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10th November 2016 Monthly Issue 176 FREE

Sneem Receives Gold Medal for Tidy TownsSneem Receives Gold Medal for Tidy TownsSneem Receives Gold Medal for Tidy TownsSneem Receives Gold Medal for Tidy Towns

Next Newsletter will be out on 8th December 2016

Sneem Resource Centre Will be hosting their

Annual Christmas Fair Sunday 4th December

11am - 5pm Sneem Hotel

Last few tables available- contact Sneem Resource Centre on:

064 6645545 or email [email protected]

On Tuesday, 1st November, Eileen Burns and Alice O’Sul-livan travelled to the Failte Ireland Mid West and South West Region Tidy Towns Awards Ceremony which was held at The Woodstock Hotel in Ennis, where Eileen collect-ed Sneem’s Gold Medal for this year’s awards. Pictured above: L-R Niall O’Callaghan, SuperValu, Ei-leen Burns, Sneem and Mi-chael Ring TD, Minister of State for Regional Economic Development. Photo by Ar-thur Ellis.

This is YOUR Notice Board!This is YOUR Notice Board!This is YOUR Notice Board!This is YOUR Notice Board! Deadline for the next newsletter - Monday 05th December 2016 Call the Resource Centre on 064 6645545 or 087 3853237 (please leave a message), email: [email protected], use our post box outside the Resource Centre or leave a private message on our Facebook Page.

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Birthday Wishes Ava Looney (6) and Kevin O’Shea on 11th; Anita Byrne (14) on 14th; Sheena O’Sullivan on 15th; Anne-Marie Fogarty and Jonathon Davies (5) on 16th; Barry John O’Regan on 18th; James O’Shea and Geraldine Breen on 19th; Jerry O’Bri-en on 21st; Marian O’Sullivan (Dirrah) and Andy Savage on 23rd; Niamh de Jong (15), Siobhan Murphy (13) and Sharon Evans on 24th; Cillian Ryan (6) and Sonny Looney on 25th; Lisa O’Sullivan on 29th. December: Sandra White, Zoey Sugrue (10) and Avril Sherborne on 1st; Neasa Davies (7) on 2nd; Michael Cahill on 3rd; Gavin Breen on 4th; Darragh Keogh, Shauna O’Shea and Catsy Looney on 5th; Éireann O’Sullivan (15) on 6th; Special Birthdays Sean O’Connor will be 16 on 4th; Mary Teresa Burns will be 18 on 8th. Belated wishes to Maud Whelan, Rossdohan, who celebrated her 90th birthday recently. Congratulations To Joanne O’Sullivan, Fermoyle, Sneem and DJ O’Neill, Direen, Blackwater on their recent engagement. Congratulations To Elizabeth O’Sullivan, Derryleigh, Sneem and Karl Foley, Killarney who got en-gaged recently. Congratulations To Anne (nee O’Sullivan, Derryleigh) and Eddie Jordan, Co Meath on the birth of their son Ethan, brother to Lidia and Heidi and to proud Grandparents Johnny and Mary O’Sullivan, Derryleigh. Congratulations To Michael and Kathy O’Sullivan, Knocknagree on the birth of their baby boy Pa-draig and to proud Grandparents Johnny and Mary O’Sullivan, Derryleigh. Congratulations To Patrick McClure and Lorna Slattery Cosgrove on the birth of their son Noah, and to proud grandparents, Denise Kirkham, Lomanagh and Willie McClure, Kenmare.

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Congratulations To Mindaugas Knyza and Sandra Traskovskaja on the birth of their baby boy To-mas a brother to Karolis and Gabia. Congratulations To Sinead and Brendan Hussey on the birth of their baby boy Cian a brother to Ruairi and to proud Grandparents Sheila and Paddy O’Sullivan, Fermoyle and Maura Hussey, North Square. Congratulations To Tim Larkin, Goldens Height, Elaine Murphy, Moularostig, Brigid O’Sullivan, Let-terf inish and Juliann Burns, Seaview, on their recent graduations. Sympathies Are extended to the family of Maurice Fitzgerald, Tivoli, Cork and Sneem who passed away recently. Mass in Coomanassig Day Centre Tuesday 13th December at 11 am. All are welcome. Pilates Class Monday 14th November at 6.30pm. Minimum of 12 needed so class can go ahead. Special introductory price of €50 for 6 classes payable on night one. PM Stephanie Cahill on Facebook if interested. Pilgrimage to Medjugorje 21st June 2017 Group Leader: Tom Dennehy accompanied by Fr. Joe Begley and Fr. Danny Bro-derick. Departure f rom Shannon airport f lying to Mostar airport. The price is €719 per person sharing. Price includes return f lights, transfers, 7 nights half board guesthouse accommodation, airport tax, travel insurance and full religious programme. There is an early booking discount of €100 off if trip is booked and paid in full by the 10th December. Please contact Sheila Drummond 086 4098451 or Ciara Drummond 087 2745168 if interested. Yoga Classes Yoga classes have commenced on Wednesday af ternoons in Sneem Resource Centre. If anyone is interested on joining, please leave your name at the Re-source Centre. Sneem Crèche It's that time of year again, we are having our Christmas raffle on Thursday the 22nd of December as part of our children's Christmas party. We have a large vari-ety of prizes, our f irst prize will be our giant Christmas hamper. We will be selling raff le lines in all the local shops and businesses f rom Monday 14th November, lines are €5 a line or 3 for €10. We will also be selling raffle lines in crèche. Please support as all funds raised will go directly into crèche for equipment and re-sources, all support is greatly appreciated.

