West & Mid Kerry Live issue 415

Corca Dhuibhne Beo

West & Mid Kerry Live

Loch an Pheidléara / Pedlar's Lake: Mossy Donegan

San Eagrán Seo / In This Issue

Pg 3: Féile an Phráta

Pg 6: Nutrition with Irene

Pg 10: Once Upon a Time in the Southwest

Pg 22: Stone Alignments

Pg 24: Smuggling in Dingle

Pg 329: Dingle Cookery School Recipe

Pg 31: It's All In The Mind - Patience

Pg 32: Live Music Listings

Pg 34: Town & Peninsula Maps

Pg 36: Crosfhocal Sean-Nós

Pg 37: Ó Mhárthain

Pg 38: Crossword

Pg 39: Classifieds

Published by West Kerry Live, Goat Street, Dingle, Co. Kerry V92 EC85

IONAID LEIGHIS / MEDICAL CENTRES:

Clinic Cois Abhann, The Mall , Dingle 066 9151465

Ionad Leighis An Daingin, The Mall, Dingle 066 9152225.

DingleDoc, Spa Rd, Dingle V92K282 066-9152346 / 066-9152324

Castlegregory Medical Centre, 066-7139226 Mon-Fri, 9:00am to 5:00 pm Saturday, by appointment.

Annascaul Health Centre, Annascaul 066-9157227, SouthDoc: 0818 355 999 for all calls between 6.00pm to 8.00am

Killorglin Health Centre, Killorglin, Tel: 066 976 1284

Cronin, Dr Ann, Beach Tree Lodge, Market St, Killorglin (066)9761014

Prenderville Edmond, Daly’s Lane, Killorglin (066)9761072

Prenderville Edmond, Coolmore Laharn, Killorglin (066)9761512

Milltown Health Centre Milltown (066)9767113

IONAD TRÉIDLIACHTA / VETERINARY SURGERY

Brendan O’ Connell, Spa Rd., Dingle. Tel (066) 9151814

EIGEANDÁIL / EMERGENCY:

Police, Fire, Ambulance, Coast Guard: Tel: 112 or 999. These numbers are free of charge but should only be used in cases of genuine emergencies.

STÁISIÚN NA NGARDAÍ / GARDA STATIONS

Annascaul Garda Station,. Tel: +353 66 9157102

Dingle Garda Station, Tel: +353 66 9151522

Castlegregory Garda Station,Tel: +353 66 7139690

Garda Station, Killorglin, Tel: +353 66 976 1113

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Permit Number On Request - Uimhir Cheadúnais ach é a lorg

News from The Marts

Dingle

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Saturday June 28th

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DINGLE 066 91 51586

MILLTOWN : 066 97 67309

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Contact us on 066-9150530 Lorcán: 086-1737944 Mossy: 087-2149327 Email: westkerrynews@gmail.com or check us out on Facebook www.westkerrylive.ie

FIACLÓIRÍ / DENTISTS

Corkery-Johnson Linda BDS NUI

Upper Main St Dingle Co. Kerry (066) 9152333

Long Bryan G B. Dent. Sc. Main st. Upr .Dingle (066)9151527

Timothy Lynch Dental Surgery, Langford st, Killorglin, 066 97 61831

Mac Domhnaill Dental, Tralee, 066-7121457 / 087-1319792

CLÁR-AMA BUS / BUS TIMETABLES:

Local Link Kerry 066 7147002

Bus Station, Killarney, Co. Kerry. (064) 6630011

Bus Station, Tralee, Co. Kerry. (066) 7164700

POITIGÉIRÍ / CHEMISTS:

The Village Pharmacy, Castlegregory, 066-7139646

Walsh John, Pharmacy Green st. Dingle (066)9151365

O’Keeffe Pharmacy Ltd . Strand St.(066)9151310

Grogan’s Pharmacy, Spa Rd, Dingle (066)-9150518

O’Dohertys Pharmacy, Bridge Street, Milltown (066)-9767305

Laune Pharmacy Market Street, Killorglin, 066 976 1131

Mulvihill Pharmacy Ltd, Main St, Killorglin, Phone : 066 976 1115

O’Sullivan’s Pharmacy, Mill Road, Killorglin, Phone : 066 976 2111

O Sullivans Pharmacy 6 Bridge Street, Milltown, 066 9795915

OPTICIANS / RADHARC-EOLAÍ

Ó Domhnaill Opticians, Mail Rd., Dingle, (066) 9152863

SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL (SVP) WEST KERRY AREA 066 7128021

Comórtais

Ceantar Area

Féile an Phráta 2025

na n-ocht gCeantar 05 go 12 Iúil 2025

Cathain When

Venue

To partake call: Áit

Chun páirt a ghlacadh san Chomórtas, chuir glaoch ar:

Baile na nGall - Cois Chnoic Dé Sathairn 05 Iúil 8.00 in Tigh Bheaglaoich Breandán Ó Conchúir 086 834 7966

Baile na nGall - Cois Chósta Dé Domhnaigh 06 Iúil 8.00 in Tigh TP

Ceann Trá Dé Luain 07 Iúil 8.00 in Tigh Uí Chuinn

Helen Forde 086 152 2148

Eric Maillard 083 091 4060

Eric Prestage 086 825 8995

Ceanntar Chill Chuáin Dé Máirt 08 Iúil 8.00 in An Bóthar Seán Jim Pheig Ó Muircheartaigh 086 333 3856

Lios Póil Dé Céadaoin 09 Iúil 8.00 in Garraí na dTor

Baile an Fheirtéaraigh Déardaoin 10 Iúil 8.00 in Tigh an tSaorsaigh

Dún Chaoin Dé hAoine 11 Iúil 8.00 in Tigh Kruger

An Daingean Dé Sathairn 12 Iúil 8.00 in Tigh Uí Churráin

Craobh - Chomórtas / Final Dé Domhnaigh 13 Iúil 8.00 in Baile na nGall

Risteard Mac Eoin 087 173 8948

Susan Feirtéar 087 611 3067

Fionán Ó hÓgáin 087 251 8174

James Curran 087 682 9255

Bean a Tí - Susan Feirtéar

60 Seconds with Pamela Mueller

What was your first job? A family nurse for a home help service

What is your favourite film? Lord od the Rings

What is your favourite book?

The Crimson River - Jean-Christophe Grange

What was the first CD / Tape / Record you bought? Nevermind - Nirvana

What was your favourite holiday?

2 weeks hiking in Co. Cork and Kerry with my dog and a friend

What is your favourite drink?

Hot chocolate with lots of cream

Who is your favourite actor?

Emma Thompson and Ricky Gervais

What advice would you give to your younger self? Don't worry so much and enjoy your life a bit more

Who is your sporting hero?

Paul Schockemoehle and Ludger Beerbaum (two incredible German showjumpers)

Two figures from history you'd like to have as dinner guests?

Arthur Conan Doyle and Jeanne d'Arc

If a time machine could take you anywhere for one day, when/where would you go? London 1888

What’s your favourite saying? Der weg ist das ziel (the route is the goal)

Pat Hanafin

Septic Tank Emptying & Drain Cleaning

With over 30 years in business providing a Septic Tank Cleaning Service in the Dingle Peninsula, we now provide DRAIN CLEANING. From 2” sink lines to 4” - 12” sewer pipes. Biocycle tanks filter system,washed after emptying. Providing power washing service and washing facility. 24 hour cover.

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Septic & Biocycle Tank Fitting

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Hydrated & Happy: Surviving Irish Summers & Sunny Getaways Without Drying Out

Irene Flannery, Nutritional Therapist

Let’s face it — the Irish summer can be a confusing season. One minute we’re under a sideways drizzle; the next, we’re beetroot-red from sitting in what we thought was just a bright cloud. Still, whether you’re braving the “muggy mist” of a Kerry heatwave or jetting off to Spanish climes with your Factor 50, staying hydrated is key to keeping your energy up and your brain firing on all cylinders. So, let’s hydrate the smart way — with a splash of common sense, a bit of nutritional know-how thrown in and some good old ancient wisdom to keep you cool this Summer.

Water: The Original Wellness Tonic

Aim for around 1.5–2 litres a day — more if you're sweating (even if it's just from stress or sun). Invest in a decent reusable bottle you like and keep it where you'll see it: on your desk, in the car, next to the kettle. Remember to “Hydrate before you caffeinate.” Make your first drink of the day a big glass of water with a squeeze of lemon or a splash of apple cider vinegar to wake up your digestion and your brain.

Eat Your Water

Hydration isn't just about drinking — it's about munching, too. Nature, in her infinite wisdom, offers up watery wonders every summer:

- Cucumbers, watermelon and strawberries (which are practically edible water balloons)

- Lettuce, radishes, tomatoes

- Even cooked courgettes, aubergines or soups made with broth can contribute to your fluids.

Holiday tip: If you’re abroad and unsure of the local water, stick to peeled fruits and cooked veg. Or carry electrolyte sachets in your travel kit to add to bottled water — they take up no space and work like magic after a long flight, too much sun or one too many poolside cocktails.

Speaking of Electrolytes:

Salt gets a bad rap, but we do need a little — especially if you’re sweating. Electrolytes like sodium, potassium and magnesium keep your muscles and nerves working right.

Bananas, avocado, spinach, yogurt and coconut water all help. Add a pinch of good-quality sea salt to your food — or try this homemade natural electrolyte mix with no weird additives: Mix the following into 500 ml of water (still, filtered or mineral — all fine):

• 1/4 tsp unrefined sea salt (e.g., Celtic or Himalayan)

• 1/4 tsp potassium salt (like LoSalt or Nu-Salt)

• 1–2 tsp maple syrup or raw honey (for glucose and taste)

• Juice of 1/2 lemon or lime

• Optional: a splash of coconut water

Shake or stir well. Sip slowly, especially if you’ve been sweating, flying or feeling foggy-headed. Keep chilled if you prefer it cold.

Hydration Is a Habit

If you wait until you’re gasping for water, you're already mildly dehydrated. Instead, sip little and often. Set a phone alarm if needed (even just a “drink water!” sticky note on your kettle can work wonders). Pair hydration with habits: a few gulps before every meal or whenever you check your phone.

Caffeine & Alcohol: The Dehydration Duo

Sorry, but iced coffee and pints don’t count towards hydration (I know — it’s upsetting). If you're on holidays or enjoying a sunny weekend in Kerry, follow every alcoholic or caffeinated drink with a big glass of water. Your future self will thank you. Add sparkling water and fresh citrus to white wine for a DIY spritzer — or sip coconut water between mojitos if you’re feeling a bit fancy.

Dress & Rest Right

Loose, breathable clothes in cotton or linen are your best friends in the heat. And please don’t underestimate the joy of a good sunhat — practical and elegant, dahling. If outside, find shade, take breaks and give your body a chance to cool off regularly.

Your Pee Tells the Truth

Check in with the colour of your wee. Pale straw? Great. Dark amber? Drink up. Simple.

What Camels Can Teach Us About Hydration

You’d think camels store water in their humps — but actually, it’s fat. This fat breaks down into water and energy when needed, helping camels survive scorching desert treks without a drink for days. While you don’t need a hump, having steady meals with healthy fats (like nuts, seeds, oily fish or avocado) can support hydration by slowing digestion and helping your body retain fluids longer. Another great trick by the camels is that they can rehydrate at record speed — drinking up to 100 litres in ten minutes. Don’t try this at home, folks. Humans do best sipping little and often!

Hot-Climate Habits from Around the World

- In Mexico, agua fresca — a lightly sweetened drink made with blended fruit and water is their daily refreshment. Try your own version with cucumber, mint and lime.

- In the Middle East, people sip warm tea in hot weather — surprisingly, it helps cool the body through gentle sweating. Chilies work in a similar way – adding some heat to your food and drinks can actually cool you off, brilliant!

- In India, buttermilk spiced with cumin (called chaas) is a popular hydrating drink. If dairy or buttermilk is not your thing, try making it with coconut water with a pinch of sea salt and cumin. Local hydration habits often reflect generations of wisdom — if travelling abroad, check out what the locals drink to stay cool!

Hydration doesn’t have to be boring or yet another thing to do on holidays, but dehydration can certainly ruin the day. With a few simple habits, some seasonal food and a pinch of creative know-how, you can feel refreshed whether you're in Camp or Catalonia. Listen to your body, sip wisely and keep those fluids flowing. Sláinte!

Irene Flannery, Nutritional Therapist & Medicinal Chef. In-person appointments within Dingle Peninsula and online consultations. 086 1662562 Web: www.omnom.ie

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Bia Dingle Summer Sunday Market!

Details were announced this week of a new Bia Dingle Summer Sunday Market!

Bia Dingle, the Corca Dhuibhne Food Network, will hold a weekly Sunday Food Producers Market, in front of WAVE (formerly Ó CATHÁIN IASC TEO fish processing ).

