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South Kerry Development Partnership Ltd South Kerry Development Partnership Ltd

KENMARE RSS Supervisor Pat O’Neill T. 087 050 7398 E. [email protected]

TUS Supervisor Patrick McCarthy T. 085 1173377 E. [email protected] GAA Club run by volunteers

KERRY is renowned for its skill and passion for maintained to playing standards,” said Timmy. in maintaining a Club. It’s so much easier for the it can assign workers to where they are needed all things GAA and the parish of Templenoe, a “The grass needs to be cut at regular intervals - committee to do their job if we have dedicated most, with the result that they become involved few miles outside of , is no exception around every two weeks.” people from the scheme to help us.” in a large cross-section of community initiatives. and can boast that renowned footballers, The To help with this ongoing requirement for The Club also has one TUS worker who works Of particular importance is their interaction with Spillane Brothers, hail from the area. maintenance, the Club committee is grateful for at the Club every week and the committee is the elderly in the area. “They help older people “We’re entirely run by volunteers and there the help that the local RSS participants provide grateful to the supervisor, Patrick McCarthy, who may not have the means to do certain jobs are more than 50 of us over various teams,” said to them. “Pat O’Neill, our RSS supervisor, has for helping them to choose the right candidate around the house like chopping wood or repair Timmy Clifford, Chairman of Templenoe GAA been a huge help to our Club. He organises the for the job. “TUS is a one-year program and that work. Having this assistance keeps people living Club. “The Club is heavily involved in training workers and always rings us to ask if we need person is solely dedicated to the Club,” Timmy in their houses for much longer,” said Timmy. “I young players.” help,” Timmy said. explained. “The RSS is different in that the lads think they should expand the schemes to include The Club also encompasses the nearby town- “On match days, the RSS lads line the fields, come in if it’s busy or if the TUS worker is off but more people. “The number of volunteers has land of Blackwater and it owns two pitches, one open the dressing rooms and clean up after the and they also do a great amount of work outside dwindled over the years and these community in Templenoe and one in Dromore. “Having the matches. They also do regular repair work and of Templenoe GAA Club.” projects would not be maintained but for these pitches creates a lot of work as they have to be painting,” Timmy said. “There is so much to do A distinctive feature of the RSS scheme is that scheme workers.”

Two donkeys at the Heritage Park, Bonane .

John Joe Sweeney, Denise O’Sullivan, John Joe O’Brien (back from left) Patrick McCarthy, Pat O’Sullivan, Danny O’Connor, Pat O’Neill and Joe McCrohan SKDP at Heritage Park, Bonane, Kenmare. Bonane Heritage Park

LOCATED seven miles outside of Kenmare said that by working here, their children rather than being assigned to one specific on the road to Glengarrif, the parish of Bo- have come out of their shells and that’s role. When the RSS team in Bonane are nane may have a small population but the good for our young people.” not busy at the Park, they spend their time people there have a fierce community spirit. Since it was estalished in 2006, the Bo- maintaining the old graveyard at Fiachna. In December 1999, local man Danny nane Heritage Park has also had the full They look after the grounds, repair the O’Connor made the remarkable discovery support of workers from both the RSS and old walls, prune the trees and maintain of an archaeological site in the area that TUS schemes. the integrity of the pathways. On certain contained ancient monuments ranging “The RSS is a wonderful initiative; we days, these same skills lead them to Inch Members of Templenoe GAA Club Liam Joy, Timmy Clifford, Robert Bell (back from left) Donal Whelton, Pat O’Neill, Pat O’Sullivan, John Egan, Mike Crowley, David O’Sullivan, Paddy Doyle and Una Clinton from prehistoric times, right up to the couldn’t function without them,” Danny an tSagairt, another local spot in Bonane O’Neill at Templenoe GAA Club. Famine. said. “They do anything that’s necessary where a priest was beheaded for saying “There was nothing there before, but for the upkeep and enhancement of the Mass in Penal times. There, they ensure what seemed like a bare hillside,” said Park. We are also greatly supported by a that the pathway to this historic spot is Danny, Chairperson of Bonane Community TUS worker who helps with office admin- kept clear. Council. istration.” The RSS lads may be the caretakers of The community gathered together and The Park rests on a 37-acre site, so main- Bonane’s historic sites, but they also lend formed the Bonane Community Co-Oper- taining it requires regular and dedicated a helping hand to many of the elderly in ative Society that excavated and developed attention from the RSS workers, especially the parish who rely on their regular visits the site to create a place that now serves as during the tourist season when the Park can to get things done like cutting firewood, a tourist attraction, a cultural icon, a place attract around 5,000 visitors annually. “If trimming hedges, mowing lawns or doing of pilgrimage and a source of revenue for the RSS scheme didn’t exist, we couldn’t paint jobs. “They’re great lads and we’re Bonane. function – they are that important to us,” very grateful for them,” Danny said. “Bo- At the base of the Bonane Heritage Park said Danny. nane also has a great relationship with the is an admissions booth and during the RSS is a year-round scheme that was scheme supervisors. Whenever we need summer months, local students get their designed to provide a flexible taskforce assistance with anything, they are always first work experience here. “We pay them to assist with community projects as and just a phone call away. We’d like to thank €40 a day,” Danny said. “Some parents have when needed in any given working week, them for all their help.” 22 THE KERRYMAN I Wednesday, May 27, 2015 THE KERRYMAN I Wednesday, May 27, 2015 23

