West & Mid Kerry Live Issue 350

Dhuibhne Beo

Trá Fhormaoileach ? Fermoyle Strand

Dingle

Sheep & Cattle sale

Saturdays December 17th Dingle Mart AGM will be held in the Mart Canteen Thursday December 15th @ 7.30pm. details on page 6

Milltown Ring

mart for details: DINGLE 066 91 51586 MILLTOWN : 066 97 67309

IONAID LEIGHIS / MEDICAL CENTRES:

Clinic Cois Abhann, The Mall , Dingle 066 9151465

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

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

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

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

Killorglin Health Centre, Killorglin, Tel: 066 976 1284

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

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

Prenderville Edmond, Coolmore Laharn, Killorglin (066)9761512

Milltown Health Centre Milltown (066)9767113

IONAD

TRÉIDLIACHTA / VETERINARY SURGERY

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

EIGEANDÁIL / EMERGENCY:

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

STÁISIÚN NA NGARDAÍ / GARDA STATIONS

Annascaul Garda Station,. Tel: +353 66 9157102

Dingle Garda Station, Tel: +353 66 9151522

Castlegregory Garda Station,Tel: +353 66 7139690

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

FIACLÓIRÍ / DENTISTS

Corkery-Johnson Linda BDS NUI

Upper Main St Dingle Co. Kerry (066) 9152333

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

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

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

CLÁR-AMA BUS / BUS TIMETABLES:

Local Link Kerry 066 7147002

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

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

POITIGÉIRÍ / CHEMISTS:

The Village Pharmacy, Castlegregory, 066-7139646

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

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

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

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

Laune Pharmacy Market Street, Killorglin, 066 976 1131

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

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

O Sullivans Pharmacy 6 Bridge Street, Milltown, 066 9795915 OIFIG TURASÓIREACHTA / TOURIST OFFICES

Dingle - An Daingean Phone: +353(0)669151188

Castlegregory - Talor’s Row, Strand Street, 066-7139422 OPTICIANS /

Dingle Christmas Day Splash and Dash

Beenbawn Beach 12.30pm in the water

Nuala Moore

Tis the time of year.. ... our Christmas Day swim is all about fun. After a few difficult years, time to enjoy the space of a full beach Tide will be full out, low tide at 12pm so that gives us space to breathe and move!

As usual our main focus of the Christmas Day Swim is that it is a place to come on Christmas morning for some fun, for some smiles.

Always a great morning to breathe and jump start your day, get blood running to all parts of the body and enjoy the free Vampire Facial !!

Keeping in our minds that Christmas Day may not be as easy for everyonethe swim, the fun, the laughter and the company is so valuable setting us all up for the day.

Lets keep the spirit of community and sharing a smile the priority again this year. Random hugs are welcome.. (well ask first!!)

The plan is to be on the beach 12.15pm. Run in at 12.30pm ish The water could be rough but we will manage the swim time and the crowds by minding the younger swimmers.

Some points:

Please park your car taking care not to block others in as we all want to get as close as we can to the beach. Also remember to keep the drive clear in the event of an emergency.

Please take into consideration that this is a splash and dash and it is all about fun.

The water this time of year is cold and knowing the limits of everyone is important.

If there are waves-mind the small kids as we run in. Everyone is welcome and we will as usual have a bucket. This year we will benefit CRY/SAD (Cardiac Risk in the Young/Sudden Adult Death)

The priority is always please come and enjoy-if you donate that's ok if you don't that is ok as well..

Dingle is magnificent for donating all year around and I would love to keep the priority on enjoying the day and sharing the smiles.

Things to remember when you are getting ready

Keep your Feet warm until the last minute-stand on a towel or a bag until we say go.

Cold sand goes up through you.

Keep your head warm until the last minute -remember feet and head. When we come out-get dressed from the head down-bring a few layerslayers matter.

Bring more than one towel.

Pay attention to the younger swimmers as they tend to cool down quicker.

Stand on the towel or a bag and get dressed head down-have your clothes ready if it is wet and cold

If it's raining-bring a black bag for your clothes to keep them dry

Bring a warm drink for the younger kids.

When you get home-don't have a shower straight away if your feet and hands are very cold, give yourself a few hot cups of tea, and change your socks with dry ones, bearing in mind that as your body heats up the cold comes into the clothes and they become damp and you don't heat up proper.

Take your time to warm up and just enjoy the cool feeling.

The hot shower sends cold blood back to your core too quickly so take your time about 30 mins after is fine.

Alcohol sends the blood to your skin surface and increases the circulation so be mindful that if you are drinking to take that into consideration.

DO not swim or go into the water if you have had a drink before the swim

Be responsible and remember to bring that happy face-it can be a great way to start your day.

-Nuala

Díseart Christmas Market

The entrance into Dingle Harbour is extremely interesting. There is one pile of rocks near the entrance which resembles a castle - “a castled crag” indeed! with towers, bastions, and fortified walls; and there are others, curiously shaped, known by the name

“The Smoothing Irons”. They are exactly of that form, and I suppose Fion-ma-Coul’s wife was wont to use them in her laundry.

Dún Síon Christmas Day Swim

The brave and the bold are invited to embrace the cold at Dún Síon’s 3rd Christmas Day Swim. The swim takes place at 10am, perfect for anyone who wants to get in and out of the water early and home with plenty time to get the turkey in the oven. All money raised on the day will be donated to the RNLI and hot whiskey will be served to every courageous soul taking part, kindly donated by Dingle Distillery.

Start Christmas Day the right way!!!

Warm clothes and insulated speedos recommended. Any enquires contact Éamonn Dowd - 0876720848.

Women’s Christ�as Celebrations

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- Letters From The Kingdom Of Kerry In The Year 1845 - Mary Jane Fisher

Mossy Donegan

Make the most of your Christmas Herbs and Spices!

Irene Ní Fhlannúra

Preparations for Christmas are well underway and judging by the countless celebrity chefs on TV, the pressure is on to produce a feast to knock the socks off the mantlepiece! It is important to have some key ingredients for the Christmas menu, but for many - the herbs, spices and other festive foods are forgotten about once the last mince pie is eaten and left languishing in the back of the cupboard for next twelve months. Warm, aromatic spices such as cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg feature in many Christmas recipes but did you know that these spices can bring cheer to your health long after the decorations come down? The same can be said for herbs like sage, rosemary, parsley and thyme which are easily grown in the garden for a continuous supply of beneficial plants to add to your favourite meals. Get the most out of your festive flavours and bring some joy and health into your cooking, not just at Christmas, but well into the coming year too.

CINNAMON - probably the greatest Christmas smell of all! While it features in many Christmas recipes you may still find that you have plenty left over and not sure what to do with it! In recent years research on cinnamon has been mainly focused on its favourable effect on blood sugar. It enhances the action of insulin, making it more effective at regulating blood sugar. It is most beneficial sprinkled on carbohydrates such as cereals, grains and fruits - the foods most responsible for raising blood sugars in the first place. If using the cinnamon quills for making mulled wine this Christmas , keep some quills for making delicious warm fruit teas for the cold days ahead. A hot Apple & Ginger Toddy is a lovely warm treat - use 1L fresh apple juice (not from concentrate), a small chunk of fresh grated ginger and a 1or 2 cinnamon quills. Place in a saucepan and gently heat - turn off the heat just before it comes to the boil and allow to steep for 10 minutes. Add a couple of slices of fresh orange and enjoy!

CLOVES - Whole cloves are the unopened flower buds of the clove tree. They contain significant amount of an active component called Eugenol, which is a volatile oil contained in the bud. It is mildly analgesic and has been used for centuries for tooth pain, tooth paste and in dentistry. Cloves are still used in natural medicine to eliminate parasites, fungi and harmful bacteria from intestines. Nowadays, researchers are looking at eugenol for its protective effect on environmental pollutions, cancers of the digestive tract and for joint inflammation. A lovely way to use cloves more often in your cooking is to stud a peeled onion with whole cloves and add to soups, broths and poaching liquids. Another idea is to add ground cloves to cumin, coriander and turmeric for an Indian-inspired flavour which imparts much needed anti-inflammatory health benefits.

NUTMEG - helps calm the mind, reduce anxiety and promote better sleep. It was often added to warm milk at bedtime for a restful night. It is also famed for its detoxifying effects - supports the liver, soothes digestion, stomach cramps and intestinal bloating. A little grated into the evening meal will add flavour to most dishes without over-powering them. Nutmeg is particularly good with Italian-style meals, creamy dishes and rice dishes (sweet and savoury).

Long before the chefs got their oven mitts on them, these herbs were used as medicine by our ancestors, and still have a place in your medicinal kitchen cabinet:

SAGE - a pungent herb, best used in smaller amounts. Sage tea and sage tincture is one of the best-known remedy for menopausal symptoms such as night sweats and hot flushes. Fresh sage leaves can be steeped in boiling water and the liquid drunk throughout the day to reap the hormone-balancing effects. Sage is also an effective anti-bacterial/antiviral for mouth and throat infections when used as a gargle. Considering that the coronavirus can easily replicate in our mouths and throats –having regular sage teas throughout the next few weeks is not a bad idea. With plenty fresh sage in the shops, there’s no need to go looking for ready-made sage tea. Simply, bring water to the boil and pour over 5 or 6 washed sage leaves in a mug. Cover the mug and allow to steep for 10 minutes. Add some lemon and honey for an extra soothing tea and gargle a few times, before drinking it down – no one will mind!

THYME - grows very well here in Kerry and imparts a wonderful flavour to most Winter dishes. It can be added to slow-cooked meals or used as a tea for chest ailments - cough, phlegm conditions, whooping cough and bronchitis. Thyme is a common active ingredient in most herbal remedies for coughs and colds. You can make thyme tea just like the sage tea above or simmer in a pot of water for more potency.

ROSEMARY - a personal favourite as it is a real all-rounder and a great addition to both the garden and the kitchen. Rosemary is hailed for a variety of reasons including its anti-inflammatory effect, a pain-killer, boosts circulation, a heart tonic and increase mental performance. Greek scholars wore a garland of rosemary while studying to improve memory and concentration. Nowadays, students diffuse the essential oil of rosemary to help with study and recall. It is also a symbol of friendship, loyalty and remembrance - perfect for Christmas time when we think of those who have passed on and celebrate in the company of family and friends around us.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you, dear readers, for the encouragement, feedback and inspiration you have given me throughout the year. Nollaig Shona and Athbhlian fé mhaise daoibh go léir!

Irene Flannery, Nutritional Therapist at www.omnom.ie 086 1662562

Nutrition Consultations, Weight Loss Plans & Food Intolerance Testing available.

House visits offered in and around the Dingle Peninsula.

DIRECTOR OF THE DINGLE DISTILLERY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

The Dingle Distillery International Film Festival, is seeking a professional, creative director to successfully deliver the festival. Following on from a critically acclaimed first festival, we wish to grow and develop our festival brand into the future.

Our mission is to build this festival as a unique, ground-breaking, inclusive and inspiring event for up-and-coming and established filmmakers and a broad audience. We will establish ourselves as the place to see new Irish and international films that push boundaries and give new perspectives on imagination and a vision of the world. Education through our year-long film course and Masters talks series are also at the heart of the festival.

The chosen candidate will be instrumental in bringing strategic ideas and creative vision to all festival activity, bringing these to fruition via funding and partner relationships, whilst leading and inspiring the festival team. The festival director will be responsible for delivering the programme to meet the agreed vision and outcomes required by the festival board.

Candidates must have proven fundraising capabilities, excellent multitasking skills, a good insight into the dynamic of the Dingle Peninsula and a love of ground-breaking and unique films.

For a full role specification, application details and further information please contact dinglefilmfest@gmail.com

Application deadline 9th January 2023

Nollaig Shona or Happy Christmas translates as “Shastlivoho Rizdva” in Ukrainian. According to the Eastern Orthodox calendar, Ukrainians celebrate Christmas Day on January 7th although New Year’s Eve on 31st of December is possibly a bigger celebration.

“Z Novim Rokom” means Happy New Year. Their traditional Christmas meal, eaten on January 6th usually consists of twelve dishes, starting with “kutia” which is a type of sweet porridge made with wheat, poppy seeds and nuts. Other dishes include borshch, salad Olivier, “holubtsi” which are cabbage rolls with rice and mushrooms, “shuba” which is a type of layered beetroot salad and “kholodets” which is fish in aspic. Family, including grandparents, godparents and friends visit and toasts are made.

Children sing carols “koliadky” at home and in their neighbourhood. “Svyaty Mykolai” (St Nicholas) visits a little earlier than Santa Claus and brings gifts for children on the night of December 18th for the following day.

Interior & Exterior

Residential & Commercial

Powerwashing

Ukrainian Christmas

Viola Vasylchenko and Joanne Ní Shuilleabháin

St

Scéalta ón bPobalscoil

Imeachtaí na hIdirbhliana

Tom

Ó Neachtain, Ruairí Ó hÓgáin, Sarah Ní Chonchúir, Béibhinn Nic a’ tSíthigh & Lukne Balaseviciute

Tá deireadh an téarma buailte linn, agus tá an Nollaig á ceiliúradh againn sa Phobalscoil le himeachtaí spraoiúla agus ócáidí speisialta a bhaineann leis an Nollaig.

Torthaí an Teastas Shóisearaigh

Ar deireadh thiar thall, ar an 23 Samhain fuair daltaí na hidirbhliana a dtorthaí don Teastas Sóisearach. D’éirigh go maith le gach éinne agus táimid an-bhródúil astu.

Monika Dukarska(Dare to believe)

Ar an 18ú Samhain, tháinig an rámhaí Éireannach, Monika Dukarska, chun labhairt leis an idirbhliain faoina saol sa spórt agus conas mar ar shroich sí na cluichí Oilimpeacha i dTóiceo sa bhliain 2020. Shínigh sí cártaí dúinn agus d’imríomar cluichí sa halla léi. Bhíomar an-tógtha le scéal a saoil, agus an teacht aniar a bhí inti cuma na dúshláin ar fad a tháinig ina treo.

Corn Sam Mhigh Uidhir

Bhí sé ar nós a bheith i bPáirc an Chrócaigh nuair a tháinig Pól Ó Géanaí, Tom Ó Súilleabháin, Éanna Ó Conchúir agus Brian Ó Beaglaoich go dtí an scoil le Corn Sam Mhigh Uidhir. Ina dteannta bhí Marc Ó Conchúir a bhuaigh bonn leis na Geelong Cats thall san Astráil le déanaí. Bhí sprid iontach le brath timpeall na scoile agus bhí áthas an domhain ar gach éinne bualadh lena laochra. Shíníodar geansaithe dúinn chomh maith.

Ag tús na bliana cuireadh ceist orainn ar mhaith linn aon rud ar leith a dhéanamh i rith na bliana. Dúramar gur bhreá linn dul ag lámhach millíní péinte (paintballing). Bhuel, bhí an t-ádh linn i mbliana mar ar an 25 Samhain, tugadh go dtí ionad ‘Predator Paintball’ i dTrá Lí sinn agus bhí ana lá againn. Sula thosaigh na babhtaí imeartha, cuireadh ar an eolas sinn faoin ndainséar a bhaineann leis na millíní péinte, agus na píonóis phianmhara a bhí ann dóibh siúd a bhrisfeadh na rialacha. Chuir sé seo fonn imeartha orainn! Bhí cúlpa cluiche ‘Capture the Flag’ againn agus bhí cad é bús againn ann! Siamsa Tíre

Ar an 29 Samhain chuaigh daltaí na hIdirbhliana go seó Ger Carey & ";Psycho Spaghetti: A Comic Journey Inside The Teenage Mind"; in amharclann Siamsa Tíre i dTrá Lí. Bhí meánscoileanna eile ó Chiarraí ag an seó agus bhain na daltaí go léir an-taitneamh as na scéalta a bhí aige faoin am a chaith sé ar scoil.

Ceardlann an ATF le Declan Malone

Chaith rang ATF Bliain 5 lá le Declan Malone ag foghlaim faoin stair a bhaineann leis an lá is mó sa bhliain sa Daingean, Lá an Dreoilín. Thaispeáin sé dúinn conas culaith an dreoilín a dhéanamh as tuí. Bhí an lá seo mar pháirt de thasc Ardteistiméireachta an ATF bunaithe ar fhéilte agus cultúr na leithinise.

Searmanas Bronnta LGFA Chiarraí i gCill Airne

Bronnadh boinn na Mumhan ar scoláirí agus iar-scoláirí na Pobalscoile ag searmanas bronnta LGFA Chiarraí i gCill Airne ar an Aoine seo caite. Bhí Jessie Ní Loingsigh Bl.1, Sibéal Ní Shéaghda Bl.2, Éabha Ní Shiúrdáin Bl.3 agus Sadhbh Ní Shlattara Bl.3 ar fhoireann bhuachach Chiarraí faoi 14 bliana d'aois. Bronnadh bonn na Mumhan ar Kayla Getkate Bl.5, Caoimhe Nic Eoin Bl.6, agus Neasa Ní Dhufaigh Bl.6 a bhí ar fhoireann bhuachach Mhionúirí Chiarraí (B) agus ar Louise Ní Mhuircheartaigh agus Niamh Ní Chonchúir atá ar Fhoireann Shinsir Chiarraí. Comhghairdeachas libh go léir a chailíní!

Crannchur na Nollag

Bhí daltaí na hidirbhliana an-ghnóthadh le cúpla lá anuas agus iad ag bailiú airgid do Pieta House. Beidh an clár An Saol Ó Dheas ar Raidió na Gaeltachta á chraoladh beo ón scoil ar an Luan 19 Nollaig agus fogrófar na buaiteoirí beo ar an gclár.

Táimid ar fad an-bhuíoch as an tacaíocht flaithiúil a fuaireamar ó mhuintir Chorca Dhuibhne.

Nollaig Shona!

Shorinji Kempo (Karate)

Learn

Seachtain LADT+ (LGBTQ+) : Ón 14 -18 Samhain bhí Seachtain LADT+ á ceiliúradh againn sa scoil. Chrochamar póstaeirí agus píosaí ealaíne le dathanna an bhogha bháistí i ranganna agus amuigh sna pasáistí, rud a scaip dath agus beocht timpeall na scoile. Bhí lá gan éide scoile againn ar an nDéardaoin, tháinig gach bliain le chéile i ndathanna difriúla mar chomhartha tacaíochta don bpobal LADT+.