The market will commence on Sunday July 6th and run until August 31st with trading hours of 10:00 - 16:00, offering a combination of Fresh produce, Artisan sea salts and spices, Chocolates, Baked goods, Coffee beans, Tea blends, Eggs and other local food producers.

For more information you can email biadingle@gmail.com

FÓGRA POBAIL / COMMUNITY CALL

Show You CARE - Áiseanna Breise Á nÉileamhGuth an Phobail – Show Your Support

Iarrtar ort teacht amach agus seasamh a thógaint ar son breis foirne, leapacha, áiseanna agus seirbhísí a bheith ar fáil in Ospidéal Pobail Chorca Dhuibhne.

You are asked to come out and support a community gathering to demonstrate for the recruitment of more staff, more beds, services and facilities to be made available at West Kerry Community Hospital.

Date: Dé Sathairn 28 Meitheamh ar a 3.30pm / Saturday 28th June at 3.30pm

Where: Ospidéal Pobail Chorca Dhuibhne / West Kerry Community Hospital.

Show You Care – Bring A Friend – Ní Neart Go Cur Le Chéile.

Pictured at the launch were, Michael Keane Manager of Wave, Kerry Mayor Cllr. Breandán Fitzgerald and Bia Dingle Chairperson, Trevis Gleason.

The View from the Chair

Kerry Women in Literature

As Cathaoirleach of Kerry County Council I was delighted to speak at the official launch of a new permanent exhibition, Kerry Women in Literature by Theatre Historian & Archivist, Dr. Fiona Brennan at the Kerry Writers' Museum during the Listowel Writers’ Week. The exhibition is part funded by Kerry County Council under the Community Support Fund.

Two of the writers featured in the exhibition are from Corca Dhuibhne - Peig Sayers and Síobháin Ní Shuilleabháin. Their stories, now immortalized in both word and visual form, continue to inspire and empower, ensuring that their legacy endures for generations to come. “Cad é an mhaith dom eagla a bheith orm? Ní shaorfadh eagla duine ón mbás, dar ndóigh.” Peig Sayers Listowel Writers' Week

As Cathaoirleach of Kerry County Council I had the great honour of presenting the Bryan McMahon Short Story Award, this year’s winner was Iseult de Mallet Burgess with her Short Story, A Big, White, Fluffy Dog.

Well done to Chairperson of Listowel Writers' Week, Ned O’Sullivan, and all of the Listowel Writers' Week team for making this year’s festival such a wonderful success. Thank you to Cathaoirleach of Listowel Municipal District, Councillor Jimmy Moloney on the wonderful welcome. Go mbeirimid beo ar an am seo arís!

A Kerry Welcome for Minister Charlie McConalogue

As Cathaoirleach of Kerry County Council I had the privileged to welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport, Charlie McConalogue TD to Kerry alongside Minister for Children, Disability and Equality, Norma Foley TD and Michael Cahill TD.

Minister McConalogue really appreciated the fact that I was wearing my tie with the Donegal colours of Green & Gold. Ciarraí abú go deo!

Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta 2025

Bhí an-áthas orm dul go Chomórtas Peile na Gaeltachta 2025 i nGaeltacht Ráth Chairn, Contae na Mí. Bhí Cruinniú Údarás na Gaeltachta againn agus caithfidh mé a rá go raibh míle maith agat, do Cathal Seoighe, Cathaoirleach an Choiste áitiúil Chómórtas Peile na Gaeltachta i nGaeltacht Ráth Chairn agus an fhoireann ar fad i nGaeltacht Ráth Chairn a thug aire dúinn. Go raibh míle maith agaibh!

Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail agus Gaeltachta, Dara Calleary TD, agus cuireadh a thabhairt dó go Corca Dhuibhne. Fáilte ó chroí i gconaí!

International Social Housing Festival – ISHF

I had the opportunity to attend the International Social Housing Festival – ISHF, where Brendan Ó Caoimh gave a presentation on ‘Socially engaged arts and community-led housing – experiences from Gaeltacht Uíbh Ráthaigh.’

Thanks to Brendan Ó Caoimh, Susan Leen, Artist in Residence as part of Cumas Ceantar Uíbh

Ráthaigh and Tom O’Donnell author of ‘Togra Tithíochta Uíbh Ráthaigh’ for sharing their wonderful insights. Go raibh míle maith agaibh!

An Taoiseach, Micheál Martin TD

As Kerry's Paul Geaney and Cork's Mícheál Aodh Martin battled against each other on the hallowed ground of Páirc Uí Chaoimh, a special thank you to one young Kerry Footballer for making An Taoiseach, Micheál Martin's day at the recent All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Kerry Cork game in Páirc Uí Chaoimh. Keep training, keep practising and keep the faith, as there's a lot of football to be played yet. Beir bua agus beannacht.

Dingle Races 2025

Preparation is well underway for this year’s Dingle Races. A very well done to Chairperson Colm Sayers, Secretary, Denis Murphy and Treasurer, Daniel McCarthy, and all of the hard-working committee, of which I am very proud to say that I am part of. As was remarked in a very friendly manner at this year’s AGM, there’s no point being Cathaoirleach of Kerry County Council if you’re not a member of the Dingle Races Committee, and that’s a fact. Very hard to argue with that.

Dingle Racing Festival - Ráiseanna Daingean Uí Chúis takes place on the 8th, 9th & 10th August 2025 this year. First race kicks off at 4pm on Friday, and 2:30pm on Saturday and Sunday. The races in Dingle are the biggest of all Horse & Pony races in Ireland. We'll see you there, bígí linn!

Comhairleoir Breandán Fitzgerald - Ag obair le An tAire Norma Foley TD, Michael Cahill TD, An Seanadóir Mark Daly, Billy Kelleher MEP & Cynthia Ní Mhurchú MEP.

Fuair me deis caint le an tAire

Funeral Mass for the repose of the soul of

Funeral Mass for the repose of the soul

Maureen Ann Byrnes neé O’Connor

Maureen Ann Byrnes neé O’Connor 14th December 1946 – 14th June 2024

14th December 1946 – 14th June 2024

Acknowledgement and 1st Anniversary Maureen Byrnes Nee Towel O‘Connor Feohanagh, Ballydavid Who died June 14th 2024

Thursday 20th June 2024

Thursday 20th June 2024

St Mary’s Church, Dingle

St Mary’s Church, Dingle

Photo: Sean Lordan

Once Upon a Time in the Southwest

Ted Creedon

Serious Accident in Dingle

-Kerry Reporter 15 June 1889

An accident of a rather serious nature happened to an Isle of Man fisherman engaged in the fishery along this coast on Wednesday last. It appears that while he was walking along the deck of his vessel he suddenly tripped and fell on the sharp edge of a chisel.

The chisel had been kept upright by the boat’s nets and the unfortunate fisherman received a very deep cut. He was attended by local G.P. Doctor Hudson who dressed his injuries.

(No information on where the chisel cut his body.)

Police Patrol Attacked

-Tyrone Constitution 22 March 1889

We have just received information that a police patrol was attacked at Dungegan, a mountainous district some fourteen miles from Caherciveen in County Kerry. Sergeant McCoughlan and two men from the Portmagee station were on patrol to Dungegan, about ten miles from their barracks. They were returning to Portmagee at around midday when they were suddenly attacked by a mob brandishing sticks and stones. While attempting to disarm them, the police, who were fully armed, fired on the mob and dispersed it. It is not known if any of the attackers were wounded.

(Sticks and stones are no match for gunfire.)

Runaway Horse Meets Iron Horse

-Kerry Reporter 08 September 1906

On Wednesday evening last a farmer named Denis Donoghue and his wife were going home on a horse and car from Killarney, and near the viaduct bridge a passing train frightened the horse.

The terrified animal suddenly bolted throwing the occupants of the cart onto the public road. Donoghue received a wound over his right temple, damaging the bone while Mr’s Donoghue was also injured but not seriously. The couple were taken to the Killarney Infirmary where they were treated by Doctor Mangan.

Meanwhile, the horse was caught about half a mile from the town by some people on the road and was brought back to Killarney.

Another runaway

-Kerry Reporter 08 September 1906 (Same day as above.)

On Wednesday a young horse that was attached to a cart in the village of Brosna took fright and dashed through the street at a terrifying rate and oversetting everything in its way.

A local man named Theophilus 0’Sullivan, with great presence of mind and courage, grappled with the infuriated animal and brought it to a standstill. Were it not for Mr. O’Sullivan’s timely act, great harm and damage would have been done. He was warmly praised by the villagers for his brave action.

(What caused the animal to bolt?)

Widow Threatened by Armed Men

-Cork Constitution 20 April 1893

An outrage of an extraordinary character was perpetrated near the village of Currans last Saturday night. According to reports, it appears that a widow in that area employs a labourer who is the illegitimate son of her deceased husband.

She allowed the worker’s wages to get into arrears and on Saturday night or Sunday morning, a band of ten men, disguised and armed with guns, visited her house. They demanded that she pay her labourer immediately. She was told that her alternative was to give up the land to the labourer. She agreed to pay him. The men then fired numerous shots and riddled

a portion of her home before leaving.

The widow told police that the leader of the gang must have been well acquainted with the house because when the men entered the house in the dark the leader made his way around with perfect ease. Arrests are expected soon.

(Hmmm, now, who could that leader have been?)

Tralee Petty Sessions

-Kerry Evening Post 06 April 1887

John Connor and Peter Connor, brothers, were fined five shillings each for assaulting each other.

John Lynch, butcher, of Abbey Street was summoned by Sergeant McNamee for cruelty to a cow by leaving her without being milked on Saturday the 2nd of April. The defendant said the cow was milked the night before at 8 o’clock.

He said he is a long time dealing with cattle and that he never heard of such a case being brought into court. The Magistrate said he had a book before him which contained hundreds of such cases. He thought cruelty to a cow, in the manner charged, was something that should not be tolerated. He said he would not inflict a serious penalty on this occasion and would only fine the butcher five shillings and costs.

John Daly, of Dromtacker, was fined two shillings for having a donkey’s cart without his name printed on it.

Cornelius Shea, of Clashatlea, was fined six pence and five shillings costs for allowing three pigs to wander on the public road.

Wrecked off the Blasket

-Dublin Evening Packet 28 February 1837

During the violent thunderstorm on last Saturday, a large vessel, believed to have been carrying a cargo of timber, was seen to go down in the Sound of the Blasquets. It is understood that all on board were drowned. Since this melancholy casualty, the western coast along the area and all along to the entrance to Tralee Bay, has been strewn with deal boards and oak staves. An unfortunate side tragedy occurred when a local Dunquin man was drowned while trying to retrieve some of the timber.

Two days earlier a large vessel, which appeared to be in great distress, entered the mouth of Ventry Harbour. However, it was obvious to people on land that the master or crew were not familiar with the harbour. There was a strong gale blowing and they came to anchor in in a bad holding ground. Because of the raging storm no shore vessel could attempt to reach the vessel and warm them of the danger. When the last account of her reached this paper her fate was undecided.

Two new bridges

-Mayo Constitution 12 March 1832

Two news bridges are to be built on the new line of road from Tralee to Blennerville and Dingle. (Why would this news be of interest to people in Mayo?)

Wave Dingle Theatre

Dingle.

The Kilkenny's Live

04/07/2025 at 8pm

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Keith Barry Brainwashed

Thursday the 31st of July at 8pm

Keith’s performances, a fusion of

All tickets are for sale at www.wavedingletheatre.com or on Eventbrite

Meitheal Trá Fionntrá

Tá grúpa ag teacht le chéile ar Satharn 28ú Meitheamh 2025 chun an trá a ghlanadh óna 11 a.m. go dtína 12.30. pm. Má tá suim agat a bheith páirteach ann bualfaimid le chéile sa chárchlós ag Ceann Trá ar a 11.00 am. Tabhair leat do phiocadóirí féin. Beidh málaí agus láimhíní ar fáil.

Teangmháil:- Orna Ní Dhuinnshléibhe 087-2286533

Ventry Beach Group

On Saturday 28th June 2025 a group is getting together to clean Ventry Beach from 11-12.30 am. If you would like to join in meet at Ventry Car Park at 11 a.m. Please bring your own pickers. Bags and gloves will be provided. Orna Dunlevy 087228653

Ceann Sibeal Notes

On Sunday 8th June, sponsored again by Foxy John's Bar Dingle, in 1st place Darren Cane, 2nd Tom Hoare, 3rd Patrick Buckley, Gross: Gareth O'Donnell, Yellow: Alan Dooley, Front 9: Gerry Keane, Back 9: Paul McPhelemy. A highlight of the par competition was a hole-in-one on the 10th by our Competition Secretary Ciaran O'Coilean.

15th June sponsored again by Ashe's Bar and Restaurant in the Dooks Swap. In 1st place Cian O'hUigín, 2nd Clive Swindell, 3rd Eamon O'Neill, Gross: Diarmuid O'Seaghdha, Yellow: Michael Casey, Front 9: Ben Eglinton, Back 9: John Collins. Sunday next is the Monthly Medal competition sponsored by the Doherty Family.