South Kerry Development Partnership Ltd South Kerry Development Partnership Ltd Inter Kenmare Soccer Club IT’S been 30 years since Internazionale Ken- of time, not to mention the hours dedicated mare Soccer Club was established by a small to earning and updating their coaching qual- group of enthusiastic soccer fans in the town, ifications. Having the scheme workers on who chose the name to reflect the fact that hand to take care of upkeep and maintenance they all hailed from different parts of the means that the volunteers can more readily world. Since its humble beginnings in 1985, concentrate on their responsibilities to the the Club has continued to attract multicultural players. “We are lucky that we have workers members who have settled in the area and it who come on board that are mindful of the has also proved unresistable to players from job at hand. They are self motivated and don’t other towns and parishes like Adrigole, , require full-time supervision. We’ve never Ardgroom and Castletownbere. had a problem with the people that the SKDP The Club has 270 young members who range have sent us – they’re always courteous and in age from six to 16 years and also has 90 adult friendly,” said Aidan. members who play regularly. Last year, the Club The Club has its own socceer pitch that they was one of eight soccer clubs nationally to be built with the help of funds from the National nominated for the prestigious Aviva FAI Club Lottery and local donations and they take their of The Year Award that recognised outstanding stewardship seriously, including getting the progress in the development of the Clubs. right people with the right skills to work with And plans are currently afoot to create new them. “The scheme supervisors are experts in and interesting programs, particularly for its providing suitable groundsmen and mainte- young members. nance staff,” said Aidan. “Ground maintenance “We have a 12-week program coming up is expensive and the Club wouldn’t have anyone called the ‘Summer School Academy Program,’ for this type of work if it weren’t for the workers for kids aged between six and ten,” said Aidan on these schemes.” Murnane, Community Liaison Officer with the Another advantage of having scheme par- Club and an active member since 1991. ticipants on board is that they are ultimately Patrick McCarthy with Mairead Langlands, Mary Fitzgerald, Frances O’Sullivan and Maura Murphy of the Taobh Linn Community Daycare Centre, Kenmare. For almost ten years, the Inter Kenmare com- managed by the scheme supervisors, with the mittee has worked closely with the local RSS result that the Club committee does not have scheme and more recently, the TUS scheme, to use its time in managing them. to keep the Club up to standard. “If there’s ever any issue, the SKDP office Patrick McCarthy (fifth from left) with Inter Kenmare Soccer Club members Jimmy O’Sullivan, The fifteen committee members are largely will deal with it straight away and help us to Majella O’Sullivan, Paul Cassidy, Niall Duncan and Aiden Murnane at Inter Kenmare Soccer Club, involved in training the younger members resolve it,” Aidan said. “They go over and above Kenmare. Taobh Linn Social Centre which involves a considerable commitment the call of duty.” KENMARE Community Care is a communi- residents qualify to avail of meals at the Social don’t have the resources or the staff.” Taobh Linn Social Centre and Kenmare Fam- ty-led initiative that began thirty seven years Centre, which provides a hot dinner five days Currently there are two TUS workers assigned ily Centre both benefit from the added support ago to establish a meals on wheels service for a week and the elderly in the community who to Taobh Linn, one of which works in the kitchen of the RSS scheme, whose workers are assigned the elderly. Since then, its remit has evolved live independently may also avail of this service and the other who manages the polytunnel. to various different projects in the locality, and its committee is now in charge of two very through a referral by the public health nurse. “The food we grow in the polytunnel is served depending where and when they are needed. Tidy Towns distinct, though equally important, community Tanya Mitchell O’Sullivan, Coordinator of here at the Social Centre,” Tanya said. “It’s “The RSS lads work independently and take organisations: Taobh Linn Social Centre that Taobh Linn Social Centre, is one of only two garden to fork.” on responsibility for the projects themselves,” caters for the elderly and Kenmare Family full-time staff, the other being the chef. All The TUS workers are managed like staff said Tanya. They look after the vegetable crop FOR almost twenty years, the village of Kilgarvan did not have a “It’s great for the village and it has increased parking space as Centre that provides a range of programs for other staff are sourced from state schemes, members when it comes to day-to-day duties, and maintain the facilities, whether that be Tidy Towns committee, but all that changed in 2011 when some of well. We’d like to thank the Council for their help,” Tommy said. the wider community, including a low-cost including TUS and RSS, or they are volunteers. but if there are any problems, they go to their painting, building, repairing or landscaping. the locals approached Tommy Randles and asked him to reform The committee is also delighted to have two TÚS participants counselling service. “We’ve been very lucky with our people,” said supervisor. “The scheme supervisors are there In this job, it’s very important to have the right the group. Tommy is now Chairperson of Kilgarvan Tidy Towns on board to help with their efforts. The participants keep the Taobh Linn Social Centre is a resource for Tanya, referring to the scheme workers at Taobh for us; they’re present. They’ll help and assist people,” she continued. “And the scheme work- and under his guidance, the village has already won a prize from road clear of litter, they strim the grass along the margins, clean the nearby sheltered housing scheme of 36 Linn. “We couldn’t function without them. We as much as possible - I couldn’t say enough ers also get a chance to improve their skills and Tidy Towns in recognition of how much progress they’ve the walls for painting and generally keep the town clean and warden-assisted units for older people. These wouldn’t be able to run this place because we about them.” gain valuable work experience.” made in a such a short time. tidy. They also spend time planting and maintaining shrubs and “We have a great committee and the Tidy Towns has brought building bird boxes and feeders. back pride and respect for the village,” said Tommy. “We’ve had Their handiwork can also be seen in the heart of the village great support and encouragement from the locals. They see the as rows of houses that were previously looking shabby are now improvements and the vast changes to the village and they’re gleaming in new, bright coats of paint. very pleased with what we’re doing. Many individuals and local “They’re a great advantage to us because without their support businesses have sponsored flowers for the town.” we’d be lost,” said Tommy. “Most people are working by day so Kerry County Council also provided funding for flower tubs, it’s hard to put time into it. They are vital if we are to make any plus they recently improved the footpaths along the village streets. real progress.”