From the 1911 Census in West Kerry

Ted Creedon

The 1911 Census of Ireland was recorded on Sunday, April 2. We’ll browse the census in West Kerry, from Camp to the Blaskets, and extract items of interest. So far we’ve looked at unusual occupations or occupations that weren’t recorded when we explored the 1901 Census. This will be our final look at unusual occupations.

The 1911 Census required respondents to declare how many of their children were born alive and how many were still living.

Clerk of OAP

John Moriarty, 55, was a carpenter in Castlegregory but on the census form he also listed his occupation as ‘Clerk of OAP’. The Old Age Pension had been introduced in 1909 and was a major boost for poor families. It was only five shillings a week but it meant that unemployed elderly people were no longer a burden on a household. Two pensioners in a family meant an income of £26 a year.

The pension was given to people in their seventies and there are numerous stories and reports of people younger than that securing the pension.

According to the National Archives of Ireland some twenty Revenue Officers were engaged full-time in searching and verifying pension applications in 1911. They probably used the 1901 Census for reference. Over 150,000 applications were examined that year.

Bean Bocht / Fear Bocht

The census forms were in English only which made it impossible for nonEnglish speakers to complete without assistance. But the 1911 Census shows a marked change in attitude from ten years earlier. Some people in West Kerry were now completing the form in Irish, either in defiance or out of necessity.

Eibhlín Ní Sheaghadh, 75, lived in Ballyaglisha and declared her occupation to be ‘Bean Bocht’ – ‘Poor Woman’. She shared her home with Pádraig Ó Muirchearta, 85, who recorded his occupation as ‘Fear Bocht’ – ‘Poor Man’.

Music Teacher

Mary Moriarty, 35 and single, was a ‘Music Teacher’ in Castlegregory. Her mother, Catherine (61), was a widow and four of her six children had died.

Dentist

There were no dentists recorded in West Kerry in 1901 but in 1911 Patrick O’Neill, 27, was established as a dentist in Annascaul, His wife, Ellie, 30, was a National Teacher and they had married in 1910.

Imbecile

Obviously this was not an occupation. One section of the census form required certain infirmities to be recorded which included ‘Deaf, Dumb, Blind, Imbecile, Idiot or Lunatic’.

One surprising entry was that of a man aged 52 who was a general labourer and who spoke Irish and English – he was recorded as an ‘Imbecile’.

Major

Pierce Thomas Chute, 55, was a farmer in Ballyragget (Knockglass) and

while his occupation is difficult to read because of overlapping script he also stated he was a ‘Magistrate’ and a ‘Major in the Royal Munster Fusiliers’. His wife, Caroline 39, was born in England. They had no children.

Workhouse Master

Maurice Neligan, 56, was recorded as a resident in a house in Farranflaherty and his occupation was ‘Master of the Workhouse’.

(In a departure from the Census it should be noted here that Maurice Neligan, 28, son of the above, was a Captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps. He was killed in active service in Egypt on June 13, 1917.

This information was recorded by historian Ronan McGreevy. He was commissioned by the National University of Ireland a few years ago to compile biographies on graduates who fought in the Great War.)

Gentleman

Daniel Hayes, 75, was a lodger in a house on Main Street, Dingle, and declared his occupation as ‘Gentleman’. Is there a difference between lodger and boarder? Both are frequently recorded in the censuses. There are various interpretations online.

Railway Milesman

Thomas O’Gorman, 50, lived in Curraduff (Kilgobban) and his occupation was ‘Railway Milesman’ – one of several working on the Tralee to Dingle Light Railway (T&D LR). His job was to see that the line was properly maintained over a specific distance of miles.

Trade Smith

Donal Scannell, 34, lived in the townland of Ardamore (Lispole) and recorded his occupation as ‘Trade Smith’. Does not ring a bell.

Independent Gentleman

Hardly an occupation but decided to include it anyway as we had an ordinary ‘Gentleman’ above. Edmond Donovan, 51 and single, was recorded in a house of a relative in Annascaul on Census night. He declared his occupation to be ‘Independent Gentleman’.

Aitheantas Buíochais

Ba mhaith linne míle buíochas a ghabháil leis na h-éinne as a gcabhair, a dtacaíocht agus a bhflaithiúlacht do cheolchoirm tacaíochta Eibhlín Ní Bheaglaoich i Sáipéal Mhuire i mí Deireadh Fómhair. Don sagart Micheál Moynihan as an Sáipéal a chuir ar fáil, Lorcán i gCorca Dhuibhne Beo a dhein na póstaeirí agus ticéidí, na ceoltóirí Lisa O’Neill, Glen Hansard, Liam Ó Maonlaí agus Muintir Bheaglaoich go léir a ghlac páirt ar an oíche. Na rinceoirí Stephanie Keane, Máire Ní Chinnéide agus na rinceoirí seite. Mathew Seán Ó Griffin ón fhéile bídh, Mary Dowd sa tsiopa oideachais, Fiona Morgan a thóg pictiúirí, na fir fuaime ‘Cookie’, Kevin O'Sullivan agus Cathal Egan. Billy Mag Gloinn a dhein fear an tí. Mary Keane agus Conchúbhair Ó Beaglaoich a bhí ar an ndoras. Díbhse na daoine ar fad a thug urraíocht dúinn don raifil, Johnny Ó Liatháin Óstán Rochestown Park, Patrick O'Donoghue Óstán Gleneagle Cill Áirne, Siobhán Ní Mhathúna Óstán Meadowlands Trá Lí, Mairéad agus Brian de Staic, Debbie O'Neill i Lidl an Daingin, Dingle Bookshop, Jerry Kennedy, John Ó Móráin, Tábhairne an Bhóthair, Lord Baker's, John in Óstán Benners, Pauline i Strand House, Geaney Oil, Deirdre sa Fish Box, Paddy ó Dingle Gin, Bialann Ashe's, Ollmhargadh Uí Ghairbhí, Centra agus Uachtar Reoite Murphy's.

Míle buíochas chomh maith leis na h-éinne a chabhraigh linn ar an oíche chun na ticéidí a dhíol, Lusaí Uí Bheaglaoich, Clodagh Slattery, Regina Ní Shíthigh, Helen Ní Shé, Siobhán Ní Chathalláin, Jenny Ní Riain, Orla Ní Shíthigh, Marina Ní Dhubháin, Cáit Ní Riain agus Neasa Howard Ní Shé a dhein an raifil.

Sibhse go léir a tháinigh ó chian is ó chóngar ar an oíche agus a thug go fial flaithiúil, táimid ana bhuíoch.

Gura míle maith agaibh, - Marion, Clíodhna agus Cormac.

(Pictiúr: Fiona Morgan)

‘Amárach, beidh cúig bliana déag agus ceithre fichid slánaithe agam’

Roibeard Ó Cathasaigh

‘Fiche bliain ag fás, fiche bliain fé bhláth, fiche bliain ag meath, agus fiche bliain ag cromadh’ a luaigh Seán Ó Ríórdáin (1916-1977) in agallamh le hAindreas Ó Gallchóir i 1970, ach amháin, gur luaigh an file ‘fiche bliain ag meath’ sa chéad áit – ag tagairt dó féin, is dóighe. Rith ráiteachas an Ríordánaigh liom le linn dom cluas a thabhairt d’agallamh anamúil ar RnaG le déanaí – Dara Ó Cinnéide i gcomhrá caoin ag ceiliúradh fad saoil le Síle Ní Mhaolchathaigh ó Chlochán Bhréanainn, agus d’éirigh ceist im aigne, mar leanas: In ionad ‘meath’ is ‘cromadh’ a lua leis an 3ú agus an 4ú scór bliain i saol an duine, (atá diúltach i dtéarmaí an lae inniu, b’fhéidir) cén meafar a shamhlófaí leis an té a bheadh nó atá go láidir sa chúigiú scór dá saol mar atá Síle, bail uirthi. Seans go bhfaighir leide fén bhfreagra san agallamh fhéin, nó fiú san amhrán a chum sí don ‘Tíntean Ceoil’ atá luaite le cion aici san agallamh, agus atá mar chlabhsúr leis an alt seo.

Síle Ní Mhaolchathaigh ag comhrá le Dara Ó Cinnéide, Saol ó Dheas, RTÉ, RnaG, 7/12/’22, foilsithe anso le cead ó Dhara féin.

Dara: Dé Domhnaigh seo chaite, an 4ú Nollag, bhí seanachara dár gcuid, Síle Uí Mhaolchatha((igh) ón gCeapaigh sa Leitriúch, ag ceiliúradh cothrom a lae breithe, a naoi déag is a fiche seacht (1927), agus na cúig bliana déag agus ceithre fichid slánaithe aici (95), bail ó Dhia uirthi, agus nuair a ghaibheas-sa chuici Dé Sathairn seo d’imigh tharainn, lá roimis a lae breithe, bhí sí díreach tacaithe ón Aifreann sa Chlochán.

Síle: Do bhí Aifreann ann, month’s mind do Sheán Ó Muircheartaigh –Gael breá ab ea é féin – ana-Ghaelainn aige, agus bhí ceol againn, agus táimse fós i mbun an chóir sa Chlochán, agus bhíos a’ canadh agus a’ seimint i dteannta ’chéile, agus bhí an-aifreann againn, bhí sé go deas.

D: Mar sin, thánn tú tar éis cúpla iomann a rá cheana fhéin ar maidin.

S: Táim, agus sin an fáth go bhfuilim ciachánach, mar a chloiseann tú, ach, níl leigheas air, níl leigheas air.

D: Tánn an taobh san don saol tábhachtach duitse i gconaí, agus bhí i gcaitheamh do shaoil ar fad, dul ’on Aifreann – cúrsaí creidimh.

S: Bhuel, sin mar a tógadh mé, tá’s agat. Bhí mo mhuintir riamh beannaithe, an Choróin Mhuire gach aon oíche ar ár nglúine, agus mo mháthair, leathadh sí amach á dá láimh mar sin – i bhfoirm croise, más maith leat, bhí sí ana-dheabhóideach, agus mo Dhaid chomh maith, so, ní fhéadfainn gan a bheith, beagainín mar sin.

D; Thugais leat é i gcaitheamh do shaoil ar fad.

S; Do thughas, ní raibh fonn riamh orm éirí as, ní fheicim aon fáth ná go gcloífinn leis.

D: Cén sólas a thugann an creideamh anois duit sa lá athá inniu ann?

S: Bhuel, agus mé i dtreo dheireadh mo shaoil anois (gáire geal) is mór an sólás dom é, cuimhneamh – nach b’in deireadh – go bhfuil rud éigin fós romham, agus go mbeidh mé sona sásta ar feadh na síoraíochta, tá súil agam (D: le cúnamhn Dé.)

D: Bhuaileas le éinín thíos ar an gCé i mBréanainn, tamall siar, agus dúirt sé liom nach aon ghnáthdheireadh seachtaine seo duitse …

S: Amáireach, beidh cúig bliana déag agus ceithre fichid slánaithe agam, ach ní anso a rugadh mé. I dtigh banaltrais i gCorcaigh a rugadh mé, de réir mar a tharla, ach ó Chill Airne – ceantar Chill Airne m’athair is mo mháthair, agus is ar an gCruachán/Crohane lasmuigh de Chill Airne in aice le Achadh Deo/Aghadoe tá’s agat – is ansan a chaitheas an chéad deich mhí dem shaol.

Bhí mo mháthair a’ múineadh i Scoil Náisiúnta Fosadh, agus is ann a pósadh m’athair is mo mháthair, agus tá ana-chion fós agam ar an áit sin. So, ansan, bhí m’athair cheana féin a’ múíneadh anso sa Chlochán, agus ansan do bhí folúntas ann dom mháthair i 1928 agus mise im leainbhín beag …

D: Cén chuimhne atá agat ar an ndúthaigh álainn so as t’óige anois?

S: Ó, dúthaigh eile ar fad ab ea an dúthaigh so, cuir i gcás dá mbeifeá a’ dul ar aifreann go dtí Sáipéal Naomh Bréanainn maidin Dé Domhnaigh, bheadh na bóithre plódaithe le daoine, alán acu a’ siúl, agus seál ar gach bean acu. Agus a thuilleadh acu, capall agus cairt, nó asal agus cairt ag a thuilleadh acu , agus trap nó dhó ag na daoine a bhí níos fearr as, tá’s agat.

Agus anois, dá dtéifeá ar Aifreann an tSathairn, mar níl aon Aifreann ar an nDomhnach againn a thuilleadh, ní bheadh ach cairteacha ar an mbóthar, agus b’fhéidir minibus, ach ní bheadh duine ar bith a’ siúl, ní bheadh duine ar bith a’ rothaíocht, ní bheadh duine ar bith agus capall nó asal aige – nílid ann a thuilleadh – ní dóigh liom go bhfuil oiread agus capall nó asal amháin sa dúthaigh so anois.

D: Is diail a t-athrú é, anso agus ina ana-chuid dúthaí ar fuaid na tíre agus an scéal céanna i gceist… gur fhág an imirce rian ana-láidir ar an ndúthaigh seo.

S: Ó, d’fhág, tá a mhalairt de scéal atá anois ann, ní an oiread san atá ag dul thar sáile. Nuair a d’fhághas an scoil náisiúnta anso, chughas ar dara leibhéal, is beag dem chomhghleacaithe ar scoil a chuaigh ann, nó a raibh sé de mhaoin acu dul in aon áit mar sin, nó oideachas breise a fháil, so, chuadar go Meiriceá, nó go Sasana, agus cordhuine go dtí an Astráil ….

D: … Nuair a chuimhnímse ar Shíle Bn. Uí Mhaolchatha(igh) cuimhnímid ar an oideachas, agus beannacht Dé led fhear céile, Aodán chomh maith, lorg cois agus rian láimhe sa dúthaigh so i gcúrsaí oideachais.

S: Bhuel, caithfidh mé a rá gur dheineamair maitheas éigin don dúthaigh, agus tá alán daoine anso fós timpeall atá buíoch dúinn – ní déarfaidh mé go rabhamair bródúil, ach, bhíomar buíoch, agus bhíomar sásta gur dheineamair an méid a dheineamair.

D: Ba dhiail an misneach scoil a bhunú i gceantar mar seo nuair a thángabhair abhaile … ar bheagán tacaíochta, b’fhéidir, S; Ar bheagán tacaíochta ón Roinn Oideachais cuir i gcás, ní mór an tacaíocht a thugadar san riamh dúinn, ach, chonaiceamar go raibh gá lena leithéid, go raibh dianghá leis.

Lena chois sin, níor theastaigh uaimse riamh an áit seo d’fhágaint, agus aon tseans a bhí ann le go bhféadfainn fanúint anso agus mo shaol a chaitheamh, agus maitheas éigin a dhéanamh don ndúthaigh, sin an rud a theastaigh uaim, agus bhí m’fhear céile, beannacht Dé leis, bhí sé lántsásta dul liom – dheineamar foireann deas (gáire) foireann éifeachtach, caithfidh mé a rá, an bheirt againn le chéile….

D: Conas a chaitheann tú an lá, anois, a Shíle …?

S: Bhuel, is bean tí mé, cosúil le aon bhean tí eile, tá glanadh agus cócaireacht agus rudaí mar sin le déanamh … Bíonn alán cumarsáide agam le daoine – ar an bhfón, a’ scríobh litreacha, bíonn mo chlann féin a labhairt liom gach lá, an seisear acu, is annamh ná bíonn duine éicint acu ag labhairt liom gach aon lá.

Agus tá sórt plean agam do gach seachtain – aifreann deireadh seachtaine, ansan An Tinteán Ceoil atá fós ann tráthnóna Dé Luain, agus is breá liom é sin, agus buailim le daoine a bhfuil ceol acu, agus scéalta le h-insint, agus amhráin.

Bíonn lón againn sa Halla ar an Mháirt, agus ar an gCéadaoin tagann fear an éisc, James Sheehy ón nDaingean, agus fágann sé iasc dom i dtigh Phaddy agus Joan Moriarty ar an gClochán, agus buailim isteach ansan agus bíonn ana-chomhrá ’gainn ag trácht ar an seanaimsir agus na seandaoine, agus rudaí mar sin.

So, imíonn an tseachtain, téim uaireanta go dtí an Daingean, nó go Trá Lí, nó fiú go Cill Airne áit a bhfuil m’iníon, agus beidh mé ag dul ann anois chun mo lá breithe a cheiliúradh chomh luath agus a scaoilfidh tú liom! D: Scaoilfimid leat anois sara fada, braithim uait ag éisteacht leat go bhfuil croí éadrom agus meon óg agus misniúil agat i gconaí.

S: Mhuise, ní bhraithim go bhfuilim ró-shean, nach ait é, agus bíonn daoine ag déanamh iontais díom: ‘áhh, ná h-abair go bhfuilir an aois sin,’ ach is fíor é, tá sé ar pháipéar! Is breá liom an saol…

Richie Williams

SHOP LOCAL. A final reminder to all our readers to consider SHOPPING LOCAL over the next few days when a substantial amount of the Christmas purchases on food, beverage and presents are completed. All the local outlets offer a great range and choice of goods and services throughout the year and really depend on the local support to ensure they can continue to provide employment for all their workers and local suppliers well into the future. And if in doubt about gifts the old reliable VOUCHER is one of the most acceptable presents to please recipients of all ages.

EVENTS. Preparations for Lá An Dreoilín (THE WRAN) or Dingle's National Feast Day have been in full swing since early December. The four main groups will take to the streets shortly after midday on Monday 26th and hope to visit every licenced premises, march through every street and include visits to the West Kerry Community Hospital and also some residential estates.

They invite the local community to dress up in their respective wran colours and join in the fun making it once again an enjoyable traditional local community day for young and not so young alike.

The Annual Christmas Morning Swims are scheduled to take place at various beaches around the Peninsula again this year. The organisers say everybody will be welcome but please come with proper clothing for the physical shocks especially on entry and exit from the water.

The Annual Fireworks Display on New Year's Eve is scheduled to commence on the Marina Centre at the earlier time of 8p.m.this year. This will hopefully cater for more young families to come out and enjoy the experience and welcome in the New Year with the local community. It should also cater for the adults who wish to join other family members, neighbours or friends later in the evening either at home or in restaurants or bars for various celebratory gatherings.

Following a meeting between the local Gardai, Licenced Vintners representatives, Business Chamber Representative and Representative from Banna Ceoil Fifa Agus Druma Daingean Ui Chuis it has been decided that for Health and Safety reasons the Midnight Parade will not go ahead this year.

