Castlemagner
DAWN CHORUS WALK
On this Saturday 5th of May, Castlemagner Sinsir Club will host their Annual Dawn Chorus Walk. This well established special Bealtaine event will begin at 05:00 am in Cecilstown village and will incorporate the scenic views of Ballyhass Lakes and the surrounding countryside. The route is approximately 3 miles in length. The walk will be led by Fr. Michael Dorgan PP and ornithologist and bird watch expert, Vivian O’Gorman. Adults €10.00, children €5.00. Now an established tradition, a full Irish barbecued breakfast will be served at Castlemagner Community Centre on completion of the walk. This is included in the fee. An optional novelty quiz with simple prizes will take place during the breakfast, based on information given by the speakers during the walk. Please wear appropriate footwear and clothing including a high visibility vest. Registration will be taken on the morning of the walk. For further details, please ring 0868521808.
NOVENA
The Annual Novena in honour of the Venerable Edel Quinn will take place in St. Mary’s Church, Castlemagner from 4th 12th May at 8.00pm each evening, except for Saturday 5th, when it commences at 7.00pm, before the evening Mass. The event includes rosary, benediction and other prayers each evening. The faithful continue to pray for the Beatification of Edel, a wonderful Irish lay missionary, who was very active in the Legion of Mary. Born and baptised in Castlemagner, she died in Nairobi, Kenya on May 12th 1944, aged 36. 3. Sunday June 10th JAHL Final. JAHC Round 1 Weekend of 22/ 23/24/ June Kilbrin v Freemount. Next round County JB Football Kilbrin v Randal Og, no date, time or Venue yet.
LOTTO
Our lotto draw takes place this Monday night 7th May, Jackpot €5,500 please support.
KILBRIN SQUASH CLUB
Last Friday night Kilbrin Squash Club had their championship finals and some very competitive squash was played. The results are as follows. B Plate, Thomas Fitzgibbon beat Ger Fitzgibbon. B Championship. Barry Mannix beat John Killen. A Plate. Chris Guiney beat Joe White. A Championship. Tomas O Riordan beat Jim O’Flynn.
There was also a presentation on the night to the victorious Kilbrin Division 6 team that won the Division 6 Munster squash league this season. Congratulations to them.
Thanks also to Brendan Barrett and the squash committee for running this very successful club throughout the year. If anyone is interested in taking up this sport please contact a committee member.
BINGO
Bingo continues every Monday night at 8.30. Jackpot is €1,900 on 53 calls. Bonus ball is €220. Please come along and enjoy the night.
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45 drive is now finished until September. Many thanks to Dan & Gerry for organising this for the last 8 months.
VILLAGE CLEAN UP
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in parish next Saturday and the Saturday after at 11am from the community centre. We hope for a big turnout. Bags and bibs will be provided and the bags can be left where they are filled. The full bags will be picked up that evening.
TIR NA NOG
The Tir na Nog have finished the mindfulness course. This was very well received and many thanks to all concerned in organising this. On Monday 7th May a surprise guest will come and speak to the group. Everyone is welcome and an entertaining discussion is guaranteed so please come along. The group have alot of plans going forward including a poetry evening at the Dr Croke House. This will take place on Sunday 13th May so mark the date in your diary.
COMMUNITY COUNCIL
Following our recent meeting with the county council a further meeting will be held on Friday 27th April at 8pm where will get an update on works to be undertaken. Your local councillors will be in attendance at this meeting to discuss roads, hedges, footpaths, playground, broadband and any other topics that may be raised. Everyone should attend this meeting to find out what can be done on these most important issues.
OVER 60S SINGING
The North Cork heat of the over 60s singing competition took place on 20th April in the Kilbrin social club. The winner on the night was Nora Mary O’Riordan who will go forward to the next round in City Hall in Cork on 20th may. We would like to offer our Congratulations to Nora Mary and we would like to remind you that a bus will be going from the village so if anyone wants to travel please contact Claire at the social club. Johnny Carroll will be playing on the night and it promises to be a great event.
The over 60’s singing competition was begun in 1977 by Paddy O’Brien to combat loneliness and has raised huge amounts of money for the Irish Heart Foundation throughout the intervening years. It is now the biggest social event in Ireland for over 60s. M.C. Paddy O’Brien has been involved in this event for the last 40 years and M.C it will feature on the Nationwide programme on 2nd May on RTE.
DAWN MASS
Dawn Mass will be held on Saturday 12th May at 6.30am in the Graveyard in Kilbrin. This is the same morning as the Darkness into Light walk/run so if anyone is looking to have a spiritual experience to start off the Summer why not try attending both.
The Darkness into Light walk/ run is taking place in many local centres (including Kanturk) so we would ask people signed up for this great event to call to Kilbrin on their way home for the 6.30am Mass.
CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations to Danny Heffernan and Katherine O’Connor on their recent marriage. Congratulations to all the new born’s in the parish over the last few weeks.
CONDOLENCES
Condolences to the O’Brien family of Kanturk on the death of Gerry O’Brien. Condolences also to Bernie Corkery, Corbally on the death of her brother Martin Carroll. Ar dheis Dé go raibh said.
CONTACT DETAILS
The community council can be contacted at kilbrincc@gmail. com if you have any queries. Also the PRO can be contacted directly at Bennymick1968@gmail. com if you have anything of interest for this column. Whether you are at home or abroad we would be delighted to hear from you if you have anything that you would like to share. Murphy and Paddy O Keeffe who had a last shot win over Ned Kelleher and Aaron Mackey and Maurice Cashman. Eugene I Sullivan beat Aaron Mackey in a last shot play off. Ned Kelleher beat Aaron Mackey for the last shot.
DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
Kilcorney Development Association Annual General Meeting will take place on Tuesday the 15th of May at 8.30pm. Everybody welcome to come along.