Middle Parish Youth Club - Family Event, 22 August 2010

Well done to all. There is a great resilence within this community and a great sense of pride and community building. Great to see some of my ward funds and that of funding from others put to great use for bringing the community together.

Below are pictures from community clean-up of St Finbarre’s Cemetery. Well done to all for the initiative. Great to see the ‘meitheal’ of a community refusing to ly down. The City Council were wrong to leave this garden cemetery go. I did push for the suggestion a caller gave me from Mayfield re: harnessing FAS workers, probation service servers before the break of Council for the summer. As councillors, we need to develop better policies of providing cleaners for the annual growth period. Back to the drawing board in September’s Recreation and Amenity meeting.

For a brief history of the cemetery, please click here: http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1521

Heritage trail pictures, 22 August 2010

for more information or try the trail yourself (well you’ll have to block out the answers!)

http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=2036

This Local Youth Club Grant Scheme, which was introduced in 1999, aims to make provision for the support of youth work activities at a local level. These grants are made available to youth clubs and groups through the local Vocational Education Committee.

The Scheme was revised in 2008 to respond to the realities and practicalities experienced by local voluntary youth groups in the provision of activities to young people. It is intended that the Scheme, will be more inclusive, have greater reach and will both support and promote volunteerism as well as club activity at local level. 

http://www.omc.gov.ie/viewtxt.asp?fn=%2Fdocuments%2Fyouthaffairs%2Ffunding.htm&nID=6

Check out the census for Ballinlough in 1901! A centre for market gardeners and hard work!

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Cork/Blackrock/Ballinlough/

Also Monday, 23 August, 7pm; “Knights, Quarries and Suburban Growth:  A historical walking tour through Ballinlough and environs”, start point: Ballinlough Pitch and Putt car park, opp. Pairc Ui Rinn, Cork, duration: 1 ½ hours

Ballinlough, c.1885

Ballinlough 2010

Kieran’s Our City, Our Town Article, Cork Independent,

19 August 2010

Kieran’s Heritage Week

National Heritage Week is upon us again next week (21^st – 29^th August). It’s going to be a busy week. I have set up a number of events. They are all free and I welcome any public support for the activities outlined below:

Sunday, 22 August, 2pm, “Heritage Treasure Hunt”, A family and fun activity; start point: outside Cork City Library, Grand Parade, Cork, Duration: 1 ¼ hours

This is a family activity, which leads participants into the heart of old Cork looking for clues. This year the focus is on South Parish area, Clues will be found in the heart of Douglas Street to St. Finbarre’s Cathedral. The trail is a hands on activity that requires looking up and around at Cork’s built heritage.

Monday, 23 August, 7pm; “Knights, Quarries and Suburban Growth:  A historical walking tour through Ballinlough and environs”, start point: Ballinlough Pitch and Putt car park, opp. Pairc Ui Rinn, Cork, duration: 1 ½ hours

With 360 acres, Ballinlough is the second largest of the seven townlands forming the Mahon Peninsula. This October, Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Ballinlough celebrates 75 years since the laying of its foundation stone. However, the area has a deeper history dating back to Bronze Age Ireland. In fact it is probably the only urban area in the country to still have a standing stone still standing in it for over 5,000 years. My walk will highlight this heritage along with tales of landlords, big houses, rural life in nineteenth century Ballinlough and the development of its twentieth century suburban history.

Tuesday, 24 August, 11am; lecture entitled ‘The southern suburbs: a history of Ballyphehane and Turners Cross”, Tory Top Library, Ballyphehane, duration: 1 hour

By the mid 1920’s, the South Parish of Cork City had grown in both population and area to a point where it could no longer function with a single church. In an effort to address the situation, the bishop of Cork, Rev. Daniel Cohalan D.D designated Turners Cross as the location for a second parish church to serve the ever growing congregation. One of the key features of the area is the iconic church created by architect Barry Byrne and sculptor John Storrs, the Church of Christ The King. The talk takes this church and other important historical gems of the area as its focus.  The talk also addresses aspects of Ballyphehane as one of the oldest suburbs in Cork created as part of a post-World War II initiative to create a model community in Cork.

