Community website for Millstreet, Co. Cork, Ireland
During the special Mass four Class Members who have gone to their Eternal Reward were remembered with candles in their memory placed in front of the altar. The four for whom special prayers were said included Pat Broderick, Mary Buckley, Davy Murphy and Dermot Twomey. Let us now share some further images from the very memorable occasion in Millstreet which took place on Monday, 28th Dec. 2015. [read more …] “Superb MCS Class Reunion 1985 – 2015 in Church & at Wallis Arms Hotel”
Thank you to everyone who supported the Bake Sale that took place on Saturday 12th Dec after 6.30pm Mass in Millstreet Parish Centre, and on Sunday 13th Dec after 11.30pm Mass. A total of €749 was raised. Thanks to everyone who baked and all those who bought! Congratulations to Kevin McSweeney who won the raffle for the wonderful Christmas cake made by Lilly Murphy. A reminder that the purpose of this fundraiser was to help pay the travel and accommodation costs (€650/person) of the four 5th year students from Millstreet Community School who’ll be travelling as student helpers to Lourdes with the Irish Pilgrimage Trust for a week during their Easter holidays 2016. The students are: Darragh McSweeney, Jasper Eastwood Lennon, Caroline Murphy and Bridelle Cronin.
The senior soccer team from Millstreet Community School reached the semi-finals of the John Murphy Cup with an emphatic win over St. Ailbe’s, Tipperary Town. The match was played on the state of the art full-sized astro turf pitch in Charleville. The Millstreet team went into the half time break with a 2-0 lead. The second half proved to be more one-sided affair with Millstreet running out winners with scoreline of 7-0. Goal scorers were James Linehan (2), Billy Cronin (2), Thomas Walsh, Danny Buckley and Darren Kiely. The boys now meet Nagle Community College, Mahon, in the semi-final with home advantage. It is bound to be a stern test but one which the team are ready for. [read more …] “Millstreet Community School Senior Soccer Team reach Semi-Final of John Murphy Cup”
The Transition Year students of Millstreet Community School have decided to support the valuable work of Cork Simon Community in the run-up to Christmas by holding a MONSTER CHRISTMAS DRAW. From Monday 30th November students from all year groups in the school will be able to collect cards from which you can purchase a line (or as many as you’d like) for €0.50/line. Students who return fully filled sheets will receive a selection box.
“The Simon Communities throughout Ireland provide care, accommodation and support for people experiencing homelessness and those at risk. Together, with people who are homeless, Simon tackles the root causes, promotes innovative responses and urges the government to fulfill their commitments. Simon delivers support and service to over 5,000 individuals and families who experience – or are at risk of – homelessness on an annual basis.
The Cork Simon Outreach Team met 89 people sleeping rough on the streets of Cork in October 2015. An average of over 12 people per night were sleeping rough.
From street to home, Cork Simon Community stays with people for as long as they need support. Simon’s Homeless Emergency Support Services work with people one-to-one, responding to all of their needs with the aim of housing people as quickly as possible. Their Housing and Support Services work with people to maintain their tenancies in housing appropriate to their needs, and to support them to reconnect with family and the wider community.” (see www.simon.ie & www.corksimon.ie)
The draw to find the winner will take place on Wednesday 16th December. The top prizes are beautiful pieces of pottery created by Millstreet Community School’s art teacher, Mr. Barry Fraser (see photograph). Other prizes include tubs of chocolates.
Thanks to everyone for their efforts with regards to the Team Hope Shoebox appeal. Over 300 boxes were brought to Millstreet Community School from Rathcoole National School, Millstreet Boys National School, Presentation Convent National School Millstreet, Knocknagree National School and by pupils of Millstreet Community School. Thanks also go to the members of the Transition Year ‘youth for justice’ group in the Community School for sorting all the boxes and getting them ready for collection.
The Millstreet Community School Senior Soccer team won their third game in the John Murphy Senior Cup competition for under 19 boys. They played their latest game away against Castleisland Community College and won 6-1. Playing conditions were very difficult but this didn’t prevent the team putting on a fine controlled display. Goals scorers were Billy Cronin (a hat trick), Padraig Moynihan, Thomas Walsh and Dylan O’Leary, but it was another great team effort all round.
Total sitting Leaving Cert 2015: 33. College places as follows:
UCC 6 , NUIG 1 , UL 1 , DIT 1 , Cork IT 18 , LIT 1 , Tralee 1 , Mary Immaculate College 3 , Total of main colleges 32.
Total sitting Leaving Cert 2014: 48. College places as follows:
UCC 12 , NUIG 3 , UL 5 , Carlow IT 1 , LIT 1 , Tralee 4 , Mary Immaculate College 2 , Marino Institute 1 , Total of main colleges 43.
Total sitting Leaving Cert 2013: 43. College places as follows:
UCD 4 , UCC 9 , UL 6 , DIT 1 , Cork IT 11 , Tralee 1 , Waterford 1 , Mary Immaculate College 1 , Total of main colleges 34.
