Sneem Community Notice Board Issue 167 5th May 2016 Monthly FREE An Post Rás Sneem are delighted to be hosting the stage 4 finish of the Rás on Wednesday 25th May 2016. This stage will begin in Dingle at 11am on the morning of the 25 th and the cyclists will travel 100 miles passing through Caherciveen, Waterville, Caherdaniel and Cas- tlecove, entering Sneem continuing on to Tahilla, up Gortagown, re -entering Sneem via the Killarney road to finish at the Sneem Hotel Entrance on Golden’s Height. We hope to see the cyclists enter Sneem between 2pm and 5pm. Please note there will be traffic restrictions during this event. The winners of this stage will be presented with their jerseys on the podium out- side the Geopark Office in the South Square. We are delighted to have a Queen of the Rás, 3 children from our local schools (Sneem, Tahilla and Caherdaniel) on the podium that day, along with our local Post Master, John Damien O’Sullivan. On the following morning, Thursday, 26th May, the cyclists will leave Sneem at 11am starting with an honorary lap of Sneem Village. They will start stage 5 leav- ing the village via the Kenmare Road on their way to Clonakilty. In recent years we have had 4 local people participate in the Rás; Joseph White, Louis Moriarty, Paddy Joe O’ Sullivan (who participated 3 times) and Pat- rick Moriarty (who finished 4 th only 1.37 off the leader). This is a huge event and achievement for Sneem to host a finishing stage which will have both local and national press coverage. So make sure to come out and cheer on the cyclists along the route. NB. This is the ideal time to paint your house or business to make sure they look good on the telly!! Next Newsletter will be out on Thursday 2nd June This is YOUR Notice Board! Deadline for the next newsletter - Monday 30th May 2016 Call the Resource Centre on 064 6645545 or 087 3853237 (please leave a message), email: [email protected], use our post box outside the Resource Centre or leave a private message on our Facebook Page. Community News Birthday Wishes Mary Galvin, Patricia Mulcahy on the 6th: Sam O’Sullivan (8), Jeff Prior on the 7th: Cadhla O’Sullivan on the 8th: Finn Wilkinson, Tom Clifford (9), Mary Dennehy, Hedley Jonas on the 9th: Christopher Wallace (12), Seamus O’Sullivan (Rich), Aengus Looney, Ashling Muir on the 10th; Maureen Connelly on the 15th: Dion Burke, Bryan Riley on the 16th: Breda O’Neill, Liam Breen (16) on the 17th: Brid- get Galvin (9) on the 20th: Kieran Galvin (16) on the 22nd: Eibhlin Mullins O’Brien (8) on the 23rd: Michael O’Readon (12), Darragh Murphy (9), Trevor Snyman on the 25th: Colm Ryan (8) on the 28th: Paddy O’Brien (Gerah) on the 29th: Barry Clifford, Mike Hussey, Oghie Burns (8) on the 30th: Mav Rose on the 31st: Diane Breen on the 1st June: Yvonne Ryan, Bernie Hussey on the 2nd: Timmy Murphy on the 3rd. Special Birthday John Egar 21 on the 24th, Dara Schots (1), Irene O’Sullivan 21 on the 30th. Congratulations Fiona and Auke Schots on the birth of their baby boy Kyle and to big sister Leah. Congratulations To Mary Louise and Calvin Boyken on the birth of their baby boy Brayden and to proud grandparents Maura and Paddy O’Brien. Congratulations To Daniel and Helen McClure on the birth of their baby boy Fionn, and to proud grandparents Denise Kirkham and Willie McClure. Congratulations Seamus and Joanne Dillon on the birth of their baby boy John James and to proud grandparents, Jim and Chris Dillion West End, and John and Mary Teahan, Green House. Deepest Sympathies To the family of Mary Fitzgerald, West End, Sneem, who passed away recently. Congratulations To Norah O'Shea, Rossdohan, daughter of Noreen and Jackie O'Shea and Denis Foley, Kilkenny on their recent engagement Page 2 Community News St Michaels National School - Holy Communion Takes place in St. Michael’s Church this Saturday 7th May at 11am. Best wishes to all children receiving the Sacrament: - Sarah Bradshaw, Darragh Murphy, Klaudijus Digimas and Kamile Digimaite. Good Luck To George Drummond who will be appearing on RTE’s Winning Streak this Satur- day night, 7th May. We hope you get to “Spin the Wheel”. Mass in Coomanassig There will be Mass at 11am in Coomanassig Day Centre on the following Tues- days10th May and 7th June. Indoor Bowling The Indoor Bowling season is up and running. New members are more than wel- come to come along any Wednesday night to the Community Centre between 8pm and 10pm. Writer's Group Will take place at the Sneem Resource Centre, North Square, on the first Fri- day of every month from 1pm to 3pm . All