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THE West Cork Vintage Club annual run takes place this Sunday (May 19th) starting at the Celtic Ross Hotel in Rosscarbery and heading to Baltimore via the scenic route through Glandore and Union Hall.
Up to 100 cars are exepected to take part including the classic Ford Cortina once owned by former Taoiseach Jack Lynch.
3rd place finalists from Maria Immaculata CC, Dunmanway, (PRS Games) Sinead Meade, teacher; Julianne Hayes; Eileen Crowley; Deirdre O’Brien; Denis Kelleher; and Don Hurley, teacher; rear: Eamon Curtin, IGNITE, UCC; Sarah Kenefick, BNY Mellon; Gillian Keating, president, Cork Chamber; Anne Wallace, College of Business & Law, UCC; Heather Crowley, BNY Mellon; Eoin Motherway, BNY Mellon; and Dr Ed Shinnick, Dean of Commerce, UCC.
Pic: Neil Danton
THIS year’s Transition Year Business Projects Awards were announced at a prize-giving ceremony in the Aula Maxima, University College Cork with a team from Maria Immaculata Community College, Dunmanway taking third place overall.
The team from Mount St. Michael in Rosscarbery were also awarded special recognition for their efforts.
The Transition Year Business Project Awards is an initiative of the UCC Faculty of Commerce and Cork Chamber and are kindly sponsored by BNY Mellon, a global investments company and major employer in Cork.
Galley Head.
THE beautiful spring weather, combined with the longer stretch in the evenings and with summer only around the corner this is the perfect excuse to get out and explore the stunning coast line and scenery of West Cork.
The Celtic Ross Hotel, Rosscarbery has teamed up with local guide Don Healy to invite visitors on a guided journey through the woodlands, paths and trails of this unique corner of the South West Coastline during the inaugural Rosscarbery Walking Weekend.
Miriam O’Connell, Tourism Ireland; Sarah Dallas, Actons Hotel, Kinsale; Minister for Health James Reilly TD; and Helen Wycherley-Taller, Celtic Ross Hotel, Rosscarbery, on the Tourism Ireland stand at the ‘Best of Britain & Ireland’ B2B trade fair in Birmingham.
TOURISM operators from around Ireland including Sarah Dallas of Actons Hotel in Kinsale and Helen Wycherley-Taller of the Celtic Ross Hotel in Rosscarbery travelled to Britain recently to join Tourism Ireland at the ‘Best of Britain and Ireland’ (BoBI) travel trade exhibition, which took place at the NEC in Birmingham.
A TEAM of students from Mount St Michael Secondary School, Rosscarbery are through to the national final of the Transition Year Get Up & Go mini-company competition with their fun mathematical card game, Dicefactors.
The girls, Fiona O’Callaghan Desmond, Roxanne Kearney and Aoibhin Hodnett set up a mini-company to produce the game which is designed to improve basic numerical skills.
Christopher Bynes, Celtic Ross Hotel; June McCarthy, ViceChair SWCRYA; Helen Wycherley, Celtic Ross; Ivonne Buttimer, Secretary SWCYRA.
THE South West Coast Yawl Rowing Association (SWCYRA) comprises ten rowing clubs in West Cork.
The Celtic Ross Hotel became title sponsors of the Association in 2012 and at a reception in Rosscarbery recently it was announced this partnership will continue for 2013 and for the first time it will include a perpetual Club of the Year trophy.
Sinead Timoney pictured at Cork Courthouse. Pic: Cork Courts Limited
A WEST Cork motorist who pleaded guilty to careless driving which resulted in the death of a 67-year-old woman has been given a three-month suspended sentence and a two-year driving ban by Judge Sean O’Donnobháin in Cork.
Sinead Timoney from Millcove, Rosscarbery was originally charged with dangerous driving causing the death of Mary O’Leary on the main N71 south of Innishannon in September 2011 but pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of careless driving.
The court in Cork heard that the husband of the deceased, Donal O’Leary from Dunmanway, did not want to see another life ruined and did not want to see the 30-year-old go to jail. [Read more...]
Shelia O’Regan, Skibbereen; Paddy O’Brien, Shelia O’Donovan, Rosscarbery and Helen Wycherley. Pic: George Maguire
FOUNDED by Paddy O’Brien in 1977 the Over 60s Talent Competition has been a huge succes over the years in Cork city and now for the first time the competition is coming to West Cork.
The Celtic Ross Hotel in Rosscarbery is organising and hosting the West Cork heat which was launched in front of a large crowd by Paddy O’Brien at the Hotel’s monthly Afternoon Tea Dance.
A NEW series of weekends aimed at helping people get closer to the wild side of Ireland have been launched by a team of wildlife specialists in West Cork.
Discover Wildlife Weekends, run by Ireland’s Wildlife (www.irelandswildlife.com), are based at the Celtic Ross Hotel in Rosscarbery on the West Cork coast, and give people the chance to explore the fascinating coastal wildlife of the region with expert local guides.
Do you have a photo of the old mill?
THE pupils of Scoil Náisúnta Rae na Scríne are currently working on a project about the mill at Reenascreena near Rosscarbery.
The project covers the period from 1850-1955 and the pupils are seeking the public’s help to discover the full story of the old mill.
WEST Cork's Graham Norton has bagged another Bafta scooping the 2013 award for best entertainment programme for The Graham Norton Show. The Bandon native was hosting the glittering awards … [More...]
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THE Minister of State at the Department of Arts, … [Read More...]
BANTRY Blues are delighted to announce the dates for its annual Kellogg's Cul Camp. The camp will take place from Monday the 8th to Fri 12th July at Wolfe Tone Park, Bantry, Co Cork. This … [Read More...]
SKIBB U14s played Barryroe in the league at home last Thursday evening and gave another fine team performance with some very good passages of passing football. Playing into a gale in the … [Read More...]
TAOISEACH Enda Kenny has offically launched a new walking trail which has been described as Ireland's answer to the famed “Camino de Santiago” in Spain. The Beara Breifne Way is a … [Read More...]
WEST Cork's Gougane Barra, Beara Peninsula and Kinsale have all made it on to the longlist in The Irish Times competition The Best Place to Holiday in Ireland. They are among 25 holiday … [Read More...]
