The Kerryman (South Kerry Edition)
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RATHMORE ST PATRICK’S DAY PARADE
Rathmore eighth Annual St Patrick’s Day Parade on Sunday March 11th 2018 at 2pm. Led by this year’s Grand Marshall kerry rose Breda O’ Mahony, This year’s theme recognises the importance of the 11th March with our theme: Rathmore Parade celebrates THE MAMMY’.
Best overall float Frank Buckley Mermoral Cup Best vintage vehicle Best commercial float Best organisation / group Best window display Best dressed buggy /pram Best Agricultural Float Best dressed pet All Floats welcome Street Entertainment Children face painting Live music by Tri Cheile band before parade at 1pm.
Beside community centre & after parade Further information contact 0876676i817.no street Traders please Sponsored by Kerry County Council
COLLECTION THANKS
The Irish Heart foundation would like to thank, most sincerely, the parishioners of Rathmore for the generosity they showed during their 2017 Church Gate collection. The total amount collected was €725. Ted & Joan Collins wish to acknowledge and thank all those who supported their annual walk in Muckross and Dance afterwards in Gneeveguilla Community Centre which took place in October 2017 in aid of the Alzheimers Society of Ireland. The total amount raised was €5089.30
IRD DUHALLOW
IRD will run a 6 Week Course on How To Grow Your Own Fruit & Vegetables in Tureencahill Community Centre Starting 6th March 10 30am - 12 30. Contact IRD DUHALLOW @ 029 60633 to book your place. Holy Family National School, Rathmore, Co. Kerry.
ENROLMENT
Enrolment for September, 2018 will take place on Friday 2nd March, 2018 in the School at 1.00 p.m. Enrolment/Registration Forms are available from School Office from Monday 5th February and are to be returned by Monday 19th February, 2018
DANU CHILDCARE
Parent & Toddler Group will be held in Teach Fáilte on Monday 5th March at 10.30am €2. All welcome. For more information contact Danú Childcare on 064 7758700. Bingo at Rathmore community centre every Friday night at 8.30pm everyone welcome, Hollymount N.S inrolling also for coming year Contact 06477 58269. Or emailhollymountns@gmail.com
SHRONE N.S.
Email: shronens.ias@eircom. net Shrone N.S. are enrolling now for September 2018. Enrolment forms are currently available in the school or contact Michelle on 0857845849. Forms to be returned to the school.
45 CARD DRIVE
at Rathmore community centre every Wednesday night during Lent 9pm sharp Everybody welcome
SLIABH LUACHRA COMHALTAS
Congratulations to Mark O Leary who was placed 2nd in the U14 Irish singing competition recently at Munster Ceol an Gheimhridh. The competition was held in Dromcollogher Co Limerick.
Sult na nÓg - We wish Brian, Ciara and Aoife Murphy the best of luck in the music competitions at Sult na nÓg on Saturday 3rd March. This competition is a novice competition and takes place in IT Tralee.
CONNECT KERRY AWARDS
Voting has now opened for the Connect Kerry awards in the salon of the year category katelynn hair deign rathmore has been nominationed she would really appreciate your vote just follow the link below to vote#katelynnshairdesign https://www. facebook.com/Connectkerry/ posts/2068674360074096
RECENT COLLECTIONS
Diocesan Lourdes Helpers Collection collected from all four Churches last weekend amounted to €1565. We wish to thank Julieanne O’Sullivan who spoke at Masses rennily in the parish. Julieanne will be going as helper to Lourdes again this year. Thank you to all for your generous support.
MAYOR’S CHARITY SHINDIG
By Cllr NIall Kelleher mayor of killarney Mcp All funds raised will go to Kerry parents & Friends Buy A Bus Campaign & Rathmore social Action Group and after dinner entertainment by Oliver Callan, Music by The Kelts INEC Killarney sunday 18th March 2018 Tickets €65 each Table of 10 €600 DRESS Longe suit commencing at 7.30pm. Tickets available from Town Hall, killarney Chamber of Tourism & Commerce & Mayor’s office Fairhill Business centre. Also available form both charities.
ST PATRICK DAY PARADE
Any groups or organisations who would like to take part in Knocknagree’s St Patrick’s day parade contact 0851611878 or 0876399874.
RENARD CLUB LOTTO DRAW
There was no winner of the jackpot in the draw held on Thursday 22nd Feb. Lucky dip winners were: €50 Fraancie O’Connell East End Cahirciveen, €30 Anne O’Neill Letter, Cahirciveen, €20 Josephine Curran Knockeens, Cahirciveen. Congratulations to all the winners.
FAIR DEAL SCHEME
A talk on the Fair Deal Scheme and how does it work will take place in the O’Connell Centre Cahirciveen on Wednesday 7th March at 7.30pm. Speaker: Maria O’Connor HSE, All are welcome.
TALK ON HOMELESSNESS
Talk by Fr. Peter McVerry will take place in Colaiste na Sceilge on Monday 5th March 2018 at 8pm. All are welcome.24 hour Vigil of Reconciliation & Adoration will be held on Fri March 9th beginning with Mass at 7.30pm and concluding with the Vigil Mass on Sat March 10th at 7.30 pm. It will be held in the Nuns Chapel. All are welcome.