budding/experienced/published/ hopeful, etc. writers are welcome to join. If you would like any further information, contact June on 0857700524 or [email protected] Autism Golf Classic This Golf Classic will be held in Beaufort Golf Club on Saturday 25th June. Please put this date in your diary, we need your support and really appreciate it. Sneem Bord na nÓg Will be hosting a Table Quiz on Friday 27th May in Riney's Bar at 9pm. Tables of 4 €20. All parents are asked to please bring along a team on the night. We will also be holding a Cake Sale on Sunday 5th June in South Square after Mass. Nearly New Shop We are looking for volunteers to go on the reserve list for Nearly New to fill in on days when our regular volunteers can't do their day. The hours are 12 o'clock till 4 o'clock. If you are interested in helping out please let Kirsten know in the Re- source Centre or ring Caroline 087 -7007747. Many Thanks. GAA Sneem/Templenoe play in the South Kerry U16 final in Sneem on Monday 9th May at 7pm opposition to be announced. Page 3 Community News Sneem Rowing Club Would like to thank everyone who came to our Table Quiz, those who bought tickets and gave spot prizes. Thanks to Mags for the questions and Richard and Tommy for their help with marking questions and amplification and music. A huge thanks to the winners and runners up for giving their prize money back. Sneem Walking Club Sunday 15th May - Direenavourig Mountain to Gleesk and back via the Kerry way from Bohocogram. 18kms. 4.6hrs. Sunday 29th May - Glenbeigh to Foilmore along the Kerry way. 18km. 4.5hrs. Sunday 12th June - Slievedubh Cappanacush. 15km. 3.5hrs. Sunday 26th June - Kenmare to Blackwater Bridge on the Kerry way. Meeting Point for all walks is outside Murphy’s Bar at 10.30am. For more infor- mation contact via email: [email protected], mobile 087 6756131 or check out our Facebook page. Sneem Summer Festival Are looking for each business in Sneem to nominate a girl of their choice to rep- resent their business in the Festival Queen competition. Entries to be handed into the Events Office by Friday 10th June. You can vote for your favourite Queen during the festival and the winner will be announced on Saturday 23rd July. St. Michael’s National School Congratulations to the Senior Classes of Sneem National School who were Nom- inated in the “Best Choreography” category for their Christmas production of Fol- low the Star. The children travelled to Dublin on Thursday 5th May for the event “The Bord Gais Energy Student Theatre Awards” in the Bord Gais Theatre. They had an early start leaving Killarney by train at 6.30am, the awards show started at 10.45am. Unfortunately this time they were not successful, but it was a great achievement for them to have been nominated and hopefully will do so again in the future. After they had lunch they took the G.P.O Witness History Tour. All in all they had a great day out in Dublin. Witness to accident Could the kind person who stopped and offered help to a young lady whose car was side -swiped by a tour bus on the Killarney Road between Strawberry Fields and Blackwater on Sunday afternoon 10th April please make contact. Tel. 083 4522650. Page 4 Community News Kenmare and District Garden Club The Garden Club’s AGM was held on Thursday, 7 th April and was well attend- ed. Business was conducted straight away and the previous committee were all re - elected who for 2016/2017 are: Chairman: Neal Cahill, Secretary: Geraldine Johnson, Treasurer: Coral Knowles, PRO: Rosemary Dixon with Eva Kelleher, Therese Hayes, Ros Green and Stephen Austen. Michael Byrne then gave us a splendid talk about trees. Having started his life in banking in UK Michael found a natural leaning toward gardening and all things green. Returning to Ireland he worked at Powerscourt, no doubt greatly contributing to their 2014 No. 3 position in the world of great gardens according to National Ge- ographic. Always looking for a new challenge he moved to a private estate, Churchill Gardens near Tralee in Kerry with a remit to return the estate to its former glory. Now an arboriculturist, he has a tremendous knowledge about trees and shared this information with us. One could say that his mantra is “Whatever your age, keep planting trees for although the generations to come will benefit from what we plant, we can nurture and feed them and enjoy them as they grow”. His talk was followed by a plant exchange which is always a great success and we can look forward to Hester Forde on the subject of Alpines on Wednesday 11 th May, 7.30 p.m.