Hello again to everyone. Hopefully you are all enjoying the wonderful “Irish” summer!! Of course these days we are being reminded that the weather is not the only thing we can’t control. It seems that all the news these days is about huge monetary figures that are far beyond our imagination. These are uncertain days and we are certainly being reminded that we cannot rely on material possessions as a secure foundation for our lives. In these days I often think of the words from the Bible found in 1 Peter 1:3-4 “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth in to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade – kept in heaven for you….” It’s wonderful to know that if our personal trust is in Jesus Christ then we can have certainty in this world and the next.
Our meetings in Millstreet continue this month on Sundays 14th and 28th August at 7.00 p. m. meeting, as always in the Canon O’Donovan Centre (kindly granted) on Clara Road in Millstreet town. [read more …] “Millstreet Methodist Update August”
Country Park: Half-price Admission
U14 FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL
U14 FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL
MILLSTREET
V
KANTURK.
Friday August 12th at 7 p.m.
in
Rathcoole
HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE.
Horse Show Photos
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:
Francis Connors looking to do well at Millstreet
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]
Death Notice: Jerry Singleton
The death has occurred of Jerry Singleton, Inchaleigh. Funeral mass is today Wednesday August 10th at 1pm.
Enquiries to Tarrants Funeral Directors 029-70176 / 087-2525095
[ancestry]
Moynihans at Millstreet Country Park
Michael & Margaret Moynihan, Killarney Road with their grandson Conor from South Africa pictured recently at the Mont des Arts feature in Millstreet Country Park
Regional Report 1076 – 9th August 2011
by
Eily Buckley
Dia is mhuire diobh go leir a Cairde and welcome to news Report 1076 from Millstreet .
Fondest greetings dear listeners and I wish you all the very best on this mild Tuesday morning.
This is the second week in August and its Showtime in Millstreet . The
five-day Summer Horse show kicks off here on to-morrow Wednesday the 10th
at the mighty Green Glens Complex. Many new features have been added to the
show-jumping arenas, and the big news is that Noel C has won his long
battle with the Show-jumping Society of Ireland and as a result, they have
suspended the rules which banned members from attending non-affiliated
shows, this created much furore last year.
[read more …] “Regional Report 1076 – 9th August 2011”
MINOR A HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI-FINAL
MINOR A HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI-FINAL
MILLSTREET
V
FERMOY
TUESDAY AUGUST 9th @ 7pm in BUTTEVANT
PLEASE SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL TEAM.
Magnificent Greens Glens Prepares for 2011 Show
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 [read more …] “Magnificent Greens Glens Prepares for 2011 Show”
Horse Show Week
This is the week of the Summer Horse Show in the Green Glens.
From the Irish Independent: “The Horse Show begins next Wednesday, with 5,000 entries and over 800 horses stabled on the site. A huge audience is expected at the Co Cork venue.”
With this there will be an influx of horse lovers to the Millstreet area over the next week, with the first lorries having already arrived this morning. For all information on the show, see millstreethorseshow.ie [read more …] “Horse Show Week”
Results & Fixtures 8th Aug 2011
GAA:
* MAFC: Millstreet 3-11 Kilshannig 3-6
*Munster U21 Hurling Final: Limerick 4-20 Cork 1-27 (Mark Ellis was playing)
* All Ireland Junior Football Championship SemiFinal: Cork 0-15 Sligo 1-6 (Niall Kelleher, Aubane is the team manager) [read the report on the Examiner, as well as a post match interview from Niall]
* Minor Hurling Championship: Fermoy v Millstreet 09.Aug.2011 19:00
* U16 Hurling League: Millstreet v Fermoy 11.Aug.2011 19:00
*U16 Hurling League v Fermoy has been changed to August 17th in Millstreet at 7pm.
*U14 Football Championship FINAL Friday August 12th. Time and venue will be confirmed in the coming days. Please support.
