Issue 158

Kerry Live

Issue / Eisiúint 158

West & Mid

6ú - 20ú Lúnasa 2015

Corca Dhuibhne Beo

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

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

Dingle To Killorglin Castlegregory to Cromane

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

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Pg 16: Farming News pg 22: Nutrition with Irene Ní Fhlannúra Pg 28: Inequality no excuse for 7-16 concession

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HANDMADE WINDSOR CHAIRS & STOOLS

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TABLES & DRESSERS

pg 36: Nature’s Knowledge

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DISPLAY CABINETS

Pg 38: West Kerry Archaeology - Isabel Bennett

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FULL DESIGN SERVICE

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CONTEMPORARY &

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TRADITIONAL STYLES

Pg 31: From Delanoy to Dingle

pg 40: Times Past

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pg 42: In Conversation with Donald O’ Hara pg 46: Dingle Cookery School Recipe

News from The Marts Dingle

pg 48: Anso ‘s Ansúid i gCorca Dhuibhne Pg 54: Crosfhocal Sean Nós

General sheep & cattle sale Saturday August 8th incl weanling show & sale incl 4 pbr lim bulls & 4 pbr lim heifers,Sale commencing at 10am with sheep weanlings selling at 1pm Saturday August 15th sheep & suffolk ram sale

Pg 56-57: Live Music Listings Pg 58: Crossword pg 59: Classified Adverts

To Advertise Contact us on 066-9150530

Saturday August 29th sheep & breeding ewe sale

Milltown

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

Sheep sale every Tuesday @ 10.30am, intake from 8am. General cattle sale Sat August 15th. Weanling show and sale Saturday August 29th

DINGLE 066 91 51586

M illtown: 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 J FAOI 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

OIFIG TURASÓIREACHTA / TOURIST OFFICES

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

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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Rás An Bhuailtín, 15ú Lúnasa Tá lá mór pobail Bhaile an Fheirtéaraigh ag druidim linn arís mar a gealltar ana-lá do idir óg is aosta. Is ar an Satharn, 15ú Lúnasa 2015 ar 1pm a reáchtáilfear an cúigiú Rás an Bhuailtín. Is rás 10km atá i gceist nó rith/siúl 7km don gclann go léir ag tosnú ag foirgneamh nua an Chomharchumainn i mBaile an Fheirtéaraigh. €20 an duine costas iontrála an ráis nó €25 do chlann. Is féidir clárú ar an lá ach is fiú go mór clárú roimhré ar www.runireland.com mar beidh t-léine le tabhairt don gcéad 100 duine a chláróidh ar line .

Beidh soláistí agus imeachtaí do leanaí (caisleán preabaidh agus peinteáil aghaidheanna srl) ar siúl ag an scoil tar éis an ráis, circa 3pm. Ní bheidh costas chun freastal ar seo ach glacfar le sintiús ar an lá.

Le ceithre bliana anuas chuaigh an t-airgead a bailíodh ag an rás i dtreo an pháirc spraoi nua a tógadh ar an mbaile agus i dtreo Chumann Caide na Gaeltachta Bord na nÓg). I mbliana cuirfear tús le feachtas bailithe airgid chun spórtlann breá nua-aimseartha a thógaint ar an mbaile agus raghaidh cuid den airgead go dtí Cumann Caide na Gaeltachta arís chomh maith.

Tá an coiste nua an-bhuíoch don urrraíocht airgid ar fad atá fachta acu go dtí seo chun an pháirc spraoi a thógaint agus bheidís an bhuíoch as tacaíocht arís don togra nua. Tá siad an sceitimíneach faoin togra nua atá ar na bioráin acu anois. Deir Conal Ó Cruadhlaoidh ball don gchoiste gur scéal iontach é bunú an choiste seo don ndúthaigh go léir. “ Níl áiseanna spóirt mar so ar fáil in aon áit eile sa dúthaigh agus tá súil againn, cé go dtógfaidh sé tamall de bhlianta, go mbeidh an pobal go léir ag tacú agus ag cabhrú le bailiú airgid don togra seo”. Is féidir teagmháil a dhéanamh le Páidí o Se 086 8091210 , Conall Ó Crualaoidh ar 087 4151673 nu Tomas o Muircheartaigh 0876160337 chun a thuilleadh eolais a fháil nó is féidir clárú anois don rás ar www.runireland. com. Bígí linn ar an lá agus tacaígí le pobal Bhaile an Fheirtéaraigh.

Rás an Bhuailtín August 15 Ballyferriter’s big community day out is fast approaching and Rás an Bhuailtín, will once again be the centrepiece of a fun day’s activities for the young and young in spirit.

As usual, there will be the choice of a 10km run or 7km jog/walk on the most scenic of courses comprising tarmac and sand but this year’s fifth Rás begins at 1pm from last year’s start point but finishing close to the beautiful completed Playground.

Time keeping will be by Precision Timing and entry is €20 for an individual for the 10km or €20 for a family. Registration is available on the day up to 12.45 and the first 100 pre-entrants on http://www.runireland.com will receive a free t-shirt.

After the race – from around 3pm onwards - refreshments will be served at the School Hall in Ballyferriter and children’s activities will include bouncy castles and face painting. There is no charge but donations are most welcome.

In the past years the event has raised valuable funding for the new playground in Ballyferriter and for Cumann Caide na Gaeltachta (Bord na nÓg). Following the completion of the playground, this year’s proceeds will again be split between this important local youth organisation and a proposed new sports centre for the village.

The committee is extremely grateful for the sponsorship and support towards the successful completion of the playground, which now echoes with the laughter of children from near and far. We are asking for similar commitment towards our latest ambitious project and are prepared to work hard to bring the project to fruition,” said Paidi O Sé member of the playground committee and a committee member of the proposed new sports centre project. “Although we realise this will take years to build, we are absolutely certain the community will get behind us to make it happen – beginning on August 15.”

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60 Seconds with

Mary Devane-Wilson What was your first job?

Working in the office in the Fisherman’s Co-op What is your favourite film?

Barefoot in the Park What is your favourite book?

Anything by James Patterson What was the first CD / Tape / Record you bought?

Ricky Nelson - “There’ll Never Be Anyone Else Like You” What was your favourite holiday?

California What is your favourite drink?

Water Who is your favourite actor?

Nathan Fillon Who is your sporting hero?

Dara Ó Sé Two things you’d bring to a desert island?

Lipstick and my nephew Liam What’s your favourite saying?

What will be will be!

Dingle Film Club Open to Everyone 8.45pm Tuesday Nights

The featured film at the Dingle film club in the Phoenix Cinema on Tuesday 11th August is the Critically acc;laimed Film Timbuktu Not far from the ancient Malian city of Timbuktu, now ruled by the religious fundamentalists, proud cattle herder Kidane lives peacefully in the dunes with his wife Satima ab=nd family . In town, the people suffer, powerless, from the regime of terror imposed by the Jihadists determined to control their faith. Music, laughter, cigarettes, even soccer have been banned. The women have become shadows but resist with dignity. Every day, the new improvised courts issue tragic and absurd sentences. Kidane and his family are being spared the chaos that prevails in Timbuktu. But their destiny changes abruptly in this stunningly rendered film from a master of world cinema The following week on Tuesday 18th August the feature will be Mr. Holmes The story is set in 1947, following a long-retired Holmes living in a Sussex village with his housekeeper and rising detective son. But then he finds himself haunted by an unsolved 30-year old case. Holmes memory isn’t what it used to be, so he only remembers fragments of the case: a confrontation with an angry husband, a secret bond with his beautiful but unstable wife 4 West Kerry Live

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Dingle Historical Society presents

In the Eyes of Ireland: Eye Diseases of our Saints, Scholars, Sinners and Soldiers An illustrated talk by Dr Tim Horgan Lecture venue: Dingle Benners Hotel, Main Street, Dingle.

Date: Thursday, Aug 13th, 8.00pm All welcome - Fáilte roimh cách - Visitors welcome This lecture will detail the various eye diseases that influenced the lives and works of important Irish figures. Subjects include James Joyce; Seán O'Casey; Frank McCourt; O'Carolan, the blind harpist; Raftery the bard; Patrick Pearse; Paul Henry; Thomas Addis Emmet; the family of Oscar Wilde; Jonathan Swift; St Fionán; Eamon DeValera and others. The illustrated talk is aimed at all those, both locals and visitors, who have even only a passing interest in Irish Literature, culture and history. It is a light hearted but insightful look at why Irish Eyes are not always smiling.

Tim Horgan, from Tralee, graduated from UCD as a medical doctor in 1986. He is a fellow of The Royal College of Surgeons since 1993 and is a published historian. He was co-editor of the The Men Will Talk to Me: Kerry Interviews by Ernie O'Malley published in 2012. His second book, Dying For The Cause - Kerry's Republican Dead, was published in March of this year.

He is an ophthalmologist in Kerry General Hospital.

Poitigéir

Spa Rd, Dingle A Marie Keating Foundation mobile information unit & nurse will visit Mon - Fri: 9am go dtí 6.30pm Grogan's Pharmacy on Thursday 13th August from 11am to 3pm. Questions Sat: 10am go dtí 5pm about Cancer? Free advice on how to We dispense all types of presciptions prevent it, Information on how to spot early signs. Free cancer information service for both men and women. No appointment necessary.

Opening Hours

Tel / Fax 066-9150518

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By Ted Creedon

Dingle Book Launch Ted Creedon's new book of poetry, “Places to Explore”, will be launched in O'Flaherty's Bar, Dingle, on Thursday, August 13, at 7.30pm by former Garda Sergeant Joe Joyce.

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Places To Explore

When Ann Kelly, my cousin, had read the poem A Summer’s Day on Binn Bán Strand, which was published in West Kerry Live magazine last year, she encouraged me to compile this collection of miscellaneous poems and ballads.

Some are observational, some are serious, others are speculative, a few are fictional and a few others are pure fun and fantasy!

Hope you enjoy them.

Music by members of the Dingle Fife and Drum Band.

All welcome.

Places to Explore

Ted Creedon, May 12, 2015.

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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

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Shorinji Kempo. Classes in this original Japanese martial art takes place in Girls primary School hall. every Tue. . @ 6.00 pm -7-45pm and Sat. 10am 11.30am. Paidi 087 7735815

Free!!Drumming Workshop on Inch Beach at 2 pm on the 15th of August.!!The workshop will be run by Pearl artist Pete Hill. All welcome.

Tinteán Ceoil - Live Music. Gach Luan & Deardaoin & Dé Máirt ag 7.30 i.n. Fáilte roimh chách! Every Monday & Thursday & Tuesday 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!

Dingle Open Mic, every Thursday, 8.00pm, at the Wren’s Nest Coffee House, Dykegate Lane, Dingle. Everybody welcome. Piano and guitars available.

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Eaglaise na hÉireann/The Church of Ireland (Anglican/Episcopalian) Dingle Union Service times every Sunday Kilgobbin Church, Camp: 10am Sunday School on First Sundays All Year Round. St.James Church, Dingle:12 noon

Please call for a phone consultation, information, or an appointment. Beidh fáilte romhat.!

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Free for under 25’s, donations gratefully accepted.!

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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.

Christian Fellowship. Christian Fellowship. Monthly Service of Praise, Prayer & Bible Teaching. The Last Sunday of each month at 7:30 at Gairdin Mhuire Day Care Centre, Green St. Dingle. Also Home Bible discussion group. The 2nd Thursday of each month at 7:30 at Beenbawn Cottage, Binn Ban, Dingle and the last Thursday of each month at 7:30 at 14 Cluain Na Fiadh, Deerpark, Lispole. Further information from Laurence 064 663 1613 or Brid 087 313 8957 or Maureen 086 177 1117 Whist - Annascaul every Wednesday night at 8pm in the Community Centre All welcome

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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.

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.

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.

Free internet skills course for beginners in the Old Monastery, Dingle, every Wednesday @ 10.00am. More info call Bill 086-8159881 Dingle Cycling Club have weekly cycles every Saturday morning departing from Dingle Marina at 9am and Sunday morning at 10am. All 8 West Kerry Live

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The Eclectic Picnic Is Back!

Threshing Cancer is a charity/club in the MidKerry area which has held vintage threshing days on the farm of Brendan Ferris in Beaufort to raise money for Recovery Haven, the Oncology Unit at Kerry General Hospital & the Hospice Room at St. Joseph’s Home, Killorglin. Since its inception in 2013, Threshing Cancer has raised €49,000 in total for its three beneficiaries.

This year’s Threshing And Family Fun Day takes place on Sunday 16th August. Everyone is invited to join in by the River Laune but this unique occasion will be of particular interest to historians, teachers, the farming community and those with an interest in heritage and vintage machinery. This large-scale event encompasses 35 acres.

The organisers intend to display and work all methods of threshing beginning with the scutching block or stone which has been in existence for thousands of years and has been used throughout the ages. The second oldest method of threshing on display is flail threshing, invented by the Chinese for rice and brought to Europe by the Romans for cereals like oats and wheat. The first mechanical thresher was invented in 1784 cranked by hand and by pedal. Historically, the next advancement involved horses turning a gearbox which itself turned a threshing drum. This is used in conjunction with a winnowing machine.

After this, the stationary thresher would have been carted from place to place on horse cart or by hay cart. Driven by oil engine and invented in the early 1900s, the next thresher was a little larger, was moved on iron wheels and could be pulled and driven by a small tractor.

The final thresher, and the last before the self-propelled combine harvester, weighed four tons and required a large tractor for transport.

Also on display will be three different rare balers from the early stages of baler invention. The connection between the agricultural activities of threshing and the food chain will be demonstrated as unique methods of corn grinding for flour and animal feed will take place as will bread-making and porridge-making from the flour and rolled oats produced.

Straw produced in the threshing process is used in thatching houses, rope making and in personal dress for festivals. These three applications will also be demonstrated on the day as will butter-making to accompany the bread.

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and demonstrations of vintage threshing and agricultural machinery, working horses, and the secondary applications such as thatching.

Traditional household artefacts such as butter churns and cream separators will be demonstrated & worked on the day.

Threshing Cancer’s fundraising day will have something for every member of the family.

Live entertainment will play throughout the day along with a dog show and horse showjumping. A whole host of novelty fundraising activities for both adults and children such as Digger Bucket Swap, Air Suspension Ball and Sheaf Tossing are sure to test the skills of patrons. A full list of activities can be found on our website www.threshingcancer.com The threshing event will be preceded by a fundraising Honda 50/Classic & Vintage bike run starting in Beaufort village on Saturday 15th August at 2pm followed by barbeque and disco.

Directions to event from Killorglin: Exit the town via Annadale Road L4038 and travel towards Beaufort for 3 miles to Meanus Cross (4-road cross). Turn left at Meanus Cross and continue for approximately 1.5 miles where entrance to event will be signposted.

Directions to event from Beaufort village: Travel to St. Mary of the Angels and continue on L4038 for 1.5 miles to Meanus Cross. Turn right at Meanus Cross.

Gates open on Sunday 16th at 1pm with activities continuing until 5pm. Adults €5. Children free admission. Free parking on-site with.

For further details, Chairperson Brendan Ferris can be contacted directly on 087-2604566 after 2pm.

Best views of Easter Sunday Dingle Bay Lunch Sunday 5th April 2015 Available from 12.30 - 2.30pm. For bookings, call 066 915 0200.

Coastguard Restaurant at the Dingle Skellig Hotel Open Daily from 6.30-9pm

Dingle, Co. Kerry, Ireland t. +353 (0)66 9150200 f. +353 (0)66 9151501 e. reservations@dingleskellig.com www.dingleskellig.com

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All rides €2 with discount vouchers, available in all local shops and to download online @ irishfunfairscom No Alcohol Permitted in Fairground

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Wildflower Identification Sainaithint ar Bhláthanna

John Street, Dingle Opening Times Tues - Sun: From 5.30p.m Closed Monday

Early Bird from 5.30 - 6.45

Sainaithint ar bhláthanna tríd na séasúir ... an dteastaíonn uait teacht linn ar shiúlóid dúlra neamhfhoirmiúil? 'Sé an aidhm ná aithne níos fearr a chur ar na phlandaí atá ag fás mórthimpeall orainn agus iad ag athrú tharais na séasúir. Buaileann muid le chéile uair sa mhí; an chéad turas eile a bheidh muid ag dul amach ná Dé Mairt 11 Lúnasa, 10 ar maidin taobh amuigh de Halla Ceann Trá. Bíodh eadaí oiriúnach ort don aimsir. Tabhair feisteas baistí agus ceap notaí leat; ceamara agus leabhair plandaí má tá siad agat. Fáilte roimh chách, saor in aisce.

