A record 540 people turned out for this year’s Emer Casey 10 km road race in Youghal, an increase of almost 12% on 2012. Considering that last year had been up 26% on the 2011 number and that there were even more events on this week as well, it’s a remarkable number.The full results can be seen HERE

The mens race was won by Alan O’ Shea (Bantry AC) in a time of 31:35. In second place was Sean McGrath (East Cork AC) in a time of 31:54. The women’s race was won by Lizzie Lee (Leevale AC) in a new ladies course record time of 35.18. Jerry Forde (Blarney-Inniscarra AC) won the wheelchair race in a time of 48:53. The course took participants through the historic streets of Youghal and finish at the Front Strand. The prize giving ceremony took place at PobalScoil Na Trionoide immediately after the race.
Below is a video clip of the Emer Casey Memorial 10k 2013 as the athletes pass under the Clock Gate and enter North Main Street in Youghal.

Below is the Emer Casey Foundation Memorial 10K Run in Youghal (2011)

Below is a Movie Clip of the Emer Casey Memorial 10k 2010 in Youghal

Youghal man John McGrath who lived in the Clock Gate from 1939 to 1959 speaks about his memories of those day and other stories. The tower built in 1777 was part of the towns fortifications. It served the town as a gaol and a public gallows until 1837. It then became a family home until 1959 when the last family left, which was the McGrath family.

Having grown up in the Clock Gate, John left for Britain during the 1950’s as did many of his contemporaries. There he observed the post-war housing improvements in Britain, thus, on his return he urged his parents to seek more comfortable and conventional accommodation. They reluctantly left the clock gate in 1959. The McGrath home offers a glimpse into the social, political, and economic changes experienced during the twentieth century.

The Clock Gate is undergoing extensive renovations and near completion of this phase of the refurbishment & development works.

Click on the HD Video (45 mins) below to hear the extraordinary story of “The McGrath’s of the Clock Gate”.

Photos and related videos below

BoatWarden a new, Irish developed, boat security product

BoatWarden is the solution for many boat owners who worry whether their boat is secure. Secure from the damage caused by leaks, broken moorings and, yes, theft too. An Irish company has developed a product range to solve these problems.

Click on the video below to see Kevin Hennessy explain how BoatWarden work

BoatWarden is a new electronic security system fitted into your boat which you control and monitor, from anywhere, using the BoatWarden phone App. From the comfort of your armchair, or from a beach in the Med., you can click on the App. and get an up to the minute status report, a location map, the alarm status, the battery levels and more. If anything goes wrong your boat will sound an alarm and siren and you will get an instant alert by text – this text will also be sent to a list of your friends too if you wish. Using the App. you can you can control your boat from anywhere. You can control the alarm, the bilge pumps, heating, lighting or just about any other device on your boat. BoatWarden is a complete solution to Protect, Monitor and Control your boat from your phone.

BoatWarden is designed to withstand the rigours of marine environment and there are BoatWarden products for most types of boat and outboard. Prices start at just €499 inc VAT for BoatWarden Pro the expandable solution for yachts and motor cruisers and €349 inc VAT for the BoatWarden Mobile designed for smaller boats and outboard engines.

BoatWarden

BoatWarden website and online ordering system at www.boatwarden.com

BoatWarden was developed in Ireland by Kevin Hennessey who has been boating all his life. Kevin’s father lost a boat that pulled from its moorings and Kevin nearly lost his own when it’s bilge alarm failed. He looked for a solution that did not exist and so in 2009 he began developing BoatWarden. In 2010 the first BoatWarden systems were installed. The beta users then told their friends and today close to 100 BoatWarden systems have been sold by word of mouth.

So, what does BoatWarden monitor? Everything is customisable, and your own unique requirements are easy to manage, but as a starting point, here’s some of the main ones:

Low Battery Alarm
If you don’t have shore-power you’ll be keen to monitor your boat’s battery levels – if they fall below 11v you’ll get a notification.

GPS Tracking
Remotely ask the system where it is and you’ll instantly get a reply. Similarly you can set a ‘fence’ around your boat and if your boat moves out of this (ie: stolen or dragging a mooring) you’ll hear about it instantly

Bilge Levels
The cold weather last winter has sadly shown many boaters just how easy it is for water to get in and do serious damage. BoatWarden has a unique bilge sensor which you simply install above your automatic float switch. It has a 10 second delay to allow for normal wave action, but if it detects high water it’ll send you an alert and also switch on your bilge pump for 2 minutes. This monitor provides a full solution, as well as peace of mind.