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Pictured lef t Julianne Burns, Seaview, graduated f rom IT Sligo on Thursday 3rd November 2016. She received 1st class honours in her Masters of Science in Biopharmaceutical Science and was also the recipient of the Governing Body Award.

Pictured above Tim Larkin, Golden's Height, who graduat-ed f rom IT Tralee on Thursday 27th October with Bachelor of Science

Pictured above Elaine Murphy Moularostig with her Grandfa-ther Peadar O’Halloran at her Graduation f rom NUIG on Mon-day 17th October with Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Irish.

From medieval times to the end of the 19th century, the arrival of falconry parties to an area were announced well in advance. Invites were extended to local communities to partake in the day’s sport of f lying hawks and falcons and afterwards in the evening celebrations. There were a number of reasons for heralding this arrival; the f irst was to give warning to local communities not to be alarmed if they saw strange folk in peculiar outf its running across f ields swinging bits of leather around their heads trying to entice their wayward birds back. Another important reason was to enlist the help of locals to engage with the falconry party, show them around the area and per-haps help recover a lost bird. Young folk were employed to stand watch on nearby hills and advantage points to see where birds f lew off to. A lost bird could ruin a day’s sport so it was critical to have sharp eyes keeping watch. Nowadays falcon-ers use transmitters on their birds so losing them is less of an issue but the in-volvement with the local community is still as important as it has always been. In keeping with this tradition, the Irish Hawking Club are pleased to notify the com-munity of Sneem, that f rom Sunday 13th to Thursday 17th November, falconers f rom up to 60 counties across the globe will arrive in Sneem village. This event coincides with World Falconry Day on Wednesday November 16th where falconers f rom the steppes of Mongolia to the Pampas of Brazil will descend on the village in traditional dress to engage with the community and cele-brate the date that Falconry was inscribed as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The Falconry party will leave Sneem Hotel to arrive in North Square for 11am on Wednesday 16th November. There will also be a number of talks during the week at Sneem Hotel and all are welcome to attend. The talks (outlined below) begin at 7.30pm on Tuesday 15th November and admission is f ree. History of Falconry in Ireland by Eoghan Ryan (Ireland) Our Old Traditions and our New Ones. The story of the Northumberland Crow Falcons and the development of Rofalconry by Dr Nick Fox, OBE (UK) Passage Merlins in the Western United States by Jeremy Bradshaw (USA) Music - Monday 14th November - D. O'Shea's Bar. Sponsored by D O'Shea's and Ring of Kerry Falconry. Music - Tuesday 15th November - Sneem House. Sponsored by Sneem House and Ring of Kerry Falconry. To help welcome our guests f rom overseas to Sneem For further information on this event, please contact Don Ryan (Irish Hawking Club) at [email protected]. Tel: 085 7117863

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Back Row L-R: Johnny, Joe, Jimmy and Michael. Front Row L-R: Eileen Gaine, Betty Ca-sey White, Margaret Baker and Ann O’Donoghue The picture was taken at a Family wedding in Kenmare Bay, this was the f irst time they had all been together since the eighties.

Sheila O'Regan, Der-ryquin, Sneem daugh-ter of Mary and Barry O'Regan who married Andy Savage, Sneem / Lake District, England son of Beryl and John Savage, pictured with their wedding party at D O'Sheas Bar, Sneem L:R: Amy Lee O'Regan, Paul Ireland, Carmel Dunne and Stephen Smith. Photo: Lisa O'Shea

Aisling O'Sullivan, Noah Hickman, Samuel Hickman and Peadar O'Sullivan cel-ebrating in O'Sullivan's butchers on Halloween night!

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Pictured are some of the Scarecrows that appeared in the North Square on Friday 28th October. It was great to see so many people get involved in this competition and well done to Davida Bradshaw for organising it. Check out the Facebook page Scare-crows on the Green for more pictures and winners.

