Friday Evening Invitations, Launches and Presentation at Divanes

Kerry Senior Football Team Manager, Eamonn Fitzmaurice at the launch of the new Tiguan with: Phil Skehan, Mary Coffey, Patricia and James Maher and Tommy Coffey at the Stanley Divane Pavilion in Castleisland on Friday evening. ©Photograph: John Reidy

Management, staff and friends of Divanes Castleisland at Friday evening’s launch at the Stanley Divane Pavilion. Front from left: Ben Brosnan, Denis and John Divane. Back from left: Maria Brosnan, Nancy Murphy, Tim McCarthy, Catherine Brosnan, Joan Kelliher, John Vahey, Catriona Healy, Paul Langston, Phil Skehan, Kathleen Daly and Phil Breen. ©Photograph: John Reidy

Willie O’Connell (left) pictured with Denis Divane, MD Divanes Castleisland; Ann Marie O’Connor and John Curtin at the launch the new VW Tiguan at the Stanley Divane Pavilion in Castleisland on Friday evening. ©Photograph: John Reidy

John Vahey (left) pictured with: Denis Divane, Joe Martin and Patsy Skehan at the launch of the new VW Tiguan at the Stanley Divane Pavilion in Castleisland on Friday evening. ©Photograph: John Reidy

The new Tiguan models take pride of place at the launch at the Stanley Divane Pavilion in Castleisland on Friday evening. ©Photograph: John Reidy

Kerry team manager, Eamonn Fitzmaurice pictured with Michael and Ben Brosnan and Denis Divane, MD Divanes Castleisland at the launch the new VW Tiguan at the Stanley Divane Pavilion in Castleisland on Friday evening. ©Photograph: John Reidy

Denis and John Divane launching the new VW Tiguan at the Stanley Divane Pavilion, Killarney Road, castleisland on Friday evening. ©Photograph: John Reidy

Customers, John and Margaret Lawlor, Derrymore East enjoying the hospitality at the launch the new VW Tiguan at the Stanley Divane Pavilion in Castleisland on Friday evening. ©Photograph: John Reidy

Ben Brosnan from Currow met Kerry team manager, Eamonn Fitzmaurice at the launch the new VW Tiguan at the Stanley Divane Pavilion in Castleisland on Friday evening. ©Photograph: John Reidy

Talking Sport: Kerry team manager, Eamonn Fitzmaurice and Gerard Murphy, Vincent Murphy Sports at the launch the new VW Tiguan at the Stanley Divane Pavilion in Castleisland on Friday evening. ©Photograph: John Reidy

Neighbours and friends of Divanes Castleisland: Gerard Murphy (left) with: Doris Coffey, Helen Lyons and Tim McCarthy helping to launch the new VW Tiguan at the Stanley Divane Pavilion, in Castleisland on Friday evening. ©Photograph: John Reidy

Kerry Senior Football Team Manager Eamonn Fitzmaurice fulfilling his VW Brand Ambassadorial role as he receives the keys to his 2016 Passat Highline from John Vahey with MD Denis Divane on Friday evening. ©Photograph: John Reidy

We have a habit hereabouts of saying ‘There’s always something’ – and we recycle it when ripples appear in our usually quiet, day-to-day world. It’s as old as the hills but as true as when it was first uttered.
There was an almost annual something at Divanes Castleisland on Friday evening and the ripples were far reaching. Neighbours were drifting in to the Stanley Divane Pavilion from mid-afternoon on invitations issued from the long established Killarney Road base.
This time last year, Divanes Castleisland were preparing to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the business and of the sale of the first VW by founder Stanley Divane on June 15th 1955.

Reasons for Celebration
There were several reasons for celebrations on this, most recent occasion. The pavilion itself has undergone a programme of refurbishment with customer comfort in mind.
By no stretch of the imagination could you call it a garage or even a showroom. In any case the actual garage part of the business is located across the road.
A new floor and furnishings in the reception area brings the building further away from any garage imaginings and into the realm of plush hotel lobby.
At the town-side wing of the area were parked two new models which were just being launched on the Irish market. And there was considerable admiration of and interest in the pair of new Tiguan SUVs on display.
Members of Divane’s client base from this and neighbouring counties were out in force and in family clusters for the viewing. Dads and sons sat in and tried the models for size.

Imagination Took Off
One young man’s imagination really took off and he supplied the engine noise and all as he tigerishly turned and twisted to avoid objects and obstacles only he could see from the wheel house of his new, white Tiguan charger.
VW ambassador and Kerry senior football team manager, Eamonn Fitzmaurice dropped in later to fulfill his role for 2016 and he gratefully accepted his brand new Passat Highline – and that too is a white model.
Eamonn Fitzmaurice is following in the footsteps of the late Paidí Ó Sé and Jack O’Connor in this role of VW Brand Ambassador. Whatever considerations or pressure he’ll face in the course of the summer ahead, motoring won’t be one of them.
The handing over of the keys by salesman, John Vahey and Divanes Castleisland MD Denis Divane was accompanied by the traditional chorus of best wishes to the manager and the team in the championship ahead. And so say all of us.