Can You Hear The People Sing! Coachford is preparing for a ‘Night at the Musicals’ on Saturday 25th October and Sunday 26th October. The show which features some of the best known songs from the hit musicals of Broadway and the West End takes place in the Coachford GAA hall at 8pm each night. This fabulous show is for two nights only and is one not to be missed. The perform-ers come from across the community and features members of the Coachford Players, Broomhill Vintage club, Church choir, GAA, Soccer Club, Tidy Towns, Parent Association and the Commu-nity Council. The 25 strong choral group will sing and perform musical numbers from Annie, Sound of Music, Grease, Chess, Oklahoma, My Fair Lady, Fame. Les Miserables, 42nd Street, Car-ousel and many more. The proceeds are in aid of the Coachford Christmas Lights Appeal. River Walk Gets Ministerial Blessing The Coachford Greenway will be officially opened at noon on Friday, October 31st by. Mr. Sean Sherlock Minister of State at Department of Foreign Affairs with Special Responsibility for ODA, Trade Promotion and North South co-operation. The greenway was completed in June 2014 and has become one of the most popular walking routes in the Lee Valley. The Greenway developed

by the Inniscarra Lake Tourism Develop-ment Company has been used as an access point for the international and local fisher-man coming to fish along this beautiful stretch of the River Lee. Eileen Martin, chairperson of the group said, “ we are de-lighted that Minister Sherlock is coming to open our Greenway especially as the venue is so popular with anglers from overseas and it is very fitting that the Minister of State for

Foreign Affairs is officiating at the opening.” The Mayor of County Cork, Cllr Alan Coleman and our World Silver medallist and Olympian, Olive Loughnane will also attend and support the opening of the Greenway. Pretty in Pink Congratulations to all who took part in the Breast Cancer Walk organised and sponsored by Mur-phy’s Centra Coachford. The weather was kind to the walkers who all enjoyed the beautiful route around Leemount and raised some much needed funds for the Irish Cancer Society.

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Coachford Market The Coachford Farmers market takes place this Saturday, October 18th from 10.30am to 1.00pm in the GAA Hall. Home produced goodies such as sauces, jams, chut-neys, cheeses, cakes, vegetables and much more are available throughout the morning. Fair-trade coffee and tea are also available as well as a second hand book stall. Don’t forget only two more markets be-fore Christmas!! Novem-ber 15th and December 13th . Drama Festival The very best of luck to Coach-ford Players who embark on the one act drama festival circuit this Satur-day night when they take to the boards for the Ballincollig Drama Festi-val. The group will per-form ‘Faint Voices’ in the Pyke Theatre near the old Church in Ballin-collig. The group have been rehearsing for the last few weeks and have put in a huge effort in preparing for this year’s competition. The actors, Maura Lucey, Louise Lyons, Willie Barrett and Eugene o’Sullivan will take part in six festivals; Ballincollig, Kilmallock, Shannon, Cork, Haul-bowline and Rossmore.

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February 2013

Community Council The Annual General Meeting of the Aghabullogue, Coach-ford Rylane Community Council took place last week. Out-going Chairperson, Deirdre O’Donovan thanked her fellow officers for all the support during the year and wished the new officers the best of luck in their new roles. In her ad-dress she thanked all those who worked on the Village De-sign Statements, The Community Achievement Awards and the Table Quizes. Outgoing Secretary, Martina Casey outlined the various projects completed during the last 12 months and thanked all on the committee for their attendance at the meetings and for supporting the workings of the ACR Community Council. At the election of officers, Willie Dennehy, Rylane was elected as Chairperson, Aedh McGinn, Aghabullogue was voted in as Secretary. Brenda Tarrant, Coachford is the new Treasurer and Doug Lucey , Coachford was returned as PRO. The con-tinued implementation of the Village Design Statement is a priority for the re-maining few months of the life of the current council,. Willie Dennehy proposed that the council investigate the possibility of turning the Council into a Limited Company in order to apply for and receive funding in a more timely manner and to protect the members of the Council. Concern was raised by those present at the move of responsibility for the area by Cork County Council from the Macroom area to the Blarney offices. The council members had a lot of praise for the retired Area Engineer, Faughna O’Driscoll and the Assistant Engineer Conor Shanahan for the work they carried out in the three villages over the last few years . It was feared that the move from Macroom may now pose new problems for the area as the Blarney office is not as familiar with the ACR area as the Macroom one was. New elections to the ACR Community Council are due to take place in April or May of 2015.