Taobhlinn Social Centre, Railway Road, Kenmare run by Kenmare Community Care providing a meal and delivery service to older people in Kenmare and surrounding areas.Taobhlinn Social Kilgarvan Tidy Towns members Grace Randles, Mary McCarthy, Juliette Healy Rae, Tommy J T Randles and Joe McCrohan SKDP (back Heiner Winkler with Mary Fitzgerald and Frances O’Sullivan of the Taobh Linn Community Daycare Centre would like to thank the local TÚS and Rural Social Scheme workers for their great support from left) Denis Healy, Serena Randles, Michael Scannell, Margaret Doran, John Casey, Barry Marrinan, Eileen Finnegan, Patrick Centre, Kenmare and Pat O’Neill. throughout the years. McCarthy and Pat O’Neill at Kilgarvan. 24 THE KERRYMAN I Wednesday, May 27, 2015

South Kerry Development Partnership Ltd South Kerry Community Groups

KILLORGLIN COMMUNITY GROUPS 60. St John of God Tunnel Project 49. Development Group 34. Sneem Family Festival 1. Community Development Group 61. Killorglin Mens’ Shed 50. Portmagee Social Services 35. Sneem Rowing Club 2. Annascaul Community Alert Group 62. Callinafercy Pier Rowing Club 51. Portmagee Community Centre 36. Sneem Welfare Ltd. 3. Annascaul Walking Festival Committee 63. Killorglin Rowing Club 52. Skellig Rangers GAA 37. St Johns N.S. Kenmare Parents Group 4. Annascaul Parish Buildings 64. Laune Anglers Association 53. Tig An Oilean 38. Tahilla N.S. Parent Association 5. Conor Creen Centre Annascaul 65. Caragh Bridge Angling Club 54. Valentia Parish Council 39. Templenoe Community Centre 6. Inch Community Council 66. Killorglin Rugby Club 55. Cracow Park & Leisure Development 40. Templenoe Community Council 7. Keel Community Centre 67. Killorglin Folklore Project 56. Sencory Gardens 41. Templenoe GAA Club 8. Keel GAA 68. K Fest Committee Killorglin 57. Valentia Graveyard Committee 42. Templenoe Graveyards 9. Old Keel Graveyard 69. Killorglin Neighbourhood Youth Project 58. Old St Johns Graveyard Valentia 43. The Kerry Way 10. Nai Ionad Na Cille Ltd Keel Childcare 70. McGillycuddy Reeks Mountain Access 59. Valentia Community Health & Welfare 44. GAA Club 11. Keel UP Hill / Down Hill Loop Walk Forum 60. Iveragh Information Technology & Training 45. Tuosist N.S. Parent Association 12. Castlemaine Community Services 71. SKDP Killorglin, 61. Cahirciveen Active Retired 46. Collarus Walking Group 13. Castlemaine Tidy Towns 72. Killorglin Archives Society 62. Kerry Community Transport 14. Castlemaine Family Resource Centre 73. Ard Alainn Day Centre Killorglin 63. Cancer Care Group COMMUNITY GROUPS 15. Milltown / Listry Parish Buildings Committee 74. Killorglin Family Resource Centre 64. Cahirciveen Women in Agriculture 1. Anabla National School Parent Association 16. Milltown / Castlemaine GAA 75. Castlemaine Soccer Club 65. SKDP 2. Black Valley National School Parent 17. Milltown Tidy Towns 76. Beaufort Tidy Towns 66. South Kerry Guidence Network Association 18. Nagle Rice Community Centre Milltown 77. Beaufort