] “Millstreet Supporters Supreme in Poland for Euro 2012”
GAA: Non Exam Football Group 2B: Fermoy 2 – 4 vs Millstreet 4 – 15, Tuesday June 5th
DUCON CUP S/F: Rockchapel 1-15 Millstreet 0-7, in Boherbue, 8pm Friday June 8th, (Half Time (1-9 to 0-4)
U13 C/D HL2: Millstreet 10 – 9 vs Kildorrery 2 – 6, 10th June
Soccer: U15 Div4: Churchvilla 2 Rathcoole Rovers 0, 11am 8th June. (Rathcoole needed to win to gain promotion, but a late OG and a breakaway goal meant the day ended in disappointment).
Camogie: Millstreet Presentation NS beat Banteer NS and Knocknagree in the Girls’ 7 Aside Camogie Blitz took place in Banteer on the 6th of June 2012. [photo above right, and video below of the Banteer game at the end of this article]
In the final played on June 13th in Newmarket, they again beat Banteer NS on a scoreline of 7-8 to 2-1. [see photos of their parade through town after the game]
Millstreet U14 camogie team beat Ballincollig by a point on Tuesday 5th in the Town Park.
Rallying: Paul Drake big brother of Charlie (both from Rathcoole) had his first rally over the weekend at the Bega Valley Rally in New South Wales, Australia. Driving a ford Escort, and with Charlie as co-driver he brought her home safely and finishing first in his class.
Fixtures, videos & more below: [read more …] “Results & Fixtures – 12th June 2012”
Green Flag Award for Derinagree School
Don’t Miss …. Tuesday: June 12th @11:30am
Where? …. Derinagree National School
Why? …. Special Performance by the Army Band of the Southern Command followed by raising of the GREEN FLAG awarded to our Derinagree School Community.
All Very Welcome & Refreshments served after the performance
The Corkman Newspaper is out every Thursday in all the local newsagents, and contains much more than just the online version.
Here we share a selection of images we captured in Millstreet and at Cullen Feis this weekend where [read more …] “Supporting Ireland…and Cork….in Millstreet!”
What a big day of sport ahead for us today: Cork play Kerry in the senior football championship at Pairc Ui Caoimh at 2pm, and later Ireland play Croatia at the UEFA championships at 7:45pm. We’ve been waiting 10 years for Ireland to be back in a major championships. Hopefully it will be a perfect day … (half way there already – Kerry boys seen to fairly handily) … the less said about the soccer the better 🙁
PARISH NEWSLETTER for BALLYDALY-CULLEN-MILLSTREET
The Most Holy Body & Blood of Christ 10th June, 2012
Canon John Fitzgerald P.P. Tel Nos. Millstreet 029-70043 / Mobile 087-7752948
Email: <email> www.dioceseofkerry.ie
PARISH OFFICE OPENING HOURS: MONDAY-TUESDAY- WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY
10.00a.m.-1.00p.m. & 2.00p.m.-5.00p.m.
Your prayers are requested for the repose of the souls of the following and for those whose anniversaries occur around this time, and for those for whom masses will be offered during the week:
RECENT DEATHS: Donal Cowman, Drishane Road
Kathleen O’Farrell, Kenmare
The youngest of the family of Cornelius and Catherine Duggan a woman who was compassionate and kind
Who was known for her generosity of spirit and brilliance of mind
From her Hometown of Millstreet Anne Duggan lives far away
She became a nun in the U S of A
One in her late sixties or early seventies with a great life story to tell
At poetry and stories one who writes rather well
Amongst the literary legends of Duhallow Anne can claim her place
Though to many living there nowadays her’s may not be a known face
[read more …] “Anne Duggan”
From the Irish Examiner: The Murphys have a remarkably long service record with Liebherr hotels in Co Kerry, touching on 200 years between them.
Donie Murphy, concierge at The Europe, is the hotel’s longest-serving employee and plans to retire next year after 51 years.
The Millstreet, Co Cork, native started as a commis waiter in 1962. It was a summer job that became permanent and he now wonders where all the years have gone.
“Working at the porter’s desk, you meet hundreds of people and I certainly love that. If you put an effort into your work, you don’t miss time passing and I’ve always enjoyed being with people,” he says.
At this stage, Donie could spend hours listing the names of celebrities, leading politicians and sports stars he has welcomed.
Singers Rod Stewart and Joe Dolan, actors Rex Harrison [read more …] “Murphy Family has combined 200 years of service”
I am interested in getting in touch with any descendants or family members of the Murrays who lived in Ballydaly from about 1909 to the 1940s. Denis Murray who came from Curraleigh married (in 1909) Nora Breen whose family lived in Ballydaly during the 1800s. My grandfather from England visited the Murrays during WW2 in 1940 and 1941. I would like to shed some light on the reasons for his visits.
