Wkl 194

Kerry Live

ISSUE / E ISIÚINT 194

West & Mid

23ú Nollaig 2016 - 5ú Eanair 2017

Corca Dhuibhne Beo

Essential Community News and Event Guide For West & Mid Kerry.

Nuacht, Imeachtaí & Eolas Cuí do Chiarraí Thiar & Chiarraí Láir

Dingle To Killorglin Castlegregory to Cromane

SAOR IN AISCE FREE

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San Eagrán Seo / In This Issue Pg 8 : What’s Going On?

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Pg 12: Farming News Pg 15: Ted Talks - Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh Pg 20-21: Nuacht CFLT Pg 28-29: Christmas Dinner Recipe Pg 33: Christmas Film Quiz Pg 38: Ó Mhárthain

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Pg 42: Anso ‘s Ansúd i gCorca Dhuibhne Pg 44: Nutrition with Irene - Cranberries

News from The Marts

Pg 46: Crosfhocal Sean Nós

Dingle

Pg 48-49: Live Music Listings Pg 50: Crossword

Sheep & cattle sale Saturday January 7th

Pg 51: Classifieds

Milltown Sheep sale 10th January. General cattle sale 14th January

To Advertise Contact us on 066-9150530

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

DINGLE 066 91 51586

M I LLTOWN: 066 97 67309

Essential / Emergency Local Numbers Uimhreacha áitiúla riachtanacha / Uimhreacha éigeandála

IONAID LEIGHIS / MEDICAL CENTRES:

Clinic Cois Abhann, Spa Road , Dingle 066 9151465 Ionad Leighis An Daingin The Mall, Dingle, 066 9152225., Dr. T. Sills, Castlegregory, 0667139226 Mon-Fri, 9:15am to 1:00 pm Saturday, by appointment. Emergencies Doctor’s Surgery Annascaul, West Inch 066-9157227, SouthDoc: 1850 335 999 for all calls between 6.00pm to 8.00am Killorglin Health Centre, Killorglin, Tel: 066 976 1284 Dr Valerie Collins .Market St, 066 976 1253 Cronin, Dr Ann Beach Tree Lodge, Market St, Killorglin (066)9761014 Prendiville, Wm (Killorglin) Cluincorrig, Killorglin (066)9761149 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

FIACLÓIRÍ / DENTISTS

Corkery-Johnson Linda BDS NUI Upper Main St Dingle Co. Kerry (066) 9152333 2 West Kerry Live

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:

Bus Station, Killarney, Co. Kerry. (064) 30011 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 Bridge St Lower, 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

OIFIG TURASÓIREACHTA / TOURIST OFFICES

Dingle - An Daingean Phone: +353(0)669151188 Castlegregory - Talor’s Row, Strand Street, 066-7139422 Ionad Eolais Clochán 087 4552911

OPTICIANS / RADHARC-EOLAÍ

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

SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL (SVP) WEST KERRY AREA Annascaul : 089-4259294 Dingle : 086-0203501 Castlegregory/ Cloghane : 087-1647788 Ballyferriter : 066-9156124 Tralee Office -066 -7128021

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Dingle Notes Richie Williams December has certainly been a busy month so far here in the Dingle Peninsula. Other Voices, Feile Na Soilse, School Concerts,Carol Singing on the streets, Farmers Markets, Local Craft Fairs, Choir Recitals, Music Concerts and Santa Fun Run to name but a few events all of the highest quality and all well supported by locals and visitors alike.

And it continues with the Dingle New Music Choir And Orchestra Concerts in An Diseart this Thursday and Friday at 7p.m.

With just a few big shopping days left before Christmas the Business Chamber appeal for your support in Thinking Local And Shopping Local.We have a great range of outlets offering a wide variety and choice of goods and services in the Peninsula and remember that every €10 spent in a locality travels two and a half times more in that same locality through wages etc. Yes your money spent locally means so much to the continued employment of so many people in your neighbourhood.

The Holiday Period offers us all time to relax but some hardy souls will no doubt be looking forward to the Christmas Day Swims at various beaches around the area. Ask the usual suspects for times and venues which are also mentioned elsewhere in this edition.

The Wren Groups are inviting extra members and particularly young people to join in with their groups and really make St Stephens Day another wonderful traditional days entertainment here in the Wren Capital Of The World. Come on join in the fun or at least bring the family out and support the huge effort made by all participants to collect funds for various local organisations and charities.

Barely time to recover then when along comes the New Years Eve Celebrations and what an occasion that has grown into over the past few years.

The Fireworks Display at THE PIER is a great family occasion and creates a wonderful atmosphere to help us forget the year gone by and look forward to better times and new challenges in the year just dawning. To ensure the traffic does not build up we appeal to people to come as early as possible and avoid unnecessary delays at the last minute.

Then at 11.30p.m.the Dingle Fife And Drum Band will start their traditional march from Bridge Street to An Droichead Beag to ring in the New Year under the Time Clock which counts down from 6p.m.that evening. The Band then take to the streets again to complete a full round of the town finishing around an hour later at An Droichead Beag to rapturous applause and appreciation from their loyal supporters.

What a wonderful tradition not copied in any other town in Ireland if not in the World!!!.

The Business Chamber are organising a Race Night to raise funds for the Fireworks Display and your support would be very much appreciated. Horses can be purchased at Sheehys Spar Supermarket in Green Street and the date of the Race Night will be announced shortly.

Community Hall--- A number of people have asked me over the past while why Dingle does not have a proper Community HalL like most other towns and villages throughout the county and indeed country now. I really could not tell a lie and say we do not need one because in my opinion we certainly do need a purpose built hall to cater for a wide variety of activities and larger crowds than the existing facilities allow. I am not condemning any of the facilities we are so lucky to have here in town. But a Community Hall could be a focal point or centre for so many activities which are a big fragmented at present and could build up the much needed community spirit which we lack in comparison to our neighbouring parishes and many other areas in Kerry. Any takers on getting a working group together to do some research on this idea???

Nollaig Shona Agus Ath Bhliain Faoi Mhaise Dhidh Go Leir!!! Slan Tamall

Great Events this Festive Season Saturday December 31st

Friday January 6th

NEW YEAR’S EVE

WOMEN’S CHRISTMAS

Celebrate in style this New Year.

Enjoy a Glass of Prosecco on arrival Five Course Meal Live Music in the Blaskets Bar

Gather the girls for a great night out.

Christmas Cocktail on arrival Four Course Meal Live Music in the Blaskets Bar

€75.00 pp

€35.00 pp

Advance booking recommended Dingle Skellig Hotel, Dingle, Co. Kerry | E: reservations@dingleskellig.com | T.+353 (0)66 915 0200 | www.dingleskellig.com

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Sessions From The Shop

60 Seconds

This fortnights session from the Dingle Record Shop comes after a hugely enjoyable Other Voices weekend. Glen Hansard and Breandán Begley dropped in to Mazz on Green Street for what turned out to be a mighty session. Check it out on: www.sessionsfromtheshop.com

with Mazz O’Flaherty

The session can also be viewed on: www.facebook.com/dinglerecordshop

OPENING HOURS

2 Green DECEMBER

Street, Dingle

MONDAY -­‐ SATURDAY SUNDAYS

CHRISTMAS EVE

CHRISTMAS DAY

ST STEPHEN’S DAY

TUESDAY 27th DECEMBER WEDNESDAY 28th

THURSDAY 29th

FRIDAY 30th

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THURSDAY 29th

FRIDAY 30th

SATURDAY 31st

JANUARY

SUNDAY 1st

MONDAY 2nd -­‐ Saturday 7th

CLOSED SUNDAYS

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What was your first job?

Administrator in the College of Surgeons What is your favourite film?

Dead Poets Society What is your favourite book?

Anam Cara by John O’Donoghue What was the first CD / Tape / Record you bought?

Joan Baez What was your favourite holiday?

Thailand What is your favourite drink?

Cupán Tae Who is your favourite actor?

Cillian Murphy Who is your sporting hero?

Sean O’Flaherty Two things you’d bring to a desert island?

Guitar & Paintbrush What’s your favourite saying?

Coimead an solas ag lasadh ( Keep the light shining)

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10.30 – 6 MONDAY 2nd -­‐ Saturday 7th

CLOSED SUNDAYS A hand-picked selection of over 6,000 books for you to browse, from the current bestsellers to our own selection of Vital Titles.

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If we don’t have exactly what you want in stock we can order any title in print, or help you locate an out of print book.

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We’re happy to gift wrap and mail books to anywhere in the world.

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We don’t just have the book you wanted, we have the book you never knew you wanted!

Dingle Film Club Open to Everyone 8.45pm Tuesday Nights

The feature at the next Dingle Film Club at the Phoenix Cinema on Tuesday 3rd January will be Queen Of Katwa. The film tells the story of 10-year-old Phiona and her family

who live in the slum of Katwe in Kampala, Uganda where life is a constant struggle.

Her world changes one day when she meets Robert Katende , a missionary who teaches children how to play chess.

Phiona becomes fascinated with the game and soon becomes a top player under Katende’s guidance. Her success in local competitions and tournaments opens the door to a bright future and a golden chance to escape from a life of poverty.

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LORD BAKER’S Award Winning

est 1780

Seafood Restaurant and Gastro Pub

Open for Dinner from 5pm Mon - Sat Restaurant closed 24th - 27th December

Old fashioned slow cooked dishes featuring local shanks of lamb, duckling and beef bourgundy

Reopening on the 28th December from 6pm

Re-opening 28th December ‘til 7th January

National Host of year award - Georgina Campbell National Winner, Gnó as Gaeilge, 2009 Lucinda O’ Sullivan, Great Places to Eat 2014 All International Food Guides

Merry Christmas from all the staff here at Doyle’s.

Winter Fireside Candlelit Dining Early-Bird Menu available all evening

For bookings please call 066-9152674.

Dingle Christmas Day Swim Nuala Moore The Christmas Day swim is a super tradition, however over the last few years we have struggled to get enough sand on Beenbane beach with the Southerly storms. This year is no different. The sand level has dropped 10 feet in the last 2 weeks and with the wind coming this is unlikely to improve, therefore it is planned to take place in Doonshean which provides more shelter.

However, tradition does not trump safety and the forecast at the moment is for a very strong westerly storm so we will confirm closer to the day on Facebook or by contacting me on 086-6049656 It is planned to have the swim at 12 pm. Proceeds on the day to Cuan Counselling

Wishing All Our Patrons A Happy Christmas & A Great New Year.

Beannachtaí na Nollag Special a la carte menu on New Years Eve A lá carte & Bar Menu, Fresh Catch of the Day All our Food Is Locally Sourced. Choice of Private Party Rooms Patio overlooking the Walled Garden.

Méan Scoil student in the top 0.06% in Chemistry in Ireland Meán Scoil Nua an Leith Triúigh 5th year student Lucy Walsh was selected to compete at the Irish EU Science Olympiad held in DCU recently.

Following the exam she was ‘Highly Commended’ by the Irish EU Science Olympiad meaning she was in the top 0.06% in Ireland in Chemistry. Lucy was chosen for this event based on her Junior Certificate results where she received 10 A’s. Lucy had to study the entire Leaving Certificate Chemistry course in preparation for this event and was given huge support from her Chemistry teacher Mr. George Lenihan and indeed by her Junior Cert Science teacher Mr. John O’Callaghan. Lucy has elected to study Physics, Chemistry and D.C.G for her Leaving along with the core subjects and we wish her every success in what should be a very bright future.

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Great Gift Ideas How Was 2016 for

Bernard Mac Brádaigh Best thing about 2016 - Running the Dingle Marathon Worst thing about 2016 - Not being able to run for the past two weeks due to a foot injury.

Hero of the year - My wife Barbara Villian of the year - All politicians Resolution for 2017 - Stay Alive

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How Was 2016 for

Maura & Walter Sheehy Best thing about 2016 - The Christmas parade, the lighting of the Tree and the Christmas atmosphere in Dingle.

Worst thing about 2016 Not winning the All-Ireland

Hero of the year Tomas Mac an TSaor

Villian of the year Walter: My wife (again!)

Resolution for 2017 Get fitter and healthier!

Míle Buíochas Build 4 Life - Cystic Fibrosis would like to thank Danno and staff for the kind donation of €1,020 raised at the Food Festival at their Strand Street Restaurant. Thank you for your continued support over the last 10 years

Comóradh Cumann Lúthchleas Na Gaeltachta

Strange Attractor "Keepin' the funk alive!"

Tá fíorchaoin fáilte roimh gach éinne chuig Tigh Páidí Uí Shé, Déardaoin 29ú Nollag @ 8.30 mar a ndéanfar ceiliúradh ar fhóirne rathúla C.L.G.na Gaeltachta na mblianta 1970, 1976 agus 1991.

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What’s Going On? Cad atá ar siúl?

Drumming classes at the Percussion Workshop Mondays - Adult beginners. Tuesdays - Kids (all ages). Wednesdays - Teenagers and also on Wednesday - Splanc-The Dingle Carnival Band. Info and bookings: Martin 0872808633 Karate (Shorinji Kempo). Classes in this original Japanese martial art takes place in Girls primary School hall every Tue. .& Thurs @ 6.00 pm -7:30pm and Sat. 10am - 11.30am (Seniors). Juniors - 5pm Tuesdays. Paidi 087-7735815

Tinteán Ceoil - Live Music. Gach Luan ag 7.30 i.n. Fáilte roimh chách!

Every Monday in Ionad Cultúrtha sa Chlochán (next to O’Donnell’s pub) at 7.30 p.m.. Entry fee €5 adults €2 children which includes refreshments.

Everybody welcome!

Annascaul ICA Guild meet every Thursday at 8pm in Annascaul community centre. New members are very welcome.

8th December: Ye Olde Christmas Shoppe. Night of nostalgia, fun and relaxation. All ladies very welcome.

15th December: Carols and Christmas Craic.

Happy Christmas, everyone!

Knit and Natter group meet in Adams 11am-1pm. Every Tuesday. All welcome, chat & coffee.

Beidh Bingo ar siúl i bPobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne Dé Domhnaigh 11 Nollaig 2016 @ 7.30 p.m.. Go leor duaiseanna ar fáil. Fáilte roimh gach éinne.

The Dingle Knitting and Crochet Group meet in An Díseart every Wednesday from 7 - 9pm. All Welcome

Eaglais na hÉireann/The Church of Ireland (Anglican/Episcopalian) Dingle Union Service times every Sunday Kilgobbin Church, Camp: 10am, St. James, Dingle 12 noon. Priest in charge Rev. Phyllis Jones 085-8558594 Dingle Hillwalking Club - Weekly outings on Sundays. Meeting outside Garveys Supervalu @10am. Guests welcome subject to having proper walking gear, i.e. good hiking boots with ankle protection, decent rain jacket, hat, gloves etc. For the club`s full walk schedule please log on to our website: www.dinglehillwalkingclub.com .Off schedule walk routes for the alternate Sundays are decided on the previous Saturday subject to the weather forecast etc.

Dingle Christian Fellowship meets Sunday evenings at 6pm at Saint James Church on Main Street in Dingle. This is a non-denominational fellowship and all are welcome for Bible study, worship and prayer. Come join us and lift your voice in praise! For prayer requests or information call Maureen at 086-1771117 or Mike at 087-9427775 Whist - Annascaul every Wednesday night at 8pm in the Community Centre All welcome Tá cruinnithe Al-Anon a tionóltar de ghnáth gach Aoine i Ré Nua, Sraid Eoin, An Daingean, curtha ar ceal go bhfógrófar a mhalairt.

Al-Anon meetings usually held every Friday in Ré Nua, John Street, Dingle, are suspended until further notice.

Lawlors

Window / Door Sales, Repairs & Glass Replacement Handles, hinges, locks, patio rollers, letterboxes etc.

Replace all fogged & broken double and single glazed units.

BINGO in CYMS Killorglin every Sunday at 8.30pm, in Milltown Hall every Monday at 8.30pm and Wednesday at 8.30 in Glenbeigh Community Centre Dingle branch of the Catholic Grandparents Association meets at 8pm on the first Wednesday of every month in Gairdín Mhuire Centre, Green Street, Dingle. All welcome!