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Sneem Storytelling FestivalSneem Storytelling FestivalSneem Storytelling FestivalSneem Storytelling Festival

The f if th Sneem International Storytelling & Folklore Festival takes place f rom Friday 11th to Sunday 13th November 2016, check out their website www.sneemstorytellingfestival.com for more details. Friday 11th November 1.00pm - Storytelling Walk along the Kerry Way with Seanchai, Bat t Burns, in the foot hills outside of Sneem (weather permitting). Tea and scones in a farmhouse followed by stories and verse in 18th century barn. Walking shoes and rain gear required. Transport available if needed. Meet at Sneem National School. €5.00 4.30pm - Storytelling session with Jim Maher, Pat Speigh t and Mark Bind -er. The Wresters Bar, South Square. FREE 8.00pm - Storytelling Concert with featu red Tellers and guest artis t, Cork Tenor, Sean O’Sé. Function Room, Sneem Hotel. €15.00 10.15pm - Storytelling Pub Trail, all Tellers including Ray O’Sullivan (Killarney) will perform in pubs around the village. FREE Saturday 12th November 10.30am - Puppet Show for Children. Sneem Créche, North Square. FREE 11.00am - Storytelling Workshop for Adults with Pat Speight. Con ference Room, Sneem Hotel. FREE 11.45am - Storytelling Performance for Children with Mark Binder. Sneem Créche, North Square. FREE 12.00pm - Lunchtime story swap with Jim Maher and Kil l ian Burns. Com e tell your story! D. O’Shea’s Bar, North Square. FREE 1.00 pm - “From Buck House to The House of Healing” - Pádraig O’Con-cubhár. The story of Hon. Lucy Albina Broderick, a regular visitor to Sneem but whose strongest ties were with Castlecove and the ruins beyond. Conference Room, Sneem Hotel. €5.00 2.15pm - “A Ramble through Kerry in Story” with Seanachai, Batt Burns. Blue Bull, South Square. €5.00 3.00pm - Storytelling session with Jim Maher and Mark Binder. Wrestlers Bar, North Square. FREE

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3.30pm - Close to the Earth, a fascinating lectu re by Alice Taylor, one of Ire-land’s most prolif ic authors of best sellers which includes “To School Through The Fields” which evokes a bygone era in Irish rural life. Sneem Community Cen-tre. €5.00 4.30pm - “1916 in Music and Verse” The South Kerry Rosen Choir - commem-orating the Easter Rising and the Battle of the Somme with Batt Burns. Church of the Transf iguration, North Square. €5.00 5.30pm - The Young Tellers - Seanachaithe in the making (MC Batt Burns). 12-18 year old tellers spin some yarns. Sneem Community Centre. €5.00 8.00pm - The Matchmaker by J B Keane. Direc ted by Michael Sco tt, staring Jon Kenny and Mary McEvoy - who take us back to a simpler time, when phones were few and far between and the only web was one lef t behind by spiders. Func-tion Room, Sneem Hotel. €20.00 10.30pm - Storytelling pub trail. All storytel lers including Ray O’Sullivan (Killarney) will perform in pubs around the village. FREE Sunday 13th November 12.00pm - Storytelling Performance for Children with Mark Binder. Sneem Créche, North Square. FREE 12.30 - 2.30pm - Lunchtime Theatre - Faith Healer by Brian Friel produced by DramSoc, directed by Patrick Malone. Sneem Community Centre. €5.00 2.30 - 3.30pm - Open House and Story Swap hosed by Pat Speight and Batt Burns. Come tell us your story! Riney’s Bar, South Square. FREE 3.45pm - Closing the Festival with a sto rytel l ing session with al l Tellers. Dan Murphy’s Bar, South Square. FREE

Programme subject to change Box Office Information

+353(0)86 1522346 or [email protected]

Weekend Ticket €50.00 per person

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Sneem Community Crèche Relief Staff Sneem Community Crèche is looking for crèche assistants to make up a relief cover panel to cover staff holidays, etc. Candidates must have at least a Fetac level 5 or 6 qualif ication in childcare and have at least 1 to 2 years experience working in a childcare setting. The position does not come with f ixed weekly hours or days, the candidate must be willing to work at short notice. Must have their own transport and be willing to be Garda Vetted. Please email cv’s to Deir-dre Murphy to sneemcré[email protected] or post to Sneem Community Crèche, North Square, Sneem, Co Kerry. Please ring (064)6645551 for further infor-mation. CE Scheme Job Vacancies Sneem Tidy Towns are looking for a new CE Scheme worker. Sneem Resource Centre are looking for a new Centre Co-ordinator to start at the end of November. Contact Joe Murphy at Sneem Resource Centre for more information. Kerry Parents and Friends Association is a voluntary organisation committed to the delivery of life enhancing services and supports, responding to needs, wishes and choices of people with intellectual disability, connected to support networks in their communities. The Association wishes to recruit the following staff: SUPPORT WORKERS Part-time temporary (30 hours per week) Locations: Sneem and Caherciveen Area. Qualif ications: FETAC level 5 in Healthcare or equivalent qualif ication. Support Workers required in the Sneem and Caherciveen areas to provide sup-port to young adults with Intellectual Disability and Autism. The role will require the use of your own car. The core activities for the post of Support Worker will include planning and setting goals with the person to assist them in meeting their personal, social, recreation-al, academic, independent living, community integration, training and supported employment needs. Candidates may be short listed for interview on the basis of information contained in their application forms. For application forms please contact Reception at 064-6632742 or email [email protected]. A panel may be formed f rom which future vacancies throughout the Association may be f illed up to 31st December 2016. Completed Application Forms must be submitted to: Chief Executive, Kerry Parents and Friends Association, Old Monastery, Port Rd., Killarney, Co. Kerry. By 5pm on Friday, 18th November 2016 Kerry Parents and Friends Association is an equal opportunities employer.

