West cork local 2nd august 2012
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Festival Fun By Carol Gilbert Events 1 John Doherty - Marine Objects Art Exhibition Now - Aug 8th at the Warren Gallery in Mary Ann’s, Castletownshend. West Cork Fit Up Theatre Festival Now - Aug 19th. For further information see: www.westcorkfit -upfestival.com. Castletownshend Maritime Week Now - 5th Castletownshend Festival Of Classical Music Aug 2nd. For more info CLICK HERE. Clonakilty Waterfront Festival Aug 2nd-5th. For more info CLICK HERE. Kilmacabea GAA Community Festival Aug 2nd-6th. Kinsale Regatta Aug 2nd-11th. For further info see wwwkyss.ie. Skibbereen Arts Festival - Yeats In Noh Aug 3rd, 7pm. Aug 4th, 1pm, Baby Hannahs. Courtmacsherry Festival Aug 3rd - 6th I’ve an exciting four days ahead of me with the opening of the Five Photographers exhibition in Apple Betty’s Cafe, Skibbereen, on Friday night by Steve Redmond. Then it’s the Liss Ard Festival weekend and to crown what is probably the most thrilling weekend for me is the news that the Baltimore Singers are opening for the Hothouse Flowers at Glebe Gardens on Bank Holiday Monday. Katy Salvidge our musical director has organised this and we will be singing Mary, Viva La Vida, Shadowlands and Fix You for anyone else in the choir who, like me, missed last Tuesday’s rehearsal. If you missed Iarla O Lionaird and Steve Cooney in concert in Abbeystrewry Church of Ireland last Friday, you missed 90 minutes of bliss. Even though I barely understand a word of the Gaelic it didn’t matter as the emotions and stories so beautifully interpreted in voice and guitar made language unnecessary. I am though very grateful to the Gaelic speaker sitting to my right who generously translated after each piece. Strangely or perhaps not so strangely many of the pieces of music were familiar from my native Scotland. My fellow Scot sitting on my left confirmed these were tunes we’d S KY G ARDEN , L ISS A RD Sky Garden, Liss Ard both heard growing up in Scotland. The Skibbereen Children’s Festival Family Day last Sunday moved to the rugby ground and what a great success that turned out to be on a brilliantly sunny day with just enough breeze to wrap everyone in a rainbow of bubbles. A bubble machine gun with two refills of bubbles at €6 was simple but compelling fun for the little ones. Who needs Fireman Sam and DVDs when you have a bubble machine gun? Then there was the balloon magician who transformed balloons into a belt with a holster for a sword for one aspiring pirate, and into all sorts of animal shapes. There was face painting, bouncing castles, one with an obstacle course and there was sumo wrestling too. Then there was the opportunity to hold a gecko or lizard, have the creature scramble up your arm or on to your head although I understand the offer to hold a tarantula was declined by most. Best of all for we older children was catching up with friends you hadn’t seen for a while, mutually admiring grandchildren and promising to catch up soon, hopefully before next year’s festival! I’ve missed most of the Skibbereen Arts Festival because I am in the final week of a Start Your Own Business Course through the West Cork Enterprise Board. It’s great value at eight sessions of three hours for €75 and I have learned so much in the last two months. The tutor, Veronica, is brilliant, and so patient with our group as we tend to talk a lot and interrupt with contributions Continues Next Page WEST CORK LOCAL www.localcampus.com | [email protected] 02/08/2012 02/08/2012 - 09/08/2012
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Transcript of West cork local 2nd august 2012
Festival Fun By Carol Gilbert
Events
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John Doherty - Marine Objects Art ExhibitionNow - Aug 8th at the Warren Gallery in Mary Ann’s, Castletownshend.
West Cork Fit Up Theatre FestivalNow - Aug 19th. For further information see: www.westcorkfit-upfestival.com.
Castletownshend Maritime WeekNow - 5th
Cast le townshend Fest iva l Of Classical MusicAug 2nd. For more info CLICK HERE.
Clonakilty Waterfront FestivalAug 2nd-5th. For more info CLICK HERE.
Ki lmacabea GAA Communi ty FestivalAug 2nd-6th.
Kinsale RegattaAug 2nd-11th. For further info see wwwkyss.ie.
Skibbereen Arts Festival - Yeats In NohAug 3rd, 7pm. Aug 4th, 1pm, Baby Hannahs.
