KILLAVULLEN
LADIES’ FOOTBALL/ LIDL CAMPAIGN
Killavullen Ladies’ Football Club are asking for your help. If you do your shopping in LIDL you can download the LIDL PLUS APP to your phone and take part in their new campaign which may secure a new set of jerseys for our girls.
Any time you spend €30 or more and scan the app you will get a digital stamp. Once you have six stamps you can submit them and select Killavullen as the club you wish to support. It would be a great help to the club and a new set of jerseys would be a great saving on expenditure in the year ahead.
There is only a short time for this promotion so the club would appreciate all the support they can get from anybody who wants to support this campaign. You can do your shopping in any LIDL store, once you select Killavullen Ladies’ Football Club as your chosen team they will be given your stamps.
This is a great way to encourage support from family and friends who are not even in the area, a way of connecting in a time when we are apart. Go raibh maith agaibh.
BALLYGOWN AND KILLAVULLEN NS
Enrolments for new pupils are now being accepted at Ballygown and Killavullen National Schools. For further information visit killavullenns.ie or ballygown.ie and click on the ‘admissions’ tab for more information on the procedure.
MEALS ON WHEELS
Mallow Meals on Wheels can provide a hot meal with either soup or a dessert Monday to Saturday for €5 per day to anybody in our parish, who may wish to continue to avail of this service or for new people who may wish to get a hot meal delivered daily. A cooled meal can also be delivered on Saturday which can be put straight into the fridge to be heated up on Sunday.
During this pandemic the meals will be delivered to Killavullen and our Willing Hands Group are only too happy to help deliver them to those who have signed up. All our volunteers are discreet and do not want people to let pride get in the way of this amazing service.
Please pass this information onto those you have contact with who may benefit from it. If you would like more information please contact Sheila at 085 2414879 for details.
CHURCH NEWS
Parish Pastoral Council: If you are self-isolating and need help with picking up shopping, a friendly phone-call posting mail or urgent supplies then call the parish office (022 46578) and a local member of the pastoral council will contact you to assist.
Level 5 Restrictions have been imposed on church activities till a review of the situation is expected. The Irish Bishops are appealing to the civil authorities to allow a limited reopening of our spacious, well-sanitized and well ventilated churches, for regular, simple and short Masses. Public Masses are permitted in almost all other countries at this time.
In the meantime, Mass will continue to be offered for your intentions in private. Churches will be open for personal visits, but public worship in groups is not permitted with the exception of the following: Baptisms: attended by the immediate family only. Weddings: six guests can attend. Funerals: can be attended by 10 mourners only.
When making a private or household visit to either church please sanitize your hands on entering and exiting and wear
a face mask at all times.
Mass is broadcast live every day at RTÉ News Now TV at 10.30 a.m. On every second Sunday, Mass is broadcast at 11 a.m. on RTÉ TV One; on the other Sunday it is found on RTÉ News Now at 2.15 p.m. The readings of the day are found at the parish website: killavullenparish.ie.
Parish Buildings: The recent wet weather has revealed the ongoing issue of dampness in our churches, especially at Annakisha. The problem is not a specific leak, but seepage into the walls from rainfall, that finds its way inwards to eventually become indoor humidity. The moisture cannot egress due to the cement pointing in the external stonework. Conservation engineers have identified as a solution a return to the building method used when the church was constructed, that of a lime-based mortar pointing. This allows the walls to ‘breathe’ naturally. One of the gable walls has already been restored in this manner. The cost of applying the solution to the remaining parts of the building was estimated at €150,000 in 2019. The parish must realise this sum in its accounts before the work can proceed.
The parish office at Ballygriffin is open. The weekly newsletter, together with other ideas for prayer and spirituality are emailed to parishioners each week.
If you know of someone who would like to be added to the email database please contact parishofkillavullen@ gmail.com it may also be an act of kindness to a neighbour or family member who isn’t online to print this off weekly and deliver it safely to those cocooning or isolating.
BE CAREFUL OUT THERE AND LIGHT UP
As there is a bit of a stretch coming in the evenings, and hopefully, this incessant rain and wet period eases, people may be tempted back to walking on the public roads. Be sure to where a reflective jacket.
