East Cork Journal YOUGHAL WEEKLY
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
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Issue No. 206
CLEANS UP
€400,000 and a 6th place ranking in all of Ireland - not bad for a week's work. First up for Youghal was the news that the town had received a grant of €400,000, from a fund of €4.4 million, to Youghal Town Council for its leisure centre, run by Aura Sport & Leisure Management Ltd. This huge sum, the joint highest amount awarded from 19 similar applications from local authorities across the country will seek to improve access for the disabled, as well as a 'Green Swimming Pool' initiative, to make the pool more energy-efficient. Secondly, Youghal was ranked 6th in the IBAL (Irish Business Against Litter) league tables, published this week - and was the highest ranked town in Cork. Overall, 53 towns and cities were surveyed. The good news may not end there as an
The renewal lease for Aura Leisure Centre in Youghal was signed just two weeks before the announcement of a €400,000 grant for the Centre, received from a fund of €4.4 million
An Taisce insider stated, 'This is the best ever result for Youghal - overall winner 2011 is in sight.' Earlier this year, Youghal was awarded three blue flags for its high water quality and environmental management standards on its beaches – the only town in Ireland to do so.
With the jury still out on the HSE's decision to remove the current Youghal Ambulance Service, and protests continuing regarding the potential increase of hazardous waste in the town following Eras Eco Sludge Treatment Plant's planning permission grant, one cannot help but hope that this week's positive news will help to continue Youghal’s clean-up.
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THE quiet fishing village of Ballycotton was the scene of two whirlwinds earlier this week.
Footage, captured on a mobile phone, shows these meteorological marvels passing through a field, a road and into further fields, throwing hay into the air. Met Éireann have stated that cyclonic winds in the area have caused the whirling wonders, known as dust devils, which can happen in a localised way if there is ‘a low’ in the area.
Castlemartyr’s walk in the woods LAST Saturday, Simon Coveney, TD performed the official unveiling of a specially commissioned wooden plaque, in recognition of the culmination of more than two years of hard work for those involved with the Castlemartyr Woodland Walks scheme. On a blustery afternoon, more than 150 people gathered in the grounds of the Castlemartyr Resort, to celebrate upgrades which have taken place on this 2.4km walk.
Upgrades of the walk have included a new footbridge, picnic areas and general upkeep of the area. ‘People were always using this walk,’ John Landy, Coillte stated, ‘we’ve just improved safety and the overall look of the area.’ After more than two years of hard work we’re sure that, for Liz Maddox, Castlemartyr Community Council (pictured above with Simon Coveney TD) and all involved with this project, the walk in Castlemartyr Woods may now be wonderful - but it wasn’t always a walk in the park! Full coverage on pages 16 & 17 of this week’s edition.
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This week Joyce's event-ful new job
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What’s in your future?
Page 6
Burglars’ worst fears realised
Pages 22 & 23
We fall for Youghal’s Mackerel Festival hook, line and sinker!
Pages 25 - 46
Get your weekly sports fix of soccer, GAA and all those in between
Page 50 Test your brain power and win cinema tickets Page 51 Fancy a night at the flicks? Page 52
Why not try your hand at a new dish?
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Are you up to date with the latest fashions?
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Your weekly event guide for the East Cork area
New event manager appointed for The Mall Art Centre and St. Mary’s Collegiate Church, Youghal
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JOYCE Hosford, originally from Blackrock in Cork, has been appointed as the new Event Manager for The Mall Arts Centre and St. Mary’s Collegiate Church, Youghal. Joyce, with a number of years experience in the Event Management area, has worked previously for Xtreme.ie in Carton House Hotel, as well as Quintessentially in New York, which makes her the ideal candidate for this responsible job. Joyce told the East Cork Journal that she is very eager to make her mark in this exciting role, and her previous positions have given her experience over a wide spectrum of areas. 'Having lived away from Cork for a number of years,' Joyce said, 'I am absolutely delighted to be back and to have secured this new position as Event Manager. I am hugely excited and exhilarated at the vast potential of the role, and of the future ahead.'
Youghal has a lot to offer, and Joyce is very keen to promote the area on every level. The Mall Arts Centre and St. Mary’s Collegiate Church are two magnificent and hugely unique venues, and she hopes to maximise their vast potential. This, in itself, will further promote Youghal as a location and help to develop the town as a hub for arts and culture. Working with the community is also a prerogative for Joyce, who enthusiastically told the East Cork Journal that she is eager to listen to any suggestions that the people of Youghal might have, which would help develop and maintain good relations amongst the local community. We wish Joyce every success in her new career, and look forward to an event-ful future for Youghal and its environs.
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A lotto smiles: McCarthy’s Newsagents, Midleton
SHOP OWNER Fergus McCarthy, McCarthy’s Newsagents, Midleton with Paul Fitzpatrick of the National Lottery after McCarthy’s sold another top prize-winning ‘All or Nothing’ Lottery ticket, bought by a lucky Cork couple. (Photo: Michael MacSweeney, Provision)
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Government bodies and State agencies should have a community service remit ‘We must learn lessons from the UK riots‘ - Deputy Stanton
CORK East Fine Gael TD and Chairman of the Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality, David Stanton, has called on the Government to instruct all State bodies and semi-state companies to take account of the need for corporate social responsibility. ‘The glaring spotlight of the world’s media was focuss ed on the London riots last week, and the shocking events have sparked a crucial debate on moral, social and civic responsibility. We should, at the very least, aim to learn from these events. I believe the Government can take the lead here by underlining the need for State bodies to take a progressive and benevolent approach to corporate social responsibility. ‘I am calling on the Govern-
ment to instruct State agencies, semi-state companies, Government departments and local authorities to take a strong stance when it comes to this issue. These bodies should be encouraged to incorporate a sense of civic duty within their operations. ‘This could have practical and positive benefits for local youth and sporting organisations. There are surely many instances where property and lands under partial or total State ownership are vacant, and could be used by these community groups. ‘We have seen the impact of societal breakdown in the UK. Youth organisations at community level play a very important part in providing activities and outlets for young people. While
this cannot prevent every problem, or provide every solution, it certainly can be very important for social cohesion and personal development. ‘Many companies within the private sector have already taken the lead on this issue, and there’s no reason why State bodies should not have clearly defined policies aimed at promoting social inclusion. ‘I would like to see the Government develop a proactive policy in this regard and instruct all State bodies to take cognisance of this need. Such bodies should highlight, in their annual reports to Ministers, the steps being taken to improve their corporate social responsibility,’ the Deputy concluded.
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Come dine with her!
Helena Crowley Hayes of Cork ‘Come Dine With Me’ fame dessert gets a ‘Bakeover’ at Midleton Food and Drink Festival Helena Crowley Hayes - with the help of Arun Kapil from Green Saffron Spices is preparing to cook a dessert for the Midleton Food and Drink Festival on Saturday, September 10th, 2011.
Handmade Bread and, of course, Green Saffron Spices.
This year the festival features a jam-packed Food and Drink demonstration programme, with complimentary food and drink tastings, at a limited, free, ticketed event.
Helena is determined to get it right this time and she will, with the help of an extra pair of hands (and spicy tips) from Arun Kapil. Helena says, ‘I am delighted to have the chance to cook for the visitors of the Midleton Food and Drink Festival. With Arun’s help I know my dessert will have a great ‘bakeover’ and will be fabulous this time!’
You will get to taste food from great food companies, such as Ballycotton Seafood, the wonderful Ballyvolane House, Bord Bia, Mike Hanrahan and Pat Shortt from Pat Shortt’s Pub and, of course, Helena and Arun cooking dessert for the lucky ticket holders. The festival also serves up a great day’s entertainment for all with a variety of street performance artists, craft exhibitions, a fashion show and some great fun children’s activities.
Now in its eighth year, The Midleton Food and Drink Festival is a true feast for the senses, showcasing an extensive collection of culinary delights from Midleton and surrounding areas. There are over 60 different food stalls to whet your appetite, including the famous Ballymaloe Country Relish, The Granary Foodstore and Cafe, Cuthbert’s
Helena Crowley Hayes of Cork ‘Come Dine With Me’ practices her baking skills with Arun Kapil from Green Saffron Spices, as she prepares to cook a successful dessert live at the Midleton Food & Drink Festival on Saturday, September 10th, 2011. (Photo: Diane Cusack)
Visit www.midletonfoodfestival.ie, and our twitter and facebook pages, for updates on the festival as well as great giveaways and competitions.
WEEKLY TAKE time out to go through all the stuff that has been stressing you recently. You’ll find the solution has been right under your nose. Once implemented it should make for a clearer calmer path ahead. It’s a good time to spoil yourself a little, you deserve it and you won’t find many people who will disagree with that. Younger ones might get on your nerves a little, but you can rise above it. Your lucky number is 12.
LIFE has many twists and turns and at the moment you’re having your fair share of them. Things are changing because change is needed for progress and the outcome is normally positive in the long run. The changes that took place in the past were just as scary then, but look at the things you gained from them. Follow your instincts on decisions of the heart. You have never been more tuned in than now. Your lucky number is 10.
BEING torn between two decisions is particularly difficult for you. But once you make your decision it’s final and you stand by it. You may be faced with some tough decisions this week and you will need to think deep to plan for the best outcome. By the weekend the pressure appears to have lifted and you should be able to put it all behind you. A chance meeting with a face from the past makes you sentimental. Your lucky number is 15.
THIS week you’d be better to just take it day by day. There will be times it seems like the world has gone into top speed and it’s hard to keep up, but you’ll manage quite well. It’s one of your many talents being able to do many things at once and still stay focused. But you can be a worrier, so try to stay calm as everything will work out OK. You gain an admirer on the way. So keep smiling. Your lucky number is 22.
SOME people just get uptight over stupid things. Don’t get yourself involved otherwise it will all end in tears. Better to use your Leo leadership and show them how it’s done. Just be careful that, while in the process of showing them how it’s done, you don’t end up doing the whole lot yourself. Be honest. It wouldn’t be the first time. Keep an eye on the cash as recent celebrations can be costly. Your lucky number is 18.
IT’S a time for reflection. You could find yourself travelling back in time, inside your mind, to simpler days. Well, they appear simpler now because they are done and dusted. But you had other very real worries then and everything turned out OK. Time will help you see the clearer picture in something which has been bothering you and, in time, you will find the favoured solution. You’ll need a happy face to attract a handsome stranger. Your lucky number is 20.
YOU are an emotional rollercoaster at the best of times, why should now be any different? You’re really good at sorting other people’s problems, but when it’s you, you can crumble. Not to worry, you have enough good friends to push you in the right direction and stand by while you make the transition. By the weekend you should have sorted a lot of problems and be able to sit back and enjoy the peace and quiet. Your lucky number is 15.
SOMEONE’S silence speaks volumes. Before you crack the code and find out what’s wrong, ask yourself: Do you really need the hassle? Most likely they are throwing a strop because things aren’t as they want them. Well tough. That’s life. You have to stay in happy mode this week because there is someone floating about who finds you rather interesting. So it’s your job to make yourself stunningly approachable. Your lucky number is 32.
WATCH your energy levels this week. You have a tendency to run too fast and burn out. The world won’t end tomorrow, so some things can wait. Anyway, boredom is your biggest enemy so make sure you have something to keep you occupied later. Isn’t there someone you kept promising you would hook up with for ages, but keep putting it off? Well maybe now is the time. The meeting could hold all kinds of surprises. Your lucky number is 37.
IF people keep putting you under pressure, you do have the right to tell them to back off a little without insulting them. Although you love to help them out, you can’t heal the world and you need your space and time also. You’ve done impressively well recently in managing things and others have noticed this. That is the main reason they lean on you so much. All is not lost on at least one admirer who’s been watching. Your lucky number is 19.
FINALLY a break in the chaos is only around the corner. Time to take a break and have a look at all the good work you have put into a project. There may be an air of boredom or looking for a new project at this time. This is a great idea, as it moves you in a whole new direction to be surrounded by a circle of new people. From here, destiny appears to be playing a hand in where it’s leading you, so follow smiling. Your lucky number is 24.
IT may feel like you have been swimming against the tide lately. But you have made great progress. It’s not until you stand back and look, that you will be able to see how far you’ve come. The latter part of this week allows you to gain some footing on a project you felt was slow moving. There may be need for preparation for a celebration of some kind so check the monies well in advance. Your lucky number is 34.
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Saturday
10 September 2011
Join us for a mouthwatering line-up of events: Vibrant street food market featuring local producers
Food and drinks demonstrations with special guests
Exciting activities for kids of all ages
Colourful street entertainment
www.midletonfoodfestival.ie
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MIDLETON
Elsinore Heights / Rise residents hold Mass
Compiled by Kathleen Woulfe
Celebrate the launch of Midleton & District Active Retirement Association Angelina Ballerina of events Dance Academy with a calendar WEDNESDAY, August 31st: Swimming available at Midleton Park Hotel, Leisure Centre & Spa free class in from 11.30am to 12.30pm. Thursday, September 1st: Pitch & Putt available at Corkbeg from 2.30pm. Midleton or Youghal! Friday, September 2nd: Whist at the Edmond Rice
Centre at 2.30pm. Tuesday, September 6th: 45 Drive at the Edmond Rice Centre at 2.30pm. Wednesday, September 7th: Big meeting / get-together at the Edmond Rice Centre at 2.30pm. Guest speaker. Members and intended members welcome.
ANGELINA Ballerina Dance Academy has arrived in East Cork! The unique dance experience for children ages 3 to 6 based on the stories of the international animated sensation, Angelina Ballerina, launches this September at Billie Jean’s East Cork Stage School and Youghal GAA Club. To celebrate the launch Angelina Ballerina Dance Academy is excited to host a FREE class on Friday, September 2nd in Youghal GAA Club at 3pm and on Saturday, September 3rd in Billie Jean’s East Cork Stage School at 12 noon. Based on the much-loved children’s story, these taster-classes will bring the magical stories of the remarkable mouseling, Angelina Ballerina and her friends to life through dance, music, mime and play. The class will be taught by specialist instructors who will gently introduce children to the early movements in ballet, through the fun and endearing Angelina Ballerina stories, encouraging your child to become a dancing star.
Children ages 3 to 6 are welcome to join Amanda Duke from The Angelina Ballerina Dance Academy on these days for 30 mins of dance, stories and fun! Parents and family are welcome to watch. Places are limited! To book your place, call Amanda on 0876388701.
Happy B irthday!
Happy 40th birthday today to a brilliant husband and father Tom Power, Rosary Place, Midleton. Hope you have a great birthday. Lots of love from Helene, Chris and Alan x x x. Happy 40th birthday today to Tom Power. Hope you have a brilliant day. Lots of love from Mam and all the Power family. X
Get your dog chipped! Midleton dog owners invited to pet microchipping event
Dog owners who want to do all they can to ensure that their pets are never lost or stolen are invited to take them to the Maxi Zoo store in Midleton this September where they can have them microchipped by the veterinary team from the Dublin SPCA.
THE residents of Elsinore Heights and Elsinore Rise, Midleton held an outdoor Mass recently and, for once, the weather obliged by staying dry! There was a large attendance for this Mass, which was held on the estate’s green.
Midleton Farmers Market favours Tidy Towns
The well-known charity has teamed up with the Maxi Zoo stores in Douglas and Midleton to provide local dogs owners with a discount rate for the microchip, which is the most reliable way of keeping their pet safe.
The Dublin SPCA will also register each owner and their newly mircochipped pet in their PetTrace database, while also providing the owner with a unique identification disc for their pet to wear on their collar.
The PetTrace Database is owned and managed by the Dublin SPCA. It is manned 24 hours a day, seven days a week and contains the details of more than 19,000 registered animals.
‘This microchipping service is significantly reduced to just €12 for anyone who brings their pet to the Maxi Zoo stores in Midleton and Douglas. Anyone who sets up a direct debit to provide monthly support to the Dublin SPCA will get the service for free,’ said Orla Aungier, Dublin SPCA Operations Manager. The events take place at the Maxi Zoo store at Market Green, Midleton on Saturday, September 24th.
Ladies lunch at Garryvoe
The above will take place in aid of Cystic Fibrosis Build4life on Wednesday, September 21st. Tickets on sale now for €50. The luncheon will begin at 1pm with a fashion show and live music afterwards. All welcome to attend.
LAST WEEK, Midleton Farmers’ Market Committee presented Midleton Tidy Towns with a cheque for €500. This money will help to continue the great work being done by Midleton Tidy Towns Association.
The Barony Choir
The above is a new community based mixed voice choir in the East Cork area. At present the choir is recruiting male and female singers and are planning to be up and running in September 2011, with approximately 30 members. For further details, please contact 086 8525803.
Midleton & District Positive Ageing Week 2011
Plans are now at an advanced stage for a week of great actvities from Friday, September 23rd to Sunday, October 2nd and one of their main attrac-
tions is the train trip to Killarney with an overnight stay at the Castlerosse Hotel on September 27th and 28th. The committee are asking that all money be paid by August 31st please, by contacting Rita O’Keeffe on 021 4632278 and Kathleen Woulfe on 021 4631011, or Eleanor Geraghty on 021 4882082 and Anne White on 021 4883473, Carrigwohill. The trip, including B&B and an evening meal, will cost €60.
Midleton Active Retirement Choir
The next practice of the above will be held on Wednesday, September 7th at 2pm in the Edmond Rice Centre and Anne hopes for a full turn out on the day.
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country as whole (82) was the highest since IBAL began its surveys ten years ago, with over 20 towns deemed to be cleaner than European equivalents.
Youghal: Cork’s Cleanest Town in IBAL Survey - Much of the Capital ‘as littered as it has been in many years’ says IBAL - Deprived areas of Dublin and Cork are litter blackspots - Derelict and vacant properties contributing to litter problem YOUGHAL, earlier this week, was languishing in the glory of being named Cork’s Tidiest Town for 2011 in the Irish Business Against Litter League, in conjunction with the Department of the Environment. The town achieved 6th place in the overall rankings out of 53 towns and cities surveyed. Killarney, Co. Kerry was declared the country’s cleanest town. Speaking about the result, Town Clerk Liam Ryan said, 'This is a wonderful result for Youghal, and is in line with our marketing strategy for the town. We have
now achieved ‘litter free status’ for six years in a row and this is something that Youghal people can be extremely positive and proud about. I would encourage the people of the town to become ‘individual ambassadors’ for their town, and who knows, maybe this time next year we will be challenging Killarney for the overall title.' An Taisce independently monitors all towns of population 6,000 and over, in accordance with international grading standards. Commenting on the result for Youghal, a spokesperson for
the organisation said, 'This is the best ever result for Youghal, overall winner 2011 is in sight. Nine out of ten sites surveyed got the top litter grade. The Cork Approach and Front Strand Approach were both in excellent condition, and the Beach was a particularly well presented environment.' The survey commended all involved in maintaining the beach environment, with the spokesperson saying, 'It is no easy task to keep a beach environment so well maintained.’
Imokilly Macra’s (magical) mystery tour...
THE Imokilly Macra year started off with a serious bang two weeks ago, with over 30 members from the five clubs in the region hopping on to a bus for a fun filled mystery tour. The bus picked members up from the Killeagh, Churchtown South, Ladysbridge and Ballynoe clubs before arriving in Midleton to collect the rest of the party animals! There were lots of stops and starts along the way thanks to Imokilly Chairman, Billy
Fitzgerald, who wanted to check out every Public House along the way!
The gang finally arrived in Donoughmore where they enjoyed one or two or ten friendly drinks with the members of the local Macra club.
In other news from around the region, Killeagh Macra held a very successful AGM last Saturday night in Tattan’s Bar. The club would like to thank all who attended and wish the new
officers the best for the coming year. The club would also like to wish Club Secretary, Stephen O’Connell, the very best of luck as he gets ready to take part in the Ploughing Championships in Athy on September 22nd. We’re sure he’ll do himself and the club proud. A huge congratulations to the team of James O’Callaghan, John Casey and Paul Savage from Midleton Macra who came second in the All Ireland Finals of Farm Skills held at the Tul-
Earlier this year, Youghal was awarded three blue flags for its high water quality and environmental management standards on its beaches – the only town in Ireland to do so. While most of the country has received a clean bill of health in the latest survey by Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL), Dublin has been slammed for its worst result in years. Large parts of the Capital, including the approach roads from Dublin Airport as well as the North inner city, were found to be heavily littered. IBAL has warned that the
lamore Show. Well done, lads! Midleton Macra hold their AGM on September 2nd in McDaid’s in Midleton at 9pm. All members are asked to attend if possible and all new members are more than welcome. The regional final of bowling will take place in early October, so all club better get ready. Midleton are the defending champs, but Killeagh want the title back this year and with a player like Edmond ‘ Gutterball’ Joyce on their team who would bet against them!
The next regional meeting is on September 30th in McDaid’s Midleton at 8.30pm. All welcome. Anyone wishing to join any of the five clubs in Imokilly, or just looking for some info should contact Training and Development Officer Mick Wall 0868359891 or mwall@macra.ie
rise in vacant and derelict properties is contributing to increased litter and unsightliness in certain areas.
The league table of 53 areas across the country showed two– thirds of towns and cities to be clean to European norms, among them the cities of Waterford, Galway and, for the first time, Cork. Also for the first time since the League began, Killarney took the accolade of cleanest town, with the An Taisce examiners calling it ‘a superb result for our No.1 tourist town’. The cleanliness rating for the
In East Cork, Youghal (in 6th place) is ‘Clean to European Norms, as were Cobh (18th place), and Fermoy (joint 23rd). ‘Towns like Killarney, Kilkenny and Wexford are putting in great effort to show their best side to tourists to our country,’ says Dr Tom Cavanagh, Chairman of IBAL. ‘Unfortunately, foreign visitors to these towns typically arrive first in Dublin, and there they are being exposed to widespread litter, starting at the roads from the airport itself. This is a national issue, not a local one: Ireland cannot be deemed a clean destination for tourists, if Dublin itself is not clean, and that doesn’t just mean the city centre.’
IBAL selected two disadvantaged city areas for particular attention this year: Knocknaheeny in Cork and North Inner City Dublin, and after the first survey both are occupying the bottom two places in the litter rankings. According to the business group, city councils often commit significant resources to high profile city centre locations which attract tourism and high footfall, to the detriment of other areas where many citizens live.
Sweet wrappers were the most prevalent source of litter, followed by cigarette butts, fast food wrappings, plastic bottles and chewing gum. Supermarkets and fast food outlets were the sites most likely to be heavily littered, among them Tesco in New Ross and Mallow, and McDonald’s, KFC and Pizza Hut in Sligo. Several public buildings were also heavily littered, such as Galway’s Merlin Park Hospital, with Waterford bus station exterior classed as a litter blackspot.
Conna & District Flower & Garden Club Show coming soon
A REMINDER that the Annual Horticultural Show takes place in Conna Hall on Sunday, September 11th from 3pm to 7pm.
On Wednesday, September 21st the club will host Bernadette Scanlon, who will give an autumn theme demonstration. There will also be a competition on the night with an exhibit of colour, shape, texture, 76cm horticultural and one head of Hydrangea. Looking forward to seeing all members on the night and please bring along a friend.
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YOUGHAL
Compiled by Denise FitzGerald 087 812 8262 / dfitz47@hotmail.com Sludge meeting Credit Union tonight launch of 6% Education Loans YOUGHAL says NO to Hazardous Waste coming to East Cork and West Waterford, travelling through your towns and villages. Eras Eco Sludge Treatment Plant at Foxhole Industrial Estate Youghal has been granted Planning Permission to extend their plant to treat 95,000 tonnes of waste, 30,000 of which will be hazardous waste, which poses potential substantial threats to public health or the environment. Please attend Public Meeting on tonight, Wednesday, August 31st at 7.30pm in the Youghal GAA Club, Magner’s Hill, Youghal.
Youghal Main Street resurfacing
Cork County Council have received Tenders for an overlay of South and North Main Streets. The extent this work will be from Water Street to Cork Hill. These tenders are being assessed at present, prior to the appointment of a Contractor. The proposed window to carry out this work, agreed with the Youghal Town Council,is between the 5th of September and the 14th October 2011. It is proposed that this work will be undertaken between 8pm and 8am during week days to avoid disruption during the day. The work is expected to take about 2-3 weeks. Once a Contractor is appointed, a start date will be agreed along with a traffic management plan. This will be circulated to all concerned.
Safe Pass Course
A Safe Pass Course will be held tonight, Wednesday August 31st at 8pm in Cumman Na Daoine. For more information contact Derek on 087 9286898.
Youghal Credit Union Ltd. has recently announced a special low rate for education loans. The 6% variable rate was introduced to assist both students and parents in their third level education. The loans can be used to borrow for full or part time courses, post graduate studies , accommodation or course equipment or books. The Irish League of Credit Unions recently announced the results of a Third Level Education 2011 Survey. The survey found that 9 in 10 parents support their child with college related costs by contributing on average €410 per month, and 39% of parents of full-time college students use monthly income to fund their child’s college education. The remaining 61% of parents of full time college students who fund their child’s education are forced to locate finances from other sources: Savings (38%) and Credit Union loans (11%) are the second and third most common methods used followed by bank loan (7%) and Credit Card (4%). The survey found that a typical student who stays in rented accommodation pays on average €330 for the rent per month. Students living in Dublin still pay the highest rents (€380) and students in Munster pay second highest (€335). Students living in the greater Leinster area pay on average €265 and those in Connacht and Ulster pay €220. The findings showed that a typical student living in rented accommodation pays €70 for household bills, on average, per month.College students spend almost €500 each month on their daily expenses (excluding rent and bills).Food is the most expensive element, with an average student spending (€148). Females spend more on food (€163) compared to males (€128) per month. In response to the pressures which both parents and students find themselves under, Youghal Credit Union have answered a need for their members.
The Chairperson, John Corbett, outlined that the role of the credit union was to fulfil the needs of their members. A detailed analysis of our lending showed that many members are returning to either full or part time education. ‘We hope to answer our members financial challenges by offering this new rate of 6%,’ Mr. Colbert announced. The amount borrowed is not based on shares, and the terms are flexible subject to a maximum of five years. Non-wage earners will have their loans approved on a joint account, or on an account with a suitable guarantor. The loans can be collected in instalments. Members will be asked to provide proof of acceptance of a course, or to validate any other costs. Members are also encouraged to prepare a budget prior to applying for an education loan. Further information is available on phoning (024) 92325.
Youghal Taekwon-do: first two classes are FREE!
The autumn season for Youghal Taekwon-do commences on Wednesday next, September 7th at the GAA Club, Magners Hill, Youghal. The benefits of Taekwon-do for children are that the specially designed classes are created specifically to develop fitness, confidence, improve concentration, flexibility and self defence. The classes create better self discipline and boost self esteem, especially in children. Classes on Wednesdays: 5 to 7 years from 4.15pm to 4.55pm. 8 years upwards from 5pm to 7pm. Classes on Fridays: 5 to 7 years from 4.30pm to 5.10pm. 8 years upwards from 5pm to 7pm. Further information from Michael Roche on 085 7603687.
Wearing pink for Youghal Cancer Group
The second annual Pink Ribbon Memorial Walk took place on Sunday last, August 28th. A large crowd, most of whom wore pink, gathered at the Market Square and walked through the Main Street of Youghal, out to Brehan Road and then through the Back Streets to Greenpark.
Canon Browne and Rev. Hewitt celebrated a short Memorial Service to remember those who have gone, and those who are currently affected by this disease. A host of Pink Balloons were then released into the air, accompanied by the playing of a lament by piper, Emma McCarthy. Donations were on a voluntary basis. Youghal Cancer Group is dedicated in their efforts to raise funds for a Cancer Care Unit in Youghal, and every contribution helps. They are currently in the process of organising their next Fundraiser which, it is hoped, will be held on September 16th next in the Walter Raleigh Hotel. Further information on this later.
English Language Classes
Co. Cork Vocational Education Committee are holding English language Classes for Beginner and Intermediate Levels (Fetac Level 3) in East Cork FEYC, Coláiste Eoin, Golf Links Road, Youghal . Registration will take place on Wednesday next, September 7th at 7.30pm. Further information from 024 93674/92804, 087 7925035, 086 8532143 or 086 8238746.
Drawing Plants and Flowers for fun!
Marcella Reardon recently hosted a morning class at Blackwater Garden Centre, entitled “Drawing Plants and Flowers for Fun”. The day was warm and dry, and the class was held outdoors. It was a very successful ‘trial’ run for those interested in drawing for fun, so much so that Marcella, again with the kind permission of Blackwater Garden Centre, has organised a series of classes which will take place over six Thursdays from 10am to 12noon. The first class will be held on September 15th, to October 20th inclusive. This is an ideal opportunity to learn in a fun and sociable atmosphere, and the classes can move indoors at Blackwater Garden Centre, if the weather is not kind. Further information can be obtained from 024 92725.