Athletics:
Donal Cashman finished 8th in the Ballyhoura Mountain Run yesterday.
Millstreet’s Very Own “Cha & Miah” in Town Park!!
Millstreet Vintage Club Car Run
Some of the cars from the Millstreet Vintage Car Run on their way down Main St. yesterday afternoon at the start of their tour of Duhallow. photo thanks to Jim McSweeney. [read more …] “Millstreet Vintage Club Car Run”
Death Notice: Breeda Hartnett
The death has occurred on Saturday, August 06, 2011 of Breeda HARTNETT, (née O’Sullivan) of Clonmel Road, Mitchelstown, Cork
Formerly of Banteer and Millstreet. On August 6th 2011, after a long illness, bravely borne, in the presence of her family and in the wonderful care of the matron and staff of the Bons Secours Hospital, Cork. Breeda, beloved wife of Dan, loving sister of Jack and the late Sheila (Breareton) and Catherine (King) and dear step-sister of Mary (O’Leary), and the late Eileen. [read more …] “Death Notice: Breeda Hartnett”
Debs 2011 – Leaving for the Annual Event in Cork
Here we share a selection of images taken at the Hotel on Thursday as well as the leaving for Cork in [read more …] “Debs 2011 – Leaving for the Annual Event in Cork”
Wedding of Julie & David on Friday, 5th August 2011 – Full Feature Later
Parish Newsletter 7th August, 2011
PARISH NEWSLETTER for BALLYDALY-CULLEN-MILLSTREET
Nineteenth SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – 7thAugust, 2011
Canon John Fitzgerald P.P. Tel Nos. Millstreet 029-70043 / Mobile087-7752948
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:
Mass Intentions this Week-end:
Saturday 6thAugust:
Millstreet Vigil 6.30 p.m. Con (Neily) Corcoran, Coolikerane & England(recently deceased) [read more …] “Parish Newsletter 7th August, 2011”
Minister for Transport, Tourism & Sport, Leo Varadkar, T.D. Visits Millstreet This Morning – 6th August 2011
The Minister discussed the O’Sullivan Beara National Walkway with Michael O’Sullivan and others. He gave a brief interview to LTV2 with further contributions from local people. He indicated that he is especially interested in [read more …] “Minister for Transport, Tourism & Sport, Leo Varadkar, T.D. Visits Millstreet This Morning – 6th August 2011”
Millstreet Vintage Club Car Run on Tomorrow, Sunday 7th August 2011
Millstreet Vintage Club Car Run takes place on tomorrow, Sunday 7th August 2011. It incorporates a Tour of Duhallow. Participants are asked to sign on at 11.30 a.m. in the Wallis Arms Hotel. First Car off at 12.30 p.m. sharp. We thank Dan Barry for this important information and we encourage people to observe the leaving of the cars on the enjoyable occasion.
Genealogy: Griffins / O’Sullivans
My great grandfather Tom Griffin arrived In Millstreet from Co. Mayo C1885. He married Hannah Daughter of Jeremiah O’Sulliavan. They had four children: Mary, Tom, JJ, and Paddy Griffin. Hannah Griffin died and was buried in Cahir Co. Tipperary C1939. The last Griffin was Gretta who owned and ran the pub Tanglewood on the Main Street in Millstreet about 2003.
Anyone have more information on the Griffins / O’Sullivans, or are there any other relations out there?
Joe Walsh (email: <email> )
In Millstreet Hospital
My cousin, they tell me, doesn’t wake up much,
nor does she seem to see the green mountain
framed in the window of this chapel of ease
for travellers booked in for their long pilgrimage.
When I leave at the end of visiting-hours
a small, tidy man is sitting by the door:
stick, well-knotted tie, watch-chain, tweed jacket.
He gets to his feet, raises his hat and enquires:
‘Excuse my troubling you, but would you be
going anywhere near a railway station?’