Ph. Mike 086-4043901

Breast Feeding support. La Leche league of Dingle: Informal meetings held on the second Thursday of every month at the West Kerry Community Hospital, Dingle at 10.30am.

Welcome all interested women.Informal coffee morning at the Grey’s Lane Bistro, from 11am on the last Saturday of each month, excluding June, July, August and December. For more information/telephone support call Fiona 087-9711342 or Sylvia 087-6636635

Dingle Farmers Market: Every Fri. from 9.00am to 2.30pm in the Holy Ground Carpark Milltown Farmers’ Market, is on every Saturday of the year from 10 to 2 in the Old Church in Milltown. We are also indoor and with plenty parking facilities We have live music every Saturday from around 11 o’clock onwards and there is also a library (Solais) on the premises.

Dingle Cycling Club have weekly cycles every Saturday morning departing from Dingle Marina at 9am and Sunday morning at 10am.

Ciorcal comhrá tosnaithe i dTig Mike Uí Néill, An Cam. An chéad Aoine don mhí ó 9pm ar aghaidh, failte roimh cách.

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So make sure you pop into the library before it closes (5.00pm Fri 23 Dec.) for the holidays and give yourself a chance to relax and enjoy a good book in those quiet, slow days after Christmas.

Don’t forget that you can still access all of our online services at

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www.kerrylibrary.ie magazines, e-books, e-audiobooks and so much more are available there for you all the time.

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Beannachtaí na Nollag oraibh go léir and we look forward to seeing you in the New Year.

Dingle Library Christmas Opening Hours: Closed from 5.00pm, 23 December 2016 until Friday 30 December 10.00am – 5.00pm then closed again until Tuesday 3 January 10.00 – 5.00 and normal hours resume.

Ná dean dearúd. Lig do scíth le Leabharlann Chiarraí 066-9151499 dingle@kerrylibrary.ie

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A special New Year singing session (in any language) at Bric’s pub, Riasc, 2nd January 9pm. All singers will be entered into a raffle on the night. Free admission

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Farming News

Louis Murchan

Irish farmers can avoid Nitrates Stocking Rate Penalties Each year a small proportion of Irish farmers lose income by exceeding stocking rate limits in the Nitrates regulations. Farmers can avoid these penalties by taking action during the year. Options include exporting slurry during the year to less intensively stocked farms or renting extra land and submitting the appropriate forms to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) Another option is monitoring their livestock numbers throughout the year and reducing them where there is a risk of exceeding the limit. The Department for Agriculture, Food and the Marine has encouraged all farmers who exported slurry, rented extra land or temporarily moved cattle to another holding to submit the appropriate forms as soon as possible (not later than 31st Dec) to the Nitrates section, Johnstown Castle, Wexford .

To help farmers comply with the stocking rate limits the Department provides interim N and P statements informing farmers of their stocking rate from cattle to date. Those farmers that are most likely to exceed the limit based on DAFM data have received a text message outlining their stocking rate to the end of October. Any farmer that is unsure about their position should contact their local agricultural advisor or Nitrates section at 053-9163444.

Drive towards BVD eradication There is now increased supports for the early removal of PI (persistently infected) calves under the national Bovine Viral Disease (BVD) Eradication Programme in 2017. The progress to-date in the eradication effort, which has seen the incidence of PIs fall by 75% since 2013, has resulted in very substantial savings to farmers, currently estimated at €66m per year, and these savings will increase further in the years ahead as the incidence of the disease continues to decline. The new support arrangements are as follows: €150 if the female dairy and dairy cross calves are removed within 21 days (3 weeks) of the first positive or inconclusive test. €35 if the female dairy and dairy cross calves are removed between day 22 & 35 (the 4th and 5th week) of the first positive or inconclusive test.

It is also proposed to offer €30 towards the disposal of the dairy bull PI through the abattoir or knackery within 21 days of the first positive or inconclusive test. €185 if the beef calf is removed within 21 days (3 weeks)of the first positive or inconclusive test. €60 if the calf is removed between day 22 & 35 (4th and 5th week) of the first positive or inconclusive test.

Taking account of the views put forward DAFM will impose a system of automatic restrictions that will apply 5 weeks following the date of the original positive or inconclusive test. This avoids an immediate unanticipated close down of the herd, provides a window such that animals may be retested if required and acknowledges the bio-security concerns about retention of positive animals. Automatic de-restriction will follow removal of the PI. Disease Risks associated with mixing of cattle in “B & B” Arrangements Farmers are advised of the significant disease risks associated with the mixing of cattle from different sources in housing sheds, which are colloquially called “Bed and Breakfasts. While these arrangements can offer advantages in terms of management, farmers should be aware of the significant disease risks that can ensue. Farmers availing of B&B facilities should ensure that they themselves and B&B operators take every possible precaution to minimise the disease risks to their stock and to their own livelihood. Where possible, cattle from different farms of origin should be kept separate so as to minimise the risk of disease transmission.

Cleaning and disinfection and general hygiene in the B&B should be of the highest possible standards. Farmers should not risk putting their stock in substandard facilities. Movements to and from a B&B must conform to the same test requirements as sale/mart movements. She also stated that keepers moving animals to or from a B&B must obtain a Certificate of CMMS Compliance prior to movement. Confirmation of the movement must be sent to the Cattle Movement Notification Agency within seven days of the movement. All movements must be recorded on the herd registers of the sender and the receiver. The notification of movement and proper record keeping are paramount in the event of a disease outbreak where prompt tracing of all potentially exposed or infected animals is essential. Also, in advance of sending animals to a “B&B”, a farmer should agree with the B&B owner the arrangements to be to put in place in the event of the animals being disclosed as reactors in the B&B and/or sent directly for slaughter from the B&B. Such agreements should take into 12 West Kerry Live

account the procedure for accepting valuations assigned to reactor animals before removal from the B&B to a meat factory as well as payment arrangements with the meat factory.

In relation to Brucellosis, the mixing of pregnant female cattle should be avoided. The Department’s advice at all times is not to place pregnant female cattle into a B&B situation. Where this is unavoidable, farmers should minimise the risk by seeking out facilities where they will be the sole occupier.

It is a legal requirement that all eligible animals must be blood tested for Brucellosis within the 30 days prior to movement into and again before moving out of the B&B. A post movement test is also highly advisable and indeed is essential in order to be considered for a higher level of compensation in the event of disease breakdown. She also stressed that, as always, pregnant animals should be isolated until after they have passed a post-calving blood test for Brucellosis. For disease tracing purposes and to fulfil EU requirements, any calves born on B&B holdings must be tagged and registered by the keeper of the B&B, using eartags appropriate to the holding of birth - i.e. the B&B holding.

GLAS Payments With the closing date for GLAS III come and gone, the Department are as busy as Santa’s elves, trying to get GLAS I and II payments. Initially they were supposed to be out on 1st December, and then on the 5th, and even then on the 19th December. It is not the 20th and we are going to print, but there is no sign of the payment, yet. DAFM still maintain that it will be made before Christmas, or the end of the year, at any rate. Here’s hoping, and when you get it, don’t forget to spend it. And pay a few bills. Keep the suppliers happy, too! ........and Finally.

With Christmas almost here, everyone is going fast and furious, getting ready to celebrate Christmas, the Birth of the Baby Jesus, The coming of Santa, and meeting with friends and family. As the old Loudon Whitewright III song goes, “Christmas comes but once a year, but goes on for two months”. But, what about it? It’s fun! So, let it last, and have some fun. We have had a hard time over the past few years, and are making a recovery.

Spare a thought for those 100 years ago today who fought bravely for our freedom in the trenches and on the streets of Dublin. Both should be remembered. Some such as Emmet Dalton, even fought on both fronts, and served both causes, to ensure that we remained free today. Ireland and Europe 100 years ago was much different from what it is now. The Keiser had his own view of how to start a united Europe, but this was nothing like the 1973 EEC Referendum. In those days it was tougher politics. Christmas 1916 occurred right in the middle of the First World War. The year 1916 was an appalling one. Over one million soldiers had died in the epic battles of the Western Front by that time. At Verdun and at the Somme, the armies of Britain, France and Germany had been involved in titanic struggles. In the case of the Somme, which began on July 1, 1916, over 60,000 British soldiers were killed and wounded on the opening day of the battle. The Battle of the Somme would peter out into a bloody stalemate in November, and with very few of the overall objectives reached, a sense of futility was beginning to settle in the minds of some.

That year in Ireland, Pearse, Connelly, McDiarmuid and about 1,600 more rose in rebellion in Easter 1916, which ultimately saw the beginning of the long struggle for Irish self-determination. And so, at Christmas, of that year, they were in make-shift prisons in Frongoch, Wales, freezing and even hungry.

In other theatres of war involving the British there were no great advances. In the Middle East, the British Army was fighting the Turks, as they were in Greece at Salonika, as were the Italians in the Alps. German Uboat sunk many British merchantmen, and by the summer it was reckoned there was only six weeks of grain supply. The French had taken huge losses that year, the Russians were on the brink of collapse and America was yet to enter the war. Christmas 1916 was a year of food shortages, bad news from the front and the worst weather for over 30 years.

It must have been a miserable time. The people of the area were now engaged in a total war and news from the front was eagerly sought. But they emerged to tell the tale, and to live, and have children, and those children did the same, and the same and the same, and we are here now.

So before you blow out the Christmas Candle, on Christmas Eve, spare a thought for those who suffered in the past, and those who suffer today.

And hope that all this suffering is alleviated, because we know it will never be gone for good. Pray that they learn to cope, and that someday, their time for peace will come. Peace to You ALL. And have a very Happy Christmas. Remember, Santa is coming!

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as Eoineen and he’d come with forty traps and he’d spend maybe four or five nights staying in Farrells and he’d trap their land. Then he’d move on to our land and do Quinn’s land and so on and maybe spend three weeks around the village and then move off to some other village. He was wise enough not to trap all the rabbits so that he’d be needed again in a couple of years. People looked forward to him coming because he’d have news from everywhere and there was nobody to contradict him!

Ted Creedon This interview with broadcaster Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh was aired on Radio Kerry on December 30, 1999 as part of the Agritime series

Growing up in Dúnsíon I suppose at the time you either grew up on the farm or you were connected with fishing. There was hardly any industry around at the time so it was very natural to work on the farm. We were looking at fields all our lives and the young people helped out from a very early age. I always liked the saving of the hay. It was very clean work and there was some finality about it - getting it up before the rain into the wines or the cocks. There was a sense of victory about that - it was a race against the clock. My father and all the old timers were good to feel rain on the breeze as they used say. They might climb up to the high fields and look back at Mount Eagle and if there was the least little cap on Mount Eagle that would mean it would rain before nightfall.

Gach aon duine ina bheirt, they would say, every man to do the work of two now and we’ll get it finished before the rain.

The day of the thrasher was a great day as well because all the neighbours came. A day like this was called a meitheal. That’s a terrific word and I don’t think there’s a word in any other language that can encapsulate the meaning of it. Everybody came to help and everybody had a part. There might be anything up to twenty people there and it would be a social day, a day of great fun and also a day of great gaisce. Some people would want to prove they were as good as three men by how quickly they could fork the corn it into the big thrasher and lift twentystone (127kgs) bags of grain. The way they did that was to back in under the bags and maybe two people would lift the bag onto their backs.

I saw people carrying those bags up stairways and then spreading the grain out on a loft floor. Nobody would give in but, fortunately, I never volunteered to go under a twenty-stone bag!

We had stacks that might be there for four or five weeks before the thrasher came and if the weather had got cold you’d find rats had made their nests around the bottom of the stack. So as the stacks came lower and lower and as the sheaves would be thrown into the thrasher the kids and the dogs, and maybe somebody who didn’t like working would be in charge of the dogs and the rats would be jumping out. So the dogs would get them and if they didn’t the rats would make for the next stack.

I remember in the field outside where we’re speaking now there was a meitheal one time cutting corn. Three horses, rest one horse, the other two under the machine, two men on the machine cutting and sheaving and I remember counting seventeen men binding all the way around that field that day. I was about seven years of age then and I thought I was as good as anybody there. I wasn’t, obviously, but the feeling was there on the day of the meitheal.

In those days you met everybody because you walked. We might be walking to town some days and we’d go by Baile an tSagart and you’d meet the Sheehys or the Kellihers, the Rohans or the Connors. If you went the Bóthar Dubh you’d meet the people from Bin Bán, the Leahys, the Ferris’s, the Rayels and you had time to speak. But the coming of the motor car changed all that. You just might salute them on the road.

I was going to school during the War and there was a great scarcity of meat in those days in England so rabbits were big business. So on the way to school we’d check the snares and the traps and if we had a few rabbits after the night we’d take them into Dingle and sell them before going into school for about one shilling and sixpence which was big money at the time. Some people made as much money out of rabbits as they made out of cattle at that time. There were plenty of rabbits down around the sandbanks near Dún Síon strand and up along the cliffs.

Before the rabbits became valuable a farmer had to hire somebody to trap them. A man used to come from Inch every two years. He was known

We always looked forward to the Wren’s Day. We’d set off walking in the morning maybe before seven. I remember heading off with twenty people from the village. We even went to the trouble one year of making our own uniforms. Máire Quinn made them for us out of flour bags and dyed them red. We’d start in Bin Bán, then on to the lighthouse where the Sullivans lived. It was out of the way but they’d be offended if you passed by without calling in. From there to McDonnells in Lough and up along the foot of the hill and then down to Sheehys late in the day and finally Dún Síon, totally exhausted. But I remember one day it was a disaster because we’d have been wanted at home. The greatest storm that ever blew was on the night of Christmas Day - I can’t recall exactly when but it was in the 1940s. We were gone with the dark the next morning. But what we didn’t know was that when the tide went out the Short Strand was absolutely black with seaweed. The storm was so bad at sea that they say the seaweed has never grown properly since at sea. It was stacked up on the strand so when all the elders woke and saw it they had to tackle horses and try to save it because it was such a valuable fertiliser. They were lamenting all day that all the young men and young fellas weren’t there when they were wanted. We could see this ferocious activity down on the strand when we were going along that day. There must have been forty horses there and they all drawing and piling it up and getting it in to safety. It was the greatest sight I ever saw. It was actually black when the tide was out.

We had a right-of-way through the racecourse from Dún Síon and the right-of-way is still there. There are a few steps onto the fence at the side of the road and I remember my father always walked it once a year to maintain that right. I’d say the right-of-way was there on account of the pre-Christian burial ground there as well. The first sign of the races in those days were not the horses coming but the travellers or the tinkers as we called them. Of course, they were all tinkers by trade. They mended the buckets and things. They’d be gathering for two weeks before the races and we knew every one of them like Danny Coffey and Mikey Coffey, Patsy Sheriden, Rosanne and Mary O’Brien.

People would be glad to see them coming to the house because they were tradesmen, musicians, and maybe with no inclination to work but basically great fun. They came to the races with their little stalls and tried to make a few shillings. Rosanne O’Brien’s mother used always say she was born at the races but I think she was born in Dún Síon in an outhouse belonging to the Farrells and she was born on the morning of the races. Rosanne was a lovely looking girl and her mother used always say that the racecourse in Dingle was Rosanne’s address! They were different times, they were friendly people and they were welcomed and they stayed with the local people.

There was a golf course where the racecourse is now and the little gate lodge going in to Ballintaggart House was the clubhouse and there’s a photograph of all the members taken outside that gate lodge around 1926.

Then they moved the golf course to Dún Síon, a nine-hole course, and it was in use from about 1930 to 1970. Tim Kevane was the green keeper there and you wouldn’t get the greens cut as well in Augusta National as Tim Kevane did in Dún Sion by hand. He had a roller that was pulled by a donkey. About a year ago Pat Ryle from Dingle was captain of the Greystones club and he found a photograph in a drawer one day of Tim Kevane driving his donkey and roller along the green and it was a mystery to him how it got there. We used to have great games of golf there.

We often went to dances in Lispole by boat. We’d go across to Tobar and leave the boat there and walk to the dance. There used to be a huge dance on the 29th of August every year, a very late dance. A crowd of us went by boat and came home by boat around five o’clock in the morning and Thomas Kennedy noticed that the net was missing from the rocks where it was always spread out. A most unusual thing happened on that night, it was a very fine night and fish almost gave themselves up on the strand.