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Kenmare and District Gardening Club Thursday the 3rd November saw the Club crisscrossing all over the island of Ire-land in a whirlwind tour of interesting sights and gardens. We had an excellent guide in the person of Shirley Lanigan and no-one could be better qualif ied than herself . She has been writing since college and for The Irish Garden since 2001. Most people will be familiar with her excellent write-ups on people’s home gardens and over the past 2 years she has been travelling around photographing not only mature gardens large and small but with an eye for the unusual scenes such as cows swimming in the sea, goats on guard at a f ront door and a terrapin sanctuary to mention but a few. Already the author of two books all this effort has been in aid of her third book which is due to be published in April 2017. It was a most interesting evening.

Our next meeting will be our Christmas party on Thursday, 1st December and will be for members only. For those who were not at the November meeting, please contact Geraldine – 086 3935965 - for details, venue and directions. Look for-ward to seeing you all there.

Christmas Shopping Trip

to Cork

Wednesday 7th December Leaving Sneem (outside Riney’s)

at 9am

Cost €20 per person €10 deposit

Contact

Sneem Resource Centre 064 6645455

To book your place

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Annual Dinner Dance The annual rowing dinner dance will take place in the Ring of Kerry Hotel, Ca-hersiveen on Saturday November 19th. Please contact a committee member for tickets. Tickets will cost €30 each and must be paid for when ordering. Sneem Rowing Club The Santa 5k Fun Run/Walk will take place on Sunday 18th December at 3pm. Registration at the Boat House f rom 2.15pm The Run starts from Sneem Row-ing Club’s Boat House. €10 per Adult, €5 per Child, Family rates are available. Visit Santa afterwards in the Club House with refreshments provided. 100 Club Draws August €100 - John O'Shea, Rossmore. €50 - Stuart Weppler, USA. €25 - Una O'Sullivan, Sneem House. September €100 - Adrian Fitzgerald, South Gerah. €50 - Elaine Murphy, Moularostig. €25 - Elish Nee, Boston. October €100 - Louis Moriarty, Sneem Hotel. €50 - Marian O'Sullivan, South Gerah €25 - Una O'Sullivan, Sneem House. Thank you to everyone who supported our recent table quiz, those who gave spot prizes and bought tickets.

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Help tracing ancestors Cathal Russell would like to hear f rom anybody who can help him with infor-mation about his ancestors. Please contact the Resource Centre if you have any information on Christopher Russell (born 5th May 1872) who was originally f rom Sneem before he moved to Killarney following his wedding to Eliza(beth) Horan in St. Mary’s Killarney on the 15th May 1900. Their eldest, another Christopher, was born 20/11/1900, Mary 15/3/1902 and Ellen on 3/11/1903 and then subsequently John and William 07/07/1907.

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The AGM was held on Friday 14th October and the following officers were elect-ed: ♦ Chairperson: Maurice Walsh ♦ Secretary: Maura O’Brien ♦ Treasurer: Nick Heffernan ♦ Vice-Secretary: Olive Quinlan ♦ Committee for Walks: Mike O’Connor and John Vincent O’Sullivan. Walks will be taking place every second Sunday. Next walks: Kells to Caherciveen - Sunday 20th November at 9pm. Grade B - Moderate. Leaders: Mike O’Connor and John V. O’Sullivan The Paps - Sunday 4th December at 9am. Grade B - Moderate. Leaders: John V. O’Sullivan and Nick Heffernan. Meeting in South Square for all walks. Walking attire is essential. Contact Maura O’Brien 086 8519739 or Mike O’Connor 086 6019494

Pictured below are the group who climbed Mangerton in Killarney on Sunday 6th November.

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Riney's Bar was the venue on Halloween night for a Shadow Theatre Show cre-ated by Roland Hunter. This was a vey enjoyable show played out to a packed house. This is available to view on YouTube.

Directed by Roland Hunter. Written by June Hunter. Sound was by Tommy Mullins. Props person, Ronan O'Donoghue performed by Adrian Caudwell, Mary Fairbairn, Lucie Likarova, Tommy Mullins.

Dublin City Marathon Well done to Mary O’Shea, Mags O’Brien, Mary O’Brien, Angela O’Regan, Paddy O’Brien, Stephen O’Brien PJ Walsh and everyone else who completed the Dublin City Marathon.

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Calling All Teens! Sneem Summer Festival are looking for teenagers to come on board, form their own sub-committee, organise and run events. If you are interested please let a member of the festival committee know. Table Quiz The Festival are holding a Fundraising Table Quiz on Wednesday 28th De-cember in Sneem House at 9pm. All Welcome. AGM We are holding their AGM on Thursday 2nd February 2017 at 8pm in the Re-source Centre. All Welcome.

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The Club had a tremendous day in Beaufort on Sunday 30th October play-ing Tuosist and securing promotion to Division 4 next year. The final score was Sneem/Derrynane 0-13 Tuosist 1-07. Our football season came to an emphatic end last Saturday 5th November as our lads were well beaten by a very strong St Michaels/Foilmore team in the South Kerry championship. A well-earned break for the footballers is now in order and they will no doubt come back ready for our 2017 campaign in division 4. We wish Brendan Teahan and Kevin O'Sullivan speedy recov-eries from injuries sustained on the field over the last 2 weeks.