Courtmacsherry FestivalAug 3rd - 6th
I’ve an exciting four days ahead of me w i t h t h e o p e n i n g o f t h e F i v e Photographers exhibition in Apple Betty’s Cafe, Skibbereen, on Friday night by Steve Redmond. Then it’s the Liss Ard Festival weekend and to crown what is probably the most thrilling weekend for me is the news that the Baltimore Singers are opening for the Hothouse Flowers at Glebe Gardens on Bank Holiday Monday. Katy Salvidge our musical director has organised this and we will be singing Mary, Viva La Vida, Shadowlands and Fix You for anyone else in the choir who, like me, missed last Tuesday’s rehearsal.
If you missed Iarla O Lionaird and Steve Cooney in concert in Abbeystrewry Church of Ireland last Friday, you missed 90 minutes of bliss. Even though I barely understand a word of the Gaelic it didn’t matter as the emotions and stories so beautifully interpreted in voice and guitar made language unnecessary. I am though very grateful to the Gaelic speaker sitting to my right who generously translated after each piece. Strangely or perhaps not so strangely many of the pieces of music were familiar from my native Scotland. My fellow Scot sitting on my left confirmed these were tunes we’d
SKY GARDEN, LISS ARDS
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both heard growing up in Scotland.
The Skibbereen Children’s Festival Family Day last Sunday moved to the rugby ground and what a great success that turned out to be on a brilliantly sunny day with just enough breeze to wrap everyone in a rainbow of bubbles. A bubble machine gun with two refills of bubbles at €6 was simple but compelling fun for the little ones. Who needs Fireman Sam and DVDs when you have a bubble machine gun? Then there was the balloon magician who transformed balloons into a belt with a holster for a sword for one aspiring pirate, and into all sorts of animal shapes. There was face painting, bouncing castles, one with an obstacle course and there was sumo wrestling too. Then there was the opportunity to hold a gecko or lizard, have the creature scramble up your arm or on to your head although I understand the offer to hold a tarantula was declined by most. Best of all for we older children was catching up with friends you hadn’t seen f o r a w h i l e , m u t u a l l y a d m i r i n g grandchildren and promising to catch up soon, hopefully before next year’s festival!
I’ve missed most of the Skibbereen Arts Festival because I am in the final week of a Start Your Own Business Course through the West Cork Enterprise Board. It’s great value at eight sessions of three hours for €75 and I have learned so much in the last two months. The tutor, Veronica, is brilliant, and so patient with our group as we tend to talk a lot and interrupt with contributions
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Sounds Amazing, BallydehobAug 3rd-6th. For more info CLICK HERE.
Ahakista Festival & RegattaAug 3rd - 7th.
Castletownbere Festival Of The SeaAu g 3 rd-1 2 t h . For fur ther in fo see : www.castletownbere.ie.
Liss Ard 2012 - A Music, Food & Literary FestivalAug 4th - 5th Liss Ard Estate, Skibbereen. For further info see: www.lissardfestival.com
Baltimore RegattaAug 5th - 6th
Ballabuidhe Races & Horse Fair, DunmanwayAug 5th - 8th
Goleen FestivalAug 5th - 12th
Kilbrittain FestivalAug 5th - 12th
Baltimore RegattaAug 6th. For more info CLICK HERE.
Calves Week, SchullAug 7th - 10th
Durrus FeteAug 8th from 12 noon at Durrus Rectory. For more info see: www.durrusfete.com.
Charity AuctionAu g 8 t h , 9 p m , Ma r y A n n’s , Castletownshend. For further info contact Fergus O’Mahony on 028 36146 or 086 851 8531.
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of our own. We’re all doing or starting different enterprises and what is so wonderful is the complete sharing of ideas, knowledge and experiences across the board. There’s support for each other too, and admiration for those who have been put out of work through the collapse in the building trade or the downturn in the economy, but who have taken a germ of an idea forward and progressed it into a viable way of earning a living.
There are those who mid-life are changing their careers, looking to a different future, others who are starting fledgling companies and others who are starting out on their own for the first time in their young lives. We’ll be at the parting of the ways by the time you read this, but each of us will take the shared experiences of the last eight weeks with us, the fun and laughter, because there has been lots of that, and face into our journeys with much more confidence and business skills than we embarked on this course with. Veronica generously will be our lifeline into the future wherever it takes us. But we’ll all be looking out for each other whatever direction we take.