However I understand that discussions are taking place about the possibility of a Parade by the Banna Ceoil instead for Nollaig Na mBan in early January. More news on that in our next edition.

BUSINESS. Dingle Business Chamber wish to welcome Cristina Ní Mhoráin to the business life of the town. Cristina has named her outlet in Green Street Beatha where she will operate a fresh bakery outlet formerly run by Bácús Bakery next door to the Little Cheese Shop run by partner Mark Murphy.

The town really looks bright and cheerful under a combination of street lights, beautifully decorated shop windows and residential and business premises and glittering trees in every street and home. Parish Priest Fr Michael Moynihan has designed a new crib for St Mary's Church which was crafted by local carpenters and artists. Fr Michael welcomes parishoners and visitors to pay a visit to the crib and indeed attend some of the ceremonies during the festive season.

Both the Boys and Girls National School pupils and teachers provided great atmosphere in town on Monday morning last when singing carols and playing music throughout the main streets which way much appreciated by workers and shoppers too.

THANK YOU. A big Thank You to all the County Council employees who braved the frost and ice during the recent cold spell working through the night and early morning to ensure as many roads as possible were safe to travel on for all road users. Molaim Sibh Go Leir.

ROAD SAFETY. A reminder to all road users to ensure you drive, walk, cycle or run in a careful manner for your own safety and that of all others who travel on our roads particularly at this time of year.

YOUTH CENTRE. I got quite a positive response when I recently mentioned that a Youth Drop In Centre was badly needed in Dingle Town. However a suitable venue seems to be hard to find so I appeal to

our readers to perhaps keep a look out over the Festive Season especially if you are taking some exercise around town or discuss the matter with friends or neighbours. Our youth are the main future of our town and deserve some where to meet their classmates or friends on a regular basis during their leisure time.

Beannachtai An Linbh Íosa oraibh go léir an Nollaig seo agus sonas is slainte san athbhliain.

Téigh siopadóireacht háitiúil ag go

Tá sé níos tábhachtaí ná riamh siopadóireacht áitiúil a dhéanamh an Nollaig seo Tacaítear le gnóthaí agus poist áitiúila le gach Euro a chaitear go háitiúil Bí cinnte 'Siopadóireacht i gCiarraí' a dhéanamh an Nollaig seo

Tourism Talk and Thoughts from the Dingle Peninsula

Caroline Boland

Nollaig Shona dhíbh go léir! We wish you all a very Happy Christmas and Peaceful New Year as you welcome home loved ones, have some family time and traditional celebrations on the Wren. There are a few changes to New Year’s Eve with the Fireworks happening at 8pm (instead of 10pm) and it is with understandable sadness that there will be no Countdown with the Fife and Drum Band this year. Celebrations will be happening in Annascaul and Baile an Fheirtéaraigh and we wish everyone a safe and happy time. Nollaig Shona agus Athbhliain fé mhaise dhaoibh go léir!

Tourism News:

On behalf of Comhaontas Turasóireachta Chorca Dhuibhne, Dingle Peninsula Tourism Alliance, we would like to thank all our members for your significant support. As your local tourism team with a voluntary Council working hard on your behalf throughout the year, everything that happens is with you, our members in mind. Your support and continued membership allows CTCD / DPTA to keep the Dingle Peninsula visible across the world in our key markets and particularly at home here in Ireland. The quality of our local family run businesses and the personal welcome, hospitality and spontaneity that you provide is much appreciated by us all here locally and for the many, many visitors that come here each year and leave feeling that they have been touched by the magic of this place. Word of mouth is still the best promotional tool and thanks to you all, you make this happen by sending our visitors away as our new ambassadors. This is what makes the Dingle Peninsula so special and we must mind it carefully.

On your behalf, we have:

1. Opened extensive peninsula wide community consultation and engagement on the current state and future direction of tourism in Corca Dhuibhne.

2. Collaborated with the Dingle Way and Rural Recreation Officer on the roll out of the walks scheme on the Dingle Way.

3. Continued development and promotion of www.dingle-peninsula.ie which offers our visitors all the information they need to plan their trip.

4. Promoted the Dingle Peninsula at New England’s State Fair in West Springfield and the National Ploughing Championships.

5. Continue to grow a strong Social Media presence on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.

6. Co-ordinated with An Pobal Scoil and DPTA members to run a “career in tourism” information week for transition year students.

7. Reconnected our Sister City relationship with West Springfield and wider diaspora

in Western Mass.

8. Collaborated with Dúchas an Daingean and Tobar Dhuibhne on the promotion and the sustainability of an Teanga Beo I gCorca Dhuibhne and took part in Tobar Dhuibhne’s wonderful Aonach na nGairmeacha, Careers in Irish event for students of An Pobal Scoil and Coláiste Íde.

9. Worked with Fáilte Ireland, Kerry County Council, Udarás na Gaeltachta, The Hub, The Dingle Way and all members of the local implementation group on the implementation of the Dingle Peninsula Destination Experience Development Plan.

10. Collaborated with SHU in Dingle as they continue their success in hosting US students in Dingle.

11. Successfully partnered with MTU in the new EU Regenerative Tourism project for local SME’s that will be implemented over 2023 and 2024. More news to follow in January.

Many thanks again for your support and we look forward to working with you all again in 2023!

COMHAONTAS TURASÓIREACHTA CHORCA

DHUIBHNE Ag Cur Chorca Dhuibhne Chun Cinn Le Chéile

DINGLE PENINSULA TOURISM ALLIANCE

Promoting the Dingle Peninsula Together Stay Safe, Shop Local, Eat local, Experience local, Enjoy local! Ag súil le fáilte a chur romhaibh!

Buíochas O Chroí

Last month Ireland was again named the most generous country in the world by GoFundMe. This news came as no surprise to the organisers of the West Kerry Tractor Run as donations to this years’ event have added up to more than €17,000. €7500 each will be transferred to Gairdín Mhuire and ILFA in the coming days and €2000 will be transferred to the West Kerry Mental Health Association.

On the 27th November 2022, over 100 tractors from all over the peninsula travelled in convoy around the highways and byways of West Kerry. The day could not have run smoothly and so successfully without the input and help of so many. In particular, we would like to thank John Liston for allowing the use of his facilities and the management and staff at the Marina Inn who provided all participants with a very welcome hot meal at the end of the tractor run. We would also like the thank An Garda Siochána, the Dingle Chamber of Commerce and all the voluntary stewards and medical staff along the route who ensured it all ran safely and with minimal disruption to other road users.

As well as raising vital funds the tractor run is also about trying to raise awareness of the work being for our chosen charities so a special thanks to the many journalists, drone operators and photographers who gave so much air time, column inches and social media exposure to the event again this year.

Finally, while there are no words that can truly express our gratitude, Coiste Mórchuaird Tarracóra Chorca Dhuibhne hope that each and every person who lent their time, expertise, talents, help and financial support to make the event so successful, will accept our absolute heartfelt thanks.

Ltd Agri

"Ventry was superlatively wretched and squalid. Misery marked every countenance, the untenanted houses were falling into ruin, or become the haunt of lawless men, the place had what we call in Ireland, ‘a bad name!’ Yet here, in this despised spot, had the Lord a people to bring from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God."

The Sam Maguire Cup on it's recent visit to Fybough NS

From “A Brief Account Of The Rise And Progress Of The Change In Religious Opinion Now Taking Place In Dingle, And The West Of The County Of Kerry, Ireland” - Mrs. D.P. Thompson, 1845

Ventry Harbour: Mossy Donegan

A Visit to the Foze Rocks

An extract from the memoirs of the noted scientist John Joly published in 1920. Born in 1857 in County Offaly, Joly was an eminent geologist, physicist, engineer and inventor. Famous for his development of radiotherapy in the treatment of cancer,Joly is also known for developing techniques to estimate accurately the age of a geological period as well as making pioneering breakthroughs in the development of colour photography. During his lifetime he won numerous prestigous awards and in 1973 a crater on Mars was named after him. Back in 1908 he travelled to this part of the country to investigate the Foze Rocks off the Blasket Island

The coast of this part of Kerry is a land of wonders, of which the passing traveller sees little or nothing. Inland of the head of the fiord of Dingle the richly coloured bogs sweep back to the wild and majestic ridge of the McGillicuddy Reeks. The sands of the dunes of Inch and Rossbehy glitter in their green-grey silver and gold. Along their far-stretching strands the waves tumble in the sunlight, revealing beneath their white crests the burning green heart within. Sea birds soar in the blue above, uttering their wailing cries. And the mountains ! Today they are ethereal blue beneath the open sky; tomorrow, under a threatening heaven, when the seagull's call is louder, they are a rich purple; and yet a day later they are of the grey of steel. Then come the rains, and a shaft of light striking down into the hollows of Drung Hill or Knocknadober reveals to you that their real colour is like that burning green you saw in the breaking wave; and all the blues and purples are but illusions colours of the atmosphere, not of the mountains.

He who has, upon a blue day, or, it may be, upon a day of drifting lights and showers, looked from the road above Kells, northward across the level floor of the sea towards the mountains of the Dingle range, is ever after haunted by the recollection of its divine beauty. It is a revelation which cannot be forgotten. The traveller must return and look again. And I have seen it at sunset, a caldron, as it were, of incandescent clouds, islands, and mountains: a Holy Grail of bloodred fire to worship devoutly ever after.

Yes ! the traveller sees but little of these things. Whether at Doaghs (Dooks), on the hills above Kells, or, most impressive of all, on the outermost sands of Inch, the hourly and daily changes of sea, sky, and mountain must be observed if the scenery is to be fully realised. It is of such mobility of light and colour as to respond to every passion of the sky, and on some days of rapid change it might seem almost to throb in waves of beauty. We can imagine some wanderer from the western sea, when the world was younger, thinking that this land he had reached must be a dream or the creation of magic, sent to beguile him from his thoughts of heaven.

Such is the land which called us to see once again its charms in the summer of 1908. My party consisted of three. We had many times been mutual sharers in yachting adventures, and when we found ourselves at Valentia and learned that a spell of unusually calm weather had for some time prevailed upon the coast, we seriously discussed the possibility of attempting a long-contemplated visit to the Foze Rocks.

We left Valentia at about 8 a.m. on the 3rd of August, 1908. We took the oars for spells of twenty minutes at first. As there were six of us the strain was not severe. Our course was, accurately, N.W. and half a point W. Towards midday we reckoned that the island of Vickillane should be at a distance of about 4 miles on the starboard bow. A careful lookout was kept for it. Another half-hour and it should be on our beam. Suddenly it was sighted, but only the upper part of it. This island, which is nearly a mile in length, rises abruptly out of the sea, attaining a height of about 400 feet. It is therefore conspicuous in clear weather at a considerable distance. The fact that we now saw its upper rocks hazily through the fog showed that the fog was densest near the surface of the water. The sight greatly increased our hopes, for we ran a good chance of seeing the highest summit of the Great Foze at a distance of about a mile if the condition of the fog did not again get worse. But presently the fog closed over Vickillane, and we were left to our speculations as to the limits of visibility.

With a white shimmer of reflected light, but coal black in colour, the Atlantic stretched to our little horizon. Looking over the side of the boat, one might fancy oneself floating above some world of night and darkness in which the eye sees nothing because there is nothing to see. And, indeed, this idea is no mere fancy. The beautiful phenomenon of the coal-black sea is referable to the perfect purity of the water. There is nothing beneath its surface to reflect the light from above. It possesses, in fact, many of the optical properties of a void; and as it sends back to the eye not the feeblest trace of light, it presents just such an appearance as would space itself if viewed from a world without an atmosphere. Clouds and blue sky are atmospheric phenomena. Outside the atmosphere the sky would look inky black save where one’s eyes encountered the white and naked disk of the sun, or the brilliant, dimensionless points of the stars. Into the black water beneath us we actually see to astonishing depths; but there is nothing to tell us of the depth to which our vision plumbs. The living inhabitants are hidden from us. The smaller are mostly transparent, and their spheres, disks, or streamers float in the water unseen by our eyes. Only when drawn up in the silken net, washed into water and regarded in suitable illumination, can we appreciate the wealth of life and beauty of the plankton which inhabits that translucent region. And again, the larger life, fish of every sort, by the remorseless action of natural selection, have acquired such a blackness over those parts of their bodies which are exposed to the keen eyes of enemies regarding them from above whether in the upper waters or in the air that they, too, are invisible to us.

We discourse on these matters, partly to pass the time; partly, no doubt, to conceal from ourselves the sense of failure which is growing stronger in us every minute. For we have now been out about five hours, and as we estimate our progress as not less than 3 miles to the hour, we ought to be at the Foze already. But it remains shrouded from view. Our vision may now extend about one quarter- mile, we think. Quite possibly, then, we have missed the tiny islands we are seeking, and are now pulling steadily out into the ocean, leaving them further astern every moment. If this has happened we are indeed doomed to complete failure, for we know not how to mend our course. Have we passed the rocks on the port or on the starboard? There is nothing to tell us, and no other land is visible from which any idea of our position can be obtained.

There is no use speculating upon the cause of our failure. It is, indeed, pretty certain that it is to be ascribed to the strong tidal currents. In considering the effects of these we had been in hopes that they would in a great degree correct one another’s effects, owing to their changes with the tide. But it seemed to us now that in this we were disappointed.

It was during a moment of anxious silence that we first became aware of a melancholy sound of wailing proceeding from the fog somewhere far ahead. Simultaneously we paused upon our oars and listened with feelings of the most indescribable astonishment, not to say alarm. And, indeed, the sounds were so eerie, and so startling in their mere existence in such a place, that fear was a very excusable sensation. Then there was a pause in the dreary sounds, and we asked each other what the sounds could possibly be. Not one of us could hazard a probable guess. The boatmen alone had a theory. It was a banshee, they said, for certain. But there they are again. Longdrawn moans such as might be emitted by some weak soul condemned to death without reprieve. Now they stop, dying away, and now they break out afresh. The same conviction, wild as it might appear, came simultaneously to us all. There must be shipwrecked people on the Foze. Our visit may be providentially timed. This explanation is, of course, quite possible, especially in view of the weather conditions which have now for many days prevailed on the coast. But, unless we were listening to the near moans of people on the verge of death, the sounds are not such as would be made by men seeking help. We were, however, very sure now that we were going straight for the Foze. Physical explanations were, of course, discussed. It is known that a peculiar formation of caves in the rocks may, under the action of the ocean swell, cause strange moaning noises, as the air is driven in, and again sucked back, through openings in the rock. But, again, as we listen, this theory is abandoned. There are plainly many voices concerned in this melancholy chorus.

There was now considerable danger that our crew would absolutely refuse to go forward. With minds a prey to every form of superstition, overmastering fears might well lead to positive mutiny. Underlying my own feelings of apprehension was, of course, the conviction that a perfectly natural explanation must exist for the mysterious sounds. But the men who made up our crew could have no such reassuring belief. Their faces plainly expressed their thoughts. They watched us sulkily, repeating their conviction that all was not right. We asked them if they had ever heard such sounds before. They said they had not. Upon this we said there might be many simple explanations of such sounds; and as there was at least the possibility that they proceeded from beings in distress, it was plainly our duty to get forward as fast as we could. This was not altogether a wise speech, addressed to such an audience. There is a strange and dreadful belief among the seafaring natives of this coast that it is a fatal act to rescue those whom the sea claims

as its victims. The idea seems to rest upon a pagan personification of elemental forces. The sea must be satisfied; and if the struggling wretch is picked from the water, his rescuer will surely be required as an expiatory offering. So I have heard this dreadful superstition explained. Certain it is that deplorable and frightful results occasionally follow. It is now but a few years since a mackerel boat overladen with fish was swamped on this very coast, at the entrance to Valencia Harbour, where a heavy ground swell frequently prevails. This occurred near midnight upon a dark night. There was an accompanying fishingboat which could easily have picked up the drowning men, but it proceeded upon its way into the harbour fled the spot, in fact, every ear closed to the cries of the victims of the sea. The keeper and assistant keeper of the lighthouse listened with horror to the despairing sounds quite close to them ; but they could do nothing, being in accordance with lighthouse regulations unprovided with any sort of boat. The part played by the surviving crew only came to light some days later, in the bar-room of the public-house. In the chapel, I am glad to say, the senselessness and cowardliness of the crime were the subject of severe condemnation on the ensuing Sabbath. With such a superstition in their minds our crew may have been affected by our exhortation in precisely the opposite manner to that which we intended.

As we advanced, now pulling with increased speed, the sounds grew in loudness, still ever preserving their human tone and sorrowful character. Some voices there were which keened more loudly than the others, and there were variations of key; some were a little higher or a little deeper than others, but no accent of hope ever mingled in the chorus.

Fancy might well run wild with us. It is fog, fog fog, nothing but fog all around. I think for an instant that the whole thing is a nightmare. The fog has entered into our souls. We are back in the world’s history 3,000 years. These are the Syrens of Ulysses, and they are singing to our destruction. Or we are hearing the wailing of Stygian souls wrested from the Guardian Monster of the tomb and permitted for a brief spell to proclaim their sorrows to the light of day. Or, perhaps, we are now about to discover some unknown creature of the sea !

And now the sounds seem strangely near. We look round continuously from our oars, for we are near the solution of the mystery. Someone cries out, “ What is that ?” It is a vast blackness looming right ahead, coming down on us through the fog like the bow of a great vessel. Yes, it is indeed the Great Foze which we have hit off as by a miracle. And look ! Man-like beings swarm upon its black rocks and gaze upon us with large startled eyes. Syrens ? Mermaids ? No, but seals (Phocidae) the beautiful mammals which inhabit these wild coasts. And now they fly our presence. They slide and waddle down the steep rocks. A splash and they are gone, vanished like a vision. The barren island stands desolate and alone before us, and the only sounds we hear are those of the water running in and out of the gullies in the rocks. There was no doubt of it. We actually heard their voices die away as they sighted the terrifying apparition of our boat. The explanation was found.

No other animal makes such a weirdly human sound. Strange creatures, almost human in intelligence! Persecuted by man because he and they seek the same prey, although we may be sure the seal is guilty

of none of the wanton waste of life which attends man’s depredations.

As we approach yet closer to the rocks many of the seals return to our neighbourhood, swimming round the boat. Some of them swim on their backs beneath the water, and look up at us with their dog-like eyes. One would conclude that they had never seen man or boat before. The pace and power of their swimming is a joy to watch. Although they are air-breathers, they possess enviable powers of diving, and their strength is extraordinary.

