CROMANE

BINGO

in Jacks every Tuesday at 8.30pm.

ACTIVE RETIRED

meet in Cromane Community Centre every Wednesday at 1pm. All welcome.

N.S. ENROLEMENT

Enrolement for Sept 19 is now open in Cromane N.S. Forms available from school. Phone 066 9769331 or info@cromanens. com. CONFIRMATION in Killorglin on Thursday 7th March at 11am.

CYMS

Bingo in CYMS every Sun night at 8.30pm.

UNISLIM in the CYMS has been changed to Wednesday mornings at 7.30am after Pantomime.

ACTIVE RETIRED meet in Cromane Community Centre every Wednesday at 1pm. All welcome.

CROMANE N.S.

are collecting Aldi rugby stickers: For every €30 spent in Aldi a sticker is given, these stickers can be used to enter a draw to win €50,000 for the school. Please pass the stickers to the office in Cromane National school.

IASC OG PRESCHOOL CROMANE

are hosting a Cash for Clothes Used Clothes Collection at the PreSchool Lake Road on Wednesday 27th February 19. Drop your bags of Mens, Womens, Childrens clothing, shoes, Curtains, Soft Toys to them 9 to 5.

TRACTOR RUN

Sun 24th Feb in memory of the late John Teahan, Lonart Please join us this year for our annual Red Fox Tractor Run on Sunday 24th February 2019 from 11am. Now in it’s 3rd year, the Tractor Run has proven to be great day of fun and enjoyment for everyone who takes part all while raising funds for two local charities. This year we are raising funds for the Palliative Care Room at St. Joseph’s Home Killorglin and Irish Pilgrimage Trust Killorglin Branch annual trip to Lourdes for children. There will be spot prizes for tractors, raffles, an auction for a Pauline Bewick painting along with other auction items, refreshments at both The Red Fox Inn & Jack’s Coastguard Bar Cromane and Live Music back at the Red Fox that will run late into the night

CIORCAL CAINTE

continuing in Gradys Bar Thursdays 8 to 9 pm and in the Red Fox on Tuesdays 10.30 to 11.30am. Use and improve your Irish.

BE SAFE BE SEEN

When on the road at night. Wear a high visability jacket, bright clothing and carry a lamp.

LAMBING:

It is the season of lambing for farmers. Make sure your dog is in doors at night. Even the smallest quietest dog can pose a threat to sheep and lambs.

ROAD WORKS

Killorglin Tue 15th to Thursday 18th April 19

SLEA HEAD CIRCUIT TOUR

on Sat March 9th. Bus departs Killorglin at 11am. This will be a great afternoon with Music and Dance and afternoon Tea in the Sceilig Hotel, Dingle. Time to Browse in Dingle. Scenic Stops and Dancing at Cross Roads. The ticket holders in Killorglin are Eileen Clifford CYMS and Eileen Mc Gillycuddy. Please email: miriampdennehy@gmail.com or visit www.kerryhospice.com and click HOW CAN YOU HELP for further information.

CAN RINGS

Any one that can use can rings from drinks cans please contact writer. They used to go abroad to be melted down to make joints for amputees but Health and Safety in Eastern Europe stopped this trend. The late Trudy Van Hagen, Tullig did Trojan work in this project. A lot of rings have been collected and we are wondering if anyone has use for them.

Local History Lecture. Organised by Killorglin History & Folklore Society, ‘The Life and Times of the Herberts of Muckross’ is the title of an illustrated lecture to be given at 8pm on Friday 15th February 2019 in the KCYMS Mini Theatre by Patricia O’Hare (Research and Education Officer at Muckross House Library). The talk will be wide-ranging and include a Mid Kerry aspect. All welcome.

VACANCIES

in the Rural Social Scheme in Killorglin. If you are a farmer or fisherman you may be interested in going on these schemes. Contact Library Place in Killorglin. Training is on going in these schemes Safe Pass, First Aid and other Courses.

IMPORTANT MEETING

killorglin.community.first.responders.group.would like to invite people to a very important meeting at the CYMS hall on Thursday 7th of March at 7.30 pm please Make the effort to come and help save lives.

FUNDRAISER

Kyra O.Neill, Cromane Lower is a student of ISK Killorglin is hosting a Bingo fundraiser on Tuesday 19th Feb in Jacks Coastguard Restaurant at 8.30pm. She is going to Lourdes as a student carer and needs to raise funds for her trip and accommodation. There will be lots spot prizes including an overnight stay in the 5 star Savoy Hotel, Limerick, an elegant timeless classic Swarovski tennis bracelet and a voucher for the Glenbeigh Hotel with lots more. Please come and support Kyra on the night.

NEWS

Anyone wishing to include items in the news please email to caseycrest@hotmail.com

Photo by Christy Riordan. Connie Curran, Paul O‘ Donoghue, Chris Maguire, Cathy Clifford, Ann Murphy, Christine Casey. Cahersiveen Social Services has expressed its gratitudes for a grant it has received from the Community Enhancement Programme (CEP) and the Department of Rural and Community Development, which has helped improve its day-care centre facilities. The funding has helped purchase an awning at the front of the centre and a gazebo at the back.

Photo by Christy Riordan. Cathy Clifford, Connie Curran, Ann Murphy, Paul O’Donoghue, Chris Maguire and Christine Casey pictured at the new gazebo. Cahersiveen Social Services has expressed its gratitudes for a grant it has received from the Community Enhancement Programme (CEP) and the Department of Rural and Community Development, which facilitated the new gazebo.