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Family & Kids ActivitiesAt Goleen
Community Centre
August
W e d 1 s t – 4 . 3 0 - 5 . 3 0 p m (over 10)Indoor Cricket -
€3 entry fee
Thurs 2nd – 5.30-7.30pm (U16)Traditional Games - €5 entry fee - Board Games including Cards, Chess, Draughts, Jenga, Monopoly ……etc.
Fri 3rd – 7.00-9.00pm (all ages & standards)Goleen Table Tennis Club - €3 entry fee - 12 Tables, all equipment provided.
Sat 4th – 12 noon F a m i l y F e s t i v a l Ta b l e Te n n i s Tournament
Mon 6th – 3.30-4.30pm (all ages) Multi Sports Session - €3 entry fee
Tea, Coffee & Snacks also available at the Community Centre on these days!
West Cork Table Tennis CampAugust 13th - 16th. €45Contact Owen Kelly 028-35371 or 083 1372013
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JerusalemA test of a film is whether you would want to watch it again, or how it chimes with you, or how it stays with you - on that level Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire gets, in my scorebook, a big fat round nought.
So imagine my expectations for the Olympics Opening Ceremony. I was expecting boredom, a sense of irrelevance and above all a huge cold wet tsunami of embarrassment.
But I got glory. And I wept and cheered and hollered with joy.
A funny little man was given 20 million or so, an empty canvas, an infinite palette of colours, a cast of thousands and an audience of billions. Billions! And, under the noses of a Tory government, with a Tory London mayor and a Tory Lord running the games, little Danny Boyle exploded an anti-capitalist polemic. Bless him.
It started with a rather cloyingly sentimental scene of sheep and shepherdesses and fields and cottages with smoke swirling from chimneys and a water wheel and cricket played on the village green and honey still for tea. And the odd puffy white cloud carried around on a string. Charming, but naff and meaningless, in the way that charming things and charming people are. But there was a hint of more. The whole scene was overlooked by Glastonbury Tor - with its resonance of ancient spirits and modern rock festival gatherings speaking of youth and alternative life styles. But alternative to what?
And there it was. A moment of genius, a coup de theatre which, unlike Slumdog, will stay with me forever. Danny Boyle, into this scene of beauty, injected Ken Brannagh, as Isambard Kingdom Brunel in stove pipe hat, chewing a cigar, and spouting Caliban’s lines from The Tempest - “The clouds methought would open and show riches ready to drop upon me that, when I waked, I cried to dream again.” - yes, it really was that strange - and Brunel surveyed the scene and with one chomp on his cigar, and flick of his head, had the elysian idyll swept away in a beat and replaced with a dystopia of steel and smoke and chimneys.
One minute we had beaming busty bonkworthy bucolic bumpkins, next we had menacing malevolent manufacturing malcontents. All played, it must be said, with utter conviction, by the thousands of volunteers.
It was a startling and horrific picture of what we have done with our rural birthright. Our green and pleasant land.
And on he went for three more hours with suffragettes, a huge human CND badge, the NHS, the World Wide Web, the contribution made to society by the many and varied racial groups absorbed into that great glorious soup we know as London. I’ll have to stop before I soil myself.
The show was exactly like London itself. Messy, noisy, energetic, disorganised, shambolic, magnificent.
The opening scene alone justified the many longeurs, the Mary Poppinses and dancing nurses, and all the other bits that didn’t really work or make sense. It even justified the final horror of Paul McCartney having a senior moment by forgetting he had a live mike and singing along to the canned music, out of time and out of tune.
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Hobby Horse by Rob Heyland Roy Heyland - A BAFTA TV Society, Writer’s Guild & Critics Award Winner
Cast le townshend Fest iva l Of Classical MusicAug 9th. For more info CLICK HERE.
Paul Ringrose Exhibition - New Work - Small PaintingsAu g 1 0 t h - 2 6 t h , D o s w e l l G a l l e r y, Rosscarbery. For further info call 023 884 8137 or see www.doswellgallery.com.
Schull RegattaAug 12th, 1pm.
Masters Of Tradition, BantryAug 15th to 19th. For further details go to: www.westcorkmusic.ie.
Heir Island RegattaAug 16th. For more info CLICK HERE.
Timoleague Harvest FestivalAug 17th - 26th. For tickets call 086 169 7628
Amnesty Flag DayAmnesty Flag Day in Clonakilty and Bandon on Aug 17th, and Skibbereen on Aug 18th.
