Goleen & District Community Council Private LOTTO Draw Numbers drawn: 19. 22. 23.

No Winner €40 Jenny Snashall

€20 Downey Children. Ellie O’Driscoll. Luke Barry.. Sellers Prize: Bernard O’Sullivann.

This week's jackpot: €3,000 Venue: O'Meara’s

Caroline Sheehan: 086-864-2647 or Denis O’Neill: 086-821-3441 If you 're not in, you can’t win!

Mass Times: Monday & Friday: Schull 9am. Tuesday & Thursday: Goleen 10am. Wednesday: Ballydehob 10am. Saturday: Lowertown 8pm. Sunday: Ballydehob 9.30am, Schull 10.30am, Goleen 12 noon. Church of Ireland Services: Sunday: Schull 10am, Altar, Toormore 11.30am, Ballydehob 11.30am.

GOLEEN & DISTRICT COMMUNITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER SERVING THE MIZEN PENINSULA

VOL: 11 WEEK 19 May 16 2019 Published every Thursday.

NOTTAGES RESTAURANT

Open Wednesday - Saturday from 6pm. Join us for our mid-week deal on Wednesdays & Thursdays until the end of May,

where we offer a starter & main course for €19pp. Reservations are Advised! 028/35963

Rosary: in Lowertown Church every Wednesday evening at 8pm for the month of May.

Recent Death: .Paul Timothy Sheehan. Enaughter, Goleen. On May 11th 2019, at Cork University Hospital. Dearly missed by his sisters, Norma Sheehan and Mary (Kingston/Doyle), nieces Mary, Nora and Monica and nephew Michael, grandniec-es Sofia and Anna Marie, grandnephew Rory, his great friend Victor Love, rela-tives, neighbours and friends. May He Rest In Peace

Fastnet Film Festival

The 2019 Festival will run from Wednesday the 22nd to Sunday the 26th May in the beautiful seaside village of Schull. The Festival has become a major showcase for Irish and International short film production, focusing on the craft of film which is held in high regard on a local, national and international level for several years now. The Festival this year will include the likes of Saoirse Ronan, Roddy Doyle, Moe Dunford, Sarah Greene, James Hickey, Ed Guiney plus over 40 more expected guests taking part in Seminars, Masterclasses Q&A’s and Workshops. It is an up close and personal festival where first-time filmmakers and world-renowned film experts share the same space.

The highlight of the Festival for the third-year running is The Gala Performance by Carl Davis on Live piano, accompanying Clarence Brown’s silent film ‘Smouldering Fires’ and introduced by Oscar Winning Film Historian Kevin Brownlow. Greg Dyke described the event last year as ‘the most amazing event he had ever been to’.

This year the festival received an unprecedented 469 short film submissions from over 38 countries worldwide, Local Interest Films, World Cinema Programmes to include a Focus on Icelandic Film.

Alongside the screening of hundreds of short film programmes and features, visitors to the festival can enjoy high quality Children’s activities including Puppet Making, Batik, Film Animation Workshops, Storytelling, Drama Workshops, Cinema Club and T-shirt Painting all

free and enjoy live music at Grove House, the Carlton and the Curzon. Experience feature screenings at Castlepoint Gallery, Café Viewing at one of the many restaurants and pubs in Schull, fun movie quiz, Filmmakers Hub and much more. A warm welcome is extended to everyone who would like to join us at our opening party in Grove House from 5pm on Wednesday May 22nd. Programmes are available at the new Box Office in the old Bank House building at the top of the village and

various other locations around the village.

For more information check our www.fastnetfilmfestival.com

Events Calendar - inclusion free. All items to be in by Tues evening.

Amenities in the Locality

Goleen & District Community Social Centre - Every Mon 11am-4pm Lunch 1pm Book Meals by 11am the previous Sat. Contact: 086-272-5506 • Charity Shop– Open at the Community centre every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday Friday and

Saturday from 11am—2pm Goleen Community Centre - Contact 086-272-5506 to rent the Centre.

• Derryconnell Civic Amenity Centre - Open Tues & Thurs 9am - 12.30pm & 1.30 - 4.30pm. Sat 9am - 1pm

• AIB Mobile Community Bank: Every Mon , Thurs & Fri - Ballydehob - 9.30am to 10.30am. Schull - 10.45am to 12..30pm & 1..30pm-3.30pm. (Winter Hours ) ATM in Schull outside Brosnan’s Centra and also inside the shop.

