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7th February 2019 Monthly Issue 205 FREE

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Coomanassig Annual Christmas Party

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Community News February Birthdays Olga Tochowicz (9), Grace Riney and Gerrit Noordkamp on 8th; Daniel O’Sullivan (11) on 9th; Gerry O’Donovan, Huw Edwards and Kevin Looney on 10th; Angelika Scheibein and Robert O’Donovan (11) on 11th; Tara Murphy (20) on 12th; Mái-réad O’Dwyer (14) and Anita O’Sullivan on 14th; Leona Rigter (12) and Val Mur-phy on 15th; Niamh Galvin (6) on 20th; Kerstin Hartmann on 21st ; Caroline Clifford and Debi McCormack on 25th; John O’Neill and Eoin Casey (11) on 27th; Jim Clifford (15) and John Riney on 29th.

March Birthdays Bríd Larkin and Rosaleen O’Connor on 4th; Sierra Adams (10), Michael O’Rear-don and Jessica and Fionán Galvin Foley (10) on 5th; Mike O’Connor on 7th.

Belated Birthday Wishes to Finlay Kinnaird (11) on 3rd February.

Special Birthday Wishes to Nora Murphy (18) on 9th February.

Deepest sympathies to Nicola Duggan on the death of her brother Declan.

Congratulations to Miklos Turcsanyi and fami-ly on the birth of his granddaughter Emma on Christmas Day in Dublin. Picture Stephen Col-lins/Collins Photos.

Congratulations to Alyce O’Connor (granddaughter of Barbara O’Connor, The Village Kitchen), pictured receiving a Munster Award for Track and Field 2018 on 2nd February in Askeaton, Co. Limerick.

Congratulations to Mary and Johnny O’Sullivan, Derryleigh who celebrated their 50th Wedding Anni-versary recently.

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Community News

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Daffodil Day A Coffee morning will be held at Sneem House on Friday 8th March f rom 10.30am to 1pm to raise funds for Daffodil Day. There will be coffee, cakes, chat and a great raff le for a good cause. All welcome.

Sneem GAA Sneem GAA AGM was held in the Sneem House on Friday 1st February. The incoming 2019 committee elected on the night was Chairman: Kieran Burns; Vice-Chair: incoming Bord na nÓg Chairman; Secretary: Lisa O'Shea; Treasur-er: Johnny O'Sullivan; PRO: Josie Murphy; County Board Delegate: Don Keogh; South Kerry Delegates: Joe Murphy and Vincent Casey; Coaching Of-f icer: David O'Leary; Scór Off icer: Kevin Larkin; Children's Off icer: Jim O'Sulli-van. Best of luck to the incoming committee. Also best of luck to Martin Larkin who will be representing Sneem GAA Club, South Kerry and Kerry in the All Ireland Scór f inal in Castlebar on the 16th February. Martin is the f irst person f rom the club to represent us in a Scór All Ireland.

Sneem Bord ná nÓg Sneem Bord ná nÓg AGM will be held on Wednesday 20th February at 8pm in Sneem House. All parents are asked to attend. The Bord na nÓg Fundraiser, the Golfball Barrel Challenge which took place on Sunday 13th January, was won by Ciaran McDermot f rom Rossdohan. The prize was lunch for two in Parknasilla. Second prize of lunch for two in Sneem Hotel went to Martina Cremin, Blackwater. There were 384 balls in the barrel. €500 was raised. The committee would like to thank everyone for their sup-port.

Sneem Rowing Club Sneem Rowing Club AGM will be held on Saturday 23rd February at 8.30pm in our Boathouse. All members and anyone interested in rowing or helping out for the season ahead are invited to attend. Congratulations to Marie and John Galvin, Castlecove, who won €112 in our 50/50 draw. Thanks to everyone for your continued support. Next draw is on March 1st in Rineys Bar, tickets are available throughout the village. Sneem Rowing Club Gym Opening Hours Monday to Friday 8am - 12pm 5pm to 9pm. Contact Fiona in The Window Box for Membership.

Sneem Summer Festival AGM Sneem Festival’s AGM will take place on Wednesday 20th February at 8pm in the Lof t. Please come along if you have any ideas for this year’s festival. All welcome.

Whist There will be no Whist at the Resource Centre this month, it will resume on Thursday 7th March.

Community News

Sneem Resource Centre Calendar 2020 Thanks to everyone for sending in your stunning wintery shots! Our judges had a hard time deciding which ones to use for our calendar. Stephanie Burns sent us an atmospheric photo of the sun setting behind St. Michael's Church which we will put on the January page. Ester Noordkamp Bultman took a beautiful shot of our snow-covered village and mountains in the background. Her picture will appear on the December page. Now it is time to get snapping thinking of Sneem in early/mid spring. We will be looking for photographs for the February and March pages. Please remember: The photos need to be Sneem related and the format needs to be in landscape mode. Looking forward to seeing your works of art! Please send your photographs with a title or a few words and your full name to sneemrc@gmail.com (Subject: Sneem Calendar 2020 February/March) .

Sneem Men’s Shed The Shed meets twice a week at the Old Ballroom (now the Digital Hub) on Monday and Thursday nights. New members are welcome and if interested, call by for a chat and a cup of tea. The sessions start at 7pm and the kettle goes on af ter 8pm. For information, call Danny on 087 2064462 or Michael on 086 8217465.

Coffee, Craft and Chat The weekly Coffee, Craf t and Chat Group that takes place every Tuesday in the Resource Centre f rom 11am to 1pm are continuing the charity knit and crochet on each Tuesday through February and possibly beyond that. The sessions continue to 2pm and people can dip in and out as they wish. Great progress is being made with the Twiddle Mitts, shawls, bags and aprons for Alzheimer pa-tients. Further details can be obtained f rom Michele Cooper-Fay on 085 1708286 or Kathy Jukes on 089 4643345.