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Sherkin Island Marine Station Art Competition Winners: Congratulations to the following pupils who won prizes in the Sherkin Island Art Competition. Sean Walsh Senior Infants Neasa Davies Senior Infants Bridget Galvin: Senior Infants Aishling O Leary Senior Infants Jamie O Shea Senior Infants Catherine O Sullivan Senior Infants Pierce O Brien Junior Infants Each of these pupils received a book and a series of colouring books Congratulations everyone! GOAL Workshop: Tara McGrath of GOAL Ireland recently visited our school to carry out a series of Workshops to raise awareness of the plight of refugees in South Sudan. Tara’s workshops were excellent, informative and thoroughly enjoyed by all the pupils! The Centre Stage Theatre Company: Pat and Marie Wiltshire of the Centre Stage Theatre Company will begin work on a Spring Production in our School in February 2017. Pat and Marie are not availa-ble this term for a Christmas Production. They are currently writing a very special production for our school. This production will probably be shown the week of the 10th of March 2017. In preparation for this production Marie Wiltshire will begin a Marionette Workshop in our school af ter Halloween. Marionette Workshop Supplies: Marie Wiltshire has requested that we collect the following in order to make col-ourful puppets for our Spring production. *Colourful fabric *Ribbon *Wrapping Paper *Wrapping Paper Rolls *Kitchen Paper Size Rolls *Coloured Paper *Toilet Paper Rolls *Buttons St Michael’s National School would be very grateful to everyone if you could help us in collecting these supplies. Thank you in advance with your help for this project!

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Cheerio's Childline Breakfast. St Michael’s National School recently held a Cheerio's Childline Breakfast morning in school. All the pupils were involved in this and we are always delighted to help out such a worthy cause. St Michael’s National School raised €120 for Childline. To mark the Halloween Holidays the pupils also dressed up in a variety of Halloween costumes!

Congratulations Declan Recently on the RTE Jnr pro-gramme, News2day, children were in-vited to email the programme if they wished to get an opportunity to present the weather forecast live on air. Declan O'Brien, a 6th Class student here in St Michael's N.S in Sneem, was one of the lucky entrants when his email was chosen! Declan is now invit-ed to visit the RTE Studios in Dublin in the coming weeks when he will get the op-portunity to present the weather forecast live on air! Look out for him in the coming weeks on News2day!

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Writer’s CornerWriter’s CornerWriter’s CornerWriter’s Corner

Welcome to Writer’s Corner. We plan to publish poems (maximum 40 lines) and short stories (maximum 1500 words) written by our local community and neigh-bours. We are looking for contributions f rom adults, young-adults (please state age) and children (please state age) which, if chosen, will be published in our monthly Sneem Community Notice Board newsletter. If you would like to submit a creation of your own for consideration, please email it to [email protected].

This month’s story was written by June Hunter and previously published in Mash Stories.

The Woman Who Mistook Her Husband for a Chip Why is there a chip slumped in that chair? And why is it wearing a blue peaked cap? Ah yes! Earlier I was at the kitchen table, working out our taxes, adding all the numbers, writing them down, checking invoices f rom paint shops, garages, hardware stores, hotels and oh so many restaurants, same as I’ve done every year. Then I heard the postman and went to col-

lect the post. I wasn’t excited about getting anything interesting. Nobody sends letters anymore. But today there was a bright pink envelope. Quite bulky. I took it to the kitchen, got a knife f rom the sharp knife rack next to the microwave and slit it open. Inside I found a whole lot of photos. Two naked people in every one. The woman was not familiar at all, but the man I recognised immediately.

Then I saw the chip coming through the door. I was starving, remembering all the plates of food listed on those dockets and that chip looked so tasty that I wanted to pop it into my mouth, but it was too large. So, when it came up behind me, I took the knife and tried to cut it smaller, only to realise that it was a strange chip that contained its own tomato sauce. A bit like those sausages with a cheese f illing. When you cut into them the cheese just squirts right out. Delicious. Well, I’m not partial to tomato sauce. From an early age I’ve loved fish and chips with oodles of salt and vinegar and, maybe, a large pickled onion on the side. So, having this particular chip stagger onto the kitchen chair, oozing tomato sauce all over the f loor, was quite off-putting.

I got the mop and bucket f rom the cupboard under the stairs. (So useful, that cupboard. Amazing storage space.) But my efforts were useless. I was slipping and sliding all over the show and when I walked through the house and up the stairs to the hotpress to get some towels, I left red footprints all over the car-pet. Mind you, I’ve always hated those carpets. So ugly. If they were ruined I might be able to put in an insurance claim. So I took off my shoes and, barefoot-ed, slid around some more in the tomato sauce; then did a little dance around the lounge.

