IRD Duhallow held their AGM on Monday 29th July and the Chairman Mr. Michael Twohig informed all present that he was delighted to present this year’s Report, which outlines the great year of progress, with IRD Duhallow being awarded new contracts for a wide range of programmes, which support Duhallow Communities in so many ways.
He reiterated that IRD Duhallow remains true to
their core values of being Courageous, Innovative, Responsive, Caring, Driven and Trusted, we have navigated a course to ensure our four pillars of Development; Social, Cultural, Economic and Environmental, are progressed with equal emphasis to result in balanced and sustainable development in our region.
View the report online at www.irdduhallow.com, or pick your copy up throughout Duhallow. ■Continued on pages 14&15
Tailored and flexible training and employment opportunities
Personal development for participants working towards recovery
Re-integration into active community and working life
Supports personal journey of each participant
Regular engagement and reviews with Supervisor
19.5 hours per week
Possibility of up to 3 years on the scheme
The program is abstinence based. The participant must be engaged with recovery/addiction supports and be over the age of 18 years.
For further information or to refer someone on to the scheme, please contact CE Rehabilitation Scheme Supervisor; Niamh Blackburn by Tel: 029 60633 OR Email: niamh.blackburn@irdduhallow.com
What's another year, indeed. IRD Duhallow hosted its annual AGM and officially launched its progress report for 2023 - 2024. The report is now available throughout Duhallow and to view online at www.irdduhallow.com. IRD Duhallow CEO, Maura Walsh and Board Chairperson, Michael Twohig, reflected on the year that was. They welcomed new faces and remembered the ones we lost. To the great ones - Jerry Sheehan, Jack Roche and Gerard Murphy, you are gone but not forgotten.
Elsewhere inside, there are national school activities, débutante balls, wedding bells, retirements. Duhallow inhabitants of all ages are getting it done. We love to see it! -Tadhg
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Banteer Community Sportsfield welcome the Climate action grant of €54,718 from the Community Climate Action Programme (CCAP) which is a new programme developed by the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications. This programme is to address climate change at a local level and support the delivery of low carbon and climate resilient communities.
The types of projects/initiatives, within communities eligible for funding under the CCAP must demonstrate the delivery of national climate action at local level by:
I. Reducing or supporting the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
II. Increasing the production, or use, of renewable energy.
III. Improving energy efficiency.
IV. Increasing climate resilience.
V. Identifying nature-based projects that enhance biodiversity and seek to reduce, or increase the removal of, greenhouse gas emissions or support climate resilience in the State.
VI. Assisting regions in the State (including communities in those regions) and within sectors of the economy impacted by the transition to a low carbon economy.
VII. Involving potentially innovative solutions to address the above asks.
Banteer Lyre Nadd and Districts Community Council have requested that Cork County Council improve the existing roads around Banteer village by surfacing and repair works before the winter comes in -this work is requested for the bad sections of road and would be very much welcomed by all local residents
The long term plan is to resurface/drain the Railway road and Clonmeen road and the Community Council have also requested that this work be included on the 2025 roads programme as the Railway road,Clonmeeen road and some of the Kanturk road are in extremely poor state and the worst of all the villages in the Duhallow area.
The local Community Council has been lobbying for resurfacing/rainage works etc on these roads for the last 5 or 6 years.
These roads are also subject to major traffic volumes each day of the year versus other roads in the Duhallow and the road surface has been patched many, many times.
Text alert money due for 2024 please pay to your local Community Council members
Note: nonpayment will mean you will no longer get Community Alert texts. Please forward €10 to Norah O’Riordan Nadd, Eleanor Duggan, Denis Withers, Mary Cahill or John Buckley
Another water outage occurred on Monday 22nd July in Banteer and other areas with no water for a number of hours.
The Community Council are still waiting for a reply from Irish Water for an urgent meeting to discuss short term and long term options. This request was sent to Irish Water on 28th May last.
Thanks to all who supported our Duck Race Fundraiser.
Thanks also to all our members who helped out in any way to make the event such a success.
The winners were:
1st Place: Aaron O’Shea €300
2nd Place: Ruairi O’Connell €200 3rd Place: Jacob Harte €100
This annual draw is for the ongoing operation, maintenance, and development of the facility. Tickets available from members.
