Freemount
45 DRIVE
The weekly 45 Drive was well attended on Sunday night last. The following is a list of the lucky winners:- First prize went to:-Tim and Ted Murphy, Newmarket, The best Ladies Team was:-Maureen Vaughan, and Eileen O’Sullivan, Kanturk. The Gents prize was won by:- Ben and P.J.O’Sullivan, Freemount.The Mixed Prize was won;- Tim Broderick, and Mary Noonan, Freemount. Pat and Maureen O’Connor, Churchtown won the table prize.
The following won Raffle prizes :-1Michael O’Callaghan,Freemount. 2 Jack Murphy,Freemount 3 Con Foley, Freemount. 4 Eileen O’Sullivan, Kanturk . Tim Broderick, Freemount. The next 45 drive will be on this Sunday night July 15th at 8.30.pm. See you all on Sunday night and bring a friend. You can be on the road home at 10.30pm.
AROUND THE FIRESIDE
The next programme of Around the Fireside will be broadcast on C103 Local Radio on Monday night next July 16th..2018 at 9.50pm. On Monday night we have Patsy Herlihy, The Three Euro’s and all their Kerry Friends. This is another great programme of Around the Fireside not to be missed. Make sure you tune in on Monday night next.
ART AND DRAMA
A fun-filled Art and Drama camp will run from the 23rd to the 27th of July this Summer in the Freemount Heritage Centre. The camp runs from 10am to 1pm daily at a cost of €65 per child. The camp is run by Mike Guerin who teaches drama classes locally and has been writing, acting and directing for over twenty years. Bríd Moynahan, who designs all the arts and crafts, has been a practicing artist for fifteen years and has run several art camps over the years. The camp is open to national school children and there is a limited number of spaces to ensure a high adult:child ratio so book your place with Mike on 087 4124741 to avoid disappointment
CHARITY CYCLE
Brú Columbanus at Wilton, Cork City,provides accommodation free of charge for relatives of seriously ill patients in Cork Hospitals or in The Hospice.
Congratulations to D.D. Nagle our local cycling enthusiast who cycled The Ring of Kerry on Saturday last July 7th in sweltering heat,.to help raise funds for this worthy charity thereby ensuring that relatives can be helped if ever they are faced with the trauma of having somebody seriously ill in hospital . If you forgot to sponsor D.D. You can still leave your donation at Casey’s Shop or Barry’s Bar this weekend. Your support will be much appreciated for this very worthy cause.
Well done D.D.!!
COMHALTAS SEISIÚN
The weekly Seisiún will commence in The Heritage Centre on Wednesday night NEXT July 18th.at 8.30pm. As usual we have music singing dancing and storytelling and craic. The usual tea at half time. Admission €10 with special concessions for groups of 10 or more. This year as usual we will have a guest each week. On Wednesday night July 18th. We have Sean Ó Sé. Make a note of the date and come early and bring your friends.
THURSDAY CLUB
The Thursday Club outing will be on Thursday July 26th. This year’s outing is The Ring of Kerry,.The bus will leave The Community Centre at 9am. Names please to Mary at 0876327965 or Eileen at 0863657599 as soon as possible.
TRIT TO THE WEST OF IRELAND–This trip takes place from August 26th. To August 31st. The group will stay at “The Westport Woods” Co. Mayo. This stay will include Bed and Breakfast, and evening Meal. Great entertainment including singing and dancing each night,This is a great trip around the west of Ireland. There are a number of seats still available ,.If you would like to travel on this trip,please contact Maura Egan on 063-83048,or 086-2643754, or Dan Larkin on 063-80216
TIDY TOWNS
Freemount Tidy Towns COMMITTEE meet in the village on Tuesday and Thursday nights from 7 o’clock , painting, planting flowers etc., New members are always welcome to lend a hand. Everybody welcome.
G.A.A. NEWS
LOTTO DRAW–The numbers drawn last week-end were:-23-19-29. There was no Jackpot winner. Lucky Dip winners were:1 Barry McCarthy, Knocknamuck , Freemount. 2 Marjorie O’Regan, Glounicommane,Freemount. 3 Elle Marie O’Dwyer, Knockough, Freemount. 4 Kathleen Morrissey, Kiltane,Freemount. 5 Geoff Morton, Cork. Jackpot this week €1350. You can join the weekly lotto for an annual cost of €90. Please contact any club member to do so. The lotto is our main source of income We would appreciate your support
Freemount GAA will hold their annual churchgate collection this Sunday July 15th.