Images Stage School to start in Youghal
Images Speech, Drama and Dance will commence in September in Youghal. The date is yet to be announced, but if you are interested in having further information (and to secure a place) then please telephone 087 9812009.
Happy Birthday!
Happy birthday to our two sons, Tony and John Paul Carey. Lots of love from Mam and Dad.
Events at Cumann na Daoine
31/8 2pm - 3pm Walking Group 7.30pm - 9pm GROW (Community Mental Health Group) 1/9: 7pm - 9pm Cancer Support Group 7.30pm - 9.30pm MusicGroup 8pm - 9.45pm Bingo 2/9: 2pm - 4pm Indoor Bowls 5/9: 4pm - 5pm St Vincent de Paul 6/9: 5.45pm - 7.30pm Weight Watchers.
Ceolta Sí says slán for now!
The very successful 2011 Summer season for Ceolta Sí came to a conclusion last week, with a fantastic performance on both Monday and Tuesday nights.
This year proved to be one of the most successful to date, and the performers were delighted with the turnout for each performance. Brú na Sí was alive with the music and dancing performances, and the audiences clapped and tapped their feet to the traditional sounds. Awards were made on Monday night, much to the delight of the recipients. Already looking forward to next year’s performances.
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The Ecclesiastical Review
22 New Seminarians begin studies for the priesthood for Irish dioceses
East Cork
Ecclesiastical Events Parish of Youghal WE meet for worship every Sunday morning at 11am in Brú na Sí (kindly loaned). September 4th, speaker expected, Mervyn Scott. Special Family service to mark the new school year. People from all backgrounds and nationalities are welcome. For more details, contact Mervyn Scott 024-25964/086-1732034 or see www.youghalbaptist.ie”A student is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master”. Matthew Ch 10 v 24
Youghal Baptist Church
TWENTY Two men begin their studies for priesthood this week at Ireland’s National Seminary, Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth. This group includes a chartered surveyor, a pub manager, several mature students and at least one school leaver. The average age of the new entrants is 25 years old, and they come from 14 of the 26 dioceses of Ireland. After an introductory month, 18 students will commence their academic formation in Maynooth and the remaining four will undertake their studies at Saint Malachy’s College, Belfast.
Monsignor Hugh Connolly, the President of Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth, welcomed the students and their families to Maynooth saying, ‘This is always an exciting time for the Seminary, when we prepare to receive the new students among us. Once again you come from a wide range of backgrounds, previous experiences, and the four corners of the country, but with one common factor – you are responding to an invitation given in, and through faith, to become priests who will spread the Gospel in the years to come.I thank the families and friends of the new candidates for their strength and generosity in supporting the men thus far, and I invite you to continue to provide this vital encouragement. The road ahead has many challenges.’ Bishop Donal McKeown, chairperson of the Council for Vocations of the Irish Episcopal Conference, highlighted the reality that the new seminarians have a long period of formation ahead, which will include human, spiritual, intellectual and pastoral development. Bishop McKeown said, ‘The Catholic Church in which you will serve will be a much changed institution. Yet, despite the uncertainties of the future, all new seminarians are responding with hope to God’s never ceasing call to proclaim his kingdom.God still has faith in people. With grace and the vision of the Gospel, it is possible to build community, to promote healing and to build supportive relationships. God has asked you to accept His call to go out to the rich harvest where the labourers are few.’ The National Co-ordinator for Diocesan Vocation Directors, Father Paddy Rushe, also welcomed the 2011 figure of new seminarians for the Catholic Church.Father Rushe commended the Vocation Directors from the various dioceses whose critical work over the year has accompanied these men in their discernment and preparation for seminarian life. Monsignor Connolly asked the new seminarians to draw sustenance and hope from what the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, said in his letter to seminarians of October 2010: You have done a good thing. Because people will always have need of God, even in an age marked by technical mastery of the world and globalisation: they will always need the God who has revealed himself in Jesus Christ, the God who gathers us together
in the Universal Church in order to learn with him, and through him, life’s true meaning and in order to uphold and apply the standards of true humanity. The new entrants will bring the number of seminarians for Irish dioceses to over 90, 72 of whom study in Maynooth with the remainder in Saint Malachy’s Belfast, the Irish College Rome and in the Beda College, which is also in Rome. Saint Patrick’s College Maynooth is the National Seminary for Ireland and has been forming men for the priesthood since 1795.The Trustees of the College are the Governing Body of the College. The membership is defined by successive Acts of Parliament.The current Trustees are the four Archbishops, together with 13 other senior Bishops.In the last five years the total annual number of new seminarians beginning their studies in Maynooth has been 16 in 2010;36 in 2009; 30 in 2008; 31 in 2007; 30 in 2006.
The College comprises the seminary and the Pontifical University,offering degrees in theology, philosophy and theology and arts.
Statement by Archbishop Michael Neary on the death of Father Micheal Keane, RIP
IT was with great sadness that I heard of the death of Father Michael Keane who passed away to his eternal reward on August 27th. Father Michael was ordained in 1950 and served in parishes in Cloonfad, Castlebar, Tully Cross, Cashel, Kilkerrin, Carnacon and in Dublin.
In 1968 Father Michael founded the Knock Shrine Marriage Bureau.The Bureau was responsible for bringing happiness through marriage into the lives of hundreds of people. Father Michael was a man dedicated to his priestly ministry for the past sixty-one years. He was single-minded and committed, often willing to make a strong stand on matters of principle.Father Michael was passionate in his belief in the sanctity of life, and in the promotion of the Sacrament of Marriage. I express my sincere condolences to his family, fellow priests, friends, past-parishioners and all who benefited from his dedicated ministry and who mourn his passing.Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam. Archbishop Michael Neary is the Archbishop of Tuam and the late Father Michael Keane was a priest of the archdiocese.The funeral Mass for Father Keane was celebrated at 12.00 noon on Tuesday 30 August 2011 in Saint Colman’s Church, Claremorris, Co Mayo.
The Revised Missal will be introduced in September, beginning with the responses of the people.The full use of the Missal will come into effect on the first day of Advent, November 27th 2011.It will take time for people to get used to the new wording, but in time all will get used to it. The new changes are given to enhance our worship of God, and to be more in tune with the Scripture. With some new words and phrases, new music settings will also be used for the parts of the Mass.It will be important for all people to learn these new music settings so that people will be able to sing the parts of the Mass. Music and Song have a special place in the liturgy, and Pope Benedict XV1 has often spoken of the need to encourage and enhance the Liturgy through Music.
Use of the Revised Missal
Parish of Midleton and Ballintotas The annual Pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Knock takes place this year on Sunday, September 17th. Bus leaves the Courthouse at 7am.Names to be given at Number 1 or Number 2 Main Street.
National St Pio Day at Knock
The Midleton/Knock group will have their last pilgrimage of the season to Our Lady’s Shrine, Knock on Sunday, September 4th next.Coach leaves Midleton Library at 7am. Bookings to Eily O’Sullivan, Hurley’s SuperValu, Michael Butler, Youghal Road and Noel Collins, St. Jude’s, St Mary’s Road.
Pilgrimage to Knock
“The Church in the Park” will be meeting from Sunday, September 4th at the Midleton Park Hotel, at 11am, via the entrance on Dwyer’s Road.For further information please contact Andy Compton 0860861970. What does ‘evangelical’ mean? ‘Evangelical’ comes from the Greek word ‘evangelos’ which means ‘goodnews.’ As
Midleton EvangelicalChurch
MEC believes in the Good News of the Bible concerning Jesus, the term is an appropriate name for us. Is MEC part of a sect? MEC is not part of a sect.MEC is part of the Baptist group of Churches in Ireland which has about 8,000 members. The Baptists have a long history in Ireland and across the world. Baptists are recognised in the Irish Constitution. Does MEC believe in Mary? MEC believes that Mary was Jesus’ mother and was uniquely privileged in this role.We believe in all the Gospels tell us about her concerning the virgin conception, her belief in Jesus as her Saviour and her role on earth as a wife and mother of her children. What is the aim of your Sunday meeting? We meet on Sundays at 11am to worship God together.We do this by singing Christian songs, praying and reading the Bible together.The children (0-13) then go out for Crèche or Sunday Club and the adults and teenagers hear part of the Bible taught and applied. Is the meeting all ‘happy clappy’? Our meetings are happy but not particularly lively in that sense.Having said that, if a person wants to clap their hands as we sing, that’s fine! Will I feel embarrassed? There are no occasions in the meeting for a visitor to feel embarrassed.As you enter the building you will be warmly welcomed and directed to a seat.There is no pressure on anyone to sing if they don’t want to.Our aim is to make you feel very welcome.
Parish of Ballymacoda/ Ladysbridge
Autumn Stations: Two bookings for the Autumn House Station Masses were received during the week, one for Friday, September 30th and one for Friday, October 28th.We would be happy to hear from other householders , any time from now on ,who wish to arrange a house station Mass. Phone 021 4667173 Friday, September 30th at the home of Maurice and Patricia Beausang Friday, October 28th at the home of Tom and Mary O’Connell.
Parish of Cobh
Bible Study. All are welcome to a free-ofcharge short Bible Study course taking place at St Colman’s Parish Centre, Cobh. Fridays at 8.00 pm. The focus is on the Old Testament Historical Books Joshua and Judges – and is a short course with Fr John McCarthy. There are 6 one-hour sessions. Bring your Bible. Dates for your diary: September 30th, October 14th, October 28th, November 11th, November 25th, December 9th
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€400,000 awarded to Youghal Town Council for upgrade of Youghal Leisure Centre MINISTER of State for Tourism & Sport, Michael Ring has announced a grant of €400,000 from a fund of €4.4 million to Youghal Town Council for Youghal Leisure Centre. The grant will seek to improve access for people with disabilities, as well as a Green Swimming Pool initiative to make the pool more energy efficient. The award was the joint highest award of 19 similar applications from local authorities around the country. Attracting over 158,000 visitors per annum, Youghal Leisure Centre was designed in 2004 and opened in 2005. In welcoming the grant allocation Town Clerk, Liam Ryan expressed his delight at the announcement. ‘€400,000 is clearly a hugely substantial amount of money to be granted in this current economic climate and it will have a positive effect on employment in the town, helping to sustain jobs and hopefully create new ones too.’ The grant will be used to implement methods aimed at reducing the running costs of the
Company behind the facility signed another four year, eleven month Management contract with Aura Sport & Leisure Management Ltd. (part of the Aura Holohan Group) for the facility. The premises has been maintained in an excellent condition but, compared to similar swimming pools of similar size and usage, energy costs are particularly high, partly due to the high seasonality of demand.
Further sharp increases in energy costs have been widely signalled by energy providers, but the opportunity has now been created to implement initiatives aimed at saving costs by the awarding of this grant. At the new four year, eleven month signing ceremony were Patricia Power, Director of Claycastle Leisure Company Ltd., Mary Linehan Foley, Chairperson of Claycastle Leisure Company Ltd., and Gar Holohan, Chairman of Aura. (Photo: John Hennessy)
centre, and remove barriers to people with disabilities living in Youghal and the surrounding area. “We were confident that the application met all the relevant criteria which were set out,
East Cork snippets Midleton Macra Na Feirme information night for new members
THE above will take place at McDaid’s Bar on Friday, September 2nd at 9pm sharp. For more details about this, or joining Midleton Macra, you can contact Mick 086-8659891 or James 087-1341021.
Midleton Indoor Bowls
THE above returns after the summer break, tomorrow evening, Thursday, September 1st in Midleton GAA Pavilion at 8pm. We are looking forward to seeing you all there.
Fermoy whist drive
Results from Sunday, August 28th: Best overall score: Esther Lomasney Winning ladies: Rita Leamy, Pat O’Leary, Catherine O’Flynn, Eileen Enright, Nora Murphy, Margaret O’Flynn, Abina Murphy and Joan McHugh. Winning gents: Tadgh Donovan, Colm Hurley, Daniel O’Flynn, Fr. Aquin Casey, Jim Ryall, M. Scannell, Stephen Hales and E. Ring. Raffle: Nora Murphy, Colm Hurley and Mary Mason. Whist Drive every Sunday night at 8.30pm sharp at Fermoy Bridge Club, Mill Road (adjacent to Atkins). All welcome.
and once again Youghal Town Council has managed to secure maximum funding for its key projects”, added Mr. Ryan. In announcing the grants Minister Ring said, ‘The grants will
help pools to become more efficient, and reduce their carbon footprint. Large heating bills are the single biggest cost in running a swimming pool. So by making them more efficient, we are
also reducing the burden on taxpayers by cutting back on energy and water requirements.’ Only two weeks ago, Claycastle Leisure Company - Youghal Town Council’s Management
In 2010 Youghal Leisure Centre took top honours as the ‘Best Recreational Facility’ at the Zurich LAMA Awards (Local Authority Members Association Awards) which recognises the very best of Ireland’s talent in local projects of Construction, Engineering and Infrastructure.
Blooming well done, Killeagh!
KATHLEEN Harte, Elizabeth Sinclair, Margaret Scully & Denis McDonald are pictured at the presentation of a cheque for €4,000 to Marymount Hospice, the proceeds from the Flower Festival held in Killeagh Church to mark its 150th anniversary.
Youghal comes into bloom (again)
YOUGHAL Flower and Garden Club are never idle, as their hobby is one which keeps them busy all year round - Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. As a group, they also use their love of flowers and gardening to help raise funds for very worthy causes.
Their Gala Demonstration which is taking place on September 13th next is no exception. With an enormous amount of preparation and planning, this Demonstration will be held in the Walter Raleigh Hotel at 8pm. Sandra Finneagan of AOIFA, who is a mine of information on all things flora and fauna, will be presenting the Gala evening, much to the delight of the Youghal Club. Eileen O’Donoghue, PRO, Youghal Flower and Garden Club, told the East Cork Journal that there will also be a competition and a plant sale held, with a Wine Reception to keep the mood merry. “This will be a night to remember”, Eileen enthused, “and the best part is that all proceeds will go to the Cystic Fibrosis Association, a very worthy recipient”. Entry is €12 and tickets can be
Members of Youghal Garden and Flower Club prepare for their gala event. Patricia Hogan, Eileen O Connell , Ann Cooney, Kathleen Mc Sweeney, Carol Mullally, Mirella Murphy, Esther Carey, Beryl Good, Julie Gracy-Cox and Eileen O’Donoghue. Missing were Margaret Walsh, Ann O Regan, Eileen Long and Rachel Goggin.
obtained from Patricia on 90987 or Carol on 91811 or from any Committee member. So, expert information on flowers and gardening, a competition to help you show off your talents, a plant sale and a complimen-
tary glass of vino, all in the company of those who agree that “Out of gardens grow fleeting flowers, but lasting friendships” - Denise FitzGerald.
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Youghal says FĂĄilte, Bienvenu, Willkommen y Bienvenido DENISE FITZGERALD REPORTS
Get ďŹ t at Fota Island Spa!
GET FIT this autumn with a bootcamp or spinning session at Fota Island Spa, with open day free trial on Thursday, September 8th. If you are looking for a motivation to get fit, or if you want to benefit from outdoor exercising and improve your general well-being, then look no further than the stunning Fota Island Resort in East Cork. The resort is now offering Bootcamp & Spinning Sessions, designed to help you get in shape, and tone up your body, with an open day free trial on Thursday, September 8th.
RECENTLY, the cruise liner, Crown Princess berthed at Cobh in bright sunshine. Five coaches, with approximately two hundred visitors, then departed for a tour of the area, making an invited stop at Youghal on their way. Youghal Concerned Citizens were waiting on the quays to welcome the tourists to the town, accompanied by distinguished Cliff Windser attired in his Sir Walter Raleigh regalia. The children of the Blackwater School of Dancing, with their teacher, were waiting patiently for the visitors to arrive, all ready to entertain them with their traditional dance. Pat Lynch had his wonderful Museum open, complimentary, to the tourists. Organised by YCC, the objective of the Group is to attract the Coach Tours Companies into putting Youghal on their list of ‘must visit’ towns, and turn what is currently a very brief stop, into an extended visit by
each coach. To this end, this group of very active local people personally met and welcomed the visitors, provided entertainment for them, and encouraged them to take a trip up the town where, hopefully, business will be generated for the local shops, cafes and businesses. The Community Bus was available to bring them to the Town Walls, which was free of charge, with donations appreciated. Marjorie McDonald was in the Market Square, working on her magnificent Youghal Lace, which was of great interest to the visitors. Irish coffees were gratefully imbibed, and many photographs of the area were taken by the tourists. Home made Mackerel pate on toast was handed out, complimentary, by Luigi with people admitting they had never tasted anything as good. Local restaurants, including Luigi and the Coffee Pot, have agreed to open for the early morning coaches, to facilitate them with teas/coffees etc.
All this work is being done in preparation for, and to build up next year’s tourist season. For many years buses and coaches have been passing through Youghal en route from Rosslare and other ports, and it is now hoped that the Tour Companies will include Youghal as part of their itinerary for a stop and shop visit.
Located on a 780-acre estate, the Fota Island Resort is surrounded by scenic woodland and natural beauty, creating a beautiful landscape and the perfect environment for outdoor exercising! Kickstart your bootcamp session with a run or a walk - depending on your fitness, around the resort’s glorious grounds, allow yourself to breathe in the fresh air, and give your muscles a little wake up.
Chairman, YCC, Jimmy Flanagan made his way on to the coaches to personally welcome the visitors to Youghal and warm was the welcome he received.
Following this, your endurance will be tested with an outdoor circuit training session involving skipping, weight-lifting, hula-hooping and body crunches. These are just some of the challenging exercises involved, all of which comprise an element of fun so you can laugh (and pant) your way through the entire session! Each bootcamp session also includes some outdoor resistance exercises, which will tone up your entire body and stretch your muscles. Or why not try your hand, or legs, at spinning in the state-of-the-art Spinning Academy located at the resort. Push yourself with a steady workout set to highly motivating soundtracks, and expertly coached by one of the resort’s fitness instructors.
The efforts of this group are certainly showing results, as two hundred tourists – who were delighted with the reception which they received, showed their appreciation to their hosts when, having enjoyed the talents of the dancers, had refreshments and paid a visit to the Museum, they made their way up the town on a shopping spree.
One hour evening Bootcamp sessions are available weekly for six weeks beginning September 19th, or alternatively there’s the Spinning Sessions running every Monday to Saturday year round.
To give you a taste of what sessions involve, the resort is offering an open day free trial on Thursday, September 8th, at 6.15pm & 7.30pm! Promising a full body workout, these sessions are the perfect way to get in shape whilst having fun at the same time!
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Cobh short films for 100th anniversary of the sinking of Titanic THE Northern Ireland Tourist Board has commissioned a series of short films for next year to mark the commemorative 100th anniversary of the maiden voyage - and sinking - of Titanic.
The series of 4 minute movies will be aired, one every month for the entire year. Dr. Michael Martin was asked to present and write the script for the Cobh production. The short film deals with the probable last movements of Margaret Rice and her five children, who were all lost when the ship sank on April 15th, 1912. They boarded Titanic at Cobh, her last port of call. Margaret was played by actress, Ann Beechinor who had her son among the child actors portrayed as her family.
Dr. Martin said on the day ,’Having this film focusing on a Cobh dimension of the story will provide great exposure for the town next year, especially with the full weight of Northern Ireland’s enthusiastic marketing endeavours next year.’
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Youghal Concerned Citizens seek answers on rail site, brochure omission D and fountain at Greenpark
AT the August Meeting of Youghal Concerned Citizens the following items, amongst others, were discussed:
Hallowe’en Festival
A working group had been set up to organise a Hallowe’en Festival. Local businesses will be contacted shortly giving details of the events and suggesting simple methods for traders to establish an atmosphere in the town for the festival. Festival events proposed included a headless horseman riding through the town; spot the ghost competition; replicas of torture machines as used in Youghal in the old days, to be on display; music; fortune tellers; a pumpkin competition; Art competition and Hallowe’en themed parade. Volunteers are being sought to help with the event, including
people willing to wear costumes for the parade. All enquiries from people interested in helping their town promote itself can be made to Adrian Hyde.
Youghal omitted
An angling brochure which omitted Youghal from the Cork / Kerry region was brought to the attention of the meeting. It was agreed to query the omission. It was hoped meetings between YCC and Fáilte Ireland and other tourism bodies would be organised shortly.
Irish Rail Site
A query on the Irish Rail site at the Front Strand was raised. The Secretary noted Irish Rail had begun work on the site just the week before, and work was ongoing.
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Youghal Community Bus
Tony Phelan thanked YCC for allowing him to address the previous public meeting. He noted two volunteers had come forward from that address, with a third lead on a driver. He noted recent media coverage of the taxi discussion and wished to make clear that the Community Bus was operated by the book and, indeed, ages etc. were verified before membership cards were issued. The Community Bus was not a commercial service but a service for the elderly, disabled and vulnerable.
Fountain at Greenpark
Norman MacDonald informed the meeting of ongoing efforts to restore the fountain at Greenpark
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and was hopeful the Band Stand would be painted shortly for an upcoming wedding.
Dog Fouling
The action by YCC and the Town Council on reducing and eliminating dog fouling was raised.
CLOYNE Literary and Historical Society will meet on Tuesday, September 6th at 8pm in Harty’s Bar, Cloyne. Barbara Walsh will give an illustrated talk based on her recently published book ‘When the Shopping was Good: Woolworths and the Irish Main Street.’ All welcome to attend. Members free of charge, Visitors €5.
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Although there was general agreement that the efforts were having an effect, it was agreed that the Town Clerk be asked to request that the Dog Warden would schedule Youghal for a weekly visit.
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The next meeting of YCC will take place on Thursday, September 1st at 7.30pm. Location, as always, upstairs at the Red Store, Youghal. All are welcome.
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There will also be a Dahlia Show on the night. A collection of 3 Dahlias and a collection of 3 Autumn Flowers is what is required. Looking forward to seeing all members and visitors on the night.
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Burglars fear world’s first door chain DNA deterrent
WHEN thirty-one-year-old Robert Simpson suffered a serious car crash, he didn’t know that his enforced career-change would lead to his development of a home security system that would catch the imagination of many leading security experts, while bringing peace of mind to many thousands of beleaguered home-owners.
Robert had badly damaged his back in the accident, and so during the early weeks of his injury he was unable to sit or stand for long periods of time. Consequently, Robert watched a lot of television whilst lying on a mattress. One day while watching an episode of the ‘Bill’ his attention was drawn to a crime scene that is all too common. This scene showed an elderly lady answering a call to her front door. Before opening the door the woman is seen placing the door security chain in position, as all crime prevention handbooks tell you to do, and opening the door to check the identity of the caller. Suddenly, with one swift kick to the door, the chain’s fixings gave way and immediately detached from the door frame - and the caller became an intruder.
Rob Simpson of Strand DNA with his ‘Chain Reaction’ device at his office in the UK
The incident played on Robert’s mind for several weeks as he considered how inefficient the security chain was, and he began to think of developing a more effective system. Several years later and after consideration of
various concepts, numerous sketches, multiple drawings and written accounts of how the product should function, the system he calls Chain Reaction DNA, was born.
This innovation has since been patented by Robert, and represents an amazing feat as it combines three major characteristics; a strong security door chain, an alarm that sounds when maliciously activated, and a separate
evacuating device that sprays the intruder with a UV based forensic marker. The substance is device-specific and registered to the homeowner, and represents the latest DNA based forensic trace technology. This gives the
police a three month opportunity to establish the identity of the perpetrators using UV lighting technology, and the DNA trace provides the ability to track criminals back to their crime scenes. A warning sticker placed on an adjacent window, or on the door itself, acts as an additional deterrent to the would-be intruder. Chain Reaction DNA ‘Forensic Trace Alarm’ on - YouTube The initiative has been praised by many throughout the US, the UK and Ireland, including the UK Police who give it their full approval. Totally new and innovative, Robert’s forensic deterrent, the only one of its kind in the world, is an ideal security solution for all concerned about home burglary. Burglarybusters ( www.burglarybusters.ie ) a division of Security Certified Doors Ltd has been appointed exclusive agents in Ireland for Chain Reaction DNA, and such is the interest in the concept that the company now intends creating ten sales/fitter jobs throughout Ireland for this purpose. For more information on Chain Reaction DNA or Burglarybusters call Ciaran O’Connell on 0862444938 or email ciaran@securitycertifieddoors.ie
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‘Vigilant and vocal’ key words as ‘SERIOUS pollution incident’ takes place on River Kiltha, Castlemartyr
Oh deer: What will happen to Reeve’s Muntjac?
Photo taken on August 10th, 2011 of the Kiltha River at Castlemartyr, showing the ‘serious pollution incident’ which occurred
ACCORDING to Denis Long, Secretary of the Womanagh Angling & Development Association, a ‘serious pollution incident has and is taking place on the River Kiltha in Castlemartyr.’ It was first noticed at 8am on Wednesday, August 10th and continued TWO days later. ONE of the latest invaders to put itself on the radar as a possible threat to our ecosystems in the Reeve’s Muntjac Deer. He is not a new arrival as he has, in fact, been present in Ireland for a couple of years now. What has caused the Reeve’s Muntjac to reappear as a significant blip on the radar of concern is its sudden appearance in Co. Cork. Reeve’s Muntjac is not necessarily what many may think of a deer. This little beast only grows to about a half meter at the shoulder and weighs in at between 22 and 40 pounds. We don’t need to compare that to the Red Deer, who grows to 2.3m and 230 to 250lbs, because the Muntjac deer is significantly smaller than largish dogs like the Labrador retriever.
Big threats do seem to come in small packages. The Reeve’s Muntjac regularly appears in “most unwanted invasive species” lists, and for good cause. The little deer breeds very well, is extremely hardy and feeds voraciously. In groups they can easily clear entire areas of bramble and shrub which should naturally provide shelter for birds and butterflies. They are also a danger to woodland as they can slow or halt forest regrowth by killing saplings. Landowners and farmers have need for concern as well, as the tiny terror can wreak havoc on cropland, young forestry plantations and orchards. Reeve’s Muntjac are also a danger to road users as they tend to freeze in the headlights of cars, and are believed to make up a very large proportion of the 30,000 accidents caused in Britain each year by non-native deer.
The deer has returned to spotlight because of a recent sighting near Ovens in Cork. This highlights the secretive nature of the deer, as the only other sightings of the animal in the Republic appear along the East Coast with no sightings along the way, between here and there.
For all the danger that it poses, Reeve’s Muntjac’s deer is a fascinating little animal and the fawns are more than a little adorable. Muntjac deer are actually the earliest form of deer known, appearing as early as 35 million years ago and predating modern humans who only evolved in the last 200,000 years. Like other deer they do have antlers, little ones that are less that four inches long. Unlike many other deer, however, when males battle for females the antlers are secondary as they mainly use their 2 inch long canine teeth, or tusks, to decide who’s the top deer. The government solution to the problem has been to extend the hunting season of the Reeve’s Muntjac deer to an all-year season. This actually appears to be a very practical solution, allowing the animals to at least go to use a delicious venison. The next step in dealing with the deer (if their populations still appear to be growing) might be to slacken regulations governing who can hunt the tiny invaders. It might seem like an over-reaction, and a sad state of affairs, but the little deer do need to be controlled and eliminated from the wild before their numbers get too high. It might be delightful to think of the cute little animals wandering nearby, but their presence would almost certainly be to the detriment of a huge number of native species that are integral parts of our ecosystems.
Mr. Denis Long, in a press statement, writes: The waste water treatment plant situated at Castlemartyr is, and has been, discharging effluent into the Kiltha River for at least two days. We also have video evidence of this pollution. This is the latest incident in a long line of pollution incidents from this plant. In the light of this prolonged assault on the river, a river that is struggling to survive from previous pollution incidents, and the fact that there has never been any culpability acknowledged or apportioned, it is evident that all the ‘green’ platitudes spouted by the Dept. of the Environmental, Community & Local Government is just the usual political lip service. Indeed, the department title could be construed as a triple joke, since neither the environment or the community is served, and local government –statistically, the country’s greatest polluters—appears exempt from the pseudo wrath of the department!
This treatment plant is ‘monitored’ and ‘supervised’ by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). I quote the first three paragraphs of their, About Us/ Roles and Responsibilities, web page.
“The Environmental Protection Agency is at the front line of environmental protection and policing. We ensure that Ireland’s environment is protected, and we monitor changes in environmental trends to detect early warning signs of neglect or deterioration. “Protecting our environment is a huge responsibility, and we work with a number of organisations that carry out specific environmental functions. “The EPA is an independent public body established under the Environmental Protection Agency Act, 1992. The other main instruments from which we derive our mandate are the Waste Management Act, 1996, and the Protection of the Environment Act, 2003.” Really?