Tá breis eolais le fáil ó Darach ar 087-2153758.

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Reservations Essential 066 - 9150885

Wildflower Identification Throughout The Seasons ... join us for an informal 2 hour nature walk with the aim of becoming more familiar with wild plants as they develop through the seasons. It is not a fully guided walk, it's more of an identification and and information sharing walk. We go out once a month, next outing is Tuesday 11th August in a wildflower meadow. Meet at 10am outside Halla Ceann Trá, Ventry Hall; please carpool and park considerately. Dress for the weather. Bring rain gear, a notepad and pencil; a camera and plant ID books if you have them. There is no charge. For more information & carpool arrangements call Darach on 087-2153758.

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OPEN DAY Saturday, 8th August 11-5pm

• Demonstrations on the Day • Stove & Patio Discounts • Facepainting • Music & Food • Spot Prizes

Annascaul Singing Club After another mighty session last month the Annascaul Singing Club is set to do it again. July's gathering featured the most enthusiastic singers from all around the area drawn to Patcheen's Bar. Once there the ensemble members proceeded to sing and play their hearts out, while attracting in the biggest audience since the sessions started last April.

So, if you have a song, a poem or a tune you'd like to give up, or even if you like to just listen and enjoy the atmosphere please joins us in Patcheen's Bar from 9pm onwards on Thursday 13th August. Come in and pull up a chair. It's free, it's fun and it feels good.

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CALLING ON ALL SOCCER PLAYERS IN WEST KERRY

Dingle Bay Rovers Juniors Registration Night On Monday August 10th At Our Club House In Gallarus Between 6.30pm - 8.30pm

We Are Looking For Players Born In The Following Years: 2007 - Under 9 Team 2006 - Under 10 Team 2005 - Under 11 Team 2004 - Under 12 Team 2003 - Under 13 Team 2002 - Under 14 Team All New Players Welcome Registration €55 More Info From Damien Foley 086-3816277 Or Email Damien-Foley@Hotmail.com

Three Performances Of “After Sarah Miles” West Kerry playwright /actor will perform his one man play “After Sarah Miles” in a number of West Kerry venues this month. The performances will take place in Halla le Chéile (more info 066 713 8137) in Cloghane/Brandon on Friday August 7th, in Camp School Hall (more info 066 713 0886) on Saturday 8th and in John Benny’s Pub, Dingle on Monday August 17th, all shows begin at 8pm. Tickets €10 at venue door (or at O’ Dwyer’s Londis for the Camp performance). Please arrive early.

After Sarah Miles chronicles the life of Dingle fisherman Bobeen and was first performed by Don Wycherley receiving excellent nationwide reviews.

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Kerry ETB Training Centre Kerry ETB Training Centre is now recruiting for the following courses.

Manual & Computerised Payroll and Bookkeeping (ET0Z5) - Killarney.

This course is for people who wish to develop a range of manual and computerised payroll and bookkeeping skills. It’s designed for people with no prior experience in the topics. Start Date: 31st August 2015. Duration: 10 weeks. Certification: FETAC Level 5 Component Certificates in Manual and Computerised Bookkeeping and Payroll.

Computer Applications and Office Skills Course (ET430) - Tralee Training Centre.

This course offers participants the opportunity to develop a broad range of knowledge and skills in general office administration, computer applications, payroll and accounting. It’s focused on enabling participants to gain employment as office administrators or progress to year 2 of the Advanced Certificate in Office Information Systems at Tralee IT. Start Date: 7th September 2015. Duration: 44 weeks. Certification: City & Guilds and FETAC Certificates.

Medical Administration Traineeship (TRS08) - Tralee Training Centre.

This course is specifically designed for those wishing to pursue careers as medical secretaries, administrators or receptionists. It covers all the main administration tasks carried out in medical practices, hospitals, clinics and medical companies. Start Date: 14th September 2015. Duration: 40 weeks. Certification: FETAC Level 5 Major Award in Office Administration.

Marketing (ET4R9) - Tralee Training Centre.

This course is for people who wish to pursue marketing as a career or incorporate marketing into their existing range of business skills so as to enhance their career and job prospects. Start Date: 5th October 2015. Duration: 42 weeks. Certification: FETAC Level 5 Major Award in Marketing.

Media Techniques - Radio Course (ET283) - Tralee.

This comprehensive course is for people who wish to pursue careers in the radio broadcast sector. Participants will learn how to research, plan and pitch programme ideas for particular target audiences and bring those ideas to fruition. The learning outcomes are firmly focused on enabling participants to secure sustainable employment in the radio broadcast sector. Start Date: 5th October 2015. Duration: 50 weeks. Certification: City & Guilds Level 3 Diploma in Media Techniques (Radio Studio Production).

Healthcare Support Traineeship (ETS97) - Killarney.

This course provides participants with the knowledge, skills and competencies to work as part of a multidisciplinary team in the provision of effective and appropriate healthcare supports to clients in a variety of care settings. Start Date: 12th October 2015. Duration: 41 weeks. Certification: FETAC Level 5 Major Award in Healthcare Support.

Digital Web Design with Adobe Dreamweaver Course (ET3Z6) - Tralee.

This course is for people who would like to combine creativity and computer skills to design, build and redesign web sites. The work involves formulating ideas, visualising the finished product and having the technical skills to build and commission web sites. Start Date: 12th October 2015. Duration: 22 weeks. Certification: FETAC Level 5 Component Certificates and Adobe Certified Associate in Web Communication Using Adobe Dreamweaver CS5.

Digital Media Production Course (TRY18) - Tralee Training Centre.

The Digital Media Production course offers participants the opportunity to learn and develop real-world production skills in a broad range of media disciplines. The content of the course includes design, digital imaging, photography, sound, video, digital publishing and media project management. The emphasis is on project led, hands-on practical training. Start Date: 19th October 2015. Duration: 52 weeks. Certification: City & Guilds Diploma in Media Techniques 7601-03.

Food Preparation and Cooking Course (ET20D) - Dingle.

This course is for people who wish to pursue careers in professional cookery. Participants will gain the knowledge and skills to prepare, cook and present a wide variety of commodities and dishes to a professional standard. Start Date: 19th October 2015.

Duration: 20 weeks. Certification: City and Guilds Level 2 Diploma in Food Preparation and Cooking.

Surf Instructor and Beach Lifeguard Course (ET1Z3) – County Kerry.

The course offers participants the opportunity to develop the knowledge, skills and competencies to work as surfing and outdoor activity instructors. Participants will also receive lifeguarding and aquatic first aid qualifications. Start Date: 2nd November 2015. Duration: 25 weeks. Certification: Surfing Skills Instructor Level 1 – Irish Surf Association (ISA), Royal Lifesaving Society (RLSS) National Beach Lifeguard Qualification, and Aquatic First Aid & Cardiac First Response (PHECC) Certification.

CAD Computer Aided Draughting and Design Course (ET115) – Tralee.

This course is for people who wish to pursue careers as CAD technicians. It offers participants the opportunity to develop knowledge, skills and competencies in 2D and 3D computer aided draughting and design. Start Date: 9th November 2015. Duration: 32 weeks. Certification: City & Guilds Levels 3 Awards in 2D and 3D Computer Aided Design.

Visit Our New Walk-In Information Service Every Tuesday and Wednesday at Kerry ETB Head Office, Centre Point Building, John Joe Sheehy Road, Tralee.

(Opposite Tralee Bus and Train Stations) To apply or get further information on any of the above courses please contact Kerry ETB Training Centre, Monavalley Industrial Estate, Tralee, TEL. 066 7149600, 066-7149638, 066-7149676 www.kerryetbtrainingcentre.ie E-mail: training@kerryetbtrainingcentre.ie

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Farming News

Louis Murchan

Interim Nitrogen And Phosphorus Statements Available Online The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine announced today that interim Nitrogen and Phosphorus statements for the period January to June 2015 will be available online from this Friday 31st July to all farmers registered with agfood.ie.

These statements, for cattle only, are of great benefit to farmers, especially those that may have increased stock numbers in the past year. It should assist farmers in deciding whether or not they need to take any action before the end of the year to stay within the limits set down in the Nitrates Regulations.

In addition to the Nitrogen and Phosphorus figures being available online, text messages are also issuing to those farmers registered for this service, who at the end of June are at or over 75 kgs of Nitrogen per hectare (approaching or likely to exceed the limit by year end). Farmers who receive this text, and who are not derogation applicants, should heed the warning and take steps, if not already in place, to reduce the nitrates loading before the end of the year. Options include exporting slurry/ farmyard manure or renting additional land.

This year the Department is increasing the frequency of these interim statements by making them available bi-monthly until the end of the year. Statements for end of August and October will be available online towards the end of September and November respectively. €8 MILLION ORGANIC CAPITAL INVESTMENT SCHEME As part of the new TAMS II Scheme, the Organic Capital Investment Scheme opened for business. An indicative allocation of €8m is being made available for this Scheme over the full RDP period.

The Organic Capital Investment Scheme is one of the new Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Schemes (TAMS) to be launched as part of the new Rural Development Programme 2014 – 2020. The Scheme is open to all organic farmers who meet the general eligibility criteria, offering a standard rate of aid of 40% on investments up to a ceiling of €80,000.

For qualifying young organic farmers who meet the specific eligibility criteria, the standard rate of aid is 60% on investments up to a ceiling of €80,000. The Scheme is co- funded by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD). The total allocation for the various on-farm investment Schemes planned under TAMS II is €395m over the course of the programme.

The objective of the Scheme is to facilitate the development of the Organic Sector so as to ensure a regular supply of high quality organic produce to meet the demand which exists in the market place.

This Scheme is a key support measure which aims to enable and encourage organic farmers to develop, expand and modernise their enterprises to their full potential and avail of the market opportunities that clearly exist.

All applications must be made on-line, either by the farmer or by an advisor authorised to act on his or her behalf. Copies of the Organic Capital Investment Scheme terms and conditions are available on the Department’s website : http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/farmingsectors/organicfarming/organicsscheme/organiccapitalinvestmentschemeocisThe online application system went live on Friday 31st July. The first tranche of applications will run for three months, closing towards the end of October.

HIVE OF ACTIVITY: BEEKEEPERS SUMMER SCHOOL For anyone with a sweet tooth, or for those interested in producing honey, The Federation of Irish Beekeepers Associations Annual Summer Course in Gormanston College, Co. Meath is taking place, as we speak, (or in this case write). The Summer School’s makes a significant contribution to the education and the development of beekeeper’s skills and highlight this in the context of maintaining bee health.

Delegates will learn that a number of apiaries have recently been established across Ireland in areas that have been identified as most at risk for the introduction of the Small Hive Beetle as well as other bee pests such as the Asian Hornet. In light of the outbreak of the Small Hive Beetle last autumn in Italy and to strengthen our defences a sentinel apiary programme has been established this year across the island of Ireland.

After an excellent beekeeping year in 2014 this week sees the 69th Annual Beekeeper’s Summer School taking place in Gormanston Co. Meath.

With the continued strong interest in beekeeping the course is expected to attract up to 400 participants daily from Ireland and abroad. This year’s guest lecturer is the highly respected Dr. Robert Paxton from the Martin Luther University of Halle, Germany who specialises in honey bee and related research.

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The Beekeepers Summer School continues at Gormanston College until Friday and day attendees can pay at the door. Full details are available at: http://www.irishbeekeeping.ie/index.php/gormanston/lecture-workshop-information. €175M TAMS SCHEMES IN FULL SWING Two new TAMS II Schemes have now opened under TAMS II: the Animal Welfare, Safety and Nutrient Storage Scheme (AWSNS) and the Low Emission Slurry Spreading Scheme (LESS) - which are the third and fourth of the new Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Schemes (TAMS) to be launched under the new Rural Development Programme 2014 - 2020. The Schemes are co-funded by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD).

These very important Schemes which will encourage the development of Irish agriculture by providing a range of new investment opportunities to Irish farmers. The benefits of the schemes range from the construction of new animal housing, the provision of nutrient storage facilities and the ever important safety elements to a more environmentally-friendly approach to the spreading of slurry, with knock-on benefits for Ireland’s ammonia and climate targets. An indicative allocation of some €175m was being made available under the terms of these two Schemes over the full RDP period. The total allocation for the various on-farm investment Schemes planned under TAMS II is €395m over the course of the programme.

The Schemes are open to all farmers who meet the general eligibility criteria, offering a standard rate of aid of 40% on investments up to a ceiling of €80,000. Those availing of the LESS scheme, which has an indicative budget of €4m, will be able to avail of an independent ceiling of €40,000 which will not impact on the ceiling of €80,000 across the other TAMS II Schemes. The LESS scheme is designed to complement the related action under GLAS, which specifically encourages the application of slurry using this type of environmentally-friendly technology, which includes shallow injection systems, dribble bars, trailing shoes, as well as umbilical systems, including the base pump lay-flat hose. With regard the new Animal Welfare, Safety and Storage Scheme, some of the most important areas of investment include animal housing, calving pens, manure pits, mass concrete tanks, circular slurry stores and circulation pipes to allow for agitation of slurry, as well as a range of safety elements. All applications must be made on-line, and the online application system for both schemes is being made available immediately. The first tranche of applications will run for three months, closing towards the end of October.

DAFM STRENGTHENS LEGAL PROTECTION FOR IRISH WHISKEY, IRISH POITÍN AND IRISH CREAM The New regulations has been introduced to protect the integrity a number of key Irish spirit drinks products. These regulations provide critically important protection for Irish companies in the developing Irish Spirit Drinks sector, which has ambitious plans to establish a number of new distilleries to meet the growing demand worldwide. Irish Whiskey, Irish Poitin and Irish Cream are protected “Geographical Indications” under European Law. This means that they must be produced on the Island of Ireland in accordance with strict technical specifications notified to European Commission. In the last decade, Irish Whiskey exports grew by almost 200% and the sector employs over 750 people. In 2014, close to 7 million cases of Irish Whiskey were exported to over 100 countries. Exports are set to exceed 12 million cases by 2020 and 24 million cases by 2030. Three years ago, the island of Ireland had four distilleries in operation – in the next three years that number could grow to over 20. I am confident that this success can be replicated in other spirit drinks products.

The new regulations introduce strong enforcement powers to ensure that spirit drinks labelled with these protected designations are manufactured in Ireland in accordance with the approved technical specification. The designations cannot be used on products manufactured elsewhere in the EU. The regulations also apply to a range of other protected spirit drinks manufactured within the EU. These regulations mean that inferior products or those that do not share the uniquely Irish heritage of these protected Geographical Indications cannot be sold as Irish Whiskey, Irish Poitin or Irish Cream. They can help to protect the reputation and integrity of these products, but also to protect Irish jobs. From a consumer perspective, they will also give assurance to customers, at home and abroad, of the quality of the unique spirit products they are consuming. When we refer to poitin, we mean the legal incarnation, not the product of some bog-still.

Application forms and other information for the verification schemes for Irish Whiskey, Irish Poitín and Irish Cream will be available to interested companies and individuals in the coming weeks.

For further information contact:- Louis Murchan 087-2857938

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Crowning Of A Goat And 36 Hours Of Family Fun At Puck Fair

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Killorglin’s Puck Fair, which runs annually from August 10-12, is undeniably one of quirkiest festivals in the world, and it is Ireland’s original and oldest ‘Gathering Festival’.

The main celebration surrounds the crowning of a wild mountain goat as a King in honour of a tradition and heritage that is purported to be ancient, but can only officially be traced back as far back as 1603 when King James I issued a charter granting legal status to the existing fair in Killorglin.

The 3 days of festivities begin on what is known as ‘Gathering Day’, when the main coronation ceremony takes place. The "Queen of Puck", who is always a young school girl from one of the local primary schools, crowns the goat "King Puck". The honour this year has gone to local schoolgirl Ciara O’ Brien.

The Queen and King Puck will then parade through the town, granting residents and visitors alike the ‘Freedom of the Town’ for the duration of the festival and this commences three days of entertainment, music, pageantry and traditions.

The parade is set to be the biggest and best yet with more floats and colourful participants guaranteed to entertain the thousands expected to line the streets on the day, and a new route will ensure spectators have a better viewing area. The parade will now begin at the Bridge, go through Lower Bridge Street, The Square, Upper Bridge Street and onto Iveragh Road.

