It’s been a big week for Charlie Drake. The 32-year-old Derinagree man took home the Australian Rally Championships Premier League title last weekend, after two battling stages in Victoria. Celtic Motorsports were three points behind going into the rally and needed to win both of their heats in Warragul, Victoria, to take the 2011 title.
And to follow up his big win, he got married to Narelle today. Congrats on both counts to Charlie.
PARISH NEWSLETTER for BALLYDALY-CULLEN-MILLSTREET
Solemnity of Christ the King- 20thNovember, 2011
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:
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 [read more …] “Boxing in the Green Glens”
Millstreet Community School T.Y. Drama Group will present the hilarious comedy “It runs in the family”, a two act play guaranteed to banish those winter blues! The cast, backroom team and producers Jennifer O’Donoghue and Margaret Buckley have put in a big effort so come out and give your support to the stars of the future (and the present) to what promises to be a great night out. It’s on at the Community School Tuesday to Thursday November 22, 23, 24th starting at 8pm sharp. Tickets €8 and €5 available at 029-70087.
From left: Donagh Murphy, Joanne O’Riordan, Conor Meade, Nadine Spillane, Stephen Crowley, Padraig McCarthy, Mark O’Sullivan, a skeleton, Colm Barrett, Andrew Roche and Haley Whitby. Missing from photo: Kelly Murphy.
The death has occurred of Sheila Kelleher, (née O’Donoghue) of The Laurels B&B, Millstreet. Reposing at her daughter’s residence, Minor Row, Millstreet from 5pm to 8pm this Thursday evening. Reception into St Patrick’s Church, Millstreet today, Friday, for 11.30am Requiem Mass. Burial afterwards in St Mary’s Cemetery.
The death has occurred on Wednesday, November 16, 2011 of Paddy (Big Dan) KELLEHER of ‘Edenbrook’, Station Road, Millstreet. Reposing at his residence from 7pm to 9pm this Thursday evening. Reception into St. Patrick’s Church, Millstreet, Friday 18th, for Requiem Mass at 2pm. Burial afterwards in St. Mary’s Cemetery. Family flowers only, please.
LTV2 Millstreet Programme No 190. First episode of the new season screened last week – November 10th 2011, and includes these items: [read more …] “LTV2 Programme 190”
Dia is mhuire diobh go leir a cairde and welcome to news report 1090 from Millstreet.
Fondest Greetings dear listeners and I wish you all the very best on this rather dull and calm Tuesday morning.
We have a new President, and for a while we could not be blamed for thinking it was our own Sean Radley. He was seen on our screens on inaugural day almost as often as Mr. Higgings himself, and I am sure he is dying to tell us all about it.
A million congratulations to our brilliant camogie team on winning the Junior Shield on Saturday, beating Mitchelstown by two points in the final. Well done indeed to them and to all associated with them. [read more …] “Regional Report 1090 – 15th November 2011”
Congratulations to Humphrey and Kathleen Hickey who last week finished the 2011 New York Marathon in times of 03:55:43 and 3:27:53 respectively. Here are a few photos from the race: [read more …] “Hickeys run the NY Marathon”
Drishane Bridge is a five-arch road bridge over the Finnow River, built c. 1859, having dressed sandstone walls, and stepped parapets with sandstone copings. Cut sandstone chamfered voussoirs to pointed arches. Ashlar sandstone V-cutwaters to south elevation, with ashlar sandstone imposts. Stile to north wall with roughly dressed sandstone steps leading to river. Appraisal
It is a well-designed and finely executed structure bridge, clearly constructed by skilled craftsmen. The pointed arches are unusual in form and present an attractive, rhythmical silhouette in the landscape. The dressed sandstone masonry fits tightly together, with a high degree of precision. The stepped parapet walls add interest. The cutwaters, whilst primarily functional, add decorative interest to the south elevation. The bridge retains sandstone steps to the north which lead to the river. The bridge is associated with Drishane Castle demesne. [1]
The 1890s Ordinance Survey map, names it as Wallis’ Bridge. Finnow on the Glebe at the back gate of Drishane was named Wallis’s Bridge.
Location
It is about 90m upriver from the Railway Bridge, 130m upriver from the the meeting of the Blackwater and the Finnow, and also about 200m from Drishane Castle.
Wallis’ Bridge? There are many references to this bridge as Wallis’ Bridge, especially in the 1890’s OSI Map, but there are also many reference to the Bridge over the Finnow at the Railway Station as Wallis’ Bridge. It’s possible that both were called Wallis’ Bridge at different times, the one beside the Railway station before the 1860s, and this one after!