Total sitting Leaving Cert 2012: 35. College places as follows:
UCD 1 , UCC 10 , UL 5 , Cork IT 12 , Tralee 2 , Waterford 1 , Total of main colleges 31.
Total sitting Leaving Cert 2011: 42. College places as follows:
UCD 1 , TCD 1 , UCC 3 , UL 8 , DIT 1 , Carlow IT 1 , Cork IT 12 , LIT 2 , Tralee 5 , Waterford 1 , Mary Immaculate College 2 , Marino Institute 1 , Royal College of Surgeons 1 , Total of main colleges 39.
Total sitting Leaving Cert 2010: 42. College places as follows:
UCD 2 , UCC 6 , UL 1 , Carlow IT 2 , Cork IT 11 , LIT 1 , Tralee 5 , Waterford 2 , Total of main colleges 30.
from schooldays.ie
Our Class of 1980 – 1985 (Leaving Cert) are celebrating 30 years anniversary this year. We would like to catch up with all our fellow pupils who began Millstreet Community School in 1980 and/or sat their Leaving Cert in 1985 and were a student with us in any of the years in between.
We have booked the Wallis Arms Hotel in Millstreet on Monday December 28th for this reunion.
We can be contacted:
Over the next few weeks we will try and get in contact with as many past pupils us as we can.
[read more …] “Millstreet CS Thirty Years Reunion”
Congratulations to Millstreet Community School Senior Soccer Team on their win against St. Patrick’s, Castleisland in the John Murphy Cup on Friday 23rd October in the Town Park. The final score was 4-0, with goals from Thomas Walsh, Billy Cronin, Patrick Dineen and Mark Dennehy. It was a great team performance in difficult conditions. Next match after mid-term is away to Castleisland Community College.
Millstreet Community School’s senior boys soccer team got off to a winning start in the first of their group matches in the John Murphy Cup. They played SMI Newcastlewest away on 13th October and came away with a 4-3 win. It was a fantastic team performance against a very good side. The goal scorers were Colm O’Leary (2), Billy Cronin and Danny Buckley. The next fixture is at home against St. Patrick’s Castleisland on Friday 23rd October. We thank John Magee for the notice. (S.R.)
[read more …] “Millstreet Community School Soccer Team Success”
Let’s view some further images from the very special occasion. Student James Linehan (pictured on extreme right of middle row in group picture above) was the superb, witty and humorous MC as well as giving a splendid display of quality bodhrán playing. [read more …] “Magnificent Musical Talent at Trad for Trócaire 2015 in MCS”
A Trad for Trocaire event will take place in Millstreet Community School library on Friday 9th October beginning a 7.30pm. Students from 1st year to leaving cert will be dancing, singing and playing traditional Irish music. They’ll be raising the roof at the same to time as raising money to support Trocaire’s vital work with some of the poorest communities in developing countries. Admission is free, light refreshments will be served. There will be a collection for Trocaire’s work during the evening. For more information contact the school on (029) 70087
A very big thank you to everyone: pupils, teachers, parents, members of the local community, who so kindly donated items for the Kerry to Calais initiative. The collection took place today (25th Sept.) in Millstreet Community School. The gloves, scarfs, hats, blankets and toiletries will all be put to good use.
This is a reminder that the collection of items for the Kerry to Calais group which is part of a national initiative to provide relief to those who have migrated to Europe in recent months, will take place on Friday 25th September between 8.45am and 11am in Millstreet Community School. If you wish to donate from the list below, please bring the items to room 2A between these times. They will then be brought to a collection depot in Killarney in the afternoon. • Blankets/woolly hats/scarfs/gloves ONLY (all of which can be second hand but in a condition which we might use ourselves) • soap • shampoo • toothbrushes and toothpaste • deodorant • shaving foam and razors • face clothes • packets of tissues • wipes • towels Thank you very much.
Kevin who has been such a wonderfully dedicated Artist-in-residence at Millstreet Community School describes the overall project in which the enthusiastic Transition Years Students participated. We also share 22 more images of the historic event which was blessed with glorious sunshine. Sculptor Supreme, Kevin writes:
“When six months ago I got a call from Mr.Fraser with the proposed project I was very excited and very grateful of the opportunity to come back to Millstreet school and work in the environment that I grew up in. Mr.Fraser and I discussed the project and came up with a brief for the students. The brief was simple but broad. It was for the class of 13 to design, develop and build a group of creatures that interact with each other and the environment of the school grounds. I met the students and we started brainstorming. A plan slowly started to develop from lots of different areas, such as squid creatures, an alien crash site, coconut monsters and tree like creatures. We had ideas of functional creatures that doubled as seating areas and a fantastical two headed creature that would chase itself in a circle. We settled on a preditor prey situation, where two Aligatyres ambush a Cementapede that is erupting from the ground. [read more …] “Launch of “Unknown Creatures in a Known Environment” at Millstreet Community School on 26th May 2015″
A sign of the changing nature of Irish society became evident in Millstreet Community School, the Transition Year students hosted a Language and Culture Night from diverse nationalties. The event brought together young people and their families in a celebration of the different languages and cultures, including Irish, which now exist in the Millstreet area. People from over ten countries were involved in some way in the enjoyable evening. Including personel from Poland, Chechnya, Côte d’Ivoire, Germany, Nigeria, Malawi, Pakistan and South Africa.