There was a story that they were following some sort of a fly and that they were stranded in a big shoal. So, just like the Wren’s Day, it was only the elders that were left in the village and they came to get the boat and the boat was gone. But the net was there and they brought it down on their shoulders and waded out into the water and hauled enough fish to feed themselves for the winter. It was like the Sea of Galilee but there weren’t any prayers said for whoever was gone with the boat!

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Siopa Ceoil an Daingin raised money throughout the summer for the Kerry Cork Health Link Bus culminating in a charity concert in September with some of our finest musicians performing in the shop. The total amount raised was â‚Ź11,100 which was presented by Michael and Dara Herlihy to Breda Dyland of the Kerry Cancer Support Group.

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Keel Kiltallaght Community Games. As we come to the close of another year we can look back with pride on a very succesful 2016. We took part in a wide range of activities which included, Art, Chess, Singing, Music, Swimming, Soccer, Rugby, Gaelic Football, Skittles, Project and Atheletics. We had great success in many of these compititions with the highlights being the gold medal won by Laeth Foley in the U12 Ball throw and the Pewter medals won by our Project team at the National Finals held in Athlone.

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We would like to thank all the Parents and Coaches who helped out throughout the year. We would also like to thank the five Schools in the Parish for their help. We would like to acknowledge the very generous grant from Kerry Co. Council to be used for the purchase of a set of Jerseys for our Teams and for other training equipment.

Christmas Day Swim. All are invited to take the plunge this Christmas Day in aid of Kerry General Hospital Children’s Ward on Inch Beach @12.30pm for a refreshing swim. Not for the faint hearted but definitely for those who are up for a bit of fun on Christmasmorning and who want to clear the head or avoid the cooking!Supporters welcome too!

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An Moinsíneoir Pádraig Ó Fiannachta An Athair Jim Sheehy Is um Nollaig a dheintear ceiliúradh ar bhreith Íosa, Slánaitheoir an domhain – eachtra a d’athraigh stair an chine dhaonna. Is um Nollaig leis a thugtar chun cuimhne mórimeachtaí na bliana a bhíonn caite. Beimídne sa Díseart ag cuimhneamh ar shaol agus ar shaothar an Mhonsineora Pádraig Ó Fiannachta a d’éalaigh uainn in Ospidéal Chiarraí Thiar ar an 15 Iúil. Go dtuga Dia suaimhneas agus sólas síorraí dá anam. Ba mhaith liomsa ár gcomhbhrón a chur in iúl dá chlann agus dá chairde atá fós faoi bhrón ag an mbriseadh seo. Guímid chun Dé tacaíocht agus compórd a thabhairt dóibh.

Ní gá díriú ar shaibhreas scoláireachta an Mhonsineora anseo toisc go bhfuil sé sin déanta cheana féin. Ba cheart, áfach, aitheantas a thabhairt don bhfoilseachán iarbháis leis An Sagart Laudato Si - an leagan Gaeilge d’Imlitir an Phápa Proinsiais a sheol Mícheál de Mórdha sa Díseart ar 15 Nollaig. Is iad Easpaig na hÉireann a dhein an obair a choimisiúniú – an céad saothar foilsithe ag an Sagart faoi stiúir an eagarthóra nua Tadhg Ó Dúshláine.

Bhí meas agus urraim ag an Moinsíneoir Pádraig Ó Fiannachta ar an nádúr.

Bhraith sé Dia ins gach áit – ar aon dul le luathscoláireacht na nGael – an nádúr ag síor tabhairt adhradh agus onóir don gcruthaitheoir.

Is thríd an nádúr a tháinig sé ar a spioradáltacht agus a spreag a chuid filíochta agus scríbhneoireachta. Bhraith sé gur peaca i gcoinne Dé agus an chine dhaonna an leatrom agus an díobháil a dheinimid ar an dtimpeallacht. Chuir foilseachán Laudato Si ríméad air agus ba phribhléid do an obair aistriucháin seo. Cheistíos é - nach raibh an obair aistriúcháin seo go Gaeilge ar nós uisce a athrú go fíon – toisc an nádúr a bheith chomh dlúth sa Ghaeilge agus dá réir san grá Dé? Déarfainn gur aontaigh sé liom toisc go ndein sé leathgháire! Táimid buíoch agus bródúil dá shaothar deiridh atá lán do ghrá – agus guímid gach rath ar Laudato Si. Míle buíochas le foireann Corca Dhuibhne Beo. Guíonn foireann agus Bord an Díseart Beannachtaí na Nollag chuig gach éinne agus sonas agus sláinte don mbliain nua.

Christmas is a time of remembering when we recall and celebrate the birth of Jesus, the Lord and Saviour of the world; an event that changed the course of human history. Christmas is also a time when we recall important and significant moments of the year past; and this Christmas, in the Diseart, our thoughts, and the memories they evoke, are dwelling on the life of Monsignor Padraig O’Fiannachta who sadly left us to receive from God his eternal reward on Friday July 15th at the West Kerry Community Hospital.

Go dtugadh Dia suaimhneas agus sólás síorraí dá anam. On behalf of members of the Board and Staff of the Diseart I would like to offer our deep sympathy and condolences to members of his family and to friends who are still grieving his sad loss and to pray that the Lord will send his Spirit to comfort and console them.

Since his death his scholarship and academic achievements have been widely acclaimed, so there is no need to dwell on them here. However, we would also like to acknowledge and pay tribute to the posthumous publication, by An Sagart, of Pope Francis’ Encyclical Laudato Si: Care of Our Common Home; which was launched at the Diseart on December 15th by Mícheál de Mórdha. This was a first; the first publication of a Papal Encyclical in the Irish language, commissioned by the Bishops of Ireland; and also the first publication of An Sagart by its new editor Tadhg Ó Dúbhshláine.

Monsignor Pádraig had a deep, passionate love and respect for nature.

In the spirit of early Irish scholarship he saw God’s presence in all things; magnificently displayed in the workings of nature, constantly giving glory and honour to its creator.

Nature for him was the source of his spirituality and the inspiration for his poetry and writings. He believed that the abuse nature and misuse the natural environment so characteristic of our age was a grave sin against God and against humanity. He was so delighted with the publication of Laudato Si and its message that the task entrusted to him by the Irish Bishops was truly a labour of love. The Irish language is so rooted in nature and in its love for God, and is so rich as a result, that I jokingly suggested to him that his work of translation would be akin to changing water into wine; he smiled but didn’t comment which indicated to me that he saw a grain of truth in what I said. We are very grateful for and indeed very proud of this his final work, of love, and we wish the publication the wide readership it merits.

Our thanks to the Staff of West Kerry Live; and members of the Board and the Staff of the An Diseart wish you the blessings of a joyful, peaceful Christmas and of every health and happiness in 2017.

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Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house Everyone was freezing even the mouse The stockings were hung by the chimney with care In hopes that a Cremur Stove would soon be there

The children were perished and froze to the bed While dreams of a wood burner entered their head And dad in his coat and mum in her cap Had just settled in for a perishing nap

Then out of the lawn arose such a bang I looked out the window and saw a Cremur Stoves Van The driver was huge and he wore a red suit And the passenger he had only one tooth

They entered the house with a box on their back With all of their tools in a big red bag They finished their work as quick as a flash And left through the door with a bag of small trash

We jumped out of bed and down the big stairs We went through the kitchen and around the chairs We went into the next room over by the alcove There perched on its throne sat a Cremur Stove.

It was crackling and glowing as I sat on my seat It had natural convection as well as radiant heat The house was warm for the first time in years I was so happy I almost shed tears

My Cremur Stove burns coal and wood I stand back in awe like anyone should.

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inn, agus Baile Dubh i mí Aibreáin 2016. Tugadh deis iontach do dhaoine buaileadh le chéile tar éis blianta fada!

In April 2016, the Cloghane, Ballyguin and Ballyduff school reunion took place. This fantastic event saw people returning home to celebrate their past with people they hadn’t seen in years.

Comharchumann Forbartha an Leith-Triúigh Teo Plean Forbartha an Leith -Triúigh 2016 -2020

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Bhí Comharchumann Forbartha an Leith-Triúigh Teo. ina ionadaí ar son na tíre ag an Green and Social Enterprise Training Week insan Mhacadóin.

Ba dheis ionatch é chun dul i dteagmháil le tíortha eile, chun slite nua turasóireachta a chur chun cinn sa cheantar agus ar fud na tíre. Bhí ionadaithe ón Iodaíl, an Rómáin, an Ghearmáin, an Chróit, an Spáinn, an Tuirc, an Laitvia, an Bhulgáir chomh maith leis an Mhacadóin féin i láthair.

Comharchumann Forbartha an Leith-Triúigh represented Ireland at the Green and Social Enterprise Training Week in Macedonia. This was a fantastic opportunity to engage with other countries, learn new ways to attract tourism to the area and further our local community and Ireland as a whole. There were participants from Italy, Romania, Germany, Croatia, Spain, Turkey, Latvia, and Bulgaria as well as Macedonia.

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Chuir an rothaíocht charthanacha Atlantic Gold Coast fáilte roimh dhaoine ó chian is ó chóngar agus ghlac daoine páirt insan rothaíocht charthanacha is crua in Éirinn.

Beidh sé ar siúl arís an bhlian seo chugainn ar an 22.07.2017.

Atlantic Gold Coast charity cycle welcomed people from all over Ireland.

Entrants took part in Ireland’s toughest charity cycle. The cycle will take place on the 22.07.2017 next year!

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Roghnaíodh an Fhéile mar cheann de na rudaí is fearr le déanamh le linn briseadh na Cásca ag an International Travel Blog Trivago. Moladh an Fhéile san Irish Times chomh maith. Tá pleananna faoi lán tseoil don Fhéile Sléibhteoireachta agus Ceoil Chlocháin-Bhréanainn 2017. Tá eagraithe na Féile ag súil go mór le cur leis an gclár agus imeacht nua Mindfulness Hillwalking a thógaint san áireamh agus breis siulóidí a bheadh oiriúnach do theaghlaigh a chur ar fáil. Reachtáilfear an Fhéile ar an 15ú, 16ú and 17ú d’Aibreán 2017. Cuirfear sonraí na Féile ar fáil go luath i 2017.

This year’s festival was named by International Travel Blog Trivago as one of the top 6 things to do in UK and Ireland during the Easter Break.

The Irish Times also encouraged people to attend the festival. Plans are well underway for the Cloghane-Brandon Hillwalking and Music Festival 2017. Festival Organisers are hoping to add to the action-packed weekend by introducing a Mindfulness Hillwalking event and encourage more families to get involved in the family walks. The 2017 festival will be taking place on the 15th and 16th and 17th of April 2017. The festival details will be announced early in 2017.

Sé CFLT a choimisiúnaigh an plean seo le tacaíocht ó Údarás na Gaeltachta chun deis a thabhairt don bpobal áitiúil comhfhís a chruthú le h-aghaidh forbairt Chlochán-Bréanainn.

Is é aidhm bhunúsach an phlean seo ná go mbeadh baint ag an bpobal le forbairt an cheantair agus go dtabharfaí deis do mhuintir na háite bheith páirteach i bpróiseas cur i bhfeidhm an phlean.

B’í an chuspóir bhunaidh ná Plean Forbartha a chur i gcrích chun tabhairt faoi dhúshláin an phobail sa todhchaí agus chun a chinntiú go gcuirfear i bhfeidhm gach forbairt ar shlí phleanáilte agus inbhuanaithe chun forbairt ghinearálta an cheantair a chomhlánú agus chun riachtanaisí an phobail a shásamh.

Tar éis an plean a dhréachtadh agus a phlé leis na h-aisínteachtaí stáit cuí dearbhaíodh gurb é Bunchampa Chnoc Bréanainn a bheadh mar bhunchloch le h-aghaidh cur i gcrích an Phlean Forbartha Phobail.

Comharchumann Forbartha an Leith-Triúigh encourages and supports local initiatives and is working on the overall development plan for the area. We are striving to create structured and agreed interfaces around communicating, planning, reporting, and financial strategies for our community. This has resulted in us concentrating on establishing a centre of excellence that will create employment and hope for our precious community. The centre has been named as Mount Brandon Base Camp.

Representatives from all of the State Agencies met in Halla Le Chéile on the 01.09.2016 for an historic meeting. Delegates from NEWKD, Údarás, Fáilte Ireland, Kerry County Council and Brendan Griffin T.D met to show their support for the 5 Year Community Development Plan. Following the completion of the plan and negotiations with the various State Agencies (Kerry County Council, Údarás na Gaeltachta, Fáilte Ireland, local Politicians and Meitheal Plean Teanga, Dingle Peninsula Tourism Alliance and NEWKD) it was confirmed that Mount Brandon Base Camp will be the driving force for the implementation of the Community Development Plan. It is estimated that Mount Brandon Base Camp will be opened in 2018. To review the plans please go to www.cflt.ie/community-development-plan/ Buaicphointí an Phobail 2016 agus Dátaí don Dialainn 2017.

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Ghlac Clochán-Bréanainn páirt i dtionscnamh Féile na Stoirme.

Deineadh óstáil ar Storm Talk and Walk, dráma The Pure of Heart ag John B Keane agus cuireadh ceoil agus craic ar fáil ag Scoil Náisiúnta an Chlocháin. Reachtáilfear an fhéile arís i mí Feabhra 2017 le Seán Keane i Halla le Chéile mar aoi speisialta ag canadh. Cloghane Brandon took part in the Dingle Peninsula’s first ever Storm Festival. The community hosted a Storm Talk and Walk, ‘The Pure of Heart’ by John B and Scoil Náisiúnta an Clocháin entertained with music and dance. The festival will take place again in February 2017 with Sean Keane preforming at Halla Le Chéile as part of the festival.

Roghnaíodh Comharchumann Forbartha an Leith-Triúigh Teo. mar iomaitheoir sa bhabhta ceannais insan rannóg Best Community Enterprise ag an Kerryman Business Awards 2016.

In the Kerryman Business Awards 2016 Comharchumann Forbartha an Leith-Triúigh Teo. was selected as one of the Finalists in the Best Community Enterprise award for The Kerryman Business Awards 2016.

Comhbhrón ó chroí le muintir an Athar Uí Laocha a cailleadh i rith na bliana. Bhí baint mhór ag an Athair Ó Laocha le forbairt comhphobail Clochán-Bréanainn agus aireoimíd uainn go mór é. Dhein Coiste Ghlór na nGael Chlochán-Bréanainn ceiliúradh ar an tréimhse a chaith an tAthair Donncha ó Laocha i gceantar an Leitriúigh ar oíche Dé Sathairn le linn Féile Lughnasa. Suaimhneas síoraí dá anam uasal Gaelach.

Sincere condolences to the family of Fr. Leahy, who passed away this year. Fr. Leahy was instrumental in the development of the Cloghane and Brandon communities and will be sadly missed. During Saturday night of Féile Lughnasa, Glór na Gael presented an evening of celebration for the years Fr Leahy spent in the parish. It was a fantastic event and a plaque was erected at Halla le Chéile in his memory. May he rest in peace.

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Táimid ana bhródúil go bhfuil Club Spóirt Clochán-Bréanainn thar n-ais ar an bhfód arís! We’re very proud to have Club Spóirt Clochán-Bréanainn back in action again!

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D’éirigh go hiontach leis an bhFéile i mbliana arís de bharr bhúr dtacaíochta. I measc bhuaicphointí na Féile bhí; •

Imríodh cluiche caide sa pharóiste don chéad uair le 70 bliain anuas, an Padraig Rohan Cup. Bhí thart ar 100 duine i láthair.

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Shiúil breis agus 100 duine in airde ar Chnoc Bréanainn ar an nDomhnach.

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Spreagadh daoine chun freastal ar an Felicity McCoy Book Reading tríd an nuachtán, The Irish Times.

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Thaistil daoine ó chian agus ó chóngar chun páirt a ghlacadh sa chomórtas Corn Uí Rinn. Ghlac leanaí idir 5 -14 páirt ann. Bhí réimse leathan buanna ar taispeáint, bailé, pianó agus rince Gaelach. Bhí na leanaí seo páirteach ins an Tinteán Ceoil chomh maith.

