President Mary Robinson’s Speech at the opening of the Canon O’Donovan Centre

SPEAKING NOTES FOR PRESIDENT ROBINSON AT THE OPENING OF MILLSTREET SHELTERED HOUSING & DAY CENTRE ON SUNDAY 18TH DECEMBER, 1994

–         I very much appreciate your generous invitation to be present today at the opening of the Sheltered Housing and Day Care Centre here in Millstreet.  I would especially like to thank Mr. Michael Feeley, Chairman of the Millstreet & District Housing Association, for asking me to perform this pleasant task.  I am always glad of opportunities to meet with members of voluntary bodies and to assist and encourage them in their activities.-         I would like to take this opportunity to compliment the Millstreet & District Housing Association Ltd. for their initiative in developing this new project.  I note that the Association was formed in 1991 and I am greatly impressed that so much work has been completed in such a short space of time.

–         This Ceremony here today is the culmination of a great deal of detailed planning and hard work.  This project is also a testimony to the generous spirit of the people of Millstreet.  A special thanks must be extended to [read more …] “President Mary Robinson’s Speech at the opening of the Canon O’Donovan Centre”

Pipe Band at Béal na mBláth 2009

Millstreet Pipe Band attending the 2009 Commemoration Ceremony at Béal na mBláth where this year the weather was so very wet
Millstreet Pipe Band attending the 2009 Commemoration Ceremony at Béal na mBláth where this year the weather was so very wet (All pics by Seán Radley)

Video: Mary Robinson at Michael Collins Oration Beal Na Blath 2009

The Millstreet pipe band can  be heard and seen playing at the start of this video

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