Februarys NorthCork.ie Magazine

Mallow AC and Mallow Tidy Towns
A huge thank you to
the 40 volunteers from
Mallow AC and Mallow
Tidy Towns who gave up
their morning to assist
in the Mallow 10 course
clean up recently.
Yet again an astonishing
150 bags of refuse collected .... the mind boggles with
the mentality of people who indiscriminately dump
rubbish. Fabulous Community spirit on display , you
have done your Club and Town proud !!
Centra to Fundraise for Mallow
Search & Rescue
O’Mahonys Centra Spa Glen Mallow are fundraising
for the Mallow Search and Rescue for the year. Their
first fundraising event is a race night in The Arches
on Friday, April 1at 9 PM. O Mahonys Centra are
currently selling horses for the night so call up and
purchase a horse and support a great group of people.
Mallow Juvenile GAA
Fundraising Race Night
8:30 Sat April 30th Mallow GAA Complex Carrigoon
Mallow Juvenile GAA were delighted to have Cork
Senior Hurlers Patrick Cronin and Pat Horgan as well
as our own Cormac Murphy along to Carrigoon to
help us formally launch our upcoming fundraising
race night. The Race night is Saturday 30th April.
(May Bank Holiday Weekend) here at Carrigoon
and promises to be a great fun filled night for all the
family. In addition you can become an owner for
the night and get to name your own racehorse to
appear on the racecard. You can also be named on the
racecard as a jockey!! Keep an eye out for even more
information in the coming weeks!!!
MALLOW JUVENILE GAA
EASTER CAMP
Our Annual Easter Camp will be held on the 29th
-31st March at Carrigoon. The camp is for boys and
girls age 5-12 and will run from 10am to 2:30 pm each
day. Cost €50 which includes a free t shirt and daily
arts and crafts. As places are limited please register by
March 25th. Application forms available at Reception
in Carrigoon. Contact Wayne 085 1562189 or Aiden
087 9674224 for more info.
Le Chéile Family Resource Centre to host
a Safe Talk Training Program
Le Chéile Family Resource Centre Mallow is hosting
a safe TALK Training programme which will be
delivered by the Suicide Prevention Office of the HSE
on April 5th from 2pm to 5pm. Places are limited and
will be offered on a first come first served basis.
safeTALK is a half day training programme that
prepares participants to identify persons with
thoughts of suicide and connect them to suicide first
aid resources. These specific skills are called suicide
alertness and are taught with the expectation that
the person learning will use them to help reduce

suicide risk in their communities. Following a safe
talk workshop you will be more willing and able to
perform an important helping role for persons with
thoughts of suicide.
To book a place contact Sharon Darson, Support &
Development Worker, Le Cheile Family Resource
Centre on 022 42439.
Peter’s on a mission...
On Sunday the 10th of April Peter will start with a
10km run, do the Knight of Sufferlandria challenge
- 10 back to back Sufferfest sessions (High intensity
interval workouts
designed for cyclists)
while getting 20 pull
ups, 20 pressups, 20
snatches and 20 burpees
in the ten minutes rest
period he gets between
each Sufferfest session (
end up with 200 reps of
each) and finally finish
the day with 1000 rope
slams.
The session should last
between 14 - 15 hours
and the plan is to raise
as much money as he can.
€500 - would pay for a family to visit Legoland so let’s
aim for that!
Every penny made will go straight to Make A Wish
Ireland so visit https://www.gofundme.com/jhq8juac
to help Peter with his goal.
Drive in at Mallow Golf Club
A great start was made by our captains and presidents
as they kick started their year with what was a most
enjoyable and eventful drive-in afternoon. Family
members and club members began to gather after
11am to cheer on Con O Flynn, Eileen Caplice,
Michael
O’Sullivan
& Anne O
Sullivan as
they made a
start to
their very
important
year. The
atmosphere
was buzzing in the clubhouse and car-park as people
gathered, sorted clubs and chatted in anticipation.
In a change to tradition, the drive in this year was
from the 18th tee. Extra pressure on our officers as
it would not suffice to just whack a ball out the first,
but, this year, they had a target!-a target that was
surrounded by many family, friends and potential
critics! Con began in great style, and to tremendous
applause, by placing his drive back right of the green.
Michael followed, and not wishing to out shine his
captain, left it short. Pressure now descended on Lady
Captain Eileen who, in keeping with her background
in squash & tennis
competitive action, got
inside capt Con with a
magnificent drive to the
centre of the green. Cries
of ‘go on the women’
reverberated from some
sections of the crowd as
Lady President Anne O
Sullivan drove off with
a secretly planted joke
ball which split in two
on impact! - an indication of things to come from our
Lady President. The ceremonials over, all members
playing travelled to their assigned holes to await
James Cotter’s shotgun start to herald a new and
much anticipated year in our great club’s future.
Cork County Council Shows
Large Scale Support for
Mallow Festival
Press Release compliments of SmackPR
Mallow’s Racing Home for Easter Festival has
received the biggest boost yet in the form of €15,000
worth of funding from Cork County Council’s
Economic Development Fund. The money is to be
spent on promoting the event locally and nationally.
Festival chairperson Mary Kelly is thrilled with the
news. “Cork County Council has always supported
the festival since it was a fledgling event, but as we are
now entering our 7th year, the potential it has to grow
and attract people to North Cork for an extended
length of time is really starting to show.
This funding means that Cork County Council want
to help us to spread the word as far and wide as we
can. We have always believed that the festival is a
massive opportunity to promote Mallow and over the
next few weeks wherever you look, the festival will be
everywhere, from buses and billboards, to local radio

