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Methodist Meeting next Sunday

Our next meeting in Millstreet is on Sunday 14th March at 7.00 p. m. in the Canon O’Donovan Centre on Clara Road. As always everyone is welcome. Our meeting this month is very close to St. Patrick’s Day and so we will be thinking a little bit about Patrick’s life and lessons that we can learn from it. We will be looking together at some sections of the two short documents which historians are almost certain were actually written by Patrick himself. There is a lot in them about Patrick’s life and faith which can challenge and encourage us in our walk with God today.

As well as thinking about Patrick on Sunday night we will also have our usual informal time of worship and prayer. Hope to see you there.

For further information please contact Rev. Laurence Graham at 064 6631613 or

Community School “Welcome the World” tonight

Prepare to welcome the world to Millstreet! That’s the message from the Transition Year students at Millstreet Community School as they prepare to host the fourth annual World Wide Welcome multicultural event this Thursday, March 11 in the school library.

Starting at 7pm, the evening is a celebration of the diversity of cultures that now exist within the school and in the local community, and comprises song, dance, music and poetry, along with the chance to sample cuisine prepared by people from many of the 20 nationalities now present in the locality. Admission is free.

The students have been very busy preparing for the event, and three different groups have taken on the tasks of planning and preparation for the event.

from the Corkman newspaper

Labour of Millstreet’s keeper of the archive is never-ending

Somewhere 100 years from now in an office full of yet undreamed of computer gadgetry, a historian will take a break from work, look into the middle distance and marvel at Sean Radley. Sean Radley, probably even as you read this, is busy recording the life and times of an entire community, his beloved home town of Millstreet in north Cork. Thanks to Sean, almost every minute detail of Millstreet life – social, sporting, political, business, religious and much more – has been captured over 30 years, first on cine film, then in photographs, on audio tape, and, more recently again, on video.

The result is an astonishing archive of material – almost 30,000 photographs, over 2,500 audio tapes, 500 video tapes and thousands of…

from the Irish Times – Tue 09 Sep 1997

For all your Equestrian Needs

Visit Conny’s Tack Shop online at www.connystackshop.ie

Vaughan tastes All Ireland Glory

Millstreet’s Michael Vaughan won All Ireland with the Vocational Schools footballers last Saturday February 28th. Vaughan worked hard and played well throughout and notched up two points for his efforts as Cork edged out Monaghan on a scoreline of 3-8 to 2-7.

The match report below is from the Southern Star:

Sweet revenge for Cork as they shaded a gripping duel with Monaghan to lift the All-Ireland Vocational Schools senior football championship title in Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow, last Saturday.

It was Cork’s second victory in the final against Monaghan in three seasons, but they had been ousted at the semi-final stage in 2009 by the Farney County students, who went on to replace them as champions.

Community School – Baby Jacob Cheque

Photograph shows Marius (Jacob`s father) and Jerry Pat O`Leary (Chairperson) accepting a cheque for €1000 for the Baby Jacob Trust Fund from the Transition Year Students. Half of this money was raised through Charity fund-raising events in the School and the other half came from the “Tastes of Christmas”cookery demonstration which was held last December.

LTV2: Program 157

LTV2 Millstreet:Highlights from Programme No 157 Featuring Ann Marie O`Riordan, Millstreet 2010 Scor Champions, and the laying down of the Time Capsule back in Clara Road recently.
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Coming up tonight: LTV 2 Millstreet:Programme 158. On this weeks programme we have music from Crystal Swing,The Celts,and Johnny Bremmner amongst others,we go to Cullen for a presentation to Fr O`Leary to wish him well on his move to Killarney,also we go to the Abbeydorney Ploughing competition,plus all the usual features as well so tune in next Thursday night at 10.00pm with a repeat showing the following Sunday Evening at 8.00pm.

Trócaire Sleep Out

2010-02-02 Trocaire sleep out — Minister for Education & Science, Batt O'Keeffe, T.D. joins over twenty students from Millstreet Community School as they prepare to have a Trócaire Sleep-Out on the grounds of St. Patrick's Church, Millstreet from 7pm on Monday, 1st March until 7am on Tuesday 2nd March. The very impressive project is part of the School's Trócaire Lenten Campaign 2010. Also included is John Magee (Chaplain) and Teachers Derry Morley and Jennifer O'Donoghue as well as Fr. Declan O'Connor, P.P., Millstreet.

… hope they didn’t feel too cold. It was -3C at 7am this morning!

read more information on the sleep out from a few days ago

Students ‘Sleep Out’ for Trocaire

Twenty three students and teachers from Millstreet Community College will brave the elements and ‘sleep out’ overnight at the doors of Cork’s Millstreet Church to support Trocaire’s Lenten campaign on hunger. They will be joined by members of Millstreet parish. The students aim to highlight world hunger and the poor living conditions faced by people struggling to survive, while raising money for Trocaire’s work.

