Self Build at Green Glens
Category: People
Noel Healy
Noel was one of the Curracahill Healys born and raised near the old Town of Millstreet
He was a nice and quiet and gentle fellow and always quite a pleasure for to meet
In Millstreet earth his remains at rest forever for all of us there is a final Fall
But in the thoughts of those who knew him he will live on as a person who is worthy of recall
Noel Healy never yearned for Earthly glory he lived his life in his unassuming way [read more …] “Noel Healy”
Fancy Dress Event 2010 – Selection Four
We are delighted that you are enjoying recalling the truly superb night at the Wallis Arms. Tonight we feature pics. 175 to 220. Thank you for logging in and for your kind comments. In fact, hundreds are visiting the various selections we’ve uploaded. Tomorrow night marks our final selection…but tonight we get to meet all the “Miners”. I really felt at home being an invited “Miner Guest” – I once lived in Minor Row!! (Seán)
“Sam” visits Rathmore
Tom Murphy – Irish Forest Rally Championships
Congrats to Tom Murphy Jnr. from Tullig last week won the Junior section of the Irish Forest Rally Championships in his Peugeot 205 GTi. Even though he failed to finish in the final round of the series, his main competitor Ian Downey also failed to finish, thus leaving Tom to take the title, becuase of the points he had notched up in the previous five rounds.
He has also been nominated for the prestigious Motorsport Ireland Billy Coleman Award for 2010 which brings with it a prize fund of €50,000. [read more …] “Tom Murphy – Irish Forest Rally Championships”
Fancy Dress Event 2010 – Selection Three
Welcome back! We have now reached images 100 to 174 in this, our third selection. And, yes, we get to meet some of the “Miners from Chile (or Chilay!)”. Most of our pictures were taken outside the Wallis Arms Hotel or within while some more were taken outside “The Clara Inn” in Church Street. More pics tomorrow night. Special thanks to Michael for placing the pics in the most aesthetically appealing order … and also for his very witty and humorous captions! Happy viewing! (Seán) [read more …] “Fancy Dress Event 2010 – Selection Three”
Fancy Dress Event 2010 – Selection One
Sincere apologies on my delay in uploading lots and lots of pictures taken at the wonderfully successful Fancy Dress Event in the Wallis Arms on Friday, 29th October 2010. Well, we now begin with Selection One recording the beginning of the night. A further selection will appear nightly over the next while. It’s our attempt to give our many website visitors an opportunity to experience the amazing atmosphere of this truly superb annual event. Enormous credit must be accorded to the many dedicated organisers. (Seán Radley for www.millstreet.ie ) [read more …] “Fancy Dress Event 2010 – Selection One”
Gougane Barra in Autumn
Clement Carrolls photo of St. Finbarr’s Oratory, Gougane Barra (above), came in as runner up in the RTE Weather photo competition (again!). The photo will be shown on all weather forecasts on RTE ONE and RTE TWO tomorrow November 2nd.
He was also runner up last winter with his photo of Ross Castle. Clement says that he won’t be able to enter again as I have since taken the leap to enter photography full time. His website is Carroll Photography.
Jerry Keating
News this morning that Jerry Keating who was chairman of the Duhallow Board for many many years has passed away. Above is a photo of him presenting Donal Cashman with the Duhallow U21 Hurling Championship cup, after Millstreet defeated his own Banteer in the Final (after scoring 5 goals in extra time in the replay). Also in the photo are Donagh McCarthy, Conor Corcoran, Thomas O’Leary and Eamonn Cremin. [read more …] “Jerry Keating”
Mary Immaculate Graduation
Pictured at the Mary Immaculate Graduations in Limerick City this week were:
Above: Martina Kelleher (B.Ed) Millstreet, medal for German
Left: Elaine Buicke (Station Rd, Millstreet) & Laura Hunt (Shannon, Clare). Photos from press22.ie
Keeper of Tubrid Well & Shrine
James O’Sullivan keeper of Tubrid Well Shrine near Millstreet, Co Cork
I caretake it. I inherited a responsibility, an obligation from my father, who inherited it from his father, and I will pass it along to my son Matthew as well. I come from farming stock, and we always take our responsibilities seriously. We didn’t have a whole lot, but what we did we looked after. And I see this as my duty – to look after this well the same way my father did.
