Community website for Millstreet, Co. Cork, Ireland
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Before the marvellous celebrations began the various Family Groups assembled for photographs on this unique occasion. Here we share a selection of the many [read more …] “Margaret Reen’s 100th Birthday Celebrations – Part One”
Dia daoibh go leir,
“Ireland’s legal tradition: loss and recovery.” – [read more …] “Féile Dúthalla 2011”
Marie Hickey from Claraghatlea, and Con O’Sullivan were married in Cullen Church, on March 16th 2011, by Fr. Jack Fitzgerald.
Photographer Ann-Marie of AMC Photography let us know about her photo album from their wedding which is available to view on her website.
To see the photos, simply go to her wedding gallery, and view the photos whose name starts with “Marie Con***“.
[note, there’s about 40 photos in total, so you’ll have to go onto the second page to see all of them]
Congratulations to Mrs Margaret Reen, Main Street who reaches 100 years today. There was a huge crowd in the Green Glens last night with family and friends from all over coming together to celebrate her great achievement, and hopefully she have many more happy years in front of her.
Our third Poultry Day this year and it is a great opportunity to buy your hens, ducks etc as well as gain advice on all things poultry. This is a great event as there is no fee to attend and you can have a cuppa and a slice of cake in the tea room.
We also hope to have the owner of Newmarkets Champion Chick Selling her birds see the link for full details:
http://www.corkman.ie/news/champion-chicks-2665905.html
12th June 2011 2-5pm The Secret Garden Centre Newmarket
For more details phone 029 60084 or thesecretgardener.com
30th Anniversary Commemoration of the 1981 Hungerstrike.
On Sunday 29th May, 112 cars left Darby O’Gills Hotel in Killarney and set off on a 90 mile tour of the mountains of Kerry. The aim was to raise money for the Oncology Unit in Tralee General Hospital. The run coincided with the first anniversary of Anne Casey Joy who passed away on 24th May 2010.
Organised by Anne’s brother Declan, along with her husband Billy, and a number of good friends, the route took the cars over the famous Molls gap, Ballaghbeama Pass, Ballaghasheen pass and continued to a rest halt at Rossbeigh Beach. Finally the convoy made its way to Beaufort via another famous landmark, Caragh Lake where [read more …] “Anne Casey Joy Memorial Classic Car Run”
Margaret O’Sullivan and John Casey got married last Saturday in Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Ballydaly. Photographer Ronan Pallister has put some lovely photos of the day on his blog, as did Fr James McSweeney who did the ceremony.
Update 5/June: Ronan has placed more photos of the day on his blog, this time photos from the reception in the Malton Hotel in Killarney.
Hey all, final reminder of the Charity Concert in aid of Marymount Hospice Cork tomorrow night Friday May 20th in The Wallis Arms Hotel. Starting at 9pm Tickets only cost €8.00 and it is for a very worthy cause.
Ttickets will be available at the door or if you want to be certain of your seat. Contact James on 085 2751235 to get your ticket.
Please come out and support, great night assured.
We would like to invite you to join us for our
OPEN WEEKEND
Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd May 2011 from 12.00 noon-5.00 pm
See what we have on offer in the form of workshops, treatments
and accommodation.
Come and meet the workshop tutors, instructors and therapists to
talk to them about their work.
Visit our web site for details on treatments and upcoming
programmes.
Light refreshments available
Anne Healy, Ballytrasna, Lissarda, Co. Cork. Tel: 021 733 5947 / 086 2644 999
“Crystal Swing” are scheduled to appear on tonight’s “Late Late Show” on RTÉ1 television while on tomorrow (Saturday) night at 9.00 on Sky Channel 4More there is another opportunity to view the excellent Australian documentary entitled “The Secret History of the Eurovision” which contains significant footage of Millstreet re the 1993 Eurovision.