The young smiling nurse bends over him,
and takes him by the elbow, saying:
‘Maybe tomorrow, James. Maybe tomorrow
we’ll take you to the station.’
[read more …] “In Millstreet Hospital”
Wonderful Style for Millstreet Community School Debs 2011
Acknowledgement: Sr Evelyn Houlihan
HOULIHAN, Sr Evelyn Houlihan (Died April 2, 2011) of Infant Jesus Sisters (Drishane – Cork, San Francisco – USA, Millstreet – Cork, and St. Joseph’s Convent – Cork) and eldest daughter of Michael & Mary Houlihan RIP, Kilmallock, Co. Limerick – Her sisters Maureen and Teresa, brother-in-law Michael, sister-in-law Mary, nieces, nephews, grand-nieces and grand-nephews wish to thank most sincerely all who sympathised and supported us on our recent sad bereavement. [read more …] “Acknowledgement: Sr Evelyn Houlihan”
A True Irish Welcome at Kilmeedy, Millstreet
It really was a magnificent trip down memory lane when Margaret and I went for a walk up the avenue (near Eileen’s home) on the direction of Clara Mountain which afforded some remarkably beautiful panoramic [read more …] “A True Irish Welcome at Kilmeedy, Millstreet”
Munster U21 Hurling Final
As mentioned previously, Mark Ellis plays at wing-back (#7) for Cork against Limerick in the Munster U21 Hurling Final tonight at 7:30. For those of us that can’t make the game at the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick, it will be live on TV as gaeilge on TG4 from 7:15.—–
It what has been described as the best game in any sport anywhere in the world this year, Limerick pipped Cork in extra time to win on a final scoreline of Limerick 4-20 Cork 1-27. Mark Ellis was unlucky to be pitted against Limerick’s best forward Jamie Coughlan before he made way at half time. An enthralling game you can see on the TG4 website. (It is is a number of parts)
First half * Second half * Extra time (not available yet)
Sincere Congratulations to Alanna Barry on Magnificent All-Ireland Success
Millstreet is indeed very proud of the very wonderful Alanna Barry who as a member of the Cork team achieved All-Ireland success with her team in the weekend’s All Ireland Ladies Minor Football Final which took place in Birr. Alanna’s superb input in the game was very significant in the uplifting great result for the team. Well done, Alanna.
And we wish the very talented Mark Ellis every good luck tonight as he participates as a member of the Cork team in the U21 Munster Hurling Final at Limerick when Cork play against Limerick.
On The Passing Of Dick Kiely
Dick Kiely was the principal teacher when I was in primary school
And he seemed quite impartial and with fairness he did rule
He did not have his favourites as some other teachers had
A good and honest fellow and in him nothing bad.
A famous gaelic footballer when he was in his prime
But I never see him playing it was before my time
By all accounts the mighty Dick was a renowned athlete
One of the famous sportsmen for to represent Millstreet.
[read more …] “On The Passing Of Dick Kiely”
Very Generous Response to Irish Cancer Society Church Gate Collection
Many thanks for the very generous response to last weekend’s church gate collection outside St. Patrick’s Church, Millstreet on behalf of the Irish Cancer Society. Grateful thanks also to the many voluntary collectors. The amount just forwarded to the Society is €1,849.73.
Regional Report 1075 – 2nd August 2011
by
Eily Buckley
Dia is Mhuire diobh go leir a cairde and welcome to news report 1075 from Millstreet.
Fondest greetings dear listeners and I wish you all the very best on this the nice calm Tuesday morning.
Cork may have lost to Mayo on Sunday but two Millstreet girls kept the flag flying in style. Many congratulations to Alanna Barry, Millstreet, and Marie Murphy, Caherbarnagh who were on the Cork Minor Ladies FootBall team who won the All-Ireland Final, in Birr Co, Offaly, Katie O Dea from Knocknagree was also on the team, They are all members of the Dromtarriffe Club. So well done all round.