Another highlight of ‘Gathering Day’ is the Horse Fair, which is the oldest and longest continually running horse fair in the country. Buying and selling horses, ponies, donkeys & equipment starts very early in the morning, and continues throughout the opening day of Puck Fair.

The second day, ‘Fair Day’, sees the street markets and craft fairs go into full swing. You’ll find everything you could possible hope for among the tented stands, from horse tack to fashion, local crafts and tasty produce. An independently run Cattle Fair, which is not organised by Puck Fair Organising Committee, also takes place on this day from early morning in Langford Street.

The Closing Parade is the main highlight of final day, known as ‘The Scattering’, which leads the goat back to his mountain home. The parade will begin at Iveragh Road, and go through Upper Bridge Street, The Square, Lower Bridge Street, ending at The Bridge.

The celebrations will close with a breath-taking fireworks display, which gets bigger and better every year.

There’s lots more to see and do over the few days with 36 hours of free entertainment from traditional music and dance sessions, to live open air music, story-telling, workshops, street-theatre, busking, face painting, puppet theatre, a pet show, bonny baby contest, and Ireland’s premier funfair, Euroshow. And the pubs stay open until 3am!

An estimated 100,000 people will visit the town over the 3 days.

For the full programme of events and to learn more about the lengthy history of this festival visit www.puckfair.ie. Follow them on www.facebook.com/puckfair or twitter @puck_fair for pictures and live updates.

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Mairead Breathnach, Miss Kerry 2015 and Aongus Murphy, present a cheque for €909.07 to Ursula O'Connell, Treasurer / PRO Kerry Hospice West Kerry proceeds from the Spud-off Mór competition. Kerry Hospice is very thankful to the Spud-Off organisers for their very generous support over the past few years. We wish Mairead well in the upcoming Miss Ireland Competition

Maidhc and Anne Granville from Dingle at the Angel of the North near Newcastle-upon-Tyne

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The Summer Garden Sessions continue in An Conair Bar on Dingle’s Spa Road on Saturday 15th August when DJ Colm Motherway will be playing one of his long summer sets. Getting underway at 6pm in the Beer Garden along with a BBQ the tunes will continue through sundown til close. Colm will be spinning trad , reggae , latin -afro grooves and electronic tunes

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Traditional Irish music, song storytelling

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Dé Luain, Dé Máirt & Déardaoin

Please donate all your clean unwanted clothes, also bed linen, blankets, towels, curtains, shoes, bags, belts & soft toys.

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Ceol, Amhránaíocht, Scéalaíocht, & Craic!

MORE BAGS = MORE FUNDRAISING Wearable clothes will be recycled and re-used and other items will be recycled for items, such as, industrial wipes or soundproofing.

LAPTOPS (must be intact with power lead) AND MOBILE PHONES ARE ACCEPTED BUT PLEASE KEEP SEPARATE NO HOUSEHOLD BRIC A BRAC IF YOU CANNOT MAKE IT BEFORE 18th August Please Contact Edel Uí Chiobháin To Make Arrangements For Collection Of Items

Cead Isteach/AdmissionDaoine fásta (adults) €5 Leanaí (children) €2 Sólaistí/refreshments!

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Scéala ón Díseart Pádraig Ó Fiannachta Is mór an ní go bhfuil na cluichí iontacha iománaíochta ar siúl na deirí seachtaine seo agus Ciarraí ag déanamh gaisce. Is iontach iad na cluichí ban; agus níl teorainn le feabhas na hiomána. Gura céad buíochas ar son an ardú croí a thugann na cluichí seo do sheanóirí uaigneacha agus do easláin nach féidir leo dul amach fén ngréin.

Deirim go minic Báisteach ó Dhia chugainn ach gan é bheith fliuch, cuid an lae amáireach go ndéanfaidh sé anocht. Ná fuil an t-ádh liom go bhfuil Imlitir an Phápa Proinsias á léamh agus á staidéar agus á haistriú agam fe láthair. Is léir go bhfuil éigeandáil againn maidir leis an dtimpeallacht. Níl aon bhaol go ndéanfaidh na Pápa Proinsias dearúd ar na boicht. Ag trácht ar éifeacht ardú ar theocht na mara deir sé gurb iad is lú fé ndeara é sin is mó a bheidh thíos leis, na boicht agus na himeallaaigh sna hollchathracha cois cósta. Is cúis díomá dó leis go bhfuil na pobail bheaga cois cósta ag fulaing toisc sainte na dtíortha saibhre atá ag scrios an oiread sin pór éisc a raibh fáil acu orthu. Bheadh sé go mór ar thaobh mhuintir Bhaile na nGall nuair a bhíodar ag iarraidh a slí bheatha iascaireachta a chosaint. Chonac féin báid mhóra na mílte siar ó Thúr Bhaile Dháith agus líonta acu a thógfadh an oiread éisc in aon chor amháin agus a dhéanfadh naomhóga na háite i mbliain. Tá a lán cuairteoirí ag tabhairt turas ar ghairdíní an Dísirt an aimsir.

Ar maidin inniu i lár an báistí tháinig bean isteach chugam ag breith Buíochais liom toisc na ngairdíní céanna. Bhí seal caite aici sa Ghairdín Chrann Clainne ag míúin agus ag moladh Dé. ‘Sa bháistigh!’ arsa mise.

‘Níorbh ach fé dhíon Stáitse an Bhanna.’ Le linn na saoire bainc chaitheas an Díseart a oscailt agus bhaineas an-thaitneamh as bheith im’ fháilteoir agus bhí seans agam bualadh le daoine a bhí istigh go minic anseo cheana ach ná facaigh na pictiúir is déanaí; bhí aithne mhaith ag cuid acu ar na daoine logánta a bhfuil a bpictiúir sa mhúrphictiúr de Fáil an Linbh Íosa sa Teampall atá anois sa halla. Mo leithscéal leo siúd ar dhein uisce díobháil dá bpictiúr—mo dheartháir bocht féin ina measc. Deir m’ealaíontóir Eileanóir go mbeidh sí ar ais go luath go luath chun na fabhtaí sin a leigheas. Bhí neacht le Harry Clarke atá ocht mbliana déag agus ceithre fichid anseo ag féachaint ar Fhuinneoga Harry. Bhuail sí leis go minic. Bhí cónaí ar a clainn cóngarach do stiúdío Harry agus nuair a bhíodh sé ag obair go déanach ghlaodh sé ar a máthair á rá go mbeadh sé chucu tar éis oibre. Bhíodh fáilte ar leith ag na leanaí roimis mar d’insíodh sé scéalta sí dóibh. Chonaic sí é an uair dheireanach nuair a tháinig sé on Eilbhéis agus é an-thinn chun a fháil amach cén fáth nár cuireadh an Geneva Window ar taispeáint ansiúd.

‘Dúrtsa leis’ ar sí ‘go bhfeicfinn scáil an tram istoíche ar shíleáil mo sheomra. “ó” ar sé “sin tram na ndaoine maithe.”’ Bhí áthas uirthi go raibh an fuinneoga ar taispeáint chomh slachtmhar sin agus í buíoch do na mná rialta agus do mhuintir an Dísirt agus an Daingin. ‘Tiocfa mé arís, le cúnamh Dé’ ar sí.

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News from the Garden The Prayer Garden is nearly ready.

It needs some seating. If anybody would like to sponsor a seat that could be arranged. We have been told by a member of the Heritage Council that the wall of the Sisters’ Graveyard needs attention as it is in danger of falling into the graveyard.

I hope we can have it attended to before that happens.

The wonderful copper beech will have to be secured as well. Please pray that these matters are quickly attended to.

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Castlegregory Horticultural Show & Pattern Day Debbie Quirke.

Pattern Day in Castlegregory is an age old tradition. The old parish church now in ruins in Killiney was the original site of 'the rounds' and pilgrimages each year on the 15th August celebrating the Assumption of our Lady. Near the church was a well which was reputed to cure eye ailments. When the new church was built in the village, festivities were transferred there and it was then it became known as Pattern Day. Taking place around the time of the great festival of Lughnasa Pattern Day is high on the social calender of the area and the "pattern pie" was, and still is, the backbone of the days refreshments.

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Aisteoirí An Lab Céadaoin/Déardaoin 8/9/ 22/23 Iúil, 5/6/19/20 Lúnasa ag 8pm.

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This play is unsuitable for children - we recommend 15 + Is oth linn nach féidir freastal ar chathaoireacha rotha don léiriú seo. We regret that we cannot provide wheelchair access for this production

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Twenty-three years ago the local guild of the Irish Countrywomen's Association (ICA) decided to add to the days festivities by organising a horticultural show to showcase local produce, flowers and baking as well as offering the community a place to meet, chat and rekindle old friendships while viewing the vast array of exhibits on show. Little has changed in the intervening years. The Horticultural Show is still an important community event and is eagerly awited by the exhibitors and viewers alike. This year there will be twenty-nine catagories from baking to eggs, to fruit and vegetables and both garden and wild flowers. Children are also encouraged to participate specifically in two categories - the baking of cupcakes and the making of a scarecrow. A full list can be obtained locally.

Castlegregory and the Maharees are renowned far and wide for vegetable growing. This year we have divided the vegetable category to incorporate both kitchen gardener and commercial grower. When approached, the growers expressed great enthusiasm and were delighted to support the growers category in this year’s show. The winner in this category will receive the winners perpetual cup. The home grower will now have a category to themselves so we expect a big response to this. In addition to visiting the clubrooms to view the exhibits, visitors will be able to sit and have a cup of tea or coffee with a slice of homemade cake. Face painting will also be available for the kiddies on the day.

Every year at our show we hear people say "I have better produce than that" but they don't enter. Maybe they are too embarressed or think it is for professionals. Our show is for anyone interested in gardening and we welcome all entries. So pluck up the courage and be pleasently surprised as to how much fun it is to be part of the show......you may even win a prize! So come on and enter your best ....remember it will be the same for everybody.

Drop entries to the clubrooms between 12 noon and 3pm on Friday 14th......judging takes place at 4.30pm.......viewing from 11am on the 15th.

Above all it should be fun so come along and enjoy the day.

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Sleepy-Time Foods For Catching Those Zzzzzs Irene Ní Fhlannúra Sleepless nights, tossing and turning is enough to drive the most resilient of us over the edge. It is well known that sleep is essential for every aspect of health and indeed, for healing and repair - yet for an increasing amount of people, getting a good night’s sleep is becoming a bit of a nightmare! The failure to fall asleep or to stay asleep over a prolonged period of time can wreak havoc on both our physical and mental wellbeing. Stress, worry, caffeine, stimulants, alcohol as well as a poor diet high in sugar and fat are major contributors to poor sleep.

If counting sheep isn’t working for you, maybe there is something in the kitchen that might do the trick!

Few foods have the reputation of curing insomnia quite like a glass of warm milk. However, sleep experts differ greatly on this one. It appears that the psychological link with milk is stronger than its sleepinducing content and many experts believe that milk contains little or no properties that actually improves sleep! It has more to do with the association with contented, sleeping babies than anything else. On the other hand, milk is good source of amino acid tryptophan. Tryptophan is the precursor to sleep inducing chemicals such as serotonin and melatonin. These neurotransmitters have a calming and relaxing effect on the brain. Tryptophan is found in protein foods such as turkey, chicken, milk, nuts, seeds and legumes.

Eating carbohydrates with tryptophan-containing foods make this chemical readily available to the brain. Without carbohydrates, tryptophan has a difficult time crossing the blood-brain barrier and is often left languishing outside in favour of other amino acids such as tyrosine - which stimulates brain activity and has an opposite effect on our sleep. For bedtime snacks combine complex carbohydrates, such as wholegrains with a small amount of tryptophan-containing protein. This could be a turkey sandwich made with wholemeal bread or oatcake with some peanut butter.

An all-carbohydrate snack, especially junk, sugary foods and drinks - is less likely to help you sleep. Not only do you miss out on the sleepinducing effects of tryptophan, you also set off the roller-coaster effect of rising and plummeting blood sugars, which trigger the stress hormones and keep you awake!

Other important nutrients include calcium and magnesium. Calcium, also found in milk - is used by the brain to convert tryptophan to melatonin, another sleepytime neurotransmitter. Magnesium is Nature’s tranquilizer - calming nerve cells and relaxing muscles. Magnesium is plentiful in leafy greens, pumpkin seeds, almonds, wholegrains and dark chocolate. A couple of squares of top quality dark chocolate (greater than 80% cocoa solids) and a handful of pumpkin seeds is another good bedtime choice! Top of the bedtime snack list is hot cocoa, made with raw, unsweetened cocoa powder and warm milk, served with an oatcake with pumpkin seed butter - lights out and goodnight!

Herbal teas, tinctures and other preparations can be very beneficial to promoting a good night’s sleep. Best research favours herbs such as valerian, chamomile and lemon balm to be used as a bedtime tea. For a therapeutic dose of these herbs, use a tablespoon of dried or fresh herb to one mugful of boiling water. Allow to steep for 10 minutes before drinking. Drink these teas during the day also, instead of tea or coffee. Both valerian and lemon balm are particularly good for sleeplessness brought on by stress or anxiety. Valerian combines well with lemon balm and hops extract in herbal remedies or may be used alone.

Another gentle sleep-inducer is passionflower. A dose of the tincture in a little water half hour before bedtime is best. A comforting bath or foot bath is also a great addition to your bedtime routine. Add 10-15 drops of essential oil such as lavender, orange blossom (neroli) or ylang-ylang. These aren’t just great smells, they are absorbed quickly through the skin and work their calming and soothing effect in a matter of minutes.

Now that you have the right ingredients for a great night sleep, enhance your efforts by clearing your bedroom of clutter, electronics, bright lights and noise - all of which disrupt your sleep. TVs, computers and mobile phone screens are very stimulating and their bright screens inhibits melatonin production, keeping us awake well into the night. Best environment for sleep is a quiet, dark room at a comfort22 West Kerry Live

able temperature, a relaxed body and a calm mind! Sometimes, in the panic of not being able to sleep, we can overlook some of the simplest remedies or overthink our insomnia. Once discovered, poor sleeping habits can be overcome so take time to examine your own sleep routine. Take the lead from your own innate need for sleep and pave the way to the land of nod with a soothing, gentle transition time, separating day from night and soon you’ll be sleeping like a baby!

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We hope that the property and business owners in Green Street and Dykegate Lane were not too embarrassed recently when we spent several hours cleaning the streets and kerbs in their areas.

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The National Tidy Towns Judges will have completed their first visit by now but we sincerely urge everybody to help out by keeping their own patch tidy and litter free if at all possible before the second visit due shortly.

Craft Workshops each Thursday

The new rockeries at the back of the Charthouse are nearing completion despite the unfavourable weather conditions which have really held back flower growth generally this year. The roses planted near Milltown Bridge by the County Council Staff have really brightened up that area as well as the shrubs at Dingle Heights which are also in full bloom at present.

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It is very encouraging to see so many people of all ages availing of the facilities in the Town Park which is in great shape this year.

We wish to highlight a situation that occurred in the Bottle Bank area recently where a partly used animals injection bottle was left in a bag with other tins. This item could have fatal consequences if found by children or used by others for the wrong reasons so please dispose of such items in the proper place in future.

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The Dingle Races

The annual Dingle Races take place at Ballintaggart Racecourse on August 7th, 8th & 9th this year. A weekend of top quality horse racing is in store with proceedings getting underway at 4pm on the Friday and at 2.30pm on both the Saturday and Sunday. No less than 20 races are held with a total prize fund of €40,000.

The races are about more than just horses though, it’s a great social gathering and a fine opportunity to meet up with friends, old and new. Sunday is ladies day with some fantastic prizes to the value of €2,700 for the best dressed Lady, best dressed Mother & Daughter and best dressed Gentleman. There is also plenty of free children’s entertainment on both Saturday and Sunday where the younger race-goers will get a chance to meet Mickey & Minnie Mouse, Woody & Buzz, the characters from “Frozen” and more, as well as balloon art, face painting and a puppet show.

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Inequality No Excuse For 7-16 Concession Tadhg Evans 37 minutes had ebbed away. Kildare were yet to concede a goal. Ten minutes and four nettings later, television viewers were subjected to an image so heartrending that it would have drawn the warmest of tears from the coldest man. Jason Ryan stood on the sideline, complete with fancy headset, vacantly staring into the abyss. Just before the camera left him to grieve, life! A push of a button, a few whispers down the line, but, as it turned out, no master plan. He looked the business, but facts are stubborn things. Kildare eventually conceded 7-16. They were skittled for 5-18

by Dublin just over a month ago. No walkietalkie system will wipe those concessions.