To return to my narrative. The romance of the mournful music being now quite ended, we turn our attention to the rocks. A glance strengthens the suspicion that we are dealing with a lava, and that the whole island is indeed composed of this variety of rock. But it is necessary to land in order to make sure of this inference.

In spite of the dead calm, this is by no means easy. The eternal breathing of the Atlantic is not really quieted. The black water rises slowly upon the rocky walls draped in olive-brown weed, lifting every tendril, and again descends, followed by showers of white foam, where the water runs back from pools and ledges. Landing on such ledges means a wetting at least. We explore the coast of the tiny island, and even discuss the possibility of swimming ashore. But at one place, where the swell at this state of the tide just mounts to the top of a smooth weed-covered wall of rock, but leaves the ledge above uncovered, we discover a likely spot. The boat is backed in stern on to the rock. Four rowers stand by with oars ready to pull off at a signal. Then, just as the stern rises to the ledge one of the party jumps from the stern seat. The signal is given, and a simultaneous pull on the oars removes the boat from the risk of crashing down on possible dangers concealed beneath the weeds. Two of us land in this manner. To leave the boat in sole charge of hands of whom we know nothing does not appear to be a prudent course, apart from other considerations. Climbing the smooth black rock, we find everywhere the same materials. It is undoubtedly a dense and compact lava. To all appearance it was formed as an injection or as the base of a deep submarine flow. For there is no sign of the porous structure or layers of ashes which generally characterise surface outflows of volcanic lavas. A botanical examination, with but poor results, is made by one of the party. There are nothing but algae to reward the search. Some of the rock-pools high on the island are brackish, and, plainly, are partly filled with rain-water. All appearances suggest that in winter the sea makes a clean breach over the entire island. No more wild and exposed position exists in the world. We each land in turn, and remove with the aid of hammer and chisel a considerable number of rock samples. That the rock had indeed been visited in former years is proved by finding the rusted remains of an iron stanchion embedded in it. This is doubtless a relic of the time when its availability to serve as a lighthouse station was being investigated.

We had attained the island at about 1.30 p.m.; it was now a little after 2 o’clock. We returned to the boat and rowed for the Lesser Foze. Upon it I landed. The rock was similar in character to that of the larger island. Most of it was only just above the highest wash of the swell, and I paid for my visit the trivial penalty of wet feet. I splashed about among rock-pools filled with gorgeous sea-anemones and often lined with the

dark purple sea-urchins. Everywhere was abundant oar-weed.

We had now been absent from Valencia more than six hours. It was necessary to have some consideration for those we had left behind, and who would be anxious if darkness fell before our return. So we said farewell to these rocks, immemorial outposts of a continent, and left them to their loneliness. A moment later and they were lost in the fog. We had settled down to our task of rowing back to Valencia.

At about 7 o’clock we sighted the Valencia lighthouse, appearing like a white ghost out of the fog. No breath of wind assisted to lighten our labours. We had again made a very straight course. We landed at 7.30 o’clock.

As I have said, the Dingle peninsula is undoubtedly prolonged in the outlying islands. Of these, Vickillane shows an association of fossils of Silurian age and volcanic materials not very different from that upon the mainland. The northern promontory of this island is rich in Silurian fossils. The main body of the island is composed of lavas, some of which are highly vesicular; some of them are banded. There is every appearance of cooling under surface conditions. Part ot the lava is indeed a pumice, which is always a surface product of volcanism. The fact now ascertained that the Foze Rocks are formed out of lavas probably belonging to the same great series of flows brings up the Silurian volcanic area of this remarkable district to a total of not less than 10 miles in westerly extension, most of this being concealed beneath the Atlantic.

What vicissitudes these island-forming lavas may have undergone since they originally solidified we cannot say. But they probably cooled down when the world was not less than some 90 millions of years younger than it now is, and it is certain that their sculpturing into their present form by the patient attack of the Atlantic waves took many scores of thousands of years to accomplish.

Till late that night, after our fatigue had, disappeared, we recalled reminiscences of the years which one by one had slipped away. Such talk has always a prevailing tone of melancholy. Perhaps as the result of our long experience of the day, perhaps as partly inherent in the subject of our conversation, a sense of drifting, of drifting on a shoreless sea, seemed to take possession of me and to pervade all my thoughts. There was the feeling of groping and uncertainty, of being borne along in bright but baffling light above some unfathomed region of darkness. These feelings would not be shaken off. Perhaps we all felt them. Our talk died away into silence. I think we were then hearing an echo of the strange music with which our outward journey had ended.

Then we went out for a little under the stars. The sky had cleared. Midnight had long passed, but the dawn was not yet. We heard afar the booming of the Atlantic, and the sounds seemed to harmonise with the mystery of the night.

Your Stress-free Guide to Cooking the Christmas Dinner

Mark Murphy Dingle Cookery School

I love cooking Christmas dinner and I hope it is also special in your house. Each year I try not to change too much about the Christmas dinner, it is brilliant the way it is.

The following is a full guide to include turkey, glazed ham, roast potatoes, a range of sides to choose from (remember you don’t have to do all the sides), stuffing, gravy and homemade cranberry sauce.

Trust us, don’t ever let the task of cooking it daunt you, even if it is your first time cooking it or if you feel that you are not a great cook.

Two pieces of advice that will help you really enjoy cooking on the day are to 1) make a list and plan everything 2) on the day focus on the hour before serving (the magic hour). The following guide will help your break down each job to be done and will take the stress out of cooking it and putting it all together.

MAKE A PLAN

Every year I still take out a notebook and write down all the jobs to be done, and what ingredients are needed. Then try to give yourself some idea of when each job will be done. Please note, the timeline at the end of this guide will help you with all of this.

THE MAGIC HOUR

One of the greatest pieces of advice to help bring it all together and get it to the table all hot, and on time, is to have the turkey out of the oven for at least an hour before you serve it. Once the turkey is out of the oven cover it with foil and keep it in a warm place in the kitchen. Not only will this time allow the turkey to be so juicy but it will give you a magic hour or so to finish everything off; finish the ham, potatoes, roast vegetables and sauces.

The Turkey

Before you start, make sure you have a large tray, which is big enough for the turkey, and ensure the tray (and the turkey) fits in the oven. It is worth buying a temperature probe to test if the turkey is done.

Know the exact weight of the turkey (your butcher will help here).

Before cooking, make sure the turkey

comes to room temperature, this means having it out of the fridge at least two hours before you want to cook it.

To stuff or not stuff the turkey

People always have different views on the stuffing, whether to stuff the bird or to make stuffing and leave it out. My advice would be to cook the stuffing separately to ensure that there are no uncooked juices of the turkey in the stuffing and I always find that when I keep the stuffing separate I can adjust the seasoning more easily.

Cooking Times for the Turkey

I have had a look at several charts and cooking times but I think below is the most straightforward guide to follow, providing you with perfect results:

(for an unstuffed turkey)

Calculate 20 minutes per kg + 100 minutes.

For example, 5.5 kg turkey = 110 minutes + 100 minutes = 210 mins (3.5 hours)

Cooking the Turkey Ingredients

1 turkey

2 onions, roughly chopped 2 carrots, roughly chopped 1 bulb of garlic, split in half plenty of herbs such as thyme, sage & rosemary olive oil

salt and pepper

Method

Preheat the oven to 180ºC (fan)

Add the onions, carrots, garlic and herbs to a tray, drizzle a little oil over them.

Season the turkey with salt and pepper all over and make sure to season the inside too. Drizzle some olive over the turkey and use your hands to rub it all over.

Place the turkey on the vegetables.

Place the tray inside the oven and cook to the times as listed above.

How to know if the turkey is done

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

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

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

Once the turkey is out, turn the oven to 210ºC to finish all of the rest of the food.

The Ham

You can cook the ham the day before and glaze it on Christmas day if you prefer.

To cook the ham

Ingredients

1 ham (smoked or unsmoked) Method

Place the ham in cold water and bring to the boil. Change the water and repeat, then turn down to a simmer.

Allow 50 minutes per kg or 20 minutes per lb.

Once it is done, remove it from the water and allow it to cool a little.

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

Honey, Mustard Glaze

This can be made the day before if you prefer.

Ingredients

5 tbsp. dark brown sugar, plus extra to sprinkle finely grated zest of ½ orange 20ml balsamic vinegar 20ml water

2 tbsp. English mustard handful of cloves Method

Mix all of the ingredients except the mustard together to a thick paste. Bring this carefully to the boil to allow the sugar to dissolve. Lower the heat and simmer for a few minutes until you have a dark syrupy glaze. Keep stirring to make sure that the glaze doesn’t burn.

To Glaze the Ham

Place the ham on a tray, to make a criss-cross/diamond pattern on the ham, use a sharp knife to lightly score it, only cutting into the fat and not

the meat underneath.

brush the ham with the mustard. Place a clove in each diamond and pour the glaze over the ham.

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

The Best Roast Potatoes Ingredients

1.5kg-2kg large Maris piper or rooster potatoes, peeled and quartered (this can be done the day before, if so leave them in a bucket of cold water)

2 garlic cloves

Small bunch of rosemary and thyme 150g-200g goose fat or duck fat salt and black pepper

Method

Preheat the oven to 190°C. Boil a large pot of salted water and add the potatoes, then cook for around 15 minutes. They should be half-cooked at this stage. Drain them and leave them in the colander for a few minutes to remove as much moisture as possible.

Put an empty roasting tray in the oven and leave it there for about 10 minutes, remove and add the goose or duck fat. Put this back in the oven for a few minutes (this will help the finished potatoes to crispy).

Carefully remove the tray from the oven and add the potatoes and garlic. Season with some sea salt and pepper. Return the tray to the oven.

Cook for about 25 minutes and then shake the tray and add the herbs. Cook for another 20 minutes or so.

Once ready to serve place them in a large bowl and season well with salt and pepper.

Brussels Sprouts with Bacon and Toasted Hazelnuts

Ingredients

1 large bag of Brussels sprouts 200g bacon(rashers) cut into small strips

1 tbsp. sherry vinegar

2 tbsp. hazelnuts, toasted and crushed rapeseed oil salt and pepper

Method

Prepare the sprouts by taking off

any loose or yellow leaves, then cut them in half and use a small knife to pierce the stem (this helps them cook evenly).

Bring a large pot of salted water to the boil, then add the sprouts (if you have a smaller pot you may have to do this in two stages). Cook in the boiling water for about 2-3 minutes. When you pierce them with a knife you should feel little resistance with the knife. Once cooked, strain them.

NB If you are preparing this the day before add the cooked sprouts to a bucket of cold water for about 5-10 minutes. Once cool place them in a container with a lid in the fridge until needed.

If you are doing these on Christmas Day carry on to the next step. Heat a large pan over medium heat, once hot add a little oil and then the bacon, allow this to brown for about 2 minutes now add the sprouts. Fry them for over a high heat for 2-3 minutes.

Season with salt and pepper, to serve add the roast hazelnuts.

Roast Parsnip and Carrots with Local Honey and Thyme Ingredients

600g carrots, peeled and halved 600g small parsnips, peeled and halved

3 tbsp. olive oil bunch of thyme, leaves picked 2 tbsp. local honey

2 tsp. lemon juice parsley, chopped Method

Add the carrots to a large pot of boiling salted water and cook them for about 8 minutes.

Repeat this process with the parsnips.

NB You can do this the day before or in the morning, if so once the 8 minutes is up, add them to a bucket of cold water, leave them here for about 10 minutes. Strain them and keep in a container with a lid in the fridge.

When ready to continue

To roast them preheat the oven to 210°C.

Place the carrots and parsnips in a large roasting tin with the thyme and salt and pepper, and drizzle with oil. Roast them in the oven for 25 minutes, tossing occasionally in the

oil during cooking, until tender and golden. Add the honey and lemon juice to the tray and return it to the oven. You might want to shake it after 2 minutes or so to allow the honey to coat the vegetables evenly. Cook for another 5 minutes or so.

To serve season and add parsley.

Red Cabbage Braised in Cider

You can do this anytime 4 days before Christmas Day and just needs to be reheated on the day.

Ingredients

1 head of red cabbage, sliced very finely

2 apples, core and sliced

1 red onion, sliced

2 tbsp. cider vinegar

1 tbsp. rich dark brown sugar handful sultanas

400-500ml cider (dry cider works best)

salt and pepper Method

Add all of the ingredients to a large pot.

Pour in the cider until it comes about ¾ way on the red cabbage, cover the cabbage with some parchment paper and cook very slowly for 2 hours. Make sure to stir it every now and then to ensure it is not sticking to the bottom of the pot, add a little water if it is too dry. Season with salt and pepper.

Thyme, Lemon & Pine Nut Stuffing

This can be made the day before and reheated on the day.

Ingredients

100g butter

one large onion, diced a few sprigs of fresh thyme leaves picked

400g breadcrumbs

100g pine nuts, toasted

1 lemon, zested and juiced salt and pepper

Method

In large pan add some of the butter and cook the onions slowly without colour for 4 5 minutes. Add the herbs, the remaining butter and the breadcrumbs. Ideally you want to keep the mixture moist. Add in the pine nuts and the lemon zest and juice. Season with salt and pepper.

If you have made this the day before, place it in tin foil and place in the oven for about 10-15 minutes (do this while the potatoes are cooking).

Gravy Ingredients

1 onion, finely diced

1 carrot, finely diced

1 clove of garlic bunch of chopped herbs pinch of flour - use gluten-free if you can’t have gluten 100ml red wine

500ml stock - use the juice from the turkey tray salt and pepper Method

Once the turkey has been cooked and you have removed it from the tray, skim off the excess fat from the roasting tray. Put the tray on the hob over a low heat and add the diced onion, garlic, herbs and the diced carrot to the existing vegetables that were there while the turkey was cooking. Add the red wine and cook it until it has reduced by half. Make sure to scrape the tray to help remove all the bits. Stir in a pinch of flour and add about 500ml of stock. Cook it for about 10-15 minutes, I usually strain it into a pot so it can be warmed and seasoned with salt and pepper when needed. Once you are ready to serve the meal heat the gravy and pour it in to a warm gravy boat.

Homemade Cranberry and Spiced Orange Sauce

This can be made anytime in week before Christmas and kept in the fridge

Ingredients

100ml ruby port 100g fresh cranberries 75g brown sugar

finely grated zest and juice of 1 orange ½ cinnamon stick 1-star anise Method

Place all the ingredients in a pot and cook over medium heat for about ten minutes. Make sure that there is some liquid still in the pot so that the sauce does not burn, if it is drying out add a little water or a little orange juice.

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

Your Complete Timeline To Help You Organise Your Timing:

CHRISTMAS

EVE:

• Make the red cabbage - you can even have this done two days before Christmas eve if you want.

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

• Have the ingredients ready for the glaze

• Peel the potatoes and keep them in water

• Peel the carrots and parsnips and keep them in water

• Make the stuffing

• Make the cranberry sauce

ON CHRISTMAS DAY:

• Bring the turkey to room temperature

• Cook the turkey

• Prepare the sprouts

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

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

• This ‘turkey resting time’ will allow you to cook the vegetables, including the potatoes.

• Now would be a good time to get the gravy sorted and use this time to finish the sprouts and heat the stuffing.

At this stage everything should be ready to serve. Be proud and enjoy.

Bain taitneamh as!!!

Happy Christmas and Happy New Year

Nollaig Shona agus Ath Bhliain Faoi Mhaise

Bailiúchán Grianghraf Coinneal na Nollag á lasadh. Radharc ó Bhaile Átha Cliath

Grianghrafadóir: Maurice Curtin

Bliain: 1956

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Oíche Nollag

Bhraitheas Críost lem chois

Ar mo shiúlta tríd an oíche bheannaithe

Fé sholas gléineach an leathré Le spéir réaltógach agus scamaill liatha

In íor na spéire.

Cruach Mhárthain ina luí fé chlúid liath

An Triúr Deirféar ag íobairt Dé

Gan siolla gaoithe i nDún an Óir Ach sruthlam cladaigh agus Boladh an áir ar chiumhais na faille.

Bhí gach neach beo ina thromshuan Ach glamaíl gé ina haonar I scioból go dúch in éagmais a scata créatúirí.

Chuala glug glag ag séithléan uisce Ag teacht as gullait in aice an chlaí Ar thaobh na slí.

Bhí torann na dtonn le clos thall agus abhus Glam gach toinne ina mhacalla sa Teampall Bán. Bhí titeam gach toinne ina lasair ghile fé sholas na gealaí Mar fhonn trom ina chrothall ceolmhar

Ag diúgadh an chiúnais agus ag sniugadh an aoibhnis

As doimhneacht dhiamhair na hoíche Mar chór na nAingeal ag tionlacan Íosa ó neamh go talamh.

Bhí réalt lonrach i spéartha an deiscirt ag dáileadh na ngrásta ar dhaoine fé shuan i gciúnas úr na hoíche.

Do scréach roilleog le spréach mórtais nuair a thuirling Mac Dé i nDún Urlann aréir.

- Domhnall Mac Síthigh Maidin Lae Nollag 2002.

Bronnadh Dearbhán

Cúis áthais do

a bhronnadh ar Róise Ní Shinicín, Caitríona Brugha agus Gráinne Ní Aogáin as an tacaiocht leanúnach a thugadar triúr do Chúrsaí Gaeilge do Dhaoine Fásta ag an Oidhreacht le tamall de bhlianta anuas, as an ndíogras iontach a chaitheadar le foghlaim agus le labhairt na teanga agus as an bhfreastal a dheineadar ar Chúrsaí Dioplóma sa Ghaeilge le cúpla bliain anuas. Gura fada buan sa dúthaigh seo an triúr! Gabhann an Oidhreacht mórbhuíochas le Dónal Ó Donnabháin a chuir na scoláireachtaí seo ar fail nuair a bhronn síntiús fial flaithiúil ar Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne. Dhein Dónal freastal ar go leor Cúrsaí Samhraidh é féin in imeacht na mblianta. Beannachtaí na Nollag Guíonn Comharchumann Forbartha Chorca Dhuibhne & Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne Nollaig mhór mhaith agus Bliain Nua fé shonas is fé shláinte don bhfoireann, dá muintir agus do gach aon duine a thugann tacaíocht ar shlí ar bith d’imeachtaí na n-eagraisí in imeacht na bliana.