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Bhí ana chomórtas Tarraingt na Téide ann idir an dá pharóiste; bhí an méid san spéis ann ná raibh fiú duine amháin fágtha sna tithe tábhairne, bhí gach éinne ar an dtráigh chun féachaint cén dream acu a bheadh an bua. Taispeántas iontach dár gcluichí traidisiúnta do na turasóirí ba ea é seo.

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Tháinig turasóirí ó i bhfad i gcéin chun Taispeantas Na Naomhóg a fheiscint. Níor chuir an aimsir isteach orthu!

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Bhí an dráma le Frank Houlihan agus Hy Breasal ar siúl ar an chéad oíche. Bhí thart ar 120 duine i láthair ag an ndráma siamsúil seo.

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D’eagraigh Glór na nGael oíche chuimhneacháin don Athair Ó Laocha, fear a raibh ardmheas air, le linn Féile Lughnasa. Bhí thart ar 120 duine i láthair.

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Bhí ard spraoi againn ag an bhFéile i mbliana. Cá bhfios cérb iad na smaointe a bheidh ag an gcoiste an bhliain seo chugainn!

This year’s Féile Lughnasa was very successful thanks to your support, listed below are some of the highlights of this year’s festival; •

Padraig Rohan Cup was the first time a Gaelic football game was played in the parish in over 70 years.

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Over 100 walked up Mount Brandon

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The Irish Times encouraged people to attend the Felicity McCoy Book reading which was a great success

Bunaíodh Coiste na mBailte Slachtmhara. Má theastaíonn uait bheith páirteach insan bhfeachtas seo níl le déanamh agat ach dul i dteagmháil linn.

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Corn Uí Rinn Talent Competition had people travelling to enter the competition. There was a wide variety of talent on display, from ballet, to piano and Irish dancing. The talented children also took part in Tinteán Ceoil.

A Tidy Towns committee was established. If you would like to get involved in enhancing our beautiful community please do not hesitate to get in contact with us.

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The Tug of War competition saw the two parishes getting very competitive; the competition was so high there was not a sinner in the pub, everyone crowded onto the beach to see who would be victorious.

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The Curragh Display competition attracted visitors from all over the world to see the traditional rowing race. The weather did not dampen the spirits of the visitors.

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The play performed on the opening night by Frank Houlihan and The Hy Breasal theatre group continues to be a success.

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Glór na Gael celebrated the years Fr Leahy spent in the parish on Saturday night. It was a fantastic event!

The list above is just a sample of the fun that was had at this year’s festival. Who knows what crazy and exciting events the Féile Lughnasa committee will come up with for 2017!

Reachtáilfear an Fhéile i gCorca Dhuibhne insan réigiún álainn Clochán-Bréanainn, ón Aoine, an 26ú Bealtaine go dtí an Domhnach, an 28ú Bealtaine 2017. Cuirfidh an fhéile béim ar bhainistiú struis, conas stíl shláintiúil mhaireachtála a chur chun cinn, forbairt phearsanta, bia sláintiúil, seasmhacht mhothúchánach a fhorbairt, mothúcháin a chur i bhfocail agus corpacmhainn a fheabhsú trí Cheardlanna Aireachais, Bogadh Aireach, Cumarsáid Aireach agus Itheachán Aireach srl. Tá an t-ádh dearg ar lucht eagraithe na féile go bhfuil eolaithe infheithimh agus teagascóirí corpacmhainne cáiliúla ag cabhrú linn lenár bhféile; Eva Bruha ón “Kalyana Centre” sa Daingean Micheál De Buitléar, Hugh O Donovan, Jackie UÍ Griffin, Sláine Ní Chathalláin agus Mary Jane Verniere.

This inaugural festival took place in May of this year. The festival focused on stress management, how to live a healthy lifestyle, conscious ageing, personal development, healthy eating, how to develop emotional stability, how to express emotions and fitness through Mindfulness workshops, Mindfulness Movement, Mindfulness Communication and Mindfulness Eating, etc. Festival organisers are very fortunate to have renowned meditators and fitness instructors from all over the Peninsula helping with their festival. The festival will take place in May of next year, 26th to May 28th 2017, don’t miss out on this Life changing experience!

Reachtáileadh Aonach na Nollag arís i mbliana agus cuireadh fáltais an lae, €700 i dtreo an Naíonra agus €400 i dtreo dífhbrileoirí pobail. Beidh Aonach na Nollag ar siúl i mí na Samhna arís an bhliain seo chugainn.

The Christmas Fair was hosted as part of the Dingle Peninsula Thanksgiving Fair with €700 raised in aid of the Naíonra and €400 in aid of the public defibrillators. The Fair will take place again next year in November!

Fáiltíodh breis agus 800 duine chuig an Ionad Eolais Turasóireachta agus Oidhreachta i gClochán- Bréanainn i mbliana, go fiú an t-amhránaí cáiliúil Mary Black! Buíochas le gach duine a thugann tacaíocht don Ionad!

The Information and Heritage Centre welcomed 800 people to the Community Centre, renowned singer Mary Black included! Thanks to everyone that volunteered and supported the centre!

D’fhreastail líon ollmhór daoine ar an Regatta i mBréanainn i mbliana. Bhí foirne ó chontaetha éagsúla, mar shampla Contae an Chláir agus Contae Chorcaí, chomh maith leis na ceantair máguaird.

Record numbers attended the Brandon Regatta. This incredible event hosted crew from Clare and Cork as well as surrounding communities.

Seoladh an leabhar “Laochra An Leith -Triúigh” ag an Tinteán Ceoil ar an 19.12.2016.

The book commemorating the local heroes of an Leith Triúigh took place in the Tinteán Ceoil on the 19.12.2016.

Leanann an Tinteán Ceoil ar aghaidh le ceoltóirí, scéalaithe agus amhránaithe, gach Luan agus Déardaoin i rith an tsamhraidh. Féach ar an nasc agus bígí linn: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4wCCJZqipo.

Tinteán Ceoil continues to host musicians, storytellers and singers each Monday night and Thursday nights during the summer months. See for yourself what you are missing out on: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4wCCJZqipo.

Deineadh athchóiriú ar ché Bhréanainn de bharr brústocaireachta ar bhonn leanúnach ag Comharchumann Forbartha an Leith-Triúigh Teo. Renovations were completed to the slipway at Brandon Pier due to continued lobbying by Comharchumann Forbartha an Leith – Triúigh Teo.

Cuireadh i láthair an dráma “Where is the Missus” i mbliana ag an Camp Drama Group. Táimid ag súil go mór le léiriú na bliana seo chugainn!

“Where is the Missus” play was performed by the fantastic Camp Drama Group. Looking forward to next year’s production!

Bhí an dráma siamsúil ón Hy Breasal, “To be or not to be Warren Tweed” ar fheabhas i rith Féile Lughnasa i mbliana chomh maith le “The Pure of Heart’ ag John B. Keane.

The Hy Breasal Theatre group blew the crowd away with “To be or not to be Warren Tweed” at this year’s Féile Lughnasa and “The Pure of Heart’ by John B. Keane at the inaugural Storm Fest.

Tá Comharchumann Forbartha an Leith-Triúigh i mbun dianoibre mar chuid den Mheitheal Plean Teanga i gCorca Dhuibhne chun ár dteanga dhúchais a chur chun cinn. Tá an plean ullmhaithe agus tosnófar ar é a chur i bhfeidhm chomh luath agus a chuirfear maoiniú ar fáil. Chun bheith páirteach ann dein teaghmháil linn ag 066 7138137.

Comharchumann Forbartha an Leith-Triúigh has been working very hard as part of the Corca Dhuibhne Meitheal Plean Teanga to develop the Irish Language. The plan has been finalised and work will commence once funding has been established. If you would like to get involved please do not hesitate to contact 066 7138137.

Chuir daltaí ón Scoil Náisiúnta “Éirí Amach na Cásca 1916” i láthair agus chuir aisteoirí an Leith-Triúigh’s dráma “Mar a Briseadh Cleamhnas Pheats Teaimí” ón scéal Jimín Mháire Thaidhg” i láthair i mí Márta i mbliana.

Children from An Scoil Náisiúnta performed “Éirí Amach na Cásca 1916” and Aisteoirí an Leith-Triúigh’s take on the drama “Mar a Briseadh Cleamhnas Pheats Teaimí” ón scéal Jimín Mháire Thaidhg” was a roaring hit in March of this year.

Thaistil daoine ó mhórthimpeall na leithinse chun bheith i láthair ag Dinnéar na Nollag i mbliana. Ghlac daltaí ó Mheánscoil Nua an Leith-Triúigh páirt ann chomh maith.

We hosted people from all over the peninsula for our Christmas Dinner.

Students from Meánscoil Nua an Leith-Triúigh volunteered on the day.

Cumann 500 Ár mbuíochas libh as ucht bhúr gcuid tacaíochta i rith na bliana. Chun liosta des na tograí a bhfuilimid bainteach leo agus liosta de na buaiteoirí a aimsiú, féach ar ár suíomh idirlín nua, www.cflt.ie Thank you for your continued support throughout the year. To get a list of the projects we have worked on, how you can sign up or get a list of 2016 winners please log onto our new website www.cflt.ie Míle Buíochas Míle buíochas libh as ucht bhúr gcuid tacaíochta i rith na bliana. Go háirithe gabhaimid buíochas as an tacaíocht leanúnanch ó Údarás na Gaeltachta, Tinteán Ceoil, NEWKD, gnónna áitiúla, feirmeoirí áitiúla, oibrithe deonacha, urraitheoirí áitiúla, Scoil Náisiúnta an Chlocháin, Meánscoil Nua an Leith-Triúigh, HSE, Glór na nGael, TÚS Maith, na grúpaí drámaíochta, baill Cumann 500, Cumann Sléibhteoireachta an Leith-Triúigh, Cumann Rámhaíochta Bhréanainn, Soláthróirí, Cumann Sléibhteoireachta Chorca Dhuibhne, Meitheal Plean Teanga, Fáilte Ireland agus Comhairle Contae Chiarraí.

Thanks to everyone who have supported us over the last year. A special thank you for the continuous support from Údarás na Gaeltachta, Tinteán Ceoil, NEWKD, local business, local farmers, volunteers, local sponsors, Scoil Náisiúnta an Chlocháin, Meánscoil Nua an Leith-Triúigh, HSE, Glór na nGael, TÚS Maith, All the drama groups, Club 500 members, Cumann Sléibhteoireachta an Leith- Triúigh, Cumann Rámhaíochta Bhréanainn, Suppliers, local politicians, Cumann Sléibhteoireachta Chorca Dhuibhne, Meitheal Plean Teanga, Fáilte Ireland and Kerry County Council Community Department, Local Twinning Association that kindly made a donation this year, Kerry County Council, Diaspora Department of an Taoiseach and the local media for their continued support.

To stay up to date on what is happening log onto our new website, www. cflt.ie If you would like to be part of Comharchumann Forbartha an LeithTriúigh’s success and have ideas on how we can develop the area, please do not hesitate to contact us.

NOLLAIG SHONA AGUS BLIAIN NUA FAOI SHÉAN IS FAOI MHAISE DO CHÁCH!

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Milltown Castlemaine GAA Notes Welcome Home: We are delighted to see our Bord Na nOg chairman-Henry Scanlon back home after a lengthy spell in hospital. We wish you well in your continued recovery.

AGM: The AGM of our club will be on January 20th 2017. As always we will be seeking nominations for many positions in the club. We are continually seeking volunteers to assist us in the running and management of our ever expanding club. Getting involved in your local GAA Club is a wonderful way to form new friendships- as well as giving opportunities for skills and expertise to be shared -for the benefit of all in our community. If you would like to become involved in any aspect of our club, please contact any member of our club executive.

Lotto: There was no jackpot winner in our draw €12,400 on Friday night last in The Castle Inn. Drawn numbers were: 12, 20, 21 and the bonus number was 29.

Congratulations to our lucky consolation prize winners: €50 each to Adele Buikuviene, Milltown and Aoife Cleary, Killorglin. €25 each to: John McMahon/o Eircom, Jimmy Herlihy, Milltown, John Doherty, Milltown and Patrick Casey, Cromane

Our Lotto Jackpot is now at an amazing €12,400.

Wouldn’t a win or share in the Lotto Jackpot be a fantastic way to end 2016 and an even better way to begin 2017?

Draw takes place on Friday December 30th 2016, in Knightly’s Bar, Castlemaine.

Between now and Christmas –an extra special prize: Match 3 lucky numbers and you could win or share €500.

Tickets for the lotto are available from our regular sellers and business outlets.

Thank you to each person who has supported our Lotto draw.

To all the ticket sellers-your endeavours are very much appreciated too.

Mid Kerry Senior Championship: Hard luck to our senior team who were defeated by the narrowest of margins by Beaufort- on Sunday last.

Despite getting off to a great start and keeping their opponents scoreless for almost 15 minutes, it was Beaufort captain Nathan Breen who accepted the Michael O’ Connor Cup. Congratulations to Ronan Murphy, Beaufort who received the Bunkers Bar-Man of the

Students from Meán Scoil nua an Leith-Triúigh, Castlegregory know the meaning of compassion. These kind, generous and thoughtful students have yet again surpassed all expectation by raising a whopping €3,800 in aid of Cancer Research by participating in the Shave or Dye event. Many students and teachers, including Principal Aodán MacGearailt, dyed or shaved their hair for this most important cause.

Some female students also cut their beautiful long hair for The Princess Trust. The Princess Trust takes donations of hair which will be made into hairpieces for children suffering hair loss through serious illness. The students who participated and their teacher Miss Sallyann Leahy cut 7" off their hair. This was then sent to London where it will be made into wigs for children. This event means so much to little kids who become self conscious about their hair loss, one less thing to worry about while battling serious illness.

Miss Leahy who organised both events stated that the students of Meán Scoil can be very proud of their achievements. She would also like to thank Louise Kelliher who dyed, shaved and cut all the volunteers hair. Without Louise's help these events would have not happened. Sallyann also wanted to acknowledge the generosity of the school community and the community from Brandon to Camp and its surrounds. A phenomenal amount of money has been raised. Well done and sincere thanks to everyone who took part and donated.

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Bhí an seomra stórála in aice na cistine agus bhí an boladh go haoibhinn ag teacht ó na spíosraí go léir. Thaitin an fuadar go léir liom ach amháin nuair a chuireadh brú orainn dul amach sa siopa agus cabhrú taobh thiar den chuntar.

B'shin scéal eile. Thagadh an cúthaileacht aniar aduaidh orm ansin, agus mé óg.

Ins na blianta sin bhíodh an Crann Nollag ar an tsráid os comhair an tí agus soilse ildaite anuas air. Bhí draíocht ar leith ag baint le bheith ag breathnú amach ón bhfuinneog ar bharr an tí agus é a fheiscint ag luascadh sa ghaoth agus an radharc álainn síos An Meal agus amach sa bhá. Ní raibh aon tigh ag bun An Mheal san am sin agus bhíomar in ann na báid iascaigh a fheiscint ag teacht chun an ché gach tráthnóna.

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Your Complete Guide to Cooking the Christmas Dinner Mark Murphy - Dingle Cookery School

1 tbsp. natural yogurt

olive oil

1 tbsp. crème fraîche

salt and pepper

½ lime, juiced

I would like to take this opportunity to wish all the readers of West & Mid Kerry Live a Happy Christmas and New Year, thank you for reading my recipes and I always love it when I meet people on the street and they tell me they tried a certain recipe and loved it. Also thank you to everyone who has come along and supported us at Dingle Cookery School over the past year. Our new programme is out and can be viewed at www.dinglecookeryschool.com.

pinch of cayenne pepper

Method Place the turkey on a large tray. It is good to put some onions, carrots and herbs under the bird as this prevents the turkey from sticking to the pan and also the vegetables will soak in juices, which will taste good when making the gravy. Now you should be ready to cook the turkey using the timings from above.

Christmas dinner should be a very special meal so if you follow this guide it will help you to have a successful meal without the stress.