This All-Ireland quarter-final provided us with questions that generated far more interest than the game itself managed. How did we reach this point? How can a team that allowed 12-34 (70 points) past them in two championship games be good enough to make it to the last eight of the championship?

Did they overachieve? Perhaps, but then again most would probably include Kildare in the top sixteen of their own opinion based rankings. If their run to the quarter-finals was presented as an example of expectations being outgunned, then it would hardly keep an audience captive. They are a long way up the line from the worst team in the country.

Perhaps not 27 points, mind you.

Would the much touted two-tier system solve this issue? Well, no, to be as frank as frank can be. That’s not to say that such an initiative isn’t required, but let’s return to the point made in the previous paragraph. We’re not talking about Carlow, Leitrim or our exiles over the shores here. We’re talking about a county that has a proud history in matters pertaining to Gaelic football. No All-Ireland for ninety years, but they’ve not been without chances, some recent and excellent, to end that famine. Even in their current predicament, they’re at worst a middle-order batsman. If there was a two tier competition, it’s not a given that they’d be playing on the lowlands.

So just how far ahead are Kerry, Donegal, Mayo and Dublin? Who knows? Meath, of a similar quality to Kildare, beat Carlow by 28 points in last year’s championship. Yet they were 16 points worse off than Dublin in the Leinster final. Can anyone beat one of the big four?

Monaghan can, and have done, but they’re the only team not stopping every few yards with a stitch in pursuit. Tyrone might, if each and every star aligned. Cork nearly did a few weeks back, though their replay with Kerry, as a reflection of where both teams are at, felt like a revision by an accountant of his apprentice’s work.

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by the GAA might provide an interesting starting point. Do Dublin deserve the most banknotes? Of course, they tend to a much larger population than anyone else, and they’re also a dual county. But do they deserve more than the other 31 counties combined, a staggering €1.46 million from central council? When Cork trail in second with €70,000, you might just have an inequality on your hands.

But we already know about Dublin. We ignore everyone else because it’s fun to pick on the boys in blue. It’s not like they’re vastly superior to Kerry, Mayo or Donegal, if at all.

In their last five games against ‘big four’ opposition, they’ve won three games by tight margins, and lost the other two. How can that be? Well, whisper it, or, better still, pass a memo, perhaps other teams have bank accounts too. Kerry spent in the region of €6 million on their centre of excellence, with their sponsors Kerry Group very kindly providing in excess of €1 million towards that venture. Tyrone spent a further €2 million on their own ideal of a home for greatness.

Tipperary raided the till for €1.2 million to halt Kilkenny’s drive for five. Mayo regularly top the €1 million mark. Dublin might be the Arabian oil tycoons of the GAA, but let’s not pretend everyone else is a pauper.

But what about the Kildares of this world?

Their sponsors, Brady Family, supply approximately €100,000 per annum to the cause, which makes it one of the more lavish deals in the game right now. But that’s indicative

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The GAA has a seriously important issue on its hands, and it needs to be dealt with urgently.

When last did we have a championship that didn’t ‘really’ get underway until the middle of August? We have four competitors miles out in front, a few more stragglers, and about 25 that are throwing up by the side of the road

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“Dublin might be the Arabian oil tycoons of the GAA, but let’s not pretend everyone else is a pauper.” in itself. Generous, perhaps, but as helpful as Chill, AIG or Kerry Group? Not by a cic fada.

Be that as it may, these advantages aren’t new. Dublin won the All-Ireland in 2011, and were ably supported financially back then too. Kildare lost to them by one point in a Leinster semi-final, and that difference came by way of a scandalous refereeing decision.

12 months prior to that, Meath whipped Dublin in a game that could have passed for one of the infamous ‘Saw’ films. Granted, there’s inequality, but is it enough to justify conceding seventy points between two championship games? Last year, we were lead to believe that Dublin’s superiority in Leinster was indicative of a national trend. It wasn’t, and isn’t. If Kerry, Mayo or Donegal replaced Dublin out east, they too would win that championship with ease. Sunday’s duck shoot proves that.

A couple of hours later, Dublin cruised to victory over a very limited Fermanagh team. But it never felt like a Leinster championship game. Fermanagh might even be inferior to Kildare, but Christ they retained their pride. How refreshing was it to see Seán Quigley and Thomas Corrigan riling the hill, and actually having the temerity to have a crack for seventy minutes as op-

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Annascaul Notes Noel Spillane Annascaul RoadRace.

I was a great turn out at the Annascaul RoadRace and it was fantastic that Maria Walsh 2014 International Rose of Tralee started and joined in for the road race last Saturday. There was huge support for this local event.

Annascaul Beefest.

A huge crowd ascended on Annascaul for the annual Beerfest last weekend. Throughout the weekend hundreds arrived to watch bands such as the well known Hermitage Green & Red Moon Bayonets lead by our local lad Vinnie Flynn who rocked Annascaul. In the village green the food tasting began, t-shirts were on sale then down to the waters edge where the duck race began. Finishing off the weekend with a silent disco. A huge thanks to all the young people of Annascaul who gave up their weekend to organise this incredible event which proceeds will be going to Down Syndrome Kerry. Well Done!.

Annascaul Walks.

Next walk: 9th August 2015. “A” walk; Top of Foley’s Glen (Short Mountain) to Camp.“B” walk; Top of Foley’s Glen (Short Mountain) to Curaheen.

ICA. Sept 3rd indoor garden party/Prize for the best head dress, any medium to do with gardens. 10 Sept business meeting, 17 Sept Talk on grooming dogs, cats & horses by Lynn, 24 Sept Talk on wills and inheritance by a solicitor at Annascaul Community Centre. Information from Anne 0862647443 or Elizabeth 0862663186.

Annascaul Tidy Towns Volunteer Hour every Monday @ 7-8pm Meeting outside Annascaul Community Centre. Why not come along and help keep our village beautiful.

Sunday Market Annascaul Sunday Market & Car Boot Sale. Opening every Sunday 10.30 - 2. Annascaul Community Centre. A lovely variety of gifts, paintings, jewellery & cakes & lots more available. New stall holders are welcome just contact Bernie 087 2184757 for details If you would like anything included in the Annascaul Notes Contact Noel Spillane Ph. 087 2184757 or forward an email to info@annascaul.ie.

Seaweed Foraging & Cooking Workshops Saturday 15th, Sunday 30th August

These are the last scheduled workshops of 2015. Identification, harvesting, uses and storing will be covered. Cost €50 includes cooking practical, 4 course menu and notes. Places are limited, booking essential on 087-2153758 or email darach@inmyelement.ie. Location: Dingle Peninsula.

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From Delanoy to Dingle

By Kimberly D’Adamo “Explore the world with all five senses…don’t just see, smell it taste it experience it” I usually don’t pay attention when tour guides speak. Most of the time I just run off and take pictures. The most I would take home with me would be a few fun facts that I half remembered. But this time it was different. When brother Sean Ahern talked about how we should experience the world when we traveled, this time I actually listened and took his advice. I tried my best to use all my five senses during my time in Ireland and it has even stuck with me even now that I’ve returned to America.

When I was first selected to travel to Dingle to study Coastal Ecology and afterwards take an internship at the Dingle Oceanworld Aquarium I had no idea what to expect. I had traveled outside of the States many times before and have been to places like Paris, Italy and Greece but those were constant guided tours one after another with teachers from my high school that never left our side. This time was different I would be on my own. No tour guides, no teachers after our study abroad came to an end. It would only be my roommate and I. I didn’t know what I was going to do all that ran through my mind was the possibility of getting lost, having no friends and constantly wishing I was back at home as a Lifeguard.

When we first arrived there was about 60 Sacred Heart University kids, we were all nervously excited and very cold. Dingle seemed more like tundra even in the month of May with its 10 degree weather compared to the 25-35 degree weather we were having back at home.

Unlike everyone else who had classes in the building next to the church that Sacred Heart borrowed, the Coastal ecology kids had class in the Aquarium. Little did I know, what me, a city girl, germaphobe was in for.

I never even owned a pair of hiking boots until this trip. Day one, I sliced my thumb open on a rock when looking at all the species at the base of the lighthouse. That was enough to make me want to throw in the towel but that was the least of my worries by the end of the two weeks.

Every day we were at a new lake or new beach with waders nets and grids counting and measuring fish we caught, along with digging for different types of land species and sorting and identifying large buckets of dead fish. I wasn’t surprised that I became desensitized from my old ways especially with Kevin Flannery, a director at Oceanworld, around.

He got everyone to drop their old habits and somehow have fun playing in the dirt and mud. His passion for the class made everyone passionate too. Everyone went from constantly using hand sanitizer to helping each other out of two feet of mud. Trust me even I, a 5 ft girl, needed to get pulled out of 2-3 ft of mud one too many times. Our group was convinced we had the best study abroad class out of all.

We were proud to walk to the aquarium every day and set off on a new journey. We got to actually see Ireland in all its glory while the others sat in a classroom or spent the entire day in the gym. All the trials and tribulations we went through each day of class brought us all together and made us have a really great time.

When it came time for everyone to grab their bags and head on the bus, we all said our goodbyes with heavy hearts. As my roommate and I waved from our doorway we both had the same thing on our minds “what now” everyone that we had gotten close to everyone who we made memories with was gone and now it was just the two of us all alone with only the company of the rolling mountains all around us.

While getting dressed for my first day of my internship I tried to look crisp and clean and even having a headband that matched my shirt. I wasn’t aware that crisp only got you so far. We came to the aquarium to complete different types of water and algae testing but in our spare time we just helped out in the Aquarium. Over the first few weeks we followed people around learning how to perform each task. Learning how to siphon tanks was one of the hardest. Being a lifeguard at an Olympic sized pool I was amazed that the way you siphon a tank was by first sucking water through a large tube then quickly shoving it into a drain before water shot out. I was used to complicated filter systems and it took me a long time to get a good pair of lungs and finally finish cleaning a tank without having the taste of murky salt water in my mouth.

Everything was on a precise well-organized schedule. We fed and cleaned fish on the hour. It all seemed like so much information and I thought I would never be able to keep up.

For the first few weeks I was a nervous mess I tried to do things on my own but always needed to run and get help when curve balls came my way. It was especially hard when trying to always be clean, I wore gloves for everything even when I didn’t need to because of my New York state of mind.

As time went by I got the hang of things and was able to basically run things on my own. If you ask any of the aquarium staff one thing they would probably all say about me is that I was always covered in water.

I stopped worrying about getting messy and wearing gloves so much and I just accepted my new lifestyle: Fish stains and fish smell. By doing so I was finally able to concentrate on the more important things.

I got to learn so much about all the fish and all the animals. I even got a little too emotionally attached to the penguins. I memorized all 14 of their names and knew all of their personalities and stories. I loved them so much; I the vegetarian didn’t even mind shoving vitamins in fish gills for them. By the end of the internship I was able to manage the whole tank by myself, if you were looking for me 99% of the time I would be found in the penguin tank talking to them as if they were real people while I cared for them.

I also got opportunities I would never have any where else for example how many people do you know who fed sea turtles and sand tiger sharks? I even helped rescue a little terrapin that stole my heart that I later named Hermon.

Not only did I get very attached to the animals but to the staff as well.

I thought I was going to be alone the entire trip but I never was. They took me as one of their own and always made sure I was well taken care of and invited me out and included me in everything. Some of the nights I had with them are nights I will never forget. If anyone has ever seen the television show Friends that’s the best description I can give you of them. Together we would almost always hang out and share pints and stories by the same pool table and that was all we needed.

With them I learned so much more about the culture and the history of Ireland. We would sit and have a lot of fun comparing Irish sayings to New York sayings.

I truly enjoyed every minute I spent in Dingle. I can probably say this will be one of the best summers of my life for a long time to come. By the end of my trip learned so much and knew where every store and restaurant were and the people who inhabited them. I loved dingle so much that when it came to saying a goodbye speech the night before I left I was almost reduced to tears. Each memory and each person that I made with the Sacred Heart Class and Oceanworld are the reasons why I fell in love with dingle and they are the reason I am already planning my trip back. And this was all because I experienced my summer with all the five senses.

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Chief celebrant Bishop Ray Browne at a mass at Gallarus Oratory recently to remember the 1,400th anniversary of the death of Saint Columbanus

Road Improvements

The following amounts will be spent in the coming weeks.

Corbally to Coolbane West, Killorglin € 48,000 Castleconway to Ballykissane, Killorglin € 96,000 Nantinane to Coolroe, Killorglin € 51,000 Castlegregory Village to the National School and GAA Pitch € 94,500 Beenbawn Cross to Farraneesteenig Cross, Dingle € 30,750 Ladies Cross to Knocknahow Cross, Dingle € 95,838

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performed at the same sold out venue last year by Don Wycherley.

Michael will perform the play off stage/on the floor of the school (audience in the round) storytelling style, approximately 75 minutes without an interval. This is a “not to be missed” highly entertaining evening, be sure to secure your ticket right away !

Brigid O Connor The rainy weather on Sunday did not dampen the enthusiasm of the many people who attended The Camp Cash Cow Annual Community fundraiser at Camp Community Sports Field. Alannah O Shea, Camp Cross, daughter of Gearóid and Sandra was the lucky winner of E500 when Daisy, the cow obliged and Alannah’s winning number came up ! In the afternoon, Brendan Griffin TD performed the official opening of The Camp Astro Turf. In his address Brendan said that he was delighted that E90,000 of Government Sports Capital funding was allocated to the project supplementing the trojan work of Camp Community Council, Camp United Soccer Club and all the members of Camp Community over the years. He also acknowledged the support of North and East Kerry Development Leader Company. Gene Finn, Chairman Camp Community Council thanked each and every member of Camp Community Council, past and present and all organisations and groups who were involved in fundraising or supporting in any way the development of the wonderful facilities in the community sports field since it was purchased in 1983. He thanked Brendan Griffin and acknowledged his help and support and in particular his support of the Astro Turf Project. Pat McCarthy, Mayor of Kerry attended on the day and was very impressed with Camp Community Sports Field facilities. He welcomed new ideas for the future community development of the area which he will be glad to support in any way. Gerald Teahan PST, Contractor who erected the Astro Turf was also present on the day and was thanked for his work on the project.

Brendan Bawny O Driscoll The Brendan Bawny O Driscoll Annual Memorial Torunament will be held on Saturday August 8th, at 11.00 am. in Camp Community Field Centre. Proceeds in aid of Acquired Brain Injury Ireland. The event has been relocated this year to Camp from Tralee. Organiser – Christopher O Driscoll. Please support !

Obituary Sympathy is extended to Michael Farrell and all the family on the recent death of his brother Tony, Blanchardstown, Co. Dublin and formerly from Athenry, Co. Galway. Ar Dheis Dé go raibh a anam.

The death of Bridget Duff (nee Griffin) Duagh and Raheny, Dublin occurred recently in Ocean View Nursing Home, Camp. Bridget was predeceased by her husband, Jack. She is survived by her sister Philomena Murphy, Springfield, USA, sister in law Eileen Griffin, Godson Paul,

nieces, nephews, neighbours, relatives and many friends to whom sympathy is extended. May she Rest in Peace.

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Isabel Bennett Cé nach bhfuil ach an t-aon chloch Oghaim amháin le feiscint anois i mBaile an Reannaigh, is anseo a fuarthas ocht gcinn de chlocha Oghaim, agus a thuilleadh iarsmaí, tar éis stoirme, breis is dhá chéad bliain ó shin. Tá roinnt acu le feiscint anois ar an mbóthar isteach go dtí Coláiste Íde (talamh príobháideach é seo), agus tógadh dhá cheann eile go Chute Hall, atá in aice le Trá Lí. Tá an baile fearainn féin, Baile an Reannaigh, in aice le Tráigh an Fhíona agus le trá Chúl Dorcha, agus tá an chloch ana-ghairid do Shlí Chorca Dhuibhne. Is ar na clocha Oghaim atá an scríbhneoireacht is ársa a mhaireann den nGaelainn. Agus is i gCorca Dhuibhne atá an bailiúchán is dlúithe de na clocha oghaim. Tá thart ar 60 cloch sa cheantar.

As a follow-on from last week’s piece about 3D scanning of ogham stones, this time we will look at one of the many stones which can be visited on the Dingle Peninsula, that which is situated beside the sea just off the Slí Chorca Dhuibhne in the townland of Baile an Reannaigh, not far from the village of Baile an Fheirtéaraigh.