Comharchumann Forbartha Chorca Dhuibhne Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne

Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne dearbhán an duine

"The old historians of Kerry invariably allude to this piece of water as holding “a great store” of swans. It is private property, and is strictly preserved by the owner, Lord Ventry. It is curious to note that multitudes of wild swans have been for generations in the habit of yearly visiting this small lake that lies so far to the west on the seaboard of the Atlantic. There were about eight hundred swans here during the unexampled frost of January 1881. When a shot was fired they rose together, as one grand white cloud, and left for the sea, but always returned ere nightfall."

- The Fowler in Ireland; or, Notes on the haunts and habits of wildfowl and seafowl including instructions in the art of shooting and capturing them. 1882

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Lough Gill: Mossy Donegan

Diarmuid Mc Sweeney explaining the Grass Measuring Plate and the benefits of grass measuring to farmers at the Ploutos project meeting held in O’ Sullivan’s Bar Lispole on December 7th .

Eugene O’Doherty, Teagasc and Karol Kissane, IFA also spoke about reducing Carbon emissions on farms to meet the 25% target.

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• Taifid chuntasaíochta a choimeád ar phacáiste cuntasaíochta Dingle Hub - Surf Accounts.

• Bheith ag obair lenár bhfoireann agus ár bpairtnéirí chun taifeadadh a dhéanamh ar cheadú íocaíochta, chun sonraisc ceannaithe a phróiseáil, agus chun íocaíochtaí a dhéanamh de réir na bpróiseas 'soláthar-go-híoc' de chuid Dingle Hub.

• Tacaíocht a chur ar fáil timpeall ar chúrsaí soláthair de réir mar a iarrtar.

• Íocaíochtaí rialta a dhéanamh gach coicís agus íocaíochtaí ad hoc a dhéanamh de réir mar is gá.

• Sonraisc/nótaí creidmheasa a chruthú, admhálacha íocaíochta a chur sa phost agus súil a choimeád ar thuairiscí de shean-fhiacha nár ghlanadh.

• Uasdátú a dhéanamh ar réiteach bainc gach coicís.

• Bheith i bhfeighil an párolla agus próiseáil íocaíochtaí.

• Cumarsáid a dhéanamh le seirbhísí comhairliúcháin airgeadais agus bainistíocht Dingle Hub chun próisis agus nósanna imeachta airgeadais a fhorbairt, a uasdátú agus a chur i bhfeidhm.

• Próiseáil a dhéanamh ar aisíocaíochtaí CBL i gcomhairle le seirbhísí comhairliúcháin airgeadais.

• Cabhrú chun na cuntaisí bainistíochta míosúla a ullmhú le hiniúchadh ag an bhfoireann bainistíochta.

• Uasdátú a dhéanamh ar réitigh chláir chomhardaithe mar chuid de na cuntaisí bainistíochta míosúla.

Ní mór don iarrthóir buacach ná cáilíochtaí/mianaigh a leanas a bheith aici/aige:

• Cáilíocht i réimse ábhartha, m.sh. cuntasaíocht airgeadais agus/nó taithí dheimhin acu i ról riaracháin airgeadais.

• Ard-scileanna scríofa agus cumarsáid labhartha.

• Súil ghéar ar leith ar mhionsonraí.

• Taithí mhaith ag úsáid Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, agus Excel.

• Meas agus tuiscint ar chultúr is saol tuaithe na hÉireann, le cumas éigin Gaeilge más féidir.

Ba bhuntáiste iad seo a leanas:

• Cumas labhartha Gaeilge.

• Taithí de bheith ag obair mar chuid d'fhoirne ildisciplíneacha.

Próiseas Iarratais

Cuir chughainn do CV agus litir chlúdaigh ag cur síos ar do spéis in, agus oiriúnacht don, bpost seo ar www.dinglehub.com

Position Available

Job Title: Financial Administrator

Contract: 12 months, (with potential for extension depending on project funding)

Salary range: €28,000 - €30,000 depending on experience

Annual Leave: 24 days per annum

Closing Date: January 10th 2023

Reports to: Finance Manager

The Role: We are looking for an experienced financial administrator to work across multiple Dingle Hub projects and provide administration support to the Finance Manager.

Responsibility

• Maintain accounting records on Dingle Hub accounting software package - Surf Accounts.

• Work with the team and partners to record approvals, process purchase invoices and complete payments as per the Dingle Hub procure-to-pay processes.

• Provide procurement support as requested

• Complete biweekly payment run or adhoc pay-run as required.

• Create sales invoices/credit notes, post payment receipts and review aged debt reports.

• Update the bank reconciliation biweekly.

• Run the monthly payroll and process payments

• Liaise with financial advisory services and Dingle Hub management to develop, implement and update financial processes and procedures.

• Process VAT returns in consultation with financial advisory services

• Assist in creation of the monthly management accounts for review by management

• Update balance sheet reconciliations as part of monthly management accounts.

Essential Skills and Experience

The successful applicant will need to be:

A qualification in a relevant discipline e.g. financial bookkeeping and/or have proven experience in a financial administration role

Proven written and verbal communication skills.

Strong attention to detail.

Extensive experience with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. An understanding of rural Irish culture, ideally with some Irish language skills

Desirable:

• The ability to speak Irish

• Experience of working with multi-disciplinary teams

For a more detailed job description please visit our website www. dinglehub.com

Submit your CV here with a cover letter outlining your interest in, and suitability for, the job .

An Samhradh

Ar an gcéad lá do Bhealtaine

Tosnaíonn an samhradh Amuigh in aice na tine Oíche bhreá.

Amuigh sna goirt

Ag féachaint ar na tarracóirí Bíonn siad ag dul Ó ghort go gort.

Thíos ar an dtráigh Istigh san uisce Ar lá breá te Is an oíche níos deise.

Nach mór trí mhí

Saor ón scoil

Ach ar deireadh

Téann an t-am ana-thapaidh.

- Darragh Russell

Marú, Bascadh agus Slad

An tseachtain seo caite bhíos ar scoil mar is gnáthach. I mo rang Gaoluinne. Ag foghlaim, is chualas glór ait ar nós......gunnna. I m'aigne bhíos ag rá liom fhéin go rabhas ag dul as mo mheabhair, ach ní rabhas in aon chor. Bhí gach éinne sa rang ag féachaint ar a chéile agus ag cur ceisteanna ar a chéile. Cad é sin? Cén saghas glóir é? Cad atá ann? Ansan chuaigh aláram éigin amach. Bhí sé ar nós aláram dóiteáin ach níorbh é sin a bhí ann. Ansan díreach tar éis don aláram dul amach, tháinig fógra amach. Dúradar linn an seomra ina rabhamar a chur fé ghlas agus dul i bhfolach. Mar bhí beirt fhear gléasta ó bhun go barr i ndubh le gunnaí. Bhí mo chroí im bhéal. Ní chreideamar in aon chor é. Ar nós na scéalta a choisfeá ó Mheiriceá, ach bhí sé ag tárlú dúinne ar na bpointe boise. Bhí go maith is ní raibh go holc, táim anseo anois i mo bheathaigh, ach fanfaidh an lá uafásach san liom go deo na ndeor. An lá go raibh marú, bascadh agus slad inar scoil bheag bhídeach.

- Caroline Ní Dhúbhda

Lá an Dreoilín

Téim ar an Dreoilín gach bliain. Ar Lá an Dreoilín bíonn na héinne sásta agus bíonn sceitimíní orm. Dúisím ar an lá agus bíonn sceitimíní orm. Téim le mo chomharsan agus mo cholceatharacha go léir. Bíonn timpeall 20 duine linn. Bíonn sé go hiontach. Bímid ag seinnt ar an bhfeadóg stáin agus faighimid ualach airgid agus crisps agus milseáin. Téimid trí timpeall caoga teach. Faighimid ana-chuid airgid, tugaimid a lán do charthanachtaí. I ndiaidh an lae cuirimid scannáin ar siúl i gcóir an teaghlaigh go léir. Bíonn ana-chraic againn, an lá ar fad. - Tiarnan Ó Loinsigh

Mo Cheantar

Is breá liom mo cheantar, Lios Póil is ainm dó, Is breá liom dul ar shiúlóidín, Nó dul ag rith.

Is breá liom dul síos ar an trá, Is Caisleán na Min Airde, Is breá liom dul ag snámh, I rith an tsamhraidh.

Nuair a dhúisím ar maidin, Bíonn an tarracóir ag imeacht, Téim amach ag feirmeoireacht, Nuair nach mbíonn aon scoil.

Is breá liom mo cheantar, Tá sé go hálainn, Ní mhairfidh mé In aon áit eile ar domhan. - Makayla Ní Bhrosnacháin

An Fharraige

Ag suí ann go réidh Tabhairt slí is am do bháid, Ag obair léi ar an gcósta, Mar fhothain réidh i gcónaí.

Gach rud eile atá ag tarlú Ach tá sí riamh ann, Ag obair léi ar an gcósta Mar fhothain réidh i gcónaí. - Ruairí Ó hUanacháin

An Nollaig

Oíche Nollag Stocaí in airde Féasta mór Lenár gcairde.

Maidin Nollag Éirí luath Dul síos staighre Rudaí áille nua.

Turcaí san oigheann Ansan thar n-ais go Ceann Trá Éadaí snámha orainn Snámh sa bhá.

Ranganna Oíche –Fómhar 2022

Seacláid the ina dhiaidh Méaranta fós reoite Nuair a shroisimid an baile Tá an turcaí dubh dóite.

- Ava Ní Shíthigh

Fernande Iontach

Tá na haon duine ullamh, Tá fuinneamh san aer, Na haon rud ar an líne, Clú is cáil go léir.

Tá na himreoirí ar tinneal, Na réiteoirí réidh, Tá an cluiche le tosnú, Idir an Phortaingéil & Uruguay.

Séideann an fheadóg, Tá'n slua ag béicíl, 'Míonn Ronaldo leis an liathróid, Ach téann sé ar fóraíl.

Tá'n liathróid ar ais ag Fernandez, Is tá Cavani faoi bhrú, Ach ní haon mhaitheas é, Mar tá a liathróid istigh ar chúl.

Tá sé 1 - 0 'dtí an Phortaingéil, Nuair a fhaigheann siad cic phíonóis, De bharr ' handball' Giménez, Anois tá'n cluiche faoi chois.

Tógann Fernandez an chic, Díreach isteach sa líontán, Tá'n bainisteoir ag scréachaigh, Is an slua imithe fiáin.

- Ríona Bácaéir

Ag cur suas na maisiúchán

Gach bliain bím lán do sceitimíní nuair a thagann na boscaí leis na maisiúcháin anuas ón áiléar agus an crann Nollag á cheannach againn.

Nuair a théimid abhaile caithimid an lá ar fad ag cur suas na maisiúchán go dtí go mbíonn an tigh ar fad clúdaithe ó bhun go barr, lá iontach a bhíonn ann.

- Sarah Heneghan

faoi stiúir Dhairena Ní Chinnéide, Scríbhneoir Cónaithe Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne, i gcomhar le hEalaín na Gaeltachta.

"At this moment the winter storms are far away. The grey island float on a blue ocean covered with a light mist. These are the spellbound islands of the Irish legends and not the gloomy ones of Synges dramas. Everything looks soft, almost immaterial. And the world we leave behind, the agitated maze of London, seems to us, on this pacific loneliness, a mad and irrational thing that cannot be true. We are on Europe’s most occidental inhabited land. Between us and America there is nothing else than deserted islands and sea on the back of the world. Looking at the Fairies Island, surrounded by warm mist, it seems to us that we never were that free, that we will never be so close to the unknown."

- A Galician in Ireland (1928) Placido Castro

Dunquin and the Blasket Islandsl: Mossy Donegan

"The bay and mountains about Dingle are objects of considerable interest. Connor Hill, upon which a road is made through a rock which hangs frightfully over the head of the traveller, and the steep descent to a lake, are grand objects. The government has certainly given incontestible proof that rocks, mountains, and water are no effectual impediments to making good roads in Ireland. Why can it not surmount the rocky difficulties of the people, cut through them, give them a tolerable place among the children of men, and enable them to walk forth over these roads, not as beasts of burden, clothed in rags, but like men made in God’s image, enjoying the blessings which are made for all, and should be possessed by all?"

- Ireland’s Welcome To The Stranger (An Excursion through Ireland , in 1844 & 1845, for the purpose of personally investigating the condition of the poor)

- Asenath Nicholson, 1847

Christmas Message from Fr Michael

Moynihan PP

There is a story told about a worried mother who phoned the school office on the afternoon before the annual Christmas concert to say that her small son, who was to play the role of Joseph in the Christmas play, had a cold and had gone to bed on doctor’s orders. “It’s too late now to get another Joseph,” the director of the play said. “We’ll just have to write him out of the script.” - And they did! Joseph just disappeared! And only a few of those who watched that night actually realised that Joseph was missing. In our own lives we too can write people out. Family members, relatives and former friends, that we might disagree with, can be ignored and avoided. At Christmas even Christ himself risks being written out of the script.

Christmas is a time to look back and look forward – to look back at the year that has gone, people we have met, celebrations we have attended, places we have been. Also, to the moments when we said farewell to a loved one that has died. We look forward to the year ahead – a time to continue all that is good in life. A time of hope and new beginnings especially if life has been difficult. In the past year the war in Ukraine has dominated the headlines throughout the world and here at home as many Ukrainians have made their home in these parts. We pray that peace will once again become a reality in Ukraine and in other war-torn parts of the world.

The increasing cost of living is also seeing more people struggling to make financial ends meet. It is through our generosity and the admirable work of groups like St Vincent de Paul their suffering is lessened. As we look backwards and forwards, we take a moment to reflect on our

own lives right now. Christmas reminds us of the birth of Jesus Christ who came into the world to tell us of God’s love and to be with us on our journey. At Christmas time we are invited once again to give God a chance. To notice the many ways he is involved in our lives and to pray for his continued presence in our lives and the lives of others. As we connect with family and friends at Christmas, we pray that we may take a moment to connect with Jesus who continues to offer himself to us.

I take this opportunity to wish you all a very happy, holy, and joyful Christmas. May God continue to bless you and yours, at this time, and in the time ahead.

Corca Dhuibhne Pastoral Area

Christmas Masses / Aifrinntí na Nollag

ANNASCAUL PARISH

Church of the Sacred Heart, Annascaul Christmas Eve – 7.30pm;

St. Mary’s Church, Camp Christmas Day – 10.00am.

St. Joseph’s Church, Inch Christmas Day – 10.00am. Parish Office – 066-9157103.

PARÓISTE BAILE AN FHEIRTÉARAIGH

Naomh Gobnait, Dún Chaoin

Oíche Nollag – 6.00i.n.

Lá Nollaig – 9.00r.n

Séipéal na Carraige

Oíche Nollag – 7.30i.n.

Lá Nollag – 11.00r.n.

Naomh Uinseann, Baile an Fheirtéaraigh

Oíche Nollag – 9.00i.n.

Lá Nollag – 10.00r.n. Oifig – 066-9156131.

CASTLEGREGORY PARISH

St. Brendan’s, Clochán Christmas Eve – 6.15pm St. Mary’s, Castlegregory Christmas Eve – 8.00pm. Christmas Day – 11.30am. Parish Office – 066-7139145.

DINGLE PARISH St Mary’s, Dingle Christmas Eve – 6.00pm. Christmas Day – 11.30am.

Séipéal Naomh Eoin Baiste, Lios Póil Christmas Eve – 9.00pm. Christmas Day – 10.00am. Séipéal Naomh Caitlín, Fionn Trá Oíche Nollag – 7.30i.n. Office: 066-9151208.

Ireland’s Best Coast Cycle Is Back

Jane Casey

GAA LOTTO: The numbers drawn on Dec 14th in the Lotto were 8, 19, 24, 27. There was no winner of the €6,700 Jackpot. Four prizes of €40 each went to Con Kelly, On Line.

Joseph Crowley, Killorglin. Ticket sold by Christine Casey Melissa Clifford. On Line.

Emily Ahern, Tulligbeg. Ticket sold by Johnny Connor. Next weeks Jackpot is €6,800. There will also be extra prizes for Christmas. If youre not in, you cant win.

You can purchase your lotto tickets from Jack’s Bar and Restaurant; The Red Fox Inn; Hannah Mary’s shop; Mad Mix, Killorglin; O’Grady’s Bar, Killorglin, and in Killorglin Credit Union. You can also purchase tickets online - just search for ‘Cromane GAA lotto’. Many thanks to all of our lotto supporters and sellers.

DEATH : The death occurred of Michael (Mikey) Griffin, Lake Road, Cromane, Kerry / Killorglin, Kerry.

Sadly missed and fondly remembered by his loving wife Mary, sons Patrick, Michael & John Paul, daughters-in-law Maura, Susan & John Paul's partner Sheila, his 8 dearly loved grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild, brother John, brother-in-law James, nieces, nephews, relatives, neighbours & many friends.

May Mikey rest in peace. Ar Dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis.

CHRISTMAS DAY SWIM in memory of the late Denis O'Shea at 11am in Cromane.

BINGO in the CYMS Killorglin Sun 1st January 23 at 8.30.Jackpot €1000. Extra prizes in raffle for New Years night. No Bingo Christmas night. Congratulations to the lucky lady that won the €1,000 Jackpot last week.

BINGO in Jack's Cromane every Tuesday night.8pm.

BIRTH: Heartiest Congratulations to Courtney and Niall Dennehy on the safe arrival of their baby boy recently. Blessings to them for the future.

CHRISTMAS PARTY: A very enjoyable party was had by all who attended the Active Retirement Party in Jack's on Sun last. It was great to be back after a 2 year absense. Well done by all who helped, donated and to Jacks Restaurant and Staff for a lovely meal.

BE SAFE BE SEEN: Really important to wear a high viz jacket when walking or cycling on the roads now that winter is upon us. High volume of traffic on the roads currently.

CHRISTMAS LIGHTS: Do pay a trip to see Purcells Christmas Lights, Sunhill, Killorglin. 5 to 9pm nightly.

CHRISTMAS GREETINGS: To all our readers at home and overseas. We did our best to bring you the local news throughout the year. Blessings to all for 2023. Anyone wishing to include items please email to caseycrest@ hotmail.com and we will do our best to include.

QUOTE: The surest way not to fail is to be determined to succeed.

Ride Dingle – Ireland’s best coastal cycle -- returns to the Dingle Peninsula on 15th April 2023, and is already open for registration. A popular cycle around one of the country’s most westerly and scenic points, the event is always a sell out and anticipation so far this year means 2023 will be no exception.