To stay up to date with sports and social events, please follow our social media page on Instagram and Facebook.
New members are always welcome! Try something new and get involved in your community.
More great news was received this week by Kanturk and District Community Council when it was announced that €58,215 was awarded for repairs and upgrade of the Trade Union Hall. This Grant was received from the Community Recognition Fund.
We would like to thank everyone that helped to achieve this great result.
If you have any clothes that you no longer need could you please donate them to the clothes bank at the rear entrance to the Edel Quinn hall. All funds raised go to the upkeep of the halls. Thanks everyone for your continued support.
Willie and Ita Fitzgerald of Cork Music Station, Cullen, presenting a Cheque for €4,003 to Ritchie Walsh of Bumbleance, (the Children’s Ambulance service), proceeds from the recent fundraising Millstreet Vintage Run.
Denis O’Sullivan was honoured in Aubane with a heartfelt retirement presentation after 41 years of dedicated service as a bus driver. His commitment to safely transporting generations of passengers has left a lasting impact on the community. As he turns the page to a new chapter in his life, the people of Aubane expressed their deep gratitude for his years of service, gifting him a plaque congratulating him on his retirement.
‘Birthdays and Babies’ - IRD Duhallow had two nice little celebrations as we headed into the August Bank Holiday weekend. IRD Duhallow’s Assistant CEO, Eileen Linehan, led congratulations and well wishes to two IRD staff members. To Tommy O’Donnell, on his 60th birthday, and to Stephanie Moynihan, who was presented with a hamper celebrating the birth of her twins earlier this year.
Congratulations to Jason Collins, Kilcorney and Alison O’Connell, Derrinagree who were married in the Church of the Presentation of Our Lady, Derrinagree, recently. Along with family and friends, making sure the knot was tied properly was their son, Jamie. Reception was at the Fota Island Resort, Cork.
Congratulations to Jamie Kelleher, Millstreet and Michelle Murphy, Kilcorney, who got married in St Patrick’s Church, Millstreet, recently. Reception was held at the Great Southern, Killarney.
Sheila Fitzgerald captured the style and glamour of the various students attending their débutante balls around Duhallow recently.
The Boherbue Comprehensive School Class of 2024
at their Debs Ball.
Moynihan, Rebecca O’ Callaghan, Sophie Dunstan, Nóirín Doody, Nikhita Haugh and Molly O’ Sullivan putting on the style at the Boherbue Comprehensive School Debs.
Welcome to Barrog Healthcare Claddagh Day Service, Millstreet! At its official opening day recently were Naomi Selim Deputy Director of Barrog Healthcare, James Webb; CEO, and Liz Chow, Acting Team Lead, Millstreet Day Service.
Claddagh Day Services, Millstreet are located near the West End in Millstreet. Make sure to follow them on Facebook to keep up to date with everything they are doing.
by Sheila Fitzgerald
Cllr. Bernard Moynihan, deputising for County Mayor Joe Carroll, officially launched the Poet’s Trees and Photography Exhibition hosted by Kanturk Arts Festival. Also included is Cllr. John Paul O’ Shea, Lisa Egan, Janet Heeran and Viv Buckley of the Arts Festival Committee, Kevin Roche representing Kanturk Credit Union (Sponsors) and those who contributed poems and photographs to the Exhibition
At midday last, Saturday the 3rd of August there was a mass held in the Kanturk GAA room to mark the 10th anniversary of Edel Quinn place residents reunion.
Edel Quinn, Together 2024 was to celebrate and mark what we believe is a wonderful place to live, full of great neighbours and friends. A small but tight community that look out for one another.
To bring everyone together in remembrance of past residents and to celebrate their memories.
The mass which was celebrated by Canon Toby was also to mark the 80th anniversary of the death of the Venerable Edel Quinn and the 30th anniversary of her declaration as Venerable.
After the mass refreshments were served to the very big crowd and old stories and tales were flowing for the next few hours. Dave Moloney read our a hilarious poem that he wrote about the parties that were held at their house during the Christmases gone by.
