Cork Multicultural Open Door Festival
by Stephanie Davis
The Open Door Festival which celebrates its fourth anniversary this year, will run from the 4th to the 10th of October 2008. The aim of the festival is to promote intercultural initiatives and social inclusion in all its forms and to raise cultural awareness and awareness of the wide range of recreation activity opportunities available for all diverse groups in Cork. In particular it seeks to target people who may not normally participate in recreation activity and help bring cultural collaboration into the open door festival.
It is a week long event, free for all, featuring music, cuisine, visual and performing arts. Many different nationalities and cultures will be represented, such as Brazil, Hungary, Russia, Ghana, Vietnam, Lithuania, Poland, Nigeria, China, India, Italy, Germany, Spain, France, Ireland, Pakistan, Albania and other countries. The main four components of the festival will be: international food, traditional song and dance, artifacts & crafts and community participation. Azem, a volunteer involved in the “Just the Locals” photography exhibition which is the one of the festival’s biggest projects, says “it intends to and does bring together people of different cultures and different nationalities as well as reflect the richness and of these cultures and shows how they can integrate into Irish society. Also it brings the message of
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Ceíliúradh 25 Bliain Gaelscoil Choráin
Ceiliuradh 25 Bliain to Gaelscoil Chorain who proudly marked the beginning of their 25th anniversary celebrations. Gaelscoil Choráin was established in 1983. It was the first primary gaelscoil to be formed in Cork County, apart from one or two modhscoil that were in existence since the 50’s.
Ceíliúradh 25 Bliain Gaelscoil Choráin
The school name celebrates a local saint, St. Coran, who studied and resided in the Youghal area in 800 A.D. Great credit is due to those involved in setting up the gaelscoil, and those first parents who enrolled their children, taking a great leap of faith into the unknown. The original school building was in Church St. in the premises of the former Vocational School, which was the precursor to Coláiste Eoin. It was an appropriate site historically because within yards of the school was St. Mary’s Collegiate Church, which was an esteemed learning centre in the ninth century, where St. Coran and St. Declan are reputed to have studied. Gaelscoil Chorain were fortunate to have a solid base, albeit basic, and the rooms were warm and well insulated. In hindsight it was an
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AVR comes up roses as smell sticks to Cork County Council
By Christy Parker
The unsavoury odour of blame for the ongoing stench that has been permeating the Youghal air for over a year seems to have wafted away from sludge treatment plant AVR. September’s Town Council meeting had heard vociferous complaint and suspicion that the Foxhole facility was a major contributor to the nauseating smell. However, Youghal Town and Cork County Cllr Barbara Murray says current reports indicate culpability lies, perhaps exclusively, with the adjacent Cork County Council landfill.
AVR Environmental Solutions,Foxhole-Youghal
EPA inspectors have spent considerable time at the landfill in recent weeks and while no report has yet been furnished, it is understood that all aspects of operations there were monitored. In particular, the ‘flaring off’ of gas was scrutinised.
It remains unclear as to what exactly has been the prime cause of the malodorous problems, though most likely there have probably been several factors, including enormous waste intake, inadequate covering and inefficient flaming off. Personal accountability for the disruption of townspeople’s lives is less evident, while four-legged seagulls are
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Cake Sale in aid of Missionaries of Charity
A cake sale is being held on Sunday 5th October 2008, in the Holy Family Hall, Youghal directly after 11.00am Mass. It is in aid of Missionaries of Charity, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Mother Teresa
The Mother Teresa nuns run a home for abandoned children, physically and mentally disabled youth, sick and destitute elderly people. The O’Shea family of the Ferrypoint, Youghal have been helping there since July. The Home is well run by the nuns in very difficult circumstances e.g.. no running water, limited clothes and nappies and any help no matter how small is very much appreciated. Missionaries of Charity is a Roman Catholic religious order established in 1950 by Mother Teresa of Calcutta, which consists of over 4,500 nuns and is active in 133 countries. Members of the order designate their affiliation using the order’s initials, “MC.” Member nuns must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty and obedience, and the fourth vow, to give “Wholehearted and Free service to the poorest of the poor”.
Missionaries care for those who include refugees, ex-prostitutes, the mentally ill, sick children, abandoned children, lepers, AIDS victims, the aged, and convalescent. They have schools run by
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Gospel goes country with John Schmid at the Mall Arts Centre
Those who like their Gospel delivered with rhythm and strum may form an ordinary queue at the door of Youghal’s Mall Arts Centre next Saturday. The Youghal Baptist Group have acquired the services of American musician and singer John Schmid for what promises to be a most melodious evening of faith and hope. Christy Parker reports
John Schmid
Charity too will persist as patrons at the free gig “will have the opportunity to contribute to a local charity”, according to Youghal Baptist spokesman Mervyn Scott.
The date is one of several on a Cork tour, during which the singer will also visit Waterford in search of Irish, maternal ancestry. He will be accompanied by his 19 year-old daughter Katie.
John Schmid hails from Berlin, Ohio where, he, his wife and three children are members of a Mennonite Christian Assembly. They reside amidst the Amish community too, whose Pennsylvania Dutch dialect they also speak.
