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Muintir Bháire Newsletter
Muintir Bháire Community Council Newsletter

Issue 26 www. muintirbhairecc.com Winter 2011

 

 

 

    Muintir Bháire Foróige Club are hosting A Community Christmas Celebration Disco On Saturday, 17th December in Durrus Community Hall for children from the Muintir Bháire Parish.

6.30pm to 8pm For children aged 4 to 11
8pm to 10pm For young people aged 12 to 17
Admission €2

 

 

 

Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony

In a joint venture the Muintir Bhaire Community Council & Ahakista Community Association will light the first ever Christmas tree in Ahakista village on Friday, 2nd December at 7.30pm

The Community Council will also host a tree lighting ceremony to bless and light the Christmas tree in Kilcrohane Churchyard at 3.30pm on Sunday, 4th December.

Mince pies, hot chocolate and mulled wine will be served afterwards. Everyone is invited to join in the festive cheer.

 

 

 

 

The Ahakista Community Association Annual Christmas Swim

Will take place at Ahakista Pier at 1pm.

This year the swim is in aid of Muintir Bhaire Community Play School & the Muintir Bhaire
Foróige Club.

Participants should be ready to swim at 1pm.

Sponsorship cards are available from the Playschool, the Foróige Club, Arundels Bar and by emailing chair@ahakista.org

 

 

 

Christmas @ The Black Gate

The Muintir Bháire Community Council are hosting a Christmas event @ The Black Gate on
Sunday, 11th December 2011, Opening Hours: 2pm to 7pm

Meet Santa and Mrs. Claus in their kitchen, visit our live crib and Christmas arts & crafts. There will be story time and play area for children, mulled wine and mince pies in our café.

This event is organised and run by local volunteers in the newly refurbished Alice West’s house at The Black Gate.

Pre booking is essential! Please telephone 027 67004 between 4pm & 6pm any evening up until 9th December.

Admission fee: €10 per Child (Adults free)

Each child will receive a pre Christmas gift from Santa

 

 

 

Muintir Bháire’s Got Talent

Will take place on Saturday, 10th December in Kilcrohane Hall at 7.30pm

Admission Fee: €3 for Adults & Children are free

The Talent Show will provide a unique opportunity for our Community to showcase local talent in the parish.

There will be a range of acts from all ages and we hope that this will be a fun filled night of entertainment for all the family.

There will be a raffle and spot prizes on the night

 

 

 

The annual St. Stephens Day walk on the Sheep’s Head Way will take place on 26th December 2011.

Keep an eye out for our poster for further details nearer to the date and/or check out

www.thesheepsheadway.ie or The Sheeps Head Way facebook page.

Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year!

 

 

 

Preparing for the Yuletide Season

The Community Council would like to invite you to an evening with a seasonal theme to get you in the Christmas mood. It will be held in Kilcrohane Hall on Wednesday, 7th December at 8pm

It will include demonstrations on the following:

Preparing Christmas dinner
Christmas cake decorations
Christmas flower arranging

Refreshments will be provided and you will be able to taste the results of the cookery Demonstration!

Admission is €5
A raffle will also be held on the night.

 

 

 

The Annual Christmas Bazaar

Will be held in Kilcrohane Hall on Sunday, 18th December at 2.30pm.

Admission is free.

Attractions will include a cake sale, wheel of fortune and Santa will also be paying a special visit.

 

 

 

 

Muintir Bháire Foróige Club

 

Is up and running since October, with 30 members and 12 Leaders.

We are putting three acts forward for the Foróige West Cork Talent Show on the 2nd December and we hope to make it to the final, which will be held in April 2012.

We recently held a fundraising cake sale which raised €314.72 for our club (including cake and raffle ticket sales).

We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who supported our club this year and we wish you and yours a Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year!

 

 

 

Update on recent fundraising activities:

Muintir Bháire Community Council’s Church Gate Collection raised €500.32.

The Table Quiz held in Arundel’s by the Pier was a huge success and raised €372.12.

We would like to thank Arundel’s by the Pier for allowing us to take over the bar for the night and providing us with lovely food at break time.

We would also like to say a special thank you to those who sponsored spot prizes for the raffle, to Fr. Galvin, Quiz Master extraordinaire and to everyone who helped out and supported us on the night.

Your support and generosity is very much appreciated!

 

 

 

Table Quiz

Muintir Bháire Community Council will host a Quiz Night in The Bay View Bar in Kilcrohane on Friday 30th December 2011 @ 9pm

 

 

 

Drama & Dance Class

Are you interested in joining a drama and /or dance group in the Muintir Bháire Parish?

If you are interested, please e mail mbccnewsletter@gmail.com

or contact Anne on 086 6017648
or Annette on 086 1910908
by 31st January 2012

An information morning will be arranged for you to meet with the instructors so that you can
discuss what you would like from the class.

 

 

 

 

New Year Sponsored Slim – Community Weight Loss Challenge

Starts on 1st January 2012 until 8th April 2012 (14 weeks)

The challenge is being led by NewFr. Gerard Galvin, Rev. Paul Willoughby and Garda Brendan O’Dwyer

Loose pounds from your weight and help to raise money for the youth in your community. Muintir Bháire Community Council Youth Sub Committee are hoping to start a club for children aged 5 to 12 in the Muintir Bháire Parish and the proceeds raised from this weight loss challenge will be split between a new youth club for children aged 5 to 12 and the Muintir Bháire Foróige Club.