SCARTAGLEN HANDED DOWN
The next programme in the Handed Down series at Scartaglen Heritage Centre will be on this Saturday night March 3rd with an 8pm start. The theme of this particular programme is “Sliabh Luachra Musical Influences of the 1980s” and the presenter is Paudie O Connor who has strong Ballahantourig connections. Paudie will be joined on the night by his wife Aoife Ni Chaoimh , by their daughter Roisin and by Paudies sister Noeleen. Special guests on the night will be the O Sullivan family John, Joe, and Michelle. Young musicians will be Ewan and Olwyn Evans from Kilcummin and Darragh Twomey from Millstreet. Gortgloss native and Killarney based poet Eileen Sheehan will return to her homeground and will recite some of her poetry. Its a great line up once again and promises to be a very enjoyable nights entertainment. Admission is E8 with children U12 E3.
GAA LOTTO DRAW
Scartaglin GAA clubs next lotto draw will be held on Sunday night next March 4th, when the venue will be Flemings Bar and the jackpot will be €2600.
DAFFODIL DAY
The Irish Cancer Society’s 2018 Daffodil Day will take place on Friday March 23rd. On that day you can help fund lifesaving research and crucial services to ensure cancer patients and their families are supported. The society is seeking volunteers to sell daffodils and pins on the day in question.
CHILDRENS HOSPITAL
Scartaglin National School pupils availed of pancake Tuesday recently to do some fundraising for the Ronald McDonald House at Our Lady’s Hospital For Sick Children in Crumlin, Dublin. A total of E300 in all was raised by the pupils in conjunction with Scartaglen NS Parents Council. Many thanks to all who contributed and supported the cause and well done again to all involved.
LADIES FOOTBALL
Scartaglen Lades Football Club will hold a medals presentation ceremony along with a registration session in The Heritage Centre Scartaglen on Monday night next March 5th commencing at 7pm. The club would like to thank all who contributed to their annual church gate collection held last weekend and a special word of thanks to those who helped take up this collection
TRANSPORT SERVICE
The Irish Cancer Society operates a free transport service for patients attending hospital for chemotherapy treatment. Volunteer drivers pick the patient up at the door of their home, drop them to the hospital door, and then when finished treatment will pick them up and drop them home. Volunteer expenses are paid. Patients wishing to avail of this free service should contact their healthcare professional, visit the society’s website Irishcancer. ie or contact the Irish Cancer Society for more information on 01 2310522.
LENTEN TALK
Martina Lehane Sheehan will give a talk on ‘Spirituality For The Home’ in the River Island hotel, Castleisland on this Wednesday night February 28th at 8pm. Everyone welcome.
DEVELOPMENT GROUP AGM
Owing to a poor attendance Scartaglen Development Group had to defer their AGM until Thursday night March 15th. If a sufficient number of people are not present at the reconvened meeting then the group will be disbanded and that will have serious consequences for the village and the immediate surrounding districts.
STAR OF THE LAUNE AC GNEEVEGUILLA 5K SERIES
The final race in this years four race series took place last Saturday in Killarney National Park. A total of 54 runners participated in the final race. Conor o Mahony of An Riocht was the winner this week in a time of 16.31. Donal o Callaghan was 2nd while Tommy o Brien was 3rd. In the ladies race Maria McCarthy of Farranfore MaineValley finished 1st with Marie McKenna taking 2nd and Siobhan Daly finishing 3rd. Well done to Michael Mangan, Lola Eager, Ann Mangan, Marina Eager, Kerry Eager & Ciara Eager. Prize giving for the series took place afterwards with runners having to compete in 3 of the races to be eligible for prizes. Congratulations to Gillian Murphy 3rd, Kerry Eager 6th, Ann Mangan 7th, Ciara Eager 1st U10 & Michael Mangan 1st O60.
PUCK WARRIORS DUATHLON
The third and final race in the duathlon series took place last Saturday in Killorglin. This weeks event consisted of a 5k run , a 15k cycle and finishing with another 5k run. Mark Nolan was the winner this week, Martin Crowley was 2nd while Padraig Kelly finished in 3rd place. From the club we had Sean Murphy, Vivian Juffs & Mary Carey taking part. Well done to all.
FIXTURES
04/03 Newmarket 10 Mile @ 1pm
11/03 Killarney Trail Run 10k
TECH AMERGIN COURSES
Bookkeeping - Manual & Computerised QQI level 5 5N1354; The purpose of this award is to equip the learner with the knowledge, skills and competence to produce and maintain accurate bookkeeping records for a range of organisations, using manual and computerised systems. Fee: €150 (concs. apply).
Learn how to blog & design a website with Wordpress (over 4 weeks), learn how to use the easiest and most powerful blogging and website content management system in existence today.
The Heritage Workshops (over 4 weeks), each session will focus on one craft; spinning, weaving, felting and rug making.
Exploring and understanding Disability, one-day workshop (Saturday 10th March 10am -4pm)
This fun and educational workshop will be lead by Peter Kearns (BA, MA, H. Dip.) tutor, actor, film-maker, disability arts activist, disability equality trainer & community development support worker. If you or anyone you know is interested, please give me a call on 066 9478956 or email on : admin@techamergin. com as places are limited.
And we are happy to announce our new social media class to start on Wednesday 7th March.
Social Media for Small Business, this course aims to help small business get to grips with using social media, specifically Facebook , as a marketing tool. See attached poster. Fee for this course is €70.
It will run for three Wednesday evenings , 7th March, 14th March and 21st March from 7 -- 9pm. Again limited places available, if interested, please contact us on 066 9478956 or email on admin@techamergin.com