Sneem Community Notice Board

Issue 223 1st October 2020 Monthly FREE Sneem River Study

Senior room students from St. Michael’s National School learning about the river.

Flu Vaccine Clinic 2020 Wednesday 7th October Please ring the surgery 064 6645102 for appointment

Sneem Resource Centre Opening hours Monday to Thursday 10:30am to 3pm

At Halloween Fridays 10:30am to 2:30pm Sneem Tavern Daily and Sunday Newspapers, Shop, Bar, Off-licence and Post Office Open 9am Daily, 11am Sundays

Next Newsletter will be out on 5th November 2020 Confirmations

Congratulations to all those who made their confirmations recently.

Pictured above at confirma- tion - Front L to R: Ava Galvin, Hannah O’Carroll, Ciara Foley, Fr. Martin, Jamie Frewin and Cillian O’Sullivan. Back L to R: Teacher Marie Maunsell, Vincie O’Neill, Adam Corridan, Teacher Jacinta O’Shea and Sean Fitzgerald.

Congratulations to Niall Egan on his Confirmation Day which took place in Kilbrittain, Co. Cork last month, pictured right with his brother Karol and parents Eamon and Mary.

Page 2 Community News Birthdays Jenny Breen on the 1st October; Georgina Douglas on the 4th; Daniel Murphy, Collette Riney, Matt O Sullivan on the 6th; Stella and Julia O’Sullivan (10) on the 7th; Molly Knightly on the 9th; Kate Jonas on the 11th; Leah Marie Schots (10) on the 13th; Dan Riney on the 14th; Tim Lea on the 15th; Kathy Jukes on the 16th; Sheila O’Regan on the 19th; Thomas McConnell (10). Alfie Burns (12), Rebecca O’Brien on the 20th; Mary O’Shea on the 24th; Paul Breen, Graham Jukes on the 28th; Kieran Burns on the 30th; Michael Dennehy on the 31st.

Deepest Sympathies To the family and friends of Bridie Sheehan (née O'Farrell) of Seaview and Mur- roe, Co. Limerick, who passed away recently.

Deepest Sympathies To the family and friends of Robbert Pleijsier who passed away recently in the Netherlands. He lived for 15 years in Drimnalodge on the Oysterbed road and moved in 2017 to Riverrun, Alan’s island, and Claddanure East in

Deepest Sympathies To the family and friends of Patrick (Pat) J. Moriarty, St. Paul Hermitage, Beech Grove, Indiana, USA, brother of Una and Louis.

Deepest Sympathies To the family and friends of Nora Brennan (née O’Neill) formerly of Letterfinish and London who passed away in September and is much missed by her family and friends. Deepest Sympathies To the O’Mahoney family on the death of Donagh O’Mahoney, and former- ly of Bishopstown, Cork. Congratulations To Aoife O'Sullivan and Ian Myles on the birth of a baby boy, Ryan and to proud grandparents Paddy and Sheila O’Sullivan, Fermoyle.

Christmas Craft Fair Due to the ongoing Covid 19 restrictions, the Resource Centre Committee has regretfully decided to cancel this year’s Christmas Craft Fair.

Sneem Calendar 2021 Thank you to everyone who sent in photos for the Calendar. The closing date for submission of images is next Monday 5th October. The twelve winners will be announced in the next issue of the Sneem Community Noticeboard. We will let you know when and where the Calendar will be available to buy.

Page 3 Community News

Sneem Men’s Shed The Men’s Shed enjoyed a pleasant day on Saturday 19th September fishing at the Long Lake - by all accounts everyone caught their lunch! They finished off with a barbeque on Pier Road. A sincere thanks to Una and Damien O'Neill who organised and put it all together with locally sourced fresh products.

Harvest Thanksgiving A Harvest Thanksgiving Service will take place in the Little Church in Sneem on Sunday, 11th October at 10am, Covid restrictions applying.

