by
Eily Buckley
Dia is mhuire diobh go leir a cairde and welcome to news report 1207 from Millstreet . Fondest greetings dear listeners and I wish you all the very best on this cold and wintery Tuesday morning.
First of all I want to say a very sincere word of thanks to Sean Radley for stepping in for me last week when I was down with the dreaded flu. But TG it passes and I’m well again.
Sean was very busy last week because as well as filling in for me, it was his turn to edit the program for LTV2 and his efforts received great praise for the wide range of features that he included. So well done all round
Sean.
Please be reminded that on Wednesday and Thursdays nights new programs for LTV will be on your screens. And it is gratifying to know that more and more people are making the effort to tune in their sets in order to receive it.
Sunday evenings are a joy with local TV both from Macroom and Millstreet beginning at five o’clock. Just the thing to block the wet and stormy weather.
And speaking of the weather, the hurricane storms of last Wednesday wrecked havoc with lots of our beautiful trees, especially in Drishane and Tullig etc but TG no loss of life.
And now I want to say a very Happy 100th birthday to the lovely John Murphy, formerly of Tullig and now living in Watergrasshill. Well done John and all the best for the future. From all of us in the Millstreet area.
Here are the results of this weeks parish lotto draw which was held at McCarthys Bar on Sunday night. Numbers drawn were 9, 16, 18, 20 and the Jackpot was not won. The €100 prize was won by Pat
Dinneen, Keale. Jackpot for next week€8,200 the draw at the Clara Inn on
Sunday night.
The AGM of the Lotto Committee will be held at the Wallis Arms Hotel on
Friday March 14th.
The Voice of the Glen Competition, is in full swing at the Glen Theatre
every Sunday night and enjoying full houses every time. Next Sunday night
March 2nd will see the last of the first rounds. By then 24 will have
qualified. And we are not without our qualifiers already. And next Sunday
night we wish every success to Kathleen O Leary Drishane Rd. who will be
competing for our Community Singers. Mary Buckley of Laught, qualified
last Sunday night.
The next rounds will begin at a time yet to be decided.
The Church Gate Collection this weekend March 1/2nd will be in aid of the
Irish Heart foundation.
And of course it being the early days of March, the annual March Fair will
be held in the town on Sunday. All animals are kept in the car park at the
back of the town which used to be the Fair Field in the old days. And this
leaves the streets safe for people to wander around and enjoy the Fair.
A note from School Chaplin John Magee to say that Living Scenes will hold a
Games Day on Monday March 3rd. Please ring the school if you’d like
to take part.
And still with students, there will be a cake sale in Millstreet GAA Hall
on Saturday 1st March after 6.30pm Mass to raise funds for the six 5th
year students going to Lourdes as helpers at Easter. They are near their
target! So please give them this last push.
The AGM of the Millstreet Camogie Club takes place to-night at
The Parish Centre starting at 8.
The AGM of the Active Retired Group takes place at the Parish Centre
to-morrow Wednesday night at 7.30 and all are welcome.
The directors and management of the Canon O Donovan Centre would like to
thank all those who gave so generously to their annual church gate
collection.
Lend me an ear now while I tell you about a new feature that is starting in
the town, entitled the Lighthouse. Set up by the Methodist Church of
Ireland, it will open in the town Square beside the Millwheel Restaurant on
this Thursday February 27th from 9.30 to 12.30.Drop in and Eileen O Riordan Dromsicane and others will
be there to treat you to a friendly cup of coffee and tell you all about
what the Lighthouse has to offer.
In future they plan to open on Tuesdsays from 6.30 to 8.30 pm and on
Thursdays from 9.30 am to 12.30pm
Still with religious matters Members of our Legion of Mary will speak
briefly at all our Masses this weekend and members will visit homes on the
afternoon of Sunday March 2.
Weekly Adoration of the Blessed Sacrement at the usual times this week. And
confessions on Saturdays from 12.30- to 1.
GAA
Millstreet meet Blackwater Gaels in the delayed Duhallow U21 Football
Championship in Millstreet Town Park on this Friday at 8pm.
The Millstreet GAA promoted, Who wants to be a Thousandaire comes to
Millstreet GAA Community Hall on Friday, March 21.
This show has attracted large audiences all over Ireland. contestants are
drawn from ticket sales and each contestant will play for €1000. The
show is fully computerised with the familiar 50/50, Ask the Audience and a
brilliant video linked to phone a friend. Tickets are available from club
members.
Agus sinn a bfuil a cairde, For C103 this is Eily Buckley saying many
thanks for listening, agus Slan is beannacht De libh go leir.