Community Council 67. Bray Head Loop Walk 3. Killarney Community Services 19. An Tuirin Lin Residents Association 68. Ballinskellig Inshore Rescue 4. Cycle Milltown COMMUNITY 69. Coiste Forbartha Na Sceilge 5. Kerry Life Skills 20. Naiolann Solais Milltown Childcare Facility GROUPS 70. Development Group 6. Fossa Community Alert 21. Ballyfinnane Community Centre 1. Waterville GAA 71. Sceilg Kerry 7. Fossa Development Association 22. Ballyfinnane Primary School 2. Foilmore GAA 72. Waterville Lakes and River Trust 8. Select Vestry of Killarney 23. Ardmoniel / Dromavalla Graveyard 3. Foilmore Community Centre, 73. The Glen National School Parent Association 9. Listry Community Council Committee Killorglin 4. Cahirciveen Social Services 74. Knockeen Rowing Club 10. Listry GAA 24. Killorglin Tidy Towns 5. Iveragh Branch Kerry Mental 75. Dromid Graveyard Committee 11. Ballyhar Dynamos 25. Scamps & Scholars Childcare Facility 6. Cunamh Iveragh 76. Waterville National School 12. Gap Valley Group Killorglin 7. IRD Foilmore-Kells Co Ltd 77. Portmagee Walkers Group 13. South West Counselling Centre 26. Cuman Holy Well 8. Waterville IRD 78. Rural Mens Group 14. Home from Home 27. Kerry Way Committee 9. Waterville Tidy Towns 79. Cumann Daibhre 15. Killarney AFC 28. Glenbeigh & Glencar GAA Club 10. Family Resource Centre 80. Valentia GAA 16. Knocknahoe Residence Association 29. Glencar Graveyards Committee 11. Renard GAA 81. Church of Ireland Knightstown 17. St Vincent DePaul 30. Laune Rangers GAA Club 12. Foilmore National School 82. Valenta Island Development Co-Op 18. Pinewood Residence Association 31. Cappanalea OEC 13. Aghatubrid National School 19. Killarney Regatte Club 32. Dragons Den Community Sports Complex Ltd 14. Cahirciveen Tidy Towns KENMARE COMMUNITY GROUPS 20. GAA 33. An Bhainseach Residents Association 15. Coars National School 1. Black Valley Parents School Bus Group 21. Muckross Abbey Mass Association 34. Glenbeigh Sports Hall 16. Scoil Mhuire Boys School 2. Blackwater Women’s Group 22. Fleadh Cheoil Na Mumhan 35. Glenbeigh Glencar GAA 17. Valentia Island Heritage Centre 3. Bonane Community Co-Op Society Ltd. 23. Kerry Mountain Rescue 36. Glenbeigh Community Council 18. St Marys GAA 4. Bonane Community Council 24. Spa GAA 37. Killorglin Cycling Club 19. Cahirciveen Graveyard Comittee 5. Care of The Elderly 25. Spa Residence Association 38. Puck Fair Ltd 20. Citizens Information Service 6. Carnegie Arts Centre 26. Gaelscoil Faithleann 39. Hardman Event 21. Cahirciveen Pastrol Council 7. Citizen Information Centre 27. Barraduff Community Centre 40. Glencar Community Care 22. Cahirciveen Mens Shed 8. Coad & Graveyards 28. Killarney Mountaineering Club 41. Glencar Community Centre 23. Ferta Drive Residence Association 9. Dawros Community Centre 29. Beaufort Tidy Towns 42. Mid Kerry Active Retired 24. Cahirciveen Trader Association 10. Droichead na Daoine family Resource 30. Killarney Athletic Club 43. Community Field Committee 