Masses We are continuing our Masses in Church and online, weekdays and weekends. The weekday Masses will be announced at weekend Masses. To book a Mass contact the Parish Office by phone, 064 -6645141 and 087 -3480050 or email [email protected] or call in on a Tuesday or Friday from 10am to 4pm. We are blessed to have very reliable volunteers who act as ushers and help at other Church duties, this is greatly appreciated. Our Collections are quite good and numerous people are handing in their envelopes even if they are not at- tending Mass. Our guidelines are to use hand sanitisers, wear masks and keep social distance. To attend Mass on weekday or to share Mass online will suf- fice for weekend Mass. In the meantime Stay Well, Stay Safe. Fr Liam.

Brown Rubbish Bags €5.00 Household rubbish ONLY

Green Recyclable Bags €3.00 Clear bags are recyclable waste only please NO household waste in these bags

Available from the Resource Centre, Christian’s Mace, D J O’Sullivan’s and Sneem House

Drop off point for full bags is in the trailer at the rear of the Stone House and start of Seaview.

Monday to Friday between 8.30am and 12.00pm.

No Black Bags to be put in Trailer Please

Page 4 Sneem Resource Centre

Our Euroroom, Bookroom, Bric -à-Brac section and Gentlemen's Corner are now open - one person or one family at one time please. Sales will continue to be made at the pass through window between our front room and kitchen. Tea and chat around the kitchen table will have to be on hold for a little longer..... We are also back to our normal opening hours from 10:30am to 3pm from Mon- day to Thursday, and Friday from 10.30am to 2.30pm. Thank you for your pa- tience and understanding!

Kenmare and District Gardening Club

A meeting of the committee was held in September, the aim being to discuss how we can come together as a club in these difficult times. It was agreed that under the current Covid restrictions our usual policy of a once a month meeting, usually with an outside speaker is not possible for the foreseeable future. It was suggested though that contact could be maintained between club members with visits to member’s gardens on a small scale, adhering to social distancing out- lines, with the occasional visit to gardens and garden centres which are now open. i.e. Dereen Gardens and Deelish nursery – not forgetting of course our own Willowfield who have been a source of pleasure in these difficult times: the club would like to extend our thanks to them. The committee hopes to formulate a programme for 2021, which of course will be dependent on the fluctuating health regulations. In the meantime, enjoy the glories of the autumn garden and ordering and planting your spring bulbs.

Kenmare Family Resource Centre

Kenmare Family Resource Centre offers the following supports to the community of Sneem: • Low cost counselling as well as art therapy and play therapy for children and young people. • Access to our family support worker and commu- nity development worker. Rainbows is a dedicated free service for children and young people. The Rainbows programme supports children and young people affected by loss because of bereavement, separation or divorce. Please see www.rainbowsireland.ie or contact us for further information on the pro- gramme.

Kenmare Family Resource Centre, Railway Road, Kenmare, Co. Kerry. 064 6642790, 087 7086641, Email: [email protected]

Page 5 Community News Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) With winter approaching we thought it appropriate to inform our readers that SEAI offers grants for upgrades which cover about 30 % of the cost to upgrade the insu- lation of a 3 bedroomed house. A €400 grant is available for insulating the attic, whether your space is 40 sq m or 400sq m. if you have a smaller house, you will still get a grant of €400, or the cost of the work if it comes to less than that. Other insu- lation grants include €400 for cavity wall, €1,600 to €2,400 depending on house type, for dry lining and €2,750 to €6,000 for an external wall wrap.

Team Hope Christmas Shoebox Appeal The Christmas Shoebox Appeal is now online! Unfortunately, due to the effects of the COVID -19 restrictions, it is not possible to send gift -filled shoeboxes from Ire- land this year. Instead Team Hope will be asking schools, families, friends, commu- nities and businesses to #TeamUpForTeamHope by donating gift -filled shoeboxes for children affected by poverty ONLINE. You can now build your own shoebox online for €20 and get creative with activity sheets, which can be coloured in and uploaded with your donation to tell the child who gets your box a little more about you! We will need your help to spread the word because this year, more than ever, every shoebox counts. Check out https://www.teamhope.ie/ for more information.