Our Junior B footballers play Abbey Rovers Castletownroche in the County C final at Pairc Ui Rinn on this Friday at 7.30pm. Your support would be greatly appreciated
MACRA
Huge congratulations to club members Louise Bourke and Michael Curtin who recently got married in Kanturk church. We wish them a lifetime of good health and happiness. We would like to thank them for a great day out with over fifty members attending on the day.In recent news we have won Avondhu club of the year for the second year running. This is a great achievement for the club and it’s members. As a club we are always looking for new members. Contact our chairperson Eileen on 087-1231420 for any information about macra or joining the club or like our Facebook page Freemount Macra.
YOUR NEWS
Items for these notes should be with the correspondent each Monday night before 8pm .E-Mail osullivanpj38@gmail.com come along and enjoy on Monday from 8.30 sharp.
LACKEEL CEMETERY
As you may have noticed there is quite a lot of activity around Lackeel Cemetery. Work has begun to erect gates and pillars on the entrance and the site itself has been very much cleared. These gates are over 100 years old and have been restored to their original state. We hope for an official opening sometime around August and we will keep you informed once the dates are arranged. We would like to thank IRD Duhallow for their support in this.
PLAYGROUND
A grant has been received from Cork County Council to upgrade the playground adjacent to the community centre. This work will commence in the near future and it will improve this facility significantly. Can we please ask that people using the playground are mindful to keep it tidy. There is a notice on the gate in relation to this and we would ask that people appreciate that the upkeep is on a voluntary basis. Now that the Summer holidays are upon us we expect the playground to be extra busy so please keep it in a condition that we would like to find it.
COMMUNITY CENTRE
Work will be commencing in the near future also on a new roof for the community centre. This is much needed and we would ask patrons to show patience and understanding while the work is progressing.
KILBRIN SOCIAL CLUB
Kilbrin Social Club is available for parties and events of any kind. Complimentary with any party booking is a champagne reception, themed party balloons, bouquets on all tables as well as all tables being decorated with candles and table linen. For bookings please contact Claire on 087 7833636 or 083 8433168. All events are catered for.
FOROIGE
The Foroige club has been ran in Kilbrin over the last number of years with weekends away, gatherings and had many events for our teenagers. We would like to thank Catriona and Edel for organising all of these events and for their dedication over these years. They are however moving on and as a community we must decide if we want to keep this very valuable club going. If you are interested in getting involved please contact Catriona on 0871245472. Without volunteers at this juncture this club will cease to exist and that would be a great shame so we would ask everyone to give it your consideration.
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. play Newmarket in the Championship second round (winners section ) on July 20th . Check club social media for updates .
BOWLING NOTES
JACKIE DALY AND LIAM CASEY COMPETITIONS-Ned Kelleher and Donal Cashman had a last shot win over Eugene O Sullivan and Maurice Cashman. Ned Kelleher teamed up with Paddy O Keeffe and Donal Cashman to record a bowl of odds win over Eugene O Sullivan and Aaron Mackey and Maurice Cashman. Eugene O Sullivan beat Ned Kelleher by a bowl of odds and had a similar win over Aaron Mackey. Eugene O’Sullivan and Paddy O’Keeffe put their names up on the winners podium with a last shot win over Ned Kelleher and Aaron Mackey
JOHN CUMMINS COMPETITIONS - Eugene O Sullivan-6 points. Paddy O’Keeffe-5 points. Donal Cashman-2 points. Ned Kelleher-5 points. Keven Flynn-1 point. Aaron Mackey-1 point. Danny Murphy-2 points.
THURLES SPORTS FESTIVALBOWLING-Cussack cup-1st (Grenagh)-Cork- Joe Walsh and Paul Walsh. 2nd(Louth) Peter Clinton and J.P. Clinton. 3rd (Mayo) Keven McGuire and Keven Lavelle. 4th-(Armagh) Harry Mallon and Michael Hanaway.
JOHN ENRIGHT SHIELD1st (Armagh)-Hugh McCoy and Conor McCreesh and Michael Hanaway. 2nd-(Grenagh)-CorkDarragh Twomey and Cliff Desmond and Vincent Desmond. 3rd-(Banteer)-Cork-Ned Kelleher and John Breen and Donal Lucey. 4th-Richard Forde and Darragh Forde and Cian Hughes