The pollution occurring at Castlemartyr is in flagrant breach of both state law and European Union directives. It is detrimental to the health of the River Kiltha, and to the health of any member of the public who accesses the river downstream of the water ‘treatment’ plant. It is also indicative of the lack of political will to enforce the pertinent legislation. We’ve been listening to the talk since the foundation of the state, isn’t it time for enforcement? N.B. Could soon be coming to a watercourse near you! Mr. Denis Long Hon. Sec., Womanagh Angling & Development Association
Mr. Long also attaches a copy of the association’s submission to the EPA in respect of the licensing of the Waste Water Treatment Plant (WWTP), at Castlemartyr, which he states, ‘catalogues a series of pollutant discharges into the Kiltha River over the last 3 years.’ ‘As a local group dedicated to the protection and enhancement of our local waters and wildlife, as well as promotion of respect for the environment among our young people, we are sickened at the seemingly blasé attitude of Cork County Council to the pollution of our river and its environs,’ Mr. Long tells the East Cork Journal.
‘We note from an application by Cork County Council in 2008 for Waste Water Discharge License application for the Agglomeration of Castlemartyr, Co. Cork that “The current operator is contractually obliged to perform the Operation of the WWTP in accordance with the Performance Management System, and to maintain the design performance capability of the existing treatment plant. Further measures planned to comply with the general principle of the basic obligations of the operator, i.e., that no significant pollution is caused.”‘ Mr. Long believes they have ‘patently failed to do as our report and associated photographic evidence proves.’
In light of the very recent fish kill on the River Bandon, ‘we must [be] vigilant and vocal,’ Mr. Long concludes.
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‘Going smoothly’ and ‘above board’ - NRA East Cork road works part of a long-term plan AS we are all well aware, the N25 road into Midleton is currently undergoing maintenance.
SHAUN KENNEDY REPORTS growth over the next twenty years to become the largest town in the East of Metropolitan Cork. The transport strategy for Midelton has already seen the re-opening of the railway station. This will be followed with an improved and extended local road network serving development areas, along with a reduction in traffic and traffic impact on the town centre, coinciding with a local transport plan for the town and the hinterland.
This is a result of the construction on the N25 Carrigtwohill to Midleton Road Improvement Scheme. According to the National Roads Authority (NRA), the project is an important strategic infrastructural requirement, which is needed to improve the road network in the vicinity of Carrigtwohill and Midleton. This project will reduce traffic congestion, improve access and lead to increased levels of safety for road users on the N25. NRA Communications Officer Sean O’Neill, spoke to the East Cork Journal about the N25 road works. ‘Right now we are working with the Cork County Council to ensure everything is going smoothly and is above board. The overall cost of the project is €98 million.’
The N25 road improvement scheme is part of the overall Cork Area Strategic plan, which began in 2001 and is set to continue until 2020. A pivotal part
of this plan is that extensive growth will be focused in Carrigtwohill, a town that is viewed as being well located for both industry and housing develop-
ment, with the ability to absorb further growth in a sustainable manner.
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‘The project covers over 350 kilometres and will benefit over 200,000 vehicles a day. The €98 million invested by the government covers all costs, i.e. con-
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‘All the N25 work is linked in together. However, the NRA is in charge of the Southern Ring Road project, while the Cork County Council is head of the other projects, including the Carrigtwohill to Midleton Road improvement scheme,’ Mr. O’Neill adds. The N25 Carrigtwohill – Midleton road improvement scheme, along with all other road works, are in accordance with the policy objective of the Cork Area Strategic Plan. If all going to plan - or should that be ‘Plan’ could lead to exciting times ahead for Midleton and surrounding areas.
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Castlemartyr’s Walk in the Woods BECKY GRICE REPORTS
THE Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD was a busy man in East Cork last week, officially opening not one, but two, community initiatives in a matter of hours. The second initiative we’ll get to elsewhere in this week’s edition, but first, it was all about the Castlemartyr Woodland Walks.
Last Saturday, members of Castlemartyr Community Council, Coillte and SECAD, along with members of the public and local representatives gathered on a blustery afternoon for the public launch of the Castlemartyr Woodland Walks.
Standing in a brisk breeze on a bridge within the grounds of the Castlemartyr Resort, Minister Coveney arrived a little late, but with a valid reason: ‘I was at an Agri. Show and I couldn’t get away from the farmers!’ adding that it had pained him to meet the Kilkenny manager and, as a Cork man, to have to wish him luck for two weeks’ time! Minister Coveney unveiled a specially commissioned wood plaque, adjacent to the waterfall in the hotel’s grounds, near Pigeon Wood after which Liz Maddox, Castlemartyr Community Council ushered everyone inside to the hotel, as the wind was picking up!
Ta-da! Minister Conveney examines the beautiful plaque to commemmorate the Castlemartyr Woodland Walk
Inside the hotel’s Kiltha Room, a presentation was given about how the Castlemartyr Woodland Walks came about, with John Landy, Coillte, discussing the Woodland Amenity Project in Castlemartyr. ‘Coillte has 10 forest parks and 150 amenity areas across Ireland,’ he began, ‘with more than 18 million visitors yearly. We are delighted to now add Castlemartyr to our list of “walks.”‘
Minister Coveney with little Áine Collins
Pam Curtin and Pat Quinlan at the launch
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Caroline Fouhy and Lydia Donnelly
Ryan Jordan and Michaela Twomey
Colm Murphy and Minnie
The Castlemartyr woodland itself, which is comprised of two parts, was once part of a larger demesne that originated around the latter end of the 17th century. The style can be largely attributed to landscaping work carried out in the 18th century using the style of Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown – a distinguished English landscape architect. The Mansion House, now a hotel, was also built around this time and is visible across the lake from the Pigeon Wood property. The old names of Mitchells’ Wood, Barn Wood and Pigeon Wood refer back to when Castlemartyr Woods, within the context of the estate, was divided into various spaces with its own characteristics. Today there are two looped trails for walkers to enjoy in these woods,’ John Landy concluded. ‘Both trails are graded as easy and both offer escapism into nature.’
The Castlemartyr Woodland Walk covers a distance of 2.4km and is described as an ‘easy walk’ by Coillte Outdoors website (coillteoutdoors.ie). Taking approximately 50 minutes to walk, this leisurely stroll cuts through the hotel’s grounds (by kind permission) and has already proven immensely popular with the general public, as well as the hotel’s non-local guests. Over from Stuttgart, Germany were Ursula and Dr. Thomas Bräuner who were celebrating their 28th wedding anniversary (according to Thomas, the couple have been coming to the Castlemartyr Resort for the past four years; although Ursula disagreed!)
Upgrades of the walk have included a new footbridge, picnic areas and general upkeep of the area. ‘People were always using this walk,’ John Landy added, ‘we’ve just improved safety and the overall look of the area.’
The project has taken approximately two years to complete, with help from the local community council, Coillte, SECAD, the NDP, the EU Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, a bridging loan from Clann Credo and the Leader Programme. Minister Coveney added his thanks to all present, and commented on the wonderful work done to ensure this walk is of the highest standard. Liz Maddox, Castlemartyr Community Council accepted a cheque on behalf of SECAD, from JJ Harty, for over €21,000, before additional presentations were given and refreshments were served.
Finally, the cutting of a ribbon took place at the entrance to Mitchell’s Wood on the Ladysbridge Road bringing proceedings to a close.
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Tree’s company in Castlemartyr Karen and Cassie Cahill with Imelda Hegarty and Stacey, Mia and Abbie Cunningham
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Cllr. Barbara Murray, Patrick Delaney and Cllr. Michael Beecher
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Miriam Moroney and Irene O’Sullivan
Bridget Murray with Cormac, who - come wind or rain - kept the crowds entertained Olive Kelleher, Louise Walsh, Adrienne O’Donovan, Mary Martin and Jayne Stack
16 month old Michael, with Lisa
Tim Ronayne tries to blend in!
Joseph Stack, Shane O’Riordan, Graham Hayes and Matthew Lamb
The Castlemartyr NS H10 Sciath na Scol champions 2011 with the all-important cup - and Minister Simon Coveney
Fishing for compliments: David Burke, Maurice Cahill and David Quinlan, Womanagh Angling Association
Dina O’Donovan and Kay Waites with Mary & Barry Buckley (see Barry, we didn’t need to steal your umbrella after all!)
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In The
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The only way is up! for VW VOLKSWAGEN has unveiled the first images of its new up! city car. With miniature proportions and super frugal engines, it's expected to be the German's firm's biggest seller when it goes on sale next year. The up! has been in the pipeline for some time - pre-production images and various leaked bits of information have been appearing for years, but now the baby VW is set in stone.
It will be revealed in the metal at next month's Frankfurt Motor Show.
Tiny, tall and cute, the up! is significantly smaller than the VW Polo, and measures in at just 3,540mm long. Volkswagen reckons you can still fit four adults inside, though, and there's a 251-litre boot. The up! will be powered by a 1.0-litre turbocharged threecylinder petrol engine with 59- or 74bhp depending on which version you go for.
Unlike the early sketches, it won't be rear-engined like a classic Beetle or Porsche 911.
The engine will be in the front, driving the front wheels, like it is in most modern hatchbacks.
As for running costs, expect 67.3mpg from the most economical BlueMotion model and emissions lower than 100g/km.
The best AA patrolman ever AN AA patrolman has been reward for a staggering 45 years of service and 80,000 breakdown rescues. Jim Haggart, 60, from Glasgow, is the AA's longest-serving patrolman. He joined the firm as a teenager and has remained an employee ever since. Bosses made Jim a trophy and gave him an extra week's holiday to recognise his length of service.
Jim believes that he has helped out around 1,500 to 2,000 beleaguered motorists each year since joining the AA. He has no plans to retire yet and intends to crack 50 years of service. Speaking to the Daily Mail, he said, 'When I started out I never ever thought I'd be at it 45 years by now. I get more of a kick watching people's faces when they ask me how long I've been
with the AA. To me it's just a number. I enjoy the job and the years just go by. But it's the reaction on people's faces, when I tell them 45 years. They either look at you as if to say 'well done' or as if you're absolutely mad!'
Jim currently drives a Vauxhall Vivaro van but he has taken to the road in a variety of other company vehicles over the years, including a BSA Bantam motorbike, an Austin Minor and a Morris Marina. Manager Graham Coburn said, 'Jim is a brilliant patrolman. He is always at the top of the team
Volkswagen is also said to be planning a plug-in hybrid version and an LPG-powered up!, but there are no plans for a diesel, as yet. Prices have yet to be confirmed.
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Fed up with Package Holidays? A Sailing Holiday in Sunny Croatia may just be the trip for YOU! CROATIA provides something for everyone, from novice sailor to Yachtmaster and from party-goer to tranquillity seeker. Croatian marinas are situated in exceptionally well protected locations, from larger towns to small coves on islands. In addition to service and regular maintenance, marinas offer other services, including restaurants and cellars where one can enjoy excellent drinks and local and international cuisine, and where all other required services are provided. For those who prefer the charm of little ports in the very heart of the small coastal towns they have, at their disposal, quaysides all along the Adriatic. As an alternative to berthing in a marina or village pier, one of the thousands of secluded inlets provide shelter and tranquillity to sailors seeking a night at one with nature and the stars, enjoy each others’ company for a meal onboard, and swim around your boat in the waters which reach highs of 28oC in summertime.
Nightlife abounds in centres such as the cities of Zadar, Split, Makarska and Dubrovnik as well as on the islands of Hvar, Brac, Korcula and Rab in the north. Lazy evenings can be had in any of over 1,000 secluded coves all along the coast, or in small hamlets such as Molat, Vis, Polace, Brna on the island of Korcula, Veli Rat at the northern end of Dugi Otok or Opat in the Kornati archipelago. Sprinkled like pearl drops across the crystal clear blue of the sea, the isles, cliffs, reefs and rocks that comprise the Croatian Adriatic provide 1,244 unique reasons to dream of sailing adventure.
With its attractive coastal area covering 138,595 km2, the extraordinary clarity of its waters, with visibility to the fascinating depth of 50 metres, and an average water temperature of 16 to 21oC, the Croatian Adriatic is, indeed, an ideal place for your dream sailing adventure.
Aquatrek, your local sailing and motorboat training centre have been organising and leading trips to Croatia since 2008. Qualified commercial skippers and yachtmaster instructors, we ensure that your cruise is peaceful, safe and enjoyable.
In 2008 we explored the Split region, having flown direct from Cork. The islands of Brac, Hvar, Vis, Bisevo and Korcula were all on our itinerary, as was the popular coastal resort town of Makarska and the city of Split itself with its marble paving. In 2009 we returned from Cork to Dubrovnik and took 2 boats through the southern islands of Lopud, Sipan, Mljet which is also a National Park, and again calling at Hvar, Brna on the island of Korcula
and Korcula town itself. On this trip we introduced a night sail for the benefit of our navigation students who were keen to practice their newly acquired skills. July 2010 saw us move base to Zadar with a flight on Ryanair direct from Dublin. Again in 2 boats we explored the arid islands of the Kornati Archipelago before moving
to Dugi Otok and the town of Sali. Here, a couple managed to get engaged one evening by the small church overlooking the harbour, before we sailed through Telascica Bay National Park en route to Saharun Beach at the western end of this long island. Flight schedules in 2011 meant that Ryanair from Dublin was again the carrier of choice and, based at the Adriatics’ largest marina in Sukosan, we ventured northwards. Molat and Saharun Beach were picked off on the first 2 days with the discovery of the tranquil Veli Rat on night 2. After anchoring off a beach club – Club Santos on the island of Rab, the next day we moved on to Simunj on the island of Pag for another tranquil evening in a tiny fishing village, with a fully catered marina a short distance outside the heart of the village. Punctuating the last day in Croatia with a berth in Zadar City we were just a short ferryboat trip from the Old Town with its Roman architecture and ruins. Something for all ages, abilities and interests was provided on each occasion, and every trip was unique and memorable for those who sailed with us. From Ireland you can fly direct to Croatia from Cork or Dublin. Zadar, Split or Dubrovnik are about 2½ hours away by Aer Lingus, Ryanair or Dubrovnik Airways…all very affordable. We select the flights that are the most reasonably priced and best timed to coincide with yacht turnarounds, which take place in Croatia on Saturdays in the summer. Once on the ground we’ll have transfers organised to take you to our base marina, which is rarely more than 30 minutes away. Here you’ll take over a luxury yacht of around 50ft in length and prepare to set sail once provisioned. Cabins berth 2 and there are usually 3 WCs with showers onboard, at
So how does the trip work?
year we’re trying something totally new… 2 separate cruises. In July we flew to Zadar with Ryanair from Dublin and sailed northwards towards Pula, but we’re returning in October for a week in the south based in Dubrovnik.
For 2012 we’re running 2 boats in July from Zadar, one will go north while the other will head southwards, and it is envisaged to also run an October trip next year with a possible border crossing into Montenegro.
We believe in family fun, and sailing is a great way to spend a holiday together. We can accommodate families, with children as young as toddlers, if you wish. If YOU are interested in coming sailing with us in Croatia in either July or October, simply go to www.aquatrek.ie, follow the Cruise links to the Croatia pages where you will also find lots more information and links to the Croatian Tourist Boards’ website.
least one is ensuite. Bigger boats also have bunk-style beds for the juniors, and families can sleep in the saloon if they wish. A galley provides fridge and freezer with a gas cooker for preparing hot meals. Twin sinks allow for all the general duties of a busy domestic kitchen, and it’s rarely that the kettle is off the boil. Food is normally bought using a kitty system. This costs around €30 per person for the week and allows the purchase of breakfast and lunches, milk, sugar, bread etc. for the week. With adults onboard, a separate drinks kitty often also operates, but this is left up to the crew to organise for themselves.
Evening meals are normally taken ashore at a leisurely pace in a local ‘konoba’, pizzeria or ‘restoran’. A typical 3-course dinner with a local (and quite good) bottle of red rarely costs more than €17. Each morning your skipper will rise around 7 and slip the berth to set sail for your next port of call. You can feel free to turn-to and give a hand, or remain in the bunk if that’s what pleases you. There’s no pressure either way. After a quick dip, then a breakfast hove to or with eased sheets it’s onwards to a secluded cove for lunch, again taking time to swim before eating. The afternoon brings the best of the days’ breezes, meaning great sailing for a few hours before arriving in our new port around 5pm…in time to berth alongside the town marina, get in a swim and then explore the town before meeting at 8 for dinner.
How to get there with Aquatrek
Since 2008, when we first flew from Cork to Split, we have moved our cruises up and down the Croatian coast to cover the entire coastline from Dubrovnik to Pula. This
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To book simply give us a call to check availability, check your passport is in date and we’ll do the rest.
Our skippers are fully qualified commercial skippers and instructors (RYA) so you’re in safe hands with us aboard and abroad! Your
mileage sailed with us in Croatia is loggable towards a formal qualification, and we’re on hand throughout the trip to give you formal training in the practical skills of skippering a sailboat, right up to Yachtmaster Offshore standard, if you are intent on going that route.
We deliver the syllabus of the RYA – Start Yachting, Competent Crew, Dayskipper and Yachtmaster and when in Croatia there’s no better place to do so. We force nobody onboard to take part in this training, but most enjoy being busy on watch, navigating, on the helm or helping out with the day-to-day maintenance and housekeeping necessary to keep our vessel in ship shape. So, come along and join us - you'll be ship shape too!
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ALL WORK - AND THEN PLAY -
for Killeagh / Inch Playground official opening
BECKY GRICE REPORTS
LAST Saturday, following his commitment to launch the Castlemartyr Woodland Walks, Minister Simon Coveney found himself in another wood, namely Glenbower. The Minister was on hand to officially open the new Killeagh / Inch Playground, which - since it was (unofficially) opened on the last Tuesday in July, has welcome approximately 4,000 children and their families. The Minister was delighted to pose for pictures with the playground committee, before offering words of thanks to all present.
The Killeagh / Inch Playground Committee, Ryan Howard and JJ Harty, SECAD with Minister, Simon Coveney
Tony and Aaron on the swings
Donal & Shay get to grips with the new playground
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Rory, Aisling, Chloe, Ali, Laura, Anna and Aoibhe
Geraldine Sheehan, Secretary of the Killeagh/Inch Community Playground committee (a subsection of the local community council) told the East Cork Journal, ‘We’re delighted with how everything has come together’, and judging by the happy smiles on the faces of the children present for the official opening, they were too!
The committee members all paid tribute to one woman in particular - The Puppet Master, Noreen Lynch. ‘We’d talked about it,’ said Mary Griffin, Chairperson, ‘but it was Noreen who really got us motivated to look into funding and how we Seemed like a good idea at the time, would actually go about getting eh Joe? the playground up and running.’ Ground was broken on the playground in June 2011, with the play equipment supplied by Creative Play Solutions in Galway.
With approximately 500 children in the immediate area, the playground has proved immensely popular with one and all. ‘It’s safe, secure and a lot of fun for my kids,’ one mum told the East Cork Journal - and it proved popular with the adults for another reason too - as evidenced by former Cork Senior Zoe Whelan prepares for lift off Hurler, Joe Deane, who showed the kids how it’s done - taking to the zip wire in style. While the project has been underway for the past two and a half years, it’s been just over a month since the Killeagh / Inch Community Playground opened its gates, and only three months since building work commenced.
Sarah Sexton says ‘surprise!’
Monkey man Tom Howard
Tony McCarthy
It just goes to show: all work, and THEN play, is definitely the way to go.
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Minister Simon Coveney swings into Killeagh / Inch Playground
Kings of Swing: Kenneth Byrne and Dylan Sexton
Rebeeca, Emer and Lorna get dizzy!
Killeagh / Inch Playground Committee members: Michael Cowhig, Treasurer; Mary Griffin, Chairperson; Richard Lynch, Geraldine Sheehan, Secretary; Joe Deane; Paudie Lee; Elaine Martin; Mary Landers, PRO and Linda Bashford
Miss Molly McCaul!
Ruth Whelan and Rachel Howard Yulia Hurley and one and a half year old Daniella Ann Hegarty with 8 month old Daniel O’Regan
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Joanna Keniry and Aoibhe Dorrian-Lee
Geraldine Sheehan and Mary Griffin, Killeagh / Inch Community Playground Committee with Helen Kennedy, Kennedy’s Bar and Ryan Howard, SECAD, plus a few interlopers at the back!
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Mackerel Mania in Youghal DENISE FITZGERALD REPORTS
THEY were smoked, barbecued, pan fried, baked and grilled. They were served Caribbean style, with Mexican peppers, flavoured with chilli, dusted with flour, sprinkled with lemon juice, and just turned on the pan in a little butter and black pepper. Whatever way they were done, they were all delicious. Mackerel, traditionally, have been the poor relation of the more popular fish in the seas but for those who like the wonderful taste of this delicious fish, there is nothing as nice as their very first mackerel of the year, fresh from the boat, filleted, cleaned and thrown on the pan. On Saturday last, YCC organised the inaugural Mackerel Festival in Youghal and the people came from far and near to find out what it was all about. Well, it was all about the mackerel and those who had never tasted this under-rated delicacy were in for a most pleasant surprise.
Several restaurants from the town set up their stands in the shadows of Youghal’s Clock Gate where they proceeded to cook their mackerel in their own favourite way. Fillets of the fish were served compli- Danielle delighted to get her tattoo from Carol mentary to all who came along, and the wonderful aroma of freshly cooked fish filled the air. Mackerel Pate was served on brown bread, all home made, and recipes were given and exchanged. The atmosphere which prevailed was festive, and the sun obligingly shone.
Yum! Noreen and Vanessa Varney appreciate the delicious fish
Organised by Youghal Concerned Citizens, it was a brilliant way to market – not only the humble mackerel – but also to showcase Youghal and all it has to offer.
At 4pm a kiddies fishing competition was held on the quayside, and even though sprats were used by many, it didn’t attract any mackerel. Crabs by the hundreds, however, were caught and this simple activity brought great pleasure to all the ‘fisherchildren’. At 5pm it was time for brave volunteers to join in the fun, with old and young alike going back to their childhood by jumping into the tide from the quayside. It was great fun, great enjoyment.
Bill and Jacqui came over from Ferry Point to serve up delicious home cooked pâté and told The East Cork Journal they were deShoals of mackerel arrive in Youghal around August each year. The lighted to do so, to help the very active members of YCC locals expect them, some fish for them, most buy them from the local shops. Then, these tasty little fish with their shiny bodies leave our waters for another year. This year they will be remembered for the following three delicious recipes, kindly donated by local restaurants.
Smoked Mackerel Pate, courtesy of Brian McGoran, Walter Raleigh Hotel:
450g smoked mackerel fillets; 75g cream cheese; 75g crème fraiche; 1-2 tbl creamed horseradish; dash Tabasco Sauce; juice of half a lemon; Salt and freshly ground black pepper. To Cook: Remove the skin and any bones from the fillets and break up the flesh into a bowl. Add all the other ingredients and mix thoroughly. Transfer to a serving bowl. Serving Suggestions: Set the bowl of pate on a platter with a selection of crackers and celery sticks, or serve on toasted white baguette Oonagh Poynton is kept very busy serving up her hand cooked bread. pastries, scones and fantastic tarts with delicious coffee, as a ‘dessert’ after the fish course Mackerel Livornese, courtesy La Bella Roma Fry one clove garlic in olive oil in a hot frying pan. Add capers, olives, oregano, a dash of white wine and a knob of butter to the pan. Add a cup of tomato sauce, and then place 3-4 fillets of mackerel into the sauce, allowing to simmer for a few minutes until the fish is cooked through. In the last few minutes, add a few fresh leaves of Basil, and season to taste. Serve.
Teresa O’Kelly and Sandra Hynes enjoy their lunch while baby Ciarán enjoys his nap
Mackerel Wild Way, courtesy The Red Store
Marinade 1: Green pepper, Black pepper, Lime, Olive Oil, Mixed Spice, Dijon Mustard. Marinade 2: Cracked Black pepper, Fresh Thyme, Salt, Olive Oil. Method: Marinade the mackerel fillets for the required time and then cook to your liking (grill, pan fry, bake etc).,
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Kim and Leah Lenane deciding which way to have their fish cooked
Hannah and John Kelly
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The fish are jumping in Youghal
Eileen McGoldrick demonstrates the way to make sketch books to a very appreciative audience of Eimhín and Saoirse Dewan, Andrea and Molly McCaul
The Kelly and Delaney families get together with young Sean Scully and his Mum, Gráinne
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Guess who really enjoyed his fish supper?
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Youghal ladies insisted they had never cooked or tasted mackerel quite as nice as this
Kate Mulcahy, Youghal’s Queen of the Sea, pictured with Michael del Punta. Kate told The East Cork Journal that she loved the humble mackerel, and is delighted it is so good for her health
Ruth Lee is delighted with the Festival which, she said, is absolutely brilliant
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With Declan Barron
I Hear You Calling Me The Story Of Count John McCormack comes to Ballyduff Upper
President to pay visit to Ballymacarbry PRESIDENT Mary McAleese will visit Ballymacarbry this September, to open the Ballymacarbry Elders Housing Association’s newly developed estate, Cluain Cairbre.
The Ballymacarbry Elders Housing Association was formed in 2005 with the aim of providing a state-of-the-art housing scheme. The first sod was turned in March 2009 and residents took up occupancy in September 2010.
President McAleese will arrive in the village for the opening on September 12th. This will be her first visit to the village - and possibly her last to Waterford before her presidency ends.
Waterford Harvest Festival coming this weekend A FUN-FILLED free events programme has been announced for the Waterford Harvest Festival which takes place in the city from September 3rd to 11th. The ‘Local Food Heroes Market’ will take place at Athenaeum House Hotel from noon on Sunday, September 4th, where a feast of local producers will showcase their wares at the stunning Suirside location.
On September 7th and 8th at WIT, Slow Food Ireland, in association with the culinary school at WIT, will present a trio of demonstrations in Butchery, Dairy and Baking hosted by Post Graduate Students from the School of Artisan Food in the UK.
From 2pm to 7.30pm at Waterford’s Theatre Royal, Brock Lewin, professional barista from Badger and Dodo Boutique Coffee Roasters will tell us all about why Ireland is so coffee-crazy!
A MAGICAL night of musical enchantment is coming to St. Michael’s Hall, Ballyduff Upper on Sunday, September 4th. Direct from two sell out runs comes ‘I Hear You Calling Me: the story of Count John McCormack’, featuring such musical gems as Macuchla, Because, Roses of Picardy, Somewhere a Voice is calling and many, many more.
Narrated by the much-loved radio and TV presenter, Kevin Hough (ex RTE’s The Lyrics Board), it stars Waterford tenor,
Frank Ryan in the title role and renowned Cork soprano, Linda Kenny as Lily. It’s a must for all lovers of Irish and Classical music, according to Hough.
Directed by Cathal MacCabe, audiences will also be treated to the multi-award winning talents of violinist, Daniel Lehane and John O’Brien on piano. Music like that does indeed soothe the trouble heart. Tickets are available from 058 60456 between 9am and 6pm. Pre-booking is advised. Tickets at €20 will include light refreshments.
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IT IS not easy to keep track of everything that is going on in the West Waterford locality, so if you are a group, club or organisation and you wish to get your notes in to me then please feel free to send them to declan.barron1@gmail.com marked West Waterford Notes or call me on 087-9126566 as I will be happy to assist you in any way in 2011 - and beyond!
The family highlight of the week ‘Picnic and Play in the Park’ which offers a full day of fun filled events for all the family, will take place on Saturday, September 10th at the People’s Park in the city. African Drumming, Cartoon Drawing Workshops and Hot Air Balloon will be some of the hot favourites on offer during the Park day, between 1.30pm and 5pm. In keeping with the Harvest Festival food theme, GIY Ireland will host a Splash Board which allows for some wet festival fun as picnickers can throw wet sponges at a farmer cut–out, a ‘Guess the Vegetable’ game will also be on offer, along with the official launch of ‘GIY Buddies,’ a starter kit for kids to show them how to plant and grow their own vegetable friend.
Movement Workshops, a Colour In area, the ‘Wobbly Circus’ with a clown on a bike and stilt walkers, live music from the Barrack Street Concert Band and free balloons are also sure to be firm favourites. A number of food producers stalls will be situated in the park for families to purchase local produce. The Picnic and Play in the Park is organised by Caulfield’s SuperValu, Waterford City Childcare Committee and Waterford Sports Partnership. A full programme of events can be found at waterfordharvestfestival.ie
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A sporting chance
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Cobh golfers ‘on par’ Summer Snooker with the best! with CYMS Youghal
MARGARET O’Shea and Danny Ahern, Cobh Golf Club, were winners of the Munster Inter Club Mixed Fourball Competition played at Muskerry Golf Club on Sunday last. Included is Jeanette Carroll, Lady Captain at Muskerry GC. (Photo: Mike English)
MARK Kenefick was the winner of the recent CYMS Summer Snooker Tournament. He is pictured above with ,match referee William Kelly and runner-up Aaron Tobin. (Photo: YoughalOnline.com)
Youghal Athletic Club Results and Upcoming Fixtures
THE Army/Navy 5 mile road race was held in Haulbowline. This is one of very few races I have not done in Cork. By the looks of the results I don’t think any of our athletes competed either, but all our athletes seem to be out for the Ballycotton 5 held last Thursday. This was the last 5 mile race in the series of 4. We had very strong competition to be the first Youghal Athlete home, but Martin O’Brien ran a very good race coming in at a time of 30.17. Hot on his heels, however, were three athletes Mossie Cahill, John Malone and Darren Chambers, who all finished in the 30 plus bracket. Great to see all our athletes pushing each other. We had
several other athletes in this race, too many to mention. Just a well done also to all who competed in the four races - Darren Chambers, Dermot Ledingham, Pat Arnott, Willie O’Mahony, and Fiona Hickey who just finished outside the top ten. Last, but by no means least, Martina Landers.