A postcard of Drishane Bridge from the 1940s. The photo used is actually from the Lawrence Collection (approx 1909) (see below)
A closer view of Drishane Bridge from the Lawrence Collection 1909, that appears in the above postcard. Note the man with the horse and trap on the bridge.
Drishane Bridge (1990) looking downriver. Note the bank of sediment on the left has been removed to allow for better flow of the water., Though the speed of the water through here is quite slow during a flood, because of Blackwater in the background us often higher and stops the water from moving quickly downstream.
The view from Wallis’ Bridge looking upriver (what the man with the pony and trap in the above photo would be seeing)
This photo is taken from where the Blackwater and the Finnow meet. The steel bridge is the Railway Bridge, while Wallis’ Bridge can be seen in the background. Wallis’ Bridge is seen in the background. Again, it is part of the Lawrence Collection from 1909
Drishane Bridge pictured through the trees from the entrance drive of Drishane Castle [2017]. Note the four gullets on the right of the photo which were added not long after the bridge was built, in order to ease pressure on the bridge after it was lucky not to be felled in a flood in 1859.
Drishane Bridge – September 2019
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The 1840s OSI Map shows no bridge, only stepping stones
When was the bridge built?
The 1840s OSI Map (above) shows no bridge, only stepping stones.
Wallis Bridge is mentioned in the planning for the railway in 1851: “… and terminate by a junction with this company’s line, at a point near Wallis’s bridge, in the townland of Dooneens, in the parish of Drishane”, but this is definitely the bridge at the Railway station (noted form the townlands in the plans).
From the architectural report at the top of this article says that the bridge was build about 1870. (TODO: find source again)
But then there is the extract below about building a new road to the bridge and gulleys, which seems to say that Drishane Bridge was built just before 1859.
“PRESENTATIONS TO THE GRAND JURY: … Denis O’Connor, Nicholas O’Donnell, and Jeremiah Kelleher to build and waterpave 18 two-feet gullets and make 16 perches new road connetion with the new bridge now built over the river Fennow, on the road from Mallow and Kanturk to the Millstreet Railway, on the lands of Drishanemore and Dromin (*Dooneens*), and to cut and slope the new bank at both sides to bring the river fair on the bridge, at £12O. There was lengthened discussion regarding this presentation- Mr. Jackson, C.E. observed there were peculiar circumstances connected with this presentment, it was always observable that whenever the finnow rose, the Fennow also rose to proportionate height. Upon this occasion however, the Fennnow now rose only about six inches, andl only the bridge was very well built, it would have been swept away. Mr. French—Where is the bridge ? Mr Jackson —Between Drishane and the Railway Bridge Mr. French -I think the matter should stand over until the next assizes…”
[Southern Reporter and Cork Commercial Courier – Friday 11 March 1859]
Note: The gullets are on both sides of the bridge, but it looks like instead of building 18 2-foot-gullets they build 10 3-foot-gullets, which actually has a larger carrying capacity . Four on the east side and six on the west side (todo clarify again that there are four and six).
How to get there
It’s about 4km from Millstreet. Take the road to Mallow until you get out of town, and pass the entrance to Drishane Castle. Take the second left after the entrance to Drishane Castle (700m), and it’s another 700m down that road to get to the bridge.
GAA:
** Camogie County 13-a-Side Junior Plate Final: Millstreet 0-9 v St Fanahan’s 1-4; Sat Nov 13th [Read the match report]
** Evening Echo U21 AHC semi-final: Carrigaline 0-10 Duhallow 0-11. Well done to the Millstreet lads on the team – Mark Ellis, Dave McCaul & Michael Vaughan. U21 Final – Duhallow v Midleton – Sunday next Nov 20th. Throw-in is now 6pm @ Pairc Ui Rinn. ** Vocational Schools S.B.F: Col. Bobail Bheanntrai 1-13 Millstreet C.S. 0-04 (7th Nov)
** Vocational Schools S.B.G.F: Col. Ghobnatan 5-11 Millstreet C.S. 5-07 (7th Nov)
** Vocational Schools S.B.H: M.I.C.C. 3-12 Millstreet C.S. 2-07 (17th Oct)
** Congrats to Willie Kiely who won the Millstreet Club Prize in the Cork County Board Club Draw for October Soccer:
AUL 1A: Rathcoole Rovers 7 Glenthorn Celtic 4, Millstreet Celtic v Glenvale (off).
AUL 3B: Los Zarcos v Kanturk (off), Bweeng 4 Rathcoole Rovers 1
CSL U15 Div 4: Corinthian Boys B 0 Rathcoole Rovers 0
Rallying: Banna Resort Kerry Mini Stage Rally, the Cork crew of Banteer’s, Barry Meade (Ford Escort) and his Millstreet co-driver, Liam Moynihan took a 12 second victory.