25. Riverview Residence Association Centre 31. Kerry Mental Health 44. Cromane Community Council 26. South Kerry Sports Centre 11. Dromneavane Residents Association 32. Killarney Men’s Shed 45. Kilcolman Union of Parishes 27. St Vincent De Paul 12. Inter Kenmare Soccer Club 33. Killarney Asylum Support Initiative 46. Lickeen Field Development Association 28. Sive Rowing Club 13. Kenmare Bay Marine Park Project 34. Ballyspillane Family Resource Centre 47. Mid Kerry Tourism Committee 29. Cahirciveen Rowing Club 14. Kenmare Chamber of Commerce and 35. Social Health Education Project ( SHEP) 48. Glencar Cattle Show Committee 30. Over The Water Rowing Club Tourism 36. Killarney Rugby Club 49. Parents Association -Boheshil National 31. Piarsaigh No Dromoda 15. Kenmare Community Alert 37. Killarney Celtic Football Club School 32. Cahirciveen Festival Committee 16. Kenmare Community Care (Taobh Linn) 38. Citizens Information 50. Parents Association Curraheen National 33. Woodbrook Residence Association 17. Kenmare Family Resource Centre 39. MABS School 34. South Kerry Sports Complex 18. Kenmare Food Carnival 40. Deaf/Hear 51. Parents Association– Realt Na Mara 35. Board of Management Colaiste na |Sceilge 19. Kenmare Golf Club 41. Barraduff Community Field National School 36. St Joseph National School 20. Kenmare Lace Festival Committee 42. Kerry Parents & Friends Association 52. Parents Association Glenbeigh National 37. Cahirciveen Outdoor Club 21. Kenmare Men’s Shed 43. St. John of Gods Kerry Services School 38. Cahirciveen Playground committee 22. Kenmare New Graveyard 44. Kerry Down Syndrome 53. Parents Association Glounaguillagh 39. The Bog Roads Committee 23. Kerry Blackwater Development Group 45. Fossa National School Parent Association National School 40. Valentia Island Communit Environmental 24. Kilgarvan Tidy Towns 46. Glenflesk National School Parent 54. Parents Association Scoil Mhuire Killorglin Group 25. Killowen Graveyard Association 55. Killorglin Parish Pastoral Council 41. Valentia Groto Committee 26. Kilmackillogue Cemetery Committee 47. Killarney Adult Literacy Volunteer Tutor 56. Sean Scoil Committee Living Links 42. Chapeltown Tidy Towns Committee 27. Lauragh Community Centre Committee Support Group Killorglin 43. SKDP Agriculture working Group 28. Lauragh N.S. Parent Association 48. Be Aware Prevention Suicide 57. St James Garden Residents Association 44. South Kerry Beef Replacement Group 29. Lauragh Tidy Towns 49. Fossa Community Centre Killorglin 45. Ring of Kerry Quality Lamb Group 30. Lodge Wood Residents, Kenmare 50. Coolick Community Pre-School 58. Iveragh Park Residents Association 46. Derrynane Abbey Graveyard Committee 31. Old Kenmare Graveyard Association 51. Community History & Achieves Committee 59. St John of God’s St Mary of The Angels 47. Friends of St Michaels Waterville 32. Sneem Community Centre 52. Bees 4 Battens Beaufort 48. Ballinskeligs National School 33. Sneem Community Hall 53. KDYS.