Fixtures
Today, Wednesday, August 31st at 7.30pm, 5k road race in Togher. Sunday, September 11th, half marathon in Blarney. Sunday, September 18th half marathon in Charleville. October 2nd, Cork to Cobh (15 miles) October 30th 10k roadrace in Bandon
The Dublin Marathon on October Bank holiday weekend, is gathering pace, with several of our athletes probably adding some of their long runs into their training schedule around now. My only advice is to introduce some gel energy packets into training. You can get them in the Tri’n run shop in Midleton and no doubt they will be reasonably priced (plug!). What I also found helpful was to do one of the long runs in another town, just to break up the familiarity with the running. This will all help with the mental barrier of the marathon. Our prestigious Athlete of the Month for August was hotly contested. Willie O’Mahony was in contention for doing what must, at this stage, be his thousand run in Ballycotton. Georgie Bulman nearly got it
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again after his come-back after surgery, and he also brought with him a new runner to Ballycotton. Martie O’Keeffe also nearly got it for all the secret training he is doing for the Dublin Marathon, who is not there to make up the numbers! However, the decision of the vast committee is Rochella Devereaux for our August Athlete of the Month. Rochella is training hard for the Dublin marathon and as a working mother with three small kids, this can’t be easy. She certainly deserves this award. That’s all for now, one foot in front of the other. Hope to see you all running soon. I’m getting there!
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East Cork Parents & Friends of the Mentally Handicapped Summer Camp celebrates 21 years!
HAPPY 21ST BIRTHDAY!
SPECIAL 4 PG ANNIVERSARY PULLOUT
ON Wednesday last, the 21st East Cork Parents & Friends of the Mentally Handicapped Summer Camp came to a close at St. Colman’s Community College, Midleton - its home for more than two decades.
As always, it was a time for reflection and celebration, as more than 100 helpers and seventy participants said farewell for another year, with the promise to see each other again in 2012. This year, there was an additional cause for celebration, as Seán Buckley handed over a cheque for more than €10,000 - the proceeds of a swim across the English Channel in aid of the Summer Camp, bringing a tear to the eye of Margaret Trundle who is, inarguably the woman who made the entire summer camp possible in the first place (although she wouldn’t say that herself!)
Margaret and Pat Parker both puckered up to say ‘thank you’ to Seán (with a little lift from a handy bench), as Bob The Builder made an impromptu appearance (courtesy of Trabolgan Holiday Village) and some of this year’s ‘graduates’ put on special graduation caps. Then it was time for the annual closing ceremony, where parents, friends and family gathered to celebrate another glorious summer. Congratulations to everyone involved in this year’s summer camp - and the 20 that went before. It would be impossible without the help of those teenagers who offer their time; the ‘regulars’ who make tea, coffee, organise transport, wipe runny noses, offer hugs and support; the school itself, who provide the location each and every year and, finally, the children themselves, who enjoy the summer camp more than words can say - and are already looking forward to next year’s camp: No. 22, if anyone’s counting...
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THE CLASS OF 2011 o st re’ ext ! He e n ars th ye 21
21 YEARS OF THE EAST CORK PARENTS & FRIENDS SUMMER CAMP
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Summer School helpers 2011 Bill Ahern Kieran Ahearne Matthew Bell Helena Boland John Burchill Shannon Burke Tom Cannon Kenneth Casey Cora Cashman Daniel Cashman Michael Cashman Niamh Cashman Sinéad Coffey Daniel Colbert Molly Cotter Zoë Cotter Ronan Counihan Abby Crotty Niamh Crowley Róisín Culligan Chloe Cunningham Kieran Curtin Orla Curtin Laura Desmond Claire Day Kerri Dennison Lorna Downey Lauren Dunford Kayley Farmer Rachel Farmer Brian Fitzgerald Shane Fleming Lily Flynn Stacey Flynn Úna Fouhy Aoife Gaar Aaron Gosnell James Griffin Úna Harrington Abi Harris Sarah Harte Jack Hayes Shane Hegarty Sarah Hickey Deirdre Keane Emma Keane Marie Kearney Emily Kearns Sarah Kelly Rowen La Mere
Kim Lawton Claragh Lucey Jennie Moore Joanne Moore Brendan Moran Eimear Motherway James Moynihan Ciara Mulry Sinéad Mulry Shauna-Rose Murphy Kelly McCann James McCarthy Megan McCarthy Tim McCarthy Jennifer McGrath Camille McHarg Janice McHarg Bronagh McSweeney Siobhán Nixon Alison Archer John Dunlea Christine O'Brien Orla Bane DJ Dunleavy Evan O'Brien John Bransfield Clare Dunne Ashling O'Donovan Michael Casey Ciarán Falvey Andrew O'Driscoll Emily Coleman David Feely Niamh O'Connor Siobhán Fehily Donough O'Flynn Adam Cullinane Tadgh Fehily Tracy O'Halloran Ryan Curtin Elliot Fitzgerald Holly-Anne O'Hare Daniel Daly Aisling Fleming Ryan O'Keeffe Jenny Deady Andy Fomey Michaela O'Shea Anna Delaney Emmet Foley Caoimhe O'Sullivan Conor Devlin Dylan Frahill Cliodhna O'Sullivan Shane Devlin Laura Hally Kate Phelan Rachel Dineen James Hanley Rory Quealey Declan Reid David Rodgers Cian Ronayne Michelle Scanlon Killian Schäfer Olivia Shanahan Kevin Shortiss Laura Smyth Sophie Smyth Alan Stanton Orla Stanton Niamh Tobin Meghan Wallace Cherie Walsh ALL PHOTOS Keith Walsh AVAILABLE TO BUY Ricky Walsh Leanne Woods
Summer School participants 2011 Conor Hennessy Kelly Hennessy Cara Hickey Louise Hogan Rossa Joyce Mary Keane Ian Keegan Aisling Kelly Stephen Keohane Liam Kirwan Matthew Lane Daniel Lloyd David Lynch Helen Mackey
Juliet Malone Helen Milner Gráinne Moloney Nicola Moran Conal McAuliffe Cian McCarthy Kieran McCarthy Michéal McCarthy Niamh McCarthy Robert McDermott Adrian McGrath Luke McNerney Ynez Ní Bhríaín Fiona O'Brien
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LIZ Igoe, Commercial Manager, Curraheen Park, presents a voucher to Jess Horgan who accepted it on behalf of Katlyn Kearney, Shanagarry, winner of a competition run in conjunction with the Ladbrokes.com Derby 550. Katlyn’s prize includes 2 nights accommodation at the Grand Canal Hotel, Dublin, entrance and race card and dinner for two in Shelbourne Park on the occasion of the final of the Ladbrokes.com Irish Greyhound Derby on Saturday, September 10th. (Photo: Mike English)
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TAKING on what was a poisoned chalice was indeed a brave decision by Denis Walsh some two and a half years ago, and while his tenure as Cork hurling boss has come to a finish, he has left Cork in a much better place than when he took it over. Walsh, as a player, gave Cork everything, and as a manager he also put his heart and soul into the job. Some difficult decisions had to be made, which is par for the course, and Denis did not flinch his responsibility, as he brought his own style to the job. If winning titles was the barometer for success then many great managers would be regarded as failures, so while success is a much sought after outcome, a far better barometer of what Walsh has achieved would be to look at where Cork hurling is now in comparison to where it was when he took over. While Cork did not figure in Munster or All Ireland finals, they are not far off the top sides, and the work done by Denis Walsh and his backroom team has left Cork hurling in calm waters going forward. From a personal perspective Denis Walsh was always available to talk to me, and I would thank him for his cooperation which was very much appreciated.
SATURDAY, September 3rd in Clashmore, Paddy Hennessy Cup: At 6pm - Gerard O’Driscoll vs. John Spriggs At 7pm - Matty Murray vs. Anthony McCarthy
Sunday, September 4th in Cobh, Paddy Hennessy Cup: At 11.30am - Keith Walsh vs. John Gleeson At 12.30pm- Johnny Walsh vs. Martin Healy At 3pm (John Cronin Cup) - John Young vs. Dave O’Mahoney.
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Jimmy Barry Murphy looks set to be ratified as the new manager and he, too, will bring huge experience with him to the job, having successfully managed Cork to victory in 1999. Who his backroom team will be will certainly evoke plenty of speculation as names such as Joe Deane, Teddy McCarthy, Ger Fitzgerald, Ger Cunningham and Mark Landers are being spoken about. Whoever is chosen, they will take over a side with potential, and while a number of players may decide to call it a day, Cork hurling is certainly in a better place now than it was when Denis Walsh took over.
26/8 - 28/8: Michael O’Driscoll Memorial Trophy
Dublin has to work hard to reach Football final
Youghal golf club
24/8 - Member’s Day 1st Fiona Howard (4) Jo Swayne (21) Beanie Cronin (27) Miriam Whyte (34) 102pts 2nd Dympna Quill (16) Trish Landers (22) Betty Mc Gee (27) Frances Cunningham (30) 98pts 3rd Mary Pomphrett (16) Frances Barry (21) Helen Murray (32) Helen Waide (36) 98pts 4th Sheelagh O’Brien (17) Sheila Coyne (25) Kitty O Sullivan (28) Ann P. Coleman (33) 95pts 5th Breda O’Donoghue (22) Breeda Curtin (26) Mary Flavin (33) Angela Collins (36) 95pts Fixtures: 7/9: Open 3 Person Team Event
Juniors
23/8 - Lady Captain’s Prize to the Juniors (Mrs. Martina Hooley) Winner: Padraig Mc Mahon (18) 44pts, 2nd Padraig Delaney (31) 43pts Best Gross: Cian O’Regan (11) 31gross, 3rd Cillian Broderick (19) 43pts, 4th Oisín Keniry (16) 42pts, 5th David Twomey (12) 42pts. 11 Holes: Jake Cooper. 25/8 - 18 Holes Singles Stableford 1st Cian O’Regan (11) 41pts, 2nd Tommy Kenefick (21) 41pts, 3rd Sean O’Neill (30) 41pts
23/8 - Open 3ball 1st PJ Bunyan (6) Tony Kearns (6) Genie Shiels (12) 92pts 25/8- Open 3ball 1st Declan Beausang (16) Richard Beausang (19) Patrick Shanahan (19) 90pts
18 Holes Singles v Par 1st Patrick Keniry (14) 6 up, 2nd Darren O Sullivan (2) 4 up, BG Paul Moylan (1) 1 up. 3rd Dermot O’Sullivan (16) 4 up, 4th John M. O’Regan (18) 3 up, Best Fri/Sat: Paul Morrison (16) 3 up, Best Sun: Donogh Coleman (12) 3up, Best Lady: Jane Coyne (30) 1 up. Fixtures: 1/9 - 3/9: Open 3 Person Team Event (Any combination) 4/9: Open Singles Timesheets online at www.youghalgolfclub.ie
Mixed Foursomes
28/8: 11 Holes 1st Noreen Cronin & Albert Ruxton 401/3 2nd Anthony O’Regan & Mary O’Regan 42 BG Joe & Virgil Murphy 54gross 3rd Michael Coyne & Kitty O’Sullivan 432/3.
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The Week In Sport Denis Walsh leaves Cork hurling ship in calm waters
AN BOL-CHUMANN EAST CORK REGION Fixtures:
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Dublin has bridged a 16 year gap to reach this season’s All Ireland football final, where they will meet Kerry on the 3rd Sunday in September. Donegal frustrated Dublin for most of what was a poor semi final as a spectacle, and another display like this will not stop Kerry from keeping the title down south again this year. While Dublin was expected to win they had to work a lot harder than anticipated to come out on top. Indeed, it took two points from goalkeeper, Stephen Cluxton, to put Dublin back on track. The race for tickets will now be on and with their minor side also scraping past Galway, tickets will be harder than ever to get. Hopefully the final will be a more open affair and with Kerry it should be, as Jack O’Connor’s side will have a belief in their own ability to come out on top. On the evidence of what we have seen so far this year, I think that the 16 year wait for a Dublin victory could go on.
Premiership shaping up as Manchester battle it out
With the season only three weeks on, it already looks like the two Manchester sides will battle it out for the title. Arsenal and North London rivals, Spurs, look to have blown their challenge already, so really it is up to Liverpool and Chelsea to mount a challenge to the Manchester sides. Man United are ahead of City at present, and the head to head meetings could decide the issue with United going to City on the second last day of the season.
Cork Ladies Footballers back in the final
Cork ladies football side are back in the All Ireland final, after an impressive semi final win over Laois at Cashel on Saturday. Inch Rovers star, Amy O’Shea, who is the Cork captain, was the key player scoring a hat trick of goals in a 4-10 to 1-6 win.
Liam McCarthy up for grabs
Who will come out on top in the All Ireland hurling final on Sunday is the $64,000 question. Can Tipperary reach the heights of last year, or will Kilkenny reclaim the Liam McCarthy Cup from their great rivals? It promises to be another great game, with one win each in the last two finals. A draw cannot be ruled out and while Tipperary might be the favourite, I think that Kilkenny might just shade it, as they will be anxious to atone for last year’s defeat, and that hunger might just be the key for Brian Cody’s side.
Better to come from Ireland, hopefully?
Four losses in the pre world cup build up will certainly lower the expectations of the Irish Rugby supporters, but it may also take the pressure off Declan Kidney’s side that will, hopefully, grow into the competition. They know what needs to be done and while the Australia match will be the big one Ireland must treat all their opponents with respect and win each game along the way.
Big weekend for Trapattoni
Ireland soccer side face two huge games on this Friday and next Tuesday in the Euro 2012 qualifying campaign when they take on Slovakia in the Aviva on Friday and then, on Tuesday, they are away to Russia. Giovanni Trapattoni would settle for four points but really needs to win both games to take control of the group. It is a big weekend for Trapattoni and Ireland, and the outcome will be
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Wednesday, August 31st, 2011 - The East Cork Journal
MIDLETON Cycling & Triathlon Club members took part in a number of events over the last week. Noel Berkeley, competing for Dundurm South Dublin AC, finished 3rd in the last race of the Ballycotton 5 series on Thursday night last. On Saturday last, Dave McCarthy finished 2nd in the Hardman Ironman distance in Killarney competing the course in 11hrs 11min 59sec (1.27.10s / 6.11.24c /3.17.35r). This is a marvellous achievement, as the marathon section for Dave was also his first one. Dave is the first of 3 club members to take part in an Iron Man this year, with A.J. Murphy and Sean Buckley to take part in two events overseas in the coming months. Also on Saturday club members, John O’Connell and Jonathan Finn finished 6th &15th in a Spring Tri in Tragumna, West Cork, continuing their good form of top 20 finishes. Well done to all. On Sunday last, 25 members of the club took part in the Sean Kelly Tour of Waterford over two different distances, 100 km and 160 km, which is the second last in the series of Sean Kelly Tours with the last one being the Rebel Tour in Cork. Well done to all who turned out.
An omission from last week’s results are that two members competed in the Gael Force West, namely Kevin Cronin and Eoin Murphy, finishing with times of 4 hr 35 and 5hr 40 respectively. This was a fantastic result
considering over 2,500 competitors took part.
Club Charity Cycle on September 17th
The club will hold this end of season leisure cycle after the Rebel Tour and all club members are invited to attend, either as participants or to help out. All the proceeds of this event will be given to Cope Foundation so all club members of either the Tri/Road Racing or Touring side are asked to make a special effort to turn out. The start time is 11 am and food will be very generously provided afterwards by Isaac’s Bar, our main sponsor. A raffle will be held for some prizes left over from the Etape.
There are a lot of photographs of club members in action on the website of Dave O’Brien recently. There are new photographs of the Earthquake/Tour De Cure & Vee Challenge so check them out and see if you are there As always keep an eye out on Teamer and the Facebook page for details of weekly spins which go from either the hotel or Lakeview. Any enquiries/suggestions or otherwise to any club official or club secretary at 087 247 5875! Events for next weekend will appear after Wednesday on Teamer and Facebook pages.
Attention Parents!
New term, new things to do at East Cork Kickboxing Gym
IT is widely understood that teens gravitate towards gangs or groups of others their age. Being a member of our gym gives a positive slant on being part of a gang, as our gang promotes positivity and an opportunity for people of this age to support each other and feel accepted in a positive environment of health, fitness and sport. Stress is extrememly prevalent amongst adults between twenty five and fifty five. Whether it is work related, driving, or anxiety about some aspect of life, any of the above mentioned situations with the kids/ teens, the list can go on and on, from severe mentally stressful situations you may encounter in life to what seems the mundane anxieties from day to day. It is one of the most potent influences on illness and bad health we know. So what can be done about any of the above problems? One answer is ‘physical activity’ and it is one of the best methods for getting rid of boredom, bad moods or a negative state of mind and, of course, stresses.
At the East Cork Kickboxing Gym we have classes and programmes for adults, teens and children from 4 years of age. In our kids classes the training programmes covers self discipline while learning, building confidence and developing the character by using drills and skills that are loads of fun, with high energy giving the kids a sense of achievement, a feeling of belonging and a chance to get a go and participate while the music is pumping in the background. Teens and adult classes are developed to break down stress and give a workout that causes a release of endorphins in the body making you feel great, with higher energy levels, sharper focus and more of a zest for life. As
a result, major improvements are created in the humour of teens, giving them a chance to become part of the team.
When an adult joins our classes they now get an outlet from the stressful environment through training, somewhere they can escape and focus on themselves, where they can build physical fitness and challenge themselves at a mental level all in a friendly, safe and non threatening environment. Whether it’s a child from four years old to teens or adults, training in Kickboxing is a life changing activity for the positive and there is a common thread that becomes a benefit to all who practice with us. Each individual will develop confidence, improve focus, fitness, balance and coordination. Students also become more energetic and feel more capable. Other benefits include improved health and wellbeing, not to mention it is a great way to give up smoking, beat depression, overcome personal difficulties, and develop a strong sense of self, strength and belief in oneself, and also weight loss. With classes Monday to Thursday, and Saturday morning classes available, there is something for all interested.
You don’t need to be fit or outgoing, as this is for everyone. The East Cork Kickboxing Gym has a family focus in its teaching and it’s not just for the more athletic. You may also say “How can he claim that it’s such a life changing activity”. It is because I am living proof of the benefits of training. Why? Because twelve years ago I had a serious accident, a crush injury to my upper arm, so severe that there was a real possibility of amputation. At the time my daughter was five days old and my son was only two years old. After two surgeries and
a tense wait the great news came. I would keep my arm where it belonged, attached, but would probably have to live with disabilities from the injury. The stress of the situation was incredible, not to mention what my wife had to deal with. Hearing this, my stubborn streak came out and I set to work on my recovery. It took two years, all the time being unable to work and unsure of the long term prognosis.
experience. I believe that it is within everyone to create positive change in their lives and for their well being, from losing weight to trying something completely different.
I do understand that joining something different is a challenge, and the reasons why we make the decision to join can make that change more nerve wracking. But it can be done and, yes, you can do it. That is why I decided to make this my chosen career as I go full time at the Gym this September. Now that I am making another new change I invite
you, your teenagers, children, friends or neighbours to join me in our classes to make the change in your lifestyle. All it takes is to step in the door of our gym and I will be there to help with the next step.
Book today at Kevin o Sullivan 086 6394683, or kevin@lifetimemartialarts.org and bring this East Cork Journal article to receive your 1st class free and 10% off your 1st months training fee. Beginners invited to join from September 1st 2011.
The hospital staff, specialists and physiotherapists that were working with me could only be described as outstanding, but I understood that to get the best result I had to be in the driving seat. I thought, I can either sit around at home and mourne what was, or work to recover as much as possible of the use of the arm as I could. So I set the bar high and set out a strategy for recovery, having the wellbeing of my wife and young children as a focus point. The physio was painful and at times frustrating, but having the goal of getting home and back training and teaching martial arts as soon as I could, was a great motivation to work.
I can put my physical recovery down to the fact that I am involved in the practice of martial arts for as long as I have been, twenty eight years, and I would not have been able to cope with the mental stress without the support of my family and the mental toughness that the process of training instills in you. During this time I discovered a new strength and self belief in myself which, in turn, influenced the creation of our Lifetime Martial Arts Kickboxing system that we practice at The East Cork Kickboxing Gym. The experience taught me that there is always room to grow, improve and develop in every way and in every area of our life
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Youghal cycling club
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011 - The East Cork Journal
The An Post Sean Kelly Tour of Waterford – Sunday 28th August 2011
AGAIN this year, two large groups from Youghal C.C. headed to Dungarvan last weekend for Ireland’s biggest Sportive of the year, and one of this club’s main objectives for the year. Long and hard training spins were put in over the last few weeks by all in the club. Twelve club men and women lined up for the 160km Comeragh Challenge within a peleton of over 2,700 people, with a further twelve club men and women lining up for the 90km Kelly Coast within a peleton of 2,500 people. A further 2,800 people participated in the remaining 50km and 10km routes. Wow, that’s a total of over 8,000 cyclists. The biggest ever in Ireland. The Kelly Comeragh Challenge is the tough, tough part of the tour and not for the fainthearted. Over 160 km (105 miles) in length, it includes two Category One climbs ( Seskin Hill and Mahon Falls) and is suitable only for very experienced and very fit full-time cyclists. Taking the
N25 out of Dungarvan, the route veers to the left in Lemybrien along the R676 as far as Carrickon-Suir. Here, there is a loop which takes in Seskin Hill, made famous by the Nissan Classic. This is Kelly country. But it is also gruelling country. The route continues along the R680 as far as Clonmel where it swings to the left and heads along the R671 as far as Ballymacarbry. Here, it veers to the left along the gorgeous Nire Valley, before again swinging left over the Nire River and heading into the heart of the Comeraghs. The route climbs to over 400 metres altitude at the wonderfully-named Powers the Pot, whence it descends through enchanting uplands to the lovely village of Rathgormack. Soon it rejoins the R676, heading southwards as far as Mahon Bridge where it once again heads into the mountains via the Mahon Falls, once more at over 400m altitude.
The descent from Mahon Falls deserves, and demands, real care. Then, through Kilrossanty Village and along the Mauma Road as far as Kilbrien before joining the R672 at Beary’s Cross. Here, riders can breathe a sigh of relief. Though it is still over 13km back to Dungarvan, which is almost
completely downhill, and it is 13km which should be devoted to enjoying the sense of achievement which can only come from surviving the Kelly Comeragh.
A great day was had by all who participated and we are already looking forward to next year. Except for John Bulman who has again retired, as he does every year. You can’t be doing that now John with those new Carbon’s! A special well done to Paddy & Ollie. Paddy rode the event with the flu coming on and in the company of a banging headache, while Ollie completed the event after only 1.5hrs sleep the night before! I’d say they both slept last Sunday night! The Kelly Coast exits the start area close to Dungarvan Sports Centre and heads for Abbeyside, Barnawee Bridge and the open road. Even though this route is slightly shorter than the Kelly Legacy (the route which it replaces) it is designed for the touring cyclist who has, possibly, decided to step up the training regime from having participated in the Kelly Cruise in previous years. It is an extremely scenic route, but covers quite hilly terrain and your training programme should reflect this.
Waterford’s railway heritage is on display over the first 20 kilometres of the route, before riders reach the first water stop of the day in Bunmahon (the first of two visits to this seaside village!). After Bunmahon, riders head inland and northwards for a time towards the villages of Kill and Dunhill where the ‘Waterford Welcome’ will be evident! After approximately 50 kilometres participants reach Tramore, and the main food stop of the day, in the fabulous surrounds of the town’s Racecourse. After taking a trip through the streets of this wonderful seaside resort, riders will hug the coast for the remainder of the return journey.
Breathtaking scenery is guaranteed for this leg of the route through the villages of Fenor and Annestown, with Kilmurrin Cove and Dunabrattin Head worth a rest stop, to simply admire Waterford’s wonderful coastline. Riders are now at the heart of the Copper Coast UNESCO Geo Park, and nowhere is Waterford’s mining heritage brought to life more vividly than at the old Tankardstown copper
East Cork Darts Association AGM next Monday
WELL it’s that time of the year again with the kids going back to school, a sure sign that the darts season is only a few short weeks away from commencing.
mining complex,which cyclists will pass shortly before the return visit to Bunmahon.
The final village of the day is Stradbally at the 70 kilometre mark, and this will be the ideal place to take a well earned rest and a drop of Tipperary Natural mineral Water, before getting back into the saddle and tackling the final stretch to the finish at Dungarvan Sports Centre. A great day was again had by all who participated, and a particular well done to Christine O’Riordan and Nessa Rochford for completing their first ever Cycling Sportive, Chapeau!
The Kelly Ten Family Cycle 10k
Again this year, this event took place the day before the main events. The club was well represented with the Fitzgerald, Tobin, Flynn, Sanders and Hill families all travelling to this fantastic family event. This was an event for all the family, kids and par-
Looking back over the past season, there were many highlights: World champion Adrian ‘Jackpot’ Lewis and Ronnie Baxter did an exhibition in Midleton Park and €9000 was raised for Marymount Hospice and Cancer Research back in February; Our annual Social Night in Midleton Park Hotel in May was a brilliant night and to finish off the season, the greatest darts player of all time Phil ‘The Power’ Taylor did a couple of exhibitions in East Cork over last week, and there is still a great buzz from that.
Last Friday night Scott Garde and Redmond Walsh teamed up to great effect to win the first nett. The gross prize went to Victor McDonald and Joe Carlile.
We are looking forward to more of the same again next seaJohnny Donovan from McGrath’s Bar in Ballycotton enson. If any new clubs are looking to join, then come along tertained the crowd with his Michael Flatley-inspired th to our AGM on Monday, September 5 at 9pm in the Two walk-on at the recent Phil Taylor Darts Exhibition Mile Inn, Midleton. All are welcome.
East Cork ladies Cloyne Road Race darts back for the proceeds amendment new season
PLEASE note that the proceeds from this year’s Cloyne Road Race, which took place earlier this month, will be donated to the Cloyne Community Playground Project, and not Cystic Fibrosis as erroneously mentioned in the East Cork Journal of August 17th, 2011. Over €3,400 was raised for the playground project - congratulations to all concerned.
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ents, (for independent cyclists aged seven and over) along the wonderful traffic free recreational trail that is the Old Railway Line, Dungarvan. 2010 saw the inaugural running of this event and it proved very popular with over 700 people of all ages taking part, and this turned out to be even more popular with over 1800 people turning up to blaze along the road, just like the ‘KING KELLY’ himself. Again, a great day was had by all who participated.
Youghal Triathlon 2011
Unfortunately, the annual Youghal Triathlon will not take place this year. Road works on the Killeagh – Youghal road have recently commenced and will last until the end of October. As a result, the event had to be postponed, but efforts are being made to see if it can be re-arranged. Hopefully, it can ,as this has been a very successful event for the town of Youghal. It has been very well organized and a very enjoyable experience for all those who take part, in particular the organizing committee. Club Website Information about the club, cycling in the area and cycling in general, can be viewed at our club website. It has to be seen by all at www.youghalcyclingclub.com.
Corkbeg pitch & putt
THE first two rounds of the Tom Broderick Memorial were played last Sunday, with some epic encounters. There are six left in the competition, Redmond Walsh, Scott Garde, Colm O’Shaughnessy, Tom Barry, Terry Dunne and title holder, Derek Daly.
What a successful season 2010/11 was with now three different leagues formed – Premier, Division 1 and Division 2. This was mainly due to a lot of new teams joining our organisation, and we will also have more new clubs taking part this season.
WE would like to welcome all the ladies who play darts back for the new season. Any new teams are welcome. Contact Ann McGann on 086 3365165.
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Sorry Chris!
Fixtures:
There will be competitions on Wednesday at 2.30pm, Friday at 7pm sharp and Sunday morning at 10.30am.
Best of luck to Michael Barrett and Tom Barry who compete in the All-Ireland seniors qualifiers this weekend at Douglas.
LAST week, we stated that Chris O’Connell of Maggie May’s lost out to Phil ‘The Power’ Taylor in Phil’s exhibition matches at the Midleton Park Hotel. Oops! Chris, in fact, was one of only two people who beat Phil on the night - which perhaps explains Phil‘s grip on Chris’s windpipe, over right!