As well as bringing the beauty of the peninsula to cyclists from around the country, Ride Dingle has become a significant supporter of local charities. In 2022, a cheque for €25,000 was presented to charities in West Kerry, including Camphill Communities Dingle, Kerry Hospice, Kerry Cancer Support Group and Irish Community Air Ambulance. It is hoped to build on the amount this year with the generous help and donations from those taking part in Ride Dingle 2023 (a percentage of a participant’s registration fee contributes to the total charity donation).

Ride Dingle participants have a choice of two breathtaking routes: A 55km route following the coastal road from Dingle town around Slea Head, and a 120km route that continues on from Slea Head to the Conor Pass to Anascaul via Camp and back to Dingle. Both take in some of the country’s most spectacular and unspoilt views of the Atlantic, and of Ireland’s most westerly coastline dotted with ancient beehives and remnants of stone dwellings.

The event is organised by Kerry company Elite Event Management in association with Dingle Cycling Club. Oliver Kirwan from Elite Event Management said: “We are very happy to be bringing Ride Dingle back to West Kerry. The event is popular with all levels of cyclists around the country and abroad due to its unique route that takes in the Dingle Peninsula - one of the most dramatic coastal routes in the country. Ride Dingle has a very healthy reputation locally and one that we are always looking to grow and develop. We are indebted to Dingle Cycling Club and the local Dingle community for their help in making this happen, and for enabling the amazing contribution every year to local charities.”

Anyone who would like to register for the event can do so on the Ride Dingle website: www.ridedingle.com

Detail from old nautical chart of Dingle Harbour

Annascaul GAA

LOTTO: Our Lotto jackpot is now €5150. Congratulations to our €40 winners, Marian Kennedy, Fitzmaurices, Michelle and Bernard O’Mahony and Eimear and Sean McCarthy. Tickets can be purchased from shops and pubs throughout the Parish, and now also online from www.clubforce. com or through the clubforce app. Thanks to everyone who supports our Lotto each week.

AGM: Our Senior Club AGM will take place, Sunday 8th January, 7pm in Annascaul Community Centre. All members are encouraged to attend. We are seeking nominations for the position for the Senior Club Secretary. All nominations and motions must be submitted by 5pm Tuesday 3rd January to secretary.annascaul.kerry@gaa.ie

INCH CHRISTMAS DAY SWIM: All are invited to take part in 13th annual Inch beach Christmas Day swim @ 12:30pm. All proceeds will be donated to the Kerry Cancer Support Group. There is something for everyone on Inch beach on Christmas Day, swim, cheer on the brave swimmers or sing along to the Christmas carols. Complimentary warm drinks will be served in Sammy’s Store afterwards. More Information available from Margaret Foley (087)7578980 and Michelle Long (087) 3942096. We look forward to seeing you on Christmas Day!

CLUBGEAR: New items have been added to the online shop at www. oneills.com.

VOLUNTEERS: We are seeking volunteers to help run our club and bring new ideas for the future. If interested in getting involved, please contact any committee member to see how you can help, or contact us via social media. We would greatly appreciate this. Many hands make light work. We are asking members to volunteer 1 hour per week to help our club in the following areas: underage coaching, providing refreshments after Senior home games, fundraising eg selling lotto tickets at Senior home games, selling raffle tickets at quiz nights etc; joining working groups regarding club development plans.

Scoil Naomh Eoin Baiste, Lios Póil

Clárú ar siúl ón 9ú Eanáir 2023 don scoilbhliain 2023-2024

Scoil Naomh Eoin Baiste, Lios Póil

Enrolling from 9th Jan. 2023 for 2023-2024 school year Sonraí Teangmhála: Teil. 066 915 7408

R-phost scoilnaomheoinbaiste@gmail.com

Garraí na dTor, Lios Póil, Trá Lí, Co. Chiarraí V92 CX51 www.scoilliospoil.ie

Buíochas

Ba mhór ag Comhairle na dTuismitheoirí, Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne, a mbuíochas a chur in iúl dóibh siúd a thacaigh le Biongó Mór na Nollag le déanaí. Buíochas do tuismitheoirí, gnóthaí áitiúla agus gach duine a thug tacaíocht ar an oíche.

Buíochas ar leith do na gnóthaí seo a thug go fial fláithiúil: Chop Central, Justin's Barbers, Windle's Barbers, Centra, Supervalu, Danno's, Dingle Bay Hotel, O' Flaherty's Londis, Dingle Blooms, Walsh's Pharmacy, O'Keefe's Pharmacy, Grogan's Pharmacy, Classic Hair Design, Moran's, Dingle Skellig Hotel, McKenna's, Kool Skoops agus aon ghnó eile nach bhfuil ar an liosta seo, táimid go mór faoi chomaoin agaibh as ucht an tacaíocht leanúnach a thugann sibh d'imeachtaí na scoile.

Guímid Nollaig shona agus Athbhliain faoi mhaise oraibh go léir.

Ranganna

Two Festive Walks through Annascaul’s History

Annascaul Historical Society invite you to join them on two guided walks through the countryside around the village over the Christmas break. We were delighted to have an unexpectedly large turnout for our last walk at Halloween. We were a bit overwhelmed and now have amplification so that everyone will be able to hear!

Tuesday 27th December 2022 11.30am: Holly and Ivy, Turkeys and Wrens Festive fun for all the family is to be had on this walk where we shall explore the folklore and traditions of Christmas time in rural West Kerry. Feel free to dress up in your Christmas jumpers or Wren’s Day costumes – expect some music and singing too! The walk will travel east from the village through Ballynane and return via the Maum Road.

Monday 2nd January 2023 11.30am: Railways and Fair Days, Matches and Churches On Bank Holiday Monday we return to the byroads of Annascaul, this time taking the Pound Road and returning via Ballynacourty and Annagap. We pass the ‘pound’ which gives the road its name, the old sports field and the original Ballinclare Fair field on our route. We will come across traces of the old railway more than once, hear about the church that vanished overnight and pay our respects to Tom Crean before returning to the village via Station Road.

Registration will be at Hanafin’s Bar on Annascaul’s Main Street from 11.00 a.m. on each day, with the walk beginning at 11.30. Prices are €5 for an individual and €10 for a family. The walks with their many information points should take about two hours.

Your contributions will help us reach our goal.

The inscribed flagstones are ready, construction is underway, by the summer of 2023 ‘when you walk down the street the pavement beneath your feet will tell stories of where our ancestors lived’.

Ár Mhíle Buíochas dibh go léir.

Léargas an Lae

le Louise Nic an tSionnaigh le tacaíocht ó Thobar Dhuibhne – Plean Teanga Chiarraí Thiar

EbeLouiser Scrooge is ainm dom. Is maith liom airgead – ní é a chaitheamh, ach é a chur i dtaisce (má chíonn tú riamh mo chuid éadaí beidh sé sin soiléir). Sílim go bhfuil an fuadar seo faoin Nollaig iomarcach. Is lá é; ní séasúr! Bah humbug. Bíonn an gomh dearg orm ar theacht le chéile sóisialta oíche Nollag nó an cúpla lá dár gcionn; b’fhearr liom bheith ag geimhriú, deas teolaí, gan éinne ag cur isteach orm. Ní ainniseoir amach is amach mé. Díreach ná bí ró-Billy-Barry-ach timpeall orm.

Tá cuairteoir tagtha chugam gan choinne. Níl aithne agam orthu agus nílim ag cur fáilte rompu ach níl siad ag fágaint. Agus le linn na cuairte seo, táim ar chúis éigin ag dul siar ar bhóithríní na smaointe……

• Ag dul a chodladh ró-dhéanach agus ag éirí ró-luath (do mo thuismitheoirí!) oíche agus Lá Nollag

• An seomra suite lán le bréagáin nach raibh ann cúpla uair a chloig roimhe. Cad as a dtánadar?!

• Uaireanta fiche duine ann don ndinnéar; bord amháin do na daoine fásta agus ceann do na leanaí. Gan dabht ag tabhairt amach faoi bheith ag an mbord beag.

• Dul go dtí an bpanto agus iad ag caitheamh milseáin ón stáitse.

• “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” ar siúl ar an dteilifís maidin Nollag, agus seacláid. Don mbricfeásta!

• An cheolchoirm ar scoil agus sa tsáipéal; sinne inár n-aingil; tinsel timpeall ar ár gcinn; mo mham suite sa tseomra suite ag fúáil feistis.

• Aifreann Lá Nollag agus Lá le Stiofáin.

• Ag maisiú an cranin le chéile, agus argóint faoi cé a chuirfidh an t-aingeal ar a bharra.

• An “Toy Show”.

• Na Roses a bhí ann na blianta ó shin; an ceann le seacláid dorcha agus cnónna imithe; an ceann le toffee crua imithe

• Ag fáilt amach nach raibh bachlóga Bhruiséile ró-olc i ndáiríre.

• Ag ceannach páipéir beartáin ó na mná “5 for 50,” ar Shráid Anraoi.

• Mo mham i scamall gaile sa chistin gan a bheith ag ligint d’éinne cabhrú léi.

• Ag tarraingt ciorcal timpeall ar na scannáin le dearamh san RTÉ Guide – dóchasach go bhféachfainn orthu ar fad.

• Ag féachaint ar scannáin nach raibh suim agam iontu ionas go mbeinn in ann fanacht i mo shuí níos déanaí.

• Bla leabhair nua.

• Fir dhóiteáin mhóra láidre ag bailiú airgid do leanaí breoite i lár na cathrach.

• Hataí á gcaitheamh againn ó phléascóga na Nollag, agus mo dhaid ag insint scéil, “greannúr”.

• Tine agus Tayto.

• Ag cur ceoil ar siúl ar an seinnteoir ceirníní; ní Mariah Carey agus a leithéid ach Nat King Cole; Bing Crosby; Paul McCartney agus na froganna.

• Na soilse ildaite sa chathair agus fuinneoga Switzer’s ag glioscarnaigh.

N’fheadar cad a tharla ansan. Tháinig saghas mearbhall orm. Ar deireadh tá an alfraits sin imithe. Ach seo chugam pleidhce eile. Canathaobh go bhfuilim ciaptha inniu ag na hamadáin seo? Agus cén fáth go bhfuilim ag déanamh mo chuid macnaimh ar an Nollaig arís?....

• Mo mham fós ar an bhfód, agus fós den gcuid is mó ag diúltú cabhair ó éinne, agus sise ceithre scór agus breis!

• Mo bheirt neacht agus mo nia ag scríobh litreacha do Dhaidí na Nollag díreach tar éis Oíche Shamhna. Mar a dúras, ní séasúr é, ach ‘sé cliste ó thaobh réamhfhógairt a thabhairt do Dhaidí na Nollag!

• Ag dul ar chuairt mé féin go Daidí na Nollag le mo mhac óg. Níl cliú aige cad atá ag tarlúint ach is leithscéal é domsa dul ann! Agus nuair a bhíonn sé ag stánadh timpeall air le súile móra ar na soilse agus na maisiúcháin, an domhan á fheiscint agam féin le súile úra.

• Ag gearán faoi dul suas síos idir Ciarraí agus BÁC.

• Ag tabhairt amach faoi bheith traochta agus gnóthach – mar tá imeachtaí na Nollag ar siúl, clann ag teacht le chéile, cairde ag bualadh lena chéile, geamaireacht agus ceoldráma le dul chucu…

• Ag dul go seó mór le rá le ceathrar cailín óg, é a bheith curtha ar ceal ag an neomat deireanach, agus mo dheirfiúr dochreidte, atá breoite, ag teacht suas le Plan B ana thapaidh gan misneach dá laghad a chailliúnt. Sin spiorad na Nollag.

• Ag plé dinnéar na Nollag le m’fhear chéile; féasta breá ollmhór do dheichniúr….cé nach mbeidh ach ceathrar (go leith) ann. Ach tá sceitmíní orainn.

• Ní hamháin mo mham ach mo dhaid fós ar an bhfód. Sin míorúilt.

• Daoine fós ag clúdach tithe le soilse agus ag cruthú draíochta – in ainneoin praghas leictreachais, mar tá siad ag iarraidh airgead a bhailiú do charthanacht ó na daoine a thagann. Sin spiorad na Nollag.

• Ag tnúth le bheith ag geimhriú le m’fhear chéile, gan leithscéal a thabhairt nó braistint ciontach as fanacht i mo chulaith oíche don lá ar fad.

• Gan an bosca milseáin a oscailt, cé go bhfuil cathú orm, mar teastaíonn uaim taitneamh a bhaint astu ar an 25ú.

• Mo neacht ag rá liom (go húdarásach) go bhfuil fhios aici conas go dtagann síóg na Nollag isteach sa tigh, ach nach bhfuil cead aici é a rá liom.

• Ag tarraingt ciorcal timpeall ar na scannáin san RTÉ Guide, cé go bhfuil fhios agam nach bhféachfaidh mé ar fiú leath dóibh.

• Ag maisiú an chrainn go drogallach, ach ag baint taitneamh as in ainneoin mé féin

Is leor sin. Tá an chaint seo ar fad fé’n tseanashaol agus fé laethanta súáilceacha ag déanamh míchompórdach mé. Tá rudaí níos tábhachtaí le déanamh – níocháin, glantóireacht, iarnáil . . . ach gan dabht seo chugam amadán eile ag iarradh mo lá a loit. Tá sé loitithe cheana féin; dein do dhícheall!.....

• Lá éigin, mo mham agus mo dhaid imithe, agus ba bhreá liom scéal “greannmhar,” nó “amach leat,” a chloisint uair amháin eile.

• Fós ag gearán faoi chairde agus coinní go dtí go stopaim á fháil – nó a bheith baoch agus ag baint súp astu; na soilse, aifreann, an Toy Show, na seóanna, mo chairde…

• Fós ag gearán fén dtaisteal – nó bheith baoch go bhfuil clann agus cairde le dul chucu agus le braistint uaim.

• Mo mhac ag iarradh éalú uaim mar go mbím i ndroch-ghiúmar –nó lá á chaitheamh le chéile ag ithe seacláide agus ag féachaint ar “Willy Wonka” sna pítseamaí.

• Ag bailiú airgid do charthanacht mé féin.

• Ag féachaint ar na liostaí thuas, agus iad ag éirí nios giorra. Ag féachaint siar ar an am atá thart, agus a bheith baoch as. Nollaig shona.

Brigid O'Connor

WEDDING Congratulations to David O Donnell, Kilteenbane, Camp and Catriona Ferriter, native of Lispole who were married on Friday last at The Prince Of Peace Church, Fossa and had a wonderful reception at The Great Southern Hotel, Killarney. David and Catriona, may you and your family be blessed with great joy and happiness in the years ahead.

AN POST There will be Mail/Parcel deliveries on Saturday, 24th. December (Christmas Eve). Normal services will resume on Thursday 29th. December. Wishing Tadhg O'Halloran, our helpful and obliging Postman and all at An Post and their families a very happy Christmas. Go raibh míle, Tadhg.

CAMP ACTIVE RETIRED Over 20 people attended a wonderful Chirstmas Party and lunch at the Old School, Camp on Thursday last.

Thank you to Tom, Caroline, Gerard, Larry, Mary and Teresa, the hard working team who served the meal and looked after everybody so well on the day. Compliments of the day go to O'Dwyers/Mace, Chef and staff on the delicious five star quality, Turkey and Ham dinner with all the trimming cooked to perfection and enjoyed by everybody.

Thank you Joe, Áine and Breda and all at O'Dwyers for your support all year round too. Grateful appreciation to Fr. Eamonn Mulvihill who

celebrated Mass and Rev. Phyllis Jones who assisted him. Thank you Fr. Eamonn and Rev. Phyllis.

Christmas Cards were presented to everybody, hand crafted and designed by the children of Aughacasla school, supported by their teacher Christina O Shea, Scanlon What a lovely gesture, much appreciated. Thank you Christina and pupils.

Thank you to Milo, Gordon and Pat Finn for the entertainment after the meal, enjoyed by all.

ST. MARY'S CHURCH Readers St Mary’s Church, Camp – Anybody who would be willing to read at Masses in St Mary’s Church, Camp is asked to contact the Parish Office at 066 9157103 or Sheila at 086 2217072.

CHRISTMAS DAY SWIM All those joining the Christmas Swim in Camp this year might like to consider making a donation to free humanitarians, the group supporting Castelgregory man Sean Binder and his colleagues. Please see for full details - www.freehumanatarians.org.

Swim is on Christmas Day at Garrahies Gap, Camp Strand at 11.30 a.m.

OBITUARY The news of the death of John Barrett, Upper Camp on Saturday, 10th December last was received with great sadness in the locality.

John passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his loving family. He was predeceased by his father Derry, wife Phil and his son John.

Beloved husband of Mary and dearly loved father of Chloe, Derry, David, Laura, Jason, Ava and Amy. Sadly missed by his loving family, adored grandchildren, mother, sister,

Film Review - Avatar : The Way of Water

Tom Ó Neachtain

Avatar : The Way of Water is the ludicrously longawaited sequel to 2009’s cultural and commercial monument, Avatar, and picks up about 20 years after the original. James Cameron had been pushing the technical limits of film-making long before the original Avatar’s release. By using the VFX technology of 2009 to its full potential, his team managed to make the original’s jungle setting into one of the most detailed and imaginative showcases of visual effects ever created. From a visual standpoint, the first Avatar brought blockbuster cinema into the 21st century.

The Way of Water’s story takes us back to the rainforests of the planet Pandora, where Jake Sully, Neytiri, and their brood of children, are forced to seek refuge with a clan of ocean-dwelling Na’vi, after a resurgence of human invaders set their sights on the family. Thankfully, this film moves away from the original’s jungle aesthetic early on, choosing instead to explore the gorgeously rendered oceans of Pandora. When the film goes underwater, it becomes a bioluminescent marvel. Exploring the mystical reefs and valleys proves to be both relaxing and gripping, and the beautifully designed marine wild-life are incorporated into the

story cleverly. Like the first film, the designwork across the board is excellent. The vision of humanity’s futuristic technology is wonderfully creative and detailed, and offers a brilliant visual contrast to the allnatural splendour of Pandora.

In terms of action, The Way of Water goes bigger, and better, than the original, delivering a sweeping and tense final battle that closes the film with a suitably grand bang. However, and this is a big however, there are crippling problems in the presentation and writing, that constantly bubble below the film’s pristine exterior. Sadly, the choice to film in 60 frames-persecond backfired badly here, with the character’s weirdly smooth movement becoming a constant distraction from the visual spectacle on-screen. The film’s dialogue is clichéd, and at times woefully bad. It fails imbue any new characters with personality or wit, leaving the emotional beats towards the end ringing hollow.