Karen Wallace read out another poem written by Patrick Moloney about living abroad for many decades but has never forgotten his roots and friends in Edel Quinn which is affectionately known as the Bog Side
The "Quinners" continued their celebrations in Kanturk town that night and a great night was had by all. This celebration of community spirit speaks volumes about those who have worked to improve Kanturk throughout its lifetime, and there's no doubt more to come from this stalwart crew!
Big thanks goes out to Anita Murphy, Helen Lofts, Helen Duggan, Noreen Cronin and Kevin Higgins for organising it.
The Board of IRD Duhallow, backed strongly by our communities made the bold but considered decision to bid for independent status for the delivery of LEADER 2023 -2027. We were aware of the risks involved but we worked hard alongside our management team and staff to ensure that the best strategy possible for the Duhallow Region was submitted. In fact, we had to submit three separate strategies in line with local authority divisions rather than a composite strategy for the Natural Area of Development that is the Duhallow Region.
The good news is that we scored very highly and have been awarded the contracts for our North and South Cork LEADER
The Board now looks forward to getting the implementation phase off the ground as quickly as possible so that our pipeline of projects can be addressed, and the full impact of LEADER felt throughout Duhallow.
IRD Duhallow is long recognised as having a high-performance culture. On behalf of the Board, I want to thank our CEO Maura Walsh and the management team for their exceptional leadership and thank all our staff for their hard work and contribution to the ongoing success of IRD Duhallow.”
IRD Duhallow CEO Maura Walsh told all present “that their success in achieving independent LAG Status in the Cork areas of our region is a major achievement delivering on a priority of our Board. We welcome Community Services support for our Social Enterprises and the new WorkAbility Programme and look forward to seeing its positive impact on those with disabilities. This Programme has already recruited 10 Participants.
In presenting the annual Progress Report which provides a detailed account of the company’s activities and achievements in the past year, where Working Groups provide stakeholder engagement, oversight and guidance, and staff bring the expertise necessary to fully implement the company’s strategies, maximise the benefits of the various programmes we implement for the benefit of all our communities. In particular the impact of our community services such as our community Laundry serving 2,030 customers in 2023 and celebrating 10 years in operation this year; our Furniture Revamp with the addition of Relove recycled paint, took 25 tons of furniture from potential land-fill and saved over 2,300kg’s of paint from export and incineration and put it back in circulation; Warmer Homes retrofitting 248 houses and 2 community facilities; Seniors Monitored Alarms Service with 153 alarms arranged; We also supported Duhallow Community Food Services to expand our existing secondary schools service now in its 12th year. In
response to the Primary Schools Hot Lunches Initiative, they are now preparing an additional 1,400 hot fresh meals delivered daily across the region.
We had impressive results across all our Programmes. €3.3m LEADER funding delivered 125 Projects; SICAP (Social Inclusion) supported 40 Community Groups and 457 individuals; Skillnet has upskilled 2,366 individuals in the last 12 months, while our Local Employment Service has supported 209 Long-term unemployed people. Our EIP closed, having engaged over 100 farmers who implemented a range of agreed actions that attracted results-based payments of €662,000.
Ms. Walsh sincerely thanked the Assistant CEO Eileen Linehan, for her vision, passion, resilience and diligence, as well as the exceptional leadership she provides to our Team Leaders, Helen O Sullivan, Triona Dennehy, Louise Bourke as well as our Accounts Manager Jackie Kelly. The hard work and commitment of all our RSS, Tus, CE and CSP
supervisors and staff throughout the organisation is central to our ongoing success.
She paid tribute to the IRD Duhallow Chairman Michael Twohig who provides strong leadership to our board and is ably assisted by Anne Maria Bourke. They remain true to the essence of the company values, empowering and encouraging us to have the courage to challenge the status quo when it poses a risk to our progress, and to never compromise on doing the right thing for our communities, stakeholders, the environment and the people that we serve.
We look to the year ahead with
optimism, hope and determination, ready to meet any challenges, in an environment of enhanced stakeholder expectations and regulatory requirements, restricted tighter budgets to meet rising inflationary administration costs. We have also the excitement of new programmes and new services
to develop and offer, so with confidence and determination we look forward to the coming year”.
Edel Quinn Hall, Kanturk
Taekwondo
Thursday 6-8pm
All Welcome!
Now enrolling for new students!
