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Camp Notes Brigid O’ Connor Camp Drama Group Camp Drama Group are staging “Where’s the Missus” in Castlegregory Club Rooms on Friday Sept. 30th. Tickets available @ the clubroom office 9.30 - 5pm Mon - Fri. 066 - 71 - 39422. There will also be tickets @ O’Dwyers (MACE) in Camp. Camp Junction Vintage Rally The Annual Camp Junction Vintage Rally took place at The Junction Bar, Camp on Sunday 18th. September last. A rainy morning had oganisers if they would go ahead or not, but then the sun came out and the event went ahead and was a wonderful success. A fantastic array of vintage cars, tractors, machinery and antiques were on display and there was some very novel and enjoyable side events too. Great fun was had by all. A huge thank you to all involved, exhibitors, spectators and anybody who helped out in any way. All proceeds from the day went to the Kerry branch of the Irish Kidney Association. Results Of Raffle From Sunday’s Vintage Rally. Hamper; Ava McCormack Junction Bar voucher; Martin Mulcahy Limerick. The Village Chemist Castlegregory Voucher; Elsie Moore Hair Heaven Camp Voucher; Denis Ferriter. Camp Fair The sun shone brightly on Camp Fair on Monday last, our biggest sheep fair in many a day. It was like olden times with pens put down the evening before and sheep arriving in the village early in the morning. There was a great buzz around the place all day long and the place really filled with laughter and excitement when the children arrived off the school bus in the evening for the Fancy Dress Parade and the Pet show in O’Dwyers yard. A cute ram lamb named chops held by his owner Sonny Flaherty, Derrymore was the winner of the Pet Show. The Parade around the village was led by our own local musicians Milo O Brien and James Allman and Camp children and the costumes were fantastic, again even the ICA ladies got dressed up for the occasion. And one pen of sheep stood out on the day, themed Star Wars alias Camp Wars was the artistic creation of Breda Quirke, Anne Eager and Eileen O Shea and needless to say it won a prize. Paddy Kennedy, Maum and New York sold the first pen of sheep on the fair morning. Milo O’Brien’s pen of sheep was judged the Best overall of the day. As aways the sheep show attracted a lot of entries and the winners of the overall champion sheep was Pat O’Donnell, Slieve who was presented with the John O’Shea Memorial Cup by Pat O Shea. Padraig Deane presented The Maureen O Dwyer Memorial Cup to Jimmy O’Dwyer, Camp for the best scotch aged ram. 2nd. Tommy Griffin, Beheenagh. Best Scotch Ewe category went to Tom Griffin, 46 West Kerry Live

Beheenagh who received the Michael O Shea Memorial Cup. 2nd. Jimmy O Dwyer, Camp 3rd. Tommy Griffin, Beheenagh. Best Scotch Yearling ram 1st. Michael Deane, Gortaneedin, Keel was presented with The Martin Crean Memorial Cup. 2nd. Sean O Donnell, Slieve, 3rd. Michael Deane, Gortaneedin, Keel. Best Scotch Ram Lamb 1st. Michael Kennedy, Inch received The Tom Batt O Connor Memorial Cup. 2nd. Tommy Griffin, Beheenagh, 3rd. John Prendiville, Lispole. Best Cheviot Ram Lamb – 1st. Michael Kennedy, Inch received Dalys Bar Perpetual cup. 2nd and 3rd. Gene Cronin, Beaufort. Best Cheviot aged ram 1st. John Joe O Donnell, Duagh, Camp received The Jack Quirke Memorial cup.

on Saturday 8th. October. Launch is around 9.00 p.m. A night to remember and not to be missed and come early ! Obituary Sympathy is extended to Brian Enright, Seaside Caravan Park on the recent death of his mother Dolores Enright, Foynes, Co. Limerick. Birthday Celebrations Happy birthday to Ian Hassel who celebrated a landmark birthday at Ashes Bar on Saturday 17th. September and to Darragh O Neill who celebrated his birthday at home in The Railway Tavern on Saturday night last. Go maire sibh an chéad !

2nd and 3rd. Martin Ashe, Aughills, Castlemaine. Prizes for Pens of sheep as follows : Johnny Kennedy, Maum, Camp Jimmy O Dwyer, Camp SolarDeane, Systems Pádraig Beheenagh, Camp Tom Beheenagh, Camp TomGriffin, Kennedy Milo O Brien, Kilteenbane, Camp - Overall Solar..panels or tubes, what's the difference? Well they both provide winner hot water when heated by the sun’s energy, thus saving you energy, be it oil,O gasBrien, or electricity. Gene Kilteenbane, Camp A solar system will save up to 70% of na yournGealt, annual hot Camp water bill. When Brigid O Connor, Gleann it comes to tubes versus panels, the tubes are marginally more efPat Joe O Connor, Gleann na nGealt, Camp ficient than panels, but realistically the difference is small, especially when we have had suchKillelton a great spell of sunshine. Pádraig O Shea, There Crean, is another Knockglossbeg, "solar system" known in the trade as "ThermodynamJack Camp ic" this is a solar panel that works in the dark. Yes with no sunshine,

you ask how! Jimmy O Dwyer and the local sheepfarmWell the answer is simple really, it's not a solar panel it's a heat pump. ers wish to acknowledge and thank all who The way it works is a panel is fitted to your roof which is connected to a unit and cylinder in your hot press. Thisway is a compressor similar helped out on the day in any and our to what's found in a fridge, this unit pumps a refrigerant gas into the main sponsor Noel Sheehan, Animal Health, panel where it heats due to the fact that the gas has a very low boiling point of about Milltown . -25 Celsius so this hot gas comes back into the unit, where the gas is compressed to make it hotter, the heat is then trans-

ferred to create heat. However, this unit is dependant on electricity The mutton pies were delicious as always to operate so while saving money on heating hot water it does so at and a cost.there was such demand for them that they were sold outfamily by lunchtime the costs Take for example a typical home with 3 to 5in occupants, on average about €1,500 to €2,000 per year to heat, of which about a village and then it was off down to sample 1/4 to 1/3 of this is hot water, so a typical hot water bill for a family of 5 is somewhere theThe regionJunction of €450 to €650 a year. Mary’s pies inat Bar. And as alA solar music system forin a family of 5 can costin anything from €4,000and to ways all the bars the evening €5,500 supplied and fitted, giving them a yearly saving of approx late night a perfect €350 into to €500the and when youbrought take into account the risingend cost ofto en-a ergy, a system can Fair pay forDay itself in in 5every to 10 years. lovely Camp way. Heres to being around again next year, go mairimíd go léir beo ar an am seo arís.

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ICA Camp ICA raised €1384 for the Kerry Hospice Association on Camp Fair day providing teas and refreshments all day in the Old School. Nora’s Favourites The Official launch of Nora Rice’s CD entitled Nora’s Favourites will be at The Railway Tavern, Camp on Saturday 8th. October. This will be a night to remember with some of the best known traditional and Irish musicians in the Dingle Peninsula attending. Nora’s Favourites comprises lovely old Irish songs which Nora herself enjoys singing and what a wonderful collection, from The Rocks of Bawn to The Three Leaf Shamrock, the album is a must have for anyone who loves the old Irish songs of long ago. Nora’s childhood friend Kate Mulcahy/Roland is accompanying violionist on the album with Bernadette Hennessy/ Slattery on concertina and Dingle musician Donagh Hennessy also featured 32 West Live So don’t forget Mike O Neill’s on the Kerry album. www.westkerrylive.ie The Railway Tavern, Camp is the place to be