Silent Art AuctionAug 18th, Sailing Centre, Schull.
Baltimore Deep Sea Angling FestivalAu g 2 3 rd - 2 6 t h . For more in fo see www.baltimoreseaangling.com.
Ballydehob Dog & Pony ShowAug 19th, 2pm. For further info contact Barry O’Brien on 028 37191 or 086 387 2821.
Cape Clear International Story Telling FestivalAug 31st to Sept 2nd. For further details go to: www.capeclearstorytelling.com.
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Harvest Moon Music Festival, SchullSept 7th - 9th, Schull. For further details go to: www.harvestmoonmusicfestival.com.
A Taste Of West Cork Food FestivalSept 10th - 16th, Skibbereen. For further details go to: www.atasteofwestcork.com.
Baltimore Walking WeekendSept 29th - 30th. For more info CLICK HERE.
Extensive 3 Course Set Dinner Menu
Only €25
For reservations call: 028 28067
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AIB Bank Closures - Schull & Ba l l ydehob - Pub l i c MeetingSchull & District Community Council is holding a public meeting this Friday August 3rd at Schull Community Hall at 8.30pm on the impending AIB bank closures in Schull and Ballydehob. All local public representatives have been invited. Everybody is encouraged to come along to this very important meeting. Please spread the word.
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It was a celebration of our strengths. Strengths we will need to draw on in the near future as our financial system implodes, our environment and climate collapse under the strain, harvests fail, droughts come, social disorder spreads from the Arab spring and Greece to all our cities and streets. It was a reminder of how great we can be and how stupid we have been. It was a shout of warning and of hope.
Big up Danny Boyle, as they say, apparently.
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Gabriel Rangers L.F.C Summertime Discos
Every Wednesday eveningin the Parish Hall, Schull.
(alongside Church)
AUGUST 8th – OVER 12s - 8.30 till 11AUGUST 15th – UNDER 12s - 8 till 10
AUGUST 22nd – OVER 12s - 8.30 till 11
All Discos supervised
Everyone welcome.
See posters displayed for more info.
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Mermaids Restaurant Schull
Another Gem!A great tradition returns to main street Schull with the re-opening of a fantastic fish and chip restaurant, Mermaids, now under the fabulous new management of Paddy O’Sullivan from Bantry. Paddy comes from Nottages in Crookhaven and previously worked at the West Lodge Hotel. Everything is cooked from fresh, nothing frozen. He uses the very freshest fish, has delicious hand cut chips, and scrumptious mushy peas! The burgers are all homemade and again only fresh chicken is used. Paddy caters for birthday parties, and is open daily from 3pm to around midnight. The food is absolutely delicious and is great value. If you haven’t experienced the new Mermaids do call in for a real treat, support local produce, and a great local culinary entrepreneur.
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Summer Camps in West Cork 2012
www.WestCorkCampus.com
Ardfield Irish Water Safety 7th - 12th August Hilary Bennett - 023 8857337
Ballincollig Rugby Camp Aug 6th to 10th 021 4323563 Age 6 to 13
Ballineen (Manch) Junior Forest Ranger Aug 13th – 17th 023 8822823 [email protected] www.inff.ie
Ballinhassig Cúl Camp August 20th to 24th 087 6738745
Ballyanly Muskerry Rugby July 30th to August 3rd 021 4323563 Age 6 to 13
Ballydehob / Schull Gabriel Rangers Cúl Camp Aug 13th to 17th 086 1018020Ballydehob Kids' camp An Sanctóir August 7th to 11th [email protected] or 028-37792
Baltimore - Splash Mania, July & Aug Weekly Tues, Wed & Thurs.5 - 12 year oldsBaltimore Ilen Rovers Cúl Camp July 30th to Aug 3rd 086 1605835
Bandon Laser Combat [email protected] 023 8843998 www.lasercombat.ieBandon St. Brogan’s Cúl Camp August 13th to 17th 086 8342614
Bantry ‘The Mighty Ducks’ July 30th/August 6th/ August 13th/ August 20th 027 [email protected] Ages 2 to 12.B a n t r y P o n y T r e k k i n g 0 2 7 5 1 4 1 2 [email protected] ‘Own a Pony Day’ July 31st Aug 15th 027 51412 www.bantryponytrekking.com
[email protected] Beauty Camp for girls July 31st /Aug 1st Every Tues and Wed in Aug 087 9446773 Age 12 to 16Bantry Driving Academy Aug 7th – 10th 027 56464 [email protected] Age 10-16
B a r l e y c o v e S u r f C a m p 0 8 7 1 5 3 2 2 4 8 www.barleycovesurfcamp.com [email protected]
Barryroe Cúl Camp Aug 6th to 10th 085 713 9951
Cahermore Garnish Cúl Camp Aug 13th to 17th 086 8524803
Carrigaline Soccer Camps Aug 13th to 17th 1800 653 653
Castlehaven Cúl Camp Aug 7th to 10th 086 2521099
Castletownbere Cúl Camp Aug 7th to 10th 086 8882397
Clonakilty Computer Camp August 7th to 14th 086 8512358 or 023 8833756 or [email protected] Rugby Aug 7th to 10th 087 8361995 or [email protected] Ages 7 to 13.