Venue: Scoil Mhuire, Kanturk
Time: Every Tuesday at 8:00pm
Men and women 18+
€5 per person
Contact 085-2828654 info@duhallowpickleball.com
Kanturk Fitness Classes
Venue: USA stores, Greenane Street, Kanturk
Mondays
9.30am: Beginners Fitness 6pm: Boxercise
Tuesday
9am: Legs, Bums, and Tums 6pm: Dance Fitness
Wednesday 6pm: Dance Fitness
Friday
9.30am: Circuits
€10 pay as you go or 6 classes for €50
Message Deirdre O’Sullivan or text 087 9273672 for details/ bookings.
Tureencahill Summer Bridge
Venue: Tureencahill Community Centre, P51 T66349
Time: Wednesdays at 1pm
Friendly, non-competitive, enjoy a cup of tea!
For more info, contact 087 647 6536. All welcome!
Glen Theatre Drama Group
Performing John B. Keane’s The Rain at the End of the Summer
August 11th - The Glen Theatre, Cork - In aid of the purchase of essential resources to enhance the learning experience of neurodivergent children with additional needs in Rathcoole N.S. Phone: 029 56239
August 15th: The Everyman, Cork. August 23rd & 24th - The Civic Theatre, Dublin.
Venue: Freemount Community Center, P56 P893
Admission: €10
Time: Sundays 3:00pm-5:30pm
August
Sunday 11th
Michael Sexton
Sunday 18th
Declan Aungier
Sunday 25th
Dermot Lyons
€70 for three days
• Training
• Games
• Competition
• Grading Prep 14th, 15th, and 16th of August
For bookings and further info, contact:
Johnathan Dowling 0879000593 Julian Dalton 0892387758
Venue: Banteer Community Centre
Time: Every Thursday @ 8:30pm
Venue: CYMS Hall, Newmarket, P51 V596
Admission: €10
Time: Saturdays 9:30pm-11:30pm
August
Saturday 24th
Micheal Collins band
Weekly Seisuin continues Tuesday 6th of August in Bruach na Carraige at 8.30pm.
Special Guests: “Cailíní Cuilinn” a group of singers and musicians from Cullen. Reigning Munster Senior Scór Ballad Group champions who are also preparing for the All-Ireland Fleadh in Wexford.
We are certainly in for a wonderful night of music and song - everyone welcome!
Monday Night Music
Time: 9pm
Cost: €5 on the door
There’s an open session happening every week. Loads of local music from all your favourite stalwarts. Tea and biscuits served.
Tuesday
Time: 11.00am to 12.00pm.
Newmarket Breastfeeding Support Group, facilitated by Public Heath Nurses. First Floor, Newmarket Primary Care Centre, Newmarket. Just drop in or phone 02961500.
Breastfeeding mums and expectant mums are welcome to join us for breastfeeding support, advice and an opportunity to meet other mums and babies in your area.
Wednesday Writers Group
Time: 7:30pm Writers group meet every 2nd Wednesday at the Cultúrlann. New members welcome. For details, contact 087 640 6705
Thursdays Ciorcal Gaeilge
Time: 7-8 pm
Anyone interested, please email theculturlann@gmail.com to be added to the WhatsApp group.
Duhallow Vintage Club Run will be held on the Sunday 11th of August. Registration from 10:30-12 noon, in Cois Abhainn, Freemount. Leaving Freemount at noon and going for a scenic drive with pit stop, and continuing on to The Farm Grenagh & Haystack Restaurant, where there will be a choice of main course, desert and tea or coffee for €25 per person. It promises to be a great day out. All welcome.
Time: Thursday 22nd August
Meeting at Ballydaly church at 6.40 sharp Tea and coffee afterwards
Venue: CYMS Hall, Newmarket
Time: August 14th, 7pm-8:30pm
Teaming up with Duhallow ITA Taekwondo instructor, Niall O’ Shea and also Mark Buckley, a renowned master in Taekwondo to host a free womens self defence class for all women in the community who are aged 12+. It will teach you basic but necessary self defence skills.
Enquiries: 083 110 6501
To sign up, scan the QR code.
to request on all your favourite Radio Stations.
