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“A Sketch in Time”By John O’SheaSometime, probably in the early 40s, we had a Dramatic Society in Bantry and I suppose the peak of our efforts was a play by Lennox Robinson called “The Far-Off Hills”. We performed this play in The Stella Cinem...
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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AT AN SANCTOIR, BALLYDEHOB SUNDAY 26th APRILIt has been an exciting and busy year for An Sanctoir with new projects and ideas being developed. This year's AGM will highlight much of this activity which has predominantly been in rela...
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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE – BREAK THE SILENCEIn the vast majority of cases of Domestic Violence, women are the victims and men are the perpetrators. In a minority of cases, men are the victims of the abuse. There are contact details for both men and women who a...
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Recently thirty three 5th year students from Ardscoil Phobal Bheanntrai travelled to Paris for a cultural visit accompanied by teacher Grace Kelly, tour organiser Cornelia Hourihan and school principal Michael Milner.In a very busy schedule they saw and d...
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When we experience a trauma, such as bruising, muscle strain and tearing, rupture of tendons or ligaments, or fractures, the reason for our pain is fairly obvious. Bleeding and/or local swelling will occur, putting pressure on sensitive nerves, we will be...
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Bantry youth went bananas last week as Fair-trade Frenzy hit the West Cork town. As part of the programme of events for Fair-trade fortnight 2009, The Attic- Bantry’s Youth Café organised a rap competition for young people aged between 14 and 19 year...
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Glengarriff GCNeighbours Day @ Berehaven 1st C.Daly, D.Lyons, D.Harrington, A.McGuran 96ptsScramble Results 1) W.Kallenberg, J.Appleton, C.Threader. Bantry GCSENIOR MEN4th March, 1st John Brennan, Cornie O’Neill, Billy Flynn. 2nd Mick Sullivan, Jerome...
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A big congratulations to St Goban’s Senior Girls Basketball team who recently won the County Basketball Championship in the Parochial Hall in North Cork on the 21st January.The semi-final and the final were played on the same day. It was not Colaiste ...
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A Heart Health public awareness evening hosted by Bantry General Hospital and the West Cork Community Services, will take place in the Maritime Hotel, Bantry on Friday 3rd April 2009 from 6.30pm – 9.30pm. Guest speaker, Mr. Peter Kearney, Consultant C...
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Bantry Bay Lions are a non-profit organization. We are dedicated to giving back to our community and supporting those in need at home and abroad. We support our local community and provide assistance and financial support to various programs and local...
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Spring Newsletter 2009We have good news concerning the production of a double CD featuring you and senior Comhaltas members from our branch. This venture was a huge undertaking and is progressing very well.A further recording session for some individual...
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The impact of the recession in Ireland is having wider ramifications; as a result of cutbacks in public spending in Ireland the overseas aid budget for 2009 has been cut by more than 10%. This will obviously lead to less Irish Government aid to third worl...
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Pre-Historic Inhabitants of West CorkMr Con Murphy of Castletownbere gave a most interesting, illustrated talk to the Bantry Historical Society on our ancestors.The landscape was the only source of information.10,000 BC was the ice age.7000 BC Menolitic p...
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At the last meeting, President Delia Tobin welcomed two new members. Six members went to the Federation meeting in Drimoleague which was extremely well attended with most of the West Cork guilds represented. The discussion was lively on ICA matters an...
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Spring was in the air at the Bantry Flower and Gardening Club on Monday 2 March. The fragrant scent of mimosa and daffodils brought the promise of sunshine and longer days. Margaret Ahern worked her magic with twisted willow, orchids,s helibores, da...
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Credit Union New One-Year Loan @ 6.99%In the current climate budgeting is the order of the day. With this in mind, Bantry Credit Union has introduced a new one-year loan at a special rate of 6.99% (APR 7.2%). The new loan is aimed at easing the financial ...
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Scríobh Leabhar - TaispeántasOur Lady of Mercy National School pupils from Fourth and Second classes have been ag obair go dían writing, editing and decorating their leabhair for the Scríobh Leabhar project. The children in their groups choose a t...
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Children in Rang 5, Gaelscoil Bheanntraí recently took part in Féile Dhrámaíochta Chorcaí – School Drama Competiition. The class prepared and presented their Irish Language version of Rumpelstiltskin. Many weeks of practice paid off when th...
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CoAction AGMThe Bantry Branch of CoAction West Cork is holding its AGM at their Centre in Slip on Tuesday, 7th April at 8pm. Refreshments will be served. New members are especially welcome....
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CoAction is pleased to announce that tickets for the 2009/10 series of CoAction West Cork monthly club draws are now on sale. Tickets, which are €30 each, are entered into twelve monthly draws. One CoAction Club Draw ticket now gives you 144 chances t...