Originally 8 ogham stones were discovered here, exposed, it seems, along with other features and burials during a storm towards the end of the 18th century. Several of the ogham stones are now to be seen on the avenue into Coláiste Íde (formerly ‘Burnham House’), which is private property, and two were removed to the grounds of Chute Hall, near Tralee.

The inscription on the stone which is still in situ on the site (although was not always standing) seems to read ‘CUNAMAQQI CORBBI MAQQ(I MUCCOI DOVVINIA)S’. A loose translation might be ‘Cuna the son of Corbbi the son of the family of Dovinia’. This inscription is particularly interesting as it is one of a few which indicate that the person commemorated is a descendant of the goddess(?) Dovinia, the deity from whom the people of the Corca Dhuibhne tribe descend, and whose name is preserved in the Irish name for the peninsula right up to the present day.

Ogham stones are found mainly in the south of Ireland, in the counties of Kerry, Cork and Waterford, but the greatest concentration is here in Corca Dhuibhne, with over 60 known examples. The letters were carved using a grouping of between one and five notches or strokes usually on the edge of the stone, each group signifying a sound in old Irish. The inscriptions can signify a single name, or a phrase such as ‘X son of Y of the family of Z’, similar to the inscriptions on the Baile an Reannaigh stone. The inscriptions can date from the end of the 4th up to the 8th century AD. Several other locally discovered ogham stones (on loan from the National Museum of Ireland) are on display in Músaem Chorca Dhuibhne, Baile an Fheirtéaraigh (13km/8 miles west of Dingle, www.westkerrymuseum.com). The museum is open every day from 10.00 am – 5.30 pm.

Tel: 066-9156333 or info@westkerrymuseum.com. There is also a café with fresh baking daily and a bookshop, and free Wi-Fi for customers.

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Dingle EP Launch The Sound of Rain, the heartfelt debut EP from Dingle singer/songwriter Sorcha NB The Sound of Rain showcases Sorcha’s trademark raw, sincere sound.

She plays guitar, piano and sings songs about growing up, letting go and moving on; displaying a maturity far beyond her years. The launch takes place on Wednesday the 12th of August at Dingle District Courthouse. Doors open at 8.30. Tickets are €8 at the door (€5 for students) and hardcopies of The Sound of Rain will be available for purchase.

Sorcha NB has seen success after success in recent years, with her brand of alternative, acoustic guitar and powerful singing voice. She’s gained recognition for her honest, effortless style, playing Other Voices in Dingle and Derry as well as working with Rónán Ó Snodaigh of Kila.

The Sound of Rain features 6 tracks of all original material, written and recorded over the last year at Data Recording Studios in Ballyheigue.

The album art is by local artist Niamh Kennedy, who worked closely with Sorcha to create a striking visual representation of her musical style. It will be available to buy and stream on Itunes, Google Play and Spotify.

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Nature’s Knowledge Healing with Herbs Deirdre Daly Meadowsweet; Filependula ulmaria Parts Used; Aerial parts Family; Rosaceae

useful for childhood fevers.

Meadowsweet glycerite is a useful way of preserving the herb and a remedy children will like due to its sweetness. To make the preparation pick the flowers on a dry sunny day and pack into a jar, then mix the edible grade vegetable glycerine with 40% water and pour onto the flower tops. Put the jar on a sunny windowsill or in a warm place and leave for two weeks strain of the liquid, bottle and label. For stomach problems take one teaspoonful three times a day and as needed for heartburn and indigestion.

Meadowsweet is a great herb for treating stomach acid problems with a reputation also for alleviating urinary and joint problems. It is a gentle herb suitable for sensitive individuals, children and the elderly, though please note the cautions below.

Preparations and Dosage: Tea infusions can be taken therapeutically

This fragrant wild flower blooms in high summer and can be found growing in our ditches, fields and river banks. The fragrance from the flower is likened to almonds and the herb in medieval times was strewn on floors to sweeten the air. The scent can weave its way along our country roads particularly on a warm summer’s day though we would be forgiven for failing to notice the heady scent here in Corca Dhuibhne this summer! You cannot fail however to notice the herb with its masses of minute creamy coloured flowers, which form light feathery clusters that sway in any light summer breeze. The leaves are finely serrated and tinged with red on their dark green upper surfaces. The underneath of the leaf is silvery in colour.

Meadowsweet known also as Queen of the Meadow was reputed to have been used by Cuchulainn and was considered a sacred herb by the druids and used as a treatment for malaria and fever. Similar to willow, meadowsweet contains natural salicylic acid which has been synthesised and manufactured as Solar Systems aspirin. Unlike manufactured aspirin the salicylic acid found in meadowTomnatural Kennedy sweet is particularly gentle on the gasSolar..panels or tubes, what's the difference? Well they both provide tricwhen system.

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up to three times a day using two teaspoons of the dried flower or two to three teaspoons of the flower and leaf.

Tinctures 2 to 4 ml three times daily Safety considerations: meadowsweet should be avoided by those with salicylate sensitivity and by those on blood thinning medication.

Caution: Do not self-diagnose or self-treat for serious or long-term conditions without first consulting a qualified herbal or medical practitioner.

Deirdre is a qualified herbalist and can be contacted by email at: daly.deirdre9@gmail.com Phone contact: 0872562109

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Keel GAA Notes Colin Clifford Club Lotto - There was no winner of this weeks Lotto. Numbers drawn were 9, 15, 19 and 26. €50 winner was John O’Brien, Brackhill. €25 winners were Elaine Griffin, Muingaphuca, Joan O’Connor, Ross, Saoirse & Jack Kennedy, Shanahill & B. Cournane, Keel. Next weeks Lotto is worth €8800 and the draw will be held in Jack Duggans Bar on Sunday 9th August All Ireland Winner - Congratulations to Ciara Murphy and the Kerry U16s on becoming All Ireland Champions. They beat Galway 7-15 to 3-03.

Keel Camp - Keel GAA are hosting a summer camp for Primary School children between the ages of 5-13 from 17th - 21st August. Activities will be fun based with the emphasis on enjoyment and skill development. Kerry Star Jonathan Lyne will attend. Mentors are Garda Vetted.

Children can also be registered on the first morning of the camp. Time: 10am to 2pm Cost: €20 2 children: €35 3 children €40 Location: Keel Sportsfield Contact: Contact Padraig Barton, Mags Evans, Wm Evans or PJ Ryan for further information. All children will receive a specially commissioned t-shirt.

We still require coaches and helpers for each day of the camp so please contact William Evans or PJ Ryan if you can volunteer.

Parents Meeting - ”A special Keel GAA ‘Townhall’ meeting for all parents of our juvenile/underage teams is planned for Thursday 6th July at 7pm in the clubhouse. The meeting aims to discuss all aspects of the current running of all underage teams in Keel GAA. The meeting aims to provide officers with feedback on all current arrangements and developments as well as discussing the future vision of the club at underage. All contributions on the night will be welcome and appreciated.

The meeting will conclude at 8pm. Thank you for your ongoing support and commitment”.

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Windows 10 is the latest release in a series of operating systems from Microsoft the first of which was DOS, followed by Windows 3.1, 3.11, Windows 95, 98, Windows Millennium, XP, Vista, Windows 7 and 8 and now Windows 10. In the years here in West Kerry, I have worked with all of these systems and as each and every one was released they brought a bit more functionality and in recent times improved connectivity.

Windows 10 will streamline the users connection to Microsoft Cloud Storage. They have also reinstated the start button, a welcome move for those who missed it in Windows 8.

Microsoft seem to be settling on Windows 10 it as the future operating system. To keep it up to date, Microsoft will automatically distribute updates to all users of the system, which appears to indicate that there will not be Windows 11 or 12, at least not in the near future. Updates are a necessary part of modern computing as each operating system can contain weaknesses that are not obvious a teh time of release which are then exploited by hackers and virus writers. To ensure the operating system remains stable, companies such as Microsoft send out updates, which will patch any weaknesses or flaws in the operating system.

As with any upgrade of a new operating system, it is good practice to back up your computer and check if all your existing programs, printers and other devices will continue to work with new system. The compatibility report in the Get Windows 10 app checks if your PC can run Windows 10. The report also lists any problems with your devices, apps, PC, and other important info you need to know before you upgrade.

In their new privacy statements it appears that Microsoft are adopting the model that is in use by the more recent IT giants Google and Facebook, which is to store and keep all the communications and choices that a person makes in order to provide, as the company says” a more targeted experience for the user” and for advertisers. When the new privacy laws come into to effect in Europe, we should be able to know exactly what data Microsoft is storing on individual users.

When people sign up to and install Windows 10 on their computer, they will receive updates for the life time of their computer for free. This has its pros and cons, as previously computer owners could decide how and when to receive updates. That option will not be there for users of Windows 10 anymore, except for larger commercial users.

The automatic updates might cause a problem for people who have a slow Internet connection as they will no longer have control of when the updates take place or if they want them at all. Once you take the free upgrade Microsoft will upgrade the system as they see fit. As for the August arrival of high speed broadband in Dingle, this has received a setback and will not be here until the end of October at the earliest.

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The article below first appeared in The Dingle Echo, the community news magazine published by Ógra an Daingin in 1985.

ANGER OVER STREET TRADERS Many Dingle shopkeepers are angry at the way casual trading has been allowed to develop on The Mall in recent years and feel frustrated at the failure of local authorities to deal with the problem.

Established traders in the town rightly argue that they must pay staff, rates, taxes and insurances while the casual traders have no such constraints and so can afford to undercut the local shops. However, others would argue that casual trading has been a part of Irish life since fairs and markets were first established and that competition from casual traders is forcing the established shops to be more price competitive.

On the other hand, casual traders have the reputation of selling second-hand or substandard products, whatever about the fruit and vegetable trade, and that customers have no comeback as they would have with local shops.

No doubt these arguments will go on for some time but The Dingle Echo asked the County Council about the legal position of such street markets. In order to trade at established fairs and markets, and in general areas, casual traders need a licence, once known as a ‘Hawkers Licence’. These licences are available from the Department of Industry, Commerce, Trade and Tourism for an annual fee of £100.

Street traders found operating without such a licence can be prosecuted by the Gardaí or the local authorities. The Gardaí also have the power to confiscate the goods being traded.

Because of the threat being posed to local businesses by street traders, and the disruption of traffic Kerry County Council have established casual trading areas in in Castleisland, Kenmare and Caherciveen.

These trading areas are usually located well away from a town’s commercial centre, for obvious reasons, and so are being ignored by casual traders who leave themselves open to prosecution.

However, the Council is finding the enforcement of their trading areas very difficult and can often be embroiled in lengthy legal battles as a result.

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Maraíodh Art Ó Laoghaire ar an 4ú Bealtaine 1773 in aice le Carraig an Ime i gContae Chorcaí. Chum a chéile, Eibhlín Dhubh Ní Chonaill, an caoineadh so air. Tá an dán ar fáil san eagrán údarásach a dhein Seán Ó Tuama, ach anso tá leabhar a thugann léargas ar a chúlra.

‘Cur síos breá agus an-tuisceanach anseo againn ó Chlíodna Cussen ar an ngrá a thug Eibhlín Dhubh Ní Chonaill do Art Ó Laoire. Ba é seo an fear céanna ar chum sí an Caoineadh cáiliúil air nuair a maraíodh é ar ball. Gheofar anseo cuntas ar an saol as ar fuineadh Eibhlín i dtigh na gConallach i nDoire Fhíonáin, léiriú ann fosta ar shaol na mban ag an am, agus ar an gcuma a ndeachaigh sí in éadan toil na bhfear nuair a d’éalaigh sí ina theannta.

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In Conversation with Donald O’ Hara Melanie Mullan He’s a World War II veteran who will celebrate his 91st birthday next month. Melanie Mullan talks to Don O’Hara about his time in the Marines and coming to Ireland.

Within five minutes of me sitting down to talk to Don O’Hara in his home in Annascaul, he’s lifting himself up from his seat to get something from his desk in the corner of the room: an invite to his birthday party. “As a matter of fact, I’m 37 days short of my 91st birthday, you got yourself an invite to the party!” He tells me this with great pride, his strong Lancashire accent making it all the more friendly. It sounds like his birthday is an occasion he looks forward to. “Every year we usually have a party the Friday before my birthday, god knows how many people turn up and we have a bit of a session!”

Originally from Rossendale in England, Don moved to Kerry shortly after his marriage to his second wife Alma back in 1974. “I wanted to move to Spain but she said ‘No we won’t, I don’t like Spain’ so I told her we had a bit of land in Ireland and we came over to check it out.”

The move to Ireland followed an extensive career in the Marines. “I didn’t have to join the marines, I did it because I had a falling out session with the Father.” The falling out being over wanting to take a girl to the cinema on a Saturday night, and his father wanting him to do work instead. “I joined the Marines because they were the only ones that would take me at 17 and a half, I wanted to join the RAF but you had to be 18 to join.”

With that he left home, straight into World War II, not returning until after the D-Day landings in Normandy. “In France, they made some very small units of us. About 20 - 22 blokes in a group and we each landed to do a certain job. I was just short of my 20th birthday on D-Day. They told us that 90% of us wouldn’t come back.” After D-Day they were given two weeks annual leave, after which they were to go to Japan to repeat what happened in Normandy with the Japanese.

During his time on leave, he married the girl who he wanted to take to the cinema all those years ago - Gwen. “I got Shanghaied you see! They told us that 97% of us wouldn’t make it back, so the wife said ‘well if you’re going to get knocked off I’ll take your house and your pension.’

She were laughing!” The invasion of Japan was called off while he was in the Far East, after the atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima.

O’Hara was sent to Holland to clean up after the war for a year before returning back to England. Following that he left the marines and went back to college as per his father orders to get his degree in joinery.

“What they do in 3-4 years nowadays, you had to cram into 6 months back then!” But the income of a joiner wasn’t quite that of a Marine and after a few months Don returned deep sea diving until his retirement in 1973. “You name the place, I probably went there. I would be gone for months at a time which suited the wife fine. She were happy out!”

Gwen passed away from Parkinsons and Cancer in 1973.

Shortly after that he met Alma, recently retired from the RAF, who was

a friend of some friends. “That were a bit of a laugh with regards to Alma. She said ‘How are you fixed for getting married?’ I said ‘I’m not!’

But before the week was up she’d arranged a wedding!” He chuckles as he remember this time and coming to Ireland to build the house. “She were great she was actually! She loved animals, we had all sorts in the house! She died in 2003 from Cancer, and I’ve been on my own since then!”

Although living on his he own, he’s a man with plenty of visitors. As well as being well known in Annascaul, he recently got back in touch with the family of his brother, some of whom he has never met. “I was always away, so I haven’t seen two of them since they were children, the others I’ve never met.” He hasn’t been back to Rossendale in nearly 40 years. “When I went to England I went down south to see my daughter. I had no reason to go back to Rossendale.” His daughter, his only blood relative left, will also come over for his birthday in September.

As well as all the visitors, Don keeps himself busy with his workshop out the back where he makes all sorts from rocking horses to clocks and wooden boats. The workshop is full of tools and machinery along with works in progress. “I come out here when I’m able and feeling up for it and make little canons for the boats.” Although he has his stick for walking, he has no problem dropping it to turn on a machine to give me a glimpse of him at work. “I’ll hollow that out now and it’ll make a fruit bowl or something like that for someone,” he says referring to the piece he’s currently working on. In his living room alone he has two clocks and two boats, one of which is the Titanic, which he has made himself, but he doesn’t sell anything. “I’ve not sold one item. I either trade it for something or give them as a donation.”

Also hanging with pride of place in his living room, is his skydive certificate which he got back in 2010. “The Irish Parachute Club wanted to have the record for the oldest person to do a skydive. So I told them if they paid for me to do it I’d do it. They wanted me to do training over 3 days but I told them they could do it in an afternoon. They even had a plane come down and collect me!” He plays that time off as not a big deal, but the articles on his desk from that occasion say otherwise. “All the papers wanted to print about me then! Silly really!” He’s certainly quite modest when it comes to his achievements.

As I prepare to leave, he looks out at the rain and points over to The ATeam boxset beside his TV. “My daughter sent me that for my birthday, so I think I’ll spend the afternoon watching that. I won’t be going out anyway!!”

He walks me to the door and as I say goodbye he says “Well you’ve got your ticket to the party now, so you can get back in!” I feel like I’ve just been welcomed to a pretty exclusive club.

