KILCUMMIN

SYMPATHY

Sympathy is extended to the family of the late Nora O’Callaghan, Ballinamanagh who died recently. May she rest in peace.

COMHALTAS NEWS

FLAG DAY: Our Annual Flag Day will take place on Saturday 8th April. The Branch would appreciate if you could contribute an hour and a half to help in our fundraising efforts. Please contact Irene on 087-6950672. Your help would be much appreciated.

SCOIL FONN AND AMHRÁN 2017: In conjunction with Comhairle na Mumhan, Kerry County Board of Comhaltas are organising workshops on Traditional singing in English and Irish, and slow air playing. There is now a greater awareness of the importance of slow airs and the link between airs and songs. This year, we are also running a workshop on the Sliabh Luachra music style. These workshops will be held on Saturday 1st April 2017 in the IT Tralee, North Campus. Registration from 10.30am. Class: 11am 12.30pm. Lunch 12.30pm - 1.30pm. Class: 1.30pm 3.00pm. The Tutors are: Slow airs on flute/whistle and fiddle Anne and Nickey McAuliffe. Singing Ella Marie O’Dwyer, Sliabh Luachra Music Joe O’Sullivan. Participants may take part in either Slow air playing on Fiddle, Flute, Whistle or Amhránaíocht and English Singing or Sliabh Luachra music workshop. All age groups welcome. These workshops are not suitable for beginners. Cost: €10 to include one day tuition and lunch. Information and Application forms available from The Rural Development Office, Kilcummin. All entries to Karen Trench, Rúnaí CCÉ Ciarraí, Bunagara, Listowel, Co Kerry, including €10 fee, by Tuesday 28th March.

ICA NEWS

Knitting session Wednesday 8th March in Rural Development Office. All ladies welcome.

KERRY FEDERATION MEETING: this will be held on Sunday 12th of March at 2.30pm in the Recreational Hall, Kilcummin.

DEFIBRILLATOR GROUP

Training dates will be shortly announced, so please keep an eye out for these. Tesco are kindly giving Kilcummin Defibrillator group the Community Fund Project (Blue disks) available at the Tesco till for the next number of weeks from Monday 20th February 2017. Please support. As Kilcummin Defibrillator Group are continuously trying to raise more awareness and locate more defibrillators around the parish, donations are always being accepted, - these can be handed to a committee member or there is a donation box at our local Post Office.

PARENT/TODDLER GROUP

Parent and Toddler Group Mondays 10.30am -12.30pm in the Recreational Hall. All welcome. For further information please contact Maureen on 087-2883479.

KILCUMMIN NS

Join us and help our school fundraise with fresh shamrock in old traditional skillet pot. Cost €5 each.

ANABLA NATIONAL SCHOOL

Enrolment Day for 2017/2018 will be on Thursday 16th March from 12 - 2pm.

KILLARNEY LIBRARY

The next meeting of the Spanish-English Conversation Exchange will take place from 6.30pm-7.30pm on Thursday 9th March at the Library. Free admission. All welcome.

MASTERGEEHA FC

U11: Camp v Mastergeeha. Away on west Kerry on Saturday morning the boys played a good Camp side. In the two games the boys battled hard with plenty of goals. Emmett Spillane, Darren O’Leary, Kieran Nagle and Luke Daly got the Mastergeeha goals.

MASTERGEEHA FC LOTTO: There was no winner on Friday 3rd March, 2017. Numbers drawn were 1, 11, 17, 19. Consolation prizes were €100 Eileen Daly, Knockeendubh, Killarney. €60 Mike Downing, Knockeragh, Killarney. €30 John O’Connell, Ballydesmond, Co. Cork. €30 Donald McSweeney, Mastergeeha, Kilcummin. €30 Margaret Donnelly, Coom, Gneeveguilla. Jackpot now €5,850.