The three leaders have agreed to be weighed in and their progress will be tracked over the coming weeks.

If you are interested in taking part in the challenge, you can weight in, in public or in private.

This community weight loss initiative is being supported by

Log on to their website for further details www.bantryac.com

Dr. Gitte Wieneke has kindly agreed to weigh all participants at the FIT 4 LIFE club nights.

The FIT 4 LIFE group meets on Monday Nights at 6.45pm in the Bantry Bay Hotel. Your weight will not be disclosed!

Only the weight you lose will be known.

Watch out for our posters and sponsorship cards for further details!

 

 

Kilcrohane N.S. News

Kilcrohane National School held a cake sale resently and raised €600 for Concern. This will feed 200 children for Christmas in Ethiopia.

The Kilcrohane National School Christmas Concert will take place on 20th December at 8pm in Kilcrohane Hall.

The school newsletter will be distributed to the school community at Christmas.

 

 

 

 

Ahakista Community Association

The Ahakista Community Association will hold it’s Annual General Meeting on Thursday, 1st December at 8.30pm in the newly placed community prefab in Ahakista. Everyone is welcome to attend.

The newly placed prefab in Ahakista is available to other community groups at a cost of €10 per hour with a maximum charge of €20 per night/meeting. Please email sec@ahakista.org or alternatively telephone Eric on 027 67933 between 12pm & 8pm to book the venue.

To keep updated on the Ahakista Community Association log on to our website www.ahakista.org

Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year

 

 

 

 

 

The Muintir Bháire GAA Club is delighted to announce the CLUB 200 draw, which will run
throughout 2012. It is a confined draw open to 200 members of the Community.

There will be a draw every two months with prizes totaling €1000, as well as a
Monster draw at Christmas with €5000 to be won. A total prize pot of €10,000 !

Tickets will cost €4.61 per week and you will be entered into each draw with 40 chances to win.
You have a choice to pay €240 up front or a €20 monthly standing order payment.

 

 

 

If you are interested in booking a venue for a meeting or event, our newly refurbished community owned building, Alice West's @ the Black Gate, may be an option.

For bookings, please contact Roger on 027 67940

 

 

 

Rusnacahara N.S. News

“Team Hope” Shoebox Appeal

The children are currently filling shoeboxes for the "Team Hope" Shoebox Appeal.

The idea behind this is that each child fills a shoebox with items such as pens, crayons, colouring books, clothing items such as hats, gloves, socks, any small toys and sweets, along with a donation of €3 and then wrap the box in Christmas paper.

These boxes will be distributed to needy children around the world.

CHRISTMAS PLAY

The pupils are practicing for the Christmas Play which they will perform in the school in December.

CLOTHES COLLECTION 9th to 13th January

We will be having an old clothes collection in the middle of January, so if you are clearing out your wardrobe to make room for your "Christmas style" you can put the clothes in black plastic bags and drop them off at the school anytime between Monday 9th to Friday 13th January.

Nollig Shona Daoibh Go Léir

 

 

 

Halloween Party Success!

Muintir Bhaire Community Council had spooktacular fancy dress Halloween Party and the success of this event is due to the continued support from the parents and children who dressed up and helped out on the day.

Thank you to you all!

We would also like to say a special thank you to the members and leaders of the Muintir Bhaire Foroige Club who helped to decorate the Community Hall and sponsored some of the decorations.

To Dervla O’Donovan who agreed to do face painting and finally thank you to Arundel’s Bar in Ahakista and McNulty Cabs in Durrus for kindly sponsoring some of the Halloween decorations and refreshments. 

 

 

 

 

Carol Singers

Will be visiting homes in the Kilcrohane and Ahakista Area on Monday, 12th and Tuesday, 13th December.

 

 

 

 

Muintir Bháire Community Council Social Centre update

SOCIAL CENTRE LUNCHES

The monthly Social Centre lunches will take place on the following dates:

• 30th November in Kilcrohane Hall at 12.30pm

• 14th December, Christmas Party in Bay View, Kilcrohane at 12.30pm

• The first lunch of 2012 will be held in Kilcrohane Hall on Weds, 25th January at 12.30pm

New members are always welcome.

 

The TUESDAY GROUP continues to meet each week in Kilcrohane Hall and it is planned to commence a yoga class in January.

For further details, please contact Julie O’Neill on 086 172 12 79

 

 

 

 

A Carol Service

Will take place on 21st December at 7.30pm in Kilcrohane Church

 

 

 

 

If you would like to include an item in the next Muintir Bháire Community Council Newsletter please forward it to mbccnewsletter@gmail.com by 31st January 2012

 

 

 

Muintir Bháire Community Council

want to take this opportunity to thank each and everyone of you for your support throughout 2011 and to wish you all a Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year!

 

Muintir Bháire Newsletter
Muintir Bháire Community Council Newsletter

Issue 26 www. muintirbhairecc.com Winter 2011