Around the well there are rosary beads, and then there’s a crucifix at the end of that. So people come down and they do the rounds. The usual thing is to go around three times. There are people down there, I am not joking you, every hour of every day. The month of May being the month of Mary, that’s when people go there in their droves. And I mean at any one time on a Sunday afternoon, there could be 300 people, 400 people there. You might think maybe it was only the elderly people that go there, and sure enough they do go there. But there are younger people as well. I see a lot of people in their 20s. [read more …] “Keeper of Tubrid Well & Shrine”
Parade of Retiring Riders at Green Glens Equestrian Event
The Sunday Parade as well as the Prize Giving at the annual Owners Pony & Young Riders Charity Show is always so very colourful and is hugely popular with the audience. As I walked down to be in time at Green Glens I noted a “deer” in the grounds of Millstreet Community School! Not a real live deer but rather a superb sculpture apparently recently been placed on the grass setting at the entrance of the school. Arriving at Green Glens I was just in time to [read more …] “Parade of Retiring Riders at Green Glens Equestrian Event”
The Owners Pony and Young Riders Charity Show 2010 at Green Glens
A Good Hat Day!
Mikey in the Big Apple
Below are pictures of Mikey Webb from Cloghoulabeg, Millstreet, who went with his mother Dolores Webb to New York, after she won the trip on the 8th October on the Big Money Gameshow.
Click the photos for larger photos. Read more on their trip in an article from last week. With thanks to Delia for the photos.
Julie Thomas from New Zealand Tracing Millstreet Roots & Denis’s Successful Research
It’s quite amazing how we’ve have had two people from New Zealand tracing Millstreet roots over the past few days – Fr. Bernard Dennehy on Tuesday and now Julie on Thursday. Incidentally, our very good Friend, Denis Murphy of Cahirdowney, Millstreet, successfully carried out research as to
[read more …] “Julie Thomas from New Zealand Tracing Millstreet Roots & Denis’s Successful Research”
Daniel & Robbie with Sam
Daniel & Robbie O Sullivan, Ballydaly, pictured with the Sam Maguire Cup when it visited the schools in Millstreet last week. Pic:Geraldine Dennehy
Their dad John is one of Corks greatest supports and he was the winner of 2 tickets for the All Ireland in a draw run by The Corkman newspaper.
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All-Ireland Football Final 1973
Cork 3-17 Galway 2-13
“… There was a time in the first half when I thought Cork were going to annihilate us; beat us by a cricket score. They were all over us; three men to the ball and Dinny Long rampant. He did more than anyone to break Galway’s back. Unchallenged, he raced through on solo-runs, often leaving yards between him and his bewildered and less fit opponents. Then when Galway started to rally Frank Cogan literally put Morgan Hughes in his pocket while Con Hartnett and Brian Murphy cleared ball after ball with ease and skill, John Coleman effectively barred Liam Sammon’s path to goal and after an early flourish Tom Naughton’s threat began to wane …” Read below for the full article [read more …] “All-Ireland Football Final 1973”
In New York to meet the Cousins
The Examiner reported on the lucky ‘National Lottery’s Big Money Gameshow’ winners who were whisked away for a six day luxury trip to New York. Among them were Dolores and Michael Webb from Millstreet:
“… Mother- of-three Dolores Webb, 41, from Millstreet, Co Cork, decided shopping was out during her Big Money Gameshow’s six-day trip to the Big Apple. “All I wanted to do was to meet my cousin Anthony Sweeney, who I have never seen but it didn’t work out. He never turned up but his brother John, who I had met 15 years ago in Ireland, did meet me in Times Square. [read more …] “In New York to meet the Cousins”
Fr. Bernard Dennehy of New Zealand Visits Millstreet
Read more information on Fr. Bernard’s Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Parish, located in Glen Eden, Aukland, New Zealand.
Where are they now? – Dinny Long
DINNY LONG (Former Cork footballer)
Cork footballers won the Sam Maguire in 1973 and, three years later, Tralee’s Austin Stacks won the All-Ireland club championship. Dinny Long played on both of those teams and recalls that time with great pride.
