Discover Duhallow Issue 76

McCarthy’s Make A Change

The end of October saw the retirement of Donal and Mary McCarthy of McCarthy’s Londis, Rathmore. The store has been in the McCarthy family for nearly 70 years. Donal and Mary have been huge supporters of the community ranging from football to panto, and they will be missed. Best of luck to them in their retirement! Further luck to new owner Seamus Kelly!

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Duhallow History As We’ve Never Seen It

Four Courts Press have just released a fascinating new book; Early Modern Duhallow, C.1534-1641: The Crisis, Decline And Fall Of Irish Lordship. It charts the transformation of early modern Duhallow by examining the crisis of Irish Lordship in the region under the Tudors and the decline and fall of the Lordships during the early Stuart period. In doing so, it examines a microcosm of how Irish Lordship was often destroyed not by direct conquest and colonization, but by a gradual process of economic, social and political erosion. The book is on sale in all good bookshops.

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Millstreet Active Retirement group recently made a trip to O’Riadas Castleisland and Siamsa Tire Tralee.

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Christmas with the Sinsir Club

COOKERY DEMONSTRATION

The Annual Cookery Demonstration with renowned chef, Hazel Bourke, Assolas, will be held on Wednesday night, December 7th in Castlemagner Community Centre at 8pm. Mulled wine and mince pies will be served on arrival. A night not to be missed. Tickets for this event are €10.00 and are available at the door on the night.

CRESCENT SHOPPING TRIP

The Christmas Shopping trip to the Crescent Shopping Centre in Limerick is high on the Sinsir agenda with a few seats remaining in the bus. This highly anticipated day has been very much looked forward to for some time, as people were unable to travel for the past few years. The bus will leave Castlemagner Church Car Park at 10.30am on Saturday 19th November The fare for the bus is €20. Anyone interested in travelling should contact 086/8521808.

SINSIR CHRISTMAS PARTY

The Annual Sinsir Christmas Party will be held on Sunday December the 11th in Springfort Hall at 1:00pm, anyone wishing to attend please contact any member of the Sinsir Club or contact 086/8521808.

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Dancing With The Scots

Congratulations to Eimear O Connor who represented Julie Nolan School of Irish dancing at the recent All Scotland Championships in Glasgow the weekend of 8th/9th October. She placed 6th in the U14 Preliminary Championship at her first All Scotlands. Her teachers, Julie and Honor, are very proud that she was the first dancer to represent their school at the All Scotlands. Eimear started dancing at the age of 4 with Julie in Kilbrin. To date she has competed from beginner grades up to championship level. She has competed at numerous Munster and Irish National championships. Her next major competition will be the Munster Championships which will be held in the INEC in Killarney at the end of November.

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St. Peter's Ladies Football team who were recently crowned Junior County Champions

Photo by Neily Curtin

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Congratulations to the East Kerry team and Captain Paul Murphy, man of the match, and management on their County Final win at Austin Stack Park.

Congratulations to Rathmore GAA on winning Hurling club of year! Sponsored by Garvey Group.

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Well done to Meelin man Pat McMahon on running the Dublin City Marathon barefoot. He ran 42km in 5 and a half hours.