Category: Upcoming Events

Michael Commins Monday Night Show in Galway – Further Details

The official poster illustrating the Annual Michael Commins Country & Western Shows taking place in the Salthill Hotel, Galway. Details of the Kealy's Bus timetable which will be travelling to the Monday Show are given below. (S.R.)

To give people an opportunity to attend this wonderful event a special bus has [read more …] “Michael Commins Monday Night Show in Galway – Further Details”

Michael Commins Country-and-Western Show in Galway on Monday Night

Michael Commins of MidWest Radio with singer AnnMarie O'Riordan of Rathcoole

Midwest Radio Presenter Supreme, Michael Commins (and Journalist par excellence in the “Farmers Journal”) has been presenting the Annual Michael Commins Country & Western Shows in Galway with phenomenal success.   And there is a wonderful opportunity to attend the Monday Show for fans of that ever popular musical genre.

There is a fabulous line-up again this year for the Monday night Show that includes Big Tom McBride, Foster & Allen, Crystal Swing, Matt Keane, John Glenn, Gene Stuart, Sam O’Doherty, P.J. Murrihy, Nan Tom, Matt Cunningham, Jacqui Sharkey, Bernadette Ruddy, Jason Travers, John Kelly, Gerry Walsh and Donncha O’Dúlaing (RTÉ).

A bus leaves Cullen at 4.00 p.m. on this Monday evening (7th November 2011) and arrives in the Square, Millstreet at 4.15 p.m..   Then onwards to the Salthill Hotel in Galway for this truly magnificent Musical Show.   Entry is €30.00 and for enquiries regarding the cost of the return bus journey please contact Kealy’s Coaches, Cullen on 087-799 4045.

LTV2 Millstreet will also be recording a number of interviews at this prestigious event.   For an absolutely amazing true Country & Western Musical experience with such a galaxy of very famous Stars this is an opportunity which rarely presents itself.   (S.R.)

Volunteers to do the New Year’s Day swim needed – sign up now

 

 

New Years swim 2012 at the Boeing / Blackwater

Volunteers to do the swim needed – sign up now

Swim to raise much needed money for Cork North West branch of Multiple Sclerosis Ireland.

 

 

 contact

Gerald O Farrell 087 7963162

Margaret Crean 087 2212864

Eileen Murphy 086 8654341

[read more …] “Volunteers to do the New Year’s Day swim needed – sign up now”

In the Corkman – 6th Oct 2011

  • Millstreet Country Park launches it’s new Ecology Module Programs for Junior and Leaving Certificate Classes,
  • information on the upcoming Dairy Show (15th Oct),
  • all the Millstreet GAA news, and
  • all the other bits of information.
  • Millstreet 3-11 Newmarket 2-5: MILLSTREET produced the firepower to ward off Newmarket in an entertaining Coiste Óg North Cork U16 A Football League Final on a staging in Kiskeam.
  • All the news from Kilcorney / Rathcoole
  • There’s a Model Tractor driving competition at the Dairy Show in the Green Glens in Millstreet next weekend.  [read more …] “In the Corkman – 6th Oct 2011”

    • Meet the Author – Larry O’Loughlin

    Larry O’Loughlin is a storyteller, author and playwright. He has written thirteen books for children and teenagers. Two of his titles for teenagers, ‘Is Anybody Listening?’ and ‘Breaking The Silence’, were awarded the prestigious International White Raven citation, and he was shortlisted for the Bisto Book Of The Year Award for ‘The Goban Saor’ and ‘Is Anybody Listening?’ His collection of children’s poetry ‘Worms Can’t Fly’, co-authored with his daughter Aislinn O’Loughlin is one of the top selling collections published for children in the last two decades, and his poetry for children has been  [read more …] “Meet the Author – Larry O’Loughlin”

    Millstreet Autumn Walking Festival

    Walk in the footsteps of legends as Millstreet’s upcoming Festival traces the route of O’ Sullivan Bere’s epic winter march over 400 years ago from Castletown Bere to Leitrim!
    Our ‘A’ Walk between Ballyvourney and Millstreet traces the route over arguably the most rugged and beautiful part of this entire journey.
    We earnestly hope to finish the day with less casualties than O’ Sullivan Bere suffered!!

    Our ‘B’ & ‘C’ Walks are similarly rewarding with no less a personage than Minister for Tourism and Sport Leo Varadkar stating that our ‘B’ Walk (The Claragh Loop) is his ‘ favourite festival walk of 2011’ .

    Our ‘ C’ Walk reflects the historical influence of landlords in Millstreet. Commencing at the Wallis Arms Hotel and taking us past the ruins of the once magnificent Mount Leader Estate to a viewing point on Claragh Mountain overlooking Millstreet and the Blackwater Valley.