Proceedings opened in the School Library involved young people being given the opportunity to [read more …] “Community School hosts Language and Culture Night”
The Transition Year Graduation took place in Millstreet Community School on Tuesday 12th May 2015. Mass was celebrated by Fr. Jack Fitzgerald with students playing an active part in much of the liturgy. Afterwards Mr. Derry Sheehan (Managing Director of Avonmore Electrical) presented a folder containing certificates to every student acknowledging their achievements during the year. Cheques for €500 were then presented to representives from SVP Millstreet and Cork Penny Dinners. This money came from the proceeds of the recent Fashion Show. The €730 cheque for Trocaire was raised by the students through participation in the 24 hour fast during Lent. More photos below: [read more …] “A very successful Transition Year Graduation at Millstreet Community School”
The Millstreet Community School Transition Year Graduation Night will take place on TUESDAY 12TH MAY 2015 at 8pm in the school library. The families of the Transition Year students are warmly invited to attend. For more details contact the school on (029) 70087.
The Transition Year students of Millstreet Community School would like to invite you to take part in the
‘Language and Culture Night’
Thursday 7th May 2015
7pm sharp in Millstreet Community School library
We are holding this event to celebrate all the different languages students in the school can speak (including Irish), and the different countries that they and their families come from.
Afterwards everyone will be invited to the canteen for refreshments from different countries. You might like to bring along a traditional dish to share.
There will be stories, songs and dancing to enjoy so bring your family and friends! The event will be a great celebration of diversity in the Millstreet area. Admission free.
For more details contact the school on (029) 70087
Let’s now observe some more of the marvellous fashion from the wonderfully well [read more …] “Galaxy Fashion Show 2015 at MCS including Superb Bridesmaids’ Style”
Eleven Transition Years from Millstreet Community School attended the SVP Youth for Justice Exhibition in Rochestown Park Hotel, Cork on 30th April. Youth for Justice is an initiative to encourage students to get more involved in their school and local community. Our students organised three very successful events during the year:
1. Bake Sale in aid of the Marie Keating Foundation in October 2014 which raised €687.22
2. An Intergenerational Christmas Table Quiz in December 2015
3. Cluichi agus Ceol! An afternoon of games and music involving adults and the TY students in March 2015
Over four hundred students attended from schools all over Cork. Each set up a display and gave a presentation to everyone present about what was achieved during the year.
There was a load of talent last Sunday at the Millstreet Féile Cheoil in the Community School, in what was a very enjoyable day. Well don to all that took part in this day of traditional music and dance. Photos thanks to Michelle, and there’s many more photos below, and more still on the Millstreet Comhaltas Branch page
Yesterday afternoon the Transition Year students of Millstreet Community School started a woodland habitat study in the woodland at the back of the Community school.
The Millstreet Tidy Town Association have organised in conjunction with Mr. Derry Morley, for a Wildlife Biologist, Mr. Tony Keneally to come and facilitate this study to be done. This will be happening for the next 3 to 5 weeks with the Transition Year Students.
Their work will involve mapping the woodland habitat and ecological experiments and activities. Their aim is to map and setup a management plan for the woodland area. The best plan will be presented to Millstreet Tidy Town committee for submission with this year’s entry. We wish them luck.
Pictured is [read more …] “Woodland Habitat Study”
Millstreet Community Schools Active Lenten Programme was featured on The Horizons radio show which aired on Radio Kerry yesterday morning from 9am to 10am (Sunday March 22nd). Noreen Moynihan interviewed school chaplin John Magee and the students about the activities (Fair Trade, Climate Change, Language and Culture) that have been taking place in the school in the last few weeks.
To listen to John Magee’s interview, go to Horizons “Listen Now” page. In the audio player, click on “Part1.220315”, and you can hear it from 00:40 to 5:26
To listen to the students talking about the projects, go to Horizons “Listen Now” page. In the audio player, click on “Part2.220315”, and you can hear it from 00:00 to 7:40.
Piotr Delimat the new Polish Chaplin in the Kerry Diocese is [read more …] “Horizon feature the Active Lenten Programme on Radio Kerry”
And here we share many more pictures from the very [read more …] “Cluichí agus Ceol at Millstreet Community School Today”
Adults of all ages are invited to take part. Games will include draughts, chess, scrabble, and various card games. Music will be provided by the students and anyone else who’d like to join in! For more details contact 029 70087
And here we share further information which Deputy Principal, Frances Kearney provided following her recent attendance in Waterford at the official launch of [read more …] “Pride and Respect for Our National Flag”
