Milltown-Castlemaine News
Well done to the Milltown-Castlemaine traditional music group of Pat Murphy, Liam O’Dowd, Padraig O’Sullivan, Gearóid Quirke and Donnachda O’Sullivan who represented our club on Friday night last in the Mid Kerry Scór na bPáistí competition, in Killorglin.
They gave a truly wonderful performance of Mo Ghile Mear and Britches full of Stitches. The five boys received extremely positive comments from the adjudicator, Rosie Healy. Special thanks to first year student Sarah Leane who gave of her time and expertise over the past few weeks mentoring the boys.
Mary Clifford and her team are to be commended also for all their work in keeping Scór na bPáistí alive. A tremendous amount of time and work goes into this, much of it behind closed doors. We sincerely appreciate your commitment to keeping Irish music and culture to the fore in Mid Kerry.
Seniors: After a pulsating County League game, played in sunny conditions, Millltown-Castlemaine’s seniors, away with a draw against Ballymac on Sunday last. Cathal Moriarty and Jamie O’ Shea both notched 1-1 in the first half along with three points from Jack McCarthy and a point from Brendan Delaney giving the home side a three-point lead at the interval.
Against a strong breeze in the second half, Gavin Horan and Cathal Moriarty added further points early on but Ballymac got their scoring boots on and took the lead in the 43rd minute, leaving a scoreline of 2-8 to 1-12.
Jamie O’Shea added another point for Milltown-Castlemaine but this was cancelled out by a Ballymac free and they then edged ahead.
But two Derek Twiss points in injury time brought Milltown-Castlemaine to within a point of Ballymac. As the final whistle neared, with experience and skill personified, another massive score by Derek Twiss from 30 yards out levelled the sides, 2-13 to 1-16.
Scór: Well done to the Milltown-Castlemaine traditional music group of Pat Murphy, Liam O’Dowd, Padraig O’Sullivan, Gearóid Quirke and Donnachda O’Sullivan who represented our club on Friday night last in the Mid Kerry Scór na bPáistí competition, in Killorglin.
They gave a truly wonderful performance of Mo Ghile Mear and Britches full of Stitches. The five boys received extremely positive comments from the adjudicator, Rosie Healy. Special thanks to first year student Sarah Leane who gave of her time and expertise over the past few weeks mentoring the boys.
Mary Clifford and her team are to be commended also for all their work in keeping Scór na bPáistí alive. A tremendous amount of time and work goes into this, much of it behind closed doors. We sincerely appreciate your commitment to keeping Irish music and culture to the fore in Mid Kerry.
Quiz: The GAA club quiz group of Conor Giles, Seán O’Sullivan, Grace O’Sullivan, Abbie O’Reilly, Diarmuid Quirke and Hannah O’Sullivan have been busy practising for the upcoming Scór na bPáistí County Final. This will be held on Sunday, April 22 in Intermediate School Killorglin. Special thanks to Caroline McCarthy and Danny McClure for all their work with this group of children.
Camps: The Cúl camps will take place during the week of July 9-13. Further details available in the coming weeks.
Lotto: There was no winner of the GAA club lotto jackpot had no winner of the match 3 in the draw held in The Plough Bar on Friday night last. The drawn numbers were 6, 7 and 8 and the bonus was 26. Our lucky consolation prize winners, who received €50 each, were Gerry and Mags Corkery and Liam Griffin, Ballyfinnane.
€25 each went to Paul Fitzmaurice, Dingle, Hugh Gleeson, Orchard View, Linda McCarthy, Ardmelode and Eugene O’ Doherty, Listry. Why not try your luck for the next lotto jackpot draw for €20,000?
Guidelines: Please note that underage players are not permitted inside the dressing rooms prior to or after a senior game or inside the surrounding fence wire when a senior game is ongoing. This is to protect all parties involved.
We ask parents and guardians to continually remind their children of this rule which will be strictly enforced. We appreciate ongoing support and cooperation.
Parade: Well done to all the Castlemaine committee who organised such a great St Patrick’s Day parade for the residents of and visitors to Castlemaine. Thank you to those from our club who participated in it. A wonderful afternoon of children’s activities and music was enjoyed by one and all.
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