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Milltown/Castlemaine GAA Notes Deirdre O’ Sullivan U14s Mid Kerry Competition Round 1 of this competition will commence on Sunday 9th August. Please come out and support Milltown/ Castlemaine as they take on Keel/Listry in Milltown Castlemaine GAA Gounds -with a 6.30 p.m. throw in.

Underage Training for BOYS (U6 and U8) and GIRLS (U6, U8 and U10) continues at the pitch on each Thursday- Time - 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Don’t forget your gum shields!

Camp For Future Stars 2015! A Camp to focus on Sports Development of Primary School Pupils (6-13 years) will be held in Milltown/ Castlemaine Gaa Grounds from Tuesday August 18th to Friday August 21st 2015-time:10.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. Bookings to be received by August 7th. Cost- €30 if booked by August 7th! Application forms are available at all retail outlets in Milltown and Castlemaine and from club personnel. Please contact our coaching officer John Hegarty or Eileen Lovett-secretary of Coiste na nÓg for further details.See our Facebook page for further updates!

Debutantes: Congratulations to some of our senior players who celebrated their ‘debs’ last week. They all looked very dashing indeed! Their next big occasion will be their Leaving Certificate results on August 12th. This is a particularly stressful time for all students ...We wish you all the best “Do not judge me by my successes,judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again”-Nelson Mandela

committed to maintaining and improving the safety of all the people using our facilities. Míle búiochas to Vincent Prendergast and his team who have carried out the constuction work under the guidance of our engineer Damain Murphy.

Clothing Recycling Fundraiser: Our clothing recycling collection fundraiser on Wednesday August 19th 2015 is fast approaching so we urge you all to clean out your closets of all clean un wanted clothes, bed linen, blankets, towels, curtains,shoes,bags,belts and soft toys and drop them before 12 noon at our GAA Clubrooms Lap tops must be intact with power leads and mobile phones will also be accepted. No household Bric a Brac please! Alternative arrangements can be made if you cannot make the collection point before Wednesday August 19th. Contact any club personnel for further information.

Lotto: Our recent Lotto draw for €6,200 in Larkins Bar was not won.

There were however 6 very lucky people who picked up consolation prizes. €50 each to: Joseph Moran, Ballina and Stephen and Anne DalyAbbeylands. €25 each to: Ivor Barton, Glenbeigh, Siobhan Driver,Shanty Bar,Joe Moran,Ballina and Joan Clifford and Eileen Mangan, Callinfercy.

Congratulations to you all! Our Lotto now stands at €6,400- next draw on August 14th, in Jack Duggan’s Bar,Castlemaine.

Kerry Under 16 Girls: Congratulations to the Kerry Under 16 girls on their comprehensive victory over Galway last Wednesday evening in the All Ireland Final. Comhgairdeas do Ciara Murphy -from our own club -on winning her 2nd All Ireland Medal.

Health and Safety. As you may have seen ,work is continuing on the entrance to the Milltown/Castlemaine Gaa pitch this week. The feedback from the general public has been very positive and we now feel that our entrance and exit to and from the field is much safer. However, we can never become complacent and we once again ask you all to be very vigilant. In particular, we ask the adults using the facilities to be good role models -driving and parking appropriately.We are always

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Baked Cheese Cake with Raspberries Mark Murphy: Dingle Cookery School

8 digestive biscuits, made into fine crumbs

If you are a lover of cheesecakes you will really appreciate a good baked cheesecake. I would recommend using a full fat cream cheese for this and especially a creamy cheese such as Dingle Farmhouse soft cream cheese, which can be found at the farmers market in Dingle each Friday. It is has such a unique creamy taste and even a small amount will add greatly to the overall taste of the cake.

For best results make sure to make it the day before.

700g full-fat soft cheese

Ingredients The base 75g butter melted, plus a little to grease the tin

1 tbsp. caster For the filling 190g golden caster sugar 2 tbsp. plain flour Dash vanilla extract Zest of 1 lemon 20ml lemon juice 3 large eggs, plus 1 yolk 200ml cream lightly whipped 200g Raspberries pinch of salt Method Grease a 20inch cheesecake tin with butter.

In a pan add the melted butter and stir in the crushed biscuits.

Once the butter has been mixed through them you can add this to the cake tin and level it with a spatula.

For the filling For the filling, increase the oven 180°c.

Beat the soft cheese at a medium speed in a mixer (this can be done by hand if you do not have a mixer) until it is creamy. Turn the mixer down and add the sugar, flour and a pinch of salt.

Change the mixer attachment to a whisk and add the eggs and yolk bit by bit, and add the vanilla. Fold in the lightly whipped cream The mixture should be smooth, light and somewhat airy.

Brush the sides of the cheesecake tin with melted butter and put on a baking sheet. Pour in the filling - if there are any lumps, sink them using a knife - the top should be as smooth as possible. Bake for 10 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to fan 90°c for about 25 minutes. If you gently shake the tin, the filling should have a slight wobble if not put it back in for another five minutes.

Turn off the oven and open the oven door for a cheesecake that’s creamy in the centre, or leave it closed if you prefer a drier texture.

Let cool in the oven for 2 hours. The cheesecake may get a slight crack on top as it cools.

To finish add the raspberries to the top and serve.

Enjoy!!!

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Anso is Ansúd i gCorca Dhuibhne ‘Cúirt an Mheán Oíche agus Corca Dhuibhne’

- Takako Haruki

D’fhreastail mé ar Chúrsa Gaeilge i mBaile an Fheirtéaraigh, i samhradh na bliana 2002 don chéad uair. Ag an am sin, ba beag dá chuimhne a bhí agam go mbeidh mise, in éineacht le naonúr de Chumann Kyoto, in ann aistriúchán de Cúirt an Mheán Oíche le Brian Merriman go Seapáinis a thosú cúig bliana níos a dhéanaí! Is le cabhair deontais ón Aireacht Oideachais Sheapánach, a thugamar faoi. Seacht mbliana eile, mí na Nollag, 2014, d’éireodh linn an leabhar ar Merriman agus Cúirt an Mheán Oíche a fhoilsiú. Is é atá sa leabhar ná aistriúchán go Seapáinis ar an dán, aisti faoi agus léamh chomhréir an dáin i mBéarla. Thóg an tionscadal sin neart buanseasmhachta, foighne, agus samhlaíochta!

Fúmsa a bhí sé an dréacht deireanach den aistriúchán a dhéanamh agus ba mhór an dúshlán é sin. Tá an-difríocht idir an dá theanga, i bhfad níos mó ná idir an Ghaeilge agus an Béarla. Ach lean sástacht an dúshlán oibre sin. Tá súil agam go bhuil luaíocht san aistriúchán sa tSeapáinis chomh héifeachtach le Cúirt an Mheán Oíche.

I rith na mblianta sin is mór an tacaíocht a fuair mé ó mhuintir Bhaile an Fheirtéaraigh, agus múinteoirí agus foireann Oidheacht Chorca Dhuibhne. Bhí mise fadálach ag foghlaim na Gaeilge. Ach is daoine cineálta agus mórchroích iad múintir na háite thiar agus spreagaidís mé chun iarracht a dhéanamh an Ghaeilge a fhoghlaim gach samhradh nuair a bhíos i mBaile an Fheirtéaraigh. Níl aon oidhre ar Chorca Dhuibhne le Béal Ban agus Na Triúr Dreiféar domsa ach Loch Gréine ag Brian Merriman: ‘Do ghealadh mo chroí an uair chínn Loch Gréine, / An talamh ‘s an tír is íor na spéire, / Taitneamhacht aoibhinn suíomh na sléibhte / Ag bagairt a gcinn thar droim a chéile.’

to Brian Merriman, ‘Do ghealadh mo chroí an uair chínn Loch Gréine, / An talamh ’s an tír is íor na spéire, / Taitneamhacht aoibhinn suíomh na sléibhte / Ag bagairt a gcinn thar droim a chéile.’

Cúirt An Mheonoíche le Brian Merriman.

Dán fada go bhfuil breis is míle líne ann is ea Cúirt An Mheonoíche.

Is ionann meon agus meán; scríobhaimse meon mar sin í an fhoirm a chleacht Merriman féin, an file a chum an dán sa bhliain 1780. Is i bhFiacail i gContae an Chláir a dhein sé a shaothar fileata. Máistir matamaitice agus feirmeoir ab ea é leis. Gaeilge ar fad a bhí sa Mhumhain nuair a mhair Merriman. Bhí traidisiún láidir liteartha a shín i bhfad i bhfad siar sa chúige sin chomh maith. Níor thúisce an Chúirt ‘foilsithe’ nuair a chrom an beagán daoine go raibh léamh is scríobh acu - na scríobhaithe a thugaimid orthu - ar chóipeanna a dhéanamh de. Is é an rud atá i gceist le ‘foilsiú’ anso ná an cead a thug comhfhilí Mherriman, a bhí bunaithe in Inis, dó chun an dán a chraobhscaoileadh i measc an phobail, is é sin le rá, an dán a léamh nó a aithris in aon áit a raibh comhthalán daoine tagtha le chéile.

Ba léir do lucht na haimsire úd go raibh dán Mherriman difriúil go maith le gach dá raibh léite nó cloiste acu go dtí san. Sin é an fáth gur dhein na scríobhaithe an oiread san cóipeanna de ó bhliain a chumtha isteach go bolg an naoú haoise déag. Tráchtann Merriman sa dán ar a lán Éireann rudaí a bhaineann leis an saol sóisialta, go háirithe ar an gcleamhnas agus ar an bpósadh. Ach tagraíonn sé leis do chúrsaí diamhra a aigne féin, go mórmhór a aigne i leith na mban. Ar thaobh amháin léiríonn sé an-bháigíocht leis na mná agus tuiscint dá gcruachás ag an am. Ar an láimh eile chímid scanradh istigh ina chroí rompu, mórmhór roimh chollaíocht na mban. Dán grinn agus dán dáiríre in éineacht is ea an Chúirt.

Ach dán nua-aimseartha is ea an saothar so leis a oireann do léitheoirí uile an domhain. Is breá an rud é go bhfuil leagan breá Seapáinise curtha ar fáil ag Cumann Taighde Kyoto ar Theanga agus Litríocht na Gaeilge. Gura fada buan cuimhne Mherriman i ríocht ársa oirirc na Seapáine.

- Liam P. Ó Murchú Comharchumann Forbartha Chorca Dhuibhne Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne 066 9156100 nó eolas@cfcd.ie www.oidhreacht.ie / www.cfcd.ie

‘Cúirt an Mheán Oíche and Corca Dhuibhne’

- Takako Haruki

It was in 2002 that I attended the Irish Course in Ballyferriter for the

first time. I did not know then that, five years after that, I, together with other nine members of Kyoto Society, could start translating the 18th century Irish poetry, Cúirt an Mheán Oíche, into Japanese with the help of a grant from the Japanese Ministry of Education. Nor did I dream of a publication of a book but we managed to publish Brian Merriman’s Cúirt an Mheán Oíche, in December, 2014. The book is made up of essays about the poem in Japanese and its syntactical interpretation in English as well as the Japanese translation of Cúirt an Mheán Oíche.

It was a project that required a lot of perseverance, patience and creativity. To finalize the Japanese version from the original Irish language into Japanese was my own contribution to the book and I found my task a huge challenge. The challenge lies in the fact that the difference of verse style and sentence structure between the two languages is so great, much greater than, for instance, between Irish and English. Actually, I found overcoming so many difficulties was the source of great pleasure of translation. I hope the outcome deserves all the merit Cúirt an Mheán Oíche has as one of the greatest poems in Irish language.

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What supported me all through those years was the kind, openhearted and supportive Ballyferriter people, not to mention all the teachers and staff of Oidheacht Chorca Dhuibhne. My progress in Irish language acquisition was so slow that I have to admit that I needed a lot of encouragement, which was offered to me abundantly and without restraint every summer I was in Ballyferriter. To me Corca Dhuibne with its Béal Ban and the Three Sisters has been what Loch Greine was 48 West Kerry Live

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Castlegregory Notes Opening Hours: The Visitor Information Centre is now open daily MonSun. See opening hours displayed at the Centre. A wide variety of services are available including broadband access, coloured photocopying and laminating.

Recycling collection will be on Thursday mornings between 10am and 11am only at the entrance to the Secondary School. Recycling bags can be purchased from the Information Centre for €3 each – only bags with the Castlegregory Community Council label will be accepted.

Whist every Thursday evening from 8.00pm in the Club.

Whist Results from 30/07/2015 Ladies: 1st Noreen Walsh, 2nd Mary Barry Intervals: Mary Teahan, Sandra O’Driscoll Gents: 1st Martin Courtney, 2nd Michelle Robson Intervals: Michael Rohan, Seamus O’Donnell and Liz O’Daly Mystery: Catherine Lyons and Beatrice O Dowd Soccer Reserve cup 1/4 final result: Castlemaine Utd 2-1 Castlegregory Celtic FC. Our season came to an end last Thursday night when the sides were eventually separated by a great strike in the 9th minute of extra time after the teams were tied at 1-1 at full time.

Castlegregory had taken the lead in the first half through a great volley from Damien McMahon after 20 minutes but Castlemaine pulled one back ten minutes later when a strike from the edge of the box came through a crowded penalty area and was parried and pounced on and poked home to level matters. From here it was tit for tat as both sides tried to make the breakthrough but despite some good opportunities for each side the score was locked at 1-1 after full time. Extra time was again a tight affair with the tie eventually settled with a superb strike just at

the end of the first half to seal the win and a place in the semi final V Ballyheigue Ath for Castlemaine. From everyone at Castlegregory Celtic we wish them all the best in the next round.

From our point of view, looking back on the season, great progress was made, especially with young U17 players coming through to the senior set up. We only lost 5 games all season and went unbeaten from September to February and and were unbeaten at home all season and also just missed out on promotion so lots of positives to take into next season. From everyone at the club a huge thanks to manager John Daniels for all his commitment all year and also to all those that supported the club throughout the year, particularly all our local sponsors.

Annual soccer club mixed open golf scramble: Friday 14th August from 6pm. Teams of 3, €30 per team. Call the gold club on 066-7139444 to book tee times.

20 year anniversary: New date set for Saturday 22nd August at 4pm.

Celebrations will consist of a match between the existing Castlegregory Celtic team and a team of legends and U17s, followed afterwards by celebrations in Maurice Fitzgeralds. Entry is free so please come along and help us celebrate this huge milestone for the club.

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The Puck Poets The Puck Poets is to be launched on Friday August 7th. The book is a collection of Killorglin poetry and song spanning three centuries and contains over 60 unique compositions. It features nationally known writers such as Christy Moore and Pecker Dunne, and local legends Edso Crowley and Peter Joy. The collection is compiled and edited by Conor Browne who is the third generation of his family to write a book about Killorglin and Puck Fair. His grandfather Pa Houlihan published 'Cast a Laune Shadow', his godfather Michael Houlihan published 'Puck Fair, its History and Traditions' and his father Billy Browne along with his uncle Terence Houlihan edited and compiled 'Saint James and Father Tom'. His older brother Jason Browne published the first ever graphic novel produced in Kerry, 'The Man With No Libido'.

Proceeds from the sale of the book will be used to support The Screaming Pope Prize for emerging art and also for The Killorglin Archive Society.

The Puck Poets will be launched on Friday August 7th in Kingstons Beer Garden at 9:00pm. All welcome.

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Comharchumann Forbartha an Leith Triúigh Notaí Clochán Bréanainn Cumann 500 Más mian leat a bheith páirteach i gClub 500 nó má tá gá agat le athnuachan a dhéanamh ar do bhallraíocht déan teagmháil láithreach leis an oifig ag 066 7138137.

Many thanks to all Club 500 members who have renewed their membership. Annual membership costs €150 or €12.70 per month. If you are interested in becoming a member please contact Halla Le Chéile on 066 7138137.

Buaiteoirí Iúil/July winners 1ú: (€500) Dr. Sills, Caisleán Ghriaire , 2ú: (€250) Brendan Dowd, An Ghleann , 3ú: (€150)Dee Maguire, Luimneach , 4ú: (€75) Seamus O Sé, An Cam, 5ú. (€50) Ger Keane, Cluainsiorrach Tinteán Ceoil : Gach Luan & Deardaoin & Máirt ag 7.30 i.n. Fáilte roimh chách! Every Monday & Thursday & Tuesday in Ionad Cultúrtha an Chlocháin (next to O’Donnell’s pub) at 7.30 p.m.. Entry fee €5 adults €2 children which includes refreshments. Everybody welcome!