Sneem Beekeepers Club The f inal class of the Beginners Course in Beekeeping will be taking place on 13th February in Coomanassig Day Centre. Con tact George 087 8342552 or Brendan 086 8115991.

Writers Group Meets on the f irst Friday of every month f rom 1pm to 3pm in Sneem Resource Centre. All budding / experienced / published / hopeful, etc. writers are wel-come to join. If you would like any further information, contact June on 085 7700524 or sneemwritersgroup@gmail.com

Annual Autism Golf Classic The Annual Autism Golf Classic in aid of St. Francis Special School in Beaufort will be held in Beaufort Golf Club on Friday 26th April. The support o f golfers and sponsors has always been generous, so please keep it going if you can, it is hugely appreciated. More details later, so watch this space.

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Community News

Sneem Digital Hub on National Radio We got the opportunity of an interview with Bobby Kerr on the Down To Busi-ness show on Newstalk Radio last Saturday. If you would like to listen in (about 9 mins) you can go to www.newstalk.com, click on podcasts, Down To Business and Sneem Digital Hub. The link is https://www.newstalk.com/podcasts/Down_To_Business/Down_To_Business/247608/Sneem_Digital_Hub__Aidan_Murray. We got a great reaction including 72 hits to the website on Saturday morning and a Dublin-based company interested in exploring what we have to offer. Great exposure to an audience of 112,000 people.

Community Alert Scheme There are f ree smoke alarms available for senior citizens. There are also f ree hi-viz jackets for everyone and these can be collected f rom the Resource Cen-tre or Sneem Post Off ice. If you would like to join the Community Alert texting system to receive updates on suspicious activity in the area, please contact Teddy McCarthy or Eugene Maginnis (there is a small charge for this).

Healthy Eating Course Struggling to cook healthy meals? Join Colette for a six week Healthy Eating Course funded by Healthy Ireland Fund. Parent/Teens and all the community. A dietician will come one evening to answer all your questions. Starting on Mon-day 11th February for 5 weeks in Coomanassi g Day Centre from 7pm to 9.30pm. Organised by Kerry Young People’s Services Committee. Booking es-sential, please call Máire 086 1581218

Valentine Ride 2019 The Annual Charity Cycle in aid of Marymount Hospice in memory of Ita Corri-dan will take place on Sunday 16th February at 1pm f rom Caherdaniel Village to Sneem and back again. Enquiries to Tom 087 6403859

Sneem Housing Committee has been raising the issue of lack of social housing and rental properties in Sneem over the last number of issues with little success. The reality of the situation is that Sneem families are now being offered social housing in Kenmare and this would be disastrous for our small community, gravely impacting on our crèche, school and other services. Please support the efforts of the housing committee by lobbying our local councillors. If any of your f riends or relations have an empty house in Sneem, you might draw their atten-tion to this serious issue. For further information, please contact Julie Knightly, Joe Murphy, Vincent O’Leary or Jim O’Sullivan.

Urgent Social Housing Concerns

St. Patrick’s Day

St. Patrick’s Day Parade This year’s parade will be starting f rom the Quay Road on Sunday 17th March at 12 noon sharp. Floats are asked to assemble from 11.30am for judges to view. From the Quay Road it will make its way past Mace to Sneem Phar-macy, turning lef t and passing Murphy’s Bar up to the bridge, following up Bridge Street to f inish at Stone House Corner. Prizegiving will take place in the South Square at 2pm. Stewards We are also looking for Stewards for the parade and for before and af ter to help the f low of traff ic and make it safe for people, if you can help please con-tact a committee member - Michelle and Yvonne O’Brien, Amy Foley or Garbhan Kavanagh. Best Dressed Window Businesses are asked to start designing their windows for the Best Dressed Window Display. Person / Persons of the Year Now is the time to start thinking of who you would like to nominate for your per-son / persons / organisation of the year. This is a person or persons who helps the village in any way and does this on a Voluntary basis and needs rewarding. Entries can be put through the letter box at the Resource Centre, through pri-vate message on the Sneem Summer Festival Facebook page or email us at sneemfestival@outlook.com. Genuine nominations only, one name per sheet, please give your reason for nominating your chosen person / persons or organisation.

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Sneem TidyTowns

Visits We had a very productive visit f rom Niamh Ní Dhuill f rom Natural Kitchen Gar-dens on Friday 25th January funded by the Biodiversity Officer f rom Kerry County Council. In 2 hours she made a tour of the village and gave us some practical suggestions on how to proceed with areas such as planting around the Digital Hub, accessing the Heritage in Schools scheme, ideas for the va-cant f ield behind the f ire station in Seaview, the area behind the tennis court, the f ield beside the Church carpark and the Garden of the Senses. On Tues-day 5th February, some of our working group travelled to Killarney to see Kil-cummin Biodiversity Park and we met with Ian McGrigor who was involved in this and other community projects. Community Support Fund Sneem TidyTowns has submitted two applications for funding f rom the Kerry County Council’s Community Support Fund: one for 2 colourful new benches for Sneem Playground and the other to revise and update our Biodiversity Ac-tion Plan as advised in last year’s Adjudication Report. This will also involve some training in its practical application such as planting and plant and insect survey techniques.