Tickets at €15 may be purchased at ticketstop.ie and in local shops
The children in Lismire NS were kept busy during the last term with a variety of activities. Children in 5th and 6th were delighted when they received their Confirmation on 22nd May. It was a great day for the Parish and the children were great representatives for the school, as always. The older children participated in a number of football blitzes and while also enjoying a tag rugby blitz.
Drama is a big part of our Community and what better way to develop the skills and talents of our children than a repeat of last year’s successful workshop with Comedian Bernard Casey! Again, the children got really involved in the games and drama pieces and it proved to be excellent for team building, decision making and creativity.
The annual school tours were greatly enjoyed by all. The junior and middle room headed for Let’s Go Camp in Mallow and thoroughly enjoyed the variety of activities - lots of tired heads coming home on the bus afterwards. The senior room went to Ballyhass Lakes and they had great fun, on land, and on water!
The annual Sports day took place during the last week and it was a great success and great fun was had. Of course there were mixed emotions as we had the farewell graduation for our fabulous 6th class. It was a lovely occasion shared with family and friends. We wish our wonderful 6th class the very best for their next chapter and hope they will come back to visit us!
Finally, the Summer raffle was held on the day of the holidays. A big thanks to the Parents’ Association who do great work in organising the much anticipated end of term raffle! The winners, Tadhg, Jamie, Charlie, Peter, Jane and Mary - were the envy of all on the day. We hope all at Lismire NS enjoy their Summer break and we look forward to seeing you all again in September for a new school year.
By ALICE O’BRIEN Alice O’Brien Counselling, Newmarket
Imagine a scene far into the future; Your children are now adults, and you are all looking back on old photos. Perusing over holiday snaps of sunny weeks away with smiling children by the pool. Someone asks if you were on the holiday, which of course you were, in fact you arranged it. Another question about why you are not in any photos. Not a sign of Mammy by the pool, in the bathing suit, at the theme park. Not one photo. Why? Because Mammy didn’t like how she looked on that family holiday, Mammy thought she was too fat, her hair was too grey, and her wrinkles were too obvious. So, no photos of Mammy.
So, no evidence of Mammy in the archives. Not a sign.
We all have the tricks to avoid the photos, we offer to take them instead, make an excuse or find an object to hide behind. But, the holiday snaps you avoid today are not really that important today. When the events are happening, you are there, you are present. The photos are also not just for you. The photos are for the future, for the next generation. To remember how important you are to the running of the family. To look back on the smiles and the memories that you not only were part of, but probably went to great efforts to arrange.
Another important reason for getting into the picture is for when your children become parents themselves, it will be a great
comfort to them to look back and see how you looked at that stage, the stage that they are at themselves. It will be a comfort to see you managing the way they are managing.
So, please hand the camera over and let someone else take your picture, let your children have a reminder of the person who cares most for them. Do not let your hang-ups remove you from the future archives. Your children see their Mammy, they don’t care about your wrinkles or your grey hairs. Only you see them so turn a blind eye.
By MAIREAD O’KEEFFE
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Jonty Crosse of Newmarket Notes met up with Mossie Angland of An Chultúrlann to get more information on the inaugural Áth Trasna TradFest weekend running from 16th to 18th August. This festival is a celebration of traditional Irish music and culture. The anticipation is palpable among the residents of Newmarket.
Before TradFest, Scullys Fest ran in Newmarket from 2004 to 2021. It was a celebration of the traditional music, art and culture of Newmarket and Sliabh Luachra. TradFest is a preliminary 'dipping of the toe' into a revival of a fun weekend of music and certainly tipping the hat to the legacy of Scullys Fest. The festival includes
a variety of sessions, workshops, and concerts, ensuring that there’s something for everyone, from the seasoned trad enthusiast to the curious visitor eager to experience the local culture.
The weekend starts off on Friday 16th with a traditional music evening at the Rock Bar from 8pm11pm. Everyone is welcome to come along and play.
On the Saturday afternoon Cliodna Ducey will be holding a free introduction to Set Dancing event in An Chultúrlann. Everyone from all ages are welcome. Then the famous trad rock band Scullion is performing in the evening which promises to be a great night.