The two best pieces of advice that will help you enjoy cooking the Christmas dinner are: 1) Make a plan, write down a list of everything that needs to be done and 2) Plan to have the turkey cooked about an hour or hour and a half before you plan to serve it (just wrap it up well in foil and keep it in a warm part of the kitchen). During this time you have the opportunity to finish the ham, potatoes, roast vegetables and sauces.

In the following I have included a cold starter (go for a cold starter and make it the day before) and then the guide will take you through the rest of the cooking from the turkey all the way to the trimmings.

Prawn and Avocado Salad - starter

Ingredients

15-20 prawns Poaching Liquid: to cook the prawns (you can use this to poach any shellfish or whitefish) 150g fennel, diced 150g celery, diced 100g leek, finely chopped 1 garlic clove, sliced 200ml white wine 100ml orange juice 1 tsp. orange zest 1 tbsp. fennel seeds

dash of Tabasco sauce 1 avocado, finely diced salt and pepper Method In a large bowl mix all of the ingredients together and season well with salt and pepper.

Serve with some shredded cos lettuce.

The Turkey Cooking the Turkey Before you start, make sure you have a large tray, which is big enough for the turkey, and ensure the tray (and the turkey) fit in the oven.

It is worth buying a temperature probe to test if the turkey is done.

Before you start get the exact weight of the turkey. Make sure the turkey comes to room temperature, this means having it out of the fridge at least two hours before you want to cook it. Before you cook it, rub the skin with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and black pepper and some chopped herbs such as thyme or sage. Have the oven turned on to 180ºC before the turkey goes in. People always have different views on the stuffing, whether to stuff the bird or to make stuffing and leave it out. My advice would be to cook the stuffing separately to ensure that there are no uncooked juices of the turkey in the stuffing and I always find that when I keep the stuffing separate I can adjust the seasoning more easily.

Cooking Times for the Turkey I have had a look at several charts and cooking times but I think below is the most straightforward guide to follow providing you with perfect results: If the turkey is over 4.5kg/10lb, calculate 20 minutes per kg + 90 minutes.

If the turkey is under 4.5kg/10lb, calculate 20 mins per kg + 70 mins.

The Ham - This can be done the day before Ingredients

1 ham (smoked or unsmoked) handful of cloves water Method Place the ham in cold water and bring to the boil. Change the water and repeat, then turn down to a simmer.

Allow 50 minutes per kg or 20 minutes per lb.

Once it is done, remove it from the water and allow it to cool a little. It is best to remove the outer layer of skin while the ham is hot and then use a sharp knife to score the fat in diamond shapes and place a clove in each diamond. Your ham is now ready to be glazed.

If you are doing this the day before make sure you cool down the ham as quickly as possible to get it in to the fridge.

Honey, Mustard & Sherry Vinegar Glaze Ingredients

2 tbsp. honey 100g demerara sugar 50ml Madeira or a dry sherry 1 tsp. mustard powder 25ml sherry vinegar Method To make the glaze, put the sugar, Madeira, sherry vinegar, and honey into a pan and stir over a low heat. Whisk in the mustard powder.

Bring this to the boil to allow the sugar to dissolve. Lower the heat and simmer for a few minutes. Until you have a dark syrupy glaze.

Keep stirring all the time to make sure that the glaze doesn’t burn.

Method Put all the ingredients except the prawns in a pot and bring to to the boil and simmer for about 10 minutes, then add the prawns and poach them for 3-5 minutes. Remove the prawns and allow to cool. Chop them finely.

To test if it’s done, make sure the juices run clear when you pierce the thigh where it meets the body and use the temperature probe to check if the temperature reaches 75ºC. If not, put it back in the oven for another 20 mins, then test again.

The next step is one of the most important steps to prevent your turkey from drying out.

Once you are happy that the turkey is done take it out and put tin foil over it and leave it in a warm place for at least an hour or so. This will give you plenty of time to get everything else finished off.

Ingredients

Place the ham on a tray and pour the glaze over the ham.

Put this in a hot oven (210°C) and bake for about 30 minutes.

For the salad

1 turkey

2 garlic cloves

poached prawns, diced

2 onions, roughly chopped

rosemary

½ granny Smith, finely diced

3 carrots, roughly chopped

thyme

small bunch of tarragon, finely chopped

1 bulb of garlic, split in half

goose fat or duck fat

1 tbsp. mayonnaise

Plenty of herbs such as thyme, sage and rosemary some chopped and the rest left whole

salt and black pepper

1 tbsp. coriander seeds 1 tbsp. ground black pepper 1 star anise 2 tbsp. salt 700ml water

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Crispy Roast Potatoes Ingredients 1.5kg large maris piper potatoes or roosters

Method Preheat the oven 190°C. Peel the potatoes, then cut into quarters, and place in a bucket of cold water. This can be done the day before.

Boil a large pot of salted water and add the potatoes, then cook for 15 minutes. They should be half-cooked at this stage. You can now drain them and leave in the colander for a few minutes to remove as much moisture as possible. At this stage place the tray in the oven with goose fat or duck fat. Shake the potatoes in the colander to roughen the edges, Remove the tray from the oven and add the potatoes and place back in the oven. After 20 minutes you can add the rosemary, thyme and garlic.

Continue to roast for a further 20 minutes or so shaking them every 5 minutes to cook evenly. Season with sea salt and black pepper.

ing tin with the thyme and salt and pepper, and drizzle with oil.

Roast them in the oven for 25 minutes, tossing occasionally in the oil during cooking, until tender and golden. Heat the honey and lemon juice for a few minutes in a small saucepan, stirring until you have a smooth, runny sauce.

Pour this over the carrots and parsnips for the last 5 minutes of cooking, tossing the vegetables in the sauce to coat evenly. Scatter with the parsley just before serving.

Wild Mushroom and Leek Stuffing (order your wild mushrooms from your vegetable supplier a few days in advance) Ingredients 100g butter one large onion, diced

Roast Brussels Spouts with Roast Garlic and Toasted Hazelnuts

2 garlic cloves, chopped

Ingredients

150g wild mushrooms, a mixture is good, all sliced

2 small bags of Brussels sprouts 6 cloves garlic, peeled 1 tbsp. sherry vinegar

a few sprigs of fresh thyme and fresh sage

100g button mushrooms, sliced leeks, white part chopped finely

Homemade Cranberry and Spiced Orange Sauce

Ingredients

100ml ruby port 100g fresh cranberries 75g brown sugar finely grated zest and juice of 1 orange ½ cinnamon stick 1 star anise Method Place all the ingredients in a pot and cook over medium heat for about ten minutes. Make sure that there is some liquid still in the pot so that the sauce does not burn, if it is drying up add a little water or a little orange juice.

Taste and adjust the seasoning if required. Remove the cinnamon and star anise and place the sauce in a blender and blend until it is the consistency required. Place this in a jar and keep in the fridge for up to one week.

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200g pine nuts, toasted

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rapeseed oil

breadcrumbs

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Prepare the starter

salt and pepper

Method In large pan add some of the butter and cook the onions slowly without colour for 4-5 minutes. Add the garlic and herbs, then add the mushrooms and leeks and cook for further 5 minutes. Add the remaining butter and breadcrumbs. Ideally you want to keep the mixture moist.

•

Cook the ham and remove it from the water and score it

2 tbsp. hazelnuts, toasted and crushed

Method Heat oven to 210ºC (you can cook this when you are glazing the ham) Cut the bottom off the Brussels sprouts, and slice each in half top to bottom. Heat a pan over medium heat; once it is hot place the sprouts cut side down in one layer in pan. Put in garlic, and sprinkle with salt and pepper.

Leave the sprouts here until they start to brown. Once they start to brown add a little butter and put them in the oven. Roast them in the oven for about 15-20 minutes remembering to shake them every 5 minutes or so.

When they are done season them well and add in the vinegar, toss the hazelnuts over them and serve.

Roast Parsnip and Carrots with Local Honey & Thyme Ingredients 600g carrots, halved 600g small parsnips, halved 3 tbsp. rapeseed oil Bunch of thyme leaves picked 2 tbsp. local honey 2 tsp. lemon juice chopped parsley Method Add the carrots to a large pot of boiling salted water and cook them for about 8 minutes.

Once they are par-cooked place them in cold water. Repeat this process with the parsnips. (this can be done the day before if you want) To roast them preheat the oven to 190°C. Place the carrots and parsnips in a large roast-

Add pine nuts at the end and check for seasoning.

Gravy

• Have the ingredients ready for the glaze • Peel the potatoes and keep them in water • Do the same with the carrots and parsnips •

Make the stuffing

•

Make the cranberry sauce

Ingredients 1 onion, finely diced 1 carrot, finely diced

On Christmas Day: •

Bring the turkey to room temp.

•

Cook the turkey

500ml stock - use the juice from the turkey

•

When the turkey is done allow it to rest for up to one hour or more.

Once the turkey is out of the oven turn the heat up and glaze the ham and return it to the oven

salt and pepper

•

Prepare the sprouts

Method Once the turkey has been cooked and you have removed it from the tray, skim off the excess fat from the roasting tray. Put the tray on the hob on a low heat and add the diced onion, garlic, herbs and the diced carrot to the existing vegetables that were there while the turkey was cooking. Add the red wine and cook it until it has reduced by half. Make sure to scrape the tray to help remove all the bits.

Stir in a pinch of flour and add about 500ml of stock. Cook it for about 10-15 minutes, I usually strain it in to a pot so it can be warmed and seasoned with salt and pepper when needed.

Once you are ready to serve the meal heat the gravy and pour it in to a warm gravy boat.

This time will allow you to cook the vegetables, including the potatoes.

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Now would be a good time to get the gravy sorted and use this time to finish the sprouts, re-heat the vegetarian dish and heat the stuffing.

At this stage everything should be ready to serve.

Enjoy!!!

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2. Name the Irish actor who played a mobster’s enforcer in Miller’s Crossing years after appearing in Irish TVs Glenroe.

3. What have the following actors got in common: Henry Fonda, Burt Lancaster, James Garner, Kurt Russell and Kevin Costner?

4. She starred as the manipulative mother in The Manchurian Candidate and went on to TV stardom as a writer of murder stories. Name the actress.

5. Name the local youth who played the altar boy in Ryan’s Daughter.

6. The actor (pictured) who played Ryan in Ryan’s Daughter went on to play a fictional English barrister in a TV series. Name the actor and the TV series.

7. A father and son won Oscars for this film made in the 40s. Name the film.

8. Cate Blanchett played a famous Hollywood actress in The Aviator. Name the actress she played.

9. This 1980 Western featured three sets of brothers playing three sets of brothers. Name the film and the actor’s surnames.

10. This actor from Cork featured in The Wind That Shakes the Barley and found more fame in the TV series Peaky Blinders.

11. The names of the stars in the following films are on the footpath outside Dick Mack’s in Dingle: Notting Hill, The Living Daylights, 9 to 5. Match the films with the stars.

12. A 2013 documentary film about the pubs of Ireland featured a famous Dingle pub; name the pub and the title of the documentary.

13. This actress starred in The Devil Wears Prada and is currently in cinemas in The Girl on the Train.

14. Name the Bogart film with the following line: ‘…

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you just put your lips together and … blow’.

15. What is the line made famous by a newlyreturned actor and former California governor?

16. Which Dingle business had the franchise for supplying automobiles for the cast of Ryan’s Daughter and which make of car was used?

17. Match the following: Robert Mitchum, Sarah Miles and Christopher Jones with their local drivers during the filming of Ryan’s Daughter in Dingle.

18. Name the actress (pictured) with the most (4) Oscars for best actress.

19. In 1992 a Hollywood film played out part of its drama on the Dingle Peninsula. Name the film and its two leads.

20. James Stewart and Donna Reed acted in this favourite Christmas film. Name the film and the character played by Stewart.

21. Name the actors who played the two bungling burglars in the film Home Alone.

22. Miracle on 34th Street St. starred an Irish actress (pictured) who died last year. Name the actress who also played Esmeralda in The Hunchback of Notre Dame in 1939.

23. This Limerick son (pictured) became famous for his part as a rugby player in a 1963 film. Name the actor and the film.

24. Gene Wilder, who died recently, acted in a favourite Christmas film made in 1971. Name the film.

25. This singer sang the theme song for the film Goldfinger.

26. Name the actor who played the baddie in the following two films: No Country for Old Men and Skyfall.

27. The actor (pictured) who played the slave master in Gladiator, died before the film was completed.

Name him.

ous 1988 film set in the French Riviera. Name the pair and the film.

29. Alan Rickman’s last appearance was in this film which also starred Helen Mirren.

30. The last remaining member of the Magnificent 7 died in Nov. of this year; name the actor and the film in which he played a corrupt politician opposite Steve McQueen in 1968.

31. Name the Hitchcock film where a party was held in the presence of a corpse hidden in a chest.

32. Forest Whitaker won an Oscar for his portrayal of Idi Amin in this film.

33. This versatile actor played a diverse range of characters in films like Insomnia, Good Will Hunting and One Hour Photo. Name the actor who died in 2014.

34. The actor (pictured) who was in Dingle recently, acted in the first Star Wars movie and appeared in the closing scene, on Skellig Michael, of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Who is he?

35. She played a scheming manipulative corporate lawyer in Michael Clayton alongside George Clooney. Name the Oscar-winning actress.

36. This acting duo collaborated in The Sting and in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Name the pair.

37. Name the best supporting actress Oscar recipient from the 2016 film, The Danish Girl.

38. The most Oscars (3) for best actor are held by this actor – his first win was for My Left Foot.

39. An actress from an Irish acting dynasty and star of V for Vendetta is married to the Oscar-winning actor from Reversal of Fortune. Name the couple, who have a home in West Cork.

40. Name the Van Morrison song which features in the Julia Roberts film, Sleeping with the Enemy.

28. This duo played scheming con men in this hilari-

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Hero of the year My Dad Villian of the year - Donald Trump Resolution for 2017 - To stop shouting at my kids!

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Bailiúchán an Chanónaigh Jeaic Mac Ginneá i gCartlann Ionaid an Bhlascaoid The Canon Jack McKenna Collection at the Blasket Centre Archive Fuair Cartlann Ionaid an Bhlascaoid tabhartas ana-luachmhar i rith na bliana, nuair a dheonaigh teaghlach an Chanónaigh Jeaic Mac Ginneá ó Dhaingean Uí Chúis (Trócaire Air) bailiúchán ábhar staidéir a bhí bailithe ag an gCanónach i rith a shaoil ar an gcartlann. I measc an ábhair tá cáipéisí, scríbhinní, nótaí staidéir agus cóipeanna de cháipéisí thábhachtacha, maraon le bailiúchán téipeanna fuaime, grianghraf agus físeáin a ghlac an tAth. Jack é féin agus é i mbun taighde ar scata gné éagsúil de stair agus d’oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne agus Co. Chiarraí i gcoitinne. Tá catalógú déanta ar an mbailiúchán ar fad anois agus é ullamh d’éinne gur mian leo tamall a chaitheamh á scrúdú.

The Blasket Centre Archive received a very valuable and interesting bestowal during the year when the relatives of the late Canon Jack McKenna, Dingle, donated a collection of material amassed by the Canon during his lifetime of study and research to the Archive.

Amongst the material are documents, manuscripts and notes, facsimiles of historic documents, along with a collection of audio and video tapes and photographs taken by Fr. Jack himself. The collection has been catalogued and is now available to anyone who wishes to spend some time studying it.

Fr. Jack McKenna was born in Dykegate Street, Dingle, on the 6 March 1920. He spent his youth in his native town, and was ordained a priest in 1946. Apart from his vocation and his studies on local history his passion was Gaelic football; he won Munster titles with the Kerry minors in 1937 and 1938, and was a member of the famous Dingle team who won numerous county championships during the late 1930s and 1940s. Fr. Jack won 5 county titles during that period.

Fr. Jack served as curate in Paróiste an Fheirtéaraigh under Fr. Tom Moriarty, was Chaplin in Coláiste Íde and was curate in Dingle Parish for 2 years. He transferred to Abbeydorney, and later to Sneem, and finally to Castletownbere in Co. Cork.

He was an authority on the history and heritage of West Kerry. He authored 2 books – Dingle and Dingle: Some of its Story – on this subject, and the collection includes some of his study notes and material gathered as research for these books. He passed away in January 2013.