Míle buíochas to our generous sponsors.

Working From Home?

Expand your social circle in Corca Dhuibhne

Grow Remote is an Irish social enterprise whose mission is to make good quality jobs available to everyone, wherever they live - especially applicable to us in Corca Dhuibhne. The organisation helps workers find and thrive in remote jobs while also advocating on behalf of this sector. With more people working and wanting to work this way, there is an increasingly positive impact on rural societies. Jobs boards and more information on www.growremote.ie.

Potential downsides of working remotely include isolation, without colleagues next to you to share the load. To combat this, Grow Remote creates regular opportunities for remote workers to socialise and connect with each other. Towns across Ireland have local chapters with volunteer leaders setting up social events to enable locals meet-up. Aodán Ó Conaill & Liz Ryan are the Dingle Chapter leads, which is one of Ireland’s largest with circa 120 members, growing steadily every month. Other parts of Kerry have chapters too - remote workers can attend any chapter’s events. The Dingle chapter tries to do something different each month, taking advantage of the brilliant resources here. 2025 highlights: beginners yoga, making St Bridget’s crosses at Púca café, cheering on the Six Nations Rugby in Paddy Bawn’s, Craic in Neligan’s with Irish set dancing, making pendants with Celtic Coastal Creations and a killer-pool evening in Dingle Bridge House! We love working with local organisations and businesses - especially newer and small ones & we welcome collaboration ideas, especially in the outdoor pursuits area. Also open to considering volunteer efforts locally.

If you (or someone you know) is working without the perks of a traditional workplace, or if there’s someone who is curious if remote work is for them, encourage them to come along to our next event. (Hybrid workers also welcome.) It’s informal and friendly with new faces at each gathering. Yes, it’s hard to start something new and if you’re slow to join us, know that you will be welcomed in and handled with care.

We have a Whatsapp group for the Dingle network which is the best way to connect and hear first about events. To join: scan the QR code with your camera. To see our upcoming events, search www.eventbrite.ie for ‘Grow Remote’ in ‘Dingle’.

Corca Dhuibhne Beo

Leanaí ó Scoil Naomh Eirc, Baile an Mhórdhaigh a bhuaigh Craobh na Mumhan i gComórtas Foirne i Magh Eala le déanaí. Ó chlé:- Liam Mac Gearailt, Conlaoch Ó Bric & Conall Ó Sé.

Dingle Notes

Richie Williams

ROAD SAFETY. The noticeable increase in traffic on our roads due to the main summer tourist period also increases the dangers for all road users. We urge our readers to take extra care and all a few extra minutes onto your normal travel times to allow for slower drivers who made not be familiar with your area. The increase in fatalities and serious accidents particularly involving cyclists, pedestrians and motorcycles this year is a stark reminder to us all that care is needed at all times be it on our streets or main roads .

SUMMER SOLSTICE RUN. A new event on our local calendar this year is the Summer Solstice Run on the evening of Saturday June 21st. Motorists are advised that some traffic delays can be expected particularly in the Milltown and back road to Ventry area and cooperation from all concerned would be much appreciated. The run is being organised by the local Ciarrai Thiar Athletic Club and registration is still open with full details elsewhere in this edition.

GRAVEYARD MASS. The Annual Mass at St Brendan's Cemetery in Milltown Dingle is scheduled for Thursday June 26th commencing at 7.30 p.m.

ORGAN DONORS. Under the Human Tissue Act 2024 every adult in Ireland automatically becomes an Organ Donor when they die from June 17th this year. However those who wish to opt out of this situation must have registered their intentions in advance with full details online at gov.ie/organdonations. Certainly one of the most important pieces of legislation from a health point of view to be introduced in this country in many years.

EASYGO SHARED CHARGING PROJECT. Dingle Tidy Towns Committee welcome the recent announcement by the Department Of Transport of The Shared Charging Project This Scheme encourages households who have EV chargers installed to allow neighbours, family members and visitors to use the facility as with the increase in EV ownership it is increasingly difficult to find vacancies at Public Charger Points. Further details online at sharedcharging. easygo.ie.

SPORT. We urge our readers to come out and support the Kerry Ladies and Mens Gaelic Football Teams as now more than ever they need the vocal encouragement which has spurred other counties to great effect especially in recent games. The All Ireland Championships are now down to the defin -

ing stages so every fixture may be the final game of the year for the defeated counties. Ar aghaidh le Ciarrai!!!.

BIA DINGLE. The Business Chamber welcome the new initiative by local food producers to set up the Bia Dingle Sunday Market beside the former Ó Catháin Fish Factory now Wave Theatre at The Wood with ample parking and easy access . Trading times are between 10a.m. and 4p.m. and produce subject to seasonal availability will be on offer from most of the 40 members of Bia Dingle Group.

SLEA HEAD TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS. The one way system which was most success-

ful last year is being reintroduced by Kerry County Council in the Slea Head area from Friday June 27th until mid September. The system encourages all motorists to approach the area from the Ventry side between 10.30 a.m. and 4p.m.daily( in a clockwise manner) to avoid unnecessary delays from traffic unable to pass in the narrow passages around Coumeenole. All tourist outlets are requested to advise their guests of the arrangements and most travellers are only too keen to heed local advice and observe local rules.

Notice Of Traffic Management System On Slea Head Drive

Kerry County Council will re-establish the advisory clockwise traffic management system for motorists on Slí Cheann Sléibhe during the peak visitor season, from Friday 27th June to Friday 12th September. During this period, the Council invites vehicles to travel in a clockwise direction around Slea Head, commencing in Dingle / Daingean Uí Chúis, then on to Ceann Trá, Cheann Sléibhe, Com Dhíneol , Dún Chaoin, Baile an Fheirtéaraigh, Muríoch, An Fheothanach and return to Dingle / Daingean Uí Chúis.

A Kerry County Council employee will be stationed each day from 10.30 am to 4.00pm at Com Dhíneol encouraging vehicles travelling anti-clockwise to respect the advisory.

Visitors will be encouraged to follow the recommended route from the outset resulting in more time to relax and enjoy the magnificent views, attractions, history and culture of this beautiful part of Kerry. Local access will be maintained as normal.

Corca Dhuibhne Beo

Congratulations to Patrick Harrington-Stack who was awarded the Gradam Uí Mhaolchatha at the Sixth Year Graduation ceremony at Meán Scoil Nua an Leith-Triúigh, Castlegregory recently. Patrick was presented with his Sixth Year Student of the Year Award by Mrs Sheila Mulcahy, co- founder of Meán Scoil.

Pictured here Patrick Harrington-Stack and Principal, Karen Blennerhassett.

Dingle Peninsula Tourism Alliance Tourism News

Caroline Boland

The Tom Crean Endurance Walk returns to Annascaul on Saturday 21st June, visit Castlegregory Farmer’s Market every Sunday, and every Monday evening, Tinteán Ceoil will continue to delight in An Clochán, Cloghane. There is of course entertainment nightly on the peninsula so do check out the Entertainment section in West & Mid Kerry Live for more information on venues and times.

With July around the corner, the Calendar of Events is very busy with the following Festivals and Events:

6th July – Maharees Regatta, Maharees

10th – 13th July – Castlegregory Summer Festival

12th July – Mount Brandon Ridge Half Marathon

13th July – Féile an Phráta, Baile na nGall

13th July – Regatta Cheann Trá, Ceann Trá

21st July – Agricultural Show Dingle

25th – 28th July – Féile Lughnasa, An Clochán Bréannáin

26th July – Brandon Half Marathon

What a line-up!

Introducing new for this season Dingle Peninsula Tourism’s market research in New England in 2023 found that 86% of survey participants said that food is an important part of their vacation and 77.6% said that Local Food Produce is the most important dining experience while in Ireland. Therefore, it is wonderful to introduce that Bia Dingle are very excited to announce that they are opening a Sunday Producers' Market for the summer in Dingle. For 9 Sundays, (July 6th - August 31st) they will

set up and offer local food products to locals and tourists alike. It will be located in the front facing car park at WAVE (formerly O'Catháin Iasc Teo fish processing factory) at the edge of Dingle, just past the Aquarium.

If you are a food producer and interested in trading with Bia Dingle, please contact Trevis Gleason (ChefTrevis@gmail.com 066 91 50609) or BiaDingle@gmail.com as soon as practicable for details. Bia Dingle will also have a stand where member's products will be sold by the Network if you're unable to trade yourselves. More details to follow soon.

Promoting together….

Make sure your Summer, Autumn and Winter Leisure Packages up on www.dingle-peninsula.ie for 2025 bookings. Enquiries are coming in every day so please contact Simone at: info@dingle-peninsula.ie.

Get your 2025 Festival and Events registered on the Dingle Peninsula Calendar of Events with Simone at info@dingle-peninsula.ie or (066) 915 2448;

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COMHAONTAS TURASÓIREACHTA CHORCA

DHUIBHNE Ag Cur Chorca Dhuibhne Chun

Cinn Le Chéile

Corca Dhuibhne Beo

The Dingle Super Valu team who came 5th in the recent Kerry GAA Golf Classic. L-R: Jimmy Bambury, Philip O'Sullivan, Bernard O'Sullivan and Tomás Garvey.

The event was won by the West Kerry Clubs team with Micheál O Cathasaigh, Tony Lawless, Joe Curran and Seán Barry

Díseart Gardens: Mossy Donegan

Camp Notes

Brigid O'Connor

ANNASCAUL PARISH

As part of the diocesan celebration of the Jubilee Year, 2025, the Diocese of Kerry invites us to make a pilgrimage to holy places. Annascaul Parish Pilgrim Walks to celebrate the Jubilee/Holy year will be held as followsCamp Pilgrim Walk - Saturday, 21st June at 2.00 p.m.

Route - Walk from St. Mary's Church Camp to Killelton Oratory via The Dingle Way. Prayers and hymns along the way and Fr. Eamonn Mulvihill PP will celebrate the Holy sacrifice of the Mass at the Oratory when the pilgrim walkers arrive at 3.30 p.m.

Inch Pilgrim Walk - Monday, 23rd June at 7.00 p.m.

Route - Walk from St. Joseph's Church, Inch to Tobar na Croise, West Inch.

Annascaul Pilgrim Walk - Saturday, 27th. September - 2.00 p.m.

Route - Walk from the Church of The Sacred Heart, Annascaul to Sagart, The Mass Rock, Coumdubh, Annascaul.

Note - A moderate level of fitness is required, terrain is rough underfoot in places. Please wear suitable walking shoes/boots and clothing. Thank you. Fáilte roimh chách!, all are welcome!

CAIRDEAS CAMP

Solar Systems

Tom Kennedy

Cairdeas Camp activities for over 50’s. All welcome including beginners and visitors. Camp Community Sports Hall Indoor Bowls 4-6 Thursdays, Pickleball Tuesday and Thursday 7-9, Saturday 10.30 - 12.30

ing please contact Norita Ryan

More info. Follow : N-R-Chi Holistic Therapy on social media, Facebook/Instagram.

AILISE'S QUEST

Solar..panels or tubes, what's the difference? Well they both provide hot water when heated by the sun’s energy, thus saving you energy, be it oil, gas or electricity.

World championships qualifier time again Gymcity AR looking to defend their winner’s title.

A solar system will save up to 70% of your annual hot water bill. When it comes to tubes versus panels, the tubes are marginally more efficient than panels, but realistically the difference is small, especially when we have had such a great spell of sunshine.

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There is another "solar system" known in the trade as "Thermodynamic" this is a solar panel that works in the dark. Yes with no sunshine, you ask how!

Best of luck to our Camp Champion Ailise Deane and team.

SOUND BATH

Fortnightly Thursdays - 7.30 p.m. Fridays9.45 a.m. Investment - €20

Well the answer is simple really, it's not a solar panel it's a heat pump. The way it works is a panel is fitted to your roof which is connected to a unit and cylinder in your hot press. This is a compressor similar to what's found in a fridge, this unit pumps a refrigerant gas into the panel where it heats due to the fact that the gas has a very low boiling point of about -25 Celsius so this hot gas comes back into the unit, where the gas is compressed to make it hotter, the heat is then transferred to create heat. However, this unit is dependant on electricity to operate so while saving money on heating hot water it does so at a cost.

Summer Schedule

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July - 10th/11th/24th/25th. August7th/8th/21st/22nd.

Take for example a typical family home with 3 to 5 occupants, costs on average about €1,500 to €2,000 per year to heat, of which about a 1/4 to 1/3 of this is hot water, so a typical hot water bill for a family of 5 is somewhere in the region of €450 to €650 a year.

A solar system for a family of 5 can cost anything from €4,000 to €5,500 supplied and fitted, giving them a yearly saving of approx €350 to €500 and when you take into account the rising cost of energy, a system can pay for itself in 5 to 10 years.