To make the sleep-out as challenging as possible they will leave mobile phones, i-pods, and all forms of portable entertainment at home. The students will speak at local parishes over this weekend, 27/28th February, and to end the week off they will undergo a 24 hour Fast on Friday 5th March for Trocaire. Also on the 11th March there will be a multicultural event in the Community School as part of the Lenten Project.

Why? For the first time in history 1 billion people or one in six people in the world do not have enough food.

At the doors of St.Patricks Church, Millstreet. 7pm on Monday 1st March to 7am on Tuesday 2nd March.

Read about it on the Trócaire website

Macra Waxing Night

On Saturday 6th February the newly reformed Millstreet Macra club held a Waxing night to raise funds for the club in Corkery’s Bar. In a fundraiser that could only be devised by the ladies, the lads were forced to endure the pain of waxing … in the full view of everyone

Above are a few photos from the night, though if you become a friend of the Millstreet Macra group on Facebook, there’s nearly 100 photos of the night to see, as well as seeing everything else that’s happening in Macra.

Also, this Friday night (26th Feb) there’s a Macra Meeting in Corkery’s at 9pm. “New Members always welcome , why not come and see what it is all about!“

Aontas Bring and Buy

As part of AONTAS Adult Learning Festival
On Friday 26th February 10am – 1pm

Mallow Return To Education Centre will be holding a ‘BRING AND BUY’ cake sale, all the proceeds will go to Haiti Earthquake appeal.
There will also be an art exhibition, hand and head massage and a chance to see what learning opportunities are available in the area.
ALL WELCOME

Mallow Return To Education Centre, Lower Beecher Street. Tel 022 51958

Aontas are the Irish National Adult Learning Organisation
Read more about the Adult Learning Festival and where events are being held on their website

FETAC Level 5 Organic Horticulture Course – Enrollment

Picture of FETAC Certificate Co. Cork VEC Back To Education Initiative (BTEI) is currently offering places on its Organic Horticulture Course in Mallow Return To Education Centre. This FETAC Level 5 course will take place every Monday, starting February 22nd 2010 from 10.00am to 3.00pm. First year modules include Organic Production Principles, Food Crops and Communications with all eight FETAC modules offered over 2 years. Our first-year participants will be advancing onto their second year, while our second-years will be qualifying.

The programme has a very strong emphasis on practical organic skills, as well as classroom based tutoring. Participants gain practical experience in all aspects of organic growing from soil preparation and sowing, no-dig growing systems, crop rotation, pest and disease management, through to harvesting.

Regional Report 1000 at C103

Pictured at the C103 Studio in Mallow celebrating Eily Buckley’s Regional Report No. 1,000. Seated from left: Eily Buckley and Patricia Messenger. At back from left: Seán Radley, William Fitzgerald (LTV2), Geraldine Dunne (Eily’s daughter) and John Paul of C103. LTV2 Programme 156 on this Thursday at 10.00pm will include a feature on this historic occasion. (Picture by Sheila Fitzgerald)

LTV2 Prog 152: Rural TV and music by Crystal Swing

Interview with Country and Western Music promoter Hugh O`Brien who tells us about the new TV Channel called Rural TV which he is involved in which goes out on Sky Channel 279 and on Free to Air as well, and also some music from up and coming Country and Western Band Crystal Swing

Check out the LTV2 on Facebook

Millstreet Macra Question Time in National Finals

The Millstreet Macra Question Time Team who take part in the National Finals in the Castle Hotel Macroom, on Saturday 20th February 2010 at 8pm. Included are John O Riordan, Eoin O Sullivan, James Kelleher, Rebecca Enright

LTV2 Prog 155: Country Park, Panto and more features

On this weeks programme we go to Millstreet Country Park for an insight into what goes on there, also we talk to some of the people involved in the upcoming Pantomine Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in Rathmore, and we have all the usual features plus plenty musical entertainment as well so ……tune in on Thursday Night at 10:00pm with a repeat the following Sunday evening at 8.00pm

Here we have Sean Radley talking to a Group from the upcoming Pantomine, Snow White and The Seven BIG Dwarfs to be held shortly in Rathmore,there will be a feature about this on Programme No 155… (more LTV2 photos below)

Macra Waxing Fundraiser

On behalf of Millstreet Macra we would like to thank all who attended our fund raising night in Corkeries bar, all our sponsers for their prizes and all the lads who got their chest arms/armpits and legs waxed we thank ye so much, hope to see new members joining soon. Special thanks to Jennifer for her time to do the waxing. Total raised on the night was a superb €1,300. Photos will be posted soon.