The collection includes transcripts of letters written during the latter part of the 19th century by the Dingle Antiquarian John D. Nagle; some articles and papers written by Fr. Jack

himself, including reminiscences (in Irish and English) of his time serving the people of West Kerry as a priest (amongst them a beautiful account of visit the Blasket for the Station Mass); documents relating to some of the better known historical families of the area such as the Rices, and a great many of documents relating to historic events and occurrences.

The audio interviews with some of the local people, such as the aforementioned Fr. Tom, Mrs. Crean and Stephen Falvey, contain a wealth of information. His collection of video tapes is also very interesting; they include recording of important events such as the visit of President Childers to Dingle and the visit of President de Valera to the town to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of patriot Thomas Ashe in 1967, the pageant held in Dún an Óir to mark the 400th anniversary of the massacre of 1580, and various other local events.

The Blasket Centre is very grateful to the relatives of the Rev. Canon Jack McKenna for their very generous gesture in donating the material to the Archive. The Archive aims to foster study not only of the Great Blasket itself, but of the history, lore, culture and heritage of the Dingle Peninsula in general. The Canon Jack McKenna Collection is a fantastic addition to the Archive, and we would welcome anyone who is interested in West Kerry to spend some time studying the collection.

Appointments to view material in the Blasket Archive can be made by contacting Ionad an Bhlascaoid/ The OPW Great Blasket Centre at blascaod@opw.ie.

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Niall Kennedy Best thing about 2016 Family holiday in Tenerife Worst thing about 2016 No salmon for the freezer!!

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A Year in Dingle

imagine the camaraderie a hundred years ago , when there was no guarantee of a morrow.

Martin Hansard

In May I saw him, the harmonious black sleek God of the harbour; Fungi. That vision of otherness made the sensual spiritual experience of Féile na Bealtine complete, the fire was lit in my heart and soul.

Summer had come and I was here in a writers paradise, in my mind Daingean Uí Chuis should be twinned with Hydra, Greece, where Mister L Cohen meandered daily down to the harbour for morning coffee before heading back to Marianne, type writer and guitar.

All I had was my memory stick and my memories when I set out on foot from Annascaul to Dingle town. In was an auspicious date for the last leg of the journey, the twentieth day of January; the first day of Aquarius my star sign and the first day of my move to Dingle from the Big Smoke. Weather wise, a high pressure cold front had settled coating the Macgillycuddy reeks in a dappled white and Dingle Bay with a azure sheen.

Walking; my rebuff to globalisation and its 'time is money principle', I felt the freedom of the nomad, my footprint was light. When I reached the remnants of the Lispole narrow gauge railway viaduct I could feel something, a gravitational pull, a recognition of destiny, the end of the road was near, metaphorically I tore up the tracks behind me.

To quote this years poet laureate “I came in from the east with the sun in my eyes” and I did. As I crossed on to the old Connor Pass road the sun was in fact in my eyes and Daingean Uí Chuis was waiting yonder, like a first love, a Cathleen Ní Houlihan: her smell of wild flowers and sea shore triggering evocations of promise and romance, the mist rolling across mount Eagle, peninsula's end: her shawl.

There is something about the people of Chorca Dhuibhne; the essence of Irishness, that deep tradition of welcoming, the default poetry in their idiomatic speech. It seems they still have folk memory and connection to the land; more gentle, more confident more pragmatic more accepting and their capital city Daingean Uí Chuis is a metropolis where artists thrive in the rich cultural milieu. I came here to write the book.

As each summer month unveiled itself a festival was close behind, I volunteered as a bike race checker for the DAR challenge in June. July August and September brought food fairs, regattas and folk music.

When the low Atlantic mist and the driving western rain overstayed their welcome, I kept on telling myself not to feel too morbid and got some writing done. Exhilaration and wonder is the only words I have to express at the sight of the clear early morning sky, post rain and mist, with yellow super moon gently descending behind the hills due west, and still sinking beyond the Three Sisters. In this a place of geographical certainty the same moon re-appears over Dingle Bay at night fall.

The year was in its final quarter when I had to edit, slash and burn. Out of the ashes I put meaning to my work, a type of synopsis to be performed, the living word. Think fire side on a winters night, think singer and song.... I'm going to start again/In a town that has two names/A stream a hill a pier the sea/Somewhere I can breath and feel free.

December 2016 Martin Hansard will launch his debut book titled Ifika Youika (the journey through the eyes of a songster) in early 2017. E book available now on Kindle Amazon.

As the days turned into weeks and the changing arc of sunrise and sunset became longer, I immersed myself in the creative wellspring.

Stepping out of the garret for rest and recreation. The streets had a festival for every occasion. February had its Burlesque show in the Grey Lane Bistro, then March and the spring equinox. During Lá Fhéile Pádraig I fell in and followed in group rhythm the pipe band as they injected the streets with the timbre of Irish marching songs. The flash of their bright apparel heralding the new season of more light and hope.

And in April on Easter Sunday at the grotto on the Mall stood solemnly in communion as the Proclamation reading was re-enacted, the mood was one of homage and magnanimity: to the fallen and makers of history who craved freedom. I took an active role in the revolution of commemoration by walking again, this time through the night on An Siulóid Mór in the foot steps of forty seven volunteers who took that long march from Baile an Fheirtéaraigh to Tralee via Dingle to be with Roger Casement. It was a night of great camaraderie. Can your

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Breandán Mac Gearailt Sea, tá an Nollaig ag béal dorais againn. Seo Féile ma bliana ina mbíonn daoine cáirdiúil le chéile agus ag baint sásaimh as an saol agus an dea- chleachta. Féile ‘sea í ina mbionn daoine ag cuimhneach siar ar an mbliain agus na blianta. Bíonn siad ag ceiliúradh ‘teacht abhaile’ cuid dá gclann, gaolta nó cáirde. Bíonn a gcroí chomh eadrom leis an ndruid. Bíonn an brón ag brúchtaíl ortha siúd a chaill duine don gclann, comharsa nó cara. Bíonn daoine i mbun aithrí agus iad ag guí an saol a bhogadh dhóibh agus maithiúnas fháilt ar a bpeacaí. Máb’ fhíor Father Tom, ní raibh aon pheaca ar aon duine ó Dhún Chaoin go Cathair Ui Mhóráin. Is dócha ná raibh sé ró-fhada ón gceart.

Bíonn príobháideachas ag baint le Lá Nollag. Tá diamhaireacht agus áthas ag baint leis. Tagann Lá an Dreóilín agus beidh árdú meanman san aer. Bíonn an sean-chlúmh á chaitheamh dóibh ag daoine eile agus dream eile fós ag beartú ar conas a bhainfeadh siad fáisceadh as an mBliain Nua. Sea go deimhin, ‘Súil le Feabhas’.

Gearóid.

D’eagraigh baill Chomharchumann Forbartha Chorcra Dhuibhne {CFCDT] oíche mhór buíochais in óstán aa Sceilge ar Aoine seo caite. Tréis dhá bhliain is daichead bhí Gearóid Ó Brosnacháin ón Drom, ag scor.

Bhí sé ina bhainsteoir sé mbliana déag is fiche. Faid saoil duine. Bhí anoíche ann. Chuir sé an comharchumann ar a bhonnaibh. Ghlan sé fiacha agus bhí súil dhearfach aige ar a chuid oibre.

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Halla na Feothanaí.

Bhreá leat a bheith ag éisteacht leo agus ag feachaint ortha, sin iad an chomhluadar a chuir a leagan féin ceoil filiúil ar stáitse Halla na Feothanaí fé Éirí amach na Cásca. Bhí an Hall lán an dá oíche. Chuirfeadh, a gcur i láthair mórtas ar éinne a chloisfeadh nó a chífeadh iad. Bhíodar ann, ós na Deise, Conamara, Tír Chonaill agus Paróiste Múrach. Bhí foidhne, éirim agus ard thuiscint ag baint leis an ábhar agus leo siúd a léirigh agus a chuir i láthair. Bail ó Dhia ar a saothar.

Duais Ní bheidh aon oíche bronnta gradaim ar Ghaiscíg an cheantair i mbliana ach beidh gaisce eile i gceist, Gaisce sa tsaol Gaelach. Bronnfaidh Craobh Chorca Dhuibhne do Chonradh na Gaeilge duais ar an dteaghlach is Gaelaí sa cheanntar. Tás againn go mbeidh sé seo deacair ach cuirfear ainmeacha na dteaghlach a cháilíonn isteach i hata agus gheóbhaidh an ceann a priocfar as an hata an duais a thabharfaidh aitheantas dá n-iarrachtai i saol na Gaeilge agus an cheantair. Bhí i dTigh Chatháin ar a 30ú lá Nollaig ar a naoi a chlog. N’fheadarís cá mbeadh do sheans Plean Gaeilge San idirlinn tá plean trí mbliana na Gaolainne idir chamáin fé láthair, ina mbeidh caoi ag na pobail sna paróistí éagsúla, a dtuairimí a chur i láthair. Is plean Gaeilge don gceantar é seo ina mbeidh an pobal ina bhun agus ina bharr. Tá cuid don obair déanta cheanna ag an gComharchumann[CFCDT] Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne, agus Tús…. tá focail dhearfacha á gclos ó chách. Ár seasamh oraibh. Nollaig shocair shuairc shíochánta bheannaithe agaibh go léir agus Bliain Nua fé ádh agus dhea- shláinte.

Ceisteanna 1. Ainmnigh trí stát don gceithre Stát atá i Meiriceá a thosnaíonn le A? 2. Cár saolaíodh Richard Croker a bhí ar dhuine do cheannairí Tammamny Hall i nua Eabhrach?

3. Cá rugadh an bhan aisteoir Maria Aiken, a bhí sa scannán ‘A fish called Wanda?

4. Cár saolaíodh Leonora Barry nó, ‘Mother Lake,’ a bhí ina ceannaire ceardchumainn i Meiriceá?

5. Tomás Daibhís an laoch Éireannach a bhunaigh an nuachtán ‘The Nation’ cén t-aos a bhí sé ach a gcailleadh é 6. Cén aois a bhí Seán Ó Riada ach a bhfuair sé bás?

7. An mó teanga a bhí ag an mBéal Feirsteach Robert McAdam [1805 1895]?

8. Cárb as céile Alfred Hitchcock an stiúrthóir scannán?

9. An mó uair a bhí an t-aisteóir Barry Fitzgerald pósta?

10. Maud-Gonne MacBride a bhí pósta le John MacBride - Cén creideamh a bhí aici?

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Camp Notes Brigid O’ Connor Christmas Ceremonies Christmas ceremonies as follows in the parish of Annascaul, Camp and Inch St. Marys Church, Camp.

Mass - 6.00 p.m. Christmas ‘Eve 12 noon

Christmas Day

The Church of The Sacred Heart, Annascaul Mass - 7.30 p.m. Christmas ‘Eve 9.30 a.m. Christmas Day St. Josephs Church, Inch Mass

10.30 a.m. Christmas Day

Christmas Postal Services There will be no postal service on Christmas ‘eve. The postal services will resume on Thursday, December 29th. A very happy Christmas and New Year to our very obliging postman Tadgh.

Camp Christmas Day Swim Camp Christmas Day Swim will take place at Garrahies Gap, Camp Strand at 10.30 am on Christmas morning, Sunday, 25th December.

Donations gratefully accepted for Metastatic Breast Cancer Research. Further information, please contact Bunny O Donnell 066 7130270 or 085 7578940. Mulled wine will be served after the swim !

Obituary The death of Pat (Paddy) Healy, Meenascorthy, Camp occurred on Saturday, December 10th. A dedicated Community man and a GAA man all of his life, Paddy gave over 30 years sterling service to Castlegregory and West Kerry GAA, being former Chairman of Castlegregory and honorary President of West Kerry GAA up to the time of his death, he was also trustee of the local Castlegregory GAA pitch. A Corkman himself , Paddy met and married a local Castlegregory woman Mae Rohan from Stradbally in New York returning with Mae to West Kerry in 1966 where the young couple settled easily into farming and bringing up their family in Meenascorthy, Camp. Paddy was highly respected in the farming community too and he was a great neighbour. Community and GAA guard of honour attended on both days and the American Flag, symbolic of his services to the United States draped his coffin as did the local Castlegregory GAA Jersey. The huge attendance at the removal from Lynchs Funeral Castelgregory to St.Marys Church, Castlegregory and again at the requiem Mass and burial in Killiney graveyard on Monday gave full testimony to the esteem in which Paddy was held in the local community of West Kerry and beyond. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.

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Paddys wife Mae predeceased him. He is survived by his sons, John, Patrick and Matthew and daughters Maureen and Joan, sister Kit and brother Sean, Grandchildren and extended family, relatives and friends to whom sympathy is extended.

Lisa Smidtke of Aurich, Germany and Ballygarrett,Camp passed away peacefully on November 12th. in Aurich. Lisa loved her home in Camp and she and her husband Klaus made many friends here. Sympathy is extended to her husband Klaus and daughters Veronika and Barbara and all the extended family. May she rest in peace.

Reindeer Run. All looking forward to the 4th year Annual Camp ‘Reindeer Run’ 2016.

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Christmas Trees are sold out, wreaths and table centre pieces still available and one potted tree. All at O Dwyers Mace, Camp.

Annascaul GAA Two football matches will be taking place 31 December for Hannah Falvey at the local GAA grounds. Ladies football game @ 12.30.

Corca Dhuibhne VS Annascaul/Castlegregory. Gents football game @ 2.00 Den Lenihan Cup Annascaul VS Lispole.

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Annascaul Notes Noel Spillane Radio Kerry A great night was enjoyed at Hanafin’s Bar, Annascaul where Sean Hurley from Radio Kerry who came to visit last Friday. Tune in to Radio Kery @ 3pm on Christmas day.

Whist Results Ladies: 1st Seamus O’Donnell, 2nd Margaret Whelehan & Mary Moriarty, 1st Interval: Mairead Sheehy, 2nd Interval: Eileen Galvin.

Gents: 1st Breda Baker, 2nd Michael Rohan & Eileen Hickson, 1st Interval: Sandra Hoffman & Tommy Toole, 2nd Interval: John McEnery, Mystery: Elizabeth Brookes, Nicholas O’Toole, Raffle: 1st Thomas Maunsell, 2nd Breda Baker, 3rd Sandra Hoffman, 4th Eileen Galvin, 5th Mairead Sheehy, 6th Bridie McDermot, 7th Dora Moriarty, 8th Ann Moss, 9th Noreen Walsh, 10th Michael Rohan, 11th Michael Rohan, Noreen Walsh, Breda Baker, Sandra Hoffman.

Annascaul ICA A big thank you to all the members who worked and contributed in any way to the “Ye Olde Christmas Shoppe” on 8th December. JoAnn would like to thank her committee and many at the Community Centre for all their help. Most of all, to all the ladies who supported us by attending. ICA resumes with their Christmas Party in Foleys on 12th January 2017. Happy Holidays to all.

Annascaul GAA Two football matches will be taking place 31 December for Hannah Falvey at the local GAA grounds. Ladies football game @ 12.30. Corca Dhuibhne VS Annascaul/Castlegregory. Gents football game @ 2.00 Den Leninhan Cup Annascaul VS Lispole.

Lighting of the Annascaul Christmas Tree On 17th of December at 4.30 pm the Falvey sisters, Lily and Hannah ceremonially lit up the Annascaul village Christmas tree. Donated by the Courtney Brothers the tree marked the start of the festive season. There was a fantastic turn out and the carol singing was thoroughly enjoyed by all. .

Noel Spillane would like to thank everyone who contributed to the Annascaul notes throughout the year. I would like to wish you all a very Happy Christmas and a peaceful New Year.

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Anso is Ansúd i gCorca Dhuibhne An Nollaig Is breá liom an Nollaig is gach a bhaineann léi -máinséar, Íosa is aoirí sa bhreis, laethanta saoire, am don chlann, sinne le chéile ag cur suas an chrainn.

Prátaí rósta, turcaí nó gé, Bíonn sé go haoibhinn, bheimís caillte gan é, suí os comhair na tine ag féachaint ar scannán, ag imirt cluichí is ag spraoi le bréagáin.