On Sunday 18th there'll be a free Picnic in the Park from 2pm-6pm The park is open to all so everyone come along, set up a picnic with family and friends. The picnic is a great way to socialise for the afternoon. There will be a music stage set up with guest musicians and the Boherbue Set Dancers. People are welcome to bring their own instruments and conduct their own little seisiúns around the field. Bring your own picnics, coolers, frisbees, umbrellas and gazebos! There will be BBQ food available plus a crêperie and other delicious treats as well as bouncy castles! If you would like to help, email maurice.angland@gmail.com or call him on 0872550333.
Music, song, dance and fun for all the family!
Saturday 17th August
Beginners Set Dancing An Chultúrlann From 1pm-3pm
Free entry
The highlight of the weekend, a concert by Irish folk rock band, SCULLION. This promises to be a great night. Tickets €25 available on the door, in local shops and at ticketstop.ie
Sunday 18th August
Family Fun Day: Picnic in the Park
From 2pm-6pm With live outdoor trad music, singing, dance, food stalls, bouncy castles and fun for all the family. Come join us!
National Heritage Week celebrates its 19th year in 2024. Running from the 17th to 25th August with the theme of Connections, Routes and Networks. Heritage Week invites us to explore the ways we are connected to each other through physical and cultural ties. Coordinated by The Heritage Council, its aim is to build awareness and education about our heritage, celebrate the heritage that Ireland has to offer, and encourage its conservation and preservation. It is part of a Europewide initiative in which over forty countries participate each year to raise awareness of the heritage that surrounds us.
Commemorating Tadhg Cotter Thursday, 15th August, 8 pm. Shinnagh Cross, Rathmore. A unique commemoration will take place. It was here, exactly two hundred years ago, that the Whiteboy captain, Tadhg Cotter, was executed by the force of the Crown in what is believed to have been the last public hanging in Ireland.
IRD Duhallow Historic Graves Video Series Available to
IRD Duhallow is delighted to present our series of videos recorded for the Historic Graves project. Recorded under our LEADER 2014-2020 project, it has been years in the making, The series offers a treasure trove of invaluable stories and history relating to graves throughout Duhallow, shared by Duhallow inhabitants and recorded and curated by project tutor, John Tierney. The series will be available to view on the IRD Duhallow YouTube page, with videos being uploaded daily, from August 17th - 24th, throughout Heritage Week. Links to these videos will also be available on the IRD Duhallow Website and Facebook Page. #HeritageWeek2024.
17 August, 2pm - 4pm
Conservation at Crann, P51 AK52, Co. Cork
Join us for a fun and engaging meadow walk and talk with Ecologist Letizia Cocchiglia that will look at the insects and butterflies along the way. The event encourages visitors to look at the world around them differently, to open their eyes to the diverse beauty of the natural world and is guaranteed to be fun for all the family.
Conservation at Crann is an accessible, inclusive, living conservation site near Kanturk, Co. Cork and is especially designed for families to experience and enjoy nature. It features a range of trails, natural woodland, wildflower fields and riversides. Facilities also include accessible toilets and changing area.
Booking is essential. To book a place please contact Tara on todonovan@cranncentre.ie.
18 August, 11:30am - 1pm. Knocknagree Village, Co. Cork, P51 R7PO
Unveiling of mural depicting the history and culture of Knocknagree village. Fairs were held once a month in Knocknagree up to the 1960’s. Also Knocknagree won the junior All Ireland in 2018 which was a magnificent achievement considering the population of the village. There will be set dancing on the day featuring the Sliabh Luachra set in addition to music from local performers.
The History Of Ireland, Within The Walls Of Clonfert Graveyard
18 August, 2pm - 4pm.
Clonfert Graveyard, Newmarket, Co. Cork
Duhallow Heritage Society is a historical group drawn from the wider Duhallow Region. They are a voluntary group of history enthusiasts and have held a number of exhibitions and history talks in the past few years, along with carrying out a number of research projects. They recently published the seventeenth edition of the local history book Seanchas Dúthalla. Duhallow Heritage Society Speaker Sheila O’ Sullivan, a historian with extensive knowledge of local history will give a talk entitled “The History of Ireland, contained within the walls of Clonfert graveyard”. She will trace the history of Clonfert graveyard, which dates back centuries, and its connections to various people and places worldwide. Everyone welcome.