Tuesday, 24 August, 7.30pm; lecture entitled: “Tales of Theatre and the Arts in Cork’s History”; Civic Trust House, Pope’s Quay, Cork, duration: 1 hour

As a city on the very edge of Western Europe, Cork has grown due to an anthology of influences. As a port city, Cork has always been open to influences, both geographically and culturally, to Europe and the World. As Corkonians, we have a large range of strong cultural traditions from the city’s history to GAA, festivals, literature, art and to the rich Cork accent itself. We can be very proud of the city’s achievements through time.  The activity of Cork’s artists, musicians, writers, poets and players is evident on our streets, in our galleries and on our stages. In this light, the central theme of this talk is to explore is the development of theatre in the city in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Friday 25 August, 9-5pm, Kieran’s Lee Valley photographic exhibition for Water Heritage Day at the Lifetime Lab, Lee Road Cork (www.lifetimelab.ie)

Photography also has the ability to stop the viewer, to impress and make the viewer question, wonder, dream, remember, disturb, explore and not forget – promoting a reaction. With all that in mind, my photographic exhibition attempts to capture the many moods and colours of the River Lee Valley, the characters who have interacted with it, the major events and the minor common happenings to construct a rich and vivid mosaic of life by and on the water.

Saturday, 29 August, 1.30pm; History and Legacy: A historical walking tour through Cork City Hall, start point: City Hall, Anglesea Street entrance, required booking in advance with heritage office, Cork City Hall, 021 4924018, duration: 1 hour

One of the most splendid buildings of Cork is Cork City Hall. The limestone structure replaced the old City Hall, destroyed by British troops on 11 December 1920. The foundation stone of the new City Hall, which was build at the same place as the old building, was laid by the Executive Council of the State, Mr. Eamonn de Valera, on 9 July 1932. In March 1935 the first staff members of a few departments of the city administration moved into the western wing of the building. The first council meeting was held in City Hall on the 24^th  April 1935. Celebrating its 75^th anniversary next year, the building was officially opened by the Irish President on 8^th September 1936.

Further information on any of the above, contact Cllr Kieran McCarthy, 0876553389, www.corkheritage.ie. Also check out the overall the Cork heritage week brochure, available from Cork City Libraries.

Captions:

553a. Red coat re-enactors at the recent Cork Military Show in Cork City Gaol Heritage Centre, August 2010 (pictures: Kieran McCarthy)

553b. Beautiful design work on pulpit in St Finbarre’s Cathedral, open on Cork Heritage Open Day, Saturday 28 August 2010 (www.corkheritageopenday.ie)

I can’t believe it’s the end of the summer already! But Ballinlough proudly presents its ‘End of Summer Festival’. It was great last year. There is a great team organising it, who are very determined to bring out the community not only to get together but also to showcase what a group can do (harnessing a whole series of interests and talents). I love the programme they have planned; something for everyone - so come along, show your face, support, have a bit of banter, chat, a laugh and fun. It’s good for the soul!

The Back to School Clothing & Footwear Allowance is operated by the Department of Social Protection every year and is open to any parents on a low income with school children or students. The closing date is September 30^th.

            This year there is €82 million available under this scheme. Last year there were huge delays in processing applications due to large numbers applying.  It is expected that 160,000 families will be awarded payment under the scheme this year which will benefit 310,000 children and young adults at school and in further education.

This payment can prove a great help to parents meeting high back to school costs.  The rate of the allowance paid for each eligible child aged 2-11 is €200 and aged 12-17 is €305 and children aged 18 to 22 on the 30th September 2010 who are in full time education. If you are receiving compensatory Child Benefit for a child aged 18 years, an additional amount of EUR215 is payable.

The weekly income limit for the allowance for a couple with one child is €563.60 and €410.10 for those parenting alone.  Income limits increase by €29.80 for each additional child. 

Application forms are available from your local community welfare office, by texting FORM BTSCFA to 51909 followed by your name and address or can be downloaded at: 

 http://www.welfare.ie/EN/Forms/Documents/bscfa.pdf

WEEE Ireland will be holding a public collection day of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) this Saturday 21st August from 10am to 4pm in three sites:

-          Distillery Walk Car Park, Midleton

-             Tesco Car Park, Wilton

-          Tesco Car Park, Mahon

For further information please click on the link below:

WEEE collection points saturday August 21st

Grab a chance to see the Universe as never before!
 

Join Max Alexander for a free guided tour of “Explorers of the Universe,” which is currently showing at Blackrock Castle Observatory. This Thursday, August 19, from 14:30 to 15:30 Max will guide you though the character portraits that comprise this photographic exhibition. Pre booking is not required. Further details of “Explorers of the Universe” can be found at:

 http://www.bco.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=75&Itemid=151

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