Soilse ag lonradh ar fud an tí, Réalta, coinnle, is stábla le tuí, Daidí na Nollag, ag ligint mo scíthe.

Ag baint anuas na maisúchán, briseann sé mo chroí.

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Nollaig Speisialta Slán leis an obair bhaile, Leis an scoil ar feadh seala, Sall linn go dtí an Astráil Faoin ngrian dheas gheal.

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Gabhimíd buíochas ó chroí le Scoil Chócaireachta an Daingin a d’ullmhaigh dínnear na Nollag dár sínsear sa Ionad Tacaíochta Teaghlaigh le déanaí. Ba bhlasta an dínnear é agus dheineadar na haon rud dúinn ó thús deiridh! Buíochas le hÚdarás na Gaeltachta a thug 200 i dtreo costais na hócáide.

thar n-ais lenár máthair díreach mar a bhí Lenár seanathair iontach, fear uasal, mo laoch, lenár n-uncail, ár n-aintín agus ár ngaolta Astrálacha.

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Deinimid comhghairdeas le Darragh agus le Pádraig beirt ar foilsíodh an saothar seo leo in Eagrán 7 de Chomhar na nÓg 2016 agus leis na daltaí eile ó Phobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne a bhfuil ábhar leo ar an bhFómhar san iris seo chomh maith Gabhaimid buíochas le Bríd Ní Mhóráin, file, a spreag na buachaillí agus na cailíní chun na cumadóireachta. Tá Bríd ina Scríbhneoir Cónaitheach ag Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne i bPobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne, scéim atá maoinithe ag Ealaín na Gaeltachta.

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Bhí Gearóid Ó Brosnacháin ag plé le hAirgeadas agus le Cúntasaíocht sa Chomharchumann ó 1977 ar aghaidh. Ar ndóigh is i 1981 a thosnaigh sé ina Bhainisteoir ar an gComharchumann agus a fho-chomhlachtaí. Ó shoin i leith tá obair na gcapall déanta aige ar son na heagraíochta. Níor leasc leis riamh céimeanna ildánacha a thógaint ar son an todhchaí agus thapaigh sé gach deis ar mhaithe le dul chun cinn an cheantair. Fear ionraic, dícheallach, tuisceanach, ceannródaíoch é nár spáráil é féin riamh.

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Nollaig shona agus bliain nua faoi mhaise daoibh go léir.

Wishing you every good wish for Christmas and and the New Year.

May the peace and joy of Christmas be yours now and always.

D’oibrigh sé go dian ar mhaithe le cur chun cinn na gColáistí Samhraidh. Ní raibh a dhíogras le sárú agus tá a rian san le feiscint go soiléir, dá mhéid dúshlán a bhí ag na Coláistí Samhraidh bhí an tinnreamh ba mhó riamh ag Coláistí Chorca Dhuibhne i 2016.

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Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh - All Wrapped Up! ry white cells from infiltrating damaged tisIf you are still thinking of the perfect gift this sue. They improve blood flow to the joints.

Christmas - you could follow the example of They also block chemical reactions that set our heroes - Caspar, Melchior and Balthasar, the stage for inflammation to occur in chron- who bestowed on the infant Jesus and his ic intestinal disorders such as Crohn’s dismother well-thought out gifts. As for me, ease and ulcerative colitis. Boswellia can be I’ve stocked up on frankincense and myrrh taken internally in capsule or tablet form as but wouldn’t say no to a bit of gold! well as applied topically to affected joints to For those of you thinking forward to the relieve inflammation associated with these New Year and making plans for a healthiBa mhiandisorders. linn buíochas a isgabháil don tacaíocht fuairemar ón ár gcairde uile i mbliana.

Boswellia often combined with a er 2017 I will be running group health proglucosamine and is usedna as Nollag a potent agus anti-inLe gach dea ghuí i gcomhair na h-ath bhliana. grammes from January. A 15-Day Detox and flammatory for arthritic conditions. StudCleanse begins on Tues 17th Jan 9.30am and shown that boswellic acids have an Wed 18th Jana7pm.

A safe, effective and cleansWe wish ies to have thank you for your support again this year.

Have lovely Christmas best anti-inflammatory action much like the coning programme to kick start your New Year the year ahead. ventional non-steroidal anti-inflammatory Resolutions. FitFood Group Health Prodrugs (NSAIDs) used for inflammatory condi- gramme begins on Tues 31st Jan 9.30am and The three Wise Men, also known as the Maji but have no known side effects unlike Muireanntions, & Mark are accredited with the gift-giving custom Wed 1st Feb 7pm – this programme is deNSAIDs which can irritate the gut and cause of Christmas when they presented the infant signed to move us from Winter to Spring ulceration of gastric and duodenal linings.

Jesus with gold, frankincense and myrrh. and improve all aspects of health includUpcoming ThisClasses is of special interest to those with chron- ing weight loss. Weekly weigh ins and group The significance of these gifts differ from ic conditions that require long-term treatculture to culture but no one seems to dissupport. ment.

January/Eanair pute that these were valuable commodiFor now though, Eat, Drink, Be Merry and enties at the time, mostly used in ceremoniBoswellia is also used as a natural pain relief joy the holidays! Nollaig shona agus athbhal rites or for embalming the dead. AtFri the 6th agent. The analgesic (pain relieving) propCelebrate Nollaig na mBan Dinner 19:00 lian faoi mhaise daoibh go léir!€45 time, these gifts were a symbol of worship boswellia is well established and is Fri 20th erties ofFriday Night Supper Club – Curries Hands-on 18:30 €65 Irene Ní Fhlannúra, Nutritional Therapist at Ré and reverence and were generally bestowed used for lower back pain and for post-parNua Nutrition Clinic, Dingle 066 9151360.09:30 WebSat 21st Sourdough Hands-on upon royalty. Today, the relevance of gold tum mothers when aspirin or paracetamol site: www.renuanaturalhealth.com Tue – Dairy 18:30 €45 still holds strong but both frankincense and24thmay notHealthy be used. Eating Perhaps,Series Holy Mary was Free Cooking Demo myrrh offer a different kind of wealth in recipient of theWell frankincense Sat 28th the intended Ferment Yourself Demo 10:00 terms of health benefits. They can boost our wise men indeed!

• Get set for 2017! RENEW 52 Nutrition health status, fight infection and support our Frankincense essential oil is also used to Coaching – 52 weeks of ideas, meal Gift Vouchers Available bodies as we strive to prevent disease and plans, support and motivation. Email/ promote an overall sense of wellbeing and stave off the numerous threats to our welltext your interest to be included, limitcalming properties. This frankincense oil is being. ed places.

All classes are subject to minimum numbers derived from the sap of boswellia sacra and/ Contact us about: carterii. It can be burned in an Myrrh is a form of gum resin derived from or boswellia • FITFOOD Programme for Weight Loss the Commiphora tree, which is native Private to oil burnerTeam or steamer for inhalation add-Parties and & Seasonal Health.

Classes/Weigh Ins. Classes, building, Hen &orStag HACCP Training northern Africa and southwest Asia. It has ed to a carrier oil to be used topically, on the Every Tues 9.30am and Weds 7pm starts been used in traditional Chinese medicine skin. In this form, frankincense may reduce January 10th. since the seventh century but has been used feelings of stress and anxiety, aid in the re• Nutrition Consultations, laboratory testin Middle Eastern medicine for much longer. covery of respiratory ailments as well as reing and personalized nutrition plans for Its antibiotic properties are well established ducing pain and inflammation of affected health and recovery by appointment. and has been known to kill off E.coli and joints.

Staphylococcal bacteria. It is widely used in oral hygiene health and is found in many mouthwashes and toothpastes. Therapeutically, it is used to treat mouth ulcers, gingivitis and sore throats. 5-10 drops of myrrh tincture in a glass of water or red raspberry leaf tea (cooled) makes an exScoil Chócaireachta an Daingin cellent mouth wash or gargle for sore Ba mhian linn buíochas a gabháil don tacaíocht a fuairemar ón ár gcairde uile i throats and do spit out after a good 60 mbliana. Le gach dea ghuí i gcomhair na Nollag agus na h-ath bhliana. seconds of swishing or gargling.

We wish to thank you for your support again this year. Have a lovely Christmas and Frankincense, a resin from a family of best wishes for the year ahead. trees known as boswellia genus, native Muireann & Mark of Africa, Asia and India. The resin from UPCOMING CLASSES Boswellia Sacra was more than likely givJanuary/Eanair en to baby Jesus but Indian frankincense Fri 6th Celebrate Nollaig na mBan Dinner 19:00 €45 from Boswellia Serrata, has been used Fri 20th Friday Night Supper Club – Curries Hands-on 18:30 €65 for thousands of years in herbal mediSat 21st Sourdough Hands-on 09:30 €65 Tue 24th Healthy Eating Series – Dairy Free Cooking Demo 18:30 €45 cine. Nowadays, with so much emphasis Sat 28th Ferment Yourself Well Demo 10:00 €45 on scientific research - laboratories have identified specific active anti-inflammatoAll classes are subject to minimum numbers ry ingredients in this herb, called boswelContact us about: lic acids. Many studies have proven the Private Classes, Team building, Hen & Stag Parties and HACCP Training benefits of boswellia in the treatment of both osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arAn Choill, Dingle, Co Kerry +353 86 8723521 thritis. Boswellic acids deter inflammatoe: info@dinglecookeryschool.com w:dinglecookeryschool.com 44 West Kerry Live www.westkerrylive.ie

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An Café Liteartha Siopa Leabhar an Daingin ó 1979

Aoibhinn beatha an scoláire bhíos ag déanamh a léighinn; is follas díbh, a dhaoine, gurab dó is aoibhne an Éirinn.

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Castlegregory Notes The Land and People of Maharees and Castlegregory: A History 1560 – 1960 by Martin Lynch was launched at the Club Rooms on Friday last. The book is for sale at the Information Office in the village and at Lynch’s Spar.

Price €40 Christmas Day Swim at Castle Strand on Christmas Day at 12:30pm. Proceeds go to Charity Whist – every Thursday evening from 8pm in the Clubrooms Results on 15th December Ladies: 1st Joan Moriarty 2nd Joan Cantillon Interval: Mary Teahan, Maureen Dowling, Mary O’Toole Gents: 1st Edward Hennessy 2nd Tommy O’Toole Interval: John McEnery, Sean Joyce Mystery: Avila Fitzgerald, Mary Barry Castlegregory Golf Club Results: Ladies Club: Sunday 11th & Friday 16th December, 13 Hole Stableford Kindly Sponsored by the Seniors Mens Club, 1st Anne Collins (26) 30 pts., 2nd Marie McCarthy (17) 24 pts.

9 Hole Re Entry Build a Hamper: 1st Anne Collins, 2nd Helen Harty, 3rd Carmel Kearney.

9 Hole Mixed Re Entry Hampers Kindly Sponsored by Sean & Merlyn O’Connor: 1st Anne Collins (26) 21 pts., 2nd Marie McCarthy (17) 21 pts., 3rd Billy Irwin (21) 19 pts.

2016 Golfer of the Year Kindly Sponsored by Anne Collins, Winner: Merlyn O’Connor.

2016 Birdie Tree kindly Sponsored by Marilyn Spillane, 1st Kathleen Hennessy, 2nd Marie McCarthy.

Saturday 17th December, Ladies Christmas Hampers, 3 Person 9 Hole Scramble, 1st Geraldine Flynn (36), Marilyn Spillane (32) & Merlyn O’Connor (21). 2nd Mary Moriarty (36), Miriam Mulhall-Nolan (31) & Anne Collins (26).

Men’s Club: Sunday December 18th, 2 Person Classic, 1st Tom Moriarty & Tom Ferriter 55 pts., 2nd Joe Mulcahy & Moss Hogan 54 pts.

Seniors: Seniors Golf: Declan O Donoghue League 2016, Winner: Sean Spillane (17) 75pts. Christmas League Hampers, 1st Brian Tess (12) 76, 2nd Aidan Smith (13) 69, 3rd Bernard Dennehy (18) 69, Ladies Club to Seniors, 1st Brian Tess (12) 21, 2nd Billy Sheehan (23) 18, 3rd Alan Bulman (16) 18. Thursdays Hamper 14-12-2016, 1st Mike Fitzgerald (23) 19 pts.

Castlegregory Soccer Results: Ballyhar 1 - 2 Castle. This tough away encounter on Sunday last was settled by two penalties in truth - one scored by Castle’s Shane Kenny and one saved by Castle’s Declan Owens. With Ballyhar in flying form Castle were cautious in their approach to this game but played the better football in the opening period with Micheál O’Dowd, Brandon Hoare and Maurice Slattery causing problems for the Ballyhar defence on several occasions, while Damien Finn saw a headed effort cleared off the line as Castle mounted good pressure. The home side created some chances too but it was Castle that took a deserved lead with 35 mins gone when Alan Mcnamara arrived from midfield to hammer home an Enda Whelan pull back to the roof of the net. Then Castle’s lead was doubled after Mícheál O Dowd was taken down in the box and Shane Kenny coolly slotted home the resulting penalty with one minute left to the break. However, Ballyhar pulled one back immediately to leave the HT score at 2-1 to the visitors.

In the second half Castle played on the counter attack and allowed the home side much of the ball at the back. Shortly after the break, Ballyhar were handed a lifeline when awarded a penalty but Declan Owens in the Castle goals read it and saved it well. Castle were unlucky on a number of occasions not to extend their lead with Micheál O Dowd hitting the outside of the post and a Damien McMahon volley that flew inches wide while Steven Speirs was denied by a fine save. Castle closed the game out well and seemed to be home and dry deep in injury time but Ballyhar created one last gasp effort that was luckily cleared over the bar by Shane Kenny to secure the 3 points for Castle. Overall, a great end to 2016 that sees us on 16 points after 8 games, 4 points off top (pending results) and several games in hand. Best on the day for Castle were man of the match Alan McNamara, Declan Owens and Dominic Spillane. Looking forward to a few weeks break and a great 2017! No fixture until after New Years.

Happy Christmas & New Year’s wishes from everyone at Castlegregory Celtic, and a huge thank you to everyone that supported us and helped us out in any way during 2016. A special thank you to all the amazing local sponsors & volun-

teers that helped us make this year’s Brandon Bay HM/10k event another great success - roll on 2017!

Children’s Christmas Baking with Santa: Friday 23rd December 1-4pm at Ned Natterjacks All children welcome to come and help Santa decorate biscuits. Sponsored by Neighbours Helping Neighbours Pre New Year’s Eve Dance: 8pm Friday 30th December at the Clubrooms Castlegregory Neighbours Helping Neighbours, Castlegregory In the spirit of Thanksgiving, Crain International is sponsoring a Pay-It-Forward Movement known as Neighbours Helping Neighbours . The concept is to reach out to our community to help each other through the cold winter. Initially, it will start out small; however, with time we hope it will grow to be a permanent movement in which we all can be proud.

If you have a service, skill, or commodity you would like to donate for the Neighbours Helping Neighbours cause, please contact Sharon Crain, eolane@me.com, 087 433 9528. Likewise, if you are in need of assistance, please reach out to me. Keep a lookout for the Neighbours Helping Neighbours events coming soon. Natterjacks will be hosting two monthly events.

Winter Pensioners Night - a monthly opportunity for our community pensioners to get out of the house and visit with like-minded neighbours for a free meal and music. Next free dinner at Ned Natterjacks is on Sunday 8th January at 6pm. Call Sharon Crain to reserve your place.

Contributions to the Neighbours Helping Neighbours fund can be made at Natterjacks or the Information Office Vacancy for Office Worker in the Information Centre. Must be eligible for CE Scheme. If you have good knowledge of the local area, basic computer skills, good people skills and pleasant telephone manner, you would be perfect for the job! Please contact the Office: 066 7139422 Active Retired : meals and activities resume on Tuesday 10th January 2017 in the Clubrooms Chiropodist next visit Tuesday 10th January 2017. For house calls please contact Michelle Murray from Active Retired: 087 7871845

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Fixtures: Ladies Club: Next competition on Friday 6th January 2017. 13 Hole Stableford. Draw at 10 am.

Wednesday Ladies: Next competition Wednesday 4th January, 9 Hole Stableford, draw at 10 am.

