Killavullen
LOTTO
Community Council lotto winners for last week were Kevin Regan in the Haven Bar and Theresa Donovan in Skannakilla.
NANO NAGLE TERCENTENARY
There will be many celebrations to mark the 300th birthday of a much revered lady from Killavullen, Nano Nagle. The following are dates for your diary, and further information will be made known as the time draws closer.
Saturday, May 19 – Pilgrimage – Slí Nano: in Nano Nagle Birthplace/Nagle Mountains.
Commencing at 10.30 a.m.; Walking levels to suit all.
Sunday, June 10 – Celebration of the Eucharist: This year it is hoped to celebrate the annual Mass outdoors.
End of August 2018 – A family day will be held at Nano Nagle Birthplace.
BABY/TODDLER GROUP
Jollytots Baby and Toddler Group meet each Thursday morning in Killavullen Community Centre and is open to all parents, guardians and carers. A warm welcome and a sociable time is guaranteed.
SCHOOL OF DRAMA
The Rafferty School of Drama will hold their annual concert in Castletownroche Community Centre on Friday, March 23, at 8 p.m. This wonderful show is being held for well over 30 years now under the guidance of Mai, who has never failed to entertain us with her creativity and dedication. All are welcome to come along and see the young people from our area perform on the night.
SPRING CLEANING
It is intended to have our annual Spring Clean on Saturday, April 14, in the morning. We would appreciate every pair of hands we can get, young and old to help give a boost to the beauty of our locality. Save the date.
GAA CLUB NEWS
The current spate of bad weather is playing havoc with the fixtures at the moment, for both juvenile and adult clubs. The water table is very high, in the River Blackwater resulting in water holding on both pitches in Killavullen, and thus both have to be closed due to safety concerns, and to preserve them for later in the year.
Other pitches may not have this issue, but are either too soft to take a game, or frozen over with the harsh night time temperatures. Killavullen and Clyda Rovers had both teams on the field for an under-16 game, on Sunday last, the 18th and both teams considered playing on the snow covered field. However, the referee sensibly called it off when it was discovered that the goal mouth areas were frozen hard.
DIVISION 3 GAME – Killavullen and Clyda Rovers played an entertaining game of Division 3 football, on last Tuesday night, in Mourne Abbey on a night of a desperately strong wind. Incidentally both teams probably played better against the wind.
Clyda had the wind in the first period of the game, and would have disappointed to have tacked up only three points in the half. We matched their intensity and had good performances from Tom O’Regan at full back and Patrick Angland at centre back. It was a night that favoured the team that could run with the ball, and in Séamus Fox and Paul O’Sullivan, we had willing contributors. We got two scores in that period from David Brosnan from a free and Jack Creedon from open play.
On the changeover Clyda got a point, but we answered that back with a point from Paul O’Sullivan. We could have expected to gain further scores but the Clyda rear guard was good in this period, and we failed to add to our tally, for quite a while.
It was still a one point game entering into the final 10 minutes, when crucially Clyda got a goal, from an acute angle. We replied late with two scores from Séamus Fox but we never recovered from the hammer blow of conceding the goal. Nevertheless it was a useful exercise and a number of players put up their hand for some game time on the Division 1 team. Clyda finished with a tally of 1-05 as against our final score of 0-05
The team and those who scored were: James Angland, Joshua Sheehan, Tom O’Regan, Michael Cronin, Ian O’Gorman, Patrick Angland, Liam Eoin Nagle, Séamus Fox (0-02), Paul O’Sullivan (0-01), Jack Creedon (0-01), James Magner, Jack O’Connor, Seán Woulfe, David Brosnan (0-01), Pa Cronin. Substitutes: Ed O’Connor for Jack Creedon.
FOOTBALL GODS CONSPIRE AGAINST US – On a glorious spring morning in Fermoy last Sunday (11th), the football gods conspired against Killavullen in their game against Fermoy, in round two of the Avondhu Junior A Football League. In the first instance, the Fermoy Intermediate Football games against Castletownbere that was scheduled for Sunday did not go ahead, but a player that may have been involved in that game was thus available to Fermoy, and secondly, Killavullen held back some of their minor players that were legitimate to play for a minor game in the afternoon, that was cancelled at the last moment when Charleville had to forfeit the game.
Those factors, coupled with a large number of injuries and absentees meant that Killavullen had a skeleton crew available for selection.
Fermoy opened brightly and had the ball in the ball of the Killavullen net by the third minutes when they worked a number of intricate passes together and scored from close range. They then scored a free in the fifth minute before Liam Cronin scored our opening score from play in the eighth minute.
Fermoy scored again in the 10th and 12th minute and would have scored again but for great play by Pa Sheehan and Billy Norris in particular, but Mike Cronin, in his unaccustomed position of corner back was doing well also. Charlie Lillis got a fantastic point from distance in the 12th minute before Fermoy replied with another point in the 14th. Jack O’Connor scored for us in the 17th minute, and we got another beauty of a score from Charlie, who had the beating of his man, all day long, in the 18th minute. James Angland made two outstanding saves and we raced up field for Paul O’Sullivan got a fine point in the 19th minute before Charlie Lillis converted a free after Pa Cronin was fouled in the 25th minute, to leave only a point between the teams. Fermoy rallied though before half time and tacked over points in the 26th and 29th minute.
At the interval, the score was 1-06 to 0-06 in their favour.