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Rural Social Scheme Supervisor - Maor Scéim Sóisialta Tuaithe

Tá post mar shaoiste lánaimseartha á lorg do Scéim Sóisialta Tuaithe i gCorca Dhuibhne. Tagann an maoiniú don bpost seo ón Roinn Gnóthaí Fostaíochta agus Coimirce Sóisialaí. Beidh an té a cheapfar lonnaithe i gCorca Dhuibhne. We are recruiting a Rural Social Scheme Supervisor in West Kerry; this is a full-time position. The funding for this role comes from the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

Tá sé riachtanach go mbeadh na scileanna//tréithe/ taithí seo a leanas ag iarratasóirí don phost. Necessary Requirements:

• Taithí mhaoirseachta bainistiú daoine 2 bhliain ar a laghad /minimum 2 years supervisory / management experience.

• Sárscileanna riaracháin agus eagrúcháin / Excellent administration and organisational skills

• Tuiscint ar chúrsaí Sláinte agus Sábháilteacht / Health and Safety knowledge

• Sárscileanna idirphearsanta agus cumarsáide / Excellent Communication Skills

• Scileanna ríomhaireachta / Excellent computer skills

• Ceadúnas iomlán glan tiomána/córas iompair / Full clean driving licence

• Gaeilge Labhartha chomh maith le cumas scríobh na Gaeilge. / Spoken and written Irish

Seachtain oibre 39 uair a chloig Luan go hAoine a bheidh á thairiscint. Tá tuarastal bunaithe ar scála pá ag tosú ar pointe 1 don scála c.c €33,551.64. Salary scale starting at point 1 c.c €33,551.64 for a 39-hour week Monday to Friday. Seoltar iarratas, mar aon le Curriculum Vitae roimh 5.00 i.n. Dé Céadaoin 2 Iúil 2025 chuig am@udaras.ie Applications to am@udaras.ie no later than 5.00p.m Wednesday 2nd July 2025. Breis eolas ó Anne Marie ar 066 9150100 – Further information from Anne Marie 066 9150100

Is fostóir comhdheiseanna é Údarás na Gaeltachta agus is í an Ghaeilge a theanga oibre.

The Dingle Bookshop

An Corn ar na Bacáin

Mícheál Ó hUanacháin

Déanadh an tarraingt don dara babhta de Chorn an FAI nach mór coicíos ó shin, agus seans go mbeadh díomá ar lucht Kerry FC gur sa bhaile in aghaidh Bhaile Átha Luain a bheidh siad sa chomórtas sin.

De ghnáth, bheadh foirne na roinne íochtaraí ag tnúth le cluiche in aghaidh cheann de na clubanna móra, go háirithe más sa bhaile a imreofaí é. Ach is dealraitheach nach gá cluiche speisialta ar bith do mhuintir Thrá Lí chun Páirc Chnocáin an Iolair a líonadh.

Sa chás sin, bheidís ag iarraidh go gcuirfí as baile iad, áit a mbeadh slua mór rompu - agus an teacht isteach ar na geataí a roinnt idir an dá chlub. Sin mar a bhíodh, pé scéal é. Agus samhlaigh an buntáiste a bheadh ag Ciarraí as cluiche in aghaidh Ruagairí na Seamróige i bPáirc Thamhlachta, mar shampla.

Bíodh is gur lú, shamhlófá, an seans go mbeadh na cuairteoirí in ann an bua a bhreith sa chás sin, dob fhéidir an chaill a chaoineadh ar an mbealach chuig an mbanc!

Níorbh é an tuar ab fhearr don chluiche Coirn an chéad chluiche eile a bhí roimh mhuintir Thrá Lí: in aghaidh Átha Luain agus iad le taisteal go Lissywollen lena imirt.

Bhí an club i lár tire i ndroch-chaoi le tamall roimhe sin, le geallúintí tacaíocht airgid nár tháinig, easba bainisteora agus dornán imreoirí scaoilte chun bóthair. Sin, agus iad ag bun an tábla sraithe.

Ach má bhí céad leath an chluiche gann ar scóráil, níor mar sin don dara leath. Trí nóiméad tar éis leath-ama bronnadh cic éirice ar an bhfoireann baile, agus chuaigh siad chun cinn a bhuíochas de Kyle Robinson.

Níor mhair an buntáiste sin ró-fhada, áfach, agus chuir Sean McGrath an liathróid thar Matt Connor i gcúl Átha Luain laistigh de dhá nóiméad eile. Kennedy Amechi a tháinig chun páirce ina fhear ionaid, agus taobh istigh de ocht nóiméad imeartha aige nuair a fuair sé cúl an bhuntáiste

do lucht na Ríochta.

Ach níorbh fheidir leis na cuairteoirí an bua a dhaingniú as sin amach, agus nóiméad roimh deireadh an 90, d'éirigh le cosantóir Åtha Luain, Cole Omorehiomwan, pointe a shábháil don fhoireann baile.

Más duine thú a chreideann i gcomhtharlúintí, seans go dtabharfá faoi ndeara gur iar-bhainisteoir ar Fhánaithe Bhré é bainisteoir nua Átha Luain, Ian Ryan. Agus gur iar-imreoir leis an gclub céanna i gCill Mhantáin é Omorehiomwan.

Beifear ag súil nach bhfuil baint ar bith ag an eolas sin le cluiche na hAoine reatha, i dTrá Lí in aghaidh Bhré!

Is ar an 20ú Iúil a imreofar an cluiche Coirn, agus is cinnte go gcuirfear fáilte croíúil roimh mhuintir Átha Luain agus roimh a lucht tacaíochta an oíche sin. Beidh lucht Chiarraí i ndóchas go dtig leo an lá a bhreith leo agus cáiliú do bhabhta an sé chlub déag sa chomórtas.

Robbie Brady a tharraing Áth Luain

Photos by Mossy Donegan on sale at

Stone Alignments

The Bronze Age (2200BC – 500BC) was a period of great innovation in Ireland. The earliest copper mines in western Europe have been dated to Ross Island near Killarney and Ireland also produced huge quantities of Gold Work from both native sources and imported sources. We also have some wonderful stone monuments from the period - none more intriguing than Stone Alignments.

Stone alignments or stone rows have been described as 'a spectacular conjunction of energy and matter.' A stone alignment is a row of between two and six standing stones, intervisible and in a straight line. In some cases the stones are orientated on a point on the horizon where the sun rises or sets on significant dates for people who lived in pre-historic Ireland. Something along the lines of a giant calendar that worked for only one short but critical period each year.

We have two outstanding examples of stone rows on the Dingle Peninsula, one in Cluain Searrach near Cloghane village where the stone row is orientated on the rising sun on mid-summers day. The second is at Ardamore in the parish of Lispole, where the alignment of three stones picks out a point on the horizon where the sun sets on mid-winters day. Stone alignments are puzzling monuments that are generally dated to the middle of the Bronze Age (roughly form 1700BC - 1500BC). They appear to be linked to ceremonial and ritual use in an agricultural society, where the identification of critical changes in the seasons was important for a farming community, namely the periods around the equinox and solstice.

The site at Cluain Searrach above Cloghane Village on the northern most point of Slí na nGallán, a walking trail of just under 5 kilometres long which takes in sites of archaeological interest as well as beautiful views of the Brandon Mountain Range, Brandon Bay and the surrounding area. The walk is named after the Stone Alignment which is on the route. This Alignment of three standing stones (Galláin), with two further fallen stones on the ground beside them, is orientated in a WSW-ENE line and marks the point on the landscape where the sun rises in mid-summer (June 21st). This was an important point on the ancient calendar for farming communities, as from then onwards to mid-winter, the days are shortening.

The Slí na nGallán trail starts and finishes at Mount Brandon Hostel in Cloghane village. The ruins in the old churchyard at the start consist of the original 13th century Teampall Bréanainn and a Church of Ireland addition dating from 1828. A mass dial on the southern wall of the original church, is one of only thirty known in Ireland. Resembling sun dials, a mass dial was used in medieval times by the local priest for marking the canonical hours of the day and the markings are clearly visible on the Cloghane dial. There is also a replica of the head of the mythological figure, Crom Dubh, based on an original pre-Christian carving, which was embedded in the wall of Teampall Bréanainn until it was stolen in 1993. Near the churchyard, is the site of St Brendan’s Well, (Tobar Bhréanainn). This holy well was once the location of rituals accompanying the

Cloghane Pattern, a great gathering held on Domhnach Crom Dubh, the last Sunday in July, during the ancient Mount Brandon Lughnasa Festival. From the well the path follows the Dingle Way up to the Faha Road with views of Brandon Mountain and the Binn na Port promontory fort contrasting with Cloghane village and the Owenmore Estuary below. From there the trail climbs along a boreen from the top of which there are spectacular views of the Owenmore Estuary and Brandon Bay with the peaks of Binn Ós Gaoith, Binn an Tuair, Gob an Iolar, Slí na Gabhair and the archaeologically rich valley of Loch an Dúin in the distance.

From the top of the road, a short walk through the fields brings you to the Stone Alignment (na Galláin). In pre-Christian times, this would have been a focus of ceremonial rituals at this time of the year focused on the summer solistice. Theres is also evidence of the existence of an ancient stone circle nearby.

The trail finishes with a walk along quiet local lanes and byroads back to Cloghane village.

The site at Ardamore offers an elevated view of the landscape, stretching from Lispole in the east, to the western tip of the peninsula. It picks up the line of the setting sun of the winter solstice (December 21st) as it sets at its furtherest point in the south west, before the days begin to lengenthen once more. (The site is on private property, so clear your visit with the landowner before you go on site.)

Although the weather does not always allow us to witness an event that is over 3500 years old, it is a special day when the sky clears and allows us to see the sun to rise in line with the three standing stones.

Corca Dhuibhne

The stone allignment at Cluain Searrach

The stone allignment at Ardamore

Tionól - Meitheal Náisiúnta Pleanála Teanga

Bhailigh oifigigh pleanála teanga fud fad na tíre le chéile i mBaile Átha Luain an tseachtain seo chaite mar chuid de tionól. D’fhreastail ionadaithe ó fud fad na hÉireann ar an dtionól a bhí eagraithe ag an Mheitheal Náisiúnta Pleanála Teanga (MNPT). Bhí an ócáid seo ana-thábhachtach mar seo é an chéad uair a tháinig Oifigigh Pleanála Teanga agus Oifigigh Forbartha le chéile chun na dúshláin a thagann chun cinn inár gcuid oibre a phlé agus chun na deiseanna atá ann chun forbairt. Bhí cruinniú thar a bheith dearfach againn a bhí dírithe ar réitigh, roinnt saineolais agus foghlaim fé deá-chleachtais pleanála teanga.

Oifigh Pleanála Teanga ag an tionól i mBaile Átha Luain

Biongó Lócó Bhí imeacht iontach Biongó Lócó againn le déanaí i dTig Uí Chatháin le tús a chuir le sraith imeachtaí a bheidh ar siúl againn fhéin agus Dúchas an Daingean le linn an tSamhraidh Bhí an seomra lán le craic, ceol, canadh agus rógaireacht agus gan dabht bhí duaiseanna iontacha buaite chomh maith. Ba mhaith linn ár mbuíochas a ghabháil libh ar fad a tháinig, bainfaimid fhéin an oiread san taitneamh as na imeachtaí seo a chur ar siúl. Agus buíochas mór le Tig Uí Chatháin a chuir an spás ar fáil dúinn.

Clár an tSamhraidh!

Tá Clár an tSamhraidh ar fáil anois le himeachtaí iontacha ag tarlú gach coicís sa trí mhí amach romhainn. Idir Tobar Dhuibhne Dhuibhne agus Dúchas an Daingin beidh tarrach ar imeachtaí tríd an tsamhraidh ar fad. Coiméadaigí súil ar an leathanach seo le haghaidh níos mó eolais agus ar ár meáin shóisialta. Is féidir leat clárú le haghaidh meabhrúchán agus níos mó eolais ag an nasc bit.ly/ClárImeachtaí nó déan teagmháil linn ag 087 377 9337

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Smuggling in Dingle in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

Dr. Conor Brosnan

Introduction

The isolated and indented peninsular coasts of Kerry were a haven for smuggling, providing an ideal environment to evade surveillance by authorities. Contraband smuggled into the region included spirits, tea and tobacco, while products such as wool were smuggled out. The trade existed primarily because of high demand for these goods and the fact that the British government placed high tariffs on them to raise much needed taxes. It was helped by lax and corrupt officials of the Revenue Service, an anti-authoritarian attitude of local communities, established trade routes and relative proximity to Europe.