Outboard Security
Our unique BoatWarden outboard security system has been driven, in part, by our customers and their insurance companies. Outboard theft is sadly becoming more and more commonplace so we’ve designed a solution that includes an IP67-rated wire-snap that triggers the onboard alarms and notifies you immediately if it’s breached in any way. Tracking options, should the thieves continue to remove your outboard, are also available.

Unwanted Entry
Hatches, doors, windows and even canvas studs can be monitored to alert you (and the unwanted visitors) to the fact that there’s been a breach.

Shore Power Monitoring
This is particularly useful if you leave your boat to its own devices for periods of time. If a breaker trips, someone disconnects you, or you run out of credit at your marina then you run a very high risk of damage being done on board. Whatever the reason, if you lose your 240v then you’ll hear about it instantly.

Passive and Reactive
Not only will all of these features respond to activation – you can also remotely manage them. You can turn lights and blowers on and off, pump the bilge, check location, switch on and off functionality all from the shoreline or thousands of miles away.

The installation is smaller than a cigarette box and works from the boat’s own power and also its own back-up battery – monitoring your boat 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Extremely windy weather in Youghal on Wednesday 17th April 2013. See the sands shifting at the front strand in Youghal, Co Cork, Ireland. Winds reached up to 80mph. Click on the video below.

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World renowned concert pianist Sam Rotman, talks to Declan Gibbons from Community Radio Youghal (CRY104fm) about his forthcoming concert which will take place on Thursday April 18th 2013 at 7.45pm in Pobalscoil na Tríonóide, Youghal. The concert is in aid of the Youghal Cancer Support Group And Centre.

Click on the HD video below to hear Sam talk about his life in music, his travels around the world and his deep faith and religious beliefs since his life was transformed back in 1971 when at the age of twenty his life changed forever.

Tickets: Cree’s Card shop, North Main Street, Youghal, at €10/€5 for students and Seniors/Jobseekers. For more information: Contact Mervyn Scott – 086-1732034.

Following on from the very successful Livestock Auction in Dungarvan on February 25th 2013 and a brilliantly organised Coffee & Cake sale on March 15th, 2013, another big fundraising event in the Youghal Cancer Support Group’s drive to open a facility in Youghal for survivors of cancer is due to take place on Thursday April 18th at 7.45pm in Pobalscoil na Tríonóide. (The school has kindly offered the free use of it’s facilities for the concert, through the kind offices of the Headmaster, Mr. Séamus O’ Ceallacháin)

Click on the video below for more information about the concert

Sam Rotman, a world-renowned pianist who has played over 2,400 performances in 58 countries and is the winner of five major competitions in Europe and the U.S., including the Beethoven Competition in Vienna, Austria, will give a full concert performance including pieces by Bach, Beethoven, Debussy, Gershwin, and Rachmaninoff.

Mr Rotman. has devoted a specific area of his musical life to the study and performance of the works of Beethoven. Beginning with a series of all Beethoven concerts in 1970 (the Beethoven bi-centennial), he was presented on Public Broadcast System in a special Beethoven concert. Mr. Rotman continues to perform the works of Beethoven in recital and with orchestra.

Mr. Rotman has served on the jury of international piano competitions, both in the United States and Europe. For almost twenty years he was the director of the Piano Department and served as director of D’Angelo School of Music at Mercyhurst College for ten years.

To date, Mr. Rotman has released four recordings and these will be on sale at his concerts.

Mr. Rotman will also speak about his Christian faith during the concert.

Mr. Rotman is in Ireland on a two week tour, April 11th-23rd and will be performing at least twelve concerts during his visit. He will be accompanied by his wife Deborah.

Click on the HD video below to hear Sam talk about his life in music, his travels around the world and his deep faith and religious beliefs since his life was transformed back in 1971 when at the age of twenty his life changed forever.

Tommy Fleming in Concert at St. Mary’s Collegiate Church, Youghal.
Saturday, April 13, 2013 at 8:00pm

Tommy Fleming in Concert in St Mary’s Collegiate Church, YOUGHAL, Co Cork, on Saturday 13th April 2013 @ 8pm. Tickets €30 each from Youghal Tourist Office 024 20170 also Yew Wood Venues 087 9593276

An Introduction…
Tommy Fleming has many times been described as the “Voice of Ireland” and is one of Ireland’s top entertainers.

Tommy, who was born in Aclare Co. Sligo, Ireland in 1971 and was the youngest of six children, started singing while still at school. While fronting his own local band, a chance encounter with Phil Coulter at a charity function near his home lead to a big break onto the world stage where Tommy appeared as a guest singer on Phil’s USA tour. This then lead to the singer entering into the music business as a solo artist.