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Sneem TidyTowns

Leader Funding We have also submitted the f irst of our applications for Leader funding under the Biodiversity category. We are ap-plying for a Sneem Biodiversity Feasibil-ity Study to be carried out by Ian McGri-gor f rom Gortbrack Organic Farm. The aim of this study will be to produce a whole village plan for increasing the biodiversity of the village. The next deadline for Leader funding applications is the end of February. We are working on making applications for signage and branding our village and for introducing drinking fountains back into the village. Sneem Streets and Lanes Naming Project As part of the Heritage section of the TidyTowns Competition, we would like to bring back the old names of the streets and back lanes of Sneem. If anyone knows what the back lanes were called and stories behind these names, please let us know. Reducing Plastic Waste We are encouraging businesses to sign up to the Conscious Cup Campaign and Refill Ireland. The Conscious Cup Campaign aims to reduce and eventual-ly eliminate single use cups in Ireland . See consciouscup.ie for details. Ref ill Ireland is a voluntary environmental project leading the way to make Ireland a tap water ref illing country once again It maps all the f ree drinking water taps throughout the country, see www.ref ill.ie. Sustainable Energy Community (SEC) Update We are planning to get a spokesperson f rom another successful SEC to address our group. Keep an eye on our Facebook page/Sneem Tidytowns for updates. Site Specific Sculpture Trail A temporary site-specif ic sculpture trail is proposed, whereby about ten individu-al artists or entities will each install a sculpture as a response to the environment along the River Walks. If you would like to participate, please present your envi-ronmentally f riendly idea or design at Sneem Resource Centre by 20th March for Tidy Towns Working Group approval. We hope that the installation will take place during the Sneem Summer Festival in July. Contact Roland on 085 7700538 with any queries. Bumblebee Identification Workshop This will take place on Sunday 14th April. Those who signed up at the Craf t Fair will receive details shortly. If anyone else is interested, please leave your name at the Resource Centre or contact Caroline, Sharon or Jane. Meeting The next TidyTowns Working Group meeting with take place next Tuesday 12th February at 9.30am in Sneem Resource Centre. Anyone i s welcome to come along to these meetings.

Coomanassig Annual Christmas Party

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Photos by Lisa O’Shea

Coomanassig Annual Christmas Party

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Coomanassig Annual Christmas Party

All Smiles: Isobel O'Brien and Grace Casey who danced at the Coomanas-sig Annual Christmas Party. Photo by Lisa O’Shea.

Organisers of and volunteers at this year’s Coomanassig Annual Christmas Party. Photo by Lisa O’Shea.

Credit Union Schools Quiz

Pictured right is the U13 team who took part in the Credit Union Schools Quiz on Sunday 3rd Feb-ruary in Killarney: Sean O’Sulli-van, William Davies, Sive O’Leary and James O’Sullivan.

Pictured left is the U11 team who took part in the Credit Union Schools Quiz on Sun-day 3rd February in Killarney: Óghie Burns, Colm Ryan, Sam O’Sullivan and Finlay Kinnaird.

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The 15th Kerry Sneem Scouts Group

Meetings Cubs (aged 9 - 11years) 6.30pm - 8pm Mondays Beavers (aged 6 - 8years) 6pm - 7pm Thursdays Scouts (aged 12 -15years) 6pm - 7.30pm Fridays

First Aid Training On the 26th of January the Order of Malta came to Sneem for the day to train all our Cub Scouts and Scouts in First Aid as well as providing certif ied training to some of our Scout leaders and a number of other people in the village. Based on this training and some practical exercises we will be running over the next few weeks we hope to be able to award all the Cubs and Scouts with a level 3 emer-gency badge. To give an idea of what the Scouts needed to learn to achieve this are the following: Stage 1 Badge Requirements: I know what should be in my personal first aid k it I know the basic rules of first aid I know the different emergency services that are avail-able and how and when to call them I know how to treat minor cuts Stage 2 Badge Requirements: I know how and when to place someone into the recov-ery (safe airway) position I know the importance of providing shelter and insula-tion I know how to keep myself safe in an emergency I can direct help/rescue services to a location Stage 3 Badge Requirements: I know how to deal with a bleeding injury and nose bleeds I know how to treat minor burns and sunburn I know the international distress signal and when to use it I can treat bee stings and nettle stings I know how to check for the A B C of basic First Aid I know how to use CPR I can assess an emergency situation quick ly, and sum-mon help I know how to create an escape plan for a building or activity location in case of fire I know how to care for an injured person until help ar-rives Many thanks to the Order of Malta for carrying out the training which was great fun and also helped the Scouts learn lots of useful skills. Any queries please email sneemscouts@gmail.com or call 086 6016375.

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Could Sneem become “The Story Village”

November 2018 marked the seventh Sneem Storytelling Festival and it is generally accepted that it also was the most successful. It took a number of years for the festival to establish strong credibility within our community, and this is of utmost importance if the festival is to survive. Last year saw the largest number of attendees which included 200 scouts f rom all over Kerry. Sneem is now the one village in Kerry most closely associated with Storytelling. On the cul-tural f ront, it helps to revitalise the storytelling tradition which was a vital part of the fabric of life of our ancestors. It bright-ens up an otherwise dull and dreary time in the depths of Winter. It generates income for those involved in tourism related business and, thereby, extends the tourist season. It provides very good publicity for Sneem, which could result in attracting people here at other times of the year and helps to develop communi-ty spirit because it calls on voluntary support to run the many and varied events. Ciarraí Scéalach / Storied Kerry