The Vintage Day in the Green Glens held last Easter Sunday will be featured in The Irish Vintage Scene magazine this month. In a preview of the article on their website they say:
In only its second year, the Millstreet Vintage Show succeeded in building on the popularity of its inaugural running last year…….. making this a great Easter day out; for more from this event, watch out for the June issue of Irish Vintage Scene, which will be in the shops from the 20th of May.
Composting Information Afternoon
Saturday 14th May 1-4pm
In association with Cork County Council
Demonstrations & advice on all aspects of home composting, including wormeries.
No entry fee plus free prize draw to win one of three compost bins.
Poultry Day
Sunday 15th May 2-5pm
Advice on all aspects of poultry keeping.
Poultry, feeders and feeds for sale.
No entry fee [read more …] “Birds & Worms at The Secret Garden”
7th May: Please note that Cloghoula Pattern Day has been postponed until a later date.
Click the poster on the left for the full size
VERY IMPORTANT: Football and Race Registration at 1 o clock – SHARP!
On Friday 29th April in Carriganima at the Night of Madness, John P Kelleher shaved his head and beard for the Irish Cancer Society, To date he has raised €2300. He has had a beard since 1979 thats 32 years, a big change for all of us to see him without it ! Here are the pictures stage by stage as you can imagine it took a while (pictures below). Any one wishing to contribute can give it to himself or any member of his family: – with thanks to Rosaleen for this article [read more …] “John P Kelleher – Shave or Dye”
Thanks to the Trojan efforts of enthusiastic and dedicated organisers like Marie, Hannelie, Hilary, Joanie and Paul who co-ordinated some 187 energetic participants and 53 very hard working volunteers, the overall response of [read more …] “Monster MAC Event in Millstreet Gets Full Marks from Enthusiastic Participants!!”
Thanks to Dan Linehan of the Irish Examiner has let us know about a slideshow of photos he took at the Vintage Day in the Green Glens last week (above). He has other nice slideshows on the Irish Examiner website, as well as his own channel on youTube.
Weather permitting, Dan Joe Kelleher and I will record the 2.00 p.m. Mass scheduled to be celebrated at “The City” in Shrone on this Sunday, 1st May 2011. It will then be transmitted on LTV at 5.30 p.m. on Sunday…the very same evening thanks to Dan Joe’s dedication to Local Television. The transmission will then be followed by a repeat of this week’s LTV1 and LTV2 programmes bringing us to the very end of this season’s LTV broadcasts. We thank you for being such loyal Viewers and wish you all a very Happy Summer and look forward to a new LTV season in the Autumn. (S.R.)
Entitled “The Secret History of the Eurovision” this major documentary, part of which was filmed here in Millstreet in September 2010 when Niamh Kavanagh and the Duggan Family participated in comprehensive interviews, will be broadcast on RTÉ1 television on this Monday from 10.30 p.m until 12.15 a.m..
A short video done by the Irish Examiner that appeared on youTube this evening of the Royal Wedding in Kilcorney today, of Catherine (Kate) Buckley and William Casey.
Other articles:
Fell in love over a fertilizer spreader – (Irish Independent)
Jim McSweeney has added another collection taken at the Vintage Day last Sunday. This time it’s an album of very interesting miscellaneous photos, of which a few are shown above but the full album can can be viewed on Facebook
While Kate Middleton was getting pampered in preparation for her wedding yesterday, bride-to-be Kate Buckley from Kilcorney in Cork was spending the eve of her big day making sure her dairy cows were milked, fed and happy before taking care of herself.
“I was supposed to get my nails done on Tuesday but it didn’t happen,” explained bride-to-be Kate.
Kate said they got engaged last year around August, and the royal couple announced their engagement a short time after.
Meanwhile, Kate’s fiance and fellow dairy farmer William Casey, from Berrings, was also spending the day farming with his father in Inniscarra.
“Our friends and relatives were sending messages and paper clippings of the royal engagement for a joke, and [read more …] “Kate and William to wed in Kilcorney”
The first day of our Easter Camp was a great success by all children who participated. Read the full program of details for the Camp (.pdf)