Shortly after securing a record deal everything looked set to flourish when a tragic car accident left the singer with a broken neck leaving his music career on-hold indefinitely. After many months of convalescence, Tommy returned to the stage having had to start over and is now regarded as one of the finest singers worldwide and is currently enjoying a hugely successful career spanning the last 18 years.

Tommy turns each song into his own with his own unique and powerful style touching emotions in you that only music can reach.

A Tommy Fleming concert is a musical experience not to be missed with one song more haunting than the other. He has a universal appeal to all ages and backgrounds with a fan base that is growing stronger worldwide year by year.

Don’t miss your opportunity to enjoy the experience of a Tommy Fleming concert.

Listen below to Shane Supple interviewing singing legend Tommy Fleming on Community Radio Youghal CRY 104fm before his concert in Youghal Co Cork Ireland on April 13th.

Shane Supple interviews Tommy Fleming 2013 by Shane Supple on Mixcloud

Ireland’s Top Jockey’s compete in the annual Celebrity Donkey Derby in Youghal, Co Cork, Ireland. Ireland’s top jump jockeys took to the streets to compete in the 2nd annual Celebrity Donkey Derby on Friday, 22nd March, 2013.

CLICK ON THE VIDEO BELOW TO SEE THE FUN DONKEY DERBY IN YOUGHAL

Youghal local favourite Jockey, Davy Russell, battled against fellow big name jockeys like Paul Carberry, Paul Townend, Martin Ferris, Andrew McNamara, Davy Condon, Jane Mangan, Mark Enright, Patrick Mullins and Danny Mullins.
The professional jockeys navigated through some unexpected obstacles before riding the donkeys along the Main Street of the East Cork Town.
The Paddy Power celebrity Donkey Derby is a fundraiser for The Annual ‘Queen of The Sea’ Festival which takes place in Youghal each summer.

Photos from a memorable Ska Gig in Cork City way back on Saturday 17th January 1981 featuring The Specials and The Beat with support Cork local band ‘Micro-Disney’, i think! It was held at the UCC Downtown Kampus – the ‘Arcadia’ which is now no more. Please leave comments on the facebook page to fill in the blanks!…it’s been a while….and please share.

Click on the video below to bring back the memories

I was with the ska fans from Youghal who travelled up to see them but fans from all over Cork City and county and beyond were there in their throngs. Cork was a Ska Town back then! Thanks to Paul McCarthy from Youghal for the ticket stubb. Somewhere in the clip you can see the queue outside waiting to get in. I can spot Martin McCarthy, Derek Kiely ( Wearing the trilby hat) Garreth ? , Louise and Catherine all from Youghal Town.

 
Related Video Below: Thanks to Michael Hussey
The Beat at The Crane Lane Theatre, Phoenix St, Cork City.Thur 1st Nov 2007

Related Video Below: Thanks to Kieran McCarthy.

The Specials – Marquee Cork – Ireland Live Tour – 11th July 2012

Behind the scenes of the making of the new Community Radio Youghal CRY 104FM radio drama series “The Delaney’s — Behind the Mic” featuring the award winning St. Raphael’s Drama Group and staff.
Click on the HD video below to see the making of the radio drama.

“The Delaney’s — Behind the Mic” is Community Radio Youghal’s brand new 4 part drama series made in partnership with the award winning St Raphael’s Drama Group. Written by Drama Coordinators Julie Sharkey and Elinor Rivers and the Drama Group , The four part series is presented in a unique docu-drama style which will see each episode intertwined with interviews with the production crew and cast as they prepare for each episode and the behind the scenes preparations and rehearsals that were involved in making the series.

The drama series focuses on the Delaney family an ordinary Youghal family who end up getting into some extraordinary situations and many of the scenes in the series came about during improvisation sessions with the Drama Group and such was the excitement among the residents and staff of St Raphael’s Centre that the group and Julie and Elinor ended up writing extra scenes for the staff of St Raphael’s centre who wanted parts as extras in the programmes.

CRY104fm’s Community Development Officer Darragh Parker said it was a huge privilege for the station to work with such a talented group of individuals and one of the functions of a Community Radio station is to provide a platform for local talented groups to showcase their talents adding that the finished product really is something that St Raphael’s Drama Group and CRY should really be proud of.

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‘Harbour View’ — Behind the scenes of the new radio drama on Youghal local radio CRY 104FM

Merrick’s — A new radio documentary on CRY 104FM