Millstreet Juvenile GAA Table Quiz
Venue- GAA Hall
Date- Friday 16th March 2012
Time- 8:30-1030 p.m. (7-9.30 pm)
Open to all juveniles between the ages of 9 to 16
Teams of four
Cost- €4 per juvenile
lots of fun
and
great prizes
Margaret
On our life’s journey for us many a dawn
When Margaret left Claraghatlea for Tooreenbawn
To marry Michael Casey a good man
Her new life close to Mushera she began
In Tooreenbawn four miles from Millstreet Town
Within view of Mushera in his cloak of brown
She raised four children got on with her life
In her new challenge of mother and wife
LTV2 Millstreet:Programme 204
LTV2 Millstreet: Programme 204 which was first broadcast on Thurs 1st March 2012 is now online. You can now watch our latest programme which was recorded in our Millstreet Studio and edited by Bernard Crowley right here on millstreet.ie or by logging into the LTV2 Facebook Page before the repeat show hits our Television screens on tonight Sunday 4th March at 8.00pm. [read more …] “LTV2 Millstreet:Programme 204”
Niall’s Bungee Jump
Niall Moynihan recently Bungee-jumped from Bloukrans Bridge in South Africa.
The world’s highest single span arch bridge, the Bloukrans Bridge towers 708 feet (216 m) above the river of the same name. Enough to make you dizzy … don’t look down!
Below are a few photos from Niall.
[read more …] “Niall’s Bungee Jump”
In the Corkman – 1st March 2012
- Town to come to a standstill for Horse fair
- In the Dromtarriffe / Kilcorney Notes: Fianna Fail Cumanns of Rathcoole, Dromagh and Derrinagree were amalgamated into one Dromtarriffe Parish Cumann, to be named after Con Meaney; the Glen Theatre; Bowling; GAA; and Parish News
- Roundup of the Duhallow GAA Games, including Millstreet Juniors & U21s
- The upcoming Millstreet People of the Year Awards
- Three Millstreet Community School Students will be taking part in TEEN SPIRIT 4
- A Trócaire officer visited Millstreet Community School, with a focus on Uganda
- All Ireland Vocational Schools Football Final – Cork 0-13 Kildare 0-12
The Corkman Newspaper is out every Thursday in all the local newsagents, and contains much more than just the online version
Parish Newsletter – March 4th 2012
PARISH NEWSLETTER for BALLYDALY-CULLEN-MILLSTREET
Second Sunday of Lent – 4th March, 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: Margaret Casey, Tooreenbawn
Ryan & Paul – Winners Supreme in Munster Junior Final
Jack and Jill Foundation charity fundraiser acknowledgement
Tim Joan and Christina Twomey with a cheque for €900 for the Jack and Jill Foundation
charity proceeds from a birthday party
of Con Twomey which was held at “The Pub” Cariganima, Macroom, Co Cork
on the 27th January 2012.
Con would like to acknowledge this very kind donation and thank everyone
for their generosityfor this worthy cause.
Cullen Pipe Band – Cake Sale
Millstreet Community Awards 2012
Help Millstreet Juvenile GAA Club to get €500 worth of Free Sports Equipment!
Millstreet Juvenile GAA are participating in the Irish Independent ‘Go Play Today‘ Free Sports Equipment Campaign. Between now and the 7th April there will be a daily token printed on page 2 of the Irish Independent/ Sunday Independent. Simply cut out these tokens and give them to any member of our committee. If we collect 250 tokens we will get €500 worth of free sports equipment. There are only 500 of these sports packs available so the sooner we collect 250 tokens the better! Please get all your friends and relatives to start collecting today! Thanks
Death Notice: Margaret Casey, Tooreenbawn
The death has taken place on Tuesday 28th February 2012 of Margaret Casey (née Duggan), of Tooreenbawn, Millstreet. Removal this evening (Thursday 1st March) at 8pm from Tarrants Funeral Home to St.Patricks Church, Millstreet. Requiem Mass on tomorrow Friday at 12 noon, with burial afterwards to the adjoining Cemetery.
Last Man Standing 3
From Millstreet Celtic: The final “Last Man Standing” competition of the season kicked off last weekend. Once again, we have had a great response with 158 players signed up which will enable us to hand out another €800 first prize.
We would like to thank everyone for participating and wish everyone the best of luck.
The current standings will be posted here on millstreet.ie and on the Millstreet Celtic Facebook Page
Read the current standings after week one, where 39 teams were eliminated mostly due to Newcastles failure to win at home against Wolves.
Mystery Tour 2012
Millstreet Macra‘s Mystery Tour tickets are nearly all gone. If you want some get onto the contacts above ASAP.