Hair Today—Gone Tomorrow !!

A very brave Molly Mangan from Rylane has teamed up with Stylz Hair Salon in Coachford to donate her beautiful hair and at the same time raise funds for the Rapunzel Foundation. The Rapunzel Foundation is a charitable organization that works to improve the lives of those living with hair loss through fund raising as well as through hair raising. Hair is raised through the Rapunzel Foundation’s Ponytail campaign, where peo-ple commit to growing their hair with the view to their hair being sent to help make much needed wigs to im-prove the lives of those living with the hair loss. Molly has volunteered to have her hair cut on November 1st in Stylz Hair Salon. If you would like to support this very brave effort you can sponsor Molly by dropping into Stylz and put your name and donation on the card..

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Upcoming Plays Coach-ford Play-ers will present a night of Comedy in Breath-nach’s Bar on Saturday November 8th and Sunday November 9th. At 8.00pm each night. The group will perform three short plays featuring some new and not so new members and direc-tors. Coachford Tidy Towns The Coachford Tidy Towns are work-ing towards improving the environ-ment of the area and as the water charges have commenced (whether we approve or not) it means many of us will have to adjust our water usage. Even if you have your own supply you should still try and conserve water. It’s better for all of us. Here are some water saving tips: Don’t leave the tap running

while brushing your teeth or shaving

Avoid using dishwashers and washing machines until they are completely full

Fix leaks and dripping taps (A dripping tap can waste up to 40 litres a day)

Don’t dump your empties Recycle bins are great but if they are full when you bring your bottles and cans please don’t leave them in bags by the bin. It is unhealthy and unsafe. Take them home with you and try again in a few days time. Thank you.

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Congratulations to Con & Mary Murphy, Direen who were announced as the Munster Winners of the FBD UN Year of Family Faming at the National Ploughing Championships. The awards, run in association with Teagasc and IFA, have an overall prize fund of €25,000 and attracted entrants from all over the country, with judges visiting a shortlist of 25 farms before reaching their decision. Con & Mary will join the other regional winners from Dublin, Sligo and Down and will present their stories at the Women & Agriculture Conference on 22 October in Co Meath. The top award will be announced at the Teagasc/IFA conference in November, where the winner will come away with a grand prize of €5,000.

To make the shortlist, entrants had to send in a detailed entry form under the fol-

lowing headings: family product and place, community and volun-

tary contribution, and coping with challenge. The overall impres-

sion by judges upon their visit to the farm was also a factor.

The UN 2014 International Year of Family Farming recognises the

critical role which the family farm plays in food security, nutrition

and sustainable development.

The judges were Tim O’Connell from FBD, Katherine O’Leary

from the Irish Farmers Journal and John Keating from Teagasc.

One of the judges, Katherine O’Leary, Irish Farmer’s Journal

said,“You are truly marvellous people with wonderful families. The

future of family farming is safe in your hands.”

Proceeds from the Festival The 2014 Coachford Autumn Festival raised €8,500 for Suicide Aware and local charities. The organisers of the festival, Broomhill Vin-tage Club presented the cheques in O’Riordan’s Bar, Coachford recently to Suicide Aware (€3,000), Coachford St. Vincent De Paul were presented with a cheque of €1,000 . The club will also donate €1,500 to Coachford Tidy Towns,€500 to the Christmas Lights appeal and €500 worth of equipment to Coachford Foróige. Cheques of €1,000 were also presented to Macroom Hospital and Sullane Haven, Macroom. The Coachford Festival has donated over €40,000 to charities since the festival first began in 2009. Speaking at the presentation, Patricia Behan of Suicide Aware thanked the organisers of the festival and the generosity of the Coachford People. She told those present that Coachford were one of the first communi-ties to come on board with financial support of their charity when it was first finding its feet. Patricia outlined how Suicide Aware are now providing services all over Ireland and have a presence in all the major 3rd level institutions in the country.