This paper, covering the years 1684 to 1822, begins by outlining the importance of Dingle in the maritime history of the south-west since medieval times and then explores smuggling as related to Dingle – why it occurred, the goods imported and exported, their sources and value, the people involved, how the authorities responded, the various actions taken by the smugglers to avoid detection and the demise of the practice. Community solidarity across the religious divide is also explored as it was an important aspect of the success of smugglers. There is a particular emphasis on the Revenue Service as it is the best documented aspect of the trade. By its nature, smugglers left few records of their activities and the historian is reliant on local histories, contemporary newspapers, occasional family papers for the period (1780s to the 1820s) and the minutes of the Irish Revenue Commissioners which provides detail for the 1720s to 1730s.

Modern scholarship on smuggling in Ireland has been addressed by Louis Cullen in the 1960s, with recent work published by Timothy Watt, David Dickson and Patrick Walsh. This article seeks to explore their scholarship as it relates to Dingle and to illuminate a neglected aspect of our local history.

Dingle’s Maritime Background

Dingle’s prominent role in the maritime history of West Munster is well documented. The earliest reference to the port of Dingle is in 1257 when King Henry III passed a law placing a customs duty on goods exported from there. The Calendar of State Papers relating to Ireland records a payment of £12 by ‘Percival Lucca and his associates received from merchants leaving the port of Dengyn’. It is recorded that more goods were exported through Dingle than Limerick by end of the thirteenth century. In 1534, the Isabelle de Losquirec was chartered in Bordeaux by a group of Dingle merchants to transport a cargo of 22 tons of wine. After unloading at Dingle, she fished off the Irish coast before sailing back to La Rochelle with fish and other wares. Forty-five years later, in July 1579, an interesting letter written by the Portreeve of Dingle about the arrival in the town of James FitzMaurice-FitzGerald’s expedition of six Spanish ships, mentions the fact that Dingle men recognised the Spaniard mariners aboard. This familiarity and ease of contact between the southwestern peninsulas and Europe is further illustrated by an anecdote from Ballinskeilligs recorded by Friar O’Sullivan in the 1740s. A woman, after asking for the loan of a mantle from a neighbour, was asked how far she was going and she answered ‘only to Spain’. Friar O’Sullivan further relates that in the Templenoe area at the start of the seventeenth century a ‘gallon of rich Spanish wine could be purchased for a fresh salmon’.

Dingle’s strong trading links with Spain is well illustrated by the shipment of 161 tons of goods sent to Spain in 1634. Included were: 20 tons each of tanned hides, butter & tallow and salt hides; 40 tons of salted beef; 5 tons of bacon; 15 tons of salmon; 6 tons of dry hake; 10 tons of frieze; and 25 tons of wheat. This cargo was valued at £2,300. By the eighteenth century, the officially recorded number of ships entering and leaving Dingle varied from eighteen ships in 1729, to none in 1763. By the early nineteenth century, about ten cargoes of corn and butter, averaging 200 tons each, left Dingle annually, usually to Liverpool.

Background to Smuggling

The reasons for the growth of smuggling in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries are varied but they related to an increase in demand for consumer goods, the taxes and duties placed on these goods (required by the British State to raise revenue to pay an army of 12,000 stationed in Ireland) and the desire not to pay this duty.

The prevailing economic philosophy in the eighteenth century was mercantilism - the belief in running an economic surplus as a result of a country’s trading activities. Thus, Britain encouraged exports and action was taken to reduce imports, especially from Ireland, by introducing import duties on goods via the Navigation and Wool Acts. The increased trade with North America and India had spread the appeal of many goods, especially tea and tobacco, and these were subject to duties. The avoidance of these duties encouraged smuggling and this was further facilitated by corrupt revenue officers, connivance of local gentry, lax law enforcement and improvements in ship design. Added to this, the reduction in Royal Naval patrols off the Irish coast after the Peace of Utrecht in 1713 (to end the War of Spanish Succession), allowed merchants to move smuggled goods with less interference. Finally, a subversive attitude exhibited by certain coastal communities in the southwest also contributed to smuggling.

In 1725, Revenue Officer Brewster Loughlin wrote to his superiors in Dublin ‘as the practises of Kerry, I can give your Honours no farther account of them than that they do all in their power to run goods and to deprive his Majesty of all manner of duties that are in their power’. Four years later Revenue Commissioner Marmaduke Coghill declared that Kerry ‘is not within the law’. Around the same time Archdeacon Lauder, Vicar-General of the Diocese of Ardfert, warned a suspected government informer in Killarney:

‘my friend this is not France; this is Kerry, where we do as we please. We’ll teach you some Kerry law, which is to do no right and to take no wrong’. By the early eighteenth century, the Irish government was indebted. Ivar McGrath has shown that the annual cost of the army in 1702 was £250,000 and this had risen to £400,000 by 1728. The support of this army, and the furtherance of British global expansion, was funded by local taxes: 50 per cent of taxes at this time were raised from imports, 30 per cent from inland excise, 12 per cent from quit rents (Quit rent was a tax paid by landowners on land confiscated from Catholics) and 8 per cent from hearth tax (Hearth tax was a tax on all hearths or fireplaces). In contrast, most tax in Britain was collected from excise duties.

As such, it is unsurprising that the Irish government began targeting smuggling. The three main goods smuggled into Ireland in the eighteenth century were tobacco, tea and spirits (principally brandy and to a lesser extent rum). There was relatively high import duty on such goods: tobacco was taxed at six pence to eight pence per pound in the 1790s and at one shilling six pence to two shillings two pence by 1810-12; tea was taxed at twelve pence per pound early in this century; strong waters’ (spirits) at one shilling per gallon in 1717 and five shillings and eight and one quarter pence by 1799; and wine had duty of four pence per gallon in 1715, rising to six pence per gallon in 1800. It was claimed in 1777 that smuggling off the southwest cost the Revenue £100,000 (£15.7 million in today’s terms) in lost revenue annually.

Plate 1: Dingle Harbour (Courtesy: Du Noyer Collection in the Royal Society of Antiquarians of Ireland).

Smuggling Locations

Based on the number of seizures made by the revenue officers between 1719 and 1739, the principal areas for smuggling during the early eighteenth century were the south and west coasts, north County Dublin and Antrim. Cork and Kerry were the main wool smuggling areas between 1733 and 1741 where 72 per cent of 206 shipments to Nantes originated. Louis Cullen maintains that the greatest volume of smuggling into Ireland was done on the north Dublin coast, particularly by the Rush smugglers. They played a prominent role in supplying contraband goods from the Isle of Man to Dublin, especially in the 1750s. The island’s location in the Irish sea, and its commercial immunity (it was owned by the Duke of Atholl until the British Government purchased it in 1765), ensured it played a major role in the smuggling trade. Smuggling in the Irish sea was specialised in nature in contrast to the west and southwest where legal trade and smuggling were combined. Local consumption and the Cork City market were important to the smuggling of peninsular Kerry and Cork. The principal ports and areas in Kerry were Derrynane, Dingle and Valentia, while in West Cork it was Beara and Ballylicky. Smuggling was carried out by minor gentry, small landowners and merchants. Dingle and Valentia were described as ‘the chief haunts of the Munster smugglers’. Nationally most of the smuggling was with Nantes, Lorient, Roscoff, Guernsey, Dunkirk and to a lesser extent Flushing, Ostend, Copenhagen and Gothenburg. Dingle is specifically linked with tea smuggling via Nantes and is also said to have imported goods illegally from Spain and Portugal. Goods were also moved around the coast as noted in January 1790 when ‘an armed vessel, mounting 20 nine pounders, , swivels and 80 picked men from Rush and Skerries, run into the Shannon and landed cargo in Kerry’. It is not known whether the cargo was picked up in county Dublin or the continent.

Organisation, Distribution and Storage

Importing smuggled goods was a complicated process of building up trust with a supplier, organising credit in Ireland, procuring a vessel and crew, purchasing the goods, getting customs clearance and documents, negotiating the sea journey, evading capture by revenue vessels and finally landing and securing the goods. The expected date of arrival was variable, so vessels signalled from sea or sent a small boat ashore to alert their arrival. Sometime in the late eighteenth century, or early nineteenth century, John Hickson, the last Sovereign of Dingle, expecting ‘a large cargo of brandies and wine’ informed the local customs officers that a cargo of contraband was due to arrive in Brandon Bay, 12 miles away over the Conor Pass. While the officers were watching this coast, Hickson ‘purchased at a reduced price’ brandies and wines landed in Dingle. Louis Cullen has written that smugglers’ profits were made on the inward journey only apart from the 1730s to 1750s when wool was exported illegally to France. However, it appears that in South Kerry, and probably West Kerry, the situation was more fluid with legal and illegal trade combined in the same vessel/voyage. Mrs Morgan O’Connell states that in Darrynane ‘hides, wool, salt pork, salt beef and butter’ were exported and ‘wine, brandy, tea, tobacco and such like costly goods’ smuggled in. There is no direct evidence of the type of boat used to smuggle goods to Dingle, but an indication is given by an account from Galway in 1735 when an American ship, the 100-ton Livorne gallere de Rhode, was hired in Cork and piloted by a Turner Daly to Roundstone Bay. It left for Nantes with 20 tons of wool on 25 January. The O’Connells of Darrynane hired vessels of forty to fifty tons for most for their smuggling, eventually purchasing a sloop, the Prince Ferdinard, towards the end of their smuggling activities in the 1780s. On the other hand, one of the smallest vessels that traded in wool at Nantes in the 1750s was the O’Connells’ Alexander of Kenmare, whose weight was given as 10-12 tons in the amirauté records. The north County Dublin smugglers used relatively small vessels weighing 15-20 tons, known as wherries, for the 93 mile journey to the Isle of Man. On reaching the coast, the goods had to be transferred to secure premises both in the town of Dingle and surrounding areas. One account about the arrival of a vessel from the continent states that, Simon McKenna, a prominent Dingle merchant involved in smuggling in the late eighteenth century:

‘had the casks of brandy conveyed in his own carts through the streets of this town and lodged them in his own stores and shop, which stood on the site now occupied by Benner’s Hotel’.

It was further related how ‘large quantities of lace, silks, wines and brandies’ were often stored in the ‘principal houses’ of the town. Many of

these houses had walls five feet thick, with gables seven feet thick containing false chimneys to allow for the storage of goods. Early in the nineteenth century, a revenue officer named Flood arrested a: ‘very respectable shopkeeper named Connor at midnight at the head of forty horses with a bale of tobacco hanging on each side of the horse and a third on the horse’s back’.

A variation on what was done with smuggled goods was recorded by Sir James Dombrain, Inspector General of the Coastguard in Ireland, during his inspection of the coast in 1820. He discovered that smugglers’ agents had developed a system of selling tickets to tobacco dealers and later the general public. The holders of these tickets would row out to the smuggling vessels and on presenting a ticket were given half a bale of smuggled tobacco. The process was effected quickly, and the tobacco was then hidden in man-made ‘caves’- seven to eight feet in circumference, six feet deep and lined with planks. Dombrain discovered 130 such ‘caves’ in the Galley Head area of West Cork. Caves are also recorded in Darrynane and at Reencarragh, Portmagee.

In 1725, Revenue Officers Brewster Loughlin and Nehemiah Donnellan, along with a Mr Collis and other officers, raided a house owned by a Cahill east of Dingle at Ballintaggart. There they found fourteen ankers of brandy and six ankers of rum ‘under turf in the dwelling house and the rest under straw in a loft’. Sixty-one years later, in an adjacent townland, Revenue Officers raided the house ‘of one Nelagan, of Lough, near the harbour’s mouth where they found ‘fourteen kegs of brandy and several bags of leaf tobacco’.

While local consumption was important it is likely that much of the run goods were distributed to other parts of Munster especially Cork City. In 1729, the north Cork towns of Charleville and Mallow were reported as: ‘the places of abode of many bare-faced unfair dealers, whose trade consists in running goods, and bringing them from the county of Kerry’

A ‘colony’ of smugglers are recorded close to the Kerry border at Ballyvourney in 1732 who ‘lodge run goods there to sell them to the retailers’. The O’Connells of Darrynane supplied teas to Cork city traders – probably because it was the largest market and also as they paid in cash.

The Smugglers

A broad cross section of society, both native and settler, engaged in ‘Free Trade’, as smuggling was known, in the eighteenth century. In 1800, the importation of smuggled goods was so extensive in Dingle that ‘every shopkeeper of note’ was involved. Ties of family, territory and antiauthoritarianism bound people together in a collective manner which facilitated smuggling. For under-tenants, poor fishermen and cottiers, who frequently endured intermittent food shortages, smuggling could help reduce their precarious position with little risk attached. (There were famines in 1720, 1727, 1728 and 1729 and food riots in Cork City in 1720). For middlemen, merchants and minor gentry, with more to lose, the illegal importation of consumer goods worth thousands of pounds could lead to huge profits.

The earliest recorded names of Dingle based smugglers were two descendants of Cromwellian settlers, Philip Morgell and George Chinnery,

Plate 2: Example of an Anker (Courtesy Dorset County Museum)

who were active in smuggling in the 1720s. McKenna and Connor, mentioned earlier in this article, were involved in the trade later in the century. In 1740, the Duke of Devonshire wrote that ‘though there were several Protestant gentlemen in the County of Kerry yet for some odd reason or other there is little prospect of doing good by their means’.