and newspapers as well as our ever growing social
media following. It really is all about Mallow this
Easter”.
The Racing Home for Easter Festival is
all about encouraging those who grew up in the
Blackwater Valley region but who have since left,
to return home to Mallow and Cork for Easter
and enjoy all the activities and festivities the town
has to offer as well as encouraging local residents
and visiting tourists to participate and enjoy.
Cork County Council is pleased to support this
endeavour in any way possible”.
A selection of the crowd enjoying the
horse racing at Cork Racecourse during the Racing
Home For Easter Festival.
Commenting on the allocation of funding, Mayor
of County Cork Cllr John Paul O’ Shea said “The
festival, since its establishment in 2010 has provided
a much needed annual boost to the economy of
North Cork and the wider Blackwater Valley. This
funding
will be
used to
market
Mallow as
the place
to be this
Easter.
Cork County Council also facilitates weekend
activities in the grounds of Mallow Castle and is
delighted that such a local amenity can be used as a
focal point of the weekend’s activities. The Council’s
Economic Development Fund was initially set up by
our now County Manager, Tim Lucey and is ideally
situated to support festivals such as the Racing
Home for Easter Festival”.
The Festival runs from Saturday March 26th to 28th
inclusive with details of all the weekend’s events and
festivities on racinghomeforeaster.com
Bweeng Trail Blazers run
Following on from our very succesful events in 2015
Bweeng Trail Blazers will host a 5k & 10k run / walk
on Sunday May 8th at 12 noon. Two extremely fast
courses which cater for all levels. Plenty of prizes,
refreshments and fun on the day. Entry cost is
10euro and the event will be timed. AAI permit in
process. For further information you can contact
Brian Ahern on bahernsports@gmail.com
Bweeng Development
Well done to Sean Kelly
receiving a small token from
the people of Bweeng for
all the work he does for our
village
Irish Water:
Essential repair works may affect supply to
Dromahane, Newberry and surrounding areas.
Crews are working to restore supply.
Dromahane Roadrunners
AAI permit Granted, Dromahane Roadrunners
are delighted to announce their Annual 5K timed
race from Glantane to Dromahane. Race starts in
Glantane 6pm on 23rd April. €10 per person - over
16s. Shuttle bus from Hickeys Bar. Prizes for first 3
men’s & women’s. We will have refreshments after
the race in Hickeys Bar.
Dromahane Community Park Update:
Committee Members Mary Manning, Ronnie
Dunne and Lillian Meade have been very busy
since Christmas attending meetings with regard to
securing finance and grants to ensure that work on
the park can continue. While it appears that nothing
is being done please rest assured that we are very

usy working in the background.
We were delighted to receive a grant of €10,000
from Cork County Council this week and hope to
commence the next phase of development in the not
too distant future.
Dromahane Development Association & Tidy Towns
Committee have been award €600 towards their
annual costs for the village in 2016.
Nagle Rice Secondary School Doneraile
Hard luck to our Under 16 basketball team who were
beaten in the County Final. Well done on a great
season boys!
Our
Orienteering
teams
competing in
the Munster
Championship
recently
Doneraile GAA
Doneraile GAA
Members at the
Launch of their
Sponsored 5
km Run / Walk
being held on
Easter Sunday
March 27 th @ 2 pm in the Park
Doneraile Active Retirement Association
Some wonderful photos from a Senior’s Social at
Doneraile Golf Club. It was a fantastic afternoon
of music, Craic and some amazing food. Thanks to
everyone who helped to make it such a success
Doneraile Park
Dates for upcoming guided tours of Doneraile Park
and Gardens....for 2016
Sunday’s March 27th, 24th April, 22nd May, 20th
June, 24th July, 28th August
The tours will commence at 2.30pm and will depart
from the main carpark. The tours will be conducted
by trained tour guides voluntary. These tours are
free to everyone but if you would like to give a small
donation it would be kindly accepted and put into
the future
development of
Doneraile park
and gardens.
Then, why
not visit the
Doneraile Court
Tearooms after
for a refreshing
cuppa? Please
share the future
dates. Private tours take part throughout the year
for groups and clubs with the cost of €5 per person
only so why not get your group or club and have a
fantastic day at Doneraile Park and the 400year old
gardens.
Ballyclough Gaa Club
Ballyclough Gaa club
would like to offer it's
deepest sympathies to
the family and friends
of Dan Joe Fitzgerald
who sadly passed away
recently. Dan Joe was a
proud Ballyclough man.
He was a great supporter of
Ballyclough Gaa club and will be sadly missed by all.
Ar dheis dé go raibh a anam dílis

