Community website for Millstreet, Co. Cork, Ireland
The Aubane Social Club would like to wish all their Supporters, Neighbour’s and Friends a very Happy Christmas ⛄🎁
Annual Christmas Day Climb on Wednesday 25 December at 10.30 am all proceeds in Aid of the Critical Emergency Response and The Irish Cancer Society Night Nurses.
Around the Fireside is on Sunday Night 29 December at 8 pm.
All Welcome 🤗
In July 2024 a Group of Friends and Vintage Enthusiasts took on the challenge of setting up a new Vintage Group in the North Cork Region,this Group comprising of 10 People brought with them to the table different skill sets and ideas along with many years experience between them being involved in Vintage Events which when combined brought about the formation of Blackwater Valley Vintage Group.
What followed was a busy 3 week period in which the newly formed Group got together a plan to organise an Event which took place on Sunday August 18th,the Vintage Car and Tractor Run which was held in aid of the Alzheimers Society of Ireland was ran out of Aubane Community Centre just outside Millstreet and had a great Turnout of over 100 Entries on the day, it was an outstanding sucess on the Groups debut.
Just over a month later the Groups Lady Members went on to organise a Vintage Car Run which was held on Saturday September 21st again out of Aubane Community Centre with the beneficiary being Cullen and District Special Needs Association with again a great Turnout.
Blackwater Valley Vintage Group plan a number of Events in 2025 starting with a Vintage Tractor Run on Sunday March 30th and the newly formed Group would like to thank everyone who came along to support us on our first 2 Events and to everyone who sent us best wishes on our new venture and if you want anymore information do check out our Facebook and Instagram Social Media Feeds or give us a Call on 087 7924406.
Finally from all the Team at Blackwater Valley Vintage Group we would like to wish you all a very Happy Christmas and a Prosperous New Year and we look forward to seeing you all again in 2025.
Aubane Social Club Diary for Christmas Period.
Aubane Community Christmas Mass & Party at Aubane Community Centre on Friday 13 December at 8 pm. Live Entertainment. All Welcome.
Aubane Set Dancing Christmas party with music 🎵 by Hugh Kennedy on Monday 23 December at 9.15 pm.
Annual Christmas Day Morning Climb of Mushera on Wednesday 25 December at 10.30 am meeting at Millstreet Country Park Gate. This year the proceeds of the climb are going two charities CRITICAL (Critical Emergency Response) and The Irish Cancer Society Night Nurses. Bucket Collection on the Morning of the Climb.
Christmas Around the fireside a night of stories and Song on Sunday night 29 December at 8 pm.
Blackwater Valley Vintage Group had the pleasure of handing over a Cheque for €1123.90 to Cullen and District Special Needs Association following the Blackwater Valley Vintage Group Ladies Car Run held back on September 21st last,we were delighted to be associated with such a great Group who do absolutely fantastic work in the North Cork Region,the Cheque Presentation took place on Saturday Afternoon December 7th at Cullen Community Centre where Cullen and District Special Needs Association held there Annual Christmas Party in what was a most welcoming and enjoyable occasion we thank our Group Member Sean Radley for the Photos 📸📸
That time of year again, lets share the spirit of Christmas.
North Cork Hamper Packers
Community Christmas Appeal 2024
Individual Food Hamper parcels are made up for the Homeless at Christmas.
If you’d like to donate items for these parcels, the following would be a great help:
Essential foods :
| Hot chocolate/Coffee /Tea – small | Jars of jam/marmalade – small |
| Cereal bars/chocolate/sweets/Crisp’s | Small packs of rice/Cup-a-Soup/ Pot-noodles |
| Biscuits/crackers | Easy to open Tins of: fruit, fish, meat, stews, chicken, etc. |
Hygiene items suitable for Men: toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo, combs, shower gels, face-cloths, baby-wipes.
