Fund-raiser for museum/tourist centre and website upcoming

A MILLSTREET church gate collection this weekend is on behalf of the Millstreet Museum/Tourist Information Centre and Millstreet Website.

Traditionally, the annual collection is the principal source of income for these resources.

Funds collected will help to defray the cost of insurance, lighting, heating and expenses involved in maintaining an invaluable service that allows access to and maintenance of archival material.

Of source the Millstreet website www.millstreet.ie is a source of information for those at home and natives based in many parts of the globe.

Millstreet Museum Curator Seán Radley indicates the annual collection is the only source of funding to maintain both the Museum/Tourist Information Centre and Millstreet website.

“We’ve always only held our Collection in Millstreet but if people in the Ballydaly and Cullen areas wish to support our efforts also, it would indeed help to further enhance our services,” Seán said. “Our main costings at the Museum are for insurance, heating, lighting and limited development.

“The Millstreet website costs are for annual subscriptions to our server and also for the use of our ‘.ie’ domain name. All those involved in both the museum and the website gladly work on a voluntary basis, like so many others involved in other local organisations promoting the community spirit for which Millstreet has, often times, been much praised”, he added.

Exiles away from their native Millstreet can support, arranging to set up an electronic system with the Bank of Ireland in Millstreet, whereby anyone can transfer a donation to the account by just quoting at one’s own bank the relevant numbers of Millstreet Museum/Tourism Association.

These are: IBAN: IE22; BOFI: 9058 0334 0531 43; and BIC: BOFIIE2D.

The ongoing public generosity towards the above facilities is greatly appreciated.