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I was quite exhausted f rom all this cleaning and dancing, so I made myself a nice cup of coffee – proper coffee, not that instant stuff , and sat down at the kitchen table opposite the chip. It had stopped oozing by this time, I’m happy to say, but I had really lost my appetite and I must have nodded off in the chair because it’s getting dark outside and I can’t think where the day has gone.

I’ll need help moving that chip. It’s so big! I’ll go and ask the man next door. He’s a burly fellow, a carpenter by trade, and he should be home by now.

The Writer's Group takes place at the Sneem Resource Centre, North Square, on the first Friday of every month f rom 1pm to 3pm. All budding/experienced/published/hopeful, etc. writers are welcome to join. If you would like any further information, contact June on 0857700524 or [email protected]

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Kidz Club will hold their AGM on Thursday 17th November at 7 pm in the com-munity centre. This is to decide the future of the club. All welcome. If you f ind yourself stuck for childcare you can bring along your child. The Kidz Club is for school going children, the club is divided into two sub groups - juniors - children f rom junior infants to 3rd class and inters - children f rom 4th to 6th class. Registration is €5 and €3 f irst child, €2 subsequent child per night. Parental Rota for supervising nights will be arranged. Friday 11th November - Juniors - Crèche - Movie night. Inters - Community Centre - Activities Friday 18th and 25th November - meet at Community Centre - children can help make puppets and organise a show to be shown on Friday 25th November at 7.30pm, parents welcome

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ACROSS 1 Investigates it and then turns it into a room? (5,1,5,2) 10 Joan of Arc herself hides the shooters (7) 11 Small trash apparent in one's sleep? (7) 12 This one is sort of generous (4) 13 It takes the sun to form such a nose (5) 15 As part of the human body a young animal is required (4) 17 Draw it back, note (3) 19 Cosy home for the French to snuggle down in? (6) 21 Outlaw musicians have it last (6) 22 The piece of furniture used by a costume helper? (7) 23 Overcome the product of a storming stream (6) 25 Carved like a German blackbird? (6) 27 Without the car, is this the way to f ind caviar? (3) 29 Educated, we hear, but still quite tense (4) 30 Quite virile in German lying about (5) 31 The poor always have an unwritten word for it (4) 34 The dear pet has changed - caused by official rules (3,4) 35 Nobleman rising f rom a squirm? (7) 36 Are they paid to admit a lion's twisted tail? (13) DOWN 2 Stresses that a couple of centuries were sent astray (7) 3 Girl with north facing f lat? (4) 4 Sailor dispatched because he wasn't all there? (6) 5 Paper that sounds like a sneeze! (6) 6 Unfriendly number belongs to us (4) 7 Where to f ind bishops, for instance, when ready to sail? (2,5) 8 Coin collectors for stopping an average royal and me and the rest in a way (7,6) 9 An account for those in good shape and no gain (6,3,4) 14 Portraits of a family that keeps dry? (7) 16 A senior shrub? (5) 18 Is this the man to pester? (5) 20 One can go astray in the Summer rains (3) 21 Ask earnestly to live on 1000 dollars? (3) 24 500 rushed about causing a shiver of horror (7) 26 Is it practical to have a rival, but beheaded? (7) 27 Virginia allows male servants to emerge (6) 28 American graduates are a maudlin old penniless assortment (6) 32 Such a dozen amounts only to six! (4) 33 Metallic press? (4)

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D O’Shea’s Bar Monday 14th November - Live Music Saturday 19th November - Robin Turner Sneem Tavern Tuesday 15th November - Live Music with Skatz Friday 18th November - Traditional Music, Song and Dance with Batt Burns and Friends Riney’s Bar Saturday 12th November - One Geis Trad band. Saturday 19th November - Live Music with Ger O’Shea Sneem Hotel Sunday 13th November - Ardu Tuesday 15th November - Kieran Saturday 19th November - Music Saturday 26th November - Music Blackwater Tavern Friday 11th November - Blackwater Sound Friday 18th November - Singing Jarvey Friday 25th November - Gerard O’Donoghue Friday 2nd December - Trashing Mill Boys Friday 9th December - No Music

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What’s OnWhat’s OnWhat’s OnWhat’s On

11th – 13th November - Sneem Storytelling Festival. 16th November - World Falconry Day 2016 Celebrations 4th December - Sneem Resource Centre Christmas Fair 9th December - Christmas Lights Parade 2017 2nd February - Sneem Summer Festival AGM 3rd May - Conf irmation at St. Michael’s Church 6th May - Holy Communion at St. Michael’s Church 20th May - Sneem JFK 50 Mile Walk 19th - 23rd July - Sneem Summer Festival

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November 10th 45 Years (2015(15) Drama/Romance 45 Years is a 2015 British romantic drama film directed and written by Andrew Haigh.

November 17th “Louder Than Bombs” (2015)(15) Drama Louder Than Bombs is a 2015 internationally co-produced drama film directed by Joachim Trier, and co-written with Eskil Vogt. The film stars Jesse Eisenberg,

November 24th “Me Before You” A girl in a small town forms an unlikely bond with a recently paralyzed man she is taking care of. 2016 American-British/ Drama/Romance 110 mins

November 9th “Have a Heart” Written & performed by Seamus Moran/ A man who has had a heart transplant thinks his new heart is talking to him/a comic dramatization, with many light hearted laughs along the way. 8pm/Tickets €12/€10

November 18th and 19th - Sneem Drama Group /“Faith Healer by Brian Friel”. Tickets €12/€10 Membership Scheme—Become a Friend of the Carnegie Arts Centre for as little as €50 and Support your Local Theatre.