Small items of clothing: socks, hats, scarfs, gloves, small packets of tissues and new underwear
Cigarettes
NOTE: Local DROP-OFF points
Boherbue Educare Centre – Drop point
Millstreet – O’ Regan’s Mill Office- Drop point
Collection points; Millstreet West End car park (Carnegie side) on – Saturday 14th December 2024, 11.00 to 12pm.
Derrinagree Church car park on Saturday 14th December at 13.00- 13.30pm
This year items will be packed locally into Christmas Hamper bags and taken to Cork on Thursday 21st December to be delivered out to the homeless. Extra food items will be delivered to homeless centers.
Thank you once again for supporting this yearly event.
Margaret Crean 087 2212864 (local person)
SVP MILLSTREET
The annual Church door collection for St. Vincent De Paul will take place at all Masses on 7th & 8th December. We are most grateful for your continued generosity.
The services of SVP are available to any person or family who are genuinely finding the rising cost of living difficult.
It might just be a once off bill that you need help with, a utility bill, a weekly food shop or the approach of Christmas. Our services are completely confidential and offer a wide range of assistance and each person or family are helped in a discreet manner.
So if you need, or know of any person or family, who could do with a helping hand please do not hesitate to contact us on (087) 9597900 or email eileenos58 @gmail.com.
Everyone needs a little help and SVP are here to help.
SVP MILLSTREET
The annual Church door collection for St. Vincent De Paul will take place at all Masses on 7th & 8th December. We are most grateful for your continued generosity.
The services of SVP are available to any person or family who are genuinely finding the rising cost of living difficult.
It might just be a once off bill that you need help with, a utility bill, a weekly food shop or the approach of Christmas. Our services are completely confidential and offer a wide range of assistance and each person or family are helped in a discreet manner.
So if you need, or know of any person or family, who could do with a helping hand please do not hesitate to contact us on (087) 9597900 or email eileenos58 @gmail.com.
Everyone needs a little help and SVP are here to help.
Dromtariffe Vintage Club are holding a Charity Tractor run in aid of Dromtariffe G.A.A. 4G Pitch Development on Sunday 3rd November 2024. Registration by donation from 11am at Dromtariffe G.A.A. Complex, P51 YY26, Rathcoole with the Run departing at 1pm.🏁🚜💨💨💨
Everybody Welcome.
Dromtariffe Vintage Club will be holding a Charity Tractor Run in aid of Dromtariffe G.A.A. 4G Pitch Development on next Sunday 3rd November 2024. Registration by Donation from 11am at Dromtariffe G.A.A. Complex, P51 YY26, with the Run departing at 1pm.
Your Support would be very Welcome.
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Dromtariffe Vintage Club will be holding a Charity Vintage and Classic Car Run in aid of Dromagh School Parents’ Assocation on next Sunday 20th October 2024.
Registration by Donation from 10am at Dromtariffe G.A.A. Complex, P51 YY26, with the Run departing at 12pm.
All Vintage/Classic Cars very Welcome.
Michael O’Mahony, East End, Rathmore, Co Kerry will be taking on the 80K in the October challenge in support of Autism Assistance Dogs Ireland (AADI).
He will appreciate your support as he completes the 80 kilometres during the month of October!
He will be walking roads of Rathmore & East Kerry during October.
As you may or may not know, AADI are not government funded and so they rely on public donations.
It takes 2 years and 25,000 euros to fully fund the training of one Autism Assistance Dog.
One Autism Assistance Dog can transform the life of their child companion and family, providing safety, independence, and a lifetime bond for an autistic child.