Ciarraí Scéalach / Storied Kerry is a new voluntary organi-sation of people with members f rom eight regions of the county who are committed to fostering the unique story tra-dition of each district. The word ‘Story’ is interpreted in its broadest meaning and covers legend, landscape, flora, fau-na, archaeology, geology, folklore, sport and history as well as fostering the art of storytelling, both ancient and contem-porary, among people who are interested or whose interest can be sparked, and especially the young. Over the years, many books, CD’s and folklore manuscripts about these

districts have been produced but, unfortunately, in many cases, many are not readily accessible to the general public. It is now proposed to have an extra room devoted to Story in a number of Kerry libraries, although many communi-ties do not have a permanent library. Storied Kerry is making a case to many organisations, including Government, that each of Kerry’s eight participating districts could be designated as ‘Story Villages’, each with a Story House which should be established as a key asset in the social, cultural and economic revival of each area. The National Folklore Department in UCD, The Cork Folklore Pro-ject, Tralee ITT, Kerry County Library, UCC, and Siamsa are also among the organisations which have promised support. Story House can be a focal point for the Story Village where locals can be imbued with the story of their area, a venue for storytelling workshops, lectures and storytelling performances all year round and a story-themed interpretive centre for tourists who wish to know more about the area. What is the relevance for Sneem? The above proposals are very new and will involve a pilot Story House project in one of Kerry’s eight districts. Gneeveguilla, Bonane and Scartaglin are al-ready active. Sneem holds an advantage because of the publicity garnered f rom successful festivals. However, just running a festival once a year would not be suff icient to merit the title “Story Village”.

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Could Sneem become “The Story Village”

A major conference on Storytelling took place in Killarney last October and was attended by 120 people including the committee of the Sneem Storytelling Festi-val. One of Sneem’s youngest tellers Sive O’Leary gave a short performance. Representatives of each of Kerry’s eight districts were asked to go back to their areas and, if interested, to outline plans for the coming year. The committee of the Sneem Storytelling & Folklore Festival is anxious to hear the views of any interested people in the locality as to how we might take active steps to make Sneem a genuine Story Village. Email us at info@sneemstorytellingfestival.com Batt Burns, Chairman, Sneem international Storytelling and Folklore Festival

Sneem Walking Club

10th February 2019: Coomakista / Hogs Head Walk (Heading towards the Hogs Head Golf Club at Waterville). This is a 3.5 to 5 hour walk of moderate to diff icult intensity. Route dependent on weather on the day. 24th February 2019: Glorach Loop Walk (Part of the Kerry Way). Thi s i s also a 3.5 to 5 hour walk of moderate to diff icult intensity. 24th February 2019: General invitation to participate in an easier walk w ith Sneem Walking Club. The walk is f rom Tahilla Church back to Sneem on the Kerry Way; approximately 2 hours on easy terrain. Start time will be 10am out-side Dan Murphy’s pub, where the more difficult walk already advertised will also commence. Please contact Dave Fay on 0876 266214 if you intend to par-ticipate or would like further details. 10th March 2019: Kerry Way Climbers Inn (Glencar) to Glenbeigh. This i s also a 3.5 to 5 hour walk of moderate to diff icult intensity.

All walks start by meeting outside Dan Murphy’s Pub, Sneem at 10am. Good walking attire is essential and always bring a packed lunch. Transport is usually arranged closer to the day or on the day. Any queries or for further details on any of the walks please contact Dave Fay SWC Secretary on 087 6266214. As well as articles in the newsletter we post details on the Sneem Walking Club Facebook page, the Re-source Centre Community Notice Board and on www.sneemwalkingclub.com. New members are wel-come to experience one of the walks and if they are keen to join the club af ter this the membership fee is €30. Please contact Dave Fay (Club Secretary) to advise which walk you intend to do (087 6266214). We look forward to seeing you. Pictured right are Dave Fay and Mossie Walsh on the January walk.

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St. Michael’s National School

Credit Union Quiz St Michael’s N.S was delighted to be able to enter two teams in the Credit Union Quiz Competition recently. Our two teams took part in the U13 and U11 catego-ries. Both our teams prepared well in advance and achieved excellent scores on the day. See pictures on page 10. VEX Robotics

Stuart our Vex Robot pictured lef t is alive and well and despite a few glitches with programming he now moves by himself and can be moved by a controller on his f ield! IT Tralee presented the senior room with a Vex Field 4ft x 8f t course and one thou-sand pieces to create a robot! The senior room designed, built and programmed Stuart our robot and also built his f ield, pic-tured below. Stuart has to be able to move on his own, move hubs around his f ield and carry out controlled instructions. Stu-

art’s programme took 3 weeks to code including the autonomous programme and the driving programme. All pupils in the senior room were then tested to see who would be the best driver for entering an International Compe-tition of Vex Robotics in IT Tralee in March! Well done to Mr Hussey and all in the senior room for their tireless hard work and determination to complete this project. We expect they will do very well in IT Tralee in March! Senior Class Debating Team Congratulations to our debaters who recently won the diff icult debate opposing the motion that ‘Climate Change is Not Our Problem’. Our debaters, pictured right were Grace Casey, Wil-liam Davies, Sive O’Leary, Kacper Domanski, Sean O’Sullivan and Robert O’Donovan. Chinese New Year The Chinese New Year celebrations began on Tuesday the 5th of February and last for two weeks. Chinese people all over the world travel home to enjoy this huge Spring Celebration in China. To mark this New Year Mrs Dignam and her class made Chicken Chow Mein with great success! The children cooked this Chinese dish f rom scratch and even attempted to eat it with chopsticks! Well done to all involved!!