Frances Murphy R.I.P
For generations of children in
the parish of Ballyclough the first
teacher they encountered in their
formal eduction was that of Mrs.
Murphy. Her zeal, enthusiasm and
love of her chosen profession left
an indelible mark on the many
children who passed through her
hands. Her bubbly personality, wit and sense of
humour not only permeated the school environment
but also the wider community. Her facility to relate
the many funnny incidents and stories of her pupils
was truly remarkable. Frances Murphy devoted her
entire teaching career to the children of Ballyclough.
Múinteoir den chéad scoth ba í. Ar dheis lámh Dé go
Raibh a hanam
Killavullen Parish
People in the Parish gave up their free time to tidy the
community recently . They made a huge noticeable
effort. Already litter is appearing on the cleaned roads.
We urge everybody to be mindful of their waste and to
stop throwing it out windows when driving.
Blackwater Cycling Club
Excellent 90km spin recently from Killavullen
to Tallow and back home through Conna and
Rathcormac! We'll done to everyone! And thanks
Rory for taking the photo!
Farmers Market by John O' Brien
Farming has changed in the last few
decades. The ending of the milk
quota brings challenges to modern
Irish farmers. The problems that the
environment presents to us will mean
further challenges to farming as well. Different
solutions have been given to the problems faced by
Irish farmers. Farmers seek government and EU
support through regulation changes. They also seek
to insure that CAP would continue to help family
farmers in the future.
There are other solutions as well. One
example of farmers helping themselves without aid
from others is the farmers market. Self help is a greater
guarantee for the farmers than relying on others. It
also empowers farmers as well. Another successful
example of farmers helping themselves is the Co
Op movement. The Co Op means that farmers can
control the production of their own products instead
of relying on others. The failure to develop beef
factories owned by farmers shows the value of Co Ops
for farmers.
Co Ops are large scale enterprises in the
main now. But there are other examples of small scale
self help movements. The
farmers market brings
farmers and other small
scale food producers
together who sell their
products to customers.
It helps local enterprise
and the local economy as
well. As an example you
might have organic farmers
growing their crops and selling them directly to
the customers. You could have a dairy farmer using
some of their milk to make hand crafted cheese. By
selling directly to customers the producers cut out
the middle person. The customer meets the producer
directly. Farmers market are a bottom up approach to
economic development.
Farmers markets have been in Ireland for
a while. I believe that there is a farmers market in
Dairygold Co Op superstore. You can check out the
web for information. I believe that farmers markets
can help in developing a self help mentality. It can be a
means of empowering both producers and consumers.
It can help local economies. With regular producers
and customers involved in farmers markets levels of
trust can grow.
By buying fresh products from the farm
costumers can know were their food comes from.
They don't need a regulator to tell them that their food
is safe. Questions about food isn't only a question of
cost. Yes cost is an important issue especially with
people struggling to make ends meet. There is also a
question of food security too. If a country depends
on imported food to survive could suffer during war