Fermoy started brightly in the second period, and scored in the third, fourth and from a free in the seventh minute before we temporarily stopped their momentum with a pointed free from Charlie in the 11th minute. Fermoy had an array of substitutes to bring into the game, and they made a telling difference in and around the middle of the field. We tried manfully to stem the tide but we got overran. They scored two points of real class, curled over from distance from players, used to playing at a higher level, in the 12th and 13th minutes, before Charlie scored another free in the 15th minute. Fermoy tacked on further scores in the 16th and 17th minutes. Again our only outlet was to raise another white flag from a free in the 18th minute from Charlie after David Brosnan had been fouled. Fermoy answered that back with two further points in the 20th and 22nd minute before we got another free in the 23rd which Charlie converted which proved to be our final score of the game. Fermoy got one further point in the 25th minute to run out worthy winners on a final score of 1-16 to 0-10
The team and those who scored were: James Angland, Colin O’Gorman, Pa Sheehan, Michael Cronin, Ian O’Gorman, Kevin Fox, Billy Norris, Paul O’Sullivan (0-01), Liam Cronin (0-01), Seán Woulfe, David Brosnan, James Magner, Charlie Lillis (0-07, 0-05F), Pa Cronin, Jack O’Connor (0-01). Substitutes: Gary Lane for Colin O’Gorman; Eddie Cotter for Seán Woulfe; Michael Fresh for Pa Cronin; Seán Woulfe for Eddie Cotter.
OPENING JUVENILE MATCH OF THE YEAR – On a desperately heavy pitch in Killavullen last Saturday (10th), Killavullen under-14 football team went down narrowly to Kilshannig in the opening game of the Rebel Óg North A Grade football league.
The lower goals mouth area, nearest the river Blackwater was particularly heavy, that the players struggled to get their legs out of. Killavullen missed some gilt edged chances on the day, but equally were indebted to Niall in goals for saving a Kilshannig penalty.
In Donnacha O’Doherty, Kilshannig have a player of exceptional talent and his class was evident on the day. Best for Killavullen were Kian Lane, Christopher O’Callaghan and Patrick O’Grady.
The team and those who scored were: Niall Murray, Donal Cronin, Joe Cagney, Conor Sheehan (0-01), Eoin O’Hanlon, Christopher O’Callaghan, Conor Breenan, Ultan Cottey, Patrick O’Grady (0-01), Kian Lane (0-05), Daniel Ryan (1-01), Luke Carey, Ian O’Mahony (1-00), Jamie Magner, Oisin Larkin. Substitutes: Fergal Hogan for Donal Cronin; Colm Hannon for Oisin Larkin; Rory O’Regan for Ian O’Mahony ; Barry Cotter for Luke Carey.
FORTHCOMING FIXTURES – Killavullen v Kildorrery – 18 B1 Football League North – Wednesday, March 21, in Kildorrery at 8.00 PM.
Killavullen v Kildorrery – Avondhu under-21 C Grade Football Championship – Saturday, March 24, in Shanballymore at 16.00 AM.
Killavullen v Castletownroche – Avondhu Division 2 Hurling League – Sunday, March 25, in Castletownroche at 2.30 PM.
With bad weather again forecast for the week end, please check the Killavullen GAA website for match updates.
LOTTO – The ever expanding lotto of a mega-cool €4,700 last Tuesday night was not won, and rolls on. Numbers drawn – 21, 24 and 33 – No Winner. The luckydip winners were as follows: €50 Kevin Fox –– Seller John Magner; €30 Donal Deady – Seller – Griffins Bar; €30 Paul O’Reilly – Seller – Haven Bar. The next draw for €4,800 will be in Magners Bar
MEMBERSHIP 2018 – Membership for all aspects of the club is closing shortly. All members will be notified by text of forthcoming games. Please contact any club membership to pay up soon.
AWBEG MACRA
All roads led to the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Dundalk, Co. Louth for the Macra na Feirme National Senior Debating Final when Awbeg Macra’s Senior debating team of Niall O’Regan, Niamh Curran, Breda O’Keeffe and Kate O’Regan took on Bree Macra. There, Awbeg successfully opposed the motion ‘That Ireland takes its commitment to the environment seriously’. To crown it all off, fourth speaker Kate O’Regan was also awarded the honour of the ‘Best Debater’ gong. The joy of winning this prestigious competition could be seen in faces of both the team and the many supporters who made the long journey to support them. It’s been a long road to the final, in particular for veteran debaters, brother and sister duo, Niall and Kate O’Regan, who have competed on the Awbeg Debating team since its inception in 2012. In the Captain’s Speech following the announcement of the result, the team thanked the many people who had helped them along the way, giving particular mention to their coaches Tony and Margaret O’Regan from Ballyviniter Upper, who have been the team’s coaches since the very beginning. Good things come to those who wait.
Awbeg Macra’s annual club fundraiser ‘The Stag of Avondhu’ will be held this Friday, March 23, and will see Macra na Feirme members from across Cork descend on the Castle Arms in Castletownroche. It looks set to be a very entertaining night with Stags throughout Cork aiming to be crowned the county’s most eligible ‘bachelor’. The title is to be decided by a mixture of judges’ scores and public ballot and there’s also an award for the best dressed Stag.
There’s a lot in store over the coming weeks. This Friday, March 23, is the Stag of Avondhu in Castletownroche. Awbeg will be attending the Cork County Macra round of Drama on March 25 in Castlemagner. Their volleyball team will be competing in the Avondhu round on March 25. Awbeg will also be competing in several of the competitions in the Cork County round of the National Talent Competition (NTC) on March 30.
New members are always extremely welcome. To find out more contact them via Facebook (awbeg.Macra), Twitter (@Awbeg
Macra), Snapchat (awbegmacra1) or club phone 085 7729798. Awbeg Macra na Feirme is based in the areas surrounding the Awbeg River in County Cork incl. Buttevant, Churchtown, Doneraile, Killavullen and is open to absolutely everyone aged 17 to 35 who is looking to meet new people and have fun. Their main areas of activity include sport, travel, community involvement, performing arts, agriculture and public speaking – but they are liable to try anything.