Sneem Community Notice Board Issue 215 12th December 2019 Monthly FREE Wishing all our readers at Home and Abroad a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Sneem Rowing Club Sunday 22nd December @ 3.00pm Register at Boathouse @ 2.30pm Santa 5K Fun Run/Walk for all the family Visit Santa afterwards in the Club House with refreshments provided Entry: - Adults €10, Children €5, Family Rates Available Church of the Transfiguration CHRISTMAS CAROL SERVICE ON MONDAY 23 RD DECEMBER AT 6.30PM ALL WELCOME Sneem Resource Centre The Centre will close on Friday 20th December at 2pm and will reopen on Monday 6th January at 10.30am We would like to thank all the volunteers and all those who donate and support us throughout the year. We wish everybody a Happy Christmas and a wonderful New Year. Next Newsletter will be out on 16th January 2020 This is YOUR Notice Board! 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IBAN: IE71 AIBK 9363 2446 8420 13 Community News December Birthdays Samuel Hickman (7) on the 9th; Damien Fitzgerald (16), Laura Murphy (11) on the 10th; Lauren Sherborne (9), Jacob Hickman (2), Ger Coffey on the 11th; Jim O’Sullivan on the 12th; Jimmy O’Brien on the 14th; Ewan Buckley (16) on the 15th; Fiona O’Shea, Brendan Rigter, Gisela Liedtke on the 16th; Paul Jonas on the 19th; Jackie O’Shea 21st, Michael Egar, Aoibheann Galvin on the 23rd; David O'Connor on the 26th; Róisín Murphy, Sive O’Leary(13), Ruairi Hussey(5) on the 29th; Brid Murphy on the 30th; Jack Riney (17), Dylan van Daele on the 31st. January Birthdays Margaret O’Sullivan on the 1st; James O’Sullivan, Michele Cooper -Fay on the 2nd; Denise and Eric Burns, Rachel Murphy on the 7th. Janet Fitzmaurice -Hawker on the 16th; Aisling O’Sullivan (5) on the 17th. Special Birthday Wishes Sadie Knightly 18, on the 19th December, Tim Murphy 18 on the 24th, Rachael Looney 21 on Christmas Day. Deepest sympathies To the family and friends of Vincent O’Sullivan, (Mountain) North Square, who passed away recently. Deepest sympathies To the family and friends of Michael Burns, Rockbrook, Dublin / Sneem, Co Kerry who passed away recently. Deepest sympathies To the family and friends of Michael O’Sullivan (Bill Mike) Gerah, Sneem and Lon- don who passed away recently. Deepest Sympathies To the family and friends of Miriam Black (nee O’Sullivan) Moulcalee, Blackwater and London who passed away recently. Page 2 Community News Deepest Sympathies To the family and friends of Eileen Murphy nee McCrohan of Gortdromaugh, Sneem who passed away recently. Deepest Sympathies To the family and friends of Susan O’Sullivan (Dorrohy) nee McConnon of Rossdo- han, Sneem and Shercock, Monaghan who passed away recently. Deepest Sympathies To the family and friends of Sheila Murphy (nee O'Sullivan) Upper Liss, Castlecove and Castlecove Post Office, who passed away recently. Deepest Sympathies Rosemary Dorling 9th September 1948 - 10th November 2019. Rosemary passed away in the UK after a long illness. She regularly visited her home in Loughane, Sneem. Sincere condolences to her husband William Dorling, children Susannah and Simon and grandchildren Lottie and Emily. Deepest Symapthies To the family and friends of Catherine Sugrue (nee Burns), Birmingham and for- merly of Tahilla who passed away recently. Deepest Sympathies To the family and friends of Ann Hall McMahon (Moanie) of USA and Dir- reenavourig who passed away at the weekend. Moanie was a regular visitor to Sneem for many years. Congratulations To Catherine (nee O’Shea) and Sean Hayes, Rossdohan and Tralee on the birth of their son Ríain Patrick Jack a brother for Aílíse and to proud grandparents Jack- ie and Noreen O’Shea and PJ and Mary Hayes, Tralee. Congratulations To Aidan and Mary Casey, Loughane, Sneem and Blarney, Co Cork on birth of their baby girl Allana Marie on 16th October. A sister for Roisin and Ronan. And also to grandparents Johnny and Mary Mgt Casey, Loughane and Breda Osborne, Blarney. Congratulations To Catherine and Ken Carmody, Ballincollig, Cork on the birth of their baby girl and to grand parents Mike and Maureen Cahalane, Seaview, Sneem.. Page 3 Community News Fundraising Walk in Aid of Brú Columbanus Who provide a home away from home for families of long stay patients in any of the hospitals in Cork and Marymount Hospice. The walk will take place on Sat- urday 28th December at 12 noon, meeting at Caherdaniel Village. All proceeds to Brú Columbanus. Refreshments in Caherdaniel Hall after the walk. For en- quiries please ring Stephanie 087 