If you require any further information on the above events Please contact us on Tel 064 6648701

[email protected] www.carnegieartskenmare.ie

James M O’Sullivan Solicitor

South Square, Sneem

All legal work undertaken

Tel/Fax: 064 668 9664

Mob: 087 286 8855 [email protected]

www.jmos.ie

Evening and weekend appointments available

SNEEM SNEEM SNEEM SNEEM PHARMACY South S quare

Opening Hours

Mon - Sat 9am - 6.30pm Sunday 11.45am - 1pm

Bank Holidays 10.45am - 1pm

Film Processing

still availab le

064 6645288

Bus Services Sneem to Kenmare Monday and Tuesday at 11am returns at 2pm 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 Monday to Friday leaves outside Riney’s at 10am Sneem to Killarney 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. Domestic and Recycling Bags For sale at Sneem House, D.J O’Sullivan’s, Mace and Sneem Resource Centre. Brown bags for Household waste € 5, Green Bags for Recyclable €3. All full bags can then be lef t in the trailer on the Seaview Road. No Black bags to be placed in the trailer.

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signs and murals

Contact Roland Hunter 085 7700538

(064) 6645927

For all your aches, pains, medical problems and

well-being!

Keep in balance with PHYSIO & Relaxation

Appointments:

call 083 80 221 29 [email protected]

Jutta Raschke, Sneem

Golf & Walking Tours Taxi Service

www.gosneem.ie [email protected]

John V. O’Sullivan Tel: 087 2079033

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Important Numbers Dr P. Malone / Dr D. Foord Surgery 064 6645102, Home 064 6645133 Mon/Wed/Fri 2-5pm Tues/Thurs 10-1pm Sat by app 12-1pm

Public Health Nurse- 086 7872096 South Doc - 1850 335999 Gardaí- 064 6645111 Pharmacy- 064 6645288 Local Taxis Kerry Experience Tours /Gerrit Noordkamp 086 2554098 GoSneem Tours/ John V. O’Sullivan 087 2079033 Mass/Church Times Saturday 8pm. - Sneem Church

Sunday 9.30am - Tahilla Church

Sunday 11am - Sneem Church St Michael’s Church, Parish Office, Presby-tery, North Square. Of f ice hours are Tuesday and Friday f rom 10am to 4pm. Mobile 087 3480050 Church of Ireland North Square, Sneem Sunday 10 am .

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

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

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

Mobile Vet Every Thursday 4-5pm in South Square.

Sneem Gardeners Every Sunday f rom 12 noon to 2pm in Garden of the Senses.

Sneem Market Every Tuesday morning, South Square selling f resh f ish.

Sneem Toddler Group Every Monday 10am - 12pm in Coomanassig Day Centre. All Welcome. Enquiries 086 812 6546

Sneem Resource Cen-tre Services Photocopying, Scanning, Faxes sent and received. Internet and Off ice ser-vices available. Meeting room. Nearly New, Book Shop, Drop in Centre, Sneem newsletter and much more. Coffee Craft and Chat - Every Tuesday 11am - 1pm.

Bingo - Every Tuesday at 8.30pm. All Welcome Mobile Library 29th November, 13th De-cember, 12.30 - 1pm Cas-tlecove, 2.15 - 2.45pm Sneem School, North Square. 2.45 - 3.15pm South Square

Tide Times Here are the high tides for the period November 10th to December 7th 2016. 10th: 12.25 11th: 13.27 12th: 14.22 13th: 15.13 14th: 16.02 15th: 16.49 16th: 17.35 17th: 18.21 18th: 19.08 19th: 07.35, 19.57 20th: 08.27, 20.50 21st: 09.26, 21.52 22nd: 10.33, 23.04 23rd: 11.47 24th: 12.52 25th: 13.46 26th: 14.32 27th: 15.14 28th: 15.52 29th: 16.26 30th: 16.56 1st: 05.15, 17.25 2nd: 05.48, 17.57 3rd: 06.23, 18.33 4th: 07.02, 19.14 5th: 07.46, 20.01 6th: 08.36, 20.55 7th: 09.34, 21.57


Local Adverts and Accommodation Local Adverts and Accommodation Local Adverts and Accommodation Local Adverts and Accommodation Offered: • 04 Ford Mondeo. €600 O.N.O. Con-

tact: 087 9242918

• 12 month old Sheep Dog off of two good working dogs, needs training but would also make a good pet. €50. Contact: 087 9242918

• Cristal Rite 100 Water Softener for Sale. 10 x 54 Logic Control Sys-tem.75 litre brine tank. 10" nylon pre-sediment f ilter. Removes iron and manganese f rom domestic wa-ter well with back-wash salt system. One year old. Cost €1300 installa-tion, will sell for €400, take away price. Reason for selling, different system needed for current water condition. Blackwater area. Phone 087-2426781