Tractor Builders claim second place in All Ireland The Broomhill Tractor Builders competed in the All Ireland Tractor Building finals at the National Ploughing Championships. The boys had been busily training for the event and enjoyed a good build and were hoping to retain the title that they won last year. However their superb time of 7.21 was only good enough for second place as the team from Galway completed their build in 7minutes.18 seconds .

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February 2013

GAA fundraiser The Chairman of Aghabullogue GAA, John Barry Murphy is appeal-ing to people to support the club and the County Board by purchasing a Cork GAA clubs draw ticket. John said “ Aghabullogue GAA is a very active Football, Camogie and hurling club providing excellent coaching and facilities for our underage (U6s through to U18) and adult players. It requires a major investment every year to run and maintain club facili-ties and we would appreciate your support and help with our fund raising activities. The clubs major source of funding each year is the Cork GAA Club draw and we would appre-ciate it if parents and adult players would support the club by purchasing a ticket for this draw. Tickets cost €100 with up to €55 going to Aghabullogue GAA club. The prizes are excellent ranging from cars to luxury holidays and cash prizes. More information on the draw and prizes can be found onwww.corkgaadraw.ie . We would appreciate your support by purchasing a ticket before the first draw which will be held on 30th October. Club membership for 2015, entry into the draw for Inter County match tickets are some of the other benefits of being a member of the draw. Please contact me, any club officer or Denis Finnegan Draw Co-coordinator (087 8207353) to purchase your ticket. You can also buy your ticket online by nominating Aghabullogue GAA as your club at http://www.corkgaadraw.ie/ .

Darts The Lee Valley Winter Darts league has be-gun and two Coachford bars; O’Riordan’s Bar and Breathnachs will be representing Coachford over the next few months. Breathnachs ’A’ travel to Millstrreet next Friday to take on Tarrants and are at home to Mary Ann’s of Macroom the following week. O’Riordans entertain Creedons of Incheegela and An Crois of Killnamartyra over the next two Fri-days.

Soccer The Coachford Under 18s play in the second round of the Munster Youths Cup on Saturday when they take on a very fancied Mallow United in Carrigadrohid at 2pm . The Coachford A team travel to Mayfield to take on Village United in the second Round of the Munster Junior Cup on Saturday at 3pm. The Kil-lanardrish/Coachford Schoolboys team are in action on Sunday in the Under 14 national Cup when they entertain Crosshaven at home in Carrigadrohid at 10.30am. We wish all three teams the very best of luck.. Lotto Congratulations to Martin O’Mahony, Aghavrin who won the Coachford AFC Lotto Jackpot of €2,400, earlier this month. The lotto now stands at €1,600. Tickets are on sale in the shops and pubs around the village. Coachford Foróige The members of Coachford Foróige are getting back in action following their sum-mer break and are already preparing for their very first trip to West Cork for a re-gional disco in December. The 40 member club will be electing their new committee over the next few weeks and the officers will steer the club until June 2015. Last week some of the members baked cookies while others enjoyed board games and Bingo. Pro-jects for the next few months will also be planned over the coming weeks.

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Aghabullogue footballers win league titles The Aghabullogue Minor Football team were crowned East B Minor Football League Champions when they defeated City side St. Finbarr’s by 1.15 to 3.04. The Under 13 foot-ballers were also successful when they defeated Glenville in a goal fest in Blarney in the East A under 13 league Final. The boys scored 9 goals and 8 points to Glenville’s 2 goals and 6 points.