The Blackwater Valley Vintage Group Ladies namely Mairead,Ita and Breeda would like to thank Everyone for there support and help on Saturday in the recently formed Vintage Groups second ever Event which was the Car Run organised by the 3 Ladies for Cullen and District Special Needs Association based out of Aubane Community Centre,we had 55 entries on the day and we thank you all for making the Trip,the Weather was perfect and a lovely Route awaited People which passed through places like Moll Carthys Bridge,Mount Hillery,Gortroe,Bweeng before making its way to the Farm in Grenagh where we were so well looked after with Food and Refreshments and Entertainment supplied by Sheila Fitzgerald,also we would like to thank the Outstanding Crew in Aubane who once again looked after everyone so well and provide us with a top class venue as a meeting point,to Vy Ha and Mahilet O’Leary for there lovely Harp Playing in Aubane,thank you very much,also we want to thank the dedicated Bike Marshalls,Marshalls on the Roadside,Sign On Crew,Arrowing Crew and An Garda Siochana for keeping the Event flowing so well,a big shout out as well to the Media and Photographers who promoted the Event on the day and on the Run up to it and to the People who gave Spot Prizes we thank you for your support.
We look forward to our next Event and your Company very soon.
Thanks from Mairead,Ita and Breeda.
Photos Courtesy of Sean Radley and Bernard Crowley.
As many of you already know, there is a flood in Southern part of Poland, including my hometown Nysa.
If you would like to help, you may trust them 
and click the link below:
https://www.siepomaga.pl/en/powodzie
You can also help by visiting these places next year on a visit to Poland. These are beautiful touristic places, well, at least they were, but hopefully next year all would be back to normal. Not without our help though.
Thank you 
Kate Boruch from Millstreet
A Presentation was made last Friday Evening September 13th at Aubane Community Centre by Blackwater Valley Vintage Group to The Alzheimer Society of Ireland where the Groups Representative Lena O’Sullivan from St Marys Day Care Centre Mallow accepted a Cheque for €4,471.60 following the Recent Car and Tractor Run which was Blackwater Valley Vintage Groups very first Event,Organiser Luke Hurley and Members of the newly formed Vintage Group
were on hand to make the Presentation and The Alzheimer Society of Ireland Representatives thanked everyone that supported the Event back in August 18th last and said the financial support gained from the Event will be of great benefit to the Groups Work.
As a group Blackwater Valley Vintage Group would like to thank Everyone for there help and support on what was the debut Event for the Group and were delighted to be working and able to help out a great Organisation in the Alzheimers Society of Ireland.
Photos by Bernard Crowley and Sean Radley.
Blackwater Valley Vintage Group will make a Presentation to The Alzheimer Society of Ireland with the Proceeds from the recent Car/Tractor Run at Aubane Community Centre on Tomorrow Evening Friday September 13th at 8.15pm, Everybody is very Welcome to Attend.
Thank you to everyone who helped make our 12 hour Spinathon a success. We are very grateful for all the support we received. All the money raised is for The Hope Foundation and will go a long way in making a positive impact on the lives of those in need in Kolkata.
A big thanks also to everyone who helped us keep the bikes spinning, our families, friends, school teachers, Jerry O’Leary and O’ Leary’s Family Butchers, Fiain Gym Dromtarriffe Ladies LGFA Linda Desmond and Millstreet Fire brigade.
Blackwater Valley Vintage Group would like to inform you that due unforseen circumstances we have to re-schedule the handing over of the Cheque to The Alzheimer Society of Ireland due to take place on this Friday Night September 6th in Aubane Community Centre,we will instead do the Presentation on the following Friday Night September 13th at 8.15pm in Aubane Community Centre,we apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Everyone very Welcome to Attend.
Blackwater Valley Vintage Group will make a Presentation to The Alzheimer Society of Ireland with the Proceeds from the recent Car and Tractor Run at Aubane Community Centre on next Friday Evening September 6th at 8.15pm, Everybody is very Welcome to Attend.
Photos Courtesy of Sammy Murphy and Ray Corkery.