The purpose of reflective clothing, also known as high-visibility warning clothing, is to signal the presence of the user in places and situations which may cause potential threats to their health and safety. Such signalling must be effective at any time of day and night, when it is dark =97 in the light of vehicle lamps, headlamps as well as street lighting, e.g. on public roads.
Drivers are particularly at risk of being hit by passing vehicles in the case of a breakdown, when they need to repair the vehicle on the road.
It should be noted that in all situations of risk when reflective clothing is used, it does not guarantee complete safety, but it optimizes appropriate visibility and will significantly reduce the risk of an accident. Reflective clothing should also be used in non-professional situations, in particular on the roads. This applies mainly to pedestrians and cyclists also while walking and cycling to work.
When moving along streets with no lighting or insufficiently lit streets, and/or absence of separate walkways, pedestrians who are often poorly visible are at a risk of being hit by cars.
This risk is a concern especially in the autumn and winter period, when people usually wear clothes made from materials in dark colours, with a low luminance factor. As reflective clothing protects its user against risks but does not eliminate the risk.
In order to fulfil its essential function, i.e. signal the presence of the user both during the day and night, reflective clothing should be made from two kinds of high-visibility materials: the background material with fluorescent properties, which ensures visibility during the day, as well as retroreflective material or combined-performance material. The retroreflective and combined-performance materials reflect the light back to its source and, thus, ensure that in the darkness the clothing is visible in the light of the vehicles.
Reflective clothing has traditionally lacked the aesthetic appeal and performance
of other, more stylish kit options, while also being associated with casual or commuter cycling and walking. But now, with major kit brands getting on board, reflective gear is now being designed for the performance market.
GAA CLUB NEWS
TARGET ACHIEVED FOR REBEL BOUNTY SALES – Killavullen GAA Club, devoid of its weekly lotto and thus its main income stream, set themselves a very ambitious target of 200 units in the revamped Cork GAA Rebel Bounty Draw.
That target seemed far-fetched when we set out at the start, with 104 participants from 2020. But, juvenile parents were asked to contribute, a letter was sent to all parents, setting out our stall, and a greater participation rate from our junior players sought.
We are glad to report, that we have met that target of 200 sales which is phenomenal and there is still some time to go, before the first draw on March 25.
The draw in its current guise suits Killavullen, we are a very aspiring and motivated junior club, which has plans to improve. Improve on the playing field, improve our facilities and improve our administration.
We are obligated to give €5,500 to Cork GAA, who put up all of the prizes, nearly Half a Million, spread out over 12 months, and once that target of 5.5K is achieved, and all other moneys stay with Killavullen Club.
SOBERING ALL STARS SELECTION – The All Star presentation on RTÉ Television on Saturday evening last, made for grim viewing from a Cork GAA perspective.
No All Stars award came to a home by the Lee, and only two nominations for Cork Hurlers, in Mark Coleman and Shane Kingston.
Money does not kick a ball over the bar, but it does, in reality. In Dublin there are 134 clubs, Donegal has 40, Tyrone there are 53, and Cork, who have 259 clubs. In Limerick, there are 101 Clubs.
Incidentally, Kerry has 73 clubs.
In 2019, Dublin had 54 Games Development Officers, employed by the Dublin County Board, Cork had six. Some clubs in Dublin employed their own GDAs, in addition to that 54, the larger Dublin clubs have two GDAs. Dublin GAA is awash with money, and yet, as a percentage, the number of schoolchildren playing GAA in Dublin is still relatively small, especially given their population.
The narrative from Jim Galvin and his successor, Dessie Farrell is that Dublin are successful because of the bloody hard work, which their coaches are doing.
To insinuate that Dublin are where they are because they’ve worked harder smacks of complete hypocrisy.
It is creating a major issue in Football, where only a handful of counties can get close to Dublin, but the truncated format of the championship in 2020 did instil new hope, into a despairing scenario, with the breakthrough of Tipperary and Cavan. That Cavan were rewarded with three all-stars, and Tipperary got one, was reflective of that excellent year for those counties.
In Cork, collectively, we all have work to do, on the field, and off the field.