Trees on the Land Trees on the Land is a cross -border initiative working to establish young native trees across the 32 counties of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. https://www.treesontheland.com/plant -trees -2021 Applications are open to farmers, smallholders, councils, community groups, schools, colleges, sports clubs, golf clubs, gardeners and other landowners. We have the following schemes for 2021 tree planting: •All Landowners - Small Tree Packs - Up to 250 Trees. •All Landowners - Larger Tree Packs - Over 250 Trees. •Schools & Colleges - Sponsored and Donated Trees - Free of Charge. •Farm Tree Challenge - Trees for farms - Sponsored trees available. •Community Tree Challenge - Trees for communities - Sponsored trees availa- ble. If you are interested, contact Joe Murphy or leave a message in Sneem Resource Centre.

Sneem Home and Away Facebook Group Mary Dwyer, formerly of West End, Sneem and now living in Mexico, has started a Facebook group for people that are from Sneem called “Sneem: Home and Away”.

Page 6 Biodiversity and Climate Course

Innovative Biodiversity and Climate Change Course in Kenmare The course will consist of practical hands on sessions (indoor and outdoor) and an analysis and exploration of the interconnected and converging issues that are im- pacting climate change and biodiversity. We will hone our ability to ‘Think Global and Act Local’. Transition Kerry adopt a “Head, Heart and Hands” approach. We will learn practical biodiversity planning skills, such as how to survey and map an area, how to create habitats such as wildflower meadows, woodlands and hedge- rows. The interconnected issues of soil fertility, plant identification skills and local food production will be explored.

This programme will be facilitated by experienced, friendly professionals with diverse skills and expertise. As many of the participants in these courses have commented it is a hugely enjoyable experience, meeting like -minded individuals and learning valu- able skills to improve biodiversity and individual/community resilience.

This course begins on Tuesday 6th October from 9.30am to 3.30pm in Kenmare and will be one day a month for 6 months. It is free to participate. The course will in- volve 6 days training between October 2020 and April 2021 and a commitment to sharing the skills and knowledge learned within the participant’s community/ organisation. Applications and requests for further information should be sent to: [email protected] or contact Patricia on 087 7548477 for further information. Page 7 The 15th Kerry Sneem Scout Group

15 th Kerry Sneem Scouts are getting ready to get back into action over the next few weeks. If there are any interested youth members out there please get in touch at [email protected] or call 086 6016375. Our normal meetings run during school terms at the following times, however, in the Covid world we are planning to be having more of the meetings outdoors and at weekends and in accordance with advice from Scouting Ireland and the Department of Health. Ages Meeting times Beaver Scouts 6-8 years Thursdays 6pm to 7pm Cub Scouts 9-11 years Mondays 6.30pm to 8pm Scouts 12 -14 years Thursdays 7pm to 8.30pm and Ventures 15 -17 years

Some of the outdoor activities we are going to focus on this year are backwoods, pioneering and mountain skills. We are also training most of our leaders as certified Kayak instructors with a view to taking out the Scouts on the water as well as training up the older youth sections as instructors themselves.

Pictured above one of last year’s camps and left Beaver Scouts from 2019

Boathouse or Shipping Container wanted Thanks to a grant from the Sports Capital Programme, we have a large number of kayaks and canoes arriving shortly for use by the Scouts. We need some help in storing these either temporarily or permanently. We are looking for a shipping container or a suitable secure site or shed near the water. Any ideas/assistance with this would be greatly appreciated - please contact Jim on 087 2868855.

Page 8 Sneem TidyTowns Biodiversity and Climate Change Course If anyone from Sneem is interested in participating in the course on page 7, please contact Jane on 087 7865053. It would be great if a number of people from Sneem could go so that we could work on projects that would benefit Sneem.