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OUR Minors qualified for the Eastern Region Final when they had a hard fought win over Clondrohid last Tuesday evening at Dublin Hill. Clondrohid were 1-2 to no score up after 15 minutes of play. Ryan O’Keeffe opened the scoring with a minor. William Leahy then hit three points with Ryan and Jack Hayes pointing from placed balls. Then, on the 29th minute, Ryan got the crucial goal.
It was nip and tuck all through the second half but Aghada pulled away near the end with points from Ryan, Jake O’Donoghue and Jack Hayes. Team; James O’Leary, Ger O’Brien Conor O’Driscoll, Jack Hayes (0-2. 0-1 free), Tim Hartnett, Evan McGee, Raymond Savage, Bryan O’Byrne, Fergal Culligan Michael McCarthy (01),William Leahy (0-6. 0-2 frees), Ryan O’Keeffe (1-4. 0-2 frees) Jake O’Donoghue (0-2) for Culligan. Sean Ó Laoire for McCarthy, Shane Crowley for McGee, Shane Dorney for Byrne, Scott Coyle Garde. They now play Ballygarvan in the final tonight, Wednesday, August 31st. See the website for news of the game.
It was not such good news for our Senior footballers, as we bowed out to a strong finishing Avondhu side.
This game was, like the curates’ egg, great in parts. Indeed, we were the better team for three quarters of the game with outstanding displays from a lot of players, most notably John Paul’s display at centre back as he rolled back the years. But alas we never put away the chances when we owned the ball. Maybe it was all the championship games, 5 in 19 days, (2 senior football, 2 Intermediate hurling and one U21 hurling.) 11 of the footballers played against Bandon in the Hurling last Sunday, and this was a big ask. Also take into account thhat John Wall was injured, Brian was getting married and James O’Connell was on holiday.
Team A O’Donoghue; B Hennessy, K O’Connor, S Cashman; E Savage (0-1), JP O’Connor, T O’Neill(0-1); E Healy, P O’Neill (0-1); J Connolly, J O’Shea, C Power; M Russell, B O’Flaherty, C Fleming 1-2 (0-1 ’45, 0-1f). Subs: B Crowley (0-1) for Power (39), H Fanning for Connolly (70), A O’Connell for Savage (74), R Savage for O’Shea (77).
We now have to pick ourselves up for the replay against Bandon next Saturday at Church Road at 3.30pm.
Killeagh
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Lotto
THERE was no winner of this week’s lotto. The numbers drawn were 4,5and 41. Next week’s jackpot now stands at €2,600. Esther Byrne, Sinead Power, Nessa & John Rochford and Jack Aherne won €30 each. Thank you for supporting your club. Results: Junior B Football League: Killeagh 1-14 Carrigtwohill 0-12;
Fixtures:
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Killeagh v Carrigtwohill next Friday night, September 2nd at 7pm in Killeagh. This team is unbeaten in the league and is aiming for 8 wins out of 8.
Church Gate Collection:
Thank you to all those who helped out and contributed to the Church gate collection for Páirc Uí Cinneide.
Scrap metal fundraiser – We want your scrap!
A fundraiser in aid of Páirc Uí Cinneide– if you have any scrap metal lying around, no matter how big or small, please bring it along anytime to Dominic Fogarty’s garage. If you can’t lift it we’ll shift it. You can contact Kieran Scully on 087 2660469.
A big congratulations to Kevin O’Connor and the Killeagh Camogie team on advancing to the next round of the Senior Camogie Championship, having defeated St. Catherine’s in Carrigtwohill on Sunday evening.
Kiltha Óg
Killeagh camogie
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011 - The East Cork Journal
U13 Hurling Championship Replay Kiltha Og 2-6 Mayfield 2-9 AET
WE felt that the terrific game of the previous week which went to extra time couldn’t’t be repeated but it was. The weather was in total contrast with a beautiful evening for hurling. We went into the match minus Cathal, Dylan and Diarmuid but we had Denis Broderick back after his holiday. We opened very brightly and throughout the first half we were the better side. An early goal by Denis gave us the perfect start. Points by Michael Kelly and a beauty from Cian Walsh kept the momentum going. We lost the services of centre back Eoin Mitchell through injury at this stage and his loss was huge. Mayfield came into the game with a few points but a fine goal from Luke Sweetnam gave us a seven point advantage. However a goal just before half time gave Mayfield a boost to leave the half time score 2-3 to 1-2. On the resumption Mayfield began to get on top and four unanswered points made us level. One thought that we may be overrun at this stage with the pressure coming but our defence repelled attack after attack. We broke away to get a fine point and take the lead but once again were denied by a late point to take the game to extra time once again with the final score 2-4 to 1-7.
Both sets of players were drained at this stage but once again picked it up in extra time. Mayfied scored two early points and again we responded with two of our own to keep it level. The second period was tight and tense with scores now hard to get. The vital score came with just a few minutes remaining and it was a goal to Mayfield. Our lads gave it everything in those final moments but couldn’t’t get the goal which we needed. The final whistle sounded with Mayfield victorious by 2-9 to 2-6. Everyone can feel very proud of their massive effort and these games will be talked about for many years. As both sets of players left the pitch, tired and exhausted, they were met with tremendous applause by both sets of supporters which was a great gesture. Well done to all the Team : Daragh Moran, David Lawton, Conor Whyte, Michael Cosgrave, Anthony Mc Auliffe, Eoin Mitchell, Cian Walsh, Niall O’Donovan, Corey Mackessy, Paddy Leahy (Captain), Eolann Shanahan, Eoin Cashman, Michael Kelly, Denis Broderick and Luke Sweetnam. Subs Matthew Lamb, Eoghan Hennessy and Zach Mc Elhinney
Seniors
ANY week you can put two senior wins back to back is a great week, as defying the ‘experts’ makes the wins even sweeter.
Summer Cup vs. Eire Óg under the whistle of Charlie McAllister was our first game. Eire Óg got a great start with an early goal. Kate Murphy replied very quickly with a well taken goal. Eire Óg pointed and that was replied to with points from Jessie O’Shea and Noelle O’Donovan. Goal number two came quickly from Eire Óg. Playing with the help of our Cork footballers we had everybody on board for the night. Ella Ryan, in corner forward, had a lovely point followed by three more points from Kate, before Ella had goal number two for us. Half time saw us lead 2-8 to 2-2.
As in the first half, Eire Óg opened the scoring with a point. Noelle accepted a lovely pass from Mary O’Connor to put her name on the point list yet again. Many goal attempts by Eire Óg were well blocked by Stephanie Beausang. Playing well as a unit there were some great passages of play before Ella and Noelle pointed yet again. The last score of the night went to Eire Óg. A good, tough game that saw us run out victorious 2-11 to 2-4.
Carrigtwohill was the venue for the long awaited clash with near neighbours, St. Catherine’s. Despite being forced to play our Cork footballers the day after their marvellous victory over Laois, we were up and ready for the challenge. St. Catherine’s had 3points on the score sheet before Kate Murphy’s free went over the bar. Kate again had point number 2. The girls settled down well. Jess O’Shea and Brid Stack were in command at mid-field, and Annie Walsh, showing how well a girl can be a dual player, set Claire Keohane up for a point to draw us level. Catherine’s replied with another point before Claire, playing her best game in a long while, had another point and super goal, to send us in at the break leading 1-4 to 4 points.
THIS weekend will be very special for three of our juveniles who have been chosen to represent Cork at Hurling in their respective age groups. In U15 we have Jake O’Donoghue and Aaron Stafford, who will be heading to Riverstick where all the Munster counties will be competing in a round robin series of games. In the U14, John Looney will fly the flag for Aghada in a similar event held in Waterford. Many thanks to the great team of coaches we are lucky to have in Aghada. We know it makes your day to see lads you’ve coached get to the top level.
Dual star, Angela Walsh opened the second half scoring with a point. Niamh O’Keeffe, Maire Smiddy and Aoife Walsh were pillars of strength in the back line. Kate had point number 6 as St. Catherine’s had their fifth. Mary O’Connor displayed her usual class and was well supported by Laura Treacy and Ann Marie Walsh. Point no 7 came from Mary herself. Gillian Cunningham, improving by the day, kept the ball well in to the inside line of Claire and Noelle and Kate who were well on top at this stage. St Catherine’s never let go of their will to win and had pressure on us all the time. Kate’s accuracy, as usual, had another well taken free. A few wasted chances and a point by Claire saw us victorious on a score of 1-9 to 6 points. This game was won by a fantastic team display and by the support of a great group of girls on the bench. The motivation of Kevin, Tadgh and JP is evident in each game we play. We are up and ready for the challenge of Douglas in the next round
This was end to end football with no quarter given, and only a very late Nemo goal sealing the win, but a mighty effort from our lads.
U15 Imokilly Competition
Aghada juvenile Well done, lads
U13 Football: Aghada 5-4 Nemo Rangers 5-8
U10 Hurling: Aghada vs. Killeagh Ita’s
This was the second of 4 league games and was played under blustery conditions in Killeagh. With the game delicately balanced Ciaran O Driscoll stepped up to the plate and nearly broke the net with a shot Rasper Condon would have been proud of. Shortly after Mary Leahy found the net with a piece of brilliance. This was a great win for Aghada with half the team still U9. Panel Darragh Ryan, Ronan Connelly, Ruarri O’Connell, Aiden Slye, Jonathon Mahony, Shaun Horgan, Ciaran O’Driscoll, Liam Curley, Danny Kavanagh, Shane Bakx, Jamie O’Hanlon, Mary Leahy, Jack Norris, Ruarri Bawden.
Help needed and welcome!
Con Ryan would like to say a special thanks to Brian Kavanagh and Noel Horgan who recently made themselves available to assist in U10 hurling training. We’re always looking for people to help out, and if you’re one of these, or you know of someone interested please come down and have a chat with any of the trainers or committee and you will be welcomed with a heart and a half.
Well done to all the Cork footballers and to Noel on a great semifinal win. We look forward to the Brendan Martin being back again! Our U15 panel have played their first two matches in the Imokilly Competition and had good wins in both, over Cobh and Youghal. PANEL: C Daly, E Benaim, R Galvin, C O’Connor, Z McEvoy, A Daly, E Terry, C Motherway, K Mulcahy, L O’Mahoney, L McEvoy, N O’ Farrell, E McSweeney, J Butler, G Cassidy, K Mahony, R Geary, C Tyrrell, H Looney.
Our U14 team played a Co. Board Blitz in Ballincollig on August 20th. We drew our first two matches against Valley Rovers and St Vincent’s and qualified for the final. We played St. Vincent’s in the final and this was a fantastic game of hurling, but we eventually lost by a mere two points. PANEL: C Motherway (Capt), K Mulcahy, L O’Mahoney, L McEvoy, N O Farrell, E McSweeney, J Butler, G Cassidy, E Burke, A Burns, E Treacy, S Landers, N Daly, C Tyrrell, S O Flynn, K McEvoy & G Tyrrell.
U16 & U18 training continues at 12 noon on Sundays unless otherwise notified.
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County B Junior Hurling Final
Ballinacurra 1-8 Kilmichael 1-18
IT JUST wasn’t to be for the hurlers from Ballinacurra as a youthful and lively Kilmichael side turned on the style to run out comfortable winners in this County B Hurling Final in Páirc Uí Rinn last Saturday evening.
The Village did take the lead in the first minute when Scott Richards cut in from the left hand side to knock over a point. However, Kilmichael scored three points in two minutes to take the lead which they subsequently never lost. Scott Richards did reply in the 7th minute but in the next twelve minutes Kilmichael scored a goal and four points to leave The Village with a mountain to climb. In the 23rd minute Killian Harty scored a fine point from the left hand side to give Ballinacurra some hope, but a further three points from the Muskerry side gave them a ten point lead at the break.
The game was put beyond the reach of Ballinacurra early in the second half, as four points in the first six minutes left Kilmichael fourteen points clear. Scott Richards again helped himself to two points in the 7th and 10th minutes to cut the deficit, but two more scores from Kilmichael cancelled out these efforts. In the 15th minute of the half a penetrating run from Scott Richards led to him eventually finding Mark O’Sullivan, who crashed the ball to the net from 20 yards. Kilmichael answered with a point a minute later, before two Damien Daly points for Ballinacurra, to leave nine points between the sides with over ten minutes remaining. Despite their best efforts Ballinacurra couldn’t find the scores needed to close the gap. It was the 29th minute before the umpire was troubled again, when Kilmicheal knocked over a point before a consolation point for Tommy O’Leary in injury time proved to be the final score of the game. TEAM: A Murphy, T O Meara, I Cahill, S Kane, D McCarthy, T Richards, M Stack, D Daly, T Costigan, T O’Leary, S Richards, M O Sullivan, B Sigerson, K Harty, G Healy. SUBS: S Finnegan for G Healy; R Keohane for S Kane; R Lehane for M O’Sullivan and T Finnegan for K Harty
The Steven Devlin Tournament
The juvenile club will hold the Steven Devlin Tournament this Saturday, September 3rd, at 11am in the clubs grounds on Geragh Road. This tournament has been running in the club now for several years. The Devlin family will be on hand to present the Memorial Cup and shield. This year Lisgoold will provide the opposition when our U8’s and U11’s play in both hurling and football. As always, the games at juvenile level against Lisgoold are entertaining affairs with plenty of talent from both sides on show. Lisgoold are hoping to bring along an U6 team to challenge all our recent recruits to the club. Please come down and support this annual event as it’s always a great day for the club. All parents are asked to keep an eye out for texts with details.
Fashion Show and Auction Night Extravaganza
The inaugural Club Fashion Show and Auction Night will be held in East Cork Golf Club on Saturday, October 22nd. Tickets are flying out the door at the moment so order your tickets as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
Mossie O’Donovan RIP
Ballinacurra GAA Club and the wider community were saddened to learn of the passing of Mossie O’Donovan last week. In his 92nd year Mossie was involved with Ballinacurra GAA all his life and was the Club President at the time of his passing. He won numerous medals with his native Ballinacurra throughout his playing career. The large crowds that turned out for Mossie’s removal and funeral were testament to the high regard in which he was held. The club would like to extend sincere sympathies to the O’Donovan family. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.
Central Premier 2 Minor Football Championship: Bothar Bui 5-12 Kinsale 2-8
Central Fé 18 Premier 2 Hurling League (2): Fr. O’Neill’s 1-9 Brian Dillons 0-8
Central Fé 16 Hurling Championship P2: Bishopstown 2-9 Carrigaline 0-9 Sliabh Rua 2-9 Inniscarra 2-14
Central Fé 16 Hurling Championship P1: Duhallow 1-11 Douglas 3-8 Glen Rovers 1-15 Blackrock 3-14 St. Finbarr’s 3-13 Sarsfield 2-17
Central Fé 16 Premier 1 Peil League: Bishopstown 1-7 St. Finbarr’s 5-11 St. Michael’s 3-10 Na Piarsaigh 4-10
Central Fé 16 Premier 2 Peil League Roinn 2: Fermoy 0-9 Charleville 3-9
Central Fé 16 Premier 1 Hurling League: Duhallow 1-11 Douglas 3-8
Central Fé 15 Premier 1 Hurling League (1): Blackrock 2-7 Valley Rovers 1-19
Central Fé 14 Hurling Championship P2: Carrigtwohill 5-9 Midleton 1-11
Central Fé 14 Premier 1 Hurling League (1): Shandrum 2-8 Ballincollig 2-10 Sarsfield 1-9 Douglas 0-8 Eire Óg 0-8 Douglas 1-9
Central Fé 14 Premier 2 Hurling League (1): Erin’s Own 0-9 Bishopstown 1-8
Central Fé 14 Premier 2 Hurling League (2): Inniscarra 1-9 Passage 0-8 Mallow 1-6 Valley Rovers 2-10
Central Fé 13 Premier 2 Hurling League (1):
Dungourney Blackrock 5-13 Aghabullogue 8-5.
Lotto
Results for Monday, August 22nd for a jackpot of €1,350. There was no winner.
Lucky dip winners were, Michael John O’Riordan €35, John Ronayne €25 and Pat Horgan €15. Next jackpot is €1,500.
Results
JUNIOR 2 HURLING LEAGUE Dungourney 0 – 12 Bride Rovers 4 – 14
Fixtures
JUNIOR 3 HURLING LEAGUE Dungourney vs. Cobh in Dungourney on Friday, September 2nd at 7pm.
East Cork Final
The count down is very definitely on for the East Cork Final, which will be held in Midleton on Saturday, September 1st at 6pm.
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P2 Minor Football Championship Castlelyons 2-13 Macroom 3-11
After a great first quarter the minors lost by a single point to Macroom in the championship played at CIT Grounds on Saturday, August 20th. The game was played in excellent ground and weather conditions.
Anthony Spillane opened the scoring when he goaled a penalty shot in the second minute. Castlelyons went on to score three more points in the third, fourth and fifth minutes before Macroom put over their first point in the eighth minute, which they followed immediately by their second. Ronan Bransfield increased the lead by a point in the tenth minute and Anthony Spillane put over a free two minutes later. In the fourteenth minute Colm Spillane fielded a great ball in the middle of the field. He ran at the opposition and laid the ball off to Anthony, who put it to the back of the net. A minute later the same combination of the two brothers resulted in a point. Ronan Bransfield added another point to give Castlelyons a lead of 2-7 to 0-2 at the end of the first quarter.
The second quarter saw Macroom claw their way back into the game. For the next ten minute period Castlelyons failed to score. In that period Macroom put in their first goal and added two points to their tally. In the last five minutes the teams added two points each to their scores, to leave the scoreline at 2-9 to 1-6 in favour of Castlelyons. In the second half Macroom rose the level of their play, and their second goal came three minutes in. At the end of the first ten minutes Castlelyons still led by five points after scoring three points. The last twenty minutes went very much Macroom’s way as they whittled away at the Castlelyons lead. In that period Castlelyons scored only one point from a free. After two points in the eleventh and twelfth minutes, Macroom got their third goal in the fifteenth minute. The sides were now level, but a minute later a point put Macroom in the lead. For the last quarter Castlelyons fought hard to regain the lead but two wides in the last few minutes left Macroom a point ahead at the end of the game. While this was a game that could, and should, have been won, a lot of credit is due to effort and commitment of all the players and mentors, Well done to all.
TEAM: Steven Hickey, Ned Daly, Cian O’Leary, Shane Fenton, Tom Carroll, Colm Barry, Steven Joyce, Colm Spillane (0-2), Darragh Lawlor (0-1), Eoin Maye, Alan Fenton (0-1), Ronan Bransfield (0-2), Ronan O’Regan, Anthony Spillane (2-7), Shane Moroney. Subs used: Eoin Barry, Brian O’Donovan. SUBS: Jack Barry, Michael Geary, Colm O’Neill, Declan Varner.
Lotto, €16,400
The lotto numbers drawn this week were 6, 9, 20 and 21. There was no jackpot winner The following won €20 each: 1. Fr. Peter Hegarty, Coolagown, c/o D. Hegarty 2. Edel Martin, Killawillin, c/o J. Martin 3. Jerry Healy, Kill-St-Anne, c/o D. Hegarty 4. Tom Courtney, Castlelyons, c/o Abbey Bar 5. Shane O’Sullivan, Ardra, c/o C. O’Sullivan 6. Martin O’Flynn, Rathcormac, c/o S. Barry 7. Chris O’Mahony, Kill-St-Anne, c/o Abbey Bar 8. Marie O’Brien – Coakley, Conna, c/o Farrier’s Bar.
Next week’s draw will be at the Community Centre, Castlelyons, The jackpot will be €16,400.
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Aghada fade out as Avondhu come good in extra time Aghada 1-9 Avondhu 0-16 AET AGHADA bowed out of the Cork Senior Football Championship in bizarre circumstances last Friday evening in Castlelyons. Avondhu made a late rally to draw the game and then went on to demolish Aghada in extra time, in what was an extraordinary turn around as, while Aghada faded, the fresh legs introduced by the North Cork divisional side helped them to victory.
Aghada opened with a Pearse O’Neill point in the sixth minute as Aghada controlled the game, and it got better for them five minutes later as Cian Fleming had a great individual goal to put Aghada in the driving seat. Aghada never built on their supremacy, missing a few points. As we entered the second quarter Fleming added a minor from a placed ball and from the kick out wing back, Eoin Savage, put Aghada 1-3 to no score ahead. Avondhu were guilty of wides but had to shoot under pressure from the Aghada backs. Tom Monaghan, who tormented Aghada in the drawn game, was keep quiet by Stephen Cashman. Indeed, Aghada re-jigged their defence with Kieran O’Connor at full back, to mark another thorn in Aghada’s side the last day, Cian O’Riordan. With his brother, John Paul, nailing down
the centre back berth Aghada had all the answers as Avondhu struggled and had to rely on break away balls. Avondhu came more into the game as Aghada failed to score for the last 12 minutes of the half. Cian O’Riordan finally shook off O’Connor to land the opening score for the North Cork men on the 23rd minute. Paudie Kissane missed three frees in this period, but Avondhu had the last say of the half when Tom Monaghan pointed to leave the half time score Aghada 1-3 to Avondhu 02. Aghada again started well with team captain, Tom O’Neill pushing Aghada on with a fine point. This was followed by a Fleming 45 in the 39th minute and Aghada looked on their way. (Little did we know that Aghada would score only one more point in the next 41 minutes). As we entered the last quarter Avondhu took over centre field with Paudie Kissane playing a captain’s part for Avondhu. Suddenly the Avondhu forwards had ball and they made full use of it. Four points followed in a five minute spell and the game was in the melting pot. A great point by Aghada’s sub, Brendan Crowley settled Aghada but it was short lived. From the kick out Kevin Sheehan pointed and when Kissane landed a great score on
the 54th minute, the North Cork men’s backs were up. Aghada had their chances at this stage, but poor handling and too many tight passes were their undoing. The last say of the match fell to Cian O’Riordan as he pointed a placed ball to draw the game 1-6 to 0-9. In extra time Aghada’s legs gave out after all the championship matches in the last few weeks, as Avondhu piled on the agony with seven unanswered points. Aghada could have won the game in ordinary time had they held their heads and showed a little more composure, but once Avondhu introduced substitutes the calibre of Eoin Stanton, Colm O’Connell, and Denis Hayes the writing was on the wall for the East Cork men. In the finish the extra time belonged to Avondhu with Tom Monaghan, Cian O’Riordan and Paudi Kissane leading by example, and if Avondhu can start the way they finished then Nemo Rangers could well be tested next weekend.
AVONDHU: C O’Riordan 0-8 (0-6f), P Kissane, K Sheehan 0-2 each, E O’Connor, T Monaghan, C O’Sullivan, D Hayes 0-1 each. Scorers for Aghada: C Fleming 1-2 (0-1 ’45, 0-1f), B Crowley, P O’Neill, T O’Neill, E Savage 0-1 each. AVONDHU: C Quilligan (Mallow); N Barry (Grange), R Carey (Clyda Rovers), O O’Hanlon (Clyda Rovers); P O’Flynn (Ballyclough), P Kissane
(Clyda Rovers), C O’Sullivan (Clyda Rovers); H Dockery (Mallow), J Hayes (Mallow); K Sheehan (Mallow), D O’Mahony(Kilshannig), E O’Connor (Kildorrery); T Monaghan (Kildorrery), C O’Riordan (Mallow), T O’Shea (Ballyclough). Subs: E Stanton (Mallow) for J Hayes (inj) (13), C O’Connell (Killavullen) for O’Shea (36), D Hayes (Mallow) for Monaghan (45), J Hutchings (Fermoy) for O’Mahony (52), V O’Donoghue (Araglin) for O’Connor (77).
AGHADA: A O’Donoghue; B Hennessy, K O’Connor, S Cashman; E Savage, JP O’Connor, T O’Neill; E Healy, P O’Neill; J Connolly, J O’Shea, C Power; M Russell, B O’Flaherty, C Fleming. Subs: B Crowley for Power (39), H Fanning for Connolly (70), A O’Connell for Savage (74), R Savage for O’Shea (77). REFEREE: Colm Lyons (Nemo
DECLAN BARRON REPORTS
Tom O’Neill breaks upfield for Aghada
Final Cork GAA clubs draw for 2011 takes place in Aghada
Tom Monaghan and Cian O’Riordan cut loose for Avondhu in extra time
THE last in the Cork GAA Clubs Draw took place at Aghada GAA grounds on Thursday night last, with plenty of GAA members keeping their fingers crossed for success in this, the last draw of the year.
A large crowd was entertained by Aghada’s Ballad group who are Scór na bPaisti East Cork Champions (Rosheen O’Callaghan, Christine Moran, Ciara Counihan, Julie Moynihan and Luke O’Connell). Christine Moran, who is the Solo singer Scór na bPáistí County Champion, opened the singing. John Motherway also sang and Donal Walsh brought the house down with his ren- Michael O’Brien, Chairman, East Cork Board, Pearse Murphy, County Board Treasurer, Triona Gardiner, County Board and Robin Triggs, Chairman, Aghada GAA at the draw dering of Caledonia.
Maurice Cashman, Pearse Murphy, Triona Gardiner and John Motherway
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Ballinacurra have no answer to the boys of Kilmichael Ballinacurra 1-8 Kilmichael 1-18
BALLINACURRA had no answer to the strength in depth of Kilmichael in the County Junior “B” hurling final played in Páirc Uí Rinn on last Saturday night. The Muskerry champions held sway throughout, and while Ballinacurra battled to the finish, they were always playing catch up as Kilmichael were on top in all the key positions with wing forwards, Daragh Foley and Conor Cotter, in flying form. While Scott Richards did put Ballinacurra in front with a fine point, it was to be the only time that the village side was in front. An equaliser from Foley was quickly followed by a point from Cotter, and a further three Foley points had the winners pulling clear after ten minutes. Scott Richards did manage another good point for Ballinacurra, but at that stage the Kilmichael men were flying and had a goal disallowed for a square ball. The goal did come minutes later as Michael Master made no mistake this time round to leave Kilmichael 1-5 to 0-2 in front after the opening quarter. By half time they had stretched their advantage to ten points with Finbarr Buckley getting into the scoring act, as Daragh Foley and Conor Cotter continued to torment the Ballinacurra rearguard that were powerless to stop them. With Kieran O’Leary and Donal O’Brien setting up the scores the Kilmichael men led by 1-10 to 03 at the interval, with Ballinacurra’s sole reply coming from Killian Harty. Ballinacurra needed a goal and it almost came with Scott Richards seeing his rasping shot hit the crossbar and bounce to safety.
In the second half Kilmichael extended their advantage with Adrian Kelly pointing either side of a Cotter effort and while they held all the aces in attack, the strong play of full back James O’Leary and Sean O’Riordan is also worthy of mention. Scott Richards continued to pose a threat for Ballinacurra as he landed two points and with Mark O’Sullivan slotting home a goal, there was a glimmer of hope for the East Cork side. It was no more than a glimmer however as Kilmichael retained their ten point advantage and while Damien Daly, Brian Sigerson,
Tom O’Meara and Tom O’Leary fought the good fight and shot three late points, it was never going to be enough to haul back the winners, who had the luxury of having a second goal disallowed at the start of the second half. Nothing was going to stop Kilmichael on this occasion and when referee, Cathal Egan called time, the boys from Kilmichael had retained their half time ad-
Team captains Trevor Costigan and Kieran O’Leary with match referee Cathal Egan
DECLAN BARRON REPORTS FROM PAÍRC UÍ RINN
Ballinacurra, who lost out to Kilmichael
vantage and ran out winners by a ten point margin. Before the game, a minute’s silence was observed in respect of the late Mossy O’Donovan, President of the Ballinacurra club, who died during the week. After the game Ballinacurra were first to congratulate the winners as county board chairman, Jerry O’Sullivan presented the cup to Kilmichael captain, Kieran O’Leary as the mid Cork side achieved what Ballinacurra did in 2009 and captured a first title for the club.
BALLINACURRA: S Richards 0-4, M O’Sullivan 1-0, D Daly 0-2, T O’Leary and K Harty 0-1 each. KILMICHAEL: D Foley 0-10, C Cotter 0-4, M Masters 1-0, A Kelly 0-2, D O’Brien and F Buckley 0-1 each. Ballinacurra: A Murphy, T O’Meara, I Cahill, S Kane, D McCarthy, T Richards, M Stack, D Daly, T Costigan, T O’Leary, S Richards, M O’Sullivan, B Sigerson, K Harty and G Healy. Subs used R Keohane, S Finnegan, R Lehane and T Finnegan. KILMICHAEL: D O’Donoghue, B Cotter, J O’Leary, D O’Riordan, F Dromey, S O’Riordan, C Dromey, S Foley, D O’Brien, C Cotter, A Kelly, D Foley, F Buckley, K O’Leary and M Masters. Subs used C Dromey and D O’Riordan. REFEREE: Cathal Egan, Glen Rovers.