The visitor is the founder and (sole) director of Common Ground Ministries, a ’singing ministry’ that focuses on the Ohio prison service, visiting more than 50 incarcerating institutions annually. The singer’s year also brings him to a plethora of churches, boot camps, banquets, embassies, schools, street fairs, seminars, concerts “and a fair amount of living rooms.” This excludes the
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Tribute to the Donal Ring Ceili Band
The Donal Ring Ceili Band was founded in October 1958. Donal played previously with the Celtic Band from Mallow and the famous Blarney Ceili Band. He was successful in winning the Hohner accordion All-Ireland championships three times and he was the first Irish Ceili Band to reach the Irish top twenty with the song “Beautiful City”.
Donal Ring
The vocalist was Paul O’Leary from Cork. Donal will be celebrating 50 years in the business with his own Band in October of this year. A presentation has been organized by John Cunningham and friends at the Walter Raleigh Hotel,Youghal on Friday 3rd October, 2008 at 8:30 p.m. with the Donal Ring Ceili band taking to the stage followed by the fabulous Owen Condon and guests - playing until 12:30 a.m. Donal was a personal friend to the late, great from Scotland. Donal stayed at the Shand house on the ten occasions while touring Scotland. He has also played many times for charity including visits to the Mercy Hospital Cork on Christmas Day for 25 years. The Donal Ring Ceili band has toured extensively in England, Scotland, Wales, Holland and America down through the years. This man has to be congratulated for his promotion of Irish music and song over the last 60 years and is still going strong.
Make sure to come early on Friday 3rd October, 2008 to the Walter Raleigh Hotel, Youghal for a night of top class music and memories. Thanks to ” YoughalOnline.com”-”Community Radio Youghal” and the “Youghal News” for help with
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Ballycotton RNLI lifeboat Station 150th anniversary
Cork City Mayor visits Ballycotton RNLI lifeboat station on their 150th anniversary. For 150 years men and women of Ballycotton, a small fishing village in East Cork, have been ready to drop what they are doing to answer the shout for help from someone in trouble at sea. They are the crew, past and present, of the Ballycotton RNLI lifeboat.
Lord Mayor of Cork Brian Bermingham, John Murray-Treasurer, John Tattan-LOM, Colin Sliney-DLA, Fiona Flynn-Chairwomen fundraising committee, Bláthnaid Lane Walsh-Press Officer with RNLI crew and volunteers. Photo: Michael Hussey (YoughalOnline.com)
As an acknowledgement of this outstanding commitment the Lord Mayor of Cork City, Cllr. Brian Bermingham, visited Ballycotton RNLI lifeboat station to meet the Coxswain, Ian Sheridan, and some of the volunteer lifeboat crew. They were welcomed on arrival by Lifeboat Operations Manager, John Tattan and Ballycotton lifeboat press officer, Bláthnaid Lane Walsh.
Mr. Tattan, in his welcoming speech, spoke of the tradition and the commitment of lifeboat crewmembers, some of the current crew having been with the station for up to 30 years. He explained to those present how
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Youghal Celebrates History 2008
This evenings concert has been postponed until further notice
Youghal Celebrates History in association with Youghal Credit Union
proudly present
A musical evening Friday 26th September 2008 at 8pm Mall Arts Centre, Mall House, Youghal featuring: International Soprano Mary Hegarty
International Soprano Mary Hegarty
Accompanist Eleanor Malone-Clarinettist and Artistic Director Pat O’Keeffe
Dundanion Singers-Conductor Terry McCarthy-Accompanist Anne Healy-Mayes
Tickets €30 including Interval Reception
Tickets may be bought at Cree’s Card shop, Main St. Youghal, or from the Tourist Office, or from the Youghal Celebrates History Office, c/o St. Mary’s College, Youghal.
Early booking is advised.
Youghal Celebrates History are a voluntary group dedicated to preserving and promoting the unique heritage in this wonderful walled port town. Youghal was an important administrative and commercial centre in the late Medieval period and up to the 19th century. In earlier times the area was associated with significant monastic settlements such as Molana Abbey which had an international reputation for
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Call To Render “Lethal” Quarryvale Exit Safe
Two Youghal Town Councillors warned the September council meeting that the entrance/exit at Quarryvale Estate to the main road presents a “lethal” road hazard. -Christy Parker Reports
Both councillors had been approached repeatedly by residents of the estate. Drivers travelling towards Youghal Bridge, regularly park on the left roadside -often by way of visiting Crowley’s shop- and thus interfere with motorists’ view of speeding traffic as they negotiate onto the main road.
Cllr. Linehan Foley suggested “a yellow box or bollards” be installed to address “a tragedy “waiting to happen.” Cllr Michelle Hennessy concurred. She reminded Town Engineer Paul Murray that he had visited the area last year, following which
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Youghal Credit Union Third Level Scholarship Award 2008
- Scholarship award winner Tara Gibbons and Peter O’Donnell
Youghal Credit Union Chairman Peter O’Donnell presents the Scholarship Award 2008 to winner Tara Gibbons. Tara was a former student of Pobalscoil na Trionoide, Youghal and will study corporate law at
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