He was referring here to the Knight of Kerry whose residence at the Grove in Dingle was alleged to have been regularly suppled from Bordeaux and who was ‘blind to everything which it was desirable that he should see’. On the other hand, in 1725, Revenue Officer Brewster Loughlin advised his superiors that ‘nobody could be more active or ready to serve us than the Knight’ while eight years later he was described as ‘a hearty Friend to the Revenue Officers’ and ‘his activity in protecting The Revenue being a rare example of virtue and patriotism public spirit’. The Knight’s neighbour and Sovereign of Dingle, John Hickson, was another establishment figure involved in smuggling in the eighteenth century. He had stores a few doors up from Simon McKenna’s premises at the Market House where he stored ‘brandies, wines etc. which had been smuggled into the bay’. The only female smuggler recorded in Ireland, and probably the only one in the world to give a name to a port, was Bridget Magee. She was a Crosbie of Ardfert and had initially married Thomas Morgell, a wealthy Dingle merchant. After his death she married Theobold Magee, a Captain in King James’s army and from the north of Ireland. When he died in Lisbon in 1727, Mrs Magee and her children settled on the coast in South Kerry which was later known as Port Magee. She was later referred to as the ‘fair smuggler of Iveragh’

by the English writer James Anthony Froude. It is possible that Thomas Morgell was a relation of Philip.

A rare insight into the personnel of Dingle who smuggled goods from France is contained in the notarial archives of Nantes when the Wors, White and Company tea concern collapsed in 1768. As there was little legal trade between Nantes and Ireland at this time it can be assumed the Irish debts were for smuggled goods. The records list eleven debtors in Waterford, Cork and Kerry owing a total of 43,327 livres – 12 per cent of the total. The largest Kerry debtor was George Hickson of Dingle who owed 8,061 livres.The other debtors from Dingle were Henry Gould who owed 1,707 livres and Dominique Trant who owed 2,805 livres. A Garrett FitzGerald, with no address given, owed 1,373 livres.The four Kerry debtors accounted for 32 per cent of the Irish total. Two of the three debtors in Cork were Thomas and James Trant who may have been related. Maurice Fitzgerald, the 16th Knight of Kerry, leased the townlands of Rahanane and Ventry to Thomas Trant, a Cork City merchant in August 1759. A James Trant of Mary Street, Cork died in December 1775 leaving a large property.If it is assumed that the Cork Trants had business links with the Dingle merchants, then this network of smugglers accounted for 58 per cent of money owed to this Nantes firm.

Continued in next issue.....................

This article first appeared in The Journal Of The Kerry Archaeological And Historical Society / Series 2 Volume 18 (2018)

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New Potato Salad Herb and Tahini Dressing

Mark Murphy - Dingle Cookery School

As new potatoes begin to come into season, there’s no better time to celebrate their flavour and texture with a fresh, vibrant salad. This dish makes the most of just-picked local new potatoes – earthy, tender, and perfect for summer dining. Tossed in a creamy tahini dressing and lifted with a trio of fresh herbs – flat-leaf parsley, mint, and basil – it’s a salad that’s both satisfying and light, ideal for picnics, barbecues, or as a simple supper side.

I love using seasonal produce like new potatoes, not only for their unbeatable taste but also because they support sustainable food choices – grown locally with fewer food miles and better for the planet. This recipe is a brilliant example of how a handful of good ingredients, treated simply and with care, can become something truly delicious. Serve slightly warm or at room temperature and enjoy the taste of early summer.

Ingredients

1 kg of new potatoes

good handful of flat leaf parsley

good handful of mint, leaves picked and chopped

good handful of basil, leaves chopped

2 garlic cloves

50g light tahini

150ml extra virgin olive oil

1 lemon, juiced and zested

3-4 spring onions, chopped handful of rocket

sea salt and black pepper

Method

Place the potatoes in a large pan of salted water and bring to a simmer. Cook for about 20–25 minutes, or until a knife pierces them easily. Drain and keep warm.

While the potatoes are cooking, make the dressing. In a blender, combine the herbs, garlic, tahini, and a pinch of salt. Pulse a few times, then slowly drizzle in the oil while blending until smooth. Add the lemon zest and juice, and blend again until fully combined.

Transfer the warm potatoes to a large bowl. Pour over the dressing and mix well until the potatoes are nicely coated. Add the chopped spring onions and rocket, stir gently to combine, and season with sea salt to taste.

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covered include positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine and rental costs for oxygen.

To add a new baby or a dependant (including your spouse) onto your Drugs Payment Scheme card, email nmcu.cod@hse.ie or call 0818 224 478.

How to claim a refund for amounts over the threshold

If you use two or more pharmacies in one month you may spend over the maximum threshold of €80. If this happens you can then apply for a refund of the amount you spent above the €80 threshold. To apply for a refund, complete the refund claim form which you can get from your Local Health Office or local Citizens Information Office, or call 0818 22 44 78. Post the completed claim form to the address given on the form. You can check the status of your application for a refund at drugspayment.ie.

How to apply for the Drug Payment Scheme?

You can apply for the Drugs Payment Scheme online at mydps.ie. You can download a form from the HSE website or pick one up from your local Health Office or Citizens Information Centre.

Your Drugs Payment Scheme Card lasts only for a limited time. The expiry date will be printed on your card. When your card expires, you will need to need to apply again

If you need further information about any of the issues raised here or have other questions, you can drop-in to your local Citizens Information Service in Tralee, Killarney or Caherciveen – opening hours are listed on our website www.citizensinformation.ie

You can also contact us by telephone or email: Tralee Tel: 0818 07 7860 Email: tralee@citinfo.ie

Killarney Tel: 0818 07 7820 Email: Killarney@citinfo.ie Caherciveen Tel: 0818 07 7780 Email: caherciveen@citinfo.ie

Huge well done to Kieran Keane Lispole and Riocht A/C who won both the u18 shot putt and discus at the Munster club championships last weekend in MTU Cork.

It's All In The Mind

Beginner’s Mind

Orla Smyth

‘There is a vitality in everything, The entire cosmos is radiant with vitality’ - Thich Nhat Hahn ‘Beginner's mind’ is a really helpful orientation to bring to the present moment. Known as Shosin in Zen meditation, it is one of the 9 Attitudes cultivated in the practice of mindfulness ( along with Non-judgement and Patience which we explored in previous weeks).

It involves approaching each moment with a fresh, open and curious perspective, as if experiencing it for the first time, free from prejudices and expectations. It’s about letting go of what you think you know and being willing to entertain new possibilities, to widen the lens of perception.

It opens a window in the mind, to the wonder and awesomeness of being alive right now. Instead of getting numb from the pressure of work or life, moseying along on automatic pilot and taking things for granted, we can take a step back and be amazed- staying open to a sense of freshness, wonder, gratitude and awe. Amazement is instant stress relief!

Beginner’s mind has nothing to do with constructed ‘positive thinking’ which is a forced mindset that often ends up being counter productive. And it in no way undermines the very real difficulties and challenges that we all come up against in our day to day lives : on the contrary, beginner’s mind serves as a tool to help navigate our lives in the world with all its ups and downs.

Mindfulness is not about suppressing our own pain or ignoring the suffering of others: rather it serves to give us the wherewithal to stare misfortune in the face and see it as it really is, accepting that it is real and it hurts and acknowledging that we can’t always avoid suffering; we can’t always fix things or make them better.

What we can do is not add fuel to the fire by going into default mode : ruminating, raging, worrying, panicking, exaggerating, despairing…

Our autonomic nervous system is designed to activate the stress response in the body and mind : we prepare to run, fight or hide from the perceived danger. We are wired with an inner threat detector that is driven by negative bias (stored memories of bad experiences where we felt threatened, unhappy or uncomfortable). It is constantly scanning for perceived danger. However, this survival mechanism is more suited to the hunter gatherer out on the Savannah where a sabre toothed tiger is likely to pounce than to modern day living. Today, we are less likely to be exposed to immediate danger and consequently our nervous system tends to be overstimulated, constantly running in the background, banking and recording all the perceived negative experiences as fact and filtering out the rest.

The brain is selective in how it processes data and a negative bias is automatically built into everything we learn. We need to constantly question what we know because our individual and collective knowledge is not objective. Our brains are hardwired to remember negative experiences and quickly forget positive ones- it is like velcro for the bad and teflon for the good. We are programmed for survival, not for happiness.

Mindfulness works on the premise that neuroplasticity allows us to rewire the brain. We can change habitual thought patterns and associated reactivity, through practice. Neurons that fire together wire together .We update our implicit stored memory by replacing it with a more measured and wider frame of reference. We reframe our experience by choosing what we pay attention to.

Here’s where beginner’s mind comes into play. Instead of relying on acquired knowledge and expertise or what we want to believe are certainties ( which we know are often inherently skewed or biased) we can intentionally adapt a curious and ‘don’t know’ attitude: receiving input with fresh eyes, shifting our habitual perception and revealing the amazing truth of being here now , occupying space on a big rock circling a bigger ball of gas, a speck in the multiverse , nearly 14 billion years after the cosmos came into being.

You are not abandoning your expertise or specific skill sets or hard earned wisdom and knowledge. But being too attached to your own certainties can prevent you from seeing clearly what’s in front of you.

’ If your mind is empty…it is open to everything. In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities,

but in the expert’s mind there are few’ - Shunryu Suzuki

Of course, from a practical point of view, we can't walk around constantly in awe of life and questioning all of its mysteries but it is worthy of the occasional nod. It seems we're missing out on more than a little by completely ignoring the wonder of it all and getting caught up in the petty and mundane, the smallness of our every day concerns compared to what our true nature really is - a co-creator in the vast mystery of the unknown. Opportunities for amazement are all around us if we look at the world with beginner's mind. If we are not amazed we are not paying attention and that is exactly the purpose of mindfulness- to simply pay attention.

Try some of these exercises to cultivate a beginner’s mind in any given situation:

1. Avoid pre-judgement- when you think you know how something will go, resist the temptation to make assumptions. Instead take time to wait and see

2. Let go of preconceptions about how things work and simply be open to an alternative explanation. Just be curious, listen

3. Eliminate expectations about what will happen

4. Fill yourself with curiosity to understand things more deeply

5. Open yourself up to new possibilities

6. Ask simple questions

7. When you're familiar with something it’s easy to go into automatic pilot and just go through the motions. Slow down and you will see what you are doing with greater clarity.

8. Beginners mind can give a fresh perspective on existing challenges. Explore possibilities you hadn't previously considered

9. Detach from the ego s desire to be seen and admired as an expert,

10. Meditate to see clearly

11. Explore taking on several points of view in a given situation to loosen up fixed ideas and embrace new perspectives.

12. See the world through the eyes of a childfull of wonder and curiosity, innocent, without judgement or expectation

‘The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes’

- Marcel Proust

Orla Smyth - certified teacher of Mindfulness Based Stress Relief (MBSR) and Dot B. -mindful awareness for children / orlasmyth67@gmail.com

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Ceol Beo / Live Music

Bréannainn - Cloghane

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Monday 23rd June

7.30 Halla le Chéile - Tinteán Ceoil

Monday 30th June

7.30 Halla le Chéile - Tinteán Ceoil

Dingle-Daingean Uí Chúis

Thursday 19th June

6.00 Dingle Pub - Sonas

6.00 Paddy Bawn Brosnan's - Dermot Kelly

8.15 O'Flaherty's - Midweek trad session

8.30 Dingle Bay Hotel - Live music

9.00 Neligan's - Open Session

9.00 Bob Griffin’s - Jeremy Spencer & Matt Griffin

9.00 Dingle Pub - Rock'n Jimmy

9.15 John Benny Moriarty's - Caroline Keane (Concertina), Tom Delaney (Vocals , Bozouki & Uileann Pipes)

9.15 Hannie Agnes' - Candlelit Trad Session

9.30 The Courthouse - Teresa Horgan & Gerry O'Beirne

9.30 Murphy's - Dreams of Freedom

Friday 20th June

6.30 Dingle Pub - Out The Gap

7 - 9 Kennedy's - Dan Doran and Friends. Acoustic Jam Session, open to all.