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Lisgoold ladies football
Minor challenge match: Championship Preview: Lios gCúl vs. Carrigtwohill in Ballinacurra, Lisgoold vs. Ballyphehane THIS was our minor team’s first outing of the year and we were deFriday, September 2nd at 6.30pm All roads will lead from our village to Ballinacurra as we face neighbours Carrigtwohill, in the Junior Championship Semi Final on Friday next. Tim Mulcahy’s side will face the might of ‘the other’ blue and gold, in an encounter where sides will each don neutral jersey colours to avoid a clash. The normally beautifully prepared Páirc na Gael will see a finely tuned Lisgoold side aim to salvage honour and pride after the recent small ball setback. Ciaran Cronin will man the role between the sticks, while Brian O’Leary and Mike O’Shea will slot into the pivotal defensive positions. The aerial battle around the middle third will, of course, be crucial, where Eoin Riordan will look to be Lord of the Skies once again. Up front, we’ll look to the flying youth of John Cronin and John McCarthy to lead the charge and push us towards the Final. As usual at this time of year watch locally, on Facebook, on local media and on Clubtext, as matches are, from time to time, prone to change, and especially this week after Carrig’s great win over Cloyne in the County SHC..
Under 13 Championship: Lios gCúl 4-11 Russell Rovers 6-09
A ding dong encounter in Shanagarry on Wednesday evening saw our boys gallantly bow out of Championship action, but not without one hell of a battle. Powered by the brilliant Ciaran Cashman, our boys faced a seriously talented outfit, and never gave up ’til the devestating final whistle called time on their brilliant effort. Our hosts found scores a tad easier to come by, but the battling forward division created scoring opportunities from play and from the dead ball accuracy of Cashman and Liam O’Shea. The energetic Rian Hogan and the combative Cian Healy caused endless challenges for our opponents’ rearguard, while Sean Nagle, Liam Stack and Robert Williams gave significant support. On the night the better side just about won out, but a win for these excellent young Blues would not have been undeserved. The huge and vocal Lisgoold support lifted the team, as the team lifted the spirits and voices of the attendance. A disappointing end to the Championship, but a performance that will linger in the memory for a while to come.
All Ireland Final Draw
A wonderful opportunity to go and see the climax of the GAA season, with two guaranteed tickets to Tipperary v Kilkenny and overnight accommodation in a central Dublin hotel, and all for the price of only €5 per ticket. Our annual draw tickets are now available from Club members and, as always, if you are not in, then the chance to see Tipp vs. The Cats, at a cost of only €5, might just pass you by. Further information from Tim Mulcahy.
Building Development Programme
Development Fundraising Committee are holding the much sought after ‘Cash for Clobber’ on Wednesday, September 21st in Lisgoold GAA Pitch from 7pm to 8pm. Please note your bags can only be dropped during this time. If you are interested, and not aware of how it works, you fill any black bag with old unwanted but CLEAN clothes, shoes, bags, belts, curtains, duvet & pillow cases (no quilts or pillows) and for every bag you donate, the fundraising committee receive €4. Please support this event, as we raised €920.00 earlier this year in the same way. Thanks to everyone who has donated to either buying a brick, cash for clobber or the standing order, to which we have over 100 families signed up.
And finally....
Best wishes to CLCG Lios gCúl Chairman, Eoin Riordan and his bride to be Rachel Hanely as they reach the final preparations for their wedding on 9 September. Long life and happiness to you both from all in Lisgoold. Congratulations and continued success to John Cashman who starred with the Cork Under 17 team in the Inter County Competition in Mallow at the weekend. By all accounts young John starred in victories over Wexford and Clare before injury robbed him of a final place against Limerick. And (cue loud groans from all our smallies) best wishes to all our neighbours at back to school time. Whether it’s your first day, or facing into your last year, all at CLCG Lios gCúl wish you everything you deserve in the ‘happiest days of your lives’... Eoin O’Sullivan was sorely missed in our Championship setback against Carraig na bhFearr, but it was well worth it for the popular Lisgoold resident, as he starred in the Ireland side who played Australian Rules World Cup in Melbourne. The final, played on Saturday, saw Ireland defeat Papua New Guinea by 18 points, 53 - 35, after wins over Sweden, Denmark, Timor and Great Britain saw Ireland reach the Final. Congrats Eoin, from all in CLCG Lios gCúl.
lighted at the fantastic turnout. We opened brightly and Taylor and Laura got some nice points early on. We kept play in the Ballyphehane half and soon a lovely pass from Caoilinn to Bríd, who rarely misses an opportunity, resulted in our opening goal. That was soon followed by a great individual effort from Orlaith who collected the ball on the 30, dodged her way into the edge of the square and buried the ball in the top corner. Ballyphehane weren’t going to give up without a fight and dominated play from then to the end of the first half, scoring some very impressive points and keeping the pressure on our backs. However, thanks to some great defending by Sarah, Frances and Danielle, our goal was never threatened.
Lisgoold started the second half as they started the first. We quickly began to dominate the game. Our half-back line of Johanna, Leanne and Taylor collected ball after ball and carried the game to Ballyphehane. We worked the ball time and again into scoring positions and a series of points from Leah, Taylor, Laura, Caoilinn and Leanne resulted, as well as two near misses by Taylor, hitting the bar twice. Our half-backs, centre field and half-forwards got through an unbelievable amount of running, soloing and passing during this period. Nothing passed Leanne, Johanna and Kelly, while Leah, Caoilinn, Laura, Orlaith and Taylor ran themselves to near exhaustion. As in the first half, Ballyphehane hit back. Two lightning attacks resulted in two goals, and Ballyphehane looked to be coming back into the game. Our keeper, Kelsey, made two crucial saves, and Sarah, Frances and Danielle shut up shop to deny the city girls any further goal chances. Our attackers weren’t finished yet. Bríd got her second shortly afterwards, and Katie was unlucky to have her shot stopped on the line by some very good defending by Ballyphehane. But Katie, who has goaled in her last two matches, was determined not to be denied. Shortly afterwards she fielded the ball at the edge of the square and buried the ball in the net. Not satisfied with that, she did exactly the same thing two minutes later. That brought an end to the scoring. It was a very competitive match, played in a very sporting manner. We would like to thank Ballyphehane for the welcome we received, and look forward to a return visit in the near future. Thanks again to all the girls who made the journey to the city, and to our dedicated band of supporters. SCORERS: Katie Jeffers 2-0; Bríd Cullinane 2-0; Laura O’Shea 0-5; Orlaith Fahey 1-0; Taylor Bradley 0-3; Caoilinn Hickey 0-3; Leah Hogan 0-2; Leanne Woods 0-1 TEAM: Kelsey Devine, Sarah Hickey, Frances Connery, Danielle O’Keefe, Leanne Woods, Johanna Lane, Kelly McCann, Leah Hogan, Caoilinn Hickey, Laura O’Shea, Orlaith Fahey, Katie Jeffers, Bríd Cullinane, Taylor Bradley
Minor East Cork League: Lisgoold vs. Cobh
This was our first competitive minor match of the year. We were without Caoimhe who was away on holidays but other than that we had a full turnout. We took a while to settle in to the games and had some easy shots go wide early on. But by the fourth or fifth minute our girls started playing like we know they can and the scores started to flow, Taylor and Laura finishing off some good team play with five points between them. At this stage of the match, Laura linked play throughout the half forward line and gave an exhibition of soloing. All over the pitch our girls were on top with Caoilinn and Leah completely
controlling mid-field. When Cobh broke down field our backs, Sarah, Frances, Danielle, Kelly and Leanne were quick to shut the door. After the first ten minutes we restructured the team and Danielle showed that she’s just as good a forward as she is a back, striking a goal and three points in a ten minute period. Danielle’s last point was the score of the match, a fantastic point from a position almost on the end line. Caoilinn, Leah and Sarah also added points in this period. In the second half, Cobh came out determined to take the game to Lisgoold, but goals from Caoilinn and Taylor increased Lisgoolds lead. But Cobh were not to be denied. Their constant pressure was rewarded with a goal and three points at the start of the last quarter. Lisgoold, however, finished the match as they started with good combination play between Kelsey, playing outfield for the second half, Orlaith, Laura, Cara, Leanne and Katie resulting in points for Leah, Orlaith and Leanne. A feature of this game was the selfless running off the ball of several players, Cara in particular, that opened up room for the girl in possession. With continued team work like this we can only go from strength to strength. Great credit is due to a young, inexperienced Cobh team who gave it everything from start to finish.
SCORERS: Taylor Bradley 3-3; Caoilinn Hickey 2-1; Laura O’Shea 1-4; Danielle O’Keefe 1-3; Leah Hogan 0-2; Orlaith Fahey 0-1; Sarah Hickey 0-1; Leanne Woods 0-1. TEAM: Kelsey Devine, Sarah Hickey, Frances Connery, Leanne Woods, Kelly McCann, Leah Hogan, Cara O’Brien, Laura O’Shea, Orlaith Fahey, Katie Jeffers, Taylor Bradley Danielle O’Keefe, Caoilinn Hickey
U15G league: Lisgoold 3-5 Rockbán 1-5
The first match of the U15 girls league promised to be a tough challenge for the Lisgoold girls against Rockbán.On Wednesday evening the first half began with Rockbán scoring the first 3 points, with no reply from Lisgoold, despite quite a few scoring chances. Towards the end of the first half Donna McCann scored a great goal from 20 yards out.Rockban responded with another point before halftime to make the score 1-4 to 1-0 to Rockbán at the break.
There were a few positional changes at half time. This proved to be instrumental in changing the game around. Great points from Caoilinn Hickey, Danielle O’Keefe and Siomha Walsh and a goal each from Dayna Bradley and Siomha saw Lisgoold move into a commanding lead and Rockbán scoring only 1 point in the second half. Cara O’Brien and Caoilinn played a great game in midfield, stifling Rockbán’s attacks. I would like to mentioned one of our new players, Tara Spriggs, who did a great job as goal keeper in her first match. Well done to all the girls who played. Junior Ladies are to play a County semi-final shortly - date and venue TBC.
Under 14s, 12s, 10s and 8s are training on Saturday morning and Under 16/minors are training with the Junior Women.
Cash for Clobber - Reminder - collection of bags takes place in the GAA grounds on September 21st between 7pm and 8pm only. Please pass this information around. Local Youth Club AGM will be held on Thursday, September 8th at 8.30pm in the Community Centre.
Watergrasshill survive relegation battle WATERGRASSHILL 1-17 ARGIDEEN RANGERS 1-12
WATERGRASSHILL will remain in the Premier Intermediate hurling championship for next season after seeing off the challenge of Argideen Rangers in the relegation final at Ballinhassig on Sunday morning. In a hard fought contest, the greater scoring power of Watergrasshill saw them through.
Full forward, John Halbert weighed in with 1-7 while Paddy O’Regan also landed five points for the winners who led by 1-12 to 0-6 at the interval. On the resumption Argideen made a valiant effort and closed the gap to three points. It was as close as they were to get, however, and Watergrasshill pulled clear again to win by five points and secure their premier status for next season, while Argideen will drop down to the Intermediate grade.
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Midleton
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www.midletongaa.com October 1st. Following the sucFé 21 cess of last year’s fundraiser we are doing the same again this East Cork Final year. For €20 you can enter our draw. If the finishing order of the Midleton 3-17 dogs in the nominated race matches your ticket you win Only one ticket will be Erin’s Own 1-08 €1,000. sold for each possible combinaMIDLETON completed the East Cork Hurling and Football Fé 21 A grade double on Saturday evening last when they overcame Erin’s Own in convincing style. The game was played in Lisgoold, and Midleton played with the wind and the hill in the first half. We were quickly into our stride. We were leading by 05 to 0-2 when the first goal arrived, courtesy of Luke O’Farrell who won a long delivery on the 21 and created his own opportunity which he finished in style. The points continued to flow and a second goal duly arrived when Pa Whyte finished spectacularly for a delightful goal. Midleton continued to build a score. Our defence was well on top and Erin’s Own were limited to frees. Given that we would face the wind and the hill in the second half it was important to build a good lead, and at half time we were leading by 2-11 to 0-04. The second half was a more even contest but at no stage did it look like our lead was going to come under pressure. Paul Haughney added a third goal and the game came to a tame finish with Midleton finishing on 3-17 to Erin’s Own 1-08. After the game East Cork Board Chairman, Michael O’Brien presented the Ben Purcell Cup to Midleton captain, James Nagle.
Minor Hurling Quarter Final
Our Minor Hurlers are in Championship action this coming weekend when they face Castlelyons in the quarter final. These teams met already in the Championship when Midleton came through a good quality game, but it was only in the last ten minutes of that game that we got on top. Castlelyons played a lot of good hurling and appeared to be a well drilled side. Midleton had to pull out all the stops on the night to get the win. The Midleton selectors have guided their team to an extra time win over Glen Rovers since then, and will be hoping to progress as they attempt to defend their title. They will have to plan without the services of the suspended Ian Kennifick, which does not make the task any easier. At the time of writing no exact fixture details were to hand.
Night at the Dogs
Midleton GAA Club are heading to the Dogs again on Saturday,
tion. Your ticket also gives free admission for two adults and three children to Curraheen Park Greyhound Stadium on race night of October 1st. This is an important fundraiser for the Club, and your support would be much appreciated. Tickets are available from all Club Officers.
Lotto
The Lotto, since its introduction to our Club a number of years ago, has been one of our main sources of income and is crucial towards the upkeep and development of the club. The Lotto draw takes place approximately 50 weeks of the year on each Friday night at the GAA Club. The Jackpot begins at €1,200 (our current Jackpot is €8,600) and increases weekly by €200. In the event of there being no winner we have 5 Lucky dips @ €40 each. We believe that many club members would support the Lotto if there was a more convenient way of contributing other than €2 per week. In addition to the 5 week, 11 week and Yearly tickets, we now have a Direct Debit facility available to those who would prefer to support the club in this manner. For as little as €8 a month you will be entered in at least 50 draws. If you would like to support your club please contact any Club officer who will assist you in completing the form.
Lotto Results
Friday, August 26th Numbers Drawn 6, 7, 10, 24. Jackpot €8,600. No Winner. Lucky Dip Winners of €40: Pat & Angela, c/o Dancing; Rose Wiggins, 23 Forrest Hill, Midleton; Mgt. Stafford O’Brien, c/o Bingo; Denis Cashman, c/o Pearse McCarthy and Karen Mahoney, Cobh. Next week’s jackpot is €8,800. Thank you for our continued support. You can now join our weekly Club Lotto via Direct Debit for only €8 per month. For further information contact any Club Officer.
Cork Development squads
Congrats and well done to everybody involved with the Cork
Hurling development squads who had great success at the various tournaments over the weekend.
Cork U16s Conan Finnegan, Padraic Nagle and Michael Abernethy, Cork U15s Gavin Bagnell, Cork U14s Seanaidh Smyth, Cormac Beausang and Micky O’Connell selector.
Fé 13 Eastern Championship
In the Eastern Championship we played 2 games away vs. St. Finbarr’s and away vs. Ballygarvan to reach the final. Both games were tight and hard fought affair with the Semi-Final v Ballygarvan being up for grabs by either side until the last 10 mins when our lads put in a great effort to close out the game. The Panel of players used over the course of both games was: Dylan Cahalane (Capt.), Eoin Hartnett, Temitayo Abdullah, Ronan O’Donovan,
Ryan O’Reagan, Kevin Daly, Conor Evans, Liam Franklin, Eoin Moloney, Sean O’Leary, Sean O’Meara, PJ Fitzgearld, Christopher Power, Conor O’Neill, Christian Daly, Shane O’Brien, Kelvin Hickey, John O’Dwyer, Tommy O’Connell, Cormac Higgins, and Tom Scanlon
Currently we await confirmation of when and where the final will be played, against either Courcey Rovers or St. Catherine’s.
Sam Collins Memorial Hurling Tournament
We were invited to take part by the Douglas club on Saturday, August 27th. It was a great day with the effort put in to organising this 8 team event very evident. The day ran very smoothly on the field, games wise, and the off field back up for lunch etc was first class. On the playing side we were in a group with the
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home side, Mungret of Limerick and Cloughduv. We lost by a point to Douglas while we won both our other games to see us advance to a semi-final vs. Kilkenny side, Dicksboro, where we lost to a strong side who went on to win the tournament. Our Panel on the day was: Padraig O’Brien (capt), Liam Franklin, John O’Dwyer, Conor Evans, Ryan McConville, Adam Daly, Kevin Mulcahy, Sean O’Meara, Sean O’Leary, David Mulcahy, Christopher Shanahan, Eoin Moloney, Christian Daly, Christopher Power, Kevin Daly, Shane O’Brien, Ronan O’Donovan, Dylan Cahalane, PJ Fitzgearld & Conor O’Neill.
Conor Evans, Ryan McConville, Adam Daly, Temitayo Abdullah, Kevin Mulcahy, Sean O’Meara, Sean O’Leary, David Mulcahy, Christopher Shanahan, Eoin Moloney, Christian Daly, Christopher Power, Kevin Daly, & Tommy O’Connell.
On Saturday, August 20th, we headed to Dungarvan to take on the home team in a challenge game which, after some great performances, we won well in the end. The group that travelled to Dungarvan was: Padraig O’Brien (capt), Shane O’Brien,
Our annual juvenile player registration and sale of club gear will take place on Saturday, September 24th, at the GAA club. More details to follow later on the website.
Challenge game
Fé 10
No matches for our Fé 10’s this week. However, training continues on Tuesday evenings and Saturday mornings. The next two Saturdays will be busy, firstly with matches against Bishopstown and Nemo Rangers, followed by a trip to Moyle Rovers in Fethard, Tipperary.
Registration Day
Cork ladies take on Laois
East Cork GAA
CORK 4 - 10 LAOIS 1 - 6
Fixtures
REPORT BY WILLIE O’NEILL
INCH Rovers Amy O’Shea (captain) got three goals in the second half to put Cork into the All-Ireland Ladies Football Final.
Laois got off to a great start with a goal, playing some great football for the first twenty minutes. Cork then got their first point followed by a goal by Rhona Ní Bhuachalla. Cork forwards were steadily improving and got a further two points to leave the half time score level at 1 - 3 each. The second half started with Cork scoring two fast points, with our centre field girls playing much better, es-
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pecially Juliet Murphy. Amy O’Shea then caught a high ball, got away from the backs, and scored a great goal, followed by another one. Cork were playing fantastic football at this stage, with our backs putting the shackles on the Laois forwards. Amy O’Shea then got her third goal, putting Cork on their way to an All-Ireland Final.
SCORERS, (Captain) Amy O’Shea 3, Rhona Ní Bhuachalla 1 - 1, Juliet Murphy 0 - 4, Nolliag Cleary 0 - 3, Mairéad Kelly 0 - 1 and Grace Kearney 0 - 1.
Wednesday, August 31st:
U21 B Hurling Championship: Cloyne vs. Russell Rovers at Ballinacurra, 6.30pm semi-final
Results
Garryvoe Hotel JFL Div 3: Carrigtwohill 1-10 Glenbower Rovers 1-14 Round 5 JHL Division 2: Bride Rovers 4-14 Dungourney 0-12 Round 3 St. Ita’s 2-12 Midleton 2-12 Round 7
U21 A Hurling Championship: Midleton 3-17 Erin’s Own 1-8 Final Erin’s Own 0-21 Sarsfields 2-13 Semi-Final ET.
Goals galore at Ardrath Park
OVER 70 children enjoyed four days of great fun and soccer skills training at the 3rd Coaching4Christ soccer camp held in Youghal.
Each day the youngsters were put through their paces with a variety of drills, culminating with team matches! On the final day there was a “world cup” competition with everyone going home with a medal, and the winning team with a small trophy! After juice & biscuits each day there was a short Bible based talk from one of the coaches, who are all Bible believing Christians. A great time
was had by all and plans are already underway for another camp next year. As a token of appreciation the Club hosted the coaches to lunch in the commit-
tee room of Youghal United AFC. During the week the coaches commented several times on how friendly people were, how much they appreci-
ated the help of Club members, and how impressed they were with the pitches and overall facilities at Ardrath Park! It would seem everyone was a winner!
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Midleton bring home Ben Purcell Cup East Cork U21 ‘A’ Hurling Final
MIDLETON’S Jamie Nagle took the Ben Purcell Cup home to Clonmult Memorial Park on Saturday night last, after a facile victory over Erin’s Own in a well-prepared Lisgoold venue. From the off Midleton were in control of this game with their senior panellists to the fore as they took the game to Erin’s Own. Midleton were powered from the back, with Patrick O’Mahoney in total command, while outside him Paudie O’Keeffe, Padraig O ‘Shea and the aforementioned Nagle were in sublime form for the Magpies. Their midfield pairing of Seamus Farrell and Ian Kenefick were keeping the pressure on Erin’s Own, as the forward sextant were an ever threat such was their hurling prowess. Erin’s Own, on the other hand, were dependent on Cormac Dooley and Jack Sheehan at the back, with Mark Collins doing his best to steady the midfield ship. Up front Mossie O’Carroll was a lone figure in trying his best to gain access to the Midleton goal. The game was level after one minute when Midleton’s Paul Haughney and Erin’s Own’s Mark Collins had opening points. Conor Lehane punished Erin’s Own with a point after a poor clearance, whilst Cormac Walsh had his first pointed free after seven minutes. Collins added a second pointed free for the Caherlag men on the tenth minute, but the lively Luke
O’Farrell replied immediately for Midleton. For the remainder of the half, Midleton put on a display of hurling that Erin’s Own could not match in any sector of the field. They added 2-4 on the trot, the goals coming from the sticks of Farrell and Stephen Moore, while Erin’s Own could only muster two points during the same period. Midleton raised two more white flags to let the score at the short whistle, Midleton 2-11 to Erin’s Own 0-4.
MIDLETON 3-17 ERIN’S OWN 1-8
On the resumption Midleton kept up the same tempo, with Cormac Walsh in blistering form on the left wing. Cormac added three points in the opening ten minutes of the second half, one of those from a long solo up the sideline which he struck on the run, another from a dead ball and the third again from play. Mark Collins did his best for Erin’s Own adding two points from frees, while sub Lesly Coughlan got around the Midleton backline once and buried the ball to add his side’s only goal. Midleton’s Ian Kennefick and Erin’s Own’s Niall Scanlon got their marching orders on the 50th minute for an off the ball incident. Haughney put the final nail in Erin’s Own coffin when he added a third goal for Midleton, as Erin’s Own challenge peered out. This was an emphatic win for this Midleton side and they will take some beating in the County
Midleton East Cork U 21 champs (Photos: Denis O’Flynn)
Luke O’Farrell chased by Niall Scanlon
championship. The future of Midleton looks extremely healthy judging by their superior hurling ability during this game. SCORERS FOR MIDLETON: C. Walsh 0-8 (0-6 f), L. O’Farrell and P. Haughney 1-2 each, P. Whyte 1-0, C. Lehane 0-3, S. Moore, P. O’Keefe 0-1 each. ERIN’S OWN: M. Collins 0-7 (0-6 f) M. O’Carroll 1-0, A. Power 0-1.
Cormac Walsh takes flight
TEAM: Midleton; T. Wallis, K. Burke, P. O’Mahoney, F. O’Mahoney, P. O’Keeffe, P. O’Shea, J. Nagle, S. O’Farrell, I. Kennefick, C. Walsh, C. Lehane, S. Moore, P. Whyte, L. O’Farrell, P. Haughney. SUBS: S. Ryan for C. Walsh, L. Coughlan for K. Burke, N. Walsh for P. Whyte, C. McCarthy for C. Lehane, N. Madden for S. O’Farrell. ERIN’S OWN: P. Ryan; N. Fouhy, C. Dooley, C. Cronin, N. Scanlon, J. Sheehan, K. Fenton; M. Collins C. Geary; A. Power, M. O’Connell, Calvin O’Callaghan; Cian O’Callaghan, C. O’Mahony, D. Ryng. Sub: D. Smiddy for Calvin O’Callaghan. REFEREE: Brian Murphy (Carrigtwohill)
Jamie Nagle accepting cup from Ml O Brien
Mossie O’Connell, Brian Murphy and Jamie Nagle
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Carrigtwohill prevail against Cloyne in quarter final thriller Carrigtwohill 1-20 Cloyne 3-12 A STORMING third quarter, coinciding with the switch of Robert White to the half forward line, propelled Carrigtwohill into a five point lead which, in the finish, proved to be crucial as Cloyne came close to earning a replay in a thrilling second half of the Cork senior hurling quarter final, played at Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Sunday afternoon.
In that third quarter Carrigtwohill hit a purple patch as White exploded into action, firing over three sublime points. Another came from Niall McCarthy, while a sparkling run from Stephen Kidney set up Mickey Fitzgerald for a Carrigtwohill goal. All of these scores came in a six minute period and helped the winners into a 1-16 to
2-8 lead, after a deflected free from Paudi O’Sullivan had seen Cloyne take the lead shortly into the second half.
If the second half produced some terrific fare, the opening moiety was poor in the extreme as both sides opted for a cautious approach. Cloyne did forge ahead with a solo goal from Mikey Walsh on four minutes, but Carrig soon drew level with frees from Mick Fitzgerald and Tómas Hogan, and a point from play from Niall McCarthy. Indeed, all three players along with Robert White were central to the Carrigtwohill effort in the first half as Carrig, with the aid of the breeze, led for the most part. Cloyne lost a great goal chance, with Paudi O’Sullivan missing
when it looked easier to score. The Cork star did add three late points, and another from brother Colm, meant Cloyne were still very much in the hunt at half time, trailing by 1-4 to 0-10. Daniel O’Mahony and Tomás Hogan landed good points to keep Carrigtwohill in front at the short whistle. Cloyne resumed in determined fashion with Paudi O’Sullivan firing over two points in quick succession to level matters, and when O’Sullivan’s free was deflected past William McCarthy, things were looking better for Cloyne. Then came the Carrigtwohill switch of Rob White to the outside line and with Tomás Hogan bringing the sides level, it was then that Carrig hit their pur-
ple patch to put daylight between the sides, as White and Niall McCarthy cut loose. Cloyne was rocked for a few minutes, but certainly not defeated at this stage. With Diarmuid O’Sullivan powering forward the Cloyne challenge came again, and with ten minutes remaining a third goal from Chris Smith had Cloyne back in the hunt as they trailed by 3-9 to 1-17. Mick Fitzgerald managed to stretch the Carrig advantage to three points, but the outcome was still very much in the balance with Cloyne surging forward at every opportunity.
Carrigtwohill was barely hanging on but tremendous defending by Sean Forde, Michael O’Riordan and Noel Furlong kept Cloyne out, and in a hit and run attack Carrig earned a free which Fitzgerald dispatched between
Carrig’s Tomas Hogan under pressure
Mick Fitzgerald, Carrig captain
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Carrig’s Colm O’Connell is held by Cloyne’s Paudie O’Sullivan
the posts to calm Carrig nerves. They were not home and hosed just yet, as Conor Cusack flashed over a point and Paudi O’Sullivan followed with another, and suddenly the lead was down to a single point with time almost up. Cloyne were now camped around the Carrig goal but every Carrig player was working their socks off to prevent an equaliser. Great tackles, hooks and blocks went in as Cloyne just could not get a sniff in front of goal. The pressure was relieved with a long clearance that found Stephen Kidney, who ran for the corner flag. It was the right thing to do, but he did more, as somehow his shot from the corner went over the bar, and suddenly you knew that it was going to be Carrigtwohill’s day. Cloyne now needed a goal to win, and having missed one before half time, they were not going to get a second chance. On the day of Willie John Daly’s 78th birthday, it was Carrigtwohill that prevailed over Cloyne to book a mouth watering semi final clash with Midleton on September 11th in Páirc Uí Chaoimh.
Carrigtwohill have every chance of reaching a final, something that they might just have dreamt about earlier in the season. They are now just an hour away and this win will further boost their confidence, especially since they are still without Jason Barrett, Andrew Garde and Captain, Brian Lordan.
CARRIGTWOHILL: M Fitzgerald 15, T Hogan 0-6, R White 0-4, N McCarthy 0-3, D O’Mahony and S Kidney 0-1 each. CLOYNE: C O’Sullivan 1-1, M Walsh and C Smith 1-0 each, P O’Sullivan 0-8, C Cusack 0-2 and D O’Sullivan 0-1. CARRIGTWOHILL: W McCarthy, P O’Sullivan, S Forde, M O’Riordan, S Flannery, N Furlong, M Foley, D O’Mahony, C O’Connell, L O’Sullivan, N McCarthy, S Kidney, R White, M Fitzgerald and T Hogan. Sub used A Gosnell for M Foley inj and S O’Farrell. CLOYNE: D Óg Cusack, E O’Sullivan, K Cronin, B Fleming, D O’Sullivan, B McCarthy, D Jermyn, M Walsh, D O’Sullivan, J Nyhan, P O’Sullivan, D Cahill, C O’Sullivan, C Cusack and C Smith. Subs used K Dennehy and C O’Lomasney. REFEREE: John Sexton, Ballyea.