23 August, 7pm - 8:30pm
Kilshannig Graveyard Newberry, Dromahane, Mallow, Co. Cork
The tour will start at 7pm and consist of a talk on both the Protestant and Catholic heritage of Kilshannig/Glantane Parishes. A number of graves of prominent people of the Parish will be visited and their association with the Parish explained. There are some notable people buried in this graveyard, such as Daniel O Connell's mother, Princess Diana’s ancestors, Nano Nagle's ancestors and many more. Visitors will also have an opportunity to visit the inside of the Church.
This will be followed by an Ecumenical Service and light refreshments.
24 August, 11am - 5pm.
St Judes, West End, Banteer, Co. Cork, P51 R7W9
An open day at the PPP Forge in Banteer. The last remaining forge in North Cork, dedicated to traditional blacksmithing, along with Ragnar Cherrie, who is Ireland's last remaining coppersmith and tinker.
You can pop in, and see them working and learn about the traditional processes and skills involved in blacksmithing, as would have been practiced in local forges in every parish, throughout the country. www.heritageweek.ie
By DONIE MURPHY
I remember as a small boy, old rovers to my parents’ home, talking about the murder back near the castle in Glenamuckla. That was what the local name for Lord Cork’s Hunting Lodge.
I was in it in 1960, the old man who owned the farm, Stephen O’Donaghue, sold it to the forestry. They knocked the fine old stone building and put in trees about forty years ago. A photo of the castle was in Seanchas Dúthalla
The event: James O'Rourke was murdered in a field on 28th July, 1888. The killer fled to America where he eventually died in 1920. In 1920, the footprints of the killer appeared in the field where the murder took place. A local priest, Fr. Timothy O'Donaghue, predicted that the footprints would remain there for 100 years. I’d like to
James O'Rourke was murdered in a field on 28th July, 1888. The killer fled to America where he eventually died in 1920. In 1920 the footprints of the killer appeared in the field where the murder took place. A local priest, Fr. Timothy O'Donaghue predicted that the footprints would remain there for 100 years. The story captured imaginations, including that of Donie Murphy.
share my book on the footprints of Glounamuckla, which I authored in 2013. At that time, the footprints were very clear. People told me they would remain even after my passing.
As a young boy, I heard stories about the “predictions” of Fr. Timothy O’Donaghue PP Newmarket 1918-1921 and C.C. Newmarket 1891-1898. Most of these have come true.
In my book, I suggested waiting until 2020 to see if the footprints would disappear. Since June 1973, I’ve been a regular visitor to the footprints. I was there with a group of young boys in August 1960. The footprints remained very clear until 2017.
Early in 2020, the footprints vanished. I visited every few months, to see would they reappear, as they usually came back after they had been removed by people or animals.
From Tony Kennedy’s short film; The “Footprints” of Glenamuckla, Newmarket, Co Cork, which can be found on YouTube. Author Donie Murphy explains the mysterious landmarks (pictured below)
The grass and rushes slowly grew, I visited the footprints a few weeks ago and the grass and rushes are now overgrown over the years. At first I did not say prayers on my visits. About 1982, I went with my first cousin, Sister Mary Sheehan, a nun in Boston, Massachusetts USA. She said we will say a decade of the rosary.
On every visit since I bless myself and say an Our Father, three Hail Mary’s and Glory be to Father. Then I move a few meters to where James Rourke
was shot—an unmarked spot where he moaned in pain.
Since 2020, I am now fairly sure that the footprints are gone, may they all rest in peace.
Regarding Father Timothy O’Donaghue, I have named him in my book and the people who were in Taur Church in 1920 when he delivered a powerful sermon on that Sunday. Just days before, he had blessed the footprints with a number of people present. Fr. O’Donaghue walked away without speaking as he wanted to give a hard, cutting, sermon in Taur Church and have a go at the people of the committee that built the new church named Taur 1914-1915 and consecrated May 1915. Church of the holy spirit, I am author of the centenary book on Taur Church.
The sermon in Taur Church is on page 42 of the Footprints Book.
Donie Murphy’s 2013 publication chronicles the fascinating story behind this infamous landmark.
By TOM DENNEHY
On August 9th, the Catholic Church remembers St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, also known as Edith Stein. St. Teresa converted from Judaism to Catholicism in the course of her work as a philosopher and later entered the Carmelite order. She died in the Nazi concentration camp in Auschwitz in 1942.