7.30 - 9.15 St. James Church - Folk Concert (€20)

9.00 Bob Griffin’s - Brady Elliott

9.00 Paddy Bawn Brosnan's - Brian Corbett

9.15 John Benny Moriarty's - Eilís Kennedy (Flute & Vocals), Jeremy Spencer (Fiddle) & Matt Griffin (Guitar)

9.15 Hannie Agnes' - Candlelit Trad Session

9.30 The Courthouse - Greta Curtin & Jessie Healy

9.30 Dingle Pub - The Bare Minimum

9.30 O'Flaherty's - Open session

9.30 Murphy's - Tinteán

9.30 Neligan's - Open Session

Saturday 21st June

8.00 Wave Theatre - The MD Project (Rock, Pop, Blues & Jazz classicstickets on eventbrite)

9.00 Paddy Bawn Brosnan's - Brady Elliot

9.30 Dingle Pub - Hightide

9.30 The Courthouse - Eoin Duignan & Tommy O'Sullivan

Corca Dhuibhne

9.30 O'Flaherty's - Open session

9.30 Neligan's - Open Session

10.00 Paul Geaney’s - Liam Evans

Sunday 22nd June

6.30 The Marina Inn - Caroline Keane (Concertina) and Tom Delany (Uileann Pipes). Musicians welcome

5 - 7 Bob Griffin’s - Pilgrim Sessions

8.00 Paddy Bawn Brosnan's - Luke and Billy

9.00 The Courthouse - Jeremy Spencer & Tommy O'Sullivan

9.30 Dingle Pub - Dreams of Freedom

Monday 23rd June

6.00 Dingle Pub - Sonas

6.00 Curran's Bar - Open Trad session

7.30 - 9.15 St. James Church - Folk Concert (€20)

8.30 Dingle Bay Hotel - Live music

9.00 Dingle Pub - Bryan Murphy

9.30 Neligan's - Set Dancing

9.30 The Courthouse - Caroline Keane & Tommy O'Sullivan

9.30 Murphy's - Tinteán

Tuesday 24th June

6.00 Paddy Bawn Brosnan's - Dermot Kelly

6.00 Dingle Pub - Kealan O'Connor & Sean Leahy

6.30-8.30 Foxy John's - Trad session

7 - late Kennedy's - The Red Bench open session

7 - 9 Wave Theatre - Irish music and dance (Tickets - eventbrite or at door)

8.15 O'Flaherty's - Midweek trad session

8.30 Dingle Bay Hotel - Live music

9.00 Dingle Pub - Richie O'Brien

9.00 Neligan's - Open Session

9.15 Hannie Agnes' - Candlelit Trad Session

9.30 The Courthouse - Aoife Granville & Deirdre Granville

9.30 Murphy's - Shenanigans

Weds 25th June

6.00 Dingle Pub - Emmet Sugrue

6.00 Paddy Bawn Brosnan's - Dermot Kelly

6.30 - 8.30 Kennedy's - Tanglewood session

7.00 - 9.00-8.30 Foxy John's - Trad session

7.30 - 9.15 St. James Church - Folk Concert (€20)

8.15 O'Flaherty's - Midweek trad session

8.30 Paddy Bawn Brosnan's - Brady Elliot

9.00 Dingle Pub - Richie O'Brien

9.15 John Benny Moriarty's - Eilís Kennedy (Flute & Vocals), Theresa Horgan (Flute & Vocals) & Gerry O'Beirne (Vocals & Guitar)

9.15 Hannie Agnes' - Candlelit Trad Session

9.30 Murphy's - Shenanigans

9.30 The Courthouse - Tom Delany & Tommy O'Sullivan

Thursday 26th June

1.00 Gairdíní an Díseart (Diseart Gardens) - Ceol am lón lunchtime concert with Sláine Ní Chathalláin & MacDara Ó Faoláin

6.00 Paddy Bawn Brosnan's - Dermot Kelly

6.00 Dingle Pub - Sonas

8.15 O'Flaherty's - Midweek trad session

8.30 Dingle Bay Hotel - Live music

9.00 Curran's Bar - Trad & Folk with Billy and Luke

9.00 Neligan's - Open Session

9.00 Dingle Pub - Rock'n Jimmy

9.15 John Benny Moriarty's - Caroline Keane (Concertina), Tom Delaney (Vocals , Bozouki & Uileann Pipes)

9.15 Hannie Agnes' - Candlelit Trad Session

9.30 Murphy's - Dreams of Freedom

9.30 The Courthouse - Teresa Horgan & Gerry O'Beirne

Friday 27th June

6.30 Dingle Pub - Out The Gap

7 - 9 Kennedy's - Dan Doran and Friends. Acoustic Jam Session, open to all.

7.30 - 9.15 St. James Church - Folk Concert (€20)

9.00 Paddy Bawn Brosnan's - Brian Corbett

9.00 Bob Griffin’s - Brady Elliott

9.30 Dingle Pub - The Bare Minimum

9.15 John Benny Moriarty's - Eilís Kennedy (Flute & Vocals), Jeremy Spencer (Fiddle) & Matt Griffin (Guitar)

9.15 Hannie Agnes' - Candlelit Trad Session

9.30 O'Flaherty's - Open session

9.30 The Courthouse - Greta Curtin & Jessie Healy

9.30 Murphy's - Tinteán

9.30 McCarthy's Bar - Rock & Soul with De-Vices

9.30 Neligan's - Open Session

10.00 Paul Geaney’s - Liam Evans

Saturday 28th June

7 - 9 Wave Theatre - Irish music and dance(Tickets - eventbrite or at door)

7.30 Dingle Pub - Full Shilling

9.00 Paddy Bawn Brosnan's - Brady Elliot

9.30 O'Flaherty's - Open session

9.30 Neligan's - Open Session

9.30 The Courthouse - Eoin Duignan & Tommy O'Sullivan

10.00 Paul Geaney’s - Live Music

10.00 Dingle Pub - Full Shilling

Sunday 29th June

6.30 The Marina Inn - Caroline Keane (Concertina) and Tom Delany (Uileann Pipes). Musicians welcome

5 - 7 Bob Griffin’s - Pilgrim Sessions

8.00 Paddy Bawn Brosnan's - Luke and Billy

9.00 Dingle Pub - Rocking Jimmy

9.30 The Courthouse - Jeremy Spencer & Tommy O'Sullivan

Monday 30th June

6.00 Dingle Pub - Sonas

6.00 Curran's Bar - Open Trad session

7.30 - 9.15 St. James Church - Folk Concert (€20)

8.30 Dingle Bay Hotel - Live music

9.00 Dingle Pub - Bryan Murphy

9.30 Neligan's - Set Dancing

9.30 Murphy's - Tinteán

9.30 The Courthouse - Caroline Keane & Tommy O'Sullivan

Tuesday 1st July

6.00 Dingle Pub - Kealan O'Connor & Sean Leahy

6.00 Paddy Bawn Brosnan's - Dermot Kelly

6.30-8.30 Foxy John's - Trad session

7 - late Kennedy's - The Red Bench open session

7 - 9 Wave Theatre - Irish music and dance (Tickets - eventbrite or at door)

8.15 O'Flaherty's - Midweek trad session

8.30 Dingle Bay Hotel - Live music

9.00 Dingle Pub - Richie O'Brien

9.00 Neligan's - Open Session

9.15 Hannie Agnes' - Candlelit Trad Session

9.30 The Courthouse - Aoife Granville & Deirdre Granville

9.30 Murphy's - Shenanigans

Weds 2nd July

6.00 Paddy Bawn Brosnan's - Dermot Kelly

6.00 Dingle Pub - Emmet Sugrue

6.30 - 8.30 Kennedy's - Tanglewood session

7.00 - 9.00-8.30 Foxy John's - Trad session

7.30 - 9.15 St. James Church - Folk Concert (€20)

8.15 O'Flaherty's - Midweek trad session

8.30 Paddy Bawn Brosnan's - Brady Elliot

9.00 Dingle Pub - Richie O'Brien

9.15 Hannie Agnes' - Candlelit Trad Session

9.15 John Benny Moriarty's - Eilís Kennedy (Flute & Vocals), Theresa Horgan (Flute & Vocals) & Gerry O'Beirne (Vocals & Guitar)

9.30 Murphy's - Shenanigans

9.30 The Courthouse - Tom Delany & Tommy O'Sullivan

Castlegregory Notes

WE HAVE MOVED- (a little)Castlegregory Outdoor Country Market kicked off on June 1st with a slow start but eventually took off. Everyone had a good day in the end. We have moved in just a little further down towards the school...we are now placed in the school basketball court and the carpark just in front of it.... . We will be there from next Sunday right through to the end of August...Hope to see you all there to support us in our new spot....looking forward to seeing you all.

Castlegregory Tidy Towns: If you would like to join our weekly volunteering activities we usually meet every Saturday at 10:00am at the Castlegregory Playground unless otherwise stated. Please check the side of the little library there for any updates each week

Castlegregory Care of the Aged/Active Retired: Dinners on Tuesdays in the Clubrooms. New members are always welcome. Please ring Michelle on 085 243 2251 if you would like to come along or if you are a regular and can't make it for any reason. Volunteers needed, Tuesday's 12.30-2.30pm to assist with dinners. Please contact 087 2854779. . Howev-

Thursday 3rd July

6.00 Dingle Pub - Sonas

6.00 Paddy Bawn Brosnan's - Dermot Kelly

8.15 O'Flaherty's - Midweek trad session

8.30 Dingle Bay Hotel - Live music

9.00 Neligan's - Open Session

9.00 Bob Griffin’s - Jeremy Spencer & Matt Griffin

9.00 Dingle Pub - Rock'n Jimmy

9.15 John Benny Moriarty's - Caroline Keane( Concertina), Tom Delaney( Vocals , Bozouki & Uileann Pipes)

9.15 Hannie Agnes' - Candlelit Trad Session

9.30 Dingle Pub - Seán Kelliher

9.30 The Courthouse - Teresa Horgan & Gerry O'Beirne

9.30 Murphy's - Dreams of Freedom

er the dinner will be cancelled on 15th of April due to an all day power cut.

CE Scheme Vacancy: The role will be to assist in the kitchen and include assisting the cook when and as required, deep kitchen cleaning, venue prep/ set-up for the weekly dinner and assisting with the delivery of the entertainment programme. Contact: castleactiveretired@gmail.com 085 43 2251.

Whist: Every Thursday evening in the Clubrooms from 8pm. Newcomers and Learners welcome.

11/06/2025: Ladies: 1st Eila Moriarty , 2nd Mary Farrell Intervals Eilish Ashe , Gerry Curran , Gents: 1st ,Martin Murphy 2nd Mairead Ni Dubhda Intervals John F Brosnan , Mary Kenny Mystery Eithne O Leary.

12/06/2025: Ladies:1st Gerry Curran 2nd Nora Hannratty Intervals Mary Farrwll , Pam Mc Cauert Gents: 1st Pat Moore 2nd Mary Shanahan Intervals Sheila O Connor , Martin Murphy Mystery Mike Rohan

Baby and Toddler Group: Castlegregory Clubrooms, Thursday mornings during school term, 10.30-12pm. Parents, grandparents,guardians, all welcome. Come along for a chat and a cuppa.

Dhuibhne Beo

Michael Healy-Rae TD Mícheál Ó’hEalaigh-Rae

Clinicí Áitiúla

CLINICS-2nd MONDAY OF THE MONTH.

NEXT CLINIC 14TH JULY

Milltown: Larkins 6.15pm

Killorglin: Jim Shea's 7pm

CLINICS - 3rd MONDAY OF THE MONTH.

NEXT CLINIC JULY 21st

Castlemaine Griffins Bar 5pm

Keel Murphy’s Bar 5.20pm

Inch Foleys Bar 5.40pm

Annascaul Teach Sheáin 6.00pm

Dingle Muiris Dan’s 6.20pm, An Droichead Beag 6.40pm

Brandon Murphy’s Bar 8.30pm

Castlegregory Boland’s Bar 9pm

Camp Railway Tavern 10.30pm

Constituency Office: 064 6685782 Office Fax: 064 66 85904

Mob: 087-246 1678 email:michael.healy-rae@oireachtas.ie

Clinicí sa Ghaeltacht: 21ú Iúil 7.00-8.00

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Orla Uan

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Eibhlín Uí Iarlaithe maisithe ag

Domhnall Ó Bric foilsithe ag

Oidhreacht Chorca

Dhuibhne

Seo an leabhar is déanaí mar gheall ar Orla Uan, an séú leabhar sa tsraith. Comhghairdeachas le hEibhlín agus le Domhnall, tá leabhair ghleoite curtha ar fáil acu.

`Lá gruama dorcha ab ea é ar shleasa Chruach Mhárthain. Bhí Orla Uan agus a cairde Caoimhe Uan, Aisling Uan agus Ultan Uan bailithe cráite ag an síorbháisteach. `Tá an lá go hainnis ar fad' arsa Orla Uan `agus tá an ghráin agamsa ar bháisteach.'

`éist léithe agus í ag féachaint ar na hiontaisí go léir atá san áit iontach seo.'