• Schull Office Skibbereen CU: Tues & Fri 9.30am - 12.30pm & 1.30pm - 5pm. Sat 9.30am - 1pm. 028-28666

• Schull Library - Tues to Fri 2.30 - 5.30pm. Weds 9.30am - 1pm & 2 - 5.30pm. Sat 9.30am - 1.30pm. 028-28290

• Mobile Library: Every Second Wednesday at approx. 3pm in Goleen • Bus Time Tables: Goleen - Cork: Mon - Sat 07.50 & 17.30 Sun 16.15; Schull - Cork: Mon - Sat

12.40; Cork - Schull: Mon - Sat 09.30; Cork - Goleen: Mon - Sat 13.00 Change at Skibbereen 16.05 & 16.30 Change at Skibbereen 18.20; Sun 11.30.

• Rural Transport & Cancer Connect - 027-52727 Mob 087-122-4404 cancerconnect@ruraltransport.ie. • Rural Transport htfollowing services run every week from Goleen: Tues & Fri to Bantry via Schull & Durrus:

Departs Goleen 9.55am. Weds to Skibbereen via Schull & Ballydehob: Departs Goleen 10.30am. • Mizen Head Signal Station Open daily from 10.30 - 5pm www.mizenhead.ie 028-35115/35000. • Mizen Information & e-Centre Main St. Goleen. Shop Wifi, Hot desks, Copying, Printing, Coffee,

Gifts, Public Toilets. Open 10.30am - 5pm everyday, 028-35000 Come in for a chat! www.facebook.com/mizenecentre

Important Contacts • Goleen First Responder/ Defibrillator Group Number 083-146-6605 • Coast Guard /Emergency Services 112 or 999. Garda Emergency Number 027-20860 • GARDA Text Alert scheme for the Mizen area : To join, text your NAME and EiIRCODE to : 083-

159-8889 . Report suspicious behaviour to Bantry Gardai on: 027-20860 • Mizen Medical Practice - all enquiries & appointments call 028-28311 or for Out of Hours Service

call SouthDoc 1850-335-999 Contact Newsletter by email newsletter@goleen.info phone/text 083-851-2205. GDCC does not take responsibility for articles and opinions published. Editors: Michael: collinsmike68@eircom.net Website: goleen.info

Social Club Menu for Monday May 13th 2019 Starters: Vegetable Soup. Or Black Pudding and Egg Salad.. Mains: Roast Loin of Bacon or Stuffed Chicken Fillet with Mash & Roast Pota-toes, Veg & Gravy Desserts: Bread & Butter Pudding or Jelly and Ice Cream

BARLEY COVE Beach Hotel 028-35874

We are now open for the season! We look forward to welcoming you all!

We are hiring - looking for experienced floor staff for full time work. Pop in to enquire or send CV to markdaunt@gmail.com

Goleen Festival 2019 will be held on Aug16 17 & 18th with activities for all around the village during the preceding week. Route2Crook date is to be finalised. Watch this space!.

May 17 Cards in The Fastnet

May 17 Mental Health Awareness Day in the Community Centre

May 17 Ilen Vibe Choir Charity Concert. Abbeystrewry Ch. Skib-

bereen

Cards: Cards are on in The Fastnet this Friday, May 17th and the jackpot is €540. Next week is the last game of the season. Everyone welcome.

We’re still collecting your coppers! Anyone who has spare coppers lying around their home, office, car, pub, shop, please I would be delighted to have them. We have collection boxes in Martins Butchers, Nickies Kitchen. No need to bag, just bring them along, and drop into the donation bucket for Cystic Fibrosis Ireland. Thank you all! Claire Barrett.

Mizen Rovers Cul Camp 2019 runs from Monday 29th Jul - Friday 02nd August this year in the Community Centre. The cost is €60 for the first child, €55 for the 2nd and €45 for any additional children. The age limit is 6 years old due to insurance restrictions and reservations must be made online. For more info call Maura on:

086-851-2283 or see: https://www.kelloggsculcamps.gaa.ie/booking/online/?