Men’s Club: Next Competition on Sunday 1st January, Sign-in 8.30 am, Shotgun Start 8:45 am.

4 Person Open Mixed Champagne Classic, (Any Combination), Friday 30th December

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Non members: €15/ members: €7. Timesheet Now Open. Contact: (066) 7139444 Captains’ Drive-In will take place on Sunday, January 8, 2017 at 10:30 am followed by a nine hole scramble.

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K.H.F. West Kerry Branch would like to thank most sincerely all those who have donated, organised events, volunteered and helped in any way during the year. The new In-Patient Unit is due to open in summer 2017, the culmination of years of fundraising.

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Buíochas le Donogh Hennessy a bhí i mbun taifid agus tionlacain ar an ndlúthdhiosca. Ba é Domhnall Ó Bric, Dún Chaoin, a bhí i mbun ealaíne agus Feargal Mac Amhlaoibh, Inné Teo., Dún Chaoin, an dearthóir’. - Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne

WEDNESDAY 11th January 15th February

An Café Liteartha Bóthar an Dadhgaide, Daingean Uí Chúis Siopa Leabhar an Daingin ó 1979 is now a state of the Arts facility and is admired by all who visit and use it. Grateful thanks to all the organisations who use the Centre and help to fund the running costs.

The Committee members are happy to announce two new members to our Working Committee, namely: Geraldine McMahon and Liam Hayes, it will lighten the load of our present members.

Cromane Notes Jane Casey Lotto: The numbers drawn on 14th December 16 in the Cromane Gaa Lotto Draw were 4.7.31.11. There was no winner of the €9,200 Jackpot.

Four prizes of €30 each went to

Christmas Lights: Do visit the garden of Joe and Denise Purcell, Sunhill and see the amazing Christmas lights on display. Proceeds go to St. Josephs Home, Killorglin.

Christine Casey, Cromane Cross. Ticket sold by Sharon Casey.

Donal Sweeney, Dooks. Ticket sold by Jacks.

Denis Brennan, Lr. Cromane. Ticket sold by Jacks.

Mary Quirke, Rangue. Annual Ticket.

Next weeks Jackpot €9,300. If youre not in, you cant win.

Neighbours: Please keep an eye on elderly neighbours and friends this time of year and those living alone. They may need food or fuel and may require your help. A little chat or a smile or friendly face can change a persons situation for the day and let them know you care.

GAA: Cromane Gaa Club,s new initiative mini maroons is on every Sunday at 11.30 sharp in Glenbeigh sports hall.

Christmas Swim in Cromane on Christmas Day in Cromane at 11am in aid of Diabetes Assoc. Swimming Sponsership Cards available.

Deaths: Sincere Sympathy to the family,relations and friends of Eileen Nellie O’Sullivan, Bay View, Upper Tullig, Killorglin and to the family of John Horgan, Coomacloghane, Killorglin, a true gentleman who died recently. Ar Dheis De go raibh a ainm dilis.

Cromane Community Centre: Members of Cromane Community Centre would like to wish all residents of the Community a very Happy Christmas and a successful New Year. A very nice Dinner and Party was held for the Actively Retirement on the 11th of December, this was a very enjoyable event, even though the numbers attending could have been better - please God next year. Music was provided by Johnie Ashe and Tom O’Connor, now on their 28th year in providing the music for us - congratulations and thankful sentiments to them.

The committee would like to extend grateful appreciation to Supervisor of the Fas Scheme - Ger Burke - and his team of men and not forgetting Caroline who is a very reliable addition to the team. The team under Ger’s leadership did a massive job in the Community Centre this year - it

Bingo In Cyms on Sun 1st Jan 2017. No Bingo on 25th Dec. Thank you all for your support for 2016 and also to all our helpers, callers, sellers.

Without your help the bingo would not be the success that it is. Mile Mile Buiochas to one and all.

Day of Hope.

Christmas is the one day of the year That carries real hope and promise for mankind It carries the torch of brotherhood It is the one day in the year when most of us grow big in heart and broad of mind.

It is the single day when most of us are asking and as thoughtful of others as we know how to be.

When most of us are as gracious and generous as we would always like to be, When the joy of home is more important than the profits of the office: When people of all races speak cheerfully to each other when they meet.

When high and low wish each other well, And the one day when even enemies forgive and forget.

Thank you to those who supported the recent church gate collection in Killorglin and Cromane for Down Syndrome Kerry. Killorglin raised €341.65 and Cromane raised €94.20. Happy Christmas to everyone!

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Live Music Ceol Beo Annascaul / Inch

31st Dec Teac Seain - New Years Eve Music by Muireann 1st Jan Foley’s Bar Inch- Bluegrass/Trad/Folk with the Lavery brothers & Co..Musicans from all genres welcome! 7pm

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31st Dec The Junction Bar Traditional music’@ 9.30pm 1st Jan The Railway Bar Trad Session @ 7.00 pm 1st Jan The Junction Bar traditional music and song @ 9.30

Castlegregory

23rd Dec Maurice Fitzgerald’s DJ @ 10pm 30th Dec Maurice Fitzgerald’s DJ @ 10pm 31st Dec Maurice Fitzgerald’s DJ @ 10pm

Clochán - Cloghane

26th Dec Ionad Cultúrtha: Tinteán Ceoil @ 7.30 2nd Jan Ionad Cultúrtha: Tinteán Ceoil @ 7.30

Baile an Fheirtéaraigh 23rd Dec - Brics (Riasc) Open session @ 9pm 30th Dec - Brics (Riasc) Open session @ 9pm

Dingle

Thursday 22nd Dec

The Mighty Session: Declan MacTaggart @ 6pm An Droichead Beag -Sean Leahy & Jeremy Spencer @ 9p.m.

The Dingle Pub: Ballads with Dreams of Freedom @ 9.30pm Courthouse Pub. Trad @ 9.30

Friday 23rd Dec

Kennedy’s Bar - Rush Hour Rendevouz, open session, bluegrass, country, folk 6-8pm John Benny Moriarty’s: Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh and Gerry O’Beirner @ 9.30 Adam’s Singer sonwriter James Moore @ 10pm The Mighty Session: Meabh Begley & Matt Griffin @ 10pm Paul Geaney’s- Dermot Kelly @ 10pm O’Flaherty’s - Green & Gold Wren practice The Dingle Pub: Ballads with Dreams of Freedom @ 9.30pm An Droichead Beag: Pádraig Ó Sé & Gary O’ Brien with set dancers@ 9.30.

Courthouse Pub. Trad @ 9.30

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Monday 26th Dec

The Mighty Session: Scannall @ 9.30 Murphy’s Pub: Ballads @ 9.30 An Droichead Beag Donogh Hennessy & Laura Kerr @ 9.30.

The Dingle Pub: Ballads with Dreams of Freedom @ 9.30pm Courthouse Pub. Trad @ 9.30

Tuesday 27th Dec

The Mighty Session: Open Trad session with Meabh Begley @ 9.30 O’Flaherty’s - Open session with Fergus & Tom @ 9.30pm John Benny Moriarty’s: Noel Shine and Mary Greene @ 9.30 Paul Geaney’s: Dave Dylan @ 9.30 The Dingle Pub: Ballads with Dreams of Freedom @ 9.30pm An Droichead Beag: Jeremy Spencer, Gary O’ Brien & Marcus @ 9.30p.m Courthouse Pub. Trad @ 9.30

Wednesday 28th Dec

Foxy John’s - Trad session 5.45 - 8pm John Benny Moriarty’s: Niamh Varian Barry, Eilis Kennedy and Matt Griffin@ 9.30 O’Flaherty’s - Open session with Fergus & Tom @ 9.30pm Paul Geaney’s: No Strings Attached @ 9.30 The Mighty Session: Frankie Mulcahy and Bréannán Begley @ 9.30 The Dingle Pub: Ballads with Dreams of Freedom @ 9.30pm An Droichead Beag: Set dancing classes, everyone welcome.

8.30pm Courthouse Pub. Trad @ 9.30

Thursday 29th Dec

Nellie Freds: Funk / Soul with Strange Attractor @ 9.30 The Mighty Session: Derek Hickey & friends @ 8 followed by DJ Dowdyman @ 10 John Benny Moriarty’s: Aoife Granville and Gerry O’Beirne @ 9.30 Paul Geaney’s: Trad with Pat & Dylan @ 9.30 The Dingle Pub: Ballads with Dreams of Freedom @ 9.30pm An Droichead Beag -Sean Leahy & Jeremy Spencer @ 9p.m.

Courthouse Pub. Trad @ 9.30

John Benny Moriarty’s: Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh and Gerry O’Beirne @ 9.30 Nellie Freds: Surprise Guest in the Garage @ 9.30 Paul Geaney’s- Dermot Kelly @ 10pm Adam’s Singer sonwriter James Moore @ 10pm The Mighty Session: Meabh Begley & Matt Griffin @ 10pm The Dingle Pub: Ballads with Ronnie Ryan @ 10pm.

An Droichead Beag: Pádraig Ó Sé & Gary O’ Brien with set dancers@ 9.30.

Hillgrove Hotel Niteclub Disco from 11.00 Courthouse Pub. Trad @ 9.30

Saturday 31st Dec

The Mighty Session: Scannall @ 8.30 Barr na Sráide - Trad music @ 8pm Murphy’s Pub: Ballads @ 9.30 Nellie Freds: Scannal, Irish dance music @ 9.30. Late gig with Sizzle Sisters John Benny Moriarty’s: Noel Shine and Mary Greene @ 10.15 (after fireworks) Dingle Bay Hotel The Blow-Ins 9pm Courthouse Pub. Trad @ 9.30 The Dingle Pub - Ballads with Dreams of Freedom @ 9.30pm An Droichead Beag Méabh Begley & Friends @ 9pm. 2 DJs @ 10.30pm Adam’s Acoustic session with Chapter Two @ 9pm Hillgrove Niteclub:11pm

Sunday 1st Jan

Grey’s Lane Bistro: Live Jazz, 2.30-4.30pm The Marina Inn: Sunday Open Trad Session @ 6pm.

O’Flaherty’s - Open Trad session @ 9.30pm Courthouse Pub. Trad @ 9.30 John Benny Moriarty’s: Niamh Varian Barry and Gearóid Dineen @ 9.30 Paul Geaney’s- Dermot Kelly @ 9.30pm The Dingle Pub; Ballads with Dreams of Freedom @ 9.30pm The Mighty Session: Eist @ 9pm Dingle Bay Hotel The Blow-Ins

Friday 30th Dec

Kennedy’s Bar - Rush Hour Rendevouz, open session, bluegrass, country, folk 6-8pm O’Flaherty’s - Trad session @9pm

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8.30pm An Droichead Beag -. Méabh Ní Bheaglaoich & Matt Griffin @ 9pm.

Monday 2nd Jan

The Mighty Session: Scannall @ 9.30 John Benny Moriarty’s: Rosie McKenzie and Gearóid Dineen @ 9.30 Courthouse Pub. Trad @ 9.30 The Dingle Pub; Ballads with Dreams of Freedom @ 9.30pm An Droichead Beag Donogh Hennessy & Laura Kerr @ 9.30.

Tuesday 3rd Jan

The Mighty Session: Open Trad session with Meabh Begley 9.30 The Dingle Pub; Ballads with Dreams of Freedom @ 9.30pm An Droichead Beag: Jeremy Spencer, Gary O’ Brien & Marcus @ 9.30p.m Courthouse Pub. Trad @ 9.30

Wednesday 4th Jan

Foxy John’s - Trad session 5.45 - 8pm John Benny Moriarty’s: Eilís Kennedy, Matt Griffin and The Man of the House @ 9.30 Paul Geaney’s: Live music with 2 Tone @ 9.30 The Mighty Session: Frankie Mulcahy & Bréannán Begley 9.30 An Droichead Beag: Set dancing classes, everyone welcome.

8.30pm Courthouse Pub. Trad @ 9.30

Killorglin

22nd Dec Dodo Sheahan’s Trad session @ 9.00 29th Dec Bunker’s Bar - Live music @ 9pm 29th Dec Dodo Sheahan’s Trad session @ 9.30 31st Dec Kingstons, Band @ 9.30 31st Dec Dodo Sheahan’s: Live Music @ 9.30pm 1st Jan The Manor Inn. Live music from 5 - 7pm. Ballroom Dancing from 9.30pm

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Turkey accompaniment Gift from a king to Bethlehem Distorted speech Going it alone Colour representing financial loss Child’s bed

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British rocker, ___ Stewart 14. Friend Main crossword, across 16.

Crow sound 2.

Turkey accompaniment 19.

Take a drop 3.

Gift from a king to B ethlehem 21.

Increased in size 5.

Distorted speech 24. Boredom 7.

Going it alone

25. 11. Colour Putrepresenting financial loss into law 12. Child’s bed 29. Elevates 13. British rocker, ___ Stewart 30. 14. Friend Italian actress, Sophia _____ 31. 16. Crow Agricultural building sound 19.

Take a drop 33. Stitched 21. Increased in size 34.

Canadian film director/writer ____ 24. Boredom Egoyan 25. Put into law 38. Acquired 29. Elevates 40.

Famous Maradona 30. Italian actress, Sophia _____ goal (4, 2, 3) 31.

Agricultural building 43. Mature 45. 33. Stitched Showing firmness 34. Canadian film director/writer ____ 47. Anger Egoyan 48. Serious 38. Acquired (4, 2, 3) instrument 50. 40. Famous Maradona goal Valveless brass musical 43. Mature 51.

Money minders 45. Showing firmness 52. 47. Anger ‘… lived a miner, forty _____’, song lyric 48. Serious 53. 50. Valveless brass musical instrument Large tank 51. Money minders 54.

Chris de Burgh song, ‘ The ____in Red’ 52. ‘… lived a miner, forty _____’, song 55. lyric Loud dull sound tank 56. 53. Large Rudolph’s nose

54. Chris de Burgh song, ‘ The ____in Red’ 55. Loud dull sound Top corner, 56. left Rudolph’s nose across 1990 film with end song, ‘Let it snow, 1.

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let it snow…’ (3, 4, 1) Rolls Forces Dirty Have possession of

Top left corner, down 1.

Sydney suburb with a beloved harbour 2.

Feature of rules 3.

Radio transmission (3, 4)

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Answers to Crossword 233.

Across: 1. Sales. 5. Slash. 8. To Let. 9. Mania. 10. Repel. 11. Romeo. 12. Addle. 14. Briny. 15.

Sidle. 18. Fact. 20. Odin. 22.

Spite. 25. Sushi. 26. Quasi. 29.

Corfu. 30. Crank. 31. Abide. 32.

Least. 33. Roddy. 34. Event.

Down: 1. Samba. 2. Lined. 3.

Stares. 4. Flamed. 5. Strobe. 6.

Applied. 7. Halcyon. 13. D.O.A. 16. Imp. 17. Lot. 18. Fast Car. 19. Custard. 21. IRS. 22. Sickly. 23. Inroad. 24. Equate. 27.

Arise. 28. Inept.

Famous submarine film, ‘___ Boot’

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Christmas song (9, 2, 3, 4) One of Santa’s work animals Rug boat building hardwood Shade Durable

(4, 3) Title Indicator seen as on video cameras

Acted Batman in 1989, Michael _ Turns Holds nose up tree up Make mistake Johnny Cash sang about this boy 9.

Put together 10. Rubber 12. Crow sounds Top right corner, down 15. Relating to length 2.

Part of the auditory system 16. Irish singing family name 17. Not as Future much energy option 3.

18. Agreeable, weather-­‐wise 4.

Weocast our vote when these come 20. Symptom f shortness of breath round 21. Idle talk 28. English folklore character, ___ 5.

Thoughts of times past Thumb 32. Beside 35. Church musical instrument 36. Kristofferson sang of this man with a castle 37. Speak of conquest 38. Inflammatory arthritis 39. Inform 41. Eat 42. Stream (as in news) 43. Dry 44. Always Send your completed crossword to 45. Will be revealed later ( acronym) West/Mid Kerry Live, 46. US federal law enforcement agency (acronym) Goat Street, Dingle.

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Danno’s Restaurant & Bar The winner of crossword 233 is Doreen Kavanagh, Marian Pk, Dingle

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