An Café Liteartha

Bóthar an Dadhgaide, Daingean Uí Chúis

Siopa Leabhar an Daingin Ó 1979

Ó Mhárthain

Breandán Mac Gearailt

Bás

Fuair an bhean ionraic Antje Dingels a bhí ag cur fuithi sa cheanntar le blianta bás le déanaí. Is i mBonn na Gearmáine a saolaiodh Antje sa bhliain 1938. Tar éis an an dara Cogadh Domhanda bhí an Ghearmáin scriosta, agus chinn grúpa Éireannach grúpa leanbh ón dtír sin a thabhairt ar altramais go hÉireann go dtí go dtiocfadh feabhas ar chúrsaí. Le cabhair ó Chumann Croise Deirge na hÉireann tugadh thart ar 420 leanbh idir 6 mbliana agus 16 bliana go hÉireann i 1946. Bhí Antje ar dhuine acu, gan í ach ocht bliana d’aois, an leanbh ba shine ag a tuismitheoirí. Bhí sé de sheans léi gur muintir uí Ghallchóir ó Dhumhach Trá a thóg isteach í, lánúin óg álainn grámhar de réir chuntais Antje, nach raibh ach sé mhí pósta iad féin an uair sin. Thógadar Antje mar a thógadar na leanaí a saolaiodh dóibh féin ina dhiaidh sin. D’fhill go leor de na leanaí ar an nGearmáin tar éis 3 bliana, nuair a tháinig sánas thall, ach d’fhan suas le 50 duine acu, ina measc Antje a d’fhan go dtí go raibh sí 17. Le linn na mblianta sin, ba mhinic a chuaidh sí féin agus a cairde ag campáil agus ag fanacht i mbrúanna óige thart timpeall na hÉireann, agus chuir sí dúil ar leith i gCorca Dhuibhne.

Fuair Antje ana dheacair é socrú síos sa Ghearmáin tar éis an méid sin blianta agus níor ró fhada go raibh sí thar nais i mBleá Cliath le muintir uí Ghallchóir. Fuair sí post mar bhean tí i mBaile an Fheirtéirigh ag an sagart paróiste an tAth Micheál Ó Ciosáin. Ní raibh sé i gceist ar dtús aici ach fanacht bliain chun feabhas a chur ar a cuid Gaoluinne, ach d’fhan sí blianta fada ann, agus nuair a theip ar an sláinte ar an gCíosánach, sí bhí mar airíoch aige go dtí gur cailleadh é. Chuir sí aithne ar dhaoine i ngach ball, cara dílís grámhar. Bhí suim aici in go leor caitheamh aimsire agus ní raibh aon dua aici luí le leas an phobail. Is mó duine go gcuir sí comaoin ortha. Bhí sí deaslamhach, sárchócaire ab ea í agus an cinealatas coitianta ar a teanga.

Tréis don Athair Mícheál bás d’fhail chaith Antje seal ag obair i ngnó potaireachta Louis O Maolchatha a thaithin go mór lei. Bhí de sheans léi gur fhág bean uasal eile, Bríd Budhlaer ón mBuailtín, paiste talún sa Ghort Mór le huacht aici rud a chuir ar a cumas tigh beag a thógáil di féin. Nuair a d’éirigh sí as an bpotaireacht, d’fhás sí glasraí ina gáirdín, choinnigh beacha agus ba bheag lá go raibh an aimsir réasúnta nár thom sí í féin sa bhfarraige. Is mó sin duine gur chabhraigh sí leo go ciúin, agus ní dóigh liom go raibh sí riamh gránna le éinne.

Bhí Séipéal Naomh Uinsin Bhaile an Fhirtéaraigh lán go doras do Aifreann báis Antje, agus ceathrar sagart ag freastal. Tháinig a deirfiúr agus deartháracha altroma ó Bhleá Cliath lena gclann, agus nianna agus neachtanna ón nGearmáin, mar aon lena cairde agus a comharsain.

Dar liom go bhfuil anam bhean lách cinealta cuideachtúil, i bhFlaitheas na nGrást agus é tuillte aici.

Bhí deartháir Séamus agus deirfiúr Christine básaithe roimhis. Meala mor a bhás dá chéile Máire agus a chlann Tomás, Seán, Miriam Aodh, agus Deasún, gar chlann ghaolta agus cáirde. Flaitheas na ngrást ag a anam.

Caid

Chuir Ciarraí (na fir ) bréantas orm nuair a bhuaidh an Mhí ortha. Bhí triúr no ceathrar gortaithe ach contae mór caide Ciarraí ba chóir ná tarlódh go mbuafadh an Mhí. Bhíodar mheasfá, thíos leis an bpip. Má sea thug na mná abhar mórtais dúinn. Bhuadar ar Chorcaigh a bhí seacht poinnte chun tosaigh ortha ag leath ama, ach bhí ocht phoinnte breise acu sa dara leath. D’imríodar caid seachas na fearaibh fícheallachh gan chríth, beidh seans eile ag na fir arís rud ná fuil tuillte acu. Bhuaidh Dún na nGall le pointe ar fhoireann maith Mhaigh Eo le poinnte suarach.

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Lámhachadh beirt phoiliteoiri Meirica agus a gcéilí, agus maraíodh beirt acu.. An bhfuil an sean iarthar ar ais.

Tá Trump ag cuir cáin ar chain 155% sin amaidi. Tá an Iráin go raibh Trump ag comhairliú dóibh goiris admhacha a chur ar leataoibh buailte ag an Iosrael. Is léir gur treise fearas cogaidh Israel agus tá sé áisiúil dóibh, baint dá siúl.

Creid nó ná creid tá titim ar an ól in Éirinn, gan dabht tá deoch alcoil andhaor ach ní chuireadh san as do dhúil an alcolaí. Sea agus ta an toitín ag culú chomh maith.

D’réir deallraimh ní bheidh aon isliú ar an gcáin ioncaim

Chonac le déanaí go raibh gasra altraí ón Iráin le teacht go hÉirinn oibriú anseo, ach tá na gamail in Éirinn ag útamáil ag cur bacanna ortha, nó sin mar a chím-se é. Bí ag caint ar ghioláin.

Ní fada ná go mbeidh togchán againn le Uachtarán nua a thogha. Bhí fear maith againn go mbíodh deallramh lena chaint. Bheithfeá mórálach as. ‘Cé a mheasaim a cheart a bheith againn? Dearfainn Uachtarán CLCG, Jarlath Burns, fear le deáramh ná fuil rotaithe ag poilitaíocht ach atá ag cur cuma na maitheasa ar CLCG.Tá sé tábhachtach fear taibhseach a bheith mar uachtarán.

Fuair Jeaic Flahive ó Abha na Scáil agus Dún ar Fhaill Chorcaí bás le déanaí. Bhí naocha bliain glanta aige.

Antje Dingels (ar dheis) lena cara Anne Auffret as Bulat Pestivien sa Bhriotáin a bhí i gCorca Dhuibhne ar chuairt le déanaí.

ACROSS

1. Very happy (7, 4)

9. Minute divisions

10. One-tenth divisions of dollar

11. Make faux pas

12. (left) without a sentry

13. Abrupt sharp increase

15. Pile

20. Ascension

22. Tree species

23. Curtain

24. Visually unclear

25. Remove bad feelings (5, 3, 3)

DOWN

2. Become subject to

3. Co. Cork town

4. Nationality flag flown by ship

5. City in northern Italy

6. Tending to roam

7. Cinema employee

8. Remark unconnected to the main topic

14. Triumph

16. Shaven crown worn by monks

17. Shows the way

18. Morsel of information

19. Puritan

21. Stadium

22. W Iranian language

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087 214 9327 / 086 173 7944

Property to let / Tithe ar cíos

Holiday Rentals

Holiday home to rent, sleeps 6. Ballyferriter area. Available July, August, September. Call Pat 086-8230130 For Sale/Le Díol

Pramac PX8000 Petrol Generator 6KVA with AVR electric start. 085-7355443

New electric moped with 20ah lithium battery. Highest reasonable offer secures. Photo available. Contact Paul 087-5125034

Complete Bedroom Suite. 1 Double bed 4.6feet with spotless rarely used mattress, 2 Side lockers, 1 chest of drawers. All in white. The lot for €450. Whatsapp on 083-3091504 for photos.

Honda generator EG1900X. Perfect condition, good price. Also electric stonecutter, will cut stone 1 metre long on a table. 087-9647699

Site for sale in Cromane. Close to GAA pitch, school and church. Would suit somebody living or working in the locality. 087-1224554.

Items for sale. 18" convex mirror in box €10. Twin spot detector security lights & infra red €15. 12V 2 way cabin lights - suit caravan or boat €10 pair. 4 flashing lights to clip onto life jackets €10. 1 x 2' cabin light €8. 087-6893857

Services / Seirbhisí

Native Irish speaker, fully qualified Irish teacher available to teach Irish. Please email Maria at: marianimhurchu@gmail.com

Web Design, websites, landing pages, online stores, GRAPHIC DESIGN, logotypes, brand identity, business cards. Professional and deep dive into your task, high quality work, attention to details, compliance with agreed deadlines, feedback daily on weekdays. WhatsApp: 089 980 1206, email: alisahazel87@ gmail.com

Home Help Support, West Kerry area. 20 years experience. Please phone 0876880723 day or night.

Chimney sweeping service. Clean and efficient. Call Paul on 083-1727571. Frank McGowan-Sports and Physical Therapy. Sports, Deep Tissue, Remedial and Relaxation Massage. Lower Main St, Dingle Town Centre. Monday to Friday. 9 am-2 pm. Call, Text or Whats App 0857338601 for an appointment. Regina Sheehy - Kinesiology and Food Intolerance Testing. Treating all forms of digestive issues, fatigue, candida, fungal issues, stress, food intolerances, recurrent infections. Clinics in Dingle (Tuesday and Thursday) Tralee (Wednesday and Saturday) Evening appointments available. Ph: 0860820224 www.reginasheehy.com

Plumber specialising in boiler breakdown, servicing and commissioning. Complete range of plumbing services. Call John 086-3165714

Affordable Tree Surgeons-Trees topped beside roadways, houses and sheds, hedges trimmed. All toppings and shavings removed. Fully insured. Free quotation - Call Michael 085-8487812

West Kerry Gardening services - lawn cutting, sand/gravel delivered, landscaping, power washing etc. Call Seán 087-6336082

South West Recycling Services: scrap cars, vans jeeps, tractors, buses, lorries all wanted. Also buy copper tanks, brass copper piping, lead, batteries, alloy wheels. Everything considered.. Top prices paid. Call Frank 087-2311971

Plumber available specialising in small jobs from Dunquin to Castlegregory. Call: 083-4179641

Natural healing at Red Lotus Clinic. Fertility, gynaecology, pediatric, injury, stress, acupuncture, craniosacral therapy, homeopathy, reflexology, massage. Clinics in Dingle and Castlegregory. Contact Eithne Griffin 086-6066865 www. redlotusclinic.com

Garden Services in Kerry: Lawn mowing, strimming, vertical pruning, tree surgery. Reasonable rates. Ring 0838268371

Experienced cleaner/ keyholder based in Dingle available for holiday homes etc 087-6256533

Septic Tank emptying, bio - cycle tanks desludged, cleaned & checked. Toilets - drains unblocked. Gearóid Mac Gearailt. 087-9504713 / 087-2390018

Oil Boiler Servicing, Oil fired boilers and cookers. Servicing and repairs. Emergency call out service available. James Greaney 087-3440493

Does your septic tank need to be emptied- we will get to you within a day. Cuir Glaoch/ Call Diarmuid Ó Beaglaoi 087 2969846 0r 066 9155446

Vehicle Computer Diagnostic Service / Mobile Service. Cars, Jeeps, Vans, Pickups. Call 087-3440493

Septic Tank Services, emptying, wash down, repairs, new tanks andpercolation areas constructed in line with planning. over 25yrs service in Dingle Ph. Pat Hanafin 086 2241064 / 066 9151682 . beenbawn@yahoo.com

Situations Vacant / Postanna

We’re looking for a creative and detail-oriented interiors photographer(to include drone footage) & a property stylist to prepare homes for professional photoshoots. 087-2940912

Harrington's of Dingle: We are hiring. Positions available. Full & part time, job sharing. Chef and general workers. Please contact Eileen 086-8263986 or send CV to harringtons- dingle@gmail.com. 14 yr olds can apply with the written consent of a parent

Wanted

/ Ag Teastáil

Teenager (17) seeks full time summer work in Dingle town. Call 087-4755349

Mature responsible woman seeks house to rent, long term, Dingle area, west of Dingle preferred. Long term resident of the area. 2 or 3 bedroom preferred but all considered. Must be warm and dry. 085-7774050

Other / Eile

Good sturdy bunk beds with perfect mattress. Free to take away but must be collected. 087-9829829

For rent in Annascaul/Inch area - Large shed (60 x 30 feet, 14 ft high), office space , with toilet, shower and 8 power points. Would suit mechanic / boat storage etc. email: polaoghaire@yahoo.com

Insulated storage facility available - call Ted Browne Tool Hire & Tyre Centre on 087 2342599 for details

Dry secure storage unit for rent. Lispole area. 087-2820062

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