Ballymacelligott Drama Group has made presentations of cheques of €1,000 each to a number of local groups. The drama group had a very successful production of ‘Love Knots’ by Jimmy Keary, in the Ivy Leaf Art Centre in Castleisland in March. As they have done every few years in the past, the group wanted to acknowledge…
On two consecutive and recent Sunday mornings, vehicle runs gathered on and left the grounds of Ó Riada’s Bar and Restaurant in Ballymacelligott. Participants in a tractor run covered a local route from Ó Riada’s and finished at The Halfway Bar. Gathering and registration began at 9:30am and the vehicles set out on the hour-long…
For the second consecutive Sunday morning a vehicle run will gather on and leave the grounds of Ó Riada’s Bar and Restaurant. This coming Sunday, August 14th participants in a tractor run will cover a local route from Ó Riada’s and will finish at The Halfway Bar. Gathering and registration will begin at 9:30am and…
The 12th. Vintage Car and Honda 50 Run will take place on the coming Sunday, August 7th. Organised by the Ballymacelligott Vintage Club, this year’s event will follow the 2021 route and format change. As it has done over that dozen years, Sunday’s run will begin on the grounds of Ó Riada’s Bar and Restaurant.…
Glanageenty Walkways Committee has appointed John Houlihan as Historical and Environmental Officer of the walkways and surrounding area. The Caherciveen native, Currow resident has hit the ground running and he has launched a search for the lesser known stories, history and heritage of the area. Historical Documents He is appealing to anyone who has historical…
Imagine the scene: It’s 2012 and Pa Walsh, Mike Lynch, Willie Reidy and John Lenihan sit by the summit cross on Carrauntohill. Flurries of snow drift past in the chilling wind and all around it’s a cold bleak and barren landscape as far as the eye can see. Yet for all of this there’s a…
