GREEN PARTY PROMISED ON ST PATRICK'S

DAY: Millstreet puts its best foot forward in salute of the national feast day to acknowledge St Patrick on Tuesday. The town's Community Council are planning a late afternoon celebration with a new emphasis placed on school participation, increased prizemoney and entertainment for young and old.

The official parade is up and away at 5pm from the Dairygold Co-Op store and continues with a formal review stand in the Town Square. A special prize will be presented for the best window display.

Millstreet Pipe Band again figure on leading the parade and it complete a hectic day after a St. Patrick's Day recital in Ballydaly after 9.30am Mass and participating in the Killarney parade.

PEOPLE OF THE YEAR: Millstreet salutes its People of the Year at an award function in the Wallis Arms Hotel on this Friday night. The hosting present an opportunity for Millstreet to honour people valued and appreciated not only by their own community but beyond.

The categories and recipients are Hall of Fame, Fr. Paddy O'Byrne; Service to Youth, Youth Club Leaders; Cultural Award James Linehan; Achievement Award, Stephen O'Riordan; Service to the Community, Eily Buckley and Unsung Hero, Moira O'Keeffe from Cullen.

And a special award will go to the Sisters of the Divine Jesus, the Drishane Sisters for their contribution to local life and foreign missions. From its foundation in 1909, the Drishane Sisters established a Knitting School attended by twenty young women from the greater Millstreet area. Subsequently, a Boarding School opened in 1911 followed by a residential School of Housecraft.

The Drishane concept followed

up its original concept on sending Sisters to Malaya, Japan, US, Australia, Thailand, South America and across Africa.

Allowing the award to go ahead are all important sponsors and this year's kind donors are K&L Transport, Super Valu Supermarket, Michael O'Sullivan Electrical, Dennehy Haulage, Alps Electric, Millstreet Credit Union and Noel C Duggan. MOTHER'S DAY AT

COUNTRY PARK: It's a Mother's Day theme for the re-opening of Millstreet Country Park for the 2010 season this Sunday.

The picturesque Country Park has something for everyone this season. Fantastic venue for that family day out with great food on entertainment.

All through the season ahead, great family fun is guaranteed with special events scheduled each and every Bank Holiday Weekend during 2010.

Guided tours with competitive group rates, lunch menus and discounts are available.

Pre School and School Tour bookings are now been taken. The on-site café/restaurant have been recently accredited by Good Food Ireland. A true culinary experience awaits patrons with a new revised exciting menus.

Confirmation or First Holy Communions are catered, each Communion/ Confirmation child is free. A Special thanks to LTV2 and all the team for both fantastic programs broadcasted from Millstreet Country Park. Congratulations to the lucky prize winners from the LTV2 TV text competition.

All Seasonal Tickets are now due for renewal. Seasonal Tickets are available to all visitors and are fantastic value at only €60.

Millstreet Country Park is open daily from 10am – 7pm. For further information,

contact Joanie today 029 70810 or email infor@millstreetcountrypark.com.

TROCAIRE CAMPAIGN: Twenty three students and teachers from Millstreet Community College braved the elements for a 'sleep out' overnight at the doors of Cork's Millstreet Church to support Trocaire's Lenten campaign on hunger.

The students highlighted world hunger and the poor living conditions faced by people struggling to survive, while raising money for Trocaire.

MILLSTREET Community School invite the public to 'A World Wide Welcome' in the School Library on this Thursday at 7 pm. That is an evening to celebrate culture and nationalities in the local area through song, dance, stories, with melody of traditional dishes. Admission is free.

QUIZ: A Clondrohid legend Jamie Kelleher holding Millstreet connections was remembered on the staging of a table quiz in his memory. Here some of the best known quiz enthusiasts furrowed their brows in seach of the answers on a hosting in the Tavern Bar.

The late Jamie was a well known quiz enthusiast and his novel organisational ability of quizzes brought numbers to Clondrohid over the years. His passing created regret yet Jamie's name lives on with friends and former work colleagues of the former Macroom Bank of Ireland porter convening to organise a table quiz.

Quiz master Michael Lynch kept it all together on throwing out some real brainteasers from the soaps, general knowledge, current affairs, anagrams, photographs and sport.