Edith Stein was born on October 12, 1891 in the city of Breslau, Poland. When she was two years old her father died. She gave up the practice of her Jewish faith as an adolescent. As a young woman with profound intellectual gifts, Edith studied philosophy and became a pupil of the renowned professor, Edmund Husserl in 1913. Through her studies the non- religious Edith met several Christians whose intellectual and spiritual lives she admired. After earning her degree with the highest honours from Gottingen University in 1915, she served as a nurse in an Austrian field hospital during the First World War. She returned to academic work in 1916 winning her doctorate after writing a highly regarded thesis on the phenomenon of empathy. She remained interested in the idea of religious commitment, but had not made such a commitment herself.
In 1921, while visiting friends, Edith spent an entire night reading the autobiography of St .Teresa of Avila. “When I had finished the book,” she later recalled, “I said to myself; This is the truth.” She was baptized into the Catholic Church on the first day of January, 1922.
Edith’s mother did not understand her daughter’s Christian conversion. Though Edith would have liked to join the Carmelites immediately after her conversion, she taught instead at a Dominican school and gave
numerous public lectures on the dignity of the human person. She spent 1931 writing a study of St. Thomas Aquinas and took a university teaching position in 1932.
In 1933, the rise of Nazism, combined with Edith’s Jewish ethnicity, put an end to her teaching career. In 1934, after a painful parting with her mother, 11 years after her conversion, she entered a Carmelite convent taking the name “Teresa Benedicta of the Cross” as a symbol of her acceptance of suffering. “I felt,” she wrote, “that those who understand the Cross of Christ should take it upon themselves on everybody’s behalf.” She saw it as her vocation “to intercede with God for everyone,” but she prayed especially for the Jews of Germany whose tragic fate was becoming clear.
“I ask the Lord to accept my life and my death,” she wrote in 1939, “so that the Lord will be accepted by His people and that His kingdom may come in glory, for the salvation of Germany and peace in the world.”
After completing her final work, a study of St. John of the Cross, entitled “The Science of the Cross,” Teresa Benedicta was arrested along with her sister Rosa (who had also become a Catholic) and the members of her religious community, on August 7, 1942. The arrests came in retaliation against a protest letter by the Dutch bishops, decrying the Nazi treatment of Jews. St. Teresa Benedicta of The Cross died in the concentration camp at Auschwitz on August 9th 1942. Saint John Paul 11 canonized her in 1998, and proclaimed her a Co Patroness of Europe the following year.
Quotes of St.Teresa Benedicta.
1. To be rich is not what you have in your bank account, but what you have in your heart.
2. The journey of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.
3. We are all called to be saints, not just some special few.
4. In your daily life, live in such a way that you are a reflection of God’s love.
5. The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.
6. The true joy of life comes from giving love and finding purpose.
7. The only way to do great work is to love what you do.
8. The most beautiful thing a person can wear is confidence and a smile.
9. Do be afraid to be yourself, for there is no one else in the world like you.
10. The way we treat others is a reflection of how we feel about ourselves.
11. True friendship is built on trust, loyalty, and genuine care for one another.
12. Live each day as if it were your last and make it count.
13. The greatest wealth in life is the love and happiness we share with others.
14. Faith is not knowing what the future holds but knowing who holds the future.
15. Never underestimate the power of a small act of kindness.
Across
1. Gallantry (7)
5. Subsequently (5)
8. Extreme happiness (5)
9. Considered unlikely (7)
10. Pills (7)
11. Paragon (5)
12. Gaped (6)
14. Concurs (6)
17. Proverb (5)
19. Recite (7)
22. Feed (7)
23. Water lily (5)
24. Frock (5)
25. Use again after processing (7)
1. Established custom (5)
2. Arc of refracted light (7)
3. Publish (5)
4. Humble (6)
5. Risible (7)
6. Heading (5)
7. Conundrums (7)
12. Hankered (7)
13. Foes (7)
15. Flexible (7)
16. Fix firmly (6)
18. Angle less than 90 degrees (5)
20. Something that has survived the past (5)
21. Follow (5)
Solution: Issue 119, July 26th, 2024
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