Church Field We are delighted to team up with the Men’s Shed who are planning to put a boules court into the Church Field Wildlife Garden. We are hoping to begin work shortly on clearing the site in a sensitive manner to create the wildlife garden and amphitheatre. We are looking for volunteers from the community to get involved, please contact one of the Tidytowns working group or leave your name in the Re- source Centre if you are interested.

Scarecrows on the Green Sneem TidyTowns will be organising the fifth Scarecrows on the Green Festival over the Halloween Sunday 25th October break. Scarecrows must be made from recycled or biodegradable materials and need to be erected on the North Square Fair Green by 2pm, Saturday 24th October for judging. There will be the Scared Crow trophy for the Best Business Scarecrow and a trophy in memory of Rose- mary Bradshaw which will be awarded to the Best Family/Individual Scarecrow. Saturday 24th October - 2pm deadline for scarecrows to be erected (collect your number stake from Sharon in the Green Chair) Sunday 25th 12 noon North Square, scarecrow winners announced. PUMPKINS ON THE BRIDGE SATURDAY 31ST OCTOBER

Pumpkins will be on sale during the week for €3 from the Resource Centre and the Green Chair. Buying a pumpkin will give you free entry into the prize draw. Pumpkins should be in place on the bridge before 5pm on Saturday 31st October to create a spooky glow! Please ensure your pumpkin is removed by Monday morning. The winner of the pumpkin prize draw will be announced on the Sneem TidyTowns Facebook page and in the next newsletter.

Biodiversityinschools.com There are lots of lovely resources available on this website, check it out and may- be consider sponsoring an item for your local school. Page 9 St Michael’s National School Welcome to all our new pupils St Michael’s N.S would like to give a very warm welcome to all the new pupils in our school. We hope they will all be happy as they travel the road of learning. They are Ellie O’Sullivan, Aisling O’Sullivan, Sai Bali, Mario Manchevski, Noah Hickman, Ruby Albrighton, Lilly -Ann Foley, Samuel Schaffrath Malomsoki and Tomas Albrighton.

School News The Senior room have once again begun preparation for their 10th Green Flag. Global Citizenship Food and Bio- diversity. (2 year programme). The seniors recently stud- ied the geography and science of the local river. As a habitat for varied wildlife to providing us with water, we followed the course of the river from the confluence across from the graveyard to the estu- ary in the village. The children also created draw- ings of different aspects of the river.

The Junior room are studying the Mighty Oak Tree in our front garden. They are looking at the leaves and the acorns and writing sentences about their findings.

The Middle room are also exploring Autumn and the weather systems associated with this season.

Rainbow Room We would like to thank Roland Hunter for painting a lovely mural in our new Rainbow Room.

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Some of the artwork on display by the Junior and Middle classrooms.

Page 11 Page 12 Flu Vaccine Clinic 2020

Please ring Julie on 064 6645102 (10.30am -12.30/2.30 - 4.30pm) and make an appointment for your Flu Vaccine, we are running a Clinic on Wednesday 7th of October.

You should get the Flu Vaccine if you are: • over 65 years old, • have a Chronic Health Condition, • are Pregnant, or • All Healthcare Workers

For private patients the vaccine will be available to purchase from Sneem Phar- macy after the 5th October 2020. When you obtain the vaccine, you can make an appointment with Julie, as above.

Stay Healthy & Safe

Dr Hernan Ganzo, Family GP

Surgery Hours: Monday 10.30am -12.30pm / 2.30pm – 5.00pm Tuesday 10.30am -12.30pm / 2.30pm – 4.30pm Wednesday 2.00pm – 5.00pm Thursday 10.30am – 12.30pm / 2.30pm – 5.00pm Friday 10.30am -12.30pm / 2.30pm -4.30pm Practice Nurse (appointment only) Monday to Thursday 9am to 10.30am

New Surgery Regulations Due to the ongoing Pandemic, Dr Ganzo will be operating an appointment only surgery. Where possible we are not permitting people to wait in the waiting room. Please knock on the waiting room door and wait for someone to let you enter. Please ring and book an appointment (064) 6645102. If you need to have bloods taken or want a repeat prescription please ring and talk to Julie during surgery hours above.