time. This issue would affect a country like Britain.
As Ireland is a high quality food exporter this issue
doesn't affect us as much. But to insure a country
has enough food to survive it needs a strong
domestic agricultural economy. Farmers need to
receive a fair price and customers needs to be able to
afford to pay for their food too.
Farmers markets protects small producers.
They insure that customers receive fresh and
varied products that are tasty too. They help in
the development of the local economy. They are
examples of self help in action.
to extend a warm Cork welcome to our Chinese
visitors, particularly as we received such a warm
welcome when we visited Xuzhou and Jiangsu
Province in China last November. This return visit
represents a golden opportunity for us to continue
exploring potential business, education and cultural
links between our two regions.
“I’m particularly delighted that a number of our
local business leaders from key areas including
Education, ICT, Food & Beverage, Pharmaceuticals
and Finance have agreed to speak at our seminar
today. We are also privileged to have a number of
Cork County Council Welcomes
High Profile Chinese Trade
Delegation
A high profile Chinese trade delegation participated
in a business seminar hosted today by Cork County
Council at County Hall. The visiting delegation
includes senior representatives of a number of large,
influential, companies based in the city of Xuzhou
and the wider Jiangsu Province in China.
The visiting Chinese companies represented key
potential growth areas for trade between the two
regions, including Construction, Food & Beverage,
ICT, Energy, Pharmaceuticals and Transport. The
main focus of the business seminar was to explore
opportunities to develop economic, education
and cultural links between Cork and Xuzhou in
China. The Mayor of Cork County, Cllr. John Paul
O’Shea and the Mayor of Xuzhou, Mr. Tiegen Zhou
also signed a Memorandum of Understanding
at this morning’s seminar, further cementing the
burgeoning relationship between the two regions.
Mayor O’ Shea and Mayor Zhou signing the
Memorandum of Understanding between Cork
County and Xuzhou.
The Mayor of Cork County, Cllr. John Paul O’Shea,
expressed his delight at being able to welcome the
Chinese delegation to Cork. “I’m thrilled to be able
prominent Chinese business leaders attending the
seminar, so I have no doubt that the signing of the
Memorandum of Understanding today will be a
catalyst to strengthening the flourishing relationship
between Cork and Xuzhou,” concluded the Mayor of
Cork County, Cllr. John Paul O’Shea.
Mayor O’ Shea with the speakers at today’s Cork -
China Business Forum.
Cork County Council is focused on highlighting
the economic development, education, tourism and
cultural exchange potential which exists between
Ireland and China and, specifically, between Cork
and Xuzhou. Situated in the northwest of Jiangsu
Province, almost midway between Beijing and
Shanghai, Xuzhou City is one of China’s most
influential transportation hubs. The city has a
bustling industrial, education and cultural heritage
with a population of approximately two million
people.
Following the signing of the Memorandum of
Understanding this morning, the President of Cork
Chamber, Barrie O’Connell will deliver an overview
of the local economy, followed by contributions
from locally-based experts in the areas of
Education, ICT, Food & Beverage, Pharmaceuticals
and Finance. Tim Lucey, Chief Executive of Cork
County Council will bring proceedings to a close

with a review of this morning’s seminar.
Developing a relationship with Jiangsu
Province in China is part of a South-West Regional
approach, which has Cork City Council building a
long-standing relationship with the Municipality of
Shanghai and Kerry County Council developing a
relationship with Zheijiang Province, situated to the
South of Jiangsu and Shanghai. Shanghai, Jiangsu
and Zheijiang represent the three most economically
developed parts of China.
Mallow to become first town in
Cork to offer free Wi-Fi
The North Cork town of Mallow is set to become the
first town in the County to offer free Wi-Fi.
This was the news from the recent Kanturk/Mallow
Municipal District
Meeting of Cork
County Council
where the members
were given an
update on placing
the free Wi-Fi
service in the town.
The FREE Wi-Fi
initiative which is a
partnership approach between Cork County Council
and CIT will be available to the general public on
a pilot basis from Market Square down to the new
Civic Plaza. Free access will be for 60m minutes.
Welcoming the commencement of this pilot project,
Mayor of the County of Cork & member of the
Kanturk/Mallow Municipal District Cllr. John Paul
O’ Shea said “I believe that complimentary Wi-Fi has
become an essential service for tourists and shoppers
alike and I am
delighted the IT
Department of
Cork County
Council and
CIT has come
on board to
assist the town
of Mallow in
improving what
it has to offer as one of the largest towns in Cork. It is
important for Mallow to be the first in County Cork
to offer this service and we will be following similar
towns such as tourist haven, Killarney in County
Kerry and Drogheda, County Louth who have
already provided complimentary Wi-Fi in their towns
over the last few years”.
Cllr. O’ Shea added “Smart phone usage is
on the increase as is web surfing, social media and
working remotely for business people so anything
that the Kanturk/Mallow Municipal District can do
to support this, we should assist with it. Towns like
Mallow need rejuvenating and I strongly believe by
offering services like complimentary Wi-Fi is one way
of helping this process and will encourage shoppers
and tourists alike to come to Mallow and enjoy all
what it has to offer”.
St.Marys Secondary School.
Thanks to Donal O'Mahony for their very generous
sponsorship of post race snacks for our Colour Run
event today.. Also, sincere thanks to Denis Sheehan
from Mallow AC and the Mallow Gardai for all of
their advice and help so as to ensure the maximum
safety of participants during the race. Thanks to all of
our sponsors Bohans Dry Cleaners, Kearys Mallow,
Albert Lynchs Bar, Mallow Credit Union, Costa
Coffee, Mallow, Auntie Nellies, The Gate Cinema,
Mallow Gaa . Thanks to the people of Mallow and
surrounding areas for supporting our No_BODY Is
Perfect project. Also, huge thanks to all of the staff
at St Mary's who came in today to help out. Finally,
huge thanks to Steve Murphy and Eugene Cosgrove
who once again came out in force to capture some
great action pictures of the event. We really appreciate
the help of everyone involved..it proved to be another
great day on the St Mary's school calendar

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