Day: December 7, 2021

“Radio Treasures” This Tuesday on CMS from 9.30 to 11.30pm

“Radio Treasures” Weekly Show is on air tonight (Tues., 7th Dec. 2021) on Cork Music Station from 9.30 to 11.30 (Irish Time).   Feel most welcome to contact the Show on corkmusicstation@ gmail.com or on Text/WhatsApp 086 825 0074 or check out the Seán Radley Facebook.  Happy Listening!  We chat about a variety of topics and we listen to the very best songs and music and share some entertaining quotes!  We remember our Faithful Departed.  We listen to the wonderful voices of Boney M, Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, Doris Day …. and there’s more…much more and we chat about the images below accessed from our Museum Pictorial Archive.  Tap on the images below to enlarge.  (S.R.)

In tonight’s Show we chat about Noel Fehily, Retired Jockey Supreme.  We send special greetings to our Dutch Friends – Sterre, Nina and Hidde who are presently in Dublin.   We feature a truly special Irish Recording from 2003 which had been coordinated by Roibeard Ó Cathasaigh.  We listen to some rare and beautiful recordings – all in the hope that we still have electricity as we still experience Storm Barra!

The Fehily Family of Castletownkenneigh in beautiful West Cork appearing on “The Southern Star” in 2019 as Noel, son of Joan and Michael Fehily was being honoured for his hugely impressive successes as a Champion Jockey. Joan and Michael (Noel’s Parents) with Tim Foley visited us at Millstreet Museum in August 2021.

Donie Lucey drives Champion Boxer Steve Collins to Millstreet Museum on 19th Nov. 2021. We thank Ted Dineen for this excellent image.
Transport in past decades at Minor Row, Millstreet. Here we view the wonderful Dan Hallissey returning home following his visit to Tom Radley’s Forge for a new set of shoes for his loyal donkey.  No need to stop for petrol!

Margaret Bourke’s superb image of the Christmas feature in The Square – in advance of Storm Barra.

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Eily’s Report 7th December

  • Dia is Mhuire díobh go léir a chairde, and welcome to my weekly report.

All the headlines both on paper and the media carry warnings of Storm Barra. A severe thing by all accounts. Our Millstreet website carries a picture to show us where we stand and by all accounts we’d better listen to the what they’re telling us . Great if it’s not as bad as they say,but better be sure than sorry. We can all see a few things that we can do to improve our situations in times like these. As I’ve said so many times before how we’ve become so dependent on so many things that we have no command over any more. It wasn’t like that in the old days. Not everything worked, we just didn’t have everything but what we had we were able to manage. Today if the car won’t go  you can do nothing with it until you try for help, whereas in days of old if the horse or donkey stopped you gave it a little rest or a poke of the stick and away they went. If the paraffin lamp quenched for the want of oil you remained in the dark and did with the light of the fire to get around or just sit and talk. Today if the power goes out the fridge will stop so will  the freezer and food will rot and there is nothing you can do until  the right person comes along to restore it. Many of us are using oil heating now, it’s clean and efficient and so labour saving  but what happens if the ‘light’ goes out, there is no power to pump the stuff in. Correct me if I’m wrong but I think that the great Henry Ford died of the cold when a cold spell happened when he was living in his ultra modern  country mansion ,which was fitted with all the mod cons of the day.  The heating system died and so did he of the cold. A sobering thought. I’m an oil freak now, enjoying the benefits of it all, but I’m never be without a supply of smokeless coal, kindling and firelighters in the shed.

The 45Drive due to be held in the Canon O’Donovan Centre this evening  has been cancelled on account of the weather.

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