URGENT CALLS WILL BE TRIAGED AS USUAL New Out of Hours Service Dr Ganzo has moved to an on call service for his patients. Out of hours will not be provided by Southdoc but will be directly provided by Dr Ganzo, please phone: (064) 6645102.

Page 13 Local Adverts

Kenmare Physiotherapy SNEEM Clinic PHARMACY South Square

Opening Hours Monday - Saturday 9am - 6pm

Film Processing still available 064 6645288

Golf and Walking Tours Taxi Service www.gosneemkerrytours.ie [email protected] John V. O’Sullivan Tel: 087 2079033

Page 14 Local Adverts

House for Sale Majella O’Sullivan

Auctioneer/Valuer/Estate Agent 2 Main Street Kenmare Co. Kerry Tel: 064 6642101

email: [email protected] PSRA Licence No: 002397

Services provided Residential and Commercial Sales Long term residential lettings Valuations and Appraisals 51 Seaview, Sneem, Co. Kerry 2 bedrooms semi -detached bungalow located within walking James M O’Sullivan distance of Sneem village. Solicitor Private front and rear yard. South Square, Sneem Asking Price:€98,000 All legal work undertaken Contact: Majella O’Sullivan Main St, Kenmare Tel: 064 6642101 Tel/Fax: Email:info@kenmareproperties. 064 6689664 com Mob: 087 2868855

PSRA: 002397 [email protected] www.jmos.ie Evening and weekend appointments available

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Bus Services

Sneem to Kenmare Sneem to Wednesday leaves at 9.30am returns Every Saturday leaves outside old from Kenmare at 1.15pm P.O. at 11.30am leaves Killarney at

Friday leaves at 9.50am returns from 4.45pm Kenmare at 2pm Lo Call 1890 528 528 to book your

Leaves from outside Riney’s seat. - For any other routes or information Bus has wheelchair access a lift

contact Teddy on 087 2315014. for wheelchair user.

Courier service also available.

Local Adverts

• Single bed spare - in 'as new' condition - the top section of a pull -out set - so this is effectively a single divan with a storage space under one side. Free to take away from Moularostig, but donation to the newsletter appreciated. Call David on 083 3868 147

• Wanted, small glass fronted wine fridge. Contact 087 7738159

• For Sale, Chinese Rug, 14ft x 10ft in perfect condition, recently professionally cleaned, contact 087 2468702

• Turf and wood for sale in bags or trailer. Free delivery. Call Brendan 087 6780600.

• Locally sourced produce from “A Stone’s Throw on Wheels”, order by 9am Tuesday for delivery to Sneem Wednesday. Call 087 9608399 or email sab- [email protected]

• 2 bedroom house for sale in Blackwater. Contact 087 1657583

• 3 acres of silage to sell, phone 089 4584527

Page 16 Local Information Gardaí - 064 6645111 Tide Times

Here are the high tides for the period Sneem Pharmacy 1st Oct to the 4th Nov 2020 Tel: 064 6645288 01st: 05.06, 17.22 Monday to Saturday 9am to 6pm 02nd: 05.39, 17.54

03rd: 06.07, 18.22 Sneem Post Office 04th: 06.34, 18.49 Monday to Friday 9am till 5.30pm, Sat- 05th: 07.01, 19.16 urday 9am till 1pm. 064 6645110 06th: 07.31, 19.46 07th: 08.05, 20.20 St. Michael’s Church Parish Office, 08th: 08.43, 21.02 Presbytery, North Square. 09th: 09.30, 21.54

