Dia is Mhuire díobh go léir a cáirde and welcome to my Report.
One minute it’s pouring down with rain and next minute the sun is shining out calm and warm, almost saying to us, ‘what are ye complaining about and just as you’re about to forgive it, the rain starts again. But to be honest, we have very little to complain about when you think of people of Cork City and Midleton and other places. We get the best account of the disaster from the telly , the best that the cameramen can snatch but I bet there are other cases in the wings who were destroyed also but don’t hit the headlines. It is hard for us to imagine what it must be like to see the torrents of water forcing it way into your sitting room or place of business ,fully stocked with vulnerable stuff. It is grieving to see beds and mattresses and duvets being dumped out, things the very same as we have in our own homes. Things that people saved hard to buy and to match for colour and fit. Built-in presses, carpets even the dogs bed. The very thought leaves you cold. It takes a long, long time to put a home together, years and then to have the hard luck of living in a flood plain where you are at the mercy of the elements. To see a car and a boat going down the street in Midleton on television one night said it all. It’s a well known saying that the worst brings out the best in people and to see the way that people come out and put their shoulders to the wheel when disaster strikes never fails to make a bad situation better, even in a small way.
Nobody escapes all of the time and we’ve all tasted some lesser disasters in our own time. Will I ever forget when the sandy packing around the pipes in our chimney became loose and fell out on my sitting room floor. Just as we had a houseful of guests booked in for a Horse Show at the Green Glens. I looked on in disbelief and started to bawling crying. Those were the days of the full Irish breakfast and carefully set breakfast tables and as my breakfast table was through the sitting room panic stations set in and I wondered how was the mess going to be cleared up. Always the one to restore calm, God Rest Dan he said stop crying and ring our Insurance which I did and they told me to touch nothing until they’d come which would be in a few days. So we calmly shut the door and fed the guests on the counter in the kitchen and not one complained. The week soon passed and eventually the Insurance people came sized up the situation and told us that all would be put right at their expense and normal life reigned once more.
God love the people in the flood zones they do not have insurance and we can only pray that God and the Government will give them the wherewith to put their lives back together again.
Halloween is on our doorstep and it’s getting bigger and bigger all the time. Ghosts and ghouls etc are hanging off every bush and door and ceilings as the scary weekend approaches. Not everybody agrees but I feel that any distraction from the dullness of life at the moment, is welcome. Our Presentation National School got off to a good start some weeks ago by holding a sale of used Halloween gear at the GAA Hall. Out in Carriganima every bush and fence is adorned with every sort of spine-chilling artifacts and from five o’clock on Sunday evening it was open house for children both young and not-so –young.
Still with Carriganima, as a result of their recent walk/run, which always proves extremely popular, they were able to present €2,000 each to both Millstreet and Macroom Hospitals .
The outcome of their later event which was a tractor run in aid of their own transport CART bus, will be published as soon as it comes to hand.
Don’t forget to tune in to Kerry Radio on next Saturday morning from 9 am for the Frank Lewes program which he recorded in Millstreet week ago. In all he and his lovely wife Siobhan spoke to seven local people.
Further that our Community School is celebrating it’s 50 anniversary this year and a celebratory evening will be held at the school on December the first. The well known Marty Morrissey will be there and that great friend of Millstreet Niamh Kavanagh who put us to the top of the map when she won the Eurovision Song Contest here in 1993. Tickets for the event will be selling at €25.
Our Active Retirement program is as always, full of things to do. Some members attended a Tea Dance at Ovens on Sunday October 22. Chair Yoga is held weekly on Fridays at the Day Centre, from 3-4pm except on the last Friday of each Month. So on next Friday they will have Tea and Scones at 1.30 followed by Bingo. Coffee etc at Linda’s Cafe every Thursday morning at 10.30. All members welcome. Even though we have 124 on the books at the moment, please remember that there is still room for new members. If you’re over 55 male or female you’re welcome.
Being a member means that you are covered by the Club’s insurance at all it’s activities and will be informed by text. Both men and women may apply. Ring Mary for details 087 053 7172.
A Lady Solicitor will give a talk at the Day Centre on Wednesday 25 evening from 7pm.
Line dancing starting on tomorrow Wednesday, October 25th at the parish Centre from 2.30 to 3.30.
This Friday the Any Age gathering will meet at our Library in the Carnegie Hall from 11 to 1. All welcome. Ring Gillian for details of the many activities at the Library.
The Men’s Shed will open this Wednesday October 25.
The Popular Glen Theatre is up and Running for the Winter Season. Drama Festival on Tuesday October 24,Wednesday, 25 Thursday 26 and Saturday 28 opening at 8pm each night. Please give it your best support. For details ring 029 56239.
Our Sunday Mass was very different last Sunday. The little children who will get their First Holy Communion next year and their Parents occupied the top seats in the Church .’Grow in Love’ is the name of their Religious education program in school The Mass was celebrated by Fr. Joe Tarrant and during the Mass he spoke to the little ones and included them in the responses to the special prayers. The Church choir also sang hymns relevant to the occasion and in the end Fr. Joe asked for a real Bualadh bos of encouragement for all.
Eucharistic Adoration in our Church every Tuesday from 10.30 am to 7.30pm. Mass most mornings at 10.30.
Legion of Mary Meeting at the Parish Centre every Tuesday night for 7.30.
Confessions in our Church every Saturday from 12.30 to 1.
The number of our Parish Office is 029 70043.
The Footnote on this weeks Mistelette reads, ‘As we celebrate Mission Sunday we offer a special Prayer and thought for all those working in the missions ,May God continue to protect and guide them .
Our time will change this weekend and give us an extra hour between the sheets as we put our clocks back one hour.
I want to say a very sincere word of thanks to all at the Wallis Arms Hotel who looked after me and my family so royally following Dan’s 19th anniversary Mass on Sunday.
Have a lovely Bank Holiday Weekend, But please be careful.
Here are the results of this week’s lotto draw which was held on Sunday night. Numbers drawn were 8,9,18,28 and the Jackpot was not won. €100 went to Noah Tarrant, Dooneen. The seller was Noreen Tarrant and she got €50 sellers prize, €50 went to Breda Creedon, Aubane, €20 each to 6794 Brixton, c/o Lehane, Julia & Patrick O’Sullivan c/o Mary O’Connor, Eilish Dunne, Bolomore, Rene Cooper. ‘Little Treasures’ Hannah, Eileen, Denis, Conor and Hugh c/o O’Regan’s Mills, Nell Walsh, Carriganima c/o Corkery’s Bar. Maurice Kelleher c/o Mary O’Connor.
Next Draw Bank Holiday Monday October 30th . Jackpot €13,200
Sinn a bfuil a cairde, Slán is Beannacht Dé libh go léir