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St. Michael’s National School

Junior Entrepreneur 2019 Pictured right are the Junior En-trepreneurs taking part in the JEP Competition 2019 with their business idea “Bake It Eazy”. As part of the Junior Entrepreneur Programme, the senior classes are holding a Showcase Day to promote their product 'Bake It Eazy' on Friday, 8th March in the school f rom 1pm to 2.30pm. Their idea is to make baking easier by providing all dry ingre-dients for various recipes in one jar. Recipes and dry ingredients for brownies, scones, cookies, and cupcakes will all be available to purchase on the day. Tea/coffee and samples of their products will also be available. The children would like to in-vite everyone f rom the community to attend and celebrate the f ruition of their hard work, cooperation dedication, and commitment. Our Walking Bus St Michael’s N.S is currently trying to attain its 10th Green Flag. The theme this year is Global Citizenship Trav-el. The pupils and teachers of our school are travelling to school on Fridays in a Walking Bus that picks up pu-pils at designated stops throughout the village. It is the hope of all in Sneem school that we can come together and travel together in our Walking Bus on Fridays and in doing so promote travel but also reduce our carbon footprint by not parking any cars outside our school on that day. The Walking Bus has been a great success so far with every class participat-ing and enjoying the chance to meet f riends and talk and walk before school.

Fundraiser for Sneem Digital Hub

Come join the hilarious Frances Kennedy as Molly

Parton and Sonny Egan as Micksie Pocock at their

comical

Wedding of the Seanachies With full suppor�ng cast

Followed by

Dancing to The Singing Jarvey

Light refreshments served on the night

Chance to win great raffle prizes

At Sneem Hotel

On Saturday 30th March 2019

at 8.30pm

Tickets €25 (€20 if pre- booked by 28th February )

Tickets available from:-

Sneem Digital Hub - 089 9420098

Sneem Events Office - 087 3670919

New York - Kerry Night

Fundraiser to Revitalize Sneem and South Kerry

Communi�es by Providing Sustainable Quality Jobs

at The Central Bar 109E 9St NY 10003

On Saturday 27th April 2019, 7.30pm

A night of entertainment, food pla8ers and

one hour free bar

With rural depopula4on at crisis levels, Sneem Digital Hub has been set up

to enable people to have thriving careers while enjoying the wonderful ben-

efits of living and working in South Kerry.

The aim is to bring 25 – 40 new jobs to Sneem over the next 2.5 years.

Seeds are being sown now which will take 4me to bear fruit.

For more details on the hub please see www.sneemdigitalhub.ie

Kenmare Co-Op Mart Annual Dinner Dance January 2019 The Guest Speaker, Munster Regional Chairman of the IFA, John Coughlan, pictured with the Manager and off icers of Kenmare Mart and Carmel O'Leary the Lily of Killarney. Back Row; L-R; Patrick Randles, Patrick Doyle, Kevin O'Leary, James O'Farrell, George O'Neill, Donald Lynch, Denis McCarthy and Christy Hussey. Front Row: L-R; Patsy Dinneen, Joe Riney, Councillor Dan McCarthy Manager, Car-mel O'Leary the Lily of Kil-larney, John Coughlan, Munster Chair of IFA, Michael Tim O'Sullivan, Chair-man of Kenmare Mart and John Joe O'Sullivan. Photo by Mary O'Neill. Davy Breen's Lough Brin Walk on St Stephen's Day raised €2,655 in aid of Kerry Palliative Care Services. He presented the cheque to the Kerry Hospice Foundation representatives in Blackwater Tavern on Friday night. Davy would like to thank Mary and Teddy O'Neill of Blackwater Tavern for their support , Timothy Clifford who helped Davy with the event, members of Templenoe GAA Club who sponsored raff le prizes and everyone who supported the charity so generously. Davy had a barbeque and ref reshments at Lough Brin Lake for all the walkers. The Lough Brin Walk on St Stephen's Day is to become an annual event. Inspired by Davy Breen's Lough Brin Walk for Kerry Palliative Care Services, Paudie Kelliher Kilgarvan, the Captain of Kenmare Golf Club, organised a whip around at Kenmare Golf Club for the charity and raised €1,155. Davy presented the cheque to members of Kerry Hospice Foundation in Blackwater Tavern last Friday night. A total of €3,810 was raised in aid of Palliative Care Services in Kerry.

L-R: Davy Breen; Pat Doolan, Chairman, Killarney Hospice: Mary Shanahan, Secretary Ker-ry Hospice; Timothy Clifford, Templenoe GAA Club; Council-lor Dan McCarthy; Carmel Breen and Joe Hennebery, Chairman, Kerry Hospice presenting the cheque f rom Davy’s Lough Brin Walk. Photo by Mary O'Neill

Blackwater News

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Blackwater News

Pictured right are L-R; Joe Hennebery, Chairman Kerry Hospice, Pat Doolan, Chair, Killarney Hospice; Mary Shanahan Secretary Kerry Hos-pice; Councillor Dan McCarthy; Carmel and Davy Breen pre-senting the cheque f rom Kenmare Golf Club. Photo by Mary O'Neill.

The Kerry Hospice Foundation (KHF) is a voluntary organisa-tion, founded in 1990, which helps provide funding and support for Palliative Care Services in Kerry and support patients who are living with an advancing illness. Kerry Hospice Foundation (KHF) raised, €3.6 million to complete the Palliative Day Care Unit /Suaimhneas centre which opened at Tralee General in 2007 and KHF built a 15 bed Inpatient Unit in 2017 at a cost of €6.5 million euro. Since Kerry Hospice Foundation was set up in 1990, Kerry People have raised 11 million for Palliative Care Services. It costs €10,000 per week to cover specialised nursing, equipment and complimentary therapies needed to run Palliative Care Services in Kerry.