If you have any further information please contact:
Brian Slattery <email> baincraiglodge.co.uk
With lots of delicious home baking and a very happy, cheerful atmosphere the event attracted many visitors including some young people whose [read more …] “Fundraising Coffee Morning for Millstreet National Schools”
from MillstreetHorseShow.ie: The Competition Authority has recently finalised its investigation into alleged anti-competitive behaviour by Show Jumping Ireland (SJI). They have found in favour of the consumers right to free choice thus vindicating our position held firmly over the past three years.
Subject to two laid conditions being met by the host show, SJI members cannot be penalised in any way – to do so would be unlawful. Millstreet International Horse Show has no difficulty in satisfying these two conditions.
The Millstreet International Horse Show is on from Tuesday 7th to Sunday 12th of August 2012.
RTÉ researcher Frances Mulraney is looking for an Irish speaker in the Millstreet area for an upcoming episode of the series ‘Abhainn’, which will concentrate on the Blackwater. If you know of such a person, contact Frances using the details below:
A chairde,
I’m emailing from Irish Language Programmes in RTÉ and am currently carrying out research for a series called Abhainn which takes a journey down Ireland’s rivers. This year we are concentrating on the Munster Blackwater. I was looking for some Irish language speakers in the Millstreet area and was wondering if you would know of any?
Mise le meas, Frances <email>
From Today’s Irish Times: Donagh O’Sullivan, from Cullen, near Millstreet, has worked for more than 20 years in Britain – but he is coming home in September to get married.
The September 8th nuptials mark a homecoming of sorts, too, for his bride-to-be, Francesca Fenaroli, even though she had never heard of Millstreet until she met the Cork man in London three years ago.
“We had been dating for about a year when she showed me her family tree in her mother’s house. Her mother’s maiden name was O’Connor,” he says. A quick examination revealed the Millstreet connection.
Fenaroli’s great-great grandfather, John O’Connor, had married in 1872 in the same church in Millstreet that will be used by O’Sullivan and Fenaroli.
“They had known he [O’Connor] was from Cork, but not that he was from Millstreet. This story is more interesting than [read more …] “Coming Home to get Married in September”
Well there went our summer! Listening to Radio 1 this morning, weatherman Gerard Fleming forecast about 100mm of rain up to tomorrow (friday) afternoon on the Cork / Kerry border. We had about 30mm last night, so we’ve a bit to go yet, and add in some high winds tonight too … but it seems to be just coming and coming! To put it into perspective, in the very bad flooding in June 2009, we got 92mm, though in the space of a few hours.
All the same, look the video below which might give you a laugh, and make you forget about it … for a short while 😉 … [read more …] “She’d be a lovely little country if you could only roof it!”
MILLSTREET JUVENILE GAA
AT
JULY 16TH-20TH
ALL APPLICANTS MUST BE 16 AND OVER
AND HAVE THE FOUNDATION COACHING COURSE COMPLETED.
A visitor to Millstreet for the last two days was Peter Lonergan, a Cork man living in Australia for the last thirty years who is following the footsteps of the O’Sullivan Beara March of 1603 from West Cork to Leitrim. Of his arrival in Millstreet on Monday he said: ” Running(walking!) behind schedule Joe and Willie welcomed us to Millstreet by leading us over the last climb of the day (Clara Mt.) and into Millstreet. A day that began at 9.15am came to close at 6.15pm and some 20 odd miles covered was again a very special day and I finish by saying a Cead Mile Maith Agaibh to Padraig agus Donal, Rachel agus Cathal, Joe and Willie for their Welcome to Country.”
He stayed for the night at Geararoe B&B with Eily Buckley. The following day he walked with Michael Thornton, who took him across the Boeing, to Derrinagree School, and on to Lismire, and he said of his day: “To end a perfect day Michael brought me to his
[read more …] “Peter Lonergan – Walking Visitor to Millstreet”
Well done to the 15 members off the Charlevile/Ballyhea group “No to the bondholders bailout” and the support from the surrounding parishes in protesting outside the ECB Bank this morning the 6th June. They were present when the head of the ECB bank Mario Draghi turned up.
They presented their letter of demands to the head of the Irish central bank Patrick Honahan. They also got the attention off the Irish media with interviews from Morning Ireland on RTE 1 and our own C103fm and 96fm – from Lynette [read more …] “Protest in Frankfurt”
The Corkman Newspaper is out every Thursday in all the local newsagents, and contains much more than just the online version.
As a teenager quite beautiful she had dark brown hair
In Millstreet’s West End than Elizabeth there was none quite so fair
But from the Millstreet Town of her young years she died far away
None of her siblings are living in Millstreet today
A credit to her family and the Town of Millstreet
One always quite friendly and pleasant to meet
With those who knew her good memories of her will remain
[read more …] “Elizabeth Duggan”
ON BEHALF OF MILLSTREET JUVENILE CLUB WE WOULD LIKE TO WISH ALL OUR MEMBERS
THE VERY BEST OF LUCK
IN THE JUNIOR/LEAVING CERTIFICATE EXAMS! (Carmel Walsh)
