Community News

Kanturk N.S.

The Official opening and Blessing of Scoil Naomh Pádraig is taking place on Friday June 23rd at 11am. Bishop William Crean, Patron of the school and Ms. Norma Foley T.D., Minister for Education, will be attending. Everybody is welcome to attend. If unavailable to come, the ceremony will be live streamed. You can access the link for this on our school websitewww.kanturkns.com

Kanturk Tidy Towns

Kanturk Tidytowns are currently 2nd in Cork County Anti-Litter Challenge. The Second week of judging is currently taking place so please be mindful of litter and cigarette butts on the streets. Kanturk town is thrilled to be 2nd, they hope they stay there or hopefully go one better

Well done to Scoil Mhuire Kanturk Transition year student Amy Green Linehan who ran 10k as part of the Cork city marathon

Congratulations to Ryanair Mentored Cadet Conan Crowley on completing his APS MCC in a Boeing 737 simulator recently. Well done Conan, excellent achievement.

ABOVE: A ring fort in the middle of a field of bales, taken by Tadhg Curtin with a drone along the Duhallow Way.

Dromtarriffe GAA ‘MOVETHON’

The weekend of 16th and 17th of June, Dromtarriffe GAA will be holding a 24hr fundraiser for the club grounds in Rathcoole. Members are selling lines for €5, and the day will be full of activity!

Be sure to join them! See their Social Media for more info.

No Guts No Glory! IRD Duhallow’s STRIVE group get Kevin O’Connor pumped up before his trip to the Special World Games 2023 in Berlin where he will be participating. Of course, they couldn’t let him go without him first having some delicious cake. Best of luck Kevin, bring home that gold, from all of us here in IRD Duhallow.

“What’s cooking, Kate?” ABOVE RIGHT: L- R Denise Cronin, Catherine Cronin, Christy Lane and Adam Kelleher Kilcorney inhabitant, Catherine Cronin, recently launched her new food truck - ‘Katies Food Truck’. Located near Moll Carthy’s Bar, Kilcorney, word has got around about her delicious food which has seen plenty of people make their way there to check it out. Being a stones throw from it myself, this photographer can verify it’s well worth checking out.

Katies Food Truck is open from Friday to Sunday, 4pm - 9pm. For more info, visit Catherine’s page - ‘Katies Food Truck’ on Facebook. Photos by Tadhg Curtin.

Congratulations to Lana Dugdale, Edel O'Connell, Roisin Murphy, Rachel Morton, Louise O'Brien and Amy Green Linehan, and their teacher Ms Cahill on completing the Santiago Compostela Camino.

The girls walked 115km over five days for the Cliona’s Foundation.

Millstreet and Clondrohid Active Retired at Westport Woods Hotel on a 4 Day Trip last week. Thanks to Mary Sheahan. from Millstreet Active Retire

ABOVE: Michael O’Driscoll Junior, Aidan Higgins, Mick Wall (Treasurer Kanturk Afc), Ben Vicaire, Micheal O’ Driscoll (Life President of Kanturk Afc) Kevin Roche (Kanturk CU)

‘Job Done’ - As well as enjoying all the fine weather, little dog, Jack, admires the work done footing turf in the bog recently. Photo taken and sent to us by Catherine O’Sullivan, Kilcorney.