More than thirty teams put the answers to the questions and by the end of the proceedings, a deadlocked situation emerged between teams from Ballingeary and Millstreet.

Into a playoff, sampling outright success were a Millstreet team of Liam Flynn, Pat Sheehan and Kieran Creed, Taking runner up position were Ballingeary's trio comprising Paul Kelleher, Fionoula McCarthy and Aoife Dineen.

Proceeds reaching more than €2,650 from the quiz go towards Macroom Hospital and an auction of an old photograph of Macroom generated €305 to the cause.

SCÓR NA bPAISTÍ: Millstreet progressed from the County Scór na bPaistí semi finals on a hosting in Rossmore last Friday night.

Enjoying success were a novelty act team of Darren Kiely, Stefan Healy, Sarah Dennehy, Megan Murphy, Bridelle Cronin, Nell Burke, James Cronin and Shane Hickey who advance to a county final in the Eire Og GAA Pavillion, Ovens on this Sunday at 2.30pm. Milstreet hosted the Munster Senior Scór semi finals last Sunday and in the presence of a large attendance, a Millstreet question time team of Jerry Doody, Pat Sheehan and John Tarrant secure a passage to the provincial showpiece in Ballybunion on Sunday, March 21.

COFFEE MORNING: A Coffee morning organized by Particia Guerin at Millstreet GAA Hall raisedover € 1,500. Patricia, well known for her dedication on behalf of the needy, would like to say many thanks to all those who helped her with the venture and supported it.

VINTAGE DAY: Millstreet Vintage and Family Fun Day promise an exciting afternoon at the Green Glens on Easter Sunday April 4. Proceeds will be in aid of Millstreet Church € 3.5 million Renovation Project.

Preparations are well underway and a fantastic family day is assured. Please note the date in your Diary. A Grand Draw will take place also on the day with some really fabulous prizes. Tickets will be available as from next weekend and your support will be much appreciated. Our sincere thanks to the Duggan Family, the organising committee and all who have sponsored the prizes.

TAE KWON DO: A group of competitors from Millstreet Club travelled to Kinsale for the Kinsale Open Tournament. Again the Club enjoyed great success. Amongst the competitors who took part were Ciara and Jason Murphy, Paul O'Leary, Denis, Katie and Ellen Ring, Fergal O'Connor, Seamus Doherty, Jordan Dalton, Mr Diarmuid Mc Sweeney and Connie Vaughan. Between them they brought home in excess of 15 trophies.

AL-ANOM MEETING: A Meetings for the Al-anon family groups for North Cork are Millstreet on

Sundays 6pm at Health Centre Clara Road, Newmarket Thursday nights 8.30pm at James O'Keeffe Centre, Mallow Monday nights 8.30 at le Cheile Centre.

DEFIBRILLATORS: Millstreet Community Council have two defibrillators in Millstreet Town. They are situated at the locations of the alcove in Youth Centre, West End and the alcove at front door of Garda Station.

AUBANE QUIZ: A date for the diary is the popular Aubane Table Quiz on Good Friday in Aubane Community Centre.

GAA: Millstreet faltered away to Knocknagree 2-7 to 0-10 in the Ducon Cup where goals either side of the interval paved the way for a home win. From a fast paced encounter, both sides enjoyed pockets of dominance yet Knocknagree just about deserved their three point win but not before they were made to sweat it out on a battling Millstreet.

A nip and tuck affair developed from the outset though Knocknagree shaded matters to secure a 1-3 to 0-4 interval advantage.

Back came a dogged Millstreet upon the resumption with Desmond O'Sullivan, Brian Sheahan and Mark Ellis to the fore. Points to Michael Murphy, Michael Vaughan and John Lehane offered encouragement.

However Knocknagree held the facility to respond and despite Millstreet's best intentions, the game was wrapped up in favour of the home side with a late goal.

Millstreet lined out as Denis Kiely, Kevin Hickey, Desmond O'Sullivan, Patrick Randles, Donal O'Sullivan, Brian Sheahan, Eamon O'Keeffe, Patrick Coleman, Mark Ellis, Michael Murphy, Tadgh Collins, Michael Vaughan, Darren Murphy, John Lehane, James Broxton. Subs. Timothy Kiely, Eoin Crowley, Conor Lane.