    Full restaurant facilities are provided by the Wallis Arms Hotel which is Base Camp for the Festival.

    Looking forward to you joining us for what is certain to be a memorable walking experience.

    Read the full details on the Festival Brochure.

    [read more …] “Millstreet Autumn Walking Festival”

    Millstreet Macra news this week

    Millstreet Macra held a very successful inaugural Pitch and Putt tournament on Sunday, 14th August in Millstreet. Seven teams competed for the top two spots with those victorious teams earning cash prize. The overall winners were Seán Óg O’ Connor, Shane Browne (both Millstreet) and Willie John Buckley (Newmarket). It is hoped to make this a regular event so keep an eye out for further dates.

    We are also helping to host a Field Day in Macroom (as a member of Muskerry Macra). It takes place Sunday 21st August in Murray Field, Macroom from 1pm. Entry free! Many games, races and novelty events inc.a fancy dress competition will take place as well as a dog show -the four categories are best small dog, best large dog, best dog handled by a child and best fancy dress! Hope to see you all there!

    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”

    Pat Kenny Interviews Steven O’Riordan Re Forthcoming Documentary

    On this morning’s Pat Kenny RTÉ  Radio 1 Programme (Tues. 19th July 2011 at approx. 11.15) Steven O’Riordan was one of two guests who participated in a very comprehensive and excellent interview with Pat Kenny re tomorrow night’s Documentary on TG4 which has been magnificently produced and directed by Steven, son of Joe and Anne O’Riordan, Woodland Drive, Millstreet.


    Listen to the interview titled “Magdalene Laundries” at: http://www.rte.ie/radio1/todaywithpatkenny/#Podcasts [read more …] “Pat Kenny Interviews Steven O’Riordan Re Forthcoming Documentary”

    Forgotten Maggies on TG4

    The long awaited documentary on the Magdalene Laundries in Ireland (The Forgotten Maggies) is set to get its Irish premier on Wednesday 20th July 2011 TG4 @ 9:30PM. It has taken five years to get the documentary screened and I hope everybody in Millstreet can support the work Steven O’ Riordan and others have done to help these women. It is the only Irish made documentary on the subject matter and fear not, it’s completely in English. So if you are not an Irish speaker you don’t have to worry. The documentary is compelling, shocking, honest and extremely forthright in its testimonies. Let everyone know it’s on and for anyone interested the trailer is below.

    Millstreet Adult Learning Festival

    The first Millstreet Adult Learning festival is happening next month in the Community School. Most of the courses are FREE, so all you need is  a little time and ambition.

    click on the PDF’s below to see the brochure, which has course details, contact details etc.

    Millstreet Adult Learning brochure (a) (Front and Back pages)
    Millstreet Adult Learning Festival brochure (b) (inside pages)

    Running for Pearl

    Hi, My friend Malcolm McLoughlin is undertaking a charity run this sunday 3rd July from Mizen Head to Malin Head (570km!) and will be passing through Millstreet. He is raising funds for autism, for his own daughter Pearl and various other Autism charities. If anyone would like to cheer him on or run a little please come out. Exact dates and times of reaching Millstreet will be updated via his Running For Pearl facebook page.

    Kind Regards,
    Therese Kelly
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    I reckon he’ll be coming into Millstreet on the second day (Monday 4th) as it’s about 120 km from here to Mizen, but we’ll try to keep ye posted as to when he’ll be coming into Millstreet.

    Click on the poster (right) for further details, or see below for links to the full details.

    [read more …] “Running for Pearl”

    Upcoming Documentary Feature by William McSweeney & Friends

    We shall soon be indicating a video link to a truly excellent video produced by William McSweeney, his Primary School Class from Cobh and RTÉ’s Jim Wilson.   William who lives and teaches in beautiful Cobh,  is of course a native of Killarney Road, Millstreet – is a gifted Musician, an inspiring Teacher and a real Expert in the area of Nature Study.   The Documentary is a gem and a delight… and deserves the highest of Oscars!

    Updated: the video has been added below. It is 5th class pupils of Scoil Iosaef Naofa, Cobh, Co. Cork, Ireland (William’s class) as part of the International Schools Godwit Project, which is a co-operative international study between a school in Iceland, a school in Devon, England, and William’s class, in a joint effort to to link what the birds do on the wintering and breeding grounds in order to understand the factors that regulate the population size of a migratory bird species. Read all about the project on its website http://www.scoiliosaefnaofa.com/Godwit.htm


    [from the Sherkin Comment 42 (2005)]