6756131. IFA Presidential Elections, The Sneem IFA Branch will hold their AGM on Thursday the 12 th of December at 8.30 pm at Sneem House. Members will vote for President and Deputy Presi- dent of the IFA. It is important for the future of the IFA that all members will be present and vote. Any valuable idea will be put forward on motion. We also need new faces on the Sneem Board. Looking forward to seeing you there. Chairperson: Jean -Yves Letanneur, Secretary: Denis O’ Sullivan, Treasurer: John O’ Sullivan. Church of the Transfiguration Are having their Christmas Carol Service on Monday 23rd December at 6.30pm. All Welcome. Carnegie Sean Keane in Concert, Saturday January 11th at 8pm. Tickets €25 For Bookings contact -064 -6648701 www.carnegieartskenmare .ie Team Hope Christmas Shoebox Appeal Thank you to everyone who donated gift filled shoeboxes (almost 100 altogeth- er) for children affected by poverty in Eastern Europe and Africa. Your generosi- ty is greatly appreciated. Davey’s Charity Walk A Charity Walk will take place on St. Stephen’s Day from Blackwater Tavern to Loughbrin Lake in aid of The Kerry Palliative Care Services. It will be a 9 kilo- metre road walk organized by Davy Breen with a picnic en route. Starting at 11am sharp from Blackwater Tavern, €10 per person. Community News Pictured Batty Burns telling stories in the Loft of Dan Murphy’s Bar during Sneem Story Telling Festival. Kate Corkery entertaining the children in Sneem Crèche The Sneem Dramsoc 2019 perormed their pro- duction of An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ib- sen a comedy/drama in 3 acts, in the Sneem Com- munity Centre. Congratulations to Bridie Mangan who celebrated her 80th birthday on Friday 29th November. Photo Elma Drummond Page 5 Sneem Storytelling and Folklore Festival We started with Storytelling in the Barn. Liz Weir, this year’s storyteller, enter- tained 42 people in two sessions. Batt has changed the title to Yarns in the Barn what do you think? This year’s Storytelling Concert featured all of our tellers: Batt (of course), Liz Weir, Kate Corkery, Paddy Regan, Vincent Hyland and Edso Crowley, plus Cork storyteller/singer, Jimmy Crowley. Vincent told a true story about a meet- ing with an octopus. Killian Burns made a surprise appearance with his song about Brexit which had got a lot of publicity exclusively on our website and Fa- cebook pages. If you want to hear it, it’s still on our FB page. On Saturday morning Kate Corkery was at the Creche for the children’s story- telling performance where the audience consisted of almost as many adults as children. Every children’s session was very well attended, one of the attendees was a dog! Liz worked with the Scouts who had their jamboree in the village. The adults were catered for with storytelling sessions featuring Batt, Paddy Re- gan, Killian and Tom Moore. John Sheehan from Cork University made a welcome return lecturing on The Supernatural: Protecting Ringforts? Last year’s lecture was so popular that we moved him into the function room. This was one of our better ideas as he at- tracted a very appreciative audience of about 100 people. John’s son Oisin en- hanced the event with a beautiful display of Uillean pipe playing. Batt‘s Blue Bull session was called Fireside Yarns and Verse the maestro per- formed to a packed room and he had to stop half way through for more people to be allowed in. A Walk in the Park was this year’s concert from The South Kerry Rosen Choir held in the Church of the Transfiguration by kind permission of Rev. Michael Cavanagh. The choir took us on a walk through Killarney National Park which included the songs: My Love is an Arbutus; The Ash Grove; Fields of Gold: On Eagles Wings; Down by the Sally Gardens; The Moon and the Irish Blessing. Grahame Crouch provided various stories and poems about the park between choir numbers. The audience knew many of the songs and often sang along. Our Young Tellers, (sponsored by the Friends of Muckross), had 3 special guests siblings from Dunmanway, alI Irish Champions. There were 11 Young Tellers from all over the country who were outstanding and didn’t disappoint- ment their large audience. One of the youngsters even told a story in Irish which was great to hear. The event started with lively music from the Roscom- mon Young Tellers. Our Saturday evening was different from previous years as we had two plays: Kate Corkery’s The Sweet Shop on the Shore and our featured play (written by and starring Fionn Foley) called Brendan Galileo for Europe.