Goleen Multi Sports July 26th, 27th, 30th & Aug 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th. 083 1372013 www.goleen.info Goleen Arts and crafts workshop Aug 6th to 9th [email protected] Mizen Rovers Cúl Camp July 30th to Aug 3rd 086 738 9567
Heir Island Sailing Courses John 086 8192342 www.www.heirislandsailingschool.com
Kinsale Oysterhaven Centre -Watersports Multi-Activity Camp ( Age 4-17), Youth Sailing or Windsurfing (Age 11-17) July 30th–Aug 3rd , Aug 6-10, 13 -17, 20-24, 27 -31. 0 2 1 4 7 7 0 7 3 8 i n f o @ o y s t e r h a v e n . c o m www.oysterhaven.com Kinsale Art Camp Aug 13th to 18th 021 4777758Kinsale 1 day Kids arts and crafts classes Aug. 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 021 4777758Kinsale Cúl Camp Aug 13th to 17th 086 124 1822Kinsale Morning Madness & Arty Afternoon July 30th-Aug 3rd, Aug 7th-10th Age 4-12085 146 2676 [email protected]
Kinsale Tennis July 30th- Aug 3rd 021 477 7777/086 2573289 & club house www.kinsaletennisclub.comKinsale Equestr ian 086-8530894 [email protected] www.kinsale-equestrian.com Age 6+Kinsale Touch For Health, Kinesiology Aug 25th and 26th 087-9626000 [email protected] K i n s a l e A F C S o c c e r C a m p A u g 7 t h t o 1 0 t h www.kinsaleafc.net Age 5 to 14
Rosscarbery Carbery Rangers Cúl Camp August 7th to 10th 087 2036871
Schull Sailing July 30th to August 3rd , Aug 6th -10th, 13th -17th, 20th -24th www.schullsailing.ie Schull ‘International Summer Camp’ Each week in Aug [email protected] Age 3-8Schull/Mizen Fitbones Aug 7th - 10th and Aug 13th - 17th 086 2404709 [email protected] Age 6- 13Schull Irish Water Safety 7th - 12th August Fiona Malone 086 1691717Schull Kayaking Every week July and August 028-28554Schull Equestrian Centre Aug 7th-9th, 14th-16th 028 28346 087 4163563 [email protected]
Sherkin Irish Water Safety 7th - 12th August Carrie Holland - 028 20224
Skibbereen Rugby Summer Skills Development Aug 21st to 24th 021 4323563 Age 14 – 15Skibbereen Rugby Camp Aug 20th to 24th 021 4323563 Age 6 to 13Skibbereen Basketball August 9th 086 2307951Skibbereen Sports Centre 028 22624 Skibbereen Greenwood Chair making 1 & 3 day courses throughout Aug 087 635 8086 All ages.