Mental Health Awareness Day: On Friday May 17th, 5 For Life under The West Cork Feel Good Youth Program will run a Mental Health Day for 5th and 6th Class children in the Goleen Community Centre. This talk will cover Self Confidence, Friendship Issues, Transition from Primary To Secondary, Getting to Know Yourself Better and

Self Belief. We are also holding a Parent Talk in the evening at 7pm with Eileen if there is enough interest. Groups and individuals are all very welcome. Please contact: Emma 087-237-7400. Karen 087-265-7435 Nuala 083-148-5835 At 8.30 there will be a ( Foroige) Teenager Talk suitable for 1st year students upwards. This will cover Self Confidence, Friendship issues , Social Media- finding a balance between your real world and your virtual world, Social Media addiction and Dealing with Peer Pressure. This day will be covered by the monies raised by 5 For Life last June. Karen, Emma ,Gillian, Carolyn, Nuala ,Jackie, Claire and Noel

Mizen AFC are grateful to everyone who attended the cards last Friday night and supported their local soccer club, and a special thanks to Caroline, Mary and Bob for their efforts and The Lobster Pot Bar for hosting the event.

Goleen and District Community Council would like to thank all of you who came along and supported our Easter Egg Hunt in the community centre on April 14th. We raised €168 on the day and we would like to gift this to the Tidy Towns group to

buy flowers for the village.. Thanks to all. Nuala Hodnett and Bernadette O’Sullivan.

A Silver Bracelet with crystal stones was lost in Goleen village on Sunday after Mass. If found, please hand in to the Post Office

Congratulations to the Tidy Towns Committee in Goleen who were winners of the ‘Best Improvers’ award in the Anti Litter Challenge 2018 for the Western Division.

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Well all I can say is how proud I am to be a part of such a fantastic community, where almost 500 turned up and walked at 4.15 am from the darkness into light, A big thank you to all the marshals and gardai who kept us safe along the way, to the kitchen team who made teas and washed up, to Caroline and Carlos for amazing pics, to Jack, John and Michael for the bonfires, Michael for doing the route signage and to Tommy for advertising signs. To the businesses on Main

Street who decorated windows and lit up, and to the residents along the route who made such a great effort. The Schull senior branch Girl Guides led us in a very fitting song "Walk Me Home in the Dead of Night " and to Daniel Morgan of DM fitness who did a gentle warm up to get every one ready for the off, then Michael Collins T.D. counted us down and cut the ribbon. The street was just a sight to behold, a sea of yellow. The hall started to fill just after 5 when the walkers came back for a nice cuppa and scone and of course the chat. It was fantastic to see all ages coming together and raising awareness that it's ok to talk, ask for help, and reach out, life can be tough so know there is always help available. Thank you one and all. Ellen Logan.

Pieta house freecall 1800 247 247 Or Text Help to 51444 or email mary@pieta.ie The pieta house service is free of charge .

A date for your diary: Schull Darkness into Light Walk 2020 will take place on May 9th. Picture credits: Caroline O’Driscoll. Carlos Benlayo. Marie Collins.

Foroige Ball: Pictured below and looking amazing are the members of Goleen Foroige Club who attended the Foroige Ball at The Vienna Woods Hotel in Cork last Friday night. There were over 400 members from west and north Cork accompanied by club leaders that attended the older members ball. The style on show was nothing short of incredible with the ‘best dressed lady’ award going to Leap Foroige club. Other west Cork clubs in attendance were Union Hall, Aughadown, Baltimore, Skibereen and Drimoleague. We shared a bus with the Union Hall and Drimoleague clubs so there was some lively banter with singing and impersonations of famous people. The kids were very enthusiastic and looking forward to the evening ahead. We were served a lovely meal with a disco after and the music played until 11.30. The clubs were returned to their buses in an orderly fashion and we faced the long journey home, where I reflect-ed on the night. I must say the event was very well organised and the kids had a great time, they enjoyed their evening greatly and I must compliment all of them on their behaviour and politeness to leaders, staff and bus drivers. Well done to all 5 Goleen Foroige members that represented our club, and their families with great pride, they didn’t put a foot wrong all evening - except on the dance floor!! Tom Notter. Left to right: Tom Notter. Caragh Cifone, Rachel Walsh, Daire O’Regan, Aoife Sheehan and Hannah Lannin.