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All stars as Killeagh swoop past St. Catherine’s Cork Camogie Championship KILLEAGH 1-9 ST. CATHERINE’S 0-6 ST CATHERINE’S roared into a 3 point lead before Kate Murphy’s accurate free taking tied things up ten minutes in. Clare Keohane put Killeagh in front with a well taken point from play; immediately Orla Cotter tied things up again. A bright passage from Killeagh saw a long ball from Angela Walsh finding Clare Keohane who despatched it to the net. A 21 yard free for Killeagh was saved on the line by the Saints. Half time score Killeagh 1-04 St. Catherine’s 0-04.
Angela Walsh opened Killeagh’s second half account with a brilliant score from play. Kate Murphy’s 21 yard free and an Orla Cotter score saw the score line read 1-06 to 0-5, before a fabulous 70 yard free by Mary O’Connor who was outstanding throughout. Kate Murphy and Orla Murphy traded scores; the Killeagh defence was outstanding throughout, repelling several attacks. An outstanding final score from Clare Keohane saw Killeagh win this one out. Manager, Kevin O Connor was very proud of his charges. Killeagh meet Douglas in the next round.
Championship Previews with Declan Barron Fr. O’Neill’s looking to book Intermediate hurling county final spot Saturday, September 3rd in Páirc Uí Rinn IHC semi-final Fr. O’Neill’s vs. Milford at 5pm
Fr. O’Neill’s will be hoping to reach the Intermediate hurling semi final when they take on Milford in Páirc Uí Rinn on Saturday afternoon. The East Cork side have played very well to get this far, and they will look to Ger O’Leary, Podge Butler, Billy Murphy, William Joyce and Eoin Conway to guide them through. Milford will not be a pushover with county player, Eoin Dillon leading their challenge and they did well to get over Barryroe to reach the semi final. Fr. O’Neill’s did really well to overcome Ballygarvan, so I believe they will come out on top in this one.
Saturday, September 3rd IHC quarter final, replay Aghada vs. Bandon in Church Road, time TBC
Aghada will have little time to get over their football championship defeat, but now they can put all their energy into their hurling effort. They were caught on the line by Bandon two weeks ago, so hopefully Aghada can now go on and win this time round. Again they will look to Cian Fleming, Eoin Healy, Pierce O’Neill and Trevor O’Keeffe for leadership. If they can get their scoring rate to improve, then Aghada must have a decent chance of coming through this time round.
Note: please check with clubs before travelling as some fixtures may be subject to change of time or venue.
East Cork Final Launch
The launch of the East Cork Final will take place in Midleton on Friday, September 2nd at 8pm, where Officers, Captains and Board officials from Dungourney and Carrig na bhFearr will meet with the sponsors in advance of the East Cork Oil Sponsored Junior A hurling final, which will be held in Midleton on Saturday September 10th at 6pm.
Junior Football Championship resumes Friday, September 2nd in Ballinacurra Lisgoold vs. Carrigtwohill at 6.30pm
Football action returns to the division this weekend with the meeting of Lisgoold and Carrigtwohill in the Junior football semi final, but with Carrigtwohill winning in the Senior hurling, this game could now be postponed as the other side of the draw sees Castlemartyr set to face Carrig na bhFearr with Glenbower Rovers awaiting the winner here. Should the game go ahead, then I think Lisgoold will come out on top as Carrig are unlikely to risk any further injury to their senior players. The most likely outcome is a postponement, but as of now the game is scheduled to go ahead.
Wednesday, August 31st U21 B Hurling in Ballinacurra Cloyne vs. Russell Rovers at 6.30pm
On tonight, Wednesday in Ballinacurra, Russell Rovers and Cloyne are set to meet in the U21 B hurling championship. This could be a tense affair given recent transfer dealings between the clubs, so an exciting game could be in prospect. Dillon Cahill, Chris Smith and Keith Dennehy will lead the Cloyne challenge, but Russell Rovers may well come out on top in this one.
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Youghal and Kinsale finish all square in nail-biting finish at Páirc Uí Rinn YOUGHAL 0-11 KINSALE 1-8 YOUGHAL and Kinsale will have to meet again to decide who progresses to the Intermediate football semi final, after both sides wasted chances to win this contest at Páirc Uí Rinn on Sunday night. Again, controversy surrounded the outcome with Kinsale landing a disputed equaliser on the stroke of full time, much to the annoyance of the Youghal contingent. To add insult to injury Youghal seemed to have gotten their reward with James O’Mahony pointing in the 4th minute of injury time to put Youghal back in front, but somehow another three minutes of
time was added on and Barry Gray came up with an equaliser for Kinsale, which sends this tie to a replay.
In truth, both side will feel they should, and could, have won yet both were wasteful in front of goal, when assisted by the strong breeze. Youghal, playing against the elements, made the better start with Paul Moylan landing three early points, one from play and two frees as they settled well. Kinsale took a while to get going but once Derry O’Callaghan goaled to bring the sides level, it was Kinsale that
looked the better side in the second quarter. Points from Gearóid Finn and Brian Coughlan were replied to by Nigel Roche and Paul Kelly, but other minors from Finn and Coughlan left Kinsale two to the good at half time, leading by 1-4 to 0-5. Kinsale might well have added a second goal but Gerard Finn wasted the opportunity. In the second half Youghal brought on Bill Cooper, and with Ken Dempsey fielding brilliantly, they took control of the midfield sector. Good approach work was not matched by the finishing, although Brendan Ring did close the gap to a point with a good score from play. Although Kinsale was still in front they
found it tough going but still managed to extend their lead with two points from Finn in a very stop-start third quarter. Youghal introduced Conor Spillane and Jonathon Ormonde to their attack and it paid a dividend with Ormonde pointing. When Spillane followed suit, just a point separated the sides as the game entered the dying minutes (or so we thought). Brendan Ring brought the sides level with a point from play and then kicked the East Cork side into the lead with a point from a free. All hell then broke loose as a long range attempt from Derry O’Callaghan, seemed miles wide yet the score was allowed as the
referee overruled his linesman and concurred with the umpire to allow the score, much to the annoyance of the Youghal support. Justice, it seemed, had been done when James O’Mahony came forward to kick Youghal back into the lead in the 4th minute of injury time. It was not to be, however, as a further three minutes was added on and Barry Gray landed the equaliser to give Kinsale a second bite at the cherry. It was hard luck on Youghal, but they can go into the replay, secure in the knowledge that they were the better side and should have won in normal time. They must now regroup and focus on the positives, of which there were many, and they are
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The Youghal team
still very much in the hunt in hurling and football.
YOUGHAL: P Moylan and B Ring 0-3 each, P Kelly, N Roche, J Ormonde, C Spillane and J O’Mahony 0-1 each. Kinsale: D O’Callaghan 1-1, G Finn 04, B Coughlan 0-2 and B Gray 0-1 YOUGHAL: S O’Sullivan, B O’Sullivan, P O’Driscoll, A Fox, M Cronin, Barry Ring, B Coleman, K Dempsey, D Ring, J O’Mahony, B ring, P Kelly, N Roche, D O’Mahony and P Moylan. Subs used B Cooper, C Spillane and J Ormonde. KINSALE: C Hackett, N McCarthy, M O’Sullivan, C McCarthy, J Gould, J Keohane, R O’Sullivan, D O’Callaghan, D Coughlan, B Coughlan, A Gould, N Stanley, B Gray, C O’Sullivan and G Finn. Subs used M Coughlan, P Buckley, M Eaton, C Stallard and D Murphy. REFEREE: P Downey, Inniscarra.
Cork reach another All Ireland Ladies Football Final CORK 4-10 LAOIS 1-6 JUST A week after beating Dublin, Cork returned to the TG4 Ladies semi-final where Laois were bidding to halt Cork’s return to the big stage. Laois got the dream start when, playing with the aid of a strong first half breeze, Laois opened with a goal when wing forward Martina Dunne dropped in a high ball which lobbed over Cork net minder, Elaine Harte, to drop to the net. Two awarded frees for Laois sharpshooter, Tracey Lawlor followed by a point for Martina Dunne had Laois 1-3 to 0-0 ahead at the half’s mid point.
Juliet Murphy opened Cork’s account with a free, and when Rhona Buckley goaled on the 21st minute the sides were at parity, thanks to points also from Mairead Kelly & Murphy. Buckley was causing all sorts of problems for the Laois defenders and on the 26th minute was fouled, for the first of Cork’s awarded penalties. Drama unfolded as Valerie Mulcahy’s shot was parried away, her rebounded shot came
off the post for Amy O’Shea who kicked wide of the target. So the half time score stood at the Cashel venue Cork 1-3 Laois 13. Laois needed a positive start to the second half playing against the strong wind, but their first attack proved fruitless. Cork swiftly moved the ball through defence into attack and Captain, Amy O Shea was on hand to shoot past Ciamh Dollard for the first of her second half hat trick. Her second came a minute later when a short kick out was intercepted by O’Shea, who passed it to Valerie Mulcahy, and ran through for the return ball to pass the Laois net minder. Cork followed with four further points from Murphy, Buckley, Nollaig Cleary & Grace Kearney to two for Laois, one each for Lawlor and Grace Weston, before O’Shea broke through the Laois defence for her third of the afternoon. Briege Corkery, who must have covered nearly every blade of grass, was fouled min-
utes later for Cork’s second penalty which produced a wonderful save from Dollard to deny Buckley. With the clock ticking down Cleary added the last two Cork points, and so Cork marched through to their 6th All Ireland final in 7 years.
Cork’s midfielder, Juliet Murphy was awarded the player of the match for her tireless work throughout the 60 minutes.
TEAMS & SCORERS: Elaine Harte, Anne Marie Walsh, Angela Walsh, Deirdre O Reilly, Briege Corkery, Brid Stack, Geraldine O’Flynn Juliet Murphy
(0-4), Rena Buckley, Nollaig Cleary (03) Mairead Kelly (0-1), Grace Kearney (0-1), Valerie Mulcahy, Rhona Buckley (1-1) and Amy O’Shea (3-0). SUBS USED: Annie Walsh for Mulcahy, Norita Kelly for Rena Buckley, Laura McMahon for M Kelly, Aine Sheehan for Kearney and Orlagh Farmer for O’Shea. LAOIS: Ciamh Dollard, Laura Hyland,
Grainne Dunne, Ellen Healy, Alison Taylor, Jane Moore, Mags McEvoy, Angela Casey, Tracey Lawlor ( 0-3) Mary Kirwin (0-1), Anna Moore, Martina Dunne ( 1-1), Louise Fogarty ,Sinead Doogue, Grace Weston (0-1) .Subs used Martha Kirwan for Dunne, Olwyn Farrell for Casey. REFEREE: G Corrigan, Down
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W.W.E.C. BALLYBRIDGE DEFEAT VALLEY AND PLAY PINEWOOD
SEMI FINAL OF BOLGER CUP THIS WEEKEND
BRIDEVIEW A INTO ANOTHER FINAL AND PLAY CASTLEBRIDGE
THIS coming Sunday will see the two semi finals of the Tony Bolger Cup take place, kindly sponsored by The Dungarvan Leader, with surprise package, Ballybridge, playing Pinewood and Brideview A and Castlebridge contesting the other semi final.
There were group games played on Wednesday night, Saturday and Sunday and the results saw Brideview A top Group A, Ballybridge in Group B, Pinewood in Group C, and Castlebridge in Group D. Ballybridge had to travel to Conna on Sunday morning knowing a draw would suffice to see Valley through on goal difference. The visitors battled back from a goal in the 5th minute to score twice and claim all three points, while Pinewood had a very big victory against Kinsalebeg, who were playing their first home game in the league.
Brideview A inflicted another heavy defeat on Cappoquin, while Castlebridge defeated Brideview B in Tallow, both games played on Saturday evening, and the winners of both games now play each other in the semi final.
Clashmore 1 Brideview B 1
Played at Pablo Park last Wednesday night, Clashmore relinquished their hold on the Bolger Cup with this draw to Brideview. Following their defeat in Castlelyons 4 days earlier, this was a must win game for the cup holders.
After a defensive blunder by the Brideview defence early in the opening half, John Prendergast scored the only goal of the first half. The cup holders held this lead up to the 85th minute when Thomas McGrath scored an equaliser and a share of the points, leaving Clashmore out of the competition, and Brideview playing the last game in the group for a semi final spot.
Mogeely 0 Valley Rangers 2
Mogeely, Bolger Cup runners up last season, went down to their second defeat in four days, losing on Wednesday night to Valley Rangers, thus ending their interest in the competition. Valley led at the break through a Ray McCurtain goal and the visitors scored their second in injury time when a defensive error allowed John Galvin put the ball in the net and Valley the points as they head for their final group game, knowing a draw will suffice to put them in the semi final. With three ex Mogeely players in the Valley side, the Conna outfit are a strong and well organised team and will be contenders for the league title on this display. Mogeely were not at full strength and should again be in a challenging position come the end of the season. Inch knew a draw on Wednesday night would probably see them through to the semi final on goal difference but, as twice last year in the League, Brideview came out on top. Inch had plenty of chances, while Brideview had
Brideview A 1 Inch 0
more of the play, but after a scoreless opening half, John Moran scored for the home team on 60 minutes and, try as they might, Inch could not get the goal they so badly needed. This was an important win for Brideview and they head to Cappoquin knowing a draw will see top the group.
Inch will bemoan the chances created, but could not find the net. As last year, they find Brideview their bogey side.
Railway Ath 7 Kinsalebeg 0
Playing their first competitive game in the WWEC League, Kinsalebeg were on the receiving end of a seven goal defeat at the Danesfield on Wednesday night. Railway scored seven and, in truth, could have had a few more goals with the luxury of two missed penalties. Goals from Liam McLoughlin, Killian O Sullivan and Marius, had the home side leading at half time by 3 goals. In the 2nd half O Sullivan scored twice more to complete his hat trick, and a goal each from Ryan Duggan and Daniel gave Railway a comprehensive victory. The visitors will have learned a lot from this game and look forward to their first home game when Pinewood are the visitors on Sunday.
Brideview B 1 Castlebridge 3
Castlebridge qualified for the semi final against Brideview A with this victory against the Tallow B string on Saturday night. Having already defeated the holders, Clashmore, Castlebridge were confident for this trip to Tallow and were rewarded when Aidan O Sullivan scored after 10 minutes. However, Dean Hennessy equalised for the home side minutes later and we had two goals scored in the opening 20 minutes. Ronan Fenton found the net for the visitors on 30 minutes, and this was the score at half time. When Alan Barry added a third goal 15 minutes after the restart, Castlebridge knew they were in the semi final, and they now look forward to the weekend with Brideview A in a cup final appearance.
Cappoquin 4 Brideview A 9
As a contest this game was over at half time, with Brideview leading by 6 goals to nil. This game was the second that saw an understrength Cappoquin take on the top two from last season in two weekends. The previous week Inch put 10 goals into the Cappoquin net. Cappoquin improved in the 2nd half and scored four times, but Brideview also scored 5 more times in this half. Brideview scorers on the night were Michael Curley 4, Chris Sheehan 3 and a goal from Dave McInerney and an OG.
Valley Rangers 1 Ballybridge 2
A draw in Conna on Sunday morning would have seen Valley top the group on goal difference, but Ballybridge had other ideas and came away with a victory and a place in the semi final against Pinewood. Valley took the lead in the opening 5 minutes when a defensive blunder allowed Billy Carr toscore. But credit Ballybridge, they put that mistake behind them and, on 20 minutes, James Furlong equalised to leave the sides level at the break and Valley the group leaders.
Both sides played a thrilling second half, with the visitors going all out for the goal that would give them the points. Sure enough, in the 70th minute Anton Walsh scored the goal that saw Ballybridge leap frog Valley into the semi final. The two group victories by the Ballymacoda outfit have been achieved against Premier opposition, defeating both Mogeely and Valley Rangers. Valley were not at full strength, but regardless, this was a great victory for Ballybridge.
Kinsalebeg 0 Pinewood 10
Kinsalebeg played their first home competitive game in the League on Sunday morning against favourites, Pinewood. On a beautiful morning and before a nice sized attendance at an excellent venue, Pinewood were much too strong for an inexperienced home team and the game, as a contest, was over at the break when Pinewood had a five goal advantage. We took in this game and compliment the Kinsalebeg club on their excellent facilities. The pitch is, without doubt, one of the best in the WWEC League, with dressing rooms, and dug outs on both sides of the field. However, the Kinsalebeg team will have to improve on their two games to date with 17 conceded and no goal scored. They definitely got a baptism of fire in both Bolger Cup games, but with more experienced players to come onto their panel in the next few weeks, visiting teams may not find it as easy as Pinewood did. With Keith Guiry giving a
masterly display from mid field, the home team had no answer to his display, while Tom Guiry gave a wonderful display at the heart of the Pinewood defence. Scorers for Pinewood were Keith and Darren Guiry with 2 goals each. Dave and Andy Meehan 2 goals each and a goal each, from Ollie Smith and Richie Meehan.
RESULTS
BOLGER CUP (sponsor Dungarvan Leader) Brideview A 1 Inch 0 Mogeely 0 Valley Rangers 2 Railway Ath 7 Kinsalebeg 0 Clashmore 1 Brideview B 1 Cappoquin 4 Brideview A 9 Brideview B 1 Castlebridge 3 Valley Rangers 1 Ballybridge 2 Kinsalebeg 0 Pinewood 10
PREVIEWS
This Sunday we have the two Tony Bolger Cup semi finals, with Brideview at home to Castlebridge and Pinewood at home to Ballybridge.
Brideview A vs. Castlebridge
Brideview reached the semi final last season before losing to Clashmore, and then went into the Plate Final before losing to Pinewood. This coming Sunday they have Castlebridge as visitors, and the visitors already defeated the holders, Clashmore, in the group stage. They also defeated Brideview B last Saturday evening in Tallow. Sunday’s game will be totally different for both sides. This is a must win for both, as this is knock out now, with the losers playing in the Plate Final.
When they met in the last game of the league last May, Brideview came out on top, but on that occasion, both teams were fulfilling a league fixture, with the Tallow side finishing runners up to Inch. In the group game last Wednesday evening, Brideview defeated Inch by the only goal of the game. When one realises Inch are League champions, this was a very good and important win for the Tallow side.
In the two games played Castlebridge have been very impressive. They will travel to Tallow full of confidence and will expect to win and be in the final.
This is a game that could go to extra time, but home advantage may see Brideview through.
Pinewood vs. Ballybridge
What an intriguing semi-final we have at the Knockmeal venue with last year’s Plate winners playing Ballybridge. Pinewood lost their semi final game to Mogeely and then defeated Brideview A in the final. This season so far they have scored 15 goals in their two
group games, 10 of those last week against Kinsalebeg. Ballybridge, on the other hand, had two premier division sides to play and defeated Mogeely at home before travelling to Conna last Sunday and defeating Valley Rangers by the odd goal of three. Two good victories that have many thinking Ballybridge may be promotion prospects come the end of May. That is a long way down the road, while this Sunday is a knockout game with the winners through to the Cup Final and the loser in the Plate Final.
Pinewood look a formidable team this season and while not at full strength yet, will be strong when the league starts up. Ballybridge, after their good group victories, will not fear Pinewood, but we think home advantage may help Pinewood. Pinewood cannot be ruled out and this game could end up with a penalty shoot out after extra time.
FIXTURES
4/9/11: TONY BOLGER CUP (sponsor Dungarvan Leader) Brideview vs. Castlebridge, 11.30am, D. Coleman, D. O’Sullivan, P. Griffin Pinewood vs. Ballybridge, 11.30am, J. O’Riordan, M. Hartnett, M. Curran.
DELEGATE MEETING
This Monday night, September 5th, there is a Delegate Meeting at Lismore House Hotel commencing at 8.30pm. It is imperative that all clubs are present on the night as Hon Fixture Secretary, Noel Hegarty, will be announcing the opening league fixtures for the coming season, which commences weekending August 11th.
As we wrote last week, there are 10 teams competing in the Mari Mina Pharmacy Premier, while in the Lismore House Hotel, there are 11 teams entered. The league is waiting clearance from the Munster Football Association on one of the applications, and this will be known the following week. If successful, the ‘new’ team will commence playing weekending September 18th. There is definitely one new club, Kinsalebeg, while Lismore after an ‘enforced’ break, will be back playing again in the 1st division.
Looking at the teams comprising the two divisions, both appear to be very competitive and it is not easy to forecast the top two in either division. We always do so at this time of the season, and we will do so again in our notes next week. On the agenda also are the Oscar Traynor Cup and the Youth Inter League team.
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Through our notes we sympathise with Gene Crotty, Youghal Utd and CRY on the death of his brother Joe last week. Ar Dheis Dé ar a anam.
CORK CITY WIN, WATERFORD LOSE
Last Friday night Waterford played hosts to St Patrick’s Athletic, and Cork City travelled to Ferrycarrig to play Wexford Youths in the FAI Ford Cup 4th Round.
Former Waterford and Carrick player, Daryl Kavanagh, proved too much of a handful for the Waterford defence, scoring twice in the opening 20 minutes, and Pat’s completed their cup victory with a converted penalty after 5 minutes of the second half. So, a very disappointing defeat for the loyal Waterford fans who travel to the RSC for all home games. With promotion prospects now also gone, it is a case of playing out the season with top teams such as Cork City, Shelbourne and Monaghan all to visit the RSC in the league. Cork City defeated Wexford by the only goal of the game at Ferrycarrig and is now in the last 8. What a season the Cork club are having in the promotion race with Shelbourne, Monaghan and Limerick, and they have to play all three yet, with Limerick visitors to Turner’s Cross this Saturday evening, with a 5pm kick off.
On Saturday, September 24th, Cork City play Derry City in the final of the EA Sports Cup at Turners Cross, with a 6pm kick off. For those who cannot travel, the game is live on Setanta Sports. Also into the last 8 of the Cup is Limerick, who had a great victory last Friday night at the Carlisle Grounds defeating Bray by 4 goals to nil. So, into the quarter-finals we have two Munster clubs in Cork City and Limerick, and we hope the draw will be kind to both of them.
For those League of Ireland supporters and fans, Shamrock Rovers’ victory last Thursday night in Belgrade in the Europa Cup, sees a team from the league play the group stages in Europe for the very first time, and proves the league has at long last broken into the top tier of football in Europe. League of Ireland teams have been knocking on the door for a number of years, but at long last the door has opened and the Hoops will represent the whole league in the next few weeks, when the group stages com-
mence with the visit of Tottenham Hotspur, the highlight of the group games. So for all us League Of Ireland fans, Rovers victory has shown that all the Friday nights we give to the league is at last worth while. We wish Rovers the very best.
WOMEN NEEDED!
The FAI is offering places to women on a unique education and football course which will give them the skills and experience necessary to gain work in different aspects of the game such as coaching, refereeing and administration, for years to come. This is an opportunity for women to gain coaching qualifications, expand their education and get work placement experience. If you are over 18, out of work and love football and you would like to join a course which combines getting FETAC education awards and work placements, then this new initiative, beginning in September in Carlow, Ballymun and Waterford City, could be for you. Right now the FAI would like to hear from more women, to whom 50% of the course places are being allocated.
The project represents a great opportunity for people in designated areas who are unemployed, and the extra qualifications and work experience gathered on the course should provide a real boost to a person’s CV when looking for a job, or to progress their education.
CORKBEG AFC St. John Bosco’s 2 Corkbeg 2
Corkbeg and St. John Bosco’s drew 2-2 in Waterrock, Midleton last Thursday evening. Luckily, the rain stayed away and the game was played in sunshine throughout. St. John Bosco’s started the better and had Corkbeg on the back foot for the opening 20 minutes with Stephen Cahill, Tommy Laffan and Barry Mulcahy catching the eye. Corkbeg took the lead against the run of play after 25 minutes when Fred Wenham beat Bosco’s goalkeeper, Pakie O’Mahoney, at his near post after a great through ball by Ronan Forde. But, it was Bosco’s who kept the pressure up and they had near misses by Willie O’Brien and Barry Mulcahy. Forde almost doubled the Begs lead just before half time, but O’Mahoney saved well from his well struck shot. Strong defending from Dean Keegan and Sean Quirke ensured the Beg stayed ahead until half time.
All the excitement came in the second half. Corkbeg certainly upped their game and enjoyed the lions share of possession with Maurice Roche outstanding in midfield, forcing the Bosco’s management into making a triple-substitution. It was a decision that came back to haunt them as midfielder, Ken O’Mahoney had to limp off soon after, leaving the Midleton side to play the remaining 20 minutes with 10 men. But this seemed to galvanise the Bosco team and they were level soon after when Corkbeg were unable to clear their lines from a corner, and centre back Emmet McCarthy drove home a screamer from the edge of the box. Within 5 minutes, they took the lead. Shane Wiggins drilled a low free kick into the Corkbeg area and after a goalmouth scramble, Brian Glavin got the final touch to edge Bosco ahead. The lead lasted for 3 minutes. Dean Keegan floated a long free kick into the Bosco‘s area and when the ball wasn’t cleared, Darrian O’Donoghue drove the ball in from close range. Both teams could have won it before the end. Willie O’Brien hit a post when sent clear on goal for Bosco’s while Josh Tawadrous, Martin O’Driscoll and Ronan Forde all had shots blocked for Corkbeg when well placed. All in all, a draw was probably a fair result.
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Corkbeg: O’Reilly, Kelly, Quirke, Keegan, Casey, Cotter, Hynes, M. Roche, Wenham, Forde, O’Donoghue. Subs: Tawadrous for Wenham (70 minutes), O’Driscoll for Roche (80 minutes), D. O’Sullivan. Corkbeg drew 1-1 with Central Rovers in AUL Div 2A in windy Central Park, Knocknaheeney last Saturday. Conditions were not great for flowing football, with a strong breeze blowing throughout on a tight pitch. It was a game of very few chances as both defences were well on top. Corkbeg played with the strong wind in the 1st half and scored from their first real opportunity after 30 minutes when Ronan Forde flicked on a long Ian Casey through ball, and Darrian O’Donoghue crashed a rising half volley to the net.
Central Rovers 1 Corkbeg 1
As expected, Central dominated territorially in the 2nd half. They had their equaliser only 10 minutes in when a Central corner broke at the edge of the box and the Rovers winger drove the ball low and found the net, with the aid of a big deflection off Corkbeg’s Darrian O’Donoghue. Corkbeg defended particularly well in the second half, coughing up no further clear cut chances, with great performances in particular from Chris Kelly, Sean Quirke, Dean Keegan and Ian Casey. Josh Tawadrous was busy throughout the 90 minutes for Corkbeg and he unluckily volleyed against the outside of the Rovers post after 60 minutes. John Hynes shot high into the side netting towards the end when well positioned. Once again, a draw was probably fair as neither side deserved to lose. Team: O’Reilly, Kelly, Casey, Keegan, Quirke, Mahoney, Cotter, Hynes, Tawadrous, Forde, D. O’Donoghue. Subs: Horgan for Forde (75 minutes), A. O’Donoghue for D. O’Donoghue (75 minutes).
U13 Division 5 Great result for Corkbeg in their opening game of the season, inspired by a man of the match performance by Conor Maloney and a brilliant 2nd half from Robin Ward. Alan Hogan (2), Craig Hogan and Robin Ward got all the goals. Well done lads, that’s a great start to the season!
Corkbeg 4 Mayfield 2
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The project has been designed through the cooperation of the FAI and the Welsh Football Trust (WFT) and recently secured funding from the Ireland Wales Inter Reg IV Programme 2007-2013 under the theme of Sustainable Regeneration of Communities.
BEST OF LUCK TO IRELAND
This Friday night at the Aviva Stadium, Ireland play Slovakia in a European Qualifier, and on the following Tuesday play Russia in Moscow. Those two games will more than likely determine Ireland’s future in the competition. Ireland will be expected to win on Friday night, while a draw in Russia will leave Ireland in with a great chance of qualifying. We know there is great demand for tickets at present and we hope that we will be cheering on an Irish victory on both nights.