Timoleague Argideen Rangers Cúl Camp Aug 20th to 24th 086 0819551
Union Hall Reen Pier Kayaking July 30th to Aug 3rd [email protected] 028 21058
Groups everywhere Drumbash/Samba workshop available to all [email protected]
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July 26th, Aug 2nd, 9th, 23rd, 30th
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West Cork MusicMasters of Tradition 2012
Wednesday 15 August7.30pm CeolchoirmSt Brendan's Church
Martin Hayes [fiddle], Dennis Cahill [guitar], Len Graham [singer], Toner Quinn [fiddle] & Malachy Bourke [fiddle]
Thursday 16 August10am Masterclass
Mizen Beara Room, Maritime Hotel- tutored by Toner Quinn [fiddle]
11.30am Coffee Concert
St Brendan's ChurchMaire Ní Chéileachair, Carmen Ibánez-Berbel, John Flanagan & Len Graham [singers]7.30pm CeolchoirmSt Brendan's ChurchJohn Flanagan [singer], Michael Rooney [harp], June McCormack [flute], Liam O'Flynn [uilleann pipes, left] & Steve Cooney [guitar] Friday 17 August10am MasterclassMizen Beara Room, Maritime Hotel - tutored by Kevin Crawford [flute]11.30am Coffee ConcertSt Brendan's ChurchJohn Doyle [guitar & singer]
7.30pm CeolchoirmBantry House
Maire Ní Chéileachair [singer], Carmen Ibánez-Berbel [singer], Séamus Connolly [fiddle], Geraldine Cotter [piano], The Teetotallers left [Martin Hayes, Kevin Crawford & John Doyle] 10.30pm Níos DeanaíBantry HouseTulla Céilí Band & Stephanie Keane [resident dancer]
Saturday 18 August10am MasterclassMizen Beara Room, Maritime Hotel - tutored by Séamus Connolly [fiddle]11.30am Coffee ConcertSt Brendan's ChurchKevin Crawford [flute]7.30pm CeolchoirmBantry HouseMoya Brennan [singer], Carmen Ibánez-Berbel [singer], Cormac DeBarra [harp], Väsen [nyckelharpa, viola & guitar] 10.30pm Níos DeanaíBantry HouseCormac Debarra [harp], Tríona Marshall [harp] & Michael Rooney [harp] June McCormack & Michael Rooney,left Sunday 19 August10am MasterclassMizen Beara Room, Maritime Hotel - tutored by Moya Brennan [singer]7.30pm CeolchoirmBantry HouseMartin Hayes [fiddle], Dennis Cahill [guitar] & friends
To book tickets, go online at www.westcorkmusic.ie or ring the West Cork Music office on 027 52788.
The Masters of Tradition is generously supported by the Arts Council of Ireland and Failte Ireland.
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Summer Camp ListingSchull, Mizen Peninsula
Adventure and outdoor activities Ages 6-13
Explore the nooks and crannies of West Cork – Schull, Ballydehob and environs. Are you a muck monster? Climb a mountain and explore old tunnels – bring a torch; take a ferry to an island and have a bbq; orienteering; slacklining; bike/hike/kite; go on a sweet hunt!
August 7-10 (4 day); August 13-17; Single days also possible
Schull & Fitbones+353 (0)86 [email protected]
SUMMER SAILING COURSES
Fastnet Marine Outdoor Education Centre
Information and Booking Forms for 2012 now available from FMOEC office, Schull Community College and on www.schullsailing.ie
SAILING COURSE DATES – 2012
Course Number 7 - 6 Aug – 10 AugCourse Number 8 - 13 Aug – 17 AugCourse Number 9 - 20 Aug – 24 Aug
€295 PER WEEK (5 full days)
Prices Frozen since 2009!
Bere Island Golf ClassicBere Island GAA Club and Bere Island Heritage Centre are once again holding our annual fundraising Golf Classic in Berehaven Golf Club. It will run over 3 days; Friday 17th, Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th August 2012. Teams of 3 mixed or otherwise, €60 per team. If you are interested in entering a team please contact Una Kingston on 087 2660668.
Email: [email protected] Site: CLICK HERE
Splash Mania Summer Camps
Baltimore Community Leisure Centre
Phone (028) 20622 [email protected]
♣ Swimming lessons for all levels♣ Snorkeling♣ Fun & Games♣ Water Inflatables
Time Of Camps Age Cost11.30am - 1.00pm 5 - 12 Mem: €20 Non Mem: €30
Dates Of Camps7th August - 9th August
14th August - 16th August21st August - 23rd August
For More Information Please Contact the Leisure Centre on (028) 20622
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The Willis Clan... for Bantry: Sunday 12th August This family of 12 children with their parents Toby and Brenda Willis of Nashville, Tennessee, have been making waves in the USA where they are greatly appreciated for their Irish music and dancing talent. With real family charm, they blend Irish, Bluegrass and much more to produce a fresh, exciting 21st century music experience.