As the Dust settles on what was a fantastic Debut Event for Blackwater Valley Vintage Group on Sunday August 18th out of Aubane Community Centre which was all for a great cause in The Alzheimer Society of Ireland we would like to thank everyone who made our first Event a very memorable one,Luke Hurley and Jack Sheehan headed the Car and Tractor Runs yesterday and they wish to acknowledge the help they got in the lead up to the Event and on the day itself,to the Catering Crew in Aubane all we can say is that they looked after us so well with top class food and hospitality which they very kindly sponsored and supplied free of charge and also giving us the use of a top class venue in Aubane Community Centre,to the People of Aubane who helped on the day and made us so welcome and also allowed us the use of there properties for parking as well we thank you very much,also to Super Valu Millstreet who sponsored the Scones thank you for the generosity and support,The Pub Carriganima was a great ending point for the Run and we thank them for having us as well as the Yanks Chipper keeping us well fed and to Tim Joe and Ann and Barry O’Halloran and the Cullen Crew who provided fantastic music at the Finish we thank you for your help and support,to An Garda Siochana we thank you for your assistance in keeping the Event progress smoothly and safely on the Road and to our fantastic Bike Marshalls and all the Marshalls out on the Route we could not have done this without your help,to the hardworking sign on Crew who kept the paperwork all in order thanks for your help,a big thanks as well to John Tarrant and The Corkman for there coverage and support and to all the Photographers and Video people who came out on the day we thank you for your attendance and publicity of the days proceedings,also a big shout out to everyone who donated spot prizes for the draw and finally to the 111 entries from people who brough either a Tractor or Car yesterday from both from near and far we are very grateful for your support on our very First Event and we look forward to seeing you all again very soon.
Photos Courtesy of Richard Norton and Rnc Rally-Pics.
All roads lead to Aubane tomorrow Sunday August 18th for the inaugural Vintage Event being held by the newly formed Blackwater Valley Vintage Group,the first Event being ran by the Group is Lukes Vintage/Classic Car Run and Vintage Tractor Run (PRE 1994 TRACTORS ONLY ARE ALLOWED) the Groups first Event will be based out of Aubane Community Centre Eircode (P51 EP49) with Sign On from 10am and Take Off at 12.30pm from where the Run will make it’s way to the Finish at The Pub Carriganima for some Free Entertainment with Tim Joe and Ann,Barry O’Halloran and Sheila Heery,Registration for Run is by Donation while the Beneficiary from the Event will be The Alzheimer Society of Ireland for more Details Call Luke Hurley on 086 8805437.
There is a Preview to the Inaugural Blackwater Valley Vintage Run happening on Sunday in the YouTube link below
We are absolutely delighted to announce that The Glen Theatre Drama Group’s production of John B. Keane’s play, “The Rain at the End of the Summer”, held at the Glen Theatre last Sunday night (11th) was a resounding success.
Thanks to the incredible generosity of The Glen Theatre Drama Group, all proceeds from tickets sales were donated to Rathcoole NS Parents of Children with Additional Needs Support Group. Director Tadgh O’Keeffe kindly presented Colette O’Keeffe & Maria Buckley with a cheque for €1000.00.
These funds will be dedicated to purchasing essential equipment and resources for all pupils, but in particular the neurodivergent children with additional needs attending Rathcoole National School.
Thank you to everyone who attended the night or donated. Your kindness makes a huge contribution to the lives of these pupils.
The Glen Theatre Drama Group are bringing this magnificent play to The Everyman Theatre on Thursday 15th August and The Civic Theatre, Dublin on Friday 23rd & Saturday 24th August.
Philip Lenihan commands the stage as patriarch Joss O’Brien whose moral attitude conflicts with his ambitious son, Jamesy, played by Tadhg Curtin, while daughter and soon to be nun Eillie, played by Sinead Guiney tries to keep the peace. With our own extremely talented vice principal Maureen O’Brien as feisty housekeeper Kate and past pupils Olivia Lehane and Diarmuid Cronin as the newly engaged couple, Penny & Toddy, and Anna Lehane as stagehand, this show is a must see!
Rathcoole NS Parents of Children with Additional Needs
Cast and Director
Cheque presentation
