Day: October 15, 2012

Medjugorje Pilgrimage 2012 – Part One

Arrival at Dubrovnik Airport in Croatia on Wednesday, 26th Sept. 2012 at the beginning of our pilgrimage to Medjugorje.    Having left Cork Airport almost three hours earlier we arrived well after midnight in Croatia where an excellent coach was ready to take us on the three-hour journey to the north to Medjugorje in Bosnia Hercegovina.   (S.R.)

Coordinated by Tom Dennehy, some sixty-one people set off on a week- long pilgrimage to the world famous Marian Shire where Our Lady has been appearing to six visionaries since 1981.   The coach left Kiskeam in the afternoon and collected a number of pilgrims at various points such as “The Sandpit” in Dromtariffe.   When we arrived in Medjugorje having had [read more …] “Medjugorje Pilgrimage 2012 – Part One”

Results & Fixtures – 15th Oct 2012

2012-10-14 The Millstreet team which beat Newmarket in the Singleton Cup Final in Castlemagner

GAA: Vocational Schools S.B.H: Millstreet C.S. 1-17 St. Colmans(Midleton) 1-10

Minor D League Football Final: Millstreet beat Kiskeam,  in Millstreet at 5.30pm, Sat 13th Oct (that’s our second Minor team !)

Singleton Cup Final (Duhallow Junior A league – div 2): Newmarket 0-15 Millstreet 2-12, in Castlemagner, 1pm Sun 14th Oct. – a brace of goals in the second half from Kevin Sheehan who moved from wing back to full forward at half time swung the game for Millstreet.[match reports in the corkman(1), the corkman(2)]

Donncha O’Riordan was on the Malmo GAA (Sweden) which team which lost in the final of the European Gaelic Football Shield to Zurich in Vienna (Austria) over the weekend

Soccer:
AUL 1A: Grangevale 1 Millstreet Celtic 1, Sun 14th Oct 10.45 am

AUL 3B: Los Zarcos 0 Casement Celtic 2, Sat 20th Oct 3pm

AUL 1A: Rathcoole Rovers 1 UCC 2, Sat 20th Oct 3pm

Rallying: Paul and Charlie Drake drove in the Coffs Coast Rally in Australia this weekend (12th – 14th October). They rolled the car on day one (Friday) [photo], repaired he mess to get going for day two, eventually finishing in 12th in the National Class. [results (the Drakes are in the NSWRC section)]

Greyhounds:Ballydaly Lark (for Edward Murphy) came 5th in the first race at Curraheen Park on Thursday Oct 11th (525 Yds. Flat) in a time of 29.74. [results]

Cleanaway Podge (Con O’Connor) finished 4th in Race 7 – Lucey’s – The Good Food Shop 525 (Grade : A3) Flat 525 at Curraheen Park in a time of 29.77.[results]

Slanan Miss (for Catriona McCarthy) came 4th The Connolly’s Red Mills A2 Bitch 525 Semi-Final in Curraheen Park 13th Oct in a time of 29.58

Millridge Ghost (Donie O’Mahony) won by 3 lengths in race 2 (a flat 325 grade : S9) in Tralee on Oct 13th in a time of 18.30.

Millridge Lass (for Donie O’Mahony) came in second in race 5 in Tralee on Oct 13th (a  flat 525  grade : A4) in a time of 29.63

Athletics: Run the Gauntlet is a half marathon over the Gap of Dunloe on November 18th which is both a challenging and beautiful race. For more information see runthegauntlet.ie

[read more …] “Results & Fixtures – 15th Oct 2012”

Death Notice: Kathleen O’Riordan

O’RIORDAN (Bishopstown and Millstreet, Cork): On October 14, 2012, peacefully, at home, Rossa Avenue, Bishopstown, in the presence of her loving family KATHLEEN (KITTY, nee Radford) dearly loved wife of Denis and much loved mother of Brian and Sandra and dear grandmother of Francesca, Sandrea and Caoimhe and loving sister of Sadie and the late Maura and John. Sadly missed by her loving husband and family, sister, grandchildren, relatives, and friends especially Rosie and Pat. Lying in repose at the Wilton Funeral Home, Sarsfields Road of Jerh O’Connor Ltd from this (Monday) evening at 3.30pm. Removal on this (Monday) evening at 6.30pm to the Church of the Real Presence, Curraheen Road. Requiem Mass tomorrow (Tuesday) at 11am. Funeral afterwards to St. Finbarrs Cemetery. Family flowers only. Donations, in lieu, to the Mercy University Hospital Foundation. May she rest in peace.