Day: October 12, 2014

Late Dola O’Byrne, West End, Millstreet

Click on the notice to enlarge. (S.R.)
Click on the notice to enlarge.     (S.R.)

The death has occurred on Sunday October 12th 2014 of Dola O’Byrne of the West End, Millstreet.
Rosary Sunday at 10pm. Reposing on Monday from 6pm to 8pm in Tarrant’s Funeral Home, followed by removal to St.Patrick’s Church Millstreet. Requiem mass Tuesday 14th at 11am, with burial afterwards in St.Mary’s cemetary.

2009 - Dola O'Byrne with her award for the best window display at Millstreet's St. Patrick's Day Parade
Dola O’Byrne with her award for the best window display at Millstreet’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade in 2009

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Carriganima Presentation of Cheques to Millstreet & Macroom Hospitals

The wonderfully uplifting result of the recent annual Carriganima Fundraising Walk saw the presentation at The Pub in Carriganima on Saturday, 11th Oct. 2014 of €1,000.00 to both Millstreet & Macroom Hospitals. From left: Jimmy Murphy, Matron Lena Kelleher (Millstreet), Margaret Pierce, Marie Good, Ann Marie Murphy, Matron Bernie Buckley and in front a further member of the Organising Committee, Seán Murphy. Click on the images to enlarge. (S.R.)
The wonderfully uplifting result of the recent annual Carriganima Fundraising Walk saw the presentation at The Pub in Carriganima on Saturday, 11th Oct. 2014 of €1,000.00 (each) to both Millstreet & Macroom Hospitals. From left: Coordinator Jimmy Murphy, Matron Lena Kelleher (Millstreet), Margaret Pierce, Marie Good, Ann Marie Murphy, Matron Bernie Buckley and in front a further member of the Organising Committee, Seán Murphy. Click on the images to enlarge.   (S.R.)

16Carriganima Presentation of Cheques to Millstreet & Macroom -8009Carriganima Presentation of Cheques to Millstreet & Macroom -800With John Tarrant reporting for “The Corkman” Jimmy, Seán and Matron Lena and Matron Bernie all spoke briefly of the great success of the annual event.  Superb refreshments were provided and all enjoyed a most pleasant night.   Here we share a further 24 images of the [read more …] “Carriganima Presentation of Cheques to Millstreet & Macroom Hospitals”

Save Millstreet Town Park

2014-10-10 Town Park - Trees cut15-800
Where the line of trees once stood, is now bare. The plan is to erect fencing the same as the astro pitch in its place

I was utterly disgusted to find the destruction of the southern line of conifers in Millstreet Town Park now complete. A number of years ago the line sheltering the car park was cut down. Last year another dozen or more were cut down to make way for another football pitch…and now the carnage is complete. (Or is it???) I can think of no good reason why these perfectly healthy trees should have been cut down. They provided shelter from the southern gales and a brief but pleasant escape from the concrete and metal jungle that we have surrounded ourselves with in our daily lives. No More.. Now we have the inglorious view of the gable end of the National School complete with 40ft steel container, more floodlights and a huge floodlit metal cage (see picture above).
The lovely sycamore which adorned the entrance to the hare escape, which I believe was planted by the late Joe Buckley, was also hacked down. (The pale stump being left to remind us of the beautiful colours of the leaves it would be displaying this autumn.) That was pure malicious. The hare escape [read more …] “Save Millstreet Town Park”