Carrigt wohill United AFC Carrigt wohill United B Team
Carrigtwohill United B team got off to a decent start on Sunday morning with a two all draw against Carrigaline United in the opening game of the AUL season. It was very much a game of two halve,s with the home team taking the advantage in the first half, the first goal coming midway through the first half by Joe. The ball was played up from the back and flicked on by Shane Rahilly into the path of Joe,. He was clean through and scored into the left corner. The home team were on the up and increased the lead ten minutes later. This time Pearce O’Malley passed the ball through to Joe, who flicked the ball to James Broderick, who turned and kicked the ball into the right hand corner. Carrigaline started the second half much brighter and got one back within fifteen minutes. The ball played down the right side to the striker. Carrigtwohill’s defenders got caught in possession and the away teams striker riffled the ball into the left corner. The equalizer for Carrigaline came ten minutes later with a carbon copy of the first goal. Both teams tried for the winner and Joe had the best chance, putting the ball in the back of the net from a free kick. He was ad-
judged to have handled the ball by the referee, who was poor on the day. In the end it was honours even. Starting lineup: S. Ahern, C. Healy, K. O’Keefe, N. Murphy, C. Carol, D. Sylvester, R. Mannix, J. Broderick, P. O’Malley, S. Rahilly and Joe. Subs: B. Cronin, B. Barry, S. O’Brien, C. Ahern, S. Deady, R. Dunphy, K. Cody, A. Kalashnikov.
Carrigt wohill United A Team
Mossie Linnane League Cup: Group A: Blarney St. Ath 5 Carrigtwohill Utd. A 0 Carrigtwohill were well beaten by a very good Blarney St. team in the first game in the Mossie Linnane Cup. Despite playing some good football at times in the first half, Carrig were 3-0 down at half time after conceding some soft goals. Carrig started the second half very well and put Blarney St. under a lot of pressure, but struggled to break down a very good Blarney St. defence. Despite a better defensive effort in the second half, Blarney St. scored two more goals to win comfortably 5-0.
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Main Sponsor: Wallis’ Bar MATCH REPORTS Barry / Wall Senior Cup Final
MIDLETON 1 MAYFIELD UNITED 1 Midleton win 4 – 2 on penalties Mayfield United warmed up for the new season with a penalty shootout win over host side, Midleton, in the annual Barry/Wall cup final, which is a good workout for teams preparing for the Munster Senior League season, with Leeds and Mallow making up the four team tournament. Mallow beat Leeds 3 – 2 in the third place playoff. Midleton deservedly took the lead against Mayfield after 22 minutes of play, when Ian Stapleton set up Andrew Knowles who shot past the Mayfield keeper. Mayfield started the second half well and were soon level at 1 – 1. Still level at full time the game went to penalties with Mayfield coming out on top.
Midleton panel: Jason Greene, Martin Hickey, Shane Harrington, Peter O’Halloran, Stephen O’Leary, Tom Daly, Killian Flavin, Kevin Tatton, Ian Stapleton, Andrew Knowles, Killian Crushell, James Wiggins, Dylan O’Riordan and Stephen O’Brien.
Mixed luck for the U17 team
CASTLEVIEW 7 MIDLETON 1 After winning the Premier League last season by an incredible 14 points, Castleview look set for another great season as they bid to continue their dominance in this age group. Despite the score-line, Midleton were by no means slackers and for the most part they gave as good as they got. Midleton got a great goal back with a stunning Jamie Stack strike from outside the box. MIDLETON 8 DOUGLAS HALL 0 Midleton are back in the running for the U17 cup in this group of four teams as they hit Douglas Hall for eight goals. Midleton scorers were David Williams 3, Robert Williams, Kevin Horgan, Ian Aher, Arnaud Dumat and Patrice Tshmonga. Midleton now face Carrigaline in a vital game.
U19 League Cup Youghal United 2 Midleton 2
The Midleton Youth team got their season underway with a 2-2 draw in front of a large crowd in Ardrath Park, Youghal on Wednesday night. Both goals were scored by Emil Pekala.
Midleton got off to a great start in the game with a goal after just 3 minutes, from Emil Pekala. However, instead of taking advantage, Midleton didn’t capitalise on this, as Youghal went on to be the better team for the rest of the half. Youghal deservedly equalised with about ten minutes to half time, and then went ahead just before the break from a penalty.
The second half was a different game, where Midleton took over possession for long spells, and created a lot of goal-scoring chances. The equaliser came about 15 minutes into the half, again through Emile. However, despite hitting the woodwork, and having some very near misses, Midleton were unable to make their dominance pay. Best on the night for Midleton were David Connaughton and James McCarthy. Overall, this was an excellent game of football, played in a very good competitive spirit. The second leg of this tie will be played in Knockgriffin Park at 3pm on Sunday next, 28th August.
Under 16 Division 1 Carrigaline 2 Midleton 0
First game of the season didn’t start the way we wanted it to. We lost to a good Carrigaline side. With players still on holidays, maybe if we could have fielded a full squad, the result would have been different. Carrigaline scored their two goals in the first half, We had some shots on target but their keeper had a good game and saved everything we threw at them.
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Second half was a more even game with both side pressing. We lacked the killer touch up front. It was not our day, but Josh made some great saves to keep the score at 2 nil. Kyle came close to scoring, Mark and Kalum were unlucky, and the keeper proved too strong for us on the day. Well done to Carrigaline, We are looking forward to the home match.
U12 Midleton V Mallow
On a beautiful sunny Sunday morning , Midleton U 12 kicked off their new season in the Cork Schoolboys Premier League versus Mallow. The game started well for Midleton with Ross O Regan hammering a shot against the underside of the crossbar. Mallow pushed on in the first half and scored the opener from a free kick outside the box. Midleton fought back during the first half with many attacks down the right wing by Shane O’Riordan, and were unlucky not to equalise. In the second period Midleton continued to attack, but Mallow ‘s strong defence and goalkeeper stood firm. Mallow hit twice early in the second half on counter attacks and scored two more goals. Midleton piled on the pressure in the last few minutes and deserve a goal from their efforts with Alan Horgan, Conor O Leary and Tommy O Connell all going close. Final score was 3 nil to Mallow. Midleton will take heart from showing a fighting determination that we will see many times during the rest of the season as we play the other teams in the premier league . Man of the match for Midleton must go to Shane O Riordan who gave a great display of how an attacking winger should play. Roll on our next game .
U15A Midleton 1 Crosshaven 2
MIDLETON GOAL SCORER JACK FARMER Midleton, playing their first match of the season, fought very well and the game was end to end in the first half with Midleton going into half time 1 goal down. In the second half Midleton found themselves down another goal after 10 min. From this point on Midleton started to take control of the game and played most of the second half in the Crosshaven half, putting them under pressure all the way. Jack Farmer was unlucky more than once, and Ciam McInerney was also unlucky several times. Audrey Tshimanga, Aaron Hennessey and Shane Murphy all had several chances. Eventually, Jack Farmer headed one past a very good Crosshaven keeper. Crosshaven defence was solid, but Midleton deserved at worse, a draw. Players who played well for Midleton, Jack farmer man of the match, Shay O’Gorman, Aaron Hennessey, Tadgh Gilroy, Cian McInerney, Luke Finerty, Audrey Tshimanga. Overall good football played by Midleton who were unlucky with the final result. The team is much improved since last year and it shows in their first game out, but they are in a very tough division and it looks like a very interesting season ahead.
U13 Schoolboy League Douglas Hall 0 Midleton A 2
REF TAKEN TO A&E IN STRANGE END TO GAME A good start to the season by Midleton, who attacked from the start and made lots of chances, before Alex Marij scored his normal majestic goal with a shot from the left hand side of the goal that was beyond the reach of the keeper. Chance after chance was made and Luke Smith, Shane Veillard and Tom Scanlon all missed good chances in the first half. Their wastefulness apart, the trio of strikers ran the Douglas back four ragged and were prompted by good balls from the midfield and defence. Michael Curtin was his excellent self and Alex Marij all elegance and skill. Dylan Finn-Hannon had a good game and contributed in defence and attack. Colin Edgebe, Adam Morris and David O’Sullivan were solid at the back, but words of praise must go to Killian Leahy who gave his best performance in a Midleton shirt. Andrew Ryan had a great game in goal making two excellent saves, and looks like he has played there for years. The pattern of the first half was repeated, with Leon Cahill and Chigozie Iganabousi slotting in as substitutes on the right hand side of the team. Tom Scanlon scored a fine second and Midleton looked like they could run away with it. However, shortly after, the referee suffered chest pains and had to be taken to hospital with the match abandoned. Midleton can only hope the result stands as a fine start to the season.
Under 19s League cup 2nd leg Midleton 4 Youghal 0
Midleton dominated this game from start to finish and the score line could easily have been bigger but for some missed chances and excellent goalkeeping. The Youghal goalkeeper made 2 fantastic saves from Kelvin Krushel in the opening minutes. Kelvin and Dylan O’Riordan both hit the woodwork. Midleton’s back four dealt with anything Youghal could throw at them, giving Raymond Savage a quiet game in goal. Midleton took the lead before half time when Andy Howick cut in from the right and let fly. With his shot going wide, Emil Pekala got his head on it to guide past the keeper. The second half continued in the same vein, despite losing Shane Harrington and Gloire Matiki to injury. Jake Hegarty replaced Shane at centre half and played very well, winning everything in the air and almost getting on the score sheet heading into the side netting from a free kick. Dylan O’Riordan cleared the crossbar with a good effort, before getting on the score sheet himself following a good solo run. Tariq Tynan came off the bench with 25 mins to go and bagged himself 2 goals. The first was a header from a great left wing cross from Kruschel, and his second rounded the goalkeeper. Midleton now travel to Ringmahon in the league cup quarter final on Wednesday night. Goal scorers were Emil Pekala, Dylan O’Riordan and 2 for Tariq Tynan.
ATTENTION MANAGERS
All Managers of all teams can put their match reports / scorers in the club letterbox at Knockgriffin Park any night during the week, for the East Cork Journal reports. It’s vital that we have all our team matches in the local paper every Wednesday. Midleton’s Junior Team have made a good start to the new season winning the East Cork Junior Barry/Wall Cup, with a good victory over Cobh Wanderers.
A good start for the junior team
There are eight groups for the league cup with Midleton in group four, which has three teams; CIT, Mayfield United and Midleton.
Junior League Cup group
For the Junior League Championship, Midleton Junior Team will be playing First Division One A. The teams are Fermoy, Avondale United, Midleton, Cobh Wanderers, Bandon, Passage, St. Mary’s and Ringmahon.
Junior League
Well done to Kyle McCarthy of Midleton U15s, who played for the Ireland U15 Emerging Talent team in the Hibernia Trophy in Dublin last weekend. Kyle played against FC Utrecht (Holland) and Leicester City. Ireland finished third in the competition. This is the first Irish squad for this age group, so best of luck in the future Kyle.
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Magpie Lotto results
RESULTS for Thursday, August 25th for a jackpot of €5,500. The numbers drawn were 11, 16, 24 and 28. There was no winner. Bonus draw of €1,000. The
numbers drawn were 7, 15, 26 and 28. There was no winner. Lucky dip winners were, Kathleen Noonan (girls team), Jason Greene (seniors), Jason Burke (U12 team), Margaret O’Rourke (J. O’Rourke), Maureen Laffan (C. Desmond), Breda Fitzgerald (Pa), Pauline Houlihan (Pa), Eddie Allen (Eddie), Rossa Williams (Pa) and Teresa Hayes (Bawney). The next lotto draw will take place at the Club House, Knockgriffin Park, on Thursday, September 1st, for a jackpot of €5,750.
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ANNIVERSARIES
Aherne -
13th Anniversary
In loving memory of Elizabeth (Bessie) late of Mogeely, Co. Cork, who died on August 31st, 1998. RIP. Will those who think of her today, A little prayer to Jesus say.
Always remembered by your loving son Michael, daughter-in-law Susan, family and friends.
Twomey 3rd Anniversary
In loving memory of Margaret (Peg) Twomey, late of Caheralton, Castlemartyr, whose third anniversary occurred on August 27th. A whisper on an August day, You heard a gentle call, You took the hand of Jesus, And quietly left us all.
Sadly missed by Martin, Mary, Seán and Laura xxxx.
Scanlon -
12th Anniversary
In loving memory of Mary, late of 11 Father Murphy Place, Midleton, who died on August 31st, 1999. What she suffered she told but few, She did not deserve what she went through, Tired and weary, she made no fuss, But tried so hard to stay with us.
Sadly missed by daughters Bernie and Teresa, son Eugene and grandchildren Jonathan, Georgina, Michael and Sinéad.
DEATH NOTICES
RINN-SPILLANE: Kai, of Midleton, on Tuesday, August 23rd. Safe in the Arms of Jesus. Beloved infant son of Jane Rinn and Josh Spillane. Reception into St. John the Baptist Church, Midleton, on Thursday last, followed by burial afterwards in the Holy Rosary Cemetery. O’DONNELL: James Francis (Jim), of Dublin and Youghal, on Wednesday, August 24th. RIP. Requiem Mass on Saturday last, in Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Youghal, followed by burial afterwards in the North Abbey Cemetery.
MIDLETON TOWN COUNCIL Tanya Padyukova is applying for permission to construct a 176 m2 extension (partially dormer, and partially split level single storey) to the rear of existing dwelling house, to convert part of existing house to garage, and construct new boundary wall at College View, 2 Casement Place, Midleton, Co. Cork. The planning application may be inspected or purchased, at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the Planning Authority, Aras an Phiarsaigh, Youghal Road, Midleton, Co. Cork, during its public opening hours i.e. 9.00a.m. to 4.30p.m. Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays). A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the planning authority within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application, on payment of a fee of €20. MIDLETON TOWN COUNCIL Harrington O’ Flynn Ltd. Consulting Engineers, Tel: 021-4636760 intend to apply on behalf of Ber O’Connell for permission to demolish existing single storey dwelling and permission to construct a new dormer style dwelling, treatment unit, domestic garage and associated site works at Ballywilliam, Cloyne, Co. Cork. The planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy at the offices of the Planning Authority, County Hall, Carrigrohane Road, Cork during its public opening hours. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the planning authority within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application, on the payment of a fee of €20.
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CORK COUNTY COUNCIL We Darragh, Brian and Garreth Molloy seek permission to change the use of a domestic dwelling to a retail unit on the ground floor only and ancillary works at Main Street, Castlemartyr, Co. Cork. This Planning Application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy at the offices of the Planning Authority during its public opening hours and a submission or observation in relation to the application may be made to the Authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the Planning Authority of the application. CORK COUNTY COUNCIL I Mark Daly intend to apply for full planning permission to construct dormer bungalow, entrance, installation of wastewater treatment system and associated site works at Glenbeg, Dungourney, Midleton, Co. Cork. This planning application may be inspected or purchased, at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the planning authority during its public opening hours and that a submission or observation in relation to the application may be made to the authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee within a period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application.
CORK COUNTY COUNCIL Eileen Leahy seeks permission to demolish existing sheds to rear of existing cottage and to construct a new storey & a half detached dwelling with associated biological treatment unit and percolation area; to install a new biological treatment unit for existing cottage; and to construct new percolation area to rear of existing bungalow; together with all associated site development works, all at Lackenroe, Glounthaune. This planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy at the offices of the planning authority during its public opening hours and a submission or observation in relation to the application may be made to the authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application.
CORK COUNTY COUNCIL Liz Keane & Barry Murphy are applying for Planning Permission for the construction of an extension, alterations to existing dwelling, demolition of a shed and associated site works at 64 The Paddocks, Glyntown Road, Glyntown, Ballinglanna, Glanmire Co. Cork. This planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the Planning Authority during its public opening hours and a submission or observation in relation to the application may be made to the Authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the Authority of the application. CORK COUNTY COUNCIL I, Laura Burke Hurley & Chris Hurley, wish to apply for permission for Relocation of existing entrances, construction of single storey dwelling, detached garage, wastewater treatment system and site works at Kilcronat and Kilcronatmountain, Ballynoe, Mallow, Co. Cork. The Planning Application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the Planning Authority during its public opening hours and a submission or observation in relation to the application may be made to the Authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the Authority of the application. CORK COUNTY COUNCIL Oliver Healy is applying for permission to construct 3 No dormer windows to existing developed attic space, and to erect a sunroom to the side of his dwelling at Ballynascarty, Midleton, Co. Cork. The planning application may be inspected or purchased, at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the Planning Authority, County Hall, Cork, during its public opening hours, i.e. 9.00a.m. to 4.30p.m. Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays). A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the planning authority within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application, on payment of a fee of €20.
CORK COUNTY COUNCIL We Thomas M.G. Cahill & Associates (086-8614425) on behalf of The Cork Association for Autism intend to apply for permission for construction of two number bungalows for living accommodation and one number Day Care Building for School/Craft activities, effluent treatment unit and associated site works at Crowbally, Mogeely, Co. Cork. The Planning Application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the Planning Authority during its public opening hours and that a submission or observation in relation to the application may be made to the Authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the Authority of the application.
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The Big Screen Muscles and tussles, but not from Brussels
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CONAN THE CIMMERIAN (Jason Momoa) fights, drinks and fornicates his way across Hyborian-era Earth in search of the man who killed his father.
Khalar Zym, a bad guy bent on world domination, kills young Conan's dad (played with dour paycheck-mindedness by Ron Perlman). Conan grows into a fearsome thief, and picks up Zym's trail when he chances across Tamara (Rachel Nichols), the 'pureblood' Zym seeks to complete the ritual that will turn him into a god. It's basically a combination of the plots of the original Conan and Conan the Destroyer, only somehow goofier. Then again, the plot doesn’t really matter. Look, I enjoy Arnold's big 1982 beefcake party as much as anyone, but let's not fool ourselves into thinking the original Conan the Barbarian was a classic of Western cinema.
2011's Conan starts with narration by Morgan Freeman (!) and a battlefield C-section, and never really lets up from there. Young Conan grows up full of rage - which serves him well as he single-handedly kills five of Zym's scouts, then deposits their heads at his father's feet. It's not enough to stop the inevitable, when Zym's forces descend upon the Cimmerian village, slaughtering everyone and leaving Conan for dead. So, we follow Conan in his pursuit of Zym through places whose names aren't important, and meet a supporting cast whose names we don't care about, because this bare-bones framework is simply the matrix by which gratuitous R-rated mayhem is delivered. Conan is a consummate killing machine, and the bloodshed only lets up long enough for the audience to enjoy some gratuitous nudity. It's big and not very clever but, if you just simply, positively, have to see one Arnold Schwarzenegger film in 2011 - this is it (mainly because Total Recall isn't out 'til next year).
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SCREAM 4 is a total hoot - but only if you thought the first three were funny too. The laughs come, as always, as characters continuously comment on the conventions of the slasher genre, often just before that convention comes at them with the point of a blade. But the reason Scream 4 works - and the reason the first Scream worked so well - is that, at the same time as the film ridicules and deconstructs slasher movies it celebrates them by having a (literally) bloody good time.
It also helps mightily that a great deal of new, young blood is recruited for this sequel. From Anna Paquin and Kristen Bell popping in for cameos to Hayden Panettiere, and especially Emma Roberts, as the damsels seemingly most in distress, the new faces put a fresh spin on the franchise.
But the series' stalwarts (or those who've survived) return too. Chief among them is Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), returning home to Woodsboro to promote a book. And as always, as soon as Sidney shows up, so does the masked Ghostface killer; and the murders begin.
Dewey Riley (David Arquette) is now the police chief, married to former TV reporter Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox). Dewey spends most of the film racing from dead body to dead body while Gale attempts to revive her career by solving the crimes.
If this Ghostface seems incredibly fast, accurate, cold-blooded and lucky, well, he's Ghostface. And this time around he seems more random in his choice of victims - everybody's at risk. It won't give you any sleepless nights, but it just goes to show that, unlike most of the film's characters - the Scream franchise ain't dead yet.
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CHOLESTEROL ONE of the most frequent questions we are asked is how a customer can reduce cholesterol levels. If somebody is already on medication we can suggest lifestyle and dietary changes, but if not there are plenty of ways of tackling the problem.
But, is it a problem? * If cholesterol levels are high, then what about a greater risk of heart disease or a stroke? The vast majority of evidence for raised cholesterol levels being implicated in raised risk of stroke and cardiovascular disease comes from industry-funded research, and very many individuals and organisations (e.g. Cochrane Collaboration) would be sceptical of the validity of the research and the results produced. In the UK alone over 7 million people are on prescribed statins, that’s a third of the population over 40 years old, a huge income-earner for the pharmaceutical industry. This is not to say that all evidence about cholesterol levels are to be ignored, but perhaps there is good reason to view them as somewhat biased.
* The measurement of 'raised' cholesterol levels might beg the question: raised from what level? There may well be a genetic predisposition to higher than 'normal' levels, and the norm usually quoted is 5mmo/L. This cholesterol level is, however, the norm of a 25 year old male, so does it necessarily apply to everyone?
There may be a sound ratio of so-called 'good' HDL cholesterol to the so-called ‘bad’ LDL type and no cause for concern. Ideally, one should have over 30% ‘good’ cholesterol, but if the reading is 20% of less there is clearly a higher risk of disease. What is cholesterol? Cholesterol is an essential type of fat that is carried in the blood and it is needed by all cells in the body. We need it to stay alive!
It is a soft waxy substance involved in the production of hormones, of bile salts to digest fats and of Vitamin D in sunshine. It strengthens cell membranes and is essential for the function of our brains and nerves.
Servings: 4-6 Preparation time: 10 minutes
METHOD: 1. Cut the figs into 4 and cut the banana into large chunks. Mix all the fruits together in a bowl.
INGREDIENTS:
2. Split the vanilla pod, scrape the seeds out and add to the fruit. Mix well together and then divide between 4 squares of greaseproof paper.
3 fresh figs
4. Serve with natural yoghurt.
Cooking time: 15-20 minutes 400g fresh pineapple chunks 2 bananas
100g kumquats, halved 1 vanilla pod
(Or any fruits that are in season such as halved peaches and plums)
3. Wrap the fruits in foil and place in a hot oven for 15 to 20 minutes.
So it’s not the all-out bad guy and it is certainly only one of the indicators of cardiovascular disease. There are many other risk factors, and it’s all a question of balance. When it sticks to artery walls, LDL cholesterol is involved in the hardening of the arteries by attracting other deposits, but cholesterol is only one of the factors implicated. More on this next week.
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Fun on the Farm this weekend in Rostellan A SPECIAL event is taking place on Sunday, September 4th from 2pm to 6pm on Tom Morrissey’s Farm in Rostellan, in aid of Enable Ireland and the Parkinson’s Association of Ireland. Fun on the Farm is a unique fund raising event, offering an afternoon of entertainment to young and old. Come along and enjoy
tea and cake in the glamorous marquee, or catch-up on the AllIreland hurling final if you prefer on the screens (all Kilkenny and Tipperary supporters are also welcome!). Kids will enjoy the races and playing cow-pat roulette, and for the even bigger kids, why not take part in the wife-carrying or bale rolling competitions?! Music on the day
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Enable Ireland provides free services to children and adults with disabilities and their families from 40 locations in 14 counties. Their services for chil-
dren and their families covers all aspects of a child’s physical, educational and social development from early infancy through to adolescence. For adults, they offer a range of services covering personal development, independent living, supported employment, social and leisure activities. The Parkinson’s Association of Ireland (Cork Branch) provides support services to anyone suffering from Parkinson’s disease, and their carers, in the Cork area. All monies collected from this fund-raising event will be donated to the Cork Parkinson’s branch, which is the second largest in the country.
There will be something for everybody on the day and all are welcome. Directions to Fun on the Farm: Take the N25 in the direction of Midleton. At the Midleton roundabout (Lakeview roundabout), take the exit for White-
gate. Continue straight for approximately 6 miles. At Farsid/ Rostellan, take the first left. Fol-
low the arrows to the marquee Enjoy the Fun on the Farm!
Midleton Concert Band enrolment night, September 15th
MIDLETON Concert Band are having their enrolment night at the bandroom on St. Mary’s Road (next to the Catholic Church) on September 15th at 7.30 pm. Professional tuition provided on clarinet, flute, brass and percussion instruments for students aged 10 and up.
Music activity classes will commence in September for children aged 7 to 9. These classes will develop children’s awareness to music and will involve recorder playing, singing, musical games, movement and listening. See www.midletonconcertband.com or call Pat at 087 0685636 for further details.
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East Cork Culchie Festival 2011 Thursday 8th September, 9pm Culchie Festival L aunch. Heat 1 of Culchie Competition. Traditional Irish Music Session & Raffle.
Book Club - Book for the Month “ The kite runner” by khaled hosseini. Next Meeting date change: Monday, September 5th at 8.30pm. new members welcome. complimentary finger food
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E N T E R TA I N M E N T G U I D E !
For all your Disco parties! You pick the venue, we create the atmosphere! 18th, 21st, 30th, 40th - any occasion! * Weddings & Civil Partnerships * Teenage discos, any club discos Our Laser Lights, LEDs, Moonflower Lights, Smoke Machine and Sound Rig will transform any venue into the coolest place to party!
Cork DAWG collects in Midleton as public ‘paws’ to support LAST Saturday, the volunteers from Cork Dog Action Welfare Group (DAWG) and their rescue dogs took to the streets of Midleton, to help raise funds to keep their new shelter going. The public were more than generous - and who wouldn’t be, looking at Tessie, Samson and Honey, with their owners Garry & Sinead O’Connell, Killeagh. ‘We called him Samson,’ Sinead tells the East Cork Journal, ‘because when we got him, he had almost no hair and was really weak. When his hair began to grow again, he got stronger, so Samson it was!’
And, if you’re wondering how we got this canine trio to look in our direction, the secret was down to Garry: ‘Hold up these treats and they’ll pose for as long as you want!’
MIDLETON Where a smile & a warm welcome await... EARLY OPENING 9AM MON - SAT TEAS, COFFEES, HOMEMADE SCONES ETC.
Collections took place across the town, with all volunteers bringing their own dogs - and telling people the stories of what they had endured, before ending up in the good homes they now live in today.
Thursday, September 1st:
DYNAMIC DUO Sunday, September 4th:
Aglish Harvest Festival Queen crowned ON FRIDAY night the village of Aglish was alive with excitement for our second annual Aglish Harvest Festival Queen Competition. Thirteen beautiful young hopefuls gathered at the Elephants Bar for a drinks reception, and were introduced to the 2010 Queen, Coley Landers. The judges on the night were Timmy Ryan, Nicola Beresford and former Kerry Rose of Tralee Veronica Hunt. The MC was committee member, Gerry Carlon.
It was a night of ‘Lights, Camera and Action.’ All the ladies did amazing interviews and the judges were impressed by the extremely high standard. When it came to decision time the judges found it very hard to make a choice as they felt any of these girls were in a position to win the prize. First place went to Michelle Cronin who was sponsored by Karen’s Beauty Salon in Cappoquin. They then made a joint second place, Roisin Hally of Cotters Bar, Aglish and Rosie Hickey of Villierstown Community Council.
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HELL FOR L E AT H E R Monday, September 5th:
THE TOWN HALL CONCERTS AT 9.30PM, FEATURING MARTIN FINKE THE LYNDA CULLEN BAND DONNACHA TOOMEY Thursday, September 8th:
PAT LYNCH & JIMMY FRAHILL Sunday, September 11th:
MISS JONES Aglish Harvest Festival Queen 20112, Michelle Cronin, Karen’s Beauty Salon (left)
Our former Rose, Coley Landers passed her crown over to the new Aglish Harvest Festival Queen of 2011, Michelle Cronin. Michelle will be entered into the Waterford heat of the Rose of Tralee next year. We wish
Michelle every success with her busy year ahead.
Thank you!
Way too many people to mention individually but without all the help which the committee get
during and up to the festival, it could not be as big a success story as it is. To all of you for all your time, sponsorship, equipment and dedication to this festival we cannot thank you enough.
TRAD SESSIONS Tuesdays, 9.30pm
MID-WEEK OPEN MIC with JAMES MCGRATH Wednesdays, 9.30pm
IN-HOUSE MUSIC Every Fri & Sat, 9.30pm - close
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SENATOR Noel A. Kinsella was appointed Speaker of the Senate of Canada on February 8th, 2006 by Prime Minister Stephen Harper. The Speaker of the Senate has been a long-time supporter of the men and women who serve Canada in the Canadian Navy. Notwithstanding that, Senator Kinsella served as a member of the 112 Company, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, an Army reserve unit based in New Brunswick, as a maritimer and he has always held special interest in the Navy. Presently he serves as an Honorary Captain (Navy) attached to NAVRES.
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011 - The East Cork Journal
An officer, and a gentleman... Speaker of the Senate of Canada visits Haulbowline Naval Base
Last week, Senator Kinsella visited Haulbowline Naval Base, along with a Canadian parliamentary delegation, who are visiting Ireland and Scotland until September 2nd.
Senator Kinsella, who has visited the Pacific and Atlantic coast Canadian naval installations and has been on board many of the ships of the Canadian fleet, including HMCS Charlottetown on patrol in the Persian Gulf, inspected a naval guard of honour, before being given a tour of the base by S/Lt Marie O’Callaghan (pictured above), amongst others. A strong supporter of the replacement of the Sea King helicopters and outfitting of the vessels of the fleet, Senator Kinsella has spoken often in the Senate on these matters. (Photo: George Thompson)
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