Freshwater Pearl Mussel Project A farmer information meeting in relation to the Pearl Mussel Programme will take place in The Blackwater Tavern on Tuesday, 19th February at 8pm. The results-based Programme aims to improve conditions for the endangered f reshwater pearl mussel in the top eight f reshwater pearl mussel catchments in Ireland. It will run until December 2023 (for further information see www.pearlmusselproject.ie). At these meetings we will be providing some background information on the project, payment rates, terms and conditions and how

to apply to the Programme. For further information contact Patrick Crushell, Project Manager Pearl Mussel Project, Bell Height, Kenmare. Telephone 064 6640685 or email info@pmproject.ie

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Carnegie Arts Centre Kenmare

FILMS Please Note from 1st February Admission to Films will be €8, Students €6 Thursday 14th February - 8pm -“Mamma Mia! Here we go again” (2018) (PG) (1h54mins) Comedy/Musical/Romance February 21st - 8pm - ”Peterloo”(KFS)(2018)(12A) (2h34mins)Drama/History February 28th - 8pm - “A Star is Born”(2018)(15)(2h 16mins)Drama/Music/Romance. Saturday February 9th - 8pm -The Life and Inventions of Hedy Lamarr. Hedy Lamarr, glamorous siren of the silver screen, was more than the most beautiful woman in the world. She invented Frequency Hopping and Spread Spectrum Technology that make the world of wireless communication tick. From Austria to Hollywood, WWII, torpedoes, ecstasy, and intrigue to the very cell phone in your pocket, she was there. Tickets: €15. IN CONCERT Friday February 22nd -8pm Liam Ó Maonlaí in Concert. Liam Ó Maonlaí is an Irish musician best known as a member of the Hothouse Flowers. Ó Maonlaí formed the band in 1985 with his schoolmate Fiachna Ó Braonáin. His solo releases include “Rian” and “To Be Touched”. Ticket €20/Concessions €18 Saturday March 2nd - 8pm - Don Stiffe Live Don Stiffe is one of the greatest singer / songwriters to have emerged on the Irish Folk Scene in recent years, receiving critical acclaim and awards both at home and abroad. Don is a passionate and talented singer whose impressive performance style has moved audiences all over the world. Tickets €15 Friday March 8th - 8pm - The Lir Quartet -Pre-concert talk by the musicians at 7pm for all ticket holders, with Siobhan Doyle on violin, Siun Milne violin, Ed Creedon viola and Christopher Ellis cello. Four of Ireland’s young classical musi-cal superstars formed The Lir Quartet at Barry Douglas’ Clandeboye Festival in 2017. Their f resh, exciting approach to music has won them admirers throughout the country and they return for their third tour for the National String Quartet Foundation with a wonderfully contrasted programme of works by Britten and Mendelssohn. Tickets: €15 /€10(students) Friday March 15th 8pm - The Trials of Oscar Wilde presented by Centre Stage Theatre Company, Belfast. From the actual transcript of Edward Carson’s brilliant cross-examination of Wilde in the f irst of the trials to Wilde’s last heartfelt words in court af ter sentencing ‘...and I... may I say nothing, my Lord?’ Merlin Holland, Wilde’s only surviving grandson, and international director John O’Connor, have collected and dramatised Court records, journalist’s notes and newspaper reports of the three trials involving the f lawed genius, Oscar Wilde. Ironically it was Wilde’s inability to realise the actual ‘importance of being earnest’ - superbly explored by Holland and O’Connor - that contributed to the failure of his libel action against his lover’s father, the Marquess of Queensbury and ultimately to his downfall in the two subsequent prosecutions which f inally led to his conviction for gross indecency. The review in The Independent stat-ed‘...the result is as good as being in the gallery.’ . By arrangement with Samuel French. For reservations contact www.carnegieartskenmare.ie

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Kenmare Family Resource Centre

Kenmare FRC would love to hear f rom families and communi-ties in Sneem! We are planning for 2019 and wonder if there is a need in Sneem for the following services? • we can offer community development support for groups. • Help with organising community education courses • We can offer counselling, art therapy and play therapy in Sneem. • Rainbows – bereavement and loss peer support group for children • Meitheal – a family support model • Any other suggestions you may have for groups, programs, much needed

services for the area Send feedback to Susan O’Shea on susan@kenmarefrc.ie or 085 8002471 / 064 6642790

What’s happening in the Resource Centre

Monday and Friday 11am – 12pm Bone Builders – Ladies Exercise Class

Monday 5:30pm and Thursday 9:15am Yoga with Rachel (contact phone no. 086 2498586)

Tuesday 11am – 1pm Coffee, Craft & Chat

Tuesday 8:30pm – 10:30pm Bingo

Wednesday 8pm – 9:30pm Set dancing

Thursday 10:30am – 2pm and Saturday by appointment Olive’s Hair Salon (contact phone no.: 087 7551796)

First Friday of each month 1pm – 3pm Writers Group

Last Monday of each month 7:30pm Michael Healy-Rae, Clinic

For updates, check out our Facebook page or our new website

https://sneemresourcecentre.wordpress.com

Sneem Resource Centre

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HAPPY DAYS

Hand-painted

signs And murals

Contact: Roland Hunter

085 7700538

Local Adverts

BOOKKEEPING AND

ACCOUNTING

SERVICES

Contact: June Hunter 085 7700524

Golf & Walking Tours Taxi Service

www.gosneem.ie info@gosneem.ie

John V. O’Sullivan Tel: 087 2079033

SNEEM

PHARMACY South Square

Opening Hours Monday - Saturday 9am - 6pm

Film Processing still available

064 6645288

James M O’Sullivan Solicitor

South Square, Sneem

All legal work undertaken

Tel/Fax:

064 6689664 Mob: 087 2868855

james@jmos.ie www.jmos.ie Evening and weekend

appointments available

Sneem C.N.B. Advertising To advertise call 064 6645545

or email sneemcnb@gmail.com

Full Page Colour - €100 per issue - Full Page Black - € 80 per issue

Half Page Colour - € 50 per issue - Half Page Black - € 40 per issue

Quarter Page Colour - €25 per issue- Quarter Page Black - €20 per issue

Small Box - € 12 per issue

Local Adverts

Darren Gaffey MISCP MCSP BSc (Hons)

Kenmare Physiotherapy Clinic Established 2002

Henry Street, Kenmare, Co. Kerry

Tel: 086 1068505

Back/Neck pain Sports Injuries

Musculoskeletal conditions Acupuncture Dry Needling

Orthotics

CHARTERED PHYSIOTHERAPIST Health Insurance Approved

Sneem Community Crèche and Pre-School

Safe and affordable childcare.