Free talk/demo on pruning
Free talk/demo on Pruning
at
The Secret Garden Centre
Sunday 4th March 3pm – 4pm
Pruning, the very word strikes terror into many a gardener’s heart.Fear not come along and discover the secret to successful pruning.This Sunday afternoon at 3pm, Alan will give a free talk & demonstration on how to prune roses. apple trees and climbers plus much more. The talk will be outdoors, so please wear suitable clothing (if it rains, it will be under cover).
The Secret Garden, Newmarket. (029) 60084 / thesecretgardener.com
Lenten Talk Series – Compassion, Faith and the Family
Millstreet Parish host the second of three Lenten Talks at the Millstreet Community School Library on Monday the 5th of March from 8 to 9.30pm.
The speaker on this occasion will be Dr Patricia Kieran, Department of Education, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick. Her talk is entitled “Compassion, Faith and the Family“.
Her teaching areas are: Religious Education, Church, Feminist Theology, World Religions. Her research interests are: Multi-faith Religious Education (R.E.); teaching world religions in Catholic schools; inter-denominational education; Catholic religious education in Ireland; R.E. and gender; and theology and R.E.
Ducon Cup: Millstreet vs Lyre
Millstreet vs Lyre
Ducon Cup – Junior A Football
Next Friday night, 2nd March @ 8pm in The Town Park
Come and support your local team !
See all the Millstreet results and fixtures for the week
Dan O’Donoghue wins National Coursing Fantasy Competition
Congratulations is due to Dan O’Donoghue, Lackabawn, Millstreet on his recent achievement of winning the Irish Coursing Club’s “Coursing Fantasy Competition.” This All-Ireland competition requires greyhound enthuasiasts to choose eight greyhounds from a list of hundreds at the start of the coursing season. The dogs earn points throughout the year and the individual with the most points at the end of the season is deemed the winner of the €5,000 prize. Dan, renouned far and wide for his knowledge of coursing greyhounds, held a narrow lead going into the final event of the season, the JP McManus Irish Cup last weekend. After a couple of close buckles and plenty of drama at the Limerick event, Dan was crowned winner on Sunday afternoon following the success of Jeru Cavendish in the [read more …] “Dan O’Donoghue wins National Coursing Fantasy Competition”
Preparing LTV2 Millstreet Programme 204
Death Notice: Con Guiney, Kiskeam
The death has occurred peacefully on February 27th at Millstreet Community Hospital of Con Guiney, Glounreigh, Kiskeam. Reposing at Caseys Funeral Home, Kiskeam. Rosary on Tuesday evening at 9 p.m.Lying in repose on Wednesday evening from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. followed by removal to the Church of the Sacred Heart, Kiskeam. Requiem Mass on Thursday at 12 noon. Burial afterwards in Kiskeam Cemetery.
Community Forum on 5th March in Wallis Arms Hotel
Áine Collins TD has organised A Community Forum which will be held in the Wallis Arms Hotel on Monday 5th March 2012 at 7.30pm. IRD will also do a short presentation on available funding on the night.
Representatives from all Community Organisation are welcome.
“Radio Treasures” on Cork Music Station 8 – 9 This Evening
From 8 to 9 p.m. this evening on Cork Music Station – the new online radio station established by Cullen’s William Fitzgerald and his son, John – I have the privilege of joining the team of DJs who dedicatedly broadcast the very best of Country-and-Western and Irish music on a nightly basis. I’ve entitled my hour-long programme “Radio Treasures” where I shall be attempting to share some musical gems, local recordings intermixed with some chat and meeting a Studio Guest. This first broadcast will include a song sung by John Walsh about the Titanic Survivor, Danny Buckley which we recorded in Boherbue on last Friday night at the official launch of Mike & Leo Fitzgerald’s superb DVD entitled “The Story of Titanic Survivor Danny Buckley 1890 – 1918”. Lots of other items also which will hopefully make for an interesting radio experience. Do have a listen to this live broadcast or even part of it if you have time to do so. Simply log into www.millstreet.ie and click on the Link entitled Cork Music Station on the right (one needs to scroll down) of the homepage…and there you are in tune with www.corkmusicstation.com – Happy listening! (S.R.)
Regional Report 1104 – 28th February 2012
by
Eily Buckley
Dia is mhuire diobh go leir a cairde and welcome to News Report 1104 from Millstreet.
Fondest Greetings dear listeners and I wish you all the very best on this lovely calm Spring Morning.
The Community Council Awards Social will be held at the Wallis Arms Hotel on this Friday March 2nd.
The list of worthy recipients are as follows. Youth Achievement: Joanne O’Riordan, Humanatarian: Mary O Sullivan, Meenskehy, Unsung Hero: Patricia Guerin, Cultural: Aubane Social Club, Sporting Achievement: Mark Ellis, and Service to the Community: Tidy Towns Committee.
All tickets are almost sold out. Music is by the popular Kelt a great night is assured .
Community Council meeting to-night at nine to calculate the tickets, ticket sellers please attend and please bring in all ticket money.