Irish Heart Foundation Presentation at the Community School

Ms.Anne Riordan Regional Manager of the Irish Heart Foundation accepting a cheque for €500 from the Transition Year Students.This was part of the proceeds from the "Tastes of Christmas" last December.

LTV2: Program 154

LTV 2 Millstreet Programme:154.On this weeks programme we talk to Jerry Pat O`Leary about fundraising for Haiti,we go to the Farm Machinry Show held recently in the Green Glens,and we have all the usual features plus plenty musical entertainment as well so tune in tonight (Thursday 4th Feb 2010) at 10:00pm with a repeat next Sunday evening at 8.00pm

Vaughan playing for Cork VEC Senior Hurlers

Michael Vaughan from Millstreet Community School was playing for Cork Vocational Schools in the Senior Hurling Championship Quarter-Final last Saturday (Jan 30th 2010) in what proved to be yet another defeat to Kilkenny. In at corner forward he managed a point in a game that was to-ing and fro-ing throughout.

… and Cormac Heffernan were both on the mark in the 45th minute, sweeping to 1-14 to 3-5. Michael Vaughan did reply a minute later but the dynamic had decisively changed. Then, after a melee in their defence …

Full match report (from a Kilkenny viewpoint) below

February 1st: St. Bridget’s Day

Today is first day of February, and as always is the feast day of St Bridget one of the few Irish saints.

We grew up knowing about the St. Bridget’s Cross and the confusion in trying to make it correctly, or to make the biggest and best one. According to tradition a new cross is made each Saint Brigid’s Day (February 1), and the old one is burned to keep fire from the house … but of course customs vary by locality as some people keep them for years.

Another local tradition is that you hang a cloth outside for the night before St Bridget’s day, and rub it to any sores that you get during the year, and it will help to make the pain go away more quickly.

Give it a go at making the cross: If you missed the demonstration last Friday in the Library, just read these instructions on how to make a St Bridgets Cross. You will of course need about a dozen rushes to make one. There’s loads of rushes in the fields this year, and the farmers will only be too be glad to see you taking them (in fact take all of them if you want!). Best of luck.

LTV 2 Prog 150: Blackwater Swim

Programme 150-Highlights of the Charity New Years Day Swim in the Blackwater.

from the LTV2 Millstreet YouTube Channel

Collection for Haiti this Weekend

The Haiti earthquake occurred on Jan 12th 2010. Currently there are 170,000 confirmed dead and three million affected by this catastrophic event. As there hasn’t been a concerted effort to raise funds for food/shelter/medicine and everything else that these devastated people need, there will be a church door collection at all the masses this weekend (30th & 31st Jan), and all are encouraged to give generously as the affected people had nothing beforehand, and have even less now. From the parish newsletter last weekend:

Bishop Bill has decided that it would be good to afford parishioners of the Diocese an opportunity to respond to the current situation in Haiti. Next weekend there will be a special Church Door collection for those who wish to donate. This money will be sent to Trocaire who are working on the ground with Caritas International

See lots of photos of Caritas at work in Haiti on flickr.com

LTV2 Prog 151: The Vee Cycle

The Tour of Ireland Cycling, in Tipperary, the day before it came to Millstreet

from the LTV2 Millstreet YouTube Channel

Michael Murphy: My deepest condolences to the Barry family – Mar 04, 10:07 pm
Gillian Kelleher: Also available in Wordsworth, Millstreet and Guerins shop, Ballydaly. Thank you. – Mar 04, 2:24 pm
Gillian Kelleher: Hi Tim, That book “In the Shadow of the Paps” written by Dan Cronin is… – Mar 04, 2:20 pm
Tim Kelleher: Hi I’m looking for a book called !! In the Shadow of the paps!! written… – Mar 03, 1:00 pm
JJ Sheehan: Hi, my grandfather was Michael cronin a tinsmith from kiskeam Co Cork he was born… – Mar 02, 8:21 pm
Niall Buckley: My condolences to the family of Nealy, he was a very generous man who freely… – Feb 26, 9:09 am
Celine Aders: Hello Michael My name is Celine Aders and I live in Sydney. My great great… – Feb 23, 12:16 am
Jennifer Lane: Thank you for getting in touch, Patrick. Sorry I am a bit slow in responding…. – Feb 21, 10:57 pm
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Fr. Declan O’Connor P.P. Fr. David Gunn C.C. & Fr. Micheál Manning A.P.

Tel Nos. Millstreet 029-70043 / Cullen 029-79028 / Mobile 087-7752948

Email: <email> www.dioceseofkerry.ie

PARISH OFFICE OPENING HOURS:

MONDAY-TUESDAY-FRIDAY

10.00a.m.-1.00p.m. & 2.00p.m.-5.00p.m.