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Meal delivery service is provided five days per week. Please give your name at the Halla if you are interested. 066 7138137 Seirbhís Iar-Scoile - athoscailt / re-opening 26.08.2015 Tá an tseirbhís seo ar fáil i rith na scoilbhliana óna 2.00 i.n. go dtí 6.30 i.n. Luan go hAoine san áireamh. Má tá suim agat ann cur glaoch orainn ar 066 7138137.

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A thiarcais nách ar imreoirí Chill Dara a bhí an t-iomard. Seo foireann a dhein rabach ar Chorcaigh. Is ar a tharrac a bhí a shábháil ag Ciarraí in aghaidh na mbuachaillí cois Laoi. Tás agat mar a dhein ‘capaill bhána’ Chill Dara filí chaocha do Chorcaigh ach is deacair a thuiscint gur theip chómh damanta san ar Chill Dara an nDomhnach seo caite in aghaidh Chiarraí. Beidh sé ina chogadh dearg ag na himreoirí seo againne a bhí ar an bhfoireann agus iad siúd a tháinigh ar an bpáirc mar fhir ionaid. Bhí na fir ionaid ar fad go diail. Ba dheas é Pól Ó Gealbháin féna fheasóig dhubh ceannasach agus dhein Darren Ó Súilleabháin an riach ar fad. Rud a chuir ardú meanman ar chuid againn a fheabhas a bhí Tomás Breatnach. Tá sé mheasfá, ar ais ar a shean- léim mar a raibh sé sara gcuaidh sé ‘on Astráil. Ba oscailt súl a fheabhas is a chruthaigh sé.

Bhí an lámh in uachtar go seoigh ag beirt lár páirce Chiarraí- dheineadar slad agus má dheineadar bhí na tosaigh ag cur gach caid beagnach a bhfuaireadar i bhfearas. Is trua liom a n-imigh ar Chill Dara. Ní raibh aon bhogadh ag na Cíarraigh mar bhí gach duine a bhí ar an bhfoireann agus iad siúd a thainigh isteach ar a gcroí díchill ag iarraidh a chur ina luí ar an mBainisteoir go raibh uatha tosnú. Rud amháin a chuir buaithreamh orm agus ar scata eile ná an gortú a bhain do James O’Donoghue.Tá súil againn ná fuil gortú tromchúiseach bainte dhó. Is seód an fear céanna i dtosaithe Chiarraí. I gcás Chill Dara ba mhór an sásamh é gur chuadar go dtí na cluichí ceathrú ceannais.

Ceol Tá ‘Na Franncaigh’ tagtha agus beid anseo go deire na míosa is dócha.

Ard cheoltóirí agus bíonn leitheidi Cháit ‘Chosai’ ag súil leo gach bliain le go ndéanfadh sí dreas rince. ‘Ó, is brea liom an ceol’, arsa Cáit ‘agus chaithfeá babhta rince a dhéanamh le sásamh cheart a bhaint as’. Is diail í Cáit, bean uasal. Go maire sí an céad agus cos as.

D’fhéadfá an rud céanna a rá fé fhoireann Fear Manach. Is cuma cad a dhein Bleá Cliath chuir na buachaillí cois Éirne scór brea ar chlár an scóir - dhá bháide rud a ghoin na Bleá Cliaigh. Rud amháin a bhí follasach ná beagnách gach caid a fuair Brogan chuir se thar an dtreasnán í. Más rud é go mbuaileann Ciarraí leo caithfear ruchal do short éigin a chur fé Bhearnárd.

Tá Tir Eoghain tosnaithe ar dhul i bhfeabhas arís, ach an lá cheanna, bhíodar ag braith ró mhór ar Sheán ó Caomhánaigh. Ard imreoir ‘sea Seán. Mar sin féin dhein Sligeach a ngaisce féin agus is abhar misnigh é do bhainistíocht an fhoirinn a bhfuil do fheabhas tagtha ortha.

Bhí go leor daoine an- thógtha le foireann na Gaillimhe. Bhíodar tapaidh críochnúil agus mheas scata go mbainfeadh siad an bonn ós na Conallaigh. Ní tháinig an dara anál do bhuachaillí na dTreabh. Dhein na Conallaigh giota fogha dóibh sa dara leath. Beidh bliain nó dhó eile sara mbeidh siad sa chlibit do Sam. Beam ag faire anois cé a bheidh á fheachaint linn sa chraobh leath cheannais. Glac leis go bhfuil na cluichí boga gafa tharainn - pé a bheidh linn agus má bhíonn na buachailí seo againne ar aon dul leis an nDomhnach seo caite, mo ghraidhn iad siúd a bheidh ag iarraidh iad a threascairt. Níl le déanamh againn ach a bheith ar ár bpaidrín go mbeidh na Ciarraígh chomh maith an chéad lá eile agus a bhíodar an lá cheanna.

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Bhíos ag féachaint ar fhoireann fé 21 bl. na Gaeltachta an Satharn seo caite agus iad ag imirt in aghaidh Chiarraí Thoir. Go sábhála Dia sinn, ná raibh rogha ocht nó naoi chlub acu siúd in aghaidh chlub amháin.

Bhí an ghaoth leis an nGaeltacht sa chéad leath, ach má bhí, bhí Ciarrai Thoir i bhfad ró-mhaith dhúinn. Mheasfá go raibh buachaillí na Gaeltachta in ísle brí. Sa dara leath agus an ghaoth ina gcoinne bhíodar go diail ar fad. Bhí an- ghabhail agus an- dhul cun cinn ionta. Is dócha dá mbeadh siad leath chomh maith sa chéad leath bheadh criothán ar lucht leanúna Chiarrai Thoir. Rud eile, beidh ceathar déag do fhoireann na bliana seo ag imirt fé 21 an bhliain seo chugainn. Mar sin bainfear ramsach as fhóirne mar Ciarraí Thoir. Tá caid thar barr i scata do bhuachaillí na Gaeltachta, agus beid ar a míle dícheall an iarraidh an chraobh a ghnóthú an bhliain seo chugainn.

Feanaid Má tá aon dream go mbeadh trua agat dóibh siad san ná turasóirí a bhuaileann thar farraige chugainn. I mbliana thar bhlianta eile tá an aimsir sna cata fia, ar fad. Gaoth, ceo, báisteach agus gálaí – sea, i gcorp lár an tSamhraidh. ‘Cé ná cuirim fáilte roimh an ndoineann atá anso agaibh’, arsa Gearmánach fírinneach liom, tá sé níos fearr ná an róstadh a bhí againn ‘ge baile le déanaí. Dá mbogfadh ar an mbáistigh, bheadh 52 West Kerry Live

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Cromane Notes Jane Casey BIRTHDAYS: All good wishes to Jason Morris and Danny O’ Connor, who celebrated birthdays last week. Every good wish for the future to them both.

GAA: Tickets for the all Ireland Semi Final to be ordered by Mon 10th Aug through Patrick or Finbar Casey.

GAA Lotto:The numbers drawn on 29th July 15 in the Gaa Lotto Draw were 9.18.19,21. There was no winner of the €9,500 Jackpot. Four prizes of €30 each went to Cathy Brosnan, Killarney. Ticket sold by Jacks Patrick O’ Donoghue, Caherciveen, Ticket sold by Jacks.

Cathriona O’ Connor, Lonhert. Ticket sold by Kathleen O’ Sullivan.

Susie O’ Neill, Cromane Lr. Ticket sold by Jacks.

Annual Ticket Monthly Winner: Sarah Clifford, Glosha. And USA BINGO: No Bingo in Killorglin on 9th August due to Puck Fair. No Parking available. Will resume on 16th August with Jackpot of €1,200 in 50 calls.

GARDEN FETE: St Michaels wish to thank all who supported their Garden Fete at the weekend and all who helped in any way and to all who donated and bought goods and tickets

DEATH: The death took place of Mary Carey (Nee Purcell) of Upper Tullig. Mary was a very active woman, terrific with her hands in doing crafts and was a keen gardener. She was interested in Community Affairs and was a good neighbour and friend to all. Sincere sympathy to her husband Denis , Sons, Daughters,In Laws, grandchildren, and all her family, relations and friends.

QUOTE: Worry is like a rocking chair, keeps you going but gets you nowhere.

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PRE SCHOOL: Iasc Og Community Preschool, The Lake Rd. Cromane are now Registering children for the Free Pre School Year September 2015, Children must be born between 2nd Feb 2011 and 30th June 2012. There are limited morning places available. Contact Juliet on 087 7542926 or iascogpre-school@live. ie as soon as possible. We also offer very reduced rates for children whose families qualify for subvention. Pre school staff will be happy to give you further information.

Classes available in Cromane Centre in the following subject areas by qualified trainers: Paint effects and painted furniture. Art Classes. Room design and Interior Design.

Jewellery Making. Painting and Decorating. Car Club. Cinema Club. Computer Club. Web Design. Contact Caroline Desmond on 0857153195 or 0831866840.

Everyone welcome.

ARTISAN MARKET: in the CYMS every Friday 10 to 2pm. Baking, Crafts, Preserves, Jewellery, available.

UNISLIM in CYMS every Wednesday morning and Thursday evening.

TAE KWANDO every Wednesday evening in CYMS with Jason.

Food served all day

NIFTY after FIFTY: Exercise and Fitness Class Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10am to 11am at the CYMS Killorglin.

Contact Nigel on 087 9114071 or www.

MyFit365.ie My fit 365 Summer Camp is on in the CYMS Killorglin on 17th to 21st August 12 Noon to 4pm. Contact Nigel on 087 9114071.

CEMETARY MASS in Ardmoneil on 17th August at 7.30pm.

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The Unique Identifier is a group of four digits and comes after the Routing Key. Each Unique Identifier is different Project4:Layout 1 21/08/2014 16:57 and Page 1unique to your home or premises. They are not in sequence. This is to avoid the situation where Question a new building is created between two existWhat is the new Eircode? ing ones, and the code sequence would be Answer broken, requiring all Eircodes in the area to be In 2015 all residential and business addresses changed. in Ireland will be given a unique new Eircode.

You do not need to change your address, an Residential addresses include every address Eircode is simply added to the end of your adwhere post is delivered. Individual Eircodes will be given to each house on a street, each flat in an apartment block, both units in a duplex unit and each house in a rural townland.

Eircodes will also be given to commercial addresses such as office buildings, shops, bars, hospitals and public buildings and each unit in a shopping centre or business park.

dress. The use of Eircode is not mandatory, however, it is likely that organisations will ask you for your Eircode, especially those delivering goods or services to your address.

You will be sent a letter in July 2015 informing you of the Eircode for your address and how to use it. Following the launch of Eircode in early July, you can also find or check an Eircode using the Eircode Finder which will be available at eircode.ie.

An Eircode is a unique seven-character alpha numeric code. Each Eircode will consist of a three-digit Routing Key which will identify the area and a four-character Unique Identifier for each address. For example: A65 F4E2 The Routing Key is the first three digits of an Eircode. The first character will always be a letter, followed by two numbers (except for D6W). The letters are not linked to a county or city name – except for postal districts in Dublin which will have their current post codes transferred into a Routing Key format such as D03, D12, D15, D22. The same Routing Key will be shared by several towns and townlands.

Dingle outreach: 3rd Tuesday of every month in the old C.B.S Monastry Building , John Street

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Live Music Ceol Beo Annascaul / Inch

8th Aug South Pole Inn - Live Music 6-9pm 8th Aug Teach Seain - Trad & Ballad session from 9.30pm 9th Aug Foley’s Bar Inch- Bluegrass/Trad/Folk with the Lavery brothers & Co..Musicans from all genres welcome! 7pm 9th Aug Teach Seain - Trad & Ballad session from 8pm 13th Aug Patcheens - Annascaul Singers Club 9pm 15th August Teach Seain - Trad & Ballad session from 9.30pm 15th August South Pole Inn - Live Music 6-9pm 16th August Teach Seain - Trad & Ballad session from 8pm 16th August Foley’s Bar InchBluegrass/Trad/Folk with the Lavery brothers & Co..Musicans from all genres welcome! 7pm

Baile na nGall/Ballydavid

7th Aug Tigh TP - Trad / folk with Na Francaigh @ 9.30 8th Aug Tigh TP - Tom & Eileen @ 9.30 9th AugTigh TP -The Cooleys @ 9.30 11th Aug Tigh TP - Bernie Pháid & Bréannán Begley @ 9.30 12th Aug Tigh TP - Trad / folk with Na Francaigh @ 9.30 14th Aug Tigh TP - Trad / folk with Na Francaigh @ 9.30 15th Aug Tigh TP - Tom & Eileen @ 9.30 16th Aug Tigh TP -The Cooleys @ 9.30 18th Aug Tigh TP - Bernie Pháid & Bréannán Begley @ 9.30

Dún Chaoin

11th Aug Ionad an Bhlascaoid - Coirm Cheoil / Trad concert @ 8pm

Feothanach

8th Aug An Bóthar: Trad session 9pm 9th Aug An Bóthar: Trad session 6.00-10.00pm 13th Aug An Bóthar: Trad session 8 - 10pm 15th August An Bóthar: Trad session 9pm 16th Aug An Bóthar: Trad session 6.00-10.00pm 18th Aug An Bóthar: Trad session 8 - 10pm 18th Aug Halla na Feothanaí Coirm Cheoil / Trad concert @ 8pm

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9th Aug The Railway Bar Trad Session @ 7.00 pm 9th Aug The Junction Bar 56 West Kerry Live

Traditional music’@ 9.30pm 16th Aug The Railway Bar Trad Session @ 7.00 pm 16th Aug The Junction Bar traditional music and song @ 9.30

Castlegregory-Maharees

6th Aug Ferriters Bar Live Music 7th Aug Ferriters Bar Live Music 8th Aug Natterjacks - Trad @ 9 8th Aug Ferriters Bar Live Music 8th Aug Maurice Fitzgeralds. DJ 13th Aug Ferriters Bar Live Music 14th Aug Ferriters Bar Live Music 15th Aug Ferriters Bar Live Music 15th Aug Maurice Fitzgeralds. DJ

Clochán - Cloghane

8th Aug O’ Donnell’s - John O’ Connor @ 10pm 10th Aug Ionad Cultúrtha: Tinteán Ceoil @ 7.30 15th Aug O’ Donnell’s - Trad session @ 10pm 17th Aug Ionad Cultúrtha: Tinteán Ceoil @ 7.30

Dingle

Thursday 6th Aug

Dingle Music Shop (The Colony) Trad/Folk concert @ 7.30 John Benny Moriarty’s: Lumiere with Pauline Scanlon, Éilis Kennedy and Donogh Hennessy @ 9.30 Murphy’s - Ballads @ 9.30 The Mighty Session: John Brown and Eoin Duignan 9pm Marina Inn - Folk/Trad with Eastwind @ 9.30pm Dingle Bay Hotel - Ballads / Folk with Gordon & Friends @ 8.30pm The Dingle Pub - Declan MacTaggart @ 9pm Paul Geaney’s- Trad with Scannal @ 9pm Courthouse Pub-Meabh Begley & Matt Griffin @ 9.00 An Droichead Beag -Liam Stapleton & Jeremy Spencer @ 9.30p.m.

Friday 7th Aug

Kennedy’s Bar - Rush Hour Rendevouz 6.30-8.30pm St James’ Church - Folk Concert 7.30 Adam’s Singer sonwriter James Moore @ 10pm Hannie Agnes’ Trad music @ 9.30 Marina Inn - John Brown & Frankie Mulcahy @ 9.30pm Murphy’s - Ballads @ 9.45 John Benny Moriarty’s: Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, Eilís Kennedy & Gerry O’ Beirne @ 9.30pm The Mighty Session: Meabh Begley & Matt Griffin @ 10pm McCarthy’s Bar - Richie Ros @ 9.30 Dingle Bay Hotel - Ballads / Folk The Blowins @ 8.30

Paul Geaney’s- Ballads with Declan McTaggart @ 10pm The Dingle Pub:Scannall @ 10pm.

Dingle Skellig Hotel - John Hurley @ 9.30pm O’Flahertys: Open session @ 9.30pm Courthouse Pub Tommy O Sullivan & Conor Moriarty@ 9.30pm An Droiched Beag: Damien Mullane & Gary O’ Brien @ 9.30. DJ Andrew 11-late.