[read more …] “Regional Report 1104 – 28th February 2012”
Inspiring Lenten Talk by Fr. Peter McVerry, S.J. at Millstreet C.S. on Monday
Rathmore’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade 2012
Rathmore St Patrick’s Day Parade will take place on Sunday 11th march at 2.00pm led by Cullen Pipe Band. It’s a great family day out with kids young people’s disco, face painting, bouncing castle etc..
All floats welcome. Last year was a great success. Make this year even better.
For further details contact Michael at 087-9874911 or <email>
Results & Fixtures – 27th February 2012
GAA: • Munster Voc Schools JBF: Col. Mhuire (Buttevant) 4-8 Millstreet C.C 1-9, Mallow, Wed 22nd Feb 12.30pm
• U18 Premier FL 2: Millstreet vs Bothar Bui, @ Millstreet 19:30 Wed 22nd Feb, 2012 (?)
• U21 Football Championship: Millstreet 2-13 Croke Rovers 1-5, 26th Feb @ Millstreet
• U13 A/B FL2: Millstreet 3-2 Thomas Russells 5-9, in Millstreet 25/02/2012 14:30pm
• Senior All-Ireland Inter-County Football Vocational Schools Final (25th Feb) – Cork 0-13 Kildare 0-12 – Kevin Crowley did well at wing-back for Cork and put over “the point of the game” [match reports on the Examiner, the Southern Star]
• JB Football League: Lismire v St Johns (cancelled), @ Lismire, 2pm 26th February
Soccer: 1A: Donoughmore Ath 3 Rathcoole Rovers 2, Sat 25th Feb 2.30pm
County Cup 2nd Round: Rathcoole Rovers B 2 Bweeng 0, Sun 26th Feb 10.45 am
1A: Millstreet Celtic 2 Richmond 1, Sun 26th Feb 10.45 am
AUL 3B: Los Zarcos 2 Kanturk 3, Sun 26th Feb 10.45 am
U15 Div 4: Rathcoole Rovers 3 Richmond 0, 2012-02-25 (W/O to Rathcoole)
Greyhounds: Teddy Collins’ dog ‘Last Lap’ ran away with his 525 on Thursday evening in Curraheen with a time of 29.33 by 5.5 lengths. [results – race 5] – see the video of the race below.
Congrats to Dan O’Donoghue, Lackabawn on winning the National Fantasy Coursing Competition last weekend.
Taekwon-do: Well done to Jason Murphy from the Millstreet Taekwon-do Club who won two golds at the Taekwon-do Internationals in Scotland over the weekend.
Boxing: Best of luck to Seán Óg O’Connor who boxes in the ‘Boy 4’ (Under 15) All Ireland Finals at the National Stadium in Dublin on Friday March 2nd.
Millstreet Celtic 2 Richmond 1
We beat Richmond 2-1 in the park this morning to record our 8th league win in a row. The game was very scrappy from the start and neither side created any meaningful chances until Barry Lawlor forced an excellent save from the Richmond keeper in the 20th min following a header across the box from Tadhg Collins. Shortly after, Richmond took the lead from a well struck free kick. We were back level withing minutes though through a free kick of our own. Collins took the strike a it took a slight deflection before hitting the net. We were a bit more positive in the 2nd half and had a number of excellent opportunities to take the lead. Trevor O Connor hit the crossbar from a corner and was narrowly off target with another, Collins had one [read more …] “Millstreet Celtic 2 Richmond 1”
LTV2 Millstreet:Programme 203.Supported by Colemans of Millstreet
LTV2 Millstreet: Programme 203 which was first broadcast on Thurs 23rd Feb 2012 is now online. You can now watch our latest programme which was recorded in our Millstreet Studio and edited by Sean Murphy right here on millstreet.ie or by logging into the LTV2 Facebook Page before the repeat show hits our Television screens on Sunday Feb 26th at 8.00pm.This programme has been kindly supported by Colemans of Millstreet.
[read more …] “LTV2 Millstreet:Programme 203.Supported by Colemans of Millstreet”
My Wifes Family by Banteer Drama Group takes to the Stage
Banteer Drama Group take to the stage this weekend at the Glen Theatre, they have a comedy entitled My Wife’s Family by Fred Duprez.The Play which is based around the lives of a Family in a Summer House at Peacehaven near Banteer promises to be a very funny and well put together Production. Final Show being held this weekend Feb 26th starting at 8.30. Don’t miss it.
Pictured are Banteer Drama Group in action in a Previous Production they held.
Contact The Glen Theatre at 029-56239 for further details.
Parish Newsletter – February 26th 2012
PARISH NEWSLETTER for BALLYDALY-CULLEN-MILLSTREET
FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT – 26th February, 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: Des Kelleher, Kilmeedy Lower & Australia