Avatar : The Way of Water is Blockbuster filmmaking at its technically-accomplished best, and its emotionally disinteresting worst. The flat script is just barely redeemed by Cameron and co.’s mission to define what a modern Blockbuster, from a visual and action stand-point.

Tom Ó Neachtain is a transition year student in Pobalscoil Corca Dhuibhne

brother, cousins, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews and extended family and his many friends. Sympathy is extended to all.

Fr. Danny Broderick in a touching homily at Johns funeral Mass concluded with the words of Johns children, beautiful sentiments and memories of their father, our Dad was a very hard working man with a heart of gold.

Indeed that is how he will always be fondly remembered by everybody who had the pleasure of knowing and working with John in his journey through this life. Rest In Peace

CHRISTMAS CHEER Camp is gone all festive for Christmas again this year. Christmas tree all lit up in St. Mary's Church yard.

Everything you need for Christmas is available in O'Dwyers Mace in Camp Cross. Decorate your house inside and out, trees, wreaths, freshly cut as needed, the fruits of nature, grown in an open clean environment in Camp.

Ashe's Pub is open full time from Thursday and Camp Junction Bar and Restaurant serving top class cuisine from 12.30 every day. Phone 066/7130120.

And don't miss The Session in The Railway Tavern on Sundays.

Ashe's Cafe open daily until 3.00 p.m. and on Sunday for the Traditional music session.

A big Christmas welcome awaits you in Camp. Nollaig shona daoibh go léir, i mbaile is i gcéin.

Whitebread and Androgyny for Christmas. Pa rum pum pum pum

Bert McCann

One of the strangest festive musical duets was recorded in September 1977 at London’s Elstree studio. Intended as a holiday television special the track almost didn’t make it onto tape as one of the unlikely pairing refused to perform the required song. After a scramble the recording was brought home and peace reigned after a fashion.

The project was the Canadian Broadcasting Company’s recording of a television showcase Merrie Olde Christmas for America’ s first multimedia star and the world’s favourite crooner. Space doesn’t allow a complete recounting of Bing Crosby’s achievements but safe to say his talent transcended several disciplines. Son of a second generation Irish emigrant mother he straddled the worlds of song, acting, film, and sound recording. For over fifty years he was a biggest seller on all fronts. In addition, he is credited with initiating the introduction of the process of recording, utilising magnetic tape. Thus he could record radio and TV broadcasts in quantity and wherever he chose to locate. Crosby also found a ready audience for sentimental ballads. Amongst them were multi-million sellers, White Christmas, Do You Hear What I Hear? and Christmas In Killarney all of which have entered the ‘traditional’ celebratory repertoire. The Guinness Book of World Records has it that White Christmas with sales of 50 million copies is the biggest selling recording of all time

Despite crooner Bing’s prestige, the rubber hit the road with his pairing with one of the most controversial musical performers of his time. Born David Robert Jones in London in 1947 he began his performing career in 1963. So, when he encountered Crosby as David Bowie fifteen years later he had earned his chops. He was to become one of the most respected musical figures of the 20th Century. He was particularly noted for his work in the 1970s before his encounter with the older pop idol. Six years later Space Oddity took him into the UK singles chart for the first time. 1972 saw the unveiling of Ziggy Stardust an identity exercise in flamboyance and androgyny, along with the single Starman and the album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. Three years later he changed direction again with a plastic soul number one single success in the US with Fame. The following year witnessed the release of a film The Man Who Fell to Earth. Then he went electronic in 1977 with the help of Brian Eno and a single and album entitled Low emerged.

His first meeting with his collaborator didn’t go entirely smoothly.

In an interview with Billboard Magazine in 2014 Bing and Kathryn’s children recalled the occasion. Mary Crosby described Bowie then in his late stage Ziggy Stardust posture arriving on set to meet the man who was forty-three years his senior saying, “The doors opened and David walked in with his wife. They were both wearing full-length mink coats, they have full matching makeup and their hair was bright red.” She continued, “We were thinking, ‘Oh my god.”’ Their son Nathaniel added “It almost didn’t happen. I think the producers told him to take the lipstick off and take the earring out. It was amazing to see the contrast.” Mary realised that each recognised the other’s virtuosity when they sat at the piano and both relaxed. But this conjunction of white bread and androgyny as a critic named it had a hurdle to cross still. A recording of a duet of the perennial Little Drummer Boy was the studio plan. The song written in 1941 by Katherine Kennicott Davis derives from a Czech song, Carol of the Drum from where the melody is drawn. It is thought to have been written as a song describing a child drummer making his way to play for the nativity. Regardless of its meaning Bowie disliked it and refused to sing it. Nothing daunted the producers and lyricists set to and created Peace on Earth in 75 minutes. The younger man made it his own as the elder sang the intended song in counterpoint. Done and dusted after an hour of rehearsal. Listening to it now (https://youtu.be/lCpXMy5GalI) it has a pleasing dynamic. A meeting of two of the finest vocalists from different musical periods of twentieth century pop music resulted in a lasting accomplishment. Five weeks after the recording of the songs Bing died of a heart attack. David when he came to Elstree was a troubled young man. Ultimately he found peace. He passed away in January 2016. The recording that they made gathered dust other than appearing as a bootleg. In 1983 RCA issued it as a single.. As a result both songs entered and remain part of the Christmas canon. Nollaig shona daoibh go léir.

Nollaig Shona agus Bliain Nua Fé Mhaise Dhaoibh go léir Bhí ana bhliain againn i mbliana! Ár mbuíochas libhse ar fad a bhí páirteach sna himeachtaí, sa Tae & Plé, sna siúlóidí. Ár mbuíochas leis na ngnóanna ar fad a thacaigh linn agus a bhain úsáid as na tacaíochtaí agus an Ghaelainn á chur chun cinn agaibh i bhur gcuid oibre na haon lá beo. Le pobal an bhaile agus leis na héinne a bhí linn i mbliana agus buíochas speisialta le Coiste Dhúchas an Daingin as an tacaíocht agus an cabhair go léir i mbliana. Táimid ag súil go mór le leanúint leis an obair i 2023! Go mbeirimid beo ar an am seo aríst.

What a wonderful year! A huge thank you to all the people that were involved in any way, with our events, conversational groups, walks. Thank you to all the wonderful businesses that supported us and made use of the services while promoting the use of Irish in your businesses on a daily basis. The local community and everyone that was with us this year. A special thank you to Dúchas an Daingin’s wonderful committee, for their support and assistance throughout the year.

We are looking forward to working with you all again next year.

Dúchas an Daingin 2023

Tá mórán ar na bioráin againn don mbliain seo chugainn! Beidh tús á chur againn le roinnt imeachtaí míosúla, le Tae agus Plé, le siúlóidí agus le seisiúin cainte!

Má tá suim agatsa aon imeacht/seisiúin a thosnú sa Daingean dein teagmháil linn inniu ar 087 7004 884, ba bhreá linn tacú leat!

Ealaíontóirí á lorg:

Táimid ag súil go mór le turas a tabhairt ar Bhaile Átha Cliath an tseachtain seo chugainn, áit a bronnfar níos mó ná Beidh coimisiúnú á dhéanamh againn ar phíosaí ealaíne éagsúla a bheidh á chrochadh sa Daingean mar chuid de thogra atá ar bun againn. Tá téamaí éagsúla aitheanta againn a bhaineann leis an nDaingean agus beimid ag iarraidh ar ealaíontóirí píosa a dhearadh bunaithe ar na teamaí san. Má tá suim agatsa sa togra, ba bhreá linn é a phlé leat. Tuilleadh eolais ar fáil ach glaoch a chur ar Christín ar 087 7004 884.

GRADAIM 2023

Bhí ana áthas orainn an oiread ghnóanna ón nDaingean a chlárú don Scéim GRADAIM i mbliana. Tá ana áthas orainn go mbeidh an scéim seo ar bun aríst i 2023! Má tá suim agatsa do ghnó a chlárú ní gá ach teagmháil a dhéanamh linn ar 087 7004 884.

We were delighted to be able to register so many wonderful businesses from town for this years GRADAIM. If you would like to register your business for 2023, or find out more about this scheme, you can do so by contacting us on 087 7004 884.

Tacaíochtaí do Ghnóanna: Comharthaíocht (msh: oscailte/dúnta, uaireanta oscailte, ean sinn ar na meáin, srl.)

Signage (Open/closed, opening hours, order at the counter etc.)

Seirbhís Aistriúcháin d'aon ní a chuirfidh le feiceáileacht na teangan (msh: comharthaíocht, ábhair don suíomh, fógraí, preasráitis, srl.)

Translating service for anything that will increase the visibility of the language (msh: signage, brochures, website, press releases, ads, menus, etc.)

Tacaíochtaí teanga do ghnóanna, seisiúin cainte agus ranganna dírithe ar an dteanga a úsáidtear le custaiméirí.

Language supports for businesses, language sessions and classes focusing on the spoken language used with customers.

Frásaí & Nathanna Úsáideach / Useful Phrases & Terms

Bain triail astu sa ar na meáin an tseachtain seo! Why not try some of these on your posts this week!

- Nollaig Shona

- Bliain Nua fé Mhaise

- Bain súp as an saoire

- Tá súil agam/againn go mbeidh Santaí go maith

- Sí an Nollaig í

- Ceannaigh go háitiúil

- Ceannaigh i nDaingean Uí Chúis

- Ceannaigh sa Ghaeltacht

- Ceannaigh i gCorca Dhuibhne - Lá an Dreoilín

- Ná dearúd!

- Tapaidh an deis!

- Táimid lán!

- Suíocháin ar fáil - Ticéadaí ar fáil

- Seol DM chugainn

- Dein teagmháíl linn ar…

- Glaoigh orainn inniu

- Cur bord in áirithint ar ..

- Nasc inár mbio

– Happy Christmas

- Happy New Year

- Enjoy the holidays

- I/We hope that Santy is good - Its Christmas

- Buy local - Buy in Dingle

- Buy in the Gaeltacht

- Buy on the Dingle Peninsula

- Wrens Day

- Don’t forget

- Don’t miss out!

- We are full!

- Seats available - Tickets available

- DM us

- Contact us on…

- Call us today

- Book a table on - Link in our bio

An féidir linn cabhrú leatsa? Can we help you? Bí i dteagmháil linn: Cristín de Mórdha, Fón: 087 7004 884 Rphost: optduchasandaingin@gmail.com Facebook, Twitter, Instgram: Dúchas an Daingin Linktree: Dúchas an Daingin

Castlegregory Notes

The Mega Christmas Raffle Winners: draw took place in the clubrooms on Friday night 16th December, it was streamed live on Facebook.

The winners were: First prize, the smart TV, Tom Long. Second Prize, the €200 hamper, Sadhbh Baker. Third Prize, the €150 hamper, Karen Fitzgerald. Fourth Prize, the wireless earbuds, Edel O’Connor

Congratulations to all the winners and many thanks to all who bought tickets and participated in the draw.

Bingo was held in the clubrooms on Friday evening at 8pm on the 16th December. The winners of the bingo raffle prizes were: Angela O’Connor, €25 voucher sponge red by Fitzgerald Jewellers. Mary Ferriter, evening bag sponsored by Jasmine Boutique. Debbie Harrington, big Santa, sponsored by Micheal Guineys. Edward Hennessy, bottle of wine, sponsored by The Grand Hotel and cookery book sponsored by O’Mahoney’s Book Shop.

Live crib with Carols: A live crib with candlelit walk through village, and carols with Josephine and choir, took place on December 17th at 5:30 pm. The event was enjoyed by all and refreshments were provided for the children in the clubrooms afterwards. Many thanks to all who participated, especially the children, who volunteered to dress up.

Upcoming Events: December 25th: Christmas Day Swim on Castle Beach: Come and join us for our festive Christmas Day swim. Gathering on the beach at 12:30. Donations to St Vincent de Paul

January 2nd 2023: Rambling House Concert by Josephine and Friends in the clubrooms. Starting at 7pm. Admission by ticket only, no charge, donations to St Vincent de Paul. Interval raffle will take place for the CCC.

The Official Re-opening of the newly revamped Clubrooms will take place on Friday 6th January at 12.30 pm. All welcome . Refreshments provided.

Castlegregory Celtic FC: Wishing everyone a very happy and safe Christmas and New Year from all at Castlegregory Celtic FC. We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone that has supported the club in any way through the year and especially with our pitch purchase and development drive which has received phenomenal support since we announced it. Onwards and upwards for 2023.

Fixtures: no games until after Christmas. We will hold a charity gamedate and time TBC.

Non-playing membership: we have postponed our members hamper raffle to after Christmas as there was a delay with the forms. Thanks to everyone that has supported the initiative to date. Membership forms are being posted and will be available from players and management shortly.

Pool tournament: A huge thanks to everyone that came and supported our pool tournament last Sunday, which saw well over 40 players competing! Congratulations to Maurice O'Connell and CJ Daniels who won the title, defeating Ian Beano O'Donnell and Tomás O'Sullivan in a cracking final.Thanks again to all those that sponsored prizes for the raffle, helped in any way on the night and a special mention for Maurice James and Maurice Snr in Maurice Fitzs for helping us run what was a fantastic event. Looking forward to next year already!

The Brandon Bay Run: the date for 2023 has been set! See everyone on the beach on Saturday 22nd July 2023. Entry is open online on www. brandonbayrun.com (keep an eye on social media for offers during Christmas)

Pitch purchase and development drive: the GoFundMe page has received incredible support to date with over €13,000 raised already! Donations can still be made by logging onto www.gofundme.com and searching for Castlegregory Celtic FC. All donations go directly to the pitch development drive.

Whist results 15/12/2022 Ladies: 1st: Nora Walsh, 2nd: Mary McKenna; Interval: Catherine Lyons, Catherine Dowd; Gents: 1st: Jackie Goodwin, 2nd Thomas Maunsell; Interval: Michael Rohan, Kathleen Hennessy; Mystery: Martin Courtney, Ann Moriarty. Whist every Thursday in Castlegregory Clubrooms and Wednesdays in Annascaul.

Castlegregory Care of theAged/Active Retired are looking for a part time employee. This is a part time Community employment position.

For further details of the position, please contact Margaret Maunsell, 087 9076256.

Drink Can Rings, Old Spectacles & Used Postage Stamps: Many thanks to all who are continuing collecting.

News Items If any local groups have any news items they would like to be made known, such as match fixtures, results, courses or anything of special interest-could groups inform the office by 12 midday on Monday mornings so that it can be entered into the local community news items in the newspapers.

St. Mary’s Camp: There is no longer a Sunday Mass at 12 noon. – Mass is a Vigil Mass on every second Saturday @ 6.15pm. (it alternates with St. Brendan’s Cloghane). Please check the weekly parish newsletters to know exact dates for these Masses.

Tin Whistle Classes have resumed in the small clubrooms. Contact Laura: 087 9393076 Email laurakelliher@yahoo.com All ages welcome.

Chosun Taekwondo-Do Barry has now resumed his classes every Thursday.Still at the West End hall Email: boconnortkd1@gmail.com Facebook Chosun Taekwon-Do and Fitness Mobile: 087 9837252 if you think your child might like to join his classes.

The Academy of Dance has now moved back to the Clubrooms .Fully Qualified Teachers, offering Examinations & Performance opportunities. To register or for more information please contact us on 087 2637044 or via email: theacademyofdance@live.ie

Photos by Mossy Donegan

WHIST Jack Frost was the over all winner on 14/12/22 Whist will be played this Wednesday 21st with the usual Christmas raffle. It will be the last drive this year and we wish all our players have a happy and holy Christmas. Next drive will be the first Wednesday in January

Be aware of Samaritan collections at the Church of the Sacred Heart ( Annascaul ) on Christmas night. and at a=other Christmas masses during the week. Please give generously to the great work that they provide to those that are struggling at these times.

Annascaul Historical Society invite you to join them on two guided walks over the Christmas and New Year holidays

Tuesday 27th December 2022 11.30am: Holly and Ivy, Turkeys and Wrens Festive fun for all the family is to be had on this walk where we shall explore the folklore and traditions of Christmas time in rural West Kerry. Feel free to dress up in your Christmas jumpers or Wren's Day costumes -expect some music and singing too! The walk will travel east from the village through Ballynane and return via the Maum Road.

Monday 2nd January 2023 11.30am : Railways and Fair Days, Matches and Churches

On Bank Holiday Monday we return to the by-roads of Annascaul, this time taking the Pound Road and returning via Ballynacourty and Annagap. We pass the 'pound' which gives the road its name, the old sports field and the original Ballinclare Fair field on our route. We will come across traces of the old railway more than once, hear about the church that vanished overnight and pay our respects to Tom Crean before returning to the village via Station Road.

Registration will be at Hanafin's Bar on Annascaul's Main Street from 11.00 a.m. on each day, with the walk beginning at 11.30. Prices are €5 for an individual and €10 for a family. The walks with their many information points should take 2 hours

These are invaluable talks and help to contribute to getting a greater understanding of the social and economic aspects of the village. We are a looking forward seeing the historical flagstones that will be incorporated into the pavements during the phases of road development from January to March in 2023.

Well done to the Shadow River Farm and North Pole at the South Pole for organising their Christmas village and Cottage Market event last weekend Dec 10th. Thanks you to all stall holders and the entertainment that was provided on the day. It was lovely seeing the buzz around the village .

Wishing all those that come and enjoy our village a Warm and Peaceful Christmas. We wish you and your families a Happy and Prosperous new Year

If you wish to have your notices included for publication within the Annascaul Notes each week please email annascaulcafe@gmail.com at Annascaul Cafe and Pottery with "Notes" included in the subject or text 0868035464 with all relevant details. Thank you.

Notaí an ClochánBréanainn

Drama/Play

Hy-Breasal players present Five new short plays set in a Coffee Shop by Frank Houlihan. Friday 30th December’22 at Halla Le Chéile, Brandon, V92DK4C. 7:30pm. Cead Isteach €12. Book online for Tickets at www.cflt.ie, 087 941 5523

Buaiteoirí Lató Mí Nollaig / Lotto winners December 2022

1ú:(€500): Anne Kearney, New York & An Clochán

2ú: (€250): Gina Overy, An Siopa, An Clochán.

3ú: (€150): Michael Flaherty, Bréanainn.

4ú: (€75): Hygicare Ltd, Trá Lí.