• Single Divan Bed no Headboard very good condition -available for collection for sale no reasonable offer refused Contact: 085-1708286

• Orthopaedic Water Bed (German) for sale - no reasonable offer re-fused already dismantled and ready for collection

• Two female tagged donkeys for sale. Contact Tom O’Sullivan 064 6645388

• Nearly new hedge trimmer for sale-Contact Tom O`Sullivan 064 6645388

• 2 teak windows 2’8” x 3’8”, €100 each. Contact: Tom 064 6645388

• Seasoned timber blocks; will deliver - all in bags. 087-8173706

• Five String Banjo €150 o.n.o contact Resource Centre (Jackie)

• Pine Off ice Style Computer Desk with 3 drawers and Extra storage Unit €300 o.n.o contact Resource Centre (Jackie)

• Yamaha Electronic Keyboard, hardly used in good condition €250 o.n.o contact Resource Centre (Jackie)

• Suzuki Vitara Passenger, 2ltr Diesel, 2004, 118k, Perfect Condition, Taxed to end of November, NCT to 16th June 2017. New battery and clutch, good tyres. Fully Serviced. Reasona-ble. Contact: 064 6645431

• 2 Black Leather Armchairs. Good Condition. Going Cheap. Contact: 086 3058432

• Laptops for sale. Prices f rom €70. Various models with 6 months guar-antee. Fully operational and updated. Perfect for internet browsing, etc. Please call Jay on 086-3461288

• Calling all Rock 'N Roll Bands - a full drum kit comprising of four drums, two symbols, all pedals and stands. Some parts absolutely new. Used for only one gig in the past two years. Cost approximately €1,000 to put together. Open to offers. Phone 087-2426781

• 2 windows 60” x 60”, 1 bathroom win-dow 48” x 48”, 2 windows 57” x 34”, 3 windows 28” x 43”, double Glazed PVC Windows 1 year old. €500. These can be sold together or sepa-rately. Contact 083 4631810.


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• Manual Walking Machine and Sit Up Bench. Contact: 087 6451580 for more details.

• Corner Unit with 2 top glass doors. €400. Contact: 087 6451580.

• Timber and Turf for sale. No or-der too big or too small. Contact Brendan on 087 6780600.

• New single bed and mattress for sale, €200. Contact 064 6645249

Wanted: • Flower pots, any size. Please

leave into the Resource Centre.

• Double glazed windows of vari-ous sizes, f ree please. Also scrap metal anything considered. Thank you. Contact: Tom 0879181712 or Bara 0862303640

• House to rent in Sneem or sur-rounding area. 2/3 bed up to €550 a month. Phone 086-8481251 / 086-8687256, Elaine or Mel

• Kitchen Chairs in good condition. Contact: 064 6645545 between 10.30am and 2.30pm.

• Local Computer Technician re-quires office/workshop space. Must be dry and have power. Please call Jay on 086-3461288

• Stabling available in Sneem ar-ea. Please phone 087 9717016

SNEEM COMMUNITY CRECHE

Safe and affordable childcare.

Full / Part Time /Drop-in Service

Please call 064 6645551

Jeff Prior Electrician

RECI REGISTERED

House / Farm / Commercial

CCTV, P.V. & LOW ENERGY

087 2312993

BOOKKEEPING

AND

ACCOUNTING SERVICES

Contact June Hunter 085 7700524

SNEEM GAA LOTTO

CURRENT JACKPOT

€3,400.00

NEXT DRAWS Sunday 13th November - Wrestlers Bar Sunday 20th November - Murphy’s Bar

Sunday 27th November - Blue Bull Sunday 4th December - D. O’Shea’s Bar

Tickets available throughout the Village in Pubs and Shops.

Please support your local GAA Club Sneem GAA Lotto Results

Sunday 16th October 2016. Numbers drawn: 2, 7, 20, 21 No Winner. €40 consolation prizes went to:- Donal O’Herlihy, c/o D. O’Shea’s Bar; Eileen Reilly, Moyleigh, Co. Meath; Ava Galvin and Heather O’Shea, Rossdohan; Kieran Burns, North Square. Sunday 23rd October 2016. Numbers drawn: 3, 18, 27, 30 No Winner. €40 consolation prizes went to:- Hilary O’Sullivan, Sneem; Noreen Murphy, Moularostig; John O’Sullivan, Coad, Castlecove; Sarah and Ellie O’Sulli-van, Convent House. Sunday 30th October 2016. Numbers drawn: 4, 18, 20, 24 No Winner. €40 consolation prizes went to:- Sinead Harrington, Bank House; Kevin Sullivan, South Gerah; Kamila Holubowicz, Hussey’s Yard; Vincent O’Sulli-van, North Square. Sunday 6th November 2016. Numbers drawn: 1, 11, 25, 26 No Winner. €40 consolation prizes went to:- Patricia and Tony Mulcahy, Sneem; Selina Keogh, South Square; Elaine Murphy, Moularostig; Seamus Dren-nan, New York.

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