Saturday 8th Aug

Dingle Music Shop (The Colony) Trad/Folk concert @ 7.30 Barr na Sráide - Trad music @ 8pm Murphy’s - Ballads @ 9.45 Murphy’s Pub - Ballads 9.45 John Benny Moriarty’s: Theresa Horgan and Matt Griffin @ 9.30 Marina Inn -Strand Street Ceilí Band @ 9.30 The Mighty Session: Scannal @ 10 Adam’s Traditional music @ 10pm Paul Geaney’s: Live music Dermot Kelly @ 10pm An Droichead Beag Méabh Begley & Gerry O’ Beirne @ 9pm. DJ Beats 10 - late. Draggen SoundDisco upstairs 11 - late.

Dingle Skellig Hotel - G-Team @ 9.30 Dingle Bay Hotel -Ballads / Folk -The Blowins @ 9.45 The Dingle Pub: Ballads With Dreams Of Freedom @ 10pm O’Flahertys: Open Session @ 9:30 Courthouse Pub - Eoin Duignan & Tommy O’ Sullivan @ 9.30 Hillgrove Niteclub & Club Htwo: Disco from 11pm.

Sunday 9th Aug

The Marina Inn Sunday Open Trad Session @ 5:30 pm.

St James’ Church - Avatar in Concert @ 8pm John Benny Moriarty’s: Gearóid Dineen & “The man of the House” @ 9.30 O’Flahertys: Session @ 9:30 The Mighty Session: Jeremy Spencer and Sean Leahy @ 8.30, Na Madraí Rua @ 10.30 Dingle Bay Hotel -Ballads / Folk -The Blow ins @ 8.30 Adam’s Acoustic session with Chapter Two @ 9pm An Droichead Beag -. Méabh Ní Bheaglaoich & Matt Griffin @ 9pm The Dingle Pub; Folk & Ballads with Jack Carmody @ 9.00 Courthouse Pub Tommy O’ Sullivan & Friends @ 4.30pm, - Open session with Jeremy Spencer @ 6.30, David Healy & Tommy O’ Sul-

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livan @ 9pm Paul Geaney’s- Ballads with Declan McTaggart @ 9pm Murphy’s - Ballads @ 9.30

Monday 10th Aug

St James’ Church - Folk Concert 7.30 The Mighty Session: Scannal @ 9.30 John Benny Moriarty’s: Jeremy Spencer & Sean Leahy @ 9.30 An Conair: Trad music @ 9.30 Dingle Skellig Hotel - David Moul @ 9.30 Marina Inn - Declan McTaggart @ 9.30 The Dingle Pub: Ballads with Ronnie Ryan @ 9pm Paul Geaney’s- Finbarr O Sullivan @ 9pm An Droichead Beag Donogh Hennessy & Damien Mullane @ 9.30 Dingle Bay Hotel -Ballads / Folk -The Blowins @ 8.30 Courthouse Pub - Open session with Cillian O Brian @ 9pm Murphy’s - Ballads @ 9.30

Tuesday 11th Aug

Dingle Music Shop (The Colony) Trad/Folk concert @ 7.30 The Mighty Session: Open Trad session with Meabh Ní Beaglaoí 9.30 O’ Flaherty’s: Session with Fergus & Mazz @ 9.30 Dingle Bay Hotel -Ballads / Folk -Declan McTaggart @ 8.30 Paul Geaney’s- Ballads with Dermot Kelly @ 9pm Marina Inn - Trad/Folk with Eastwind @ 9.30 The Dingle Pub: Ballads with Richie O’ Brien @ 9pm An Droichead Beag: Jeremy Spencer & Gary O’ Brien @ 9.30p.m Courthouse Pub -Teresa Horgan & Matt Griffin @ 9pm Murphy’s - Ballads @ 9.30

Wednesday 12th Aug

St James’ Church - Folk Concert 7.30 Dingle District Court - Sorcha NB EP launch @ 8.30 The Mighty Session: Live Trad @ 9.30 John Benny Moriarty’s: Éilís Kennedy, Matt Griffin and NiamhVarian Barry @ 9.30 Dingle Skellig Hotel - John Hurley @ 9.30pm The Dingle Pub: Ballads with Richie O’ Brien @ 9pm Dingle Bay Hotel -Ballads / Folk -The Blowins @ 8.30 Paul Geaney’s- Ballads with Declan McTaggart @ 9pm Marina Inn - Dermot Kelly @ 9.30 An Droichead Beag:Set dancing

classes @ 8.30. Padraig Ó Sé & Gary O’ Brien @ 9.30p.m: Courthouse Pub -Pauline Scanlon & Donogh Hennessy @ 9pm Murphy’s - Ballads @ 9.30

Thursday 13th Aug

Dingle Music Shop (The Colony) Trad/Folk concert @ 7.30 The Mighty Session: John Brown and Eoin Duignan @ 9.30 An Droichead Beag,: Cathal Flood & Jeremy Spencer @ 9.30p.m John Benny Moriarty’s: Lumiere with Pauline Scanlon, Éilis Kennedy and Donogh Hennessy @ 9.30 Marina Inn - Folk/Trad with Eastwind @ 9.30pm Courthouse Pub Meabh Begley & Tommy O’ Sullivan @ 9pm The Dingle Pub - Declan MacTaggart @ 9pm Paul Geaney’s- Trad with Scannal @ 9pm Murphy’s - Ballads @ 9.30 Dingle Bay Hotel - Ballads / Folk with Gordon & Friends @ 8.30pm

Friday 14th Aug

Kennedy’s Bar - Rush Hour Rendevouz 6.30-8.30pm St James’ Church - Folk Concert 7.30 Hannie Agnes’ Trad music @ 9.30 O’Flahertys: Open Session @ 9.30pm Adam’s Singer sonwriter James Moore @ 10pm John Benny Moriarty’s: Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, Eilís Kennedy & Gerry O’ Beirne @ 9.30pm Murphy’s - Ballads @ 9.45 Marina Inn - John Brown & Frankie Mulcahy @ 9.30pm Dingle Skellig Hotel - John Hurley @ 9.30pm The Mighty Session: Meabh Begley and friends @ 10.30 Dingle Bay Hotel - Ballads / Folk The Blowins @ 8.30 The Dingle Pub:Scannall @ 10pm.

Paul Geaney’s- Ballads with Declan McTaggart @ 10pm An Droiched Beag: Damien Mullane & Gary O’ Brien @ 9.30. DJ Andrew 11-late.

Courthouse Pub - Tommy O Sullivan & friends @ 4.30pm, Conor Moriarty & Tommy O Sullivan 9.30 Hillgrove Hotel Niteclub Disco from 11.00

Saturday 15th August

An Conair - The summer garden sessions with DJ Colm Motherway and BBQ from 6pm ‘til late.

Dingle Music Shop (The Colony) Trad/Folk concert @ 7.30 The Mighty Session: Scannal @ 10

Barr na Sráide - Trad music @ 8pm John Benny Moriarty’s: Theresa Horgan and Matt Griffin @ 9.30 Dingle Bay Hotel -Ballads / Folk -The Blowins @ 9.45 Paul Geaney’s: Live music Dermot Kelly @ 10pm An Droichead Beag Méabh Begley & Gerry O’ Beirne @ 9pm. DJ Beats 10 - late. Draggen SoundDisco upstairs 11 - late.

Adam’s Traditional music @ 10pm Dingle Skellig Hotel - The Cooleys @ 9.30 Marina Inn - Strand Street Ceilí Band @ 9.30 Murphy’s - Ballads 9.45 The Dingle Pub; Ballads with Dreams of Freedom @ 10pm Courthouse Pub - Eoin Duignan & Tommy O Sullivan @ 9.30pm O’Flahertys Trad session @ 9:30 Hillgrove Niteclub:11pm

Sunday 16th August

The Marina Inn: Sunday Open Trad Session @ 5:30.

The Mighty Session: Jeremy Spencer and Sean Leahy 9.00.

Paul Geaney’s- Ballads with Declan McTaggart @ 9pm O’Flahertys: Open Session @ 9:30 John Benny Moriarty’s: Gearóid Dineen & “The man of the House” @ 9.30 McCarthy’s Bar - Mark O’ Reilly and Kieran Lavery @ 9.30 Murphy’s Pub - Ballads 9.30 The Dingle Pub; Folk & Ballads with Jack Carmody @ 9.00 Adam’s Acoustic session with Chapter Two @ 9pm An Droichead Beag -. Méabh Ní Bheaglaoich & Matt Griffin @ 9pm Dingle Bay Hotel -Ballads / Folk -The Blowins @ 8.30 Courthouse Pub - Open session with Jeremy Spencer @ 5.30.

Tommy O’ Sullivan & Friends @ 8.30

Monday 17th August

St James’ Church - Folk Concert 7.30 The Mighty Session: Scannal @ 9.30pm John Benny Moriarty’s: Jeremy Spencer & Sean Leahy @ 9.30 O’Flahertys: Session with Tom & Fergus @ 9:30 An Conair: Trad music @ 9.30 Marina Inn - Declan McTaggart @ 9.30 Dingle Skellig Hotel - G-Team @ 9.30pm The Dingle Pub: Ballads with Ronnie Ryan @ 9pm An Droichead Beag Donogh Hennessy & Damien Mullane @ 9.30

Murphy’s - Ballads @ 9.30 Courthouse Pub Cillian O Briain open session @ 9pm Dingle Bay Hotel -Ballads / Folk -The Blowins @ 8.30 Paul Geaney’s- Finbarr O Sullivan @ 9pm

Tuesday 18th August

Dingle Music Shop (The Colony) Trad/Folk concert @ 7.30 The Mighty Session: Open Trad session with Meabh Begley 9.30 Marina Inn - Trad/Folk with Eastwind @ 9.30 O’Flahertys: Fergus & Mazz @ 9.30 Dingle Bay Hotel -Ballads / Folk -Declan McTaggart @ 8.30 An Droichead Beag: Jeremy Spencer & Gary O’ Brien @ 9.30p.m Paul Geaney’s- Ballads with Dermot Kelly @ 9pm The Dingle Pub: Ballads with Richie O’ Brien @ 9pm Courthouse Pub David Healy & Tommy O’ Sullivan @ 7pm, Teresa Horgan & Matt Griffin @ 9pm Murphy’s - Ballads @ 9.30

Wednesday 19th August

St James’ Church - Folk Concert 7.30 The Mighty Session: Live Trad session @ 9.30 Dingle Skellig Hotel - John Hurley @ 9.30 John Benny Moriarty’s: Éilís Kennedy, Matt Griffin and NiamhVarian Barry @ 9.30 McCarthy’s Bar - Sorcha NB @ 9.30 An Droichead Beag: Set dancing classes @ 8.30.

Padraig Ó Sé & Gary O’ Brien @ 9.30p.m: Marina Inn - Dermot Kelly @ 9.30 The Dingle Pub: Ballads with Richie O’ Brien @ 9pm Dingle Bay Hotel -Ballads / Folk -The Blowins @ 8.30 Courthouse Pub -Pauline Scanlon & Tommy O’ Sullivan @ 9pm Paul Geaney’s- Ballads with Declan McTaggart @ 9pm Murphy’s - Ballads @ 9.30

Johnny C 10.30pm 9th Aug Bunker’s Bar- Trad Session @ 8pm Musicians welcome.

9th Aug Kingstons Live music @ 7pm 9th Aug The Manor Inn. Live music from 5 - 7pm. Ballroom Dancing from 9.30pm 10th Aug Sol Y Sombra - DJ Ben O’Faolain 10.30pm 11th Aug Sol Y Sombra - Flog the Dog 10.30pm, DJ set @ 1am 12th Aug Sol Y Sombra - Renovator @ 10.30, VideoDJKerry @ 1am 13th Aug Bunker’s Bar - Live music @ 9pm 13th Aug Dodo Sheahan’s Trad session @ 9.30 15th Aug Dodo Sheahan’s Trad session @ 9.30 15th Aug Kingstons, Band @ 9.30 15th Aug Dodo Sheahan’s: Live Music @ 9.30pm 15th Aug The Manor Inn. Live music from 5 - 7pm. Ballroom Dancing from 9.30pm 15th Aug Dodo Sheahans: Trad @ 6.30 16th Aug Kingstons Live music 7pm 16th Aug Bunker’s Bar- Trad Session @ 8pm Musicians welcome.

18th Aug Bunker’s Bar - Live music @ 9pm

Killorglin

Puck Fair 10th, 11th & 12th August 6th Aug Dodo Sheahan’s Trad session @ 9.00 6th Aug Dodo Sheahan’s Live band @ 9.30 8th Aug Kingstons, live music @ 9.30 9th Aug Sol Y Sombra- Pre-Puck Party with

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Crossword No. 198 by Windword

Crossword No. 198

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For sale - Beautiful rug, 100% wool. 9ft x 12 ft plain blue centre, beige border with some inlaid floral pattern. €500. Call 087 2342862 3-piece suite for sale. Dusky Pink. €200.

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Fon: 086 6022097 / 066 9156219 Selection of Robotic Lawn mowers for sale. Suitable for gardens up to 1 acre, would suit holiday homes B&b’s etc. Call 087 2342599

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04 D Pajero Sport Jeep. Light city use, Commercial, long wheel base. Very clean. Passed DOE May 2015.

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‘04 Jeep Commercial. Spotless insde and outside.

One owner. 84,750 mls, time belt done at 80,000 mls. €2,000 ono. 087-2068756 Citroen Xsara 1.4. ( months Tax, 6 months NCT. New Tyres, good cond. 116,965 miles. €800 o.n.o.

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Services / Seirbhisí

Rúnaí ar fáil go páirt-aimsire. Part-time secretary available in Dingle town. Friendly. Efficient. Bilingual. Flexible. marianimhurchu@gmail.com tel: 0868870478 Lawn and grass cutting service. Strimming & lawn cutting. 087-2895675 Summer grinds available. Junior & Leaving Cert.

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085-1012903 Ironing Services, Dingle area. 087-3349945 Primary School Grinds:catch up and go over areas of difficulty /secondary school preparation.Receive a helping hand in a relaxed and fun manner. Contact Jayne on 0874113719 Childminder /mother available to mind children

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0879409918 Translation service, General / Legal subject matter - Séala Creidiúnaithe d’Aistritheoirí. sibealmoriarty@ gmail.com Video and Image packages. We produce production quality inviting images and video tours for holiday homes and other Businesses . Packages starting from €60 /House Call Lou 083- 1481633 / www.studiowork.com Experienced carer available for homehelp to care for the elderly. Call 0831688018 Car Servicing, repair, bodywork & paintwork. 0862504868 Acupuncture, Homeopathy, Cranio Sacral Therapy and Massage. –Specialising in Gynaecology problems, Fertility, including Free Stress Therapy and One-To-One Meditation with treatments. Also treats injuries, digestive problems and all other ailments.

Clinics at Dingle Medical Centre, Scotia Clinic, Tralee and Beenoskee Holistic Clinic, Castlegregory. Contact Eithne 086 6066865 for appointment. www.redlotusclinic.com.

Chainsaw operator: Fully Insured for tree felling, working at height, hedge trimming, strimming, wood chipping and all garden & forestry work. treedown.ie. 087 6230938 Chainsaw Services / Handyman. NPTC qualified chainsaw operator available for tree work, gardening, carpentry and handyman jobs. Reasonable rates. 086-8816352 Tree topping- All dangerous trees topped, beside houses, roads, sheds, Trimmings taken away if needed. Call Tom 085 1067098 . No job too big or small.

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Afterschool Supervisor, Lispole. Professional qualification in Childcare or related discipline required. Management skills and fluent Irish a requirement. Job description etc from cathain1@ eircom.net. Applications to be received by 5pm , 14th August 2015.

Competent Kitchen staff required for Dingle restaurant. text 086 8041704 Tá folúntas dos na postanna seo a leanas i gColáiste Íde feitheoireacht banaltra agus oibrí cistinne i gColáiste Íde i mBaile an Ghoilín. Breis eolais ach glaoch a chur ar 066 9151211 nó info@colaisteide. com .

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Good home wanted for Hiss, a red and black Honduran Milkshake, 4’ long. Formally a rescue case, so needs a good home, very easy to look after. Ring Helen 086 0618192 Farm worker & maintenance man available: all types of farm work call 086 3725717 Secure insulated household and commercial storage units or workshops of various sizes available.

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Looking for a 1 or two 2 bed apartment in town 087 9025548 Two girls looking for one or two bedrooms in Dingle . We work in the town. If anyone could help call us: 087 7174043 / 087 4678393 Unwanted windows needed for use in veg garden. Also looking for mobile home type window that opens at top half. 085-7669249 House wanted long term in Lios Póil area. 3+ bedrooms. 087-6848341

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