On their way to the Fleadh Ceoil in Cavan, they have kindly volunteered to do three concerts in aid of Focus on the Family Ireland, in Bray, Bantry and Limerick. The concerts are unusual in that they are FREE of charge. If you enjoy it there will be an opportunity at the end to contribute to Focus on the Family Ireland.
The Willis Clan come to Bantry at the invitation of the Bantry Christian Fellowship, and will be welcomed in the Square by Mayor Kathleen Tessyman and members of Bantry Town Council. Weather permitting, they will do a warm-up open-air gig on the Square at 3.30pm on Sunday 12th August. Glenilen Farm will be there to support the gig, providing complimentary Glenilen refreshments for everybody who comes out to hear the Willis Clan in the afternoon.
Later at 7.30pm the Maritime Hotel will be the venue for the two hour concert which promises to be a wonderful evening for all the family. It’s not to be missed!
Reservations can be made on the website http://www.family.ie/thewillisclan and further information can be had by contacting David Ross 086 1735134.
Loughbeg Farm B&B and Self Catering
Schull, West Cork, Ireland. Open farm, large vegetable garden, and hill farm walk. Own fresh produce. Enquiries +353 (0)28 27783 or +353 (0)86 1597744. see facebook Loughbeg Farm, www.localcampus.com, and www.schull.ie
Now For Sale At Loughbeg Farm
Goat's Milk | Soft Cream Cheese | Yoghurt
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Green Drinks Wed. 8th August from 7pm @ Tom Barry’s Pub, Barrack StreetIf you have an interest in the environment or are just curious, this is an informal opportunity to discuss issues with like-minded people and socialise with friends old and new. All welcome.
Irish Wildlife Trust The Cork Branch of IWT would like to highlight Fish Month, 20th July – 27th August, with a beach clean-up and some information. Do you know of any beach in need of cleaning which might benefit from such an event, if so, let us know and we will pass it on to IWT or contact Jill Weyman directly at [email protected].
Aarhus ConventionThe long awaited ratification by Ireland of the Aarhus Convention finally took place in June this year. The Aarhus Convention recognises every person’s right to a healthy environment – as well as the duty to protect it. It is a legally binding instrument which promotes access to information, puboic participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters. More details are available through this link.
Ireland’s Environment, An Assessment 2012 This important publication by the EPA is well worth a read as it gives an up to date assessment of the critical challenges and priorities in respect of our environment. It is available to download from their website at the following link.
New UCC Masters Degree in Organic HorticultureThe aim of this programme is to provide students with both the scientific principles and the practical applications of organic horticulture, the growing of vegetable, fruit, herb and flower crops in a sustainable environmentally protective manner. More details here.
National Journey Planner The National Transport Authority’s new National Journey Planner has gone live. The service helps people plan personal journeys, door-to-door, anywhere in Ireland, using public transport and / or walking. There is also an App available for Android now, with the iPhone App coming very soon. See here for details.
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Summer Agricultural Shows Inniscarra Agricultural Show & Vintage RallySun 26th August 2012 Contact: Eileen Collins Rea Bearings Co. Cork Phone 021-7332076 [email protected] Ballingeary ShowSun 26th August 2012 Contact: Ann Lucey Cahir Ballingeary Co. Cork Phone 026-47182 Bantry Agricultural ShowSunday 2nd September 2012 Contact: Martina Hamilton Dromacussane Bantry Co. Cork Tel: 027-52117 Mobile 087-9371572 Email: [email protected] http://www.bantryshow.com West Cork Horse BreedersSun 9th September 2012 Contact: Rosemarie Deasy Kilbeg Bandon Co. Cork Mobile 086-1689536 E-Mail: [email protected] www.irishqualityhorses.com
Your ViewsAIB Bank Closures Walter. Just in case I don't make it to the meeting here is my suggestion.
The AIB are closing these branches for economic reasons, I can't imagine any moral/emotional argument will get very far. So my suggestion is we make a deal. If we can get x number of new clients to move from other banks to AIB (that's move to AIB not just open new accounts). Then they will keep the branches open If they don't go for this then we orchestrate a mass campaign to get people to open up (or start using existing) other bank accounts. If we can demonstrate a flow of resources away from AIB and therefore demonstrate our ability to reverse the trend they might think twice and take us up on our original offer to actually increase their customer base. For example I'm still with BOI because i didn't want to re register all of my online payment contacts. But to save the branch I would move. Best i can come up with anyway. Hopefully see you Friday
Mike