5ú: (€50): Frank & Eileen O’Sullivan, Co. Corcaigh.

Dúnta i rith na Nollag

Beidh an oifig agus an chistin dúnta ón 22ú Nollaig go dtí an 5ú Eanáir.

Office and kitchen closed during Christmas between 22nd December to 5th January.

Baird Bréanainn, Closing Date extended 9/1/22: Comórtas Véarsaíochta Grinn,Vearsaí grinn,i nGaeilge nó i mBéarla. A Comic Verse Competition. Only entries of a comic nature will be accepted. Entries can be in Irish or English. Each entrant may submit one entry only. Entries must be printed and posted to: Bard of Brandon Competition, Halla Le Chéile, Bréanainn V92DK4C, Co Chiarraí: Prizes: 1st, €150; 2nd, €75; 3rd, €50. Closing Date for receipt of entries is 09/01/2023: Full Information: www.bardofbrandon.com

Nuachtlitir/Newsletter Tá an nuachtlitir 2022 is déanaí ar líne. The most recent newsletter is online at www.cflt.ie/category/ news/

Tinteáin Ceoil: .. Ceol, Rince, Scéalta, Dánta, Amhráin, Craic agus Cupán tae & Scone. Gach Luain (Every Monday evening) 7:30pm - 9:30 pm at the Halla. V92DK4C

Meithal – Family Liason Officer

An Ghníomhaire um leanaí & teaghlach. Cabhair foirmeacha a líonadh. Help with form filling or any other family issue. Halla Le Chéile V92DK4C Gach Maidin Deardaoin. Every Thursday Morning

Contact Meabh Ní Choncubhair 085 7261796

Local Link Bus Service:

Brandon to Tralee ………..Gach Luain & Céadaoin 9:10am

Cloghane to Castlegregory………Gach Déardaoin 7:15pm

Cloghane Public Dinner Bus to Halla Le Chéile……...Gach Máirt 12:15pm

Thuilleadh Eolas https://www. locallinkkerry.ie/Brandon/

Am Aifreann / Mass Times. Séipéal Naomh Bréanainn, An Clochán

Gach Dara Sathairn/ Every 2nd Saturday 6:15pm

Also Mass every Tuesday evening at 7:00pm Adhradh Comaoineach / Eucharistic Adoration

Tuesdays – 11.15am to 12.15pm

Thursdays – 2.00pm to 3.00pm Saturdays – 11.15pm to 12.15pm

Subject to change…weekly parish newsletter available in church every weekend with full details.

Also on website https://www.dioceseofkerry.ie/ parish/castlegregory/ Spás Oifige le ligean ar cíos. Office space to let Tuilleadh eolais www.cflt.ie/office-hot-desksto-let/ nó glaoch a chuir orainn ar 066 713813

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ficient than panels, but realistically the difference is small, especially when we have had such a great spell of sunshine.

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Oifigeach Cúnta Pleanála Teanga á lorg! / Job opportunity with Tobar Dhuibhne!

Well the answer is simple really, it's not a solar panel it's a heat pump.

The way it works is a panel is fitted to your roof which is connected to a unit and cylinder in your hot press. This is a compressor similar to what's found in a fridge, this unit pumps a refrigerant gas into the panel where it heats due to the fact that the gas has a very low boiling point of about -25 Celsius so this hot gas comes back into the unit, where the gas is compressed to make it hotter, the heat is then transferred to create heat. However, this unit is dependant on electricity to operate so while saving money on heating hot water it does so at a cost.

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

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

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Turas Treoraithe ar an mBlascaod Mór.

Gradam Gaisce Gaeltachta bronnta ar Shinéad

do Ghaeltacht Chorca Dhuibhne go mbeadh Lios Póil láidir!’

Roibeard Ó Cathasaigh

Beannachtaí beannaithe na Nollag chugat, a léitheoir, agus sonas is sláinte san athbhliain! Ana-dhea-scéala do mhuintir Lios Póil atá á fhógairt an turas so againn. Éiríonn an t-alt seo as agallamh a dhein Caoimhín Ó Grífín le Helen Ní Shé ar Raidió na Gaeltachta an tseachtain seo d’imigh tharainn – an t-agallamh is tábhachtaí, b’fhéidir, do Phobal Lios Póil ó bunaíodh an Raidió leathchéad bliain ó shin!1

Sa chomhrá le Helen, coimríonn Caoimhín an diansaothrú i gcúrsaí pleanála atá déanta féna stiúir le blianta beaga anuas d’athchóiriú Ionad Pobail Lios Póil. Mar bharr air sin, dar liom, go bhfógraíonn Kevin le fuaimint, go bhfuil ré úr ag gealú don Ghaelainn sa ghníomh misniúil pobail so atá idir lámha againn. Helen Ní Shé ag comhrá le Caoimhín Ó Grífín, Saol ó Dheas, RTÉ, RnaG.

Helen! Tá cead pleanála tugtha ag Comhairle Chontae Chiarraí do Choiste Halla Lios Póíl agus CLG Lios Póil chun athfhorbairt a dhéanamh ar Halla John L – Ionad Pobail Lios Póil. ’Sé Caoimhín Ó Grífín, Cathaoirleach Chumann Lúth Chleas Gael Lios Póil, agus thá sé linn ar líne ghutháin. Dia is Muire dhuit Kevin.

Caoimhín: Gura maith agat Helen as glaoch a chur orainn. Halla John L – tá sé ann le daichead bliain – áis iontach é don bpobal. Istigh sa Halla tá: cúirt – spás imeartha, stáitse, seomra cruinnithe is ranga, gym beag, cistin agus leithrisí. Baineann an pobal ar fad an-úsáid as an áis, mar shampla, Féile Lios Póil, Scoil Eoin Baiste, Coláistí Samhraidh, Banna Ceoil Lios Póil, Club Óige, Scoil Rince (gan gach buíon a lua) – bíonn alán grúpaí ag baint úsáide as an Halla.

H: Agus tá sé in áit ana-oiriúnach chomh maith – idir an pháirc imeartha agus an bhunScoil, agus an pobal go léir ábalta teacht air go saoráideach.

C: Is Ionad Pobail é i ndáiríre, ní foirgneamh don Chumann Caide amháin. Mar adúirt tú, tá sé cois scoile, tá an Naíonra suas an bóthar uaidh, agus tá sé i lár an pharóiste chomh maith. Ach le deanaí, tá an foirgneamh ag dul in aois. Táimid ag obair ar phlean don bhfoirgneamh sin le cúpla bliain anuas. Thosnaíomar ar an bpróiséas seo timpeall trí bliana ó shin le cruinniu mór, le smaoineamh Plean Cúig Bliana don gcumann caide. D’fhreastail slua breá ar an gcruinniú úd, le breis is caoga duine i láthair. Ceann de na smaointe a tháinig chun cinn go gcaithfimis athchóiriú a dhéanamh ar an bhfoirgneamh.

Chuireamar Coiste le chéile chuige sin, agus thosnaíomar an próiseas le staidéar féidearthachta i dtús báire chun a fháilt amach: Cad a theastaíonn ón bpobal? Cad is féidir a dhéanamh ann? Cad iad na costaisí a bhaineann leis? Cad iad na deontaisí atá ar fáil?

Ansan, chuireamar na designs le chéile. Bhí ana-Choiste againn fé stiúir ag Roibeard Ó Brosnacháin agus Conor Ó hAiniféin. Ní maith liom ainmneacha a lua, ach dhein Barry McKenna, an t-ailtire, a bhí linn le linn an staidéar féidearthtachta, dhein seisean alán, lán oibre leis seo – táimid ana-bhuíoch do Bharry, mar ní bheimis ag an bpointe seo gan an obair iontach a dhein sé siúd.

Chomh maith leis sin, fuaireamar cabhair ó NEWKD sa Staidéar Féidearthachta. Ansan sheolamar an tIarratas Pleanála (go Comhairle Chontae Chiarraí), agus ar deireadh, fuaireamar an toradh dearfach, agus táimid ana-shásta dul ar aghaidh go dtí an chéad chéim eile anois.

H: An chéad chéim eile ná tosnú ag bailiú airgid, is dócha, ab ea?

(Athnuachan Tuaithe atá i gceist) – deontais dá leithéid sin.

H: Beidh sibh, gan dabht, ag an am céanna ag ullmhú chomh maith do Chomórtas Peile na Gaeltachta, mar sin, is dócha, beidh an obair seo ar an Halla mar chuid den bhforbairt sin – beidh siad láimh ar láimh.

C: Sin é an sprioc atá againn, tá súil againn go mbeadh gach rud críochnaithe i gcóir Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta 2027 Ach ó thaobh na Gaeilge de, táimid tiomanta don bPlean Teanga, tá an Ghaelainn mórthimpeall orainn thoir anso i Lios Póil, tá’n Scoil lenár gcois anso, an Naíonra, agus mar a dúirt tú, Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta a teacht chugainn i 2027.

Táimid ag oibriú chuige sin; mar sin, ó thaobh na ndeontaisí, tá alán réamhobair déanta againn go dtí seo, anois tá an Phleanáil fachta againn, tá an Comórtas Peile fachta againn, an Staidéar Féidearthachta fachta againn, tá cás an-láidir againn chun deontais a fháilt. Beimid ag brath go láidir ar infheistíocht i Lios Póil Tá Lios Póil ar imeall na Gaeltachta, agus tá sé ana-thábhachtach do Ghaeltacht Chorca Dhuibhne go mbeadh Lios Póil láidir So, beimid ag brath ar Roinn na Gaeltachta chun tacaíocht a thabhairt dúinn. Cuirim i gcás, an Cumann Caide agus an Gort atá againn, an tArdán, gach rud a tógadh ansan, tógadh é le cabhair ó Roinn na Gaeltachta, agus taimid ana-bhuíoch as san, beimid ag brath orthu arís.

H: Cén costas a deireann sibh atá measta leis an obair athá le déanamh – seomraí cruinnithe, halla spóirt, seomraí feistis agus an díon a dheisiú agus an coras teasa – cén costas is dóigh libh?

C: Bhuel, an costas – tá costas gach rud ag dul in airde, an costas atá luaite, ós cionn milliún euro ag an bpointe seo, ach baineann buntaistí ollmhóra leis an bplean seo. Mar léiriú air sin, méadófar spás imeartha an úrláir, agus is féidir breis spóirt a imirt ann (dá bharra). Beidh dhá sheomra feistis nua cois páirce, beidh méadú ar an gym don bpobal go léir, agus don Chumann Caide araon.

Thuas staighre, beidh seomra pobail mór/function room, agus áiseanna cistine taobh leis sin – beidh radharc ar an bpáirc as so, agus ar na cnoic mórthimpeall. Beidh seomraí ranga do chursaí samhraidh – multipurpose atá i gceist ann – áiseanna compórdach, comhaimseartha.

Sea, tá’n costas ana-mhór, agus mar a dúrt, is ag brath ar na deontais a bheimid – agus beidh orainn féin feachtas bailiúcháin airgid a eagrú go luath sa bhliain nua, ach na buntáistí – tá siad ollmhór dár bparóiste, agus is deis iontach é seo do Phobal Lios Póil.

H: Ana-mhaith! Bhuel, comhgháirdeachas libh, gura míle maith agat Kevin as labhairt linn inniu thar cheann an Choiste, agus guímid na h-aon rath oraibh sna blianta so romhainn, agus go h-áirithe leis an Halla.

C: Gura míle maith agat fhéin Helen.

1 Tras-scríobh ar an agallamh ag Helen Ní Shé le Caoimhín Ó Grífín, a craoladh ar an ‘Saol ó Dheas’, 13 Nollaig, 2022, i gcló le caoinchead ó Dhara Ó Cinnéide, Ceannaire Réigiúnach RTÉ, RnaG, Baile na nGall; nasc: https://www.rte.ie/radio/ tnag/clips/22184892/

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: Caithfidh an Coiste bualadh le chéile arís go luath sa bhliain nua chun feachtas bailithe airgid a thosnú. Tá alán smaointe ag teacht chun cinn fén am seo, agus caithfimid díriú isteach ar an ndúshlán mór seo anois. Beimid ag brath ar dheontaisí ósna Ranna Stáit – Roinn na Gaeltachta, Údaras na Gaeltachta – deontais phobail atá i gceist leis seo – Ionad Pobail – Ionad Pobail den scoth do Lios Póil, agus is Rural Regeneration

Íomhá Ealaíontóra d'Ionad Pobal Lios Póil (athchóirithe)

Comórtas Crosfhocail

Duais le Buachaint: Dearbhán ón gCafé Liteartha Buaiteor na coicíse seo caite Gráinne Ní Aogáin , Cois Chnoic, An Daingean

In Fact

An optimist’s guide to Ireland at 100 le Mark Henry foilsithe ag Gill

If you want an antidote for the sconna coming from the smart alec millionaire gurus at the Times of Ireland, this book might help.

‘If you follow the headlines, you could be forgiven for thinking that things in Ireland are worse than ever. In fact, we live longer than ever before, we have never been healthier or better educated, we earn five times more than our grandparents did, our personal freedoms exceed those of any previous generation, and the lives of women and children have been transformed for the better.

At a time when some good news is welcome, this uplifting book tells our national story through facts and stats, placing Ireland under the microscope to chart 100 undeniable achievements of the past 100 years.

When the state was formed, Ireland was one of the most povertystricken nations in Europe. Now it has the second-highest quality of life in the world. While there is still more to be done, In Fact illustrates that Ireland, for all its imperfections, is in a much better state than you might think.’ - Gill Books

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

le Engelbert Humperdick réitithe ag Gabor Peli. Is diail é.

Siúlóidí Tháinig baill Chumann Siúl na gCnoc áitiúil le chéile Dé Domhnaigh seo caite i mBialann na Sceilge do fhéasta Nollag na heagraíochta. Bhí an bia ar fheabhas agus gach aon duine i mbarr a maitheasa. Dúirt an Cathaoirleach an Comhairleoir contae Séamus mac Gearailt, ainneoin breoiteachtaí ná raibh ró dhian agus slaghdáin go raibh bliain mhaith acu, agus go mbeadh siad ar an mbóthar chun an chnoic arís, ar an 27ú lá. Mura bhfuil aon ghriothall ort níor chás dul ina dteannta. Deir siad go bhfuil siúlóidí an-shláintiúil do aon duine go bfuil siúl na gcos go maith aige/aici agus croí sláintiúil. Thiocfainn leo.

Moladh Nollaig fé shéan agus fé mhaise dhuit agus do bhuachaillí na hirise seo. Iompraigh tú féin, abair do phaidreacha, fan amach on bhfear nó bean mhallaithe. Buail isteach dtí an nduine atá ina h/aonar nó fear cleachtan. Ól Sláinte do chairde. Bain sásamh as an saol agus an Nollaig Bheannaithe.

Property to let / Tithe ar cíos

Ensuite rooms available in Dingle town witha view to working locally in the catering business. Immediate occupancy. 087-2361346

2 bedroom apartment to rent close to Dingle town. 087-6627804

Ballymore House: room to rent. Call 083-3028899

Room to rent en-suite, Marian House, Dingle. 087-7995984

Double room en-suite - own facilities, 32" TV, refrigerator, kettle, toaster and full use of kitchen. Would suit professional. Ballydavid area. 086-2210426

Motors / Gluaisteáin

Ford Tourneo Connect Nct 2/23 . 1.750 Cc . 180.000 km . Good condition. Brand new clutch. 5 seater and back seats collapsible. Extra large boot. €2.700 o. n. o. Please text 087-7946279 Or ring btw 12 and 1 only

For Sale/Le Díol

20 head space galvanised circular feeder for cattle, in good condition. €180. 086-1639333

BARGAINS! For sale and FREE to take away! Good condition black leather boots, Solomon runners, wetsuit booties never worn sizes 5 and 6. Greta Garbo stylish pure woolen black cape , paintings Patsy Farr and Bob Cahill and others, cabinet s ,bookcases ,filing cabinets, tables,chairs, dresser, bedside lockers,lady’s bike,digital camera. Dining table and chairs, sugan chair, Text 087- 7946279 or ring between 12 and 1 pm only

Well bred farm dog pups off very good working dog. Call 086-3095744

Well bred Sheepdog Pups for sale. Call 087 3953750

Services / Seirbhisí

All kinds of roofing and roofing repairs. West Kerry area. 086-4085007 Upholstery, Sewing And Alterations WhatsApp Oona on 083-4766428. Painter And Decorator WhatsApp Ed on 0877142505 or email elaecy@live.ie

Musical Instrument Repairs: Specialist instrument repairs now available in Dingle. All Woodwind, Brass and Stringed instruments, Guitars and Mandolins. From minor services and set-ups to complete overhauls. With 40 years of experience in this field, why not get a free quote to see if I can help get you playing again? Contact Ben: 089 415 6584. bendearnley64@gmail.com

Mature friendly reliable lady available to provide daytime companionship to an elderly person in the Lispole, Dingle area. Contact Bernie 087-2944722. Affordable Tree Surgeons-Trees topped beside roadways, houses and sheds, hedges trimmed. All toppings and shavings removed. Fully insured. Free quotation - Call Michael 085-8487812

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

Insurance: Guaranteed cheapest rates for Life Assurance, Mortgage Protection, Serious Illness & Income Protection. Also, Health Insurance reviews. Colm Lundon Q.F.A. 087-9927950 UR Insurances (Europe) Ltd. t/a Actual Insurances are regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland Experienced cleaner/ keyholder based in Dingle available for holiday homes etc 087-6256533

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

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

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

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

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

Situations Vacant / Postanna

Looking for something new... We're hiring across all departments for 2023. Pop in for a chat with Sarah or forward CV to info@dinglebayhotel.com

Wanted / Ag Teastáil

Local lady looking for accommodation..very quiet clean tidy and responsible, works in teaching and retail. Flexible with timeframe. Pls contact 083 8394858

Teacher seeking accommodation for School year- contact 0852188255 Shed / Garage wanted in or near Ventry area to store 3 Zodiac Dinghys for 4 months. Phone Mick 086-3353805

Irish Language Tutor Wanted: Beginner and Intermediate levels. Several hours a week for the spring and summer in Ventry. Experienced instructor. Please send availability, teaching background, and hourly rate to: Ceimicire1@gmail.com

Responsible retired lady looking for long term rental on the Dingle Peninsula. Also interested in short term rental. References available. Ring or text - 085 7730063

Other / Eile

Very friendly Collie dog free to good home 087 3101861