Millstreet Shopping Promotion will be running from Nov 17th to 26th. I addition to special offers and discounts run by individual shops, all shoppers will be entered in to a draw for €1,500 worth of shopping vouchers. The draw will take place at the “turning on the lights” ceremony on the 26th November at 7.30 after mass. The lights will be turned on by Joanne O Riordan, recent recipiant of a West Cork Garda youth award and Councillor Noel Buckley.
Congratulations to the Millstreet Camogie team who staged a terrific 2nd half comeback to overcome St. Fanahan’s, Mitchelstown 0-9 to 1-4 in the Co. Junior Camogie 13-a-side Final played at Castle Road, Cork, yesterday November 12th. [match report]
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.
Millstreet Development Group are going to give €100 each to the Business and Private House who makes the most effort to decorate this Christmas. So dig out the decorations!!!!
Enormous crowds have been attending the hugely popular SelfBuild Show at Green Glens. This is just one of the capacity-filled car parks this afternoon (Sat. 12th Nov. 2011) giving a clear indication of the many people especially from all over Munster attending the excellent event. Great credit is due to Clive & Brian Corry with their very dedicated and forever helpful Staff from Northern Ireland. We shall have a full feature uploaded within the next twelve hours. And there is still a chance to attend because the Show does not end until tomorrow (Sunday) evening. It really is a golden opportunity to see so much and to get some very useful and creative ideas and hints at this annual occasion. (S.R.)
Professional photographer Ian Cronin has posted some really lovely photos of the wedding of Julie O’Leary & David Brosnan a few weeks ago onto his website.
It also contains a video sequence of photos from the whole day which is also
Seán Radley travelled to Dublin today to the inauguration of our new President Michel D Higgins in Dublin Castle. Though he was not in the castle, he was interviewed outside by an RTÉ News crew, stating that he had come up from Millstreet, Co. Cork for the inauguration. The interview later appeared on the 1 o’clock news, and may be on the news bulletins later this evening also. For the next week, you’ll be able to see the short interview on RTÉ Player, and it’s about 13:30 in the video.
LTV2 Millstreet is back on air Tonight, 10th Nov at 10pm. A test transmissions will take place before the broadcast season begins. The channel will be available on UHF Channel 48 and 50. Also on VHF Channel 12. Programmes will also be uploaded on the Millstreet website.
Shown here is an old interview done by LTV2’s Seán Radley with Declan of the Arrivals Showband
Millstreet Macra’s November club meeting will take place this Saturday, 12th November, in the Pub, Carriganimma at 8.00 p.m. It will be followed by a club night out in the same venue with drinks and food from 9.00 p.m. and we will be joined by members from our newest – and closest – Muskerry club, Aghinagh Macra.
Anyone interested in joining can contact us on 087 3684138 or just come along on the night.
OUT OF 1743 PROJECTS ENTERED INTO THE BT YOUNG SCIENTIST AND TECHNOLOGY COMPETITION, 550 WERE CHOSEN AND ALL OF MILLSTREET COMMUNITY SCHOOL‘S ENTRIES MADE IT TO THE FINAL.
The projects are listed below and anyone who might have information to support any of the projects can e-mail the school at <email> or phone 029 70087.
a) Does Government legislature disable rural social patterns?
Donagh Murphy, Diarmuid Murphy, Kevin Linehan.
“We hope to find out if Government laws affect people in rural areas more than in urban areas.”
The death has occurred on Tuesday, November 08, 2011 of Ellen (Nell) GARRAHY, (née Moynihan) of Whitebridge Manor, Killarney, Kerry
Formerly of Stagmount, Rathmore and Liscahane Road, Millstreet. Reposing today, Wednesday, from 4.30pm to 6.30pm at O’Shea’s Funeral Home, Killarney, followed by removal to St Joseph’s Church, Rathmore. Requiem Mass tomorrow, Thursday, at 12 noon. Burial afterwards in St Patrick’s Cemetery, Kanturk.
Attending the first meeting (at the Wallis Arms Hotel) concerning the upcoming centenary of our Carnegie Hall in West End, Millstreet - members of Millstreet Community Council and Guests. If you have special memories regarding the Carnegie Hall we would very much appreciate it if you would share them with us here on our Comment Line or by emailing <email> - Many thanks. (S.R.)
It’s been a big week for Charlie Drake. The 32-year-old Derinagree man took home the Australian Rally Championships Premier League title last weekend, after two battling stages in Victoria. Celtic Motorsports were three points behind going into the rally and needed to win both of their heats in Warragul, Victoria, to take the 2011 title.