“I was playing for Cork for years but moved clubs from Millstreet to Austin Stacks in the middle of my playing days. I was privileged to be part of those two teams, winning that senior All-Ireland was special but so was winning the club. It was a great time in my life.”
But Long was no stranger to success. Prior to winning a senior title, he had accumulated All-Ireland minor and U21 winner’s medals. Playing in Croke Park was a childhood dream for Long and one that he was determined to make a reality. [read more …] “Where are they now? – Dinny Long”
Peter O’Regan Delights Millstreet Gramophone Circle With His Selection
Barry’s Vintage
From Irish Vintage Scene magazine: – “One of our tractor features this month brings us to Millstreet, Co. Cork to visit father-and-son team John and Dan Barry, who have spent the last twenty years building up a fantastic collection of classic tractors, cars, horse-drawn implements and house-hold items from times past. It’s always a tough task to do justice to such a large collection in … “
Senator Dan Boyle Opens Millstreet Art & Poetry Event
There was a wonderfully enthusiastic gathering of people present for Thursday’s official launching of “Silent Voices” (a collection of poems written by asylum seekers living in Drishane) and “Speaking Faces” (Paintings by Kordula Packard – based in Sherkin Island). It took place at the premises of O’Driscoll Travel in the Square, Millstreet. Among the speakers were [read more …] “Senator Dan Boyle Opens Millstreet Art & Poetry Event”
Brian Dennehy to get Lifetime Achievement Award
Irish American stage and screen giant Brian Dennehy is set to be honored with the 2010 Eugene O’Neill Lifetime Achievement Award by the Irish American Writers and Artists (IAW&A) association. He will receive the award at a special ceremony to be held at The Manhattan Club (upstairs at Rosie O’Grady’s, 800 7th Ave. at W. 52nd St.) on Monday October 18th.
Dennehy, whose grandfather hailed from Millstreet, Co. Cork, will be forever associated with Sheriff Will Teasle in 1982’s Rambo: First Blood, but has excelled in many more feature films including Gorky Park, Cocoon, Legal Eagles, Presumed Innocent, Tommy Boy, Baz Luhrman’s Romeo and Juliet and Peter Greenaway’s The Belly of an Architect, for which he received the Chicago Film Festival Award for Best Actor.
He has been nominated for Emmy Awards six times for his television movie roles, including for his performance as John Wayne Gacy in To Catch a Killer (1992) and for Our Fathers (2005), which focused on [read more …] “Brian Dennehy to get Lifetime Achievement Award”
Sam’s Tour Continues – Visiting Millstreet on Tuesday
Sam’s Tour continued today (Tuesday) with Donncha O’Connor (Ballydesmond) and Paul O’Flynn (Ballyclough) starting off in Meelin this morning. Arriving in Millstreet just after midday it was firstly to Presentation N.S. for a very colourful and enthusiastic reception. Superbly colourful welcomes were accorded in various settings. It was then on to [read more …] “Sam’s Tour Continues – Visiting Millstreet on Tuesday”
Áine for FG ticket?
God only knows when the next General Election may happen, but the papers are saying that Áine Collins will be on the voting card for FG in the next election and looks like getting in at the expense of FF:
“Newmarket-based Gerard Murphy, who contested the 2007 election for Fine Gael in the north of the constituency, has already withdrawn his name from the race. Áine Collins, who runs a financial services company in Millstreet, is the front-runner to win the party’s nomination for a candidate in the north of the constituency. A Fine Gael insider said that she would offer voters a fresh perspective.” – Evening Echo
“With just under 50 per cent of the vote, the FG team of Michael Creed and Áine Collins are sure of two seats.” – Irish Independent
Royal Welcome for Donncha & Noel with Sam at Derrinagree N.S.
Margaret’s Wonderful 100th Birthday
Training to become a Deacon
THREE Kerry men have started training to become deacons in the Catholic Church. A programme for a permanent diaconate in the Kerry Diocese was announced a year ago, following approval from Rome for its introduction in Ireland. Three applicants – Conor Bradley, Milltown, Raymond Gilbourne, Millstreet, and Jean Yves Letanneur, Sneem – have now begun a first-year programme at the Dominican Ennismore Conference Centre, in Cork.
Deacons played an important part in the life of the church for the [read more …] “Training to become a Deacon”