Full / Part Time / Drop-in Service

Please call 064 6645551

Jutta Raschke

083 8022129 Derryquin

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Deborah Jonas Drimnabeg Sneem Reiki Master/Teacher

Crystal Healing Chakra Balancing

Massage Therapy and Hot Stone

Treatment

Hopi Ear Candling

Meditation

Seated Accupressure Massage

Swedish Massage

Hot Wax Hair Removal (high bikin i,

Brazilian and Hollywood, etc.)

Qualified and Insured

087- 4017016

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Local Adverts Offered • Henry Hoover with carpet shampoo

attachments, can be seen working, genuine reasons for selling. Bargain €40. Contact 087 6765832.

• For Sale: Mitsubishi L200 Long DOE test (9 months), 3 months tax, €1850 ono. Contact Gary 087 7119138

• New "Salter Aerocook Pro" Air Fry-er, 7 Lt r capacity, ideal for healthy roast and f ried cooking. Boxed with instructions. Unwanted Xmas gif t. €50 Contact 087 7738159

• Raleigh Pioneer his and hers bicy-cle. They are a bit rusty and need-ing new tires, but have hardly been used and were stored in a shed. €20 for both or €15 each. Can be seen Sneem Resource Centre .

• For Sale: Small white upright f reez-er (55 Litres) €50, Contact 087 2604653.

• A selection of bathroom sinks plus taps. Contact Jerry on 087 7454021 for more information.

• For Sale: Seasoned Timber Blocks contact 087 8173706.

Wanted • Looking for a secondhand ward-

robe. Contact: 089 4914586.

Accommodation Offered • To let 1 bedroom apartment, 5 miles

f rom Sneem. Solid fuel stove, elec-tric shower. Very quiet area. Contact 086 3341920 or 087 7499128.

• House to let in Blackwater, 2 bed-room, central heating, woodburning stove. Contact 087 1657583.

Accommodation Wanted • Couple retiring back to Sneem wish to

purchase a house with garden and within walking distance of Sneem. Please phone Mary Casey or Dave Durant on +44 778 6084877 if you have a property that may be coming onto the market.

Staff wanted • Production and cleaning staff required

for a seasonal bakery just outside Sneem. Full training given, hours ne-gotiable, part-time an option. Own car essential. Please phone Eileen on 086 3809499.

• Part-time caretaker to oversee changeover of guest bookings at my home in Sneem from May through September. Pay is per changeover (approximately 4-6 times per month). Please send an email to dr.wilder@gmail.com or call Ron at 087 708 1190 for details. We have been fortunate to have outstanding help the last two years and would like to maintain that high standard of qual-ity.

Shop Premises wanted to buy

in village Phone 087 6718848

What’s On

Blackwater Tavern Friday 8th February - Catriona Friday 15th February - The Singing Jarvey Friday 22nd February- Blackwater Sound Friday 1st March - The Two Mikes

Riney’s Bar Saturday 9th February - Live Music Saturday 2nd March - Live Music

16th February - Valentine’s Charity Cycle 20th February - Sneem Bord na nÓg AGM 20th February - Sneem Summer Festival AGM 23rd February - Sneem Rowing Club AGM 28th February —Conf irmation in St. Michael’s Church 8th March - Coffee Morning in aid of Daffodil Day 8th March - “Bake It Eazy” Showcase in St. Michael’s School 9th March - Strictly Come Dancing 17th March - St. Patrick’s Day Parade starting at 12noon 22nd March - Daffodil Day 30th March - Sneem Digital Hub Wedding of the Seanchaís 14th April - Bumblebee Identif ication Workshop 26th April - Annual Autism Golf Classic, Beaufort 27th April - Sneem Digital Hub New York Kerry Night 11th May —First Holy Communion in St. Michael’s Church 2nd June - Tahilla Ladies Club Bazaar 7th and 8th June—De Gaulle 50th Anniversary Celebrations 11th June - Concert with The South Kerry Rosen Choir and Missouri State University Chamber Choir in St Michael's Church 17th to 21st July - Sneem Summer Festival 27th October - Sneem Scarecrow Festival 8th to 10th November—Sneem Storytelling Festival 1st December - Sneem Resource Centre Christmas Craf t Fair

Sneem Events

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Craft Producers! If you are a local craf t producer and would like your products displayed for sale in a new artisanal craf t cafe opening in Sneem at Easter please get in con-tact. We have space for a limited number of artists, sculptors, potters, photog-raphers, jewellers etc. Please email kerryat@eircom.net with a description of your work, price range and don't forget to attach some photos.

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Mass and Eucharistic Adoration

Bus Services Sneem to Kenmare Wednesday at 9.30am returns at 1.15pm Friday at 9.50am returns at 2pm Leaves f rom outside Riney’s

Sneem to Caherdaniel/Castlecove Ring Teddy

Sneem to Killarney Monday to Friday at 1pm. Every Saturday leaves outside old P.O. at 11.30am returns 4.45pm Lo Call 1890 528 528 to book your seat.

For any other routes or information contact Teddy on 087 2315014. Courier service also available.