Mobile 087 3480050 10th: 10.31 11th: 11.48 St. Michael’s Church, Sneem 12th: 13.15 Saturday Vigil Mass - 8pm 13th: 14.28 Sunday morning - 11am 14th: 15.24 St Patrick’s Church, Tahilla 15th: 16.12 Sunday morning 9.30am 16th: 16.57 Please follow the Guidelines when at- 17th: 17.41 tending Mass or visiting the churches. 18th: 06.01, 18.23 19th: 06.44, 19.06 Church of Ireland 20th: 07.28, 19.49 Church Services every Sunday at 10am 21st: 08.13, 20.34 following guidelines. Contact Rev. Mi- 22nd: 09.02, 21.23 chael Cavanagh on 085 8533173 or 23rd: 09.57, 22.22 [email protected] 24th: 11.08 25th: 11.36 Drummonds Undertakers 26th: 12.54 24 hour service 27th: 13.51 Call 087 7614713 28th: 14.37 29th: 15.17 AIB Community Bank 30th: 15.53 Wednesday 10.30 - 11am South 31st: 16.25 Square 01st: 16.54 02nd: 17.20 Public Libraries 03rd: 17.48 Kenmare will have a book browsing and 04th: 18.20 lending service - see www.kerrylibrary.ie for more infor- Sneem Rowing Club Gym mation. Opening times (strictly) - Monday Friday 8am -12pm and 5pm - 9pm Members Only, contact Fiona at The Window Box for membership

Page 17 Local Business Numbers

Local Shops - Restaurants D O’Shea’s Bar 064 6645515 Hilary’s/DJ O’Sullivan’s 064 6645165 Stone House - 064 6645188 Burns Butchers 086 2213772

Sacre Coeur - 064 6645186 Peter O’Sullivan Butchers 064 6645213 or 087 6577239 Blue Bull - 064 6645382

Riney’s Off -licence 086 1690036 Dan Murphy’s Bar - 064 6689694

- Sneem Tavern Off licence and shop - 087 7936177 Olive Hairdressing 087 7551796

Galvin’s Hardware 064 6645118 Michelle's Hairdressing - 087 6577813 Christian's Mace Foodstore Taxi Service, shop 064 6645116 James M. O’Sullivan Solicitor - 064 Mobile 087 2449026/ 087 2623394 6689664 / 087 2868855

Quills Woollen Shop - 064 6645277 If you have a business in Sneem and would like your number included here, Green Chair - 089 4616573 please let us know by emailing your details to [email protected] Riverside Coffee Shop - 064 6645498

Village Kitchen - 064 6645281

Kelly’s Bakery - 064 6645178

This is YOUR Notice Board! Deadline for the next newsletter - Monday 2nd November 2020 by 10am anything received after this date may not be included in newsletter.

Call the Resource Centre on 064 6645545 during opening hours, email: [email protected], or leave a note into the Resource Centre. The newsletter is produced entirely by volunteers and is provided free to the community.

If anyone would like to make a contribution online, it would be greatly appreciated. Sneem Resource Centre Ltd. IBAN: IE71 AIBK 9363 2446 8420 13. If you would like to receive the newsletter online every month, please email [email protected].

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The Loft @ Dan Murphy's Bar

Available for Private Functions

Call 087 6710106

Blackwater Photography Group

Blackwater Photography Class at Kenmare Pier. The group have completed 12 photography classes with tutor Patrick Kavanagh who has a studio in Caherdaniel. The classes were funded by South Kerry Development Partnership. They hope to display their work in an exhibition when it's safe to do so. Back Row; L -R; Mary Barry, Nora Marie Crowley, Mary O'Neill, Josephine O'Neill and Ann O'Sullivan. Front Row: Mary Doyle, Catherine Dodd, Mary O'Leary and Jana Machalkova. Photo by Patrick Kavanagh.

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