Coomanassig Day Care Centre Mass at 11am Tuesday 19th February Tuesday 12th March Tuesday 9th April Tuesday 14th May Tuesday 11th June Tuesday 9th July Tuesday 13th August Tuesday 3rd September Tuesday 8th October Tuesday 5th November Tuesday 3rd December

Eucharistic Adoration 9.30am to 12.30pm Wednesday 20th February Wednesday 27th March Wednesday 17th April Wednesday 22ndMay Wednesday 26th June Wednesday 24th July Wednesday 21st August Wednesday 4th September Wednesday 23rd October Wednesday 20th November Wednesday 11th December

Sneem Medical Centre Dr Hernan Ganzo, GP

Tel: 064 6645102 Monday and Thursday

10.30am to 12.30pm 2.30pm to 5pm

Tuesday and Friday

10.30am to 12.30pm 2.30pm to 4.30pm

Wednesday 2.00pm - 5pm

South Doc: 1850 335999

Practice Nurse (appointment only) Monday to Friday 9am to 10.30am

Community RGN Marie Tangney Tel: 086 7872096 Monday, to Friday

9.30am to 10.30am

Local Information

Michael Healy-Rae Clinic Last Monday of every month at

7.30pm Sneem Resource Centre

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Local Information Gardaí - 064 6645111

Sneem Pharmacy Tel: 064 6645288 Monday to Saturday 9am to 6pm

Kenmare Opticians - Mon / Fri: 10am - 6pm Wed / Sat: 9.30am- 1.30pm Tel: 064 6648569

Local Taxis Kerry Experience Tours /Gerrit Noordkamp 086 2554098 GoSneem Tours/ John V. O’Sullivan 087 2079033

St. Michael’s Church, Parish Office, Presby-tery, North Square. Open Tuesday and Friday f rom 10am to 4pm. Mobile 087 3480050

MassTimes Saturday 6.30pm - Black-water Church Saturday 8pm - Sneem Church Sunday 9.30am - Tahilla Church Sunday 11am - Sneem Church

Church of Ireland Ser-vices North Square, Sneem Sunday 10am

AIB Community Bank Every Wednesday f rom 10.30am - 11am in South Square.

Sneem Men’s Shed Every Monday and Thursday at 7pm in the Old Dance Hall

Sneem Parent Baby and Toddler Group Every Monday f rom 10.30am to 12 during the school term at Coo-manassig Day Centre.

Bingo Every Tuesday at 8.30pm in the Resource Centre

Bowls Wednesdays 7.30pm Community Centre

Set Dancing Wednesdays f rom 8pm to 9.30pm at Sneem Re-source Centre

Tahilla Ladies Club Thursday 8.30pm in Coo-manassig Day Centre

Bee Keepers Meeting 2nd Wednesday of every month, 8pm in Coo-manassig Day Centre

Writers Group The f irst Friday of every month f rom 1pm - 3pm in Resource Centre

Fresh Fish Every Wednesday, 3.30 - 4.30pm, South Square

Coffee Craft and Chat - Every Tuesday 11am - 1pm in the Resource Centre

Olive’s Hair Salon Tel: 087 7551796 Resource Centre Thursdays 10.30am - 2pm, Saturdays by ap-pointment.

Mobile Library Tuesday 5th March Castlecove 12.30-1pm Sneem School, 2.15 - 2.45pm, South Square, Sneem 2.45-3.15pm

Tide Times Here are the high tides for the period 7th Feb-ruary to the 6th March 07th: 05.59, 18.08 08th: 06.29, 18.38 09th: 07.01, 19.11 10th: 07.36, 19.48 11th: 08.15, 20.29 12th: 08.59, 21.18 13th: 09.53, 22.19 14th: 10.59, 23.32 15th: 12.15 16th: 13.31 17th: 14.39 18th: 15.37 19th: 16.27 20th: 17.13 21st: 17.57 22nd: 18.39 23rd: 07.04, 19.22 24th: 07.46, 20.04 25th: 08.30, 20.48 26th: 09.16, 21.37 27th: 10.10, 22.39 28th: 11.22 01st: 12.46 02nd: 13.56 03rd: 14.51 04th: 15.36 05th: 16.15 06th: 16.49

SNEEM GAA LOTTO

CURRENT JACKPOT

€10,150

NEXT DRAWS Sunday 10th February - D. O’Shea’s

Sunday 17th February - Riney’s Sunday 24th February - Sneem House

Sunday 3rd March - Murphy’s Tickets available in Pubs and Shops

throughout the Village

Please support your local GAA Club Sneem GAA Lotto Results

Sunday 13th January 2019. Numbers drawn: 3, 12 ,19, 28 No Winner. €40 consolation prizes went to:- John Burns, Glenlough, Sneem; Mel and Alex Denkinger, Tór Coille, Sneem; Grace Casey, Drimnamore, Sneem; Mary O’Regan; New St, Sneem.

Sunday 20th January 2019 . Numbers drawn: 3, 20, 22, 27 No Winner. €40 consolation prizes went to:- Séan P. O’Sullivan, North Square, Sneem; Noreen Drummond, Pier Road, Sneem; Maureen Smith, Drimnamore, Sneem; Hannah O’Leary, Castlecove

Sunday 27th January 2019. Numbers drawn: 12, 19, 22,30 No Winner. €40 consolation prizes went to:- Eileen Riney, Drimnabeg, Sneem; Lucie Likarova, Ardshillane, Sneem; Margaret Christian, Christian's Mace, Sneem; Bernie O’Sullivan, Kenmare Taxi.

Sunday 3rd February 2019. Numbers drawn: : 15, 17, 18, 20 No Winner. €40 consolation prizes went to:- Zeta Teahan, Blackwater; Stela Par-amova, Ardsheelane, Sneem; Anne Quinn, Blackwater; Ide Hussey, Derryquin, Sneem