KILWORTH

CONDOLENCES

Condolences to the Young family, Glenseskin and the death of John Young (75) who died in England. The news was received with sadness by his many old school pals who have fond memories of John and his many exploits. Knowing John’s adventerous spirit, it was no great surprise to us when he emigrated to England in the mid 1960s along with his classmate Davy Lynch; To the Ryan family, formerly of the Funcheon Vale Hotel (now The Village Inn) and the

Scannell family on the death of Patricia (Patsy) Scannell (nee Ryan), who died suddenly at her home in Togher in Cork city. Patsy was laid to rest in Kilcrumper on Wednesday; To the Hennessy family Fermoy and Kilworth on the death of Noel Hennessy, ‘Muckross’, Duntahane, Fermoy who died recently. May they all rest in peace.

WELL DONE

Well done to the Kilworth/Araglin U17 hurlers who won the Rebel Óg North Division 1 Shield final when they beat Watergrasshill by a comfortable margin on Tuesday night.

KILWORTH GAA LOTTO

No winner of the Jackpot on Monday night. Numbers drawn 01, 02, 17 and 31. The lucky dip winner of €50 was Jody Hallahan c/o online. The lucky dip winners of €25 each were; Seamus Barry c/o The Village Inn, Mark O’Keeffe c/o Online and Helena O’Hara c/o Bedina’s. Next week’s jackpot will continue at €20,000 with a reserve jackpot starting at €1,000. Each week going forward we will play for the jackpot of €20,000 until it is won, with the reserve jackpot increasing by €200 weekly. Tickets cost just €2 each or 3 lines for €5 and they are available online, in the local business outlets or from your usual local sellers. As always, we would like to thank you for playing and the best of luck!

KILWORTH CELTIC LOTTO

No winner of the jackpot. Numbers drawn 11, 14, 18 and 22. Lucky dips: Motty McCormack, George Heskin, Bernie Tobin and Frankie Shaw. This week’s draw deferred to Wednesday night, results next week. Next week’s jackpot will be €1,050. Please continue to support our weekly lotto. Tickets from club members and usual outlets.

MASS TIMES

Weekend Mass times: Kilworth - Saturday at 7.30pm, Sunday at 11.30am; Mass in Araglin on Sunday at 10am. Weekdays: Kilworth - Monday, Tuesday and Friday at 10am - please note this Friday (First Friday) Mass at 9am; Araglin Wednesday and Thursday at 10am. Masses continue to be streamed live online on Canon Donal Leahy’s.

DREAMY

Having written a piece two weeks ago on John Sweeney who lived in Ballinvoher, my attention was drawn to the fact that he was better known as ‘ Dreamy’. This is of course very true. John and his wife had one child, also John and it was inevitable that he too would be referred to as Dreamy, or more to the point ‘Young’ Dreamy. Young Dreamy would have been of similar age to my brother Paddy who in turn was christened by his schoolmates as ‘ Paddy Fong’. One day will forever stick in my memory, an event that could be described as ‘the Great War in Graigue’ with Paddy Fong and Dreamy on opposing sides. For a week or more before D-day, Paddy and some of his ‘soldiers’ were busy making spears and bows and arrows. It would appear that Fong and Dreamy were the commanders of their respective ‘armies’. The fateful day arrived and it seemed to my young mind that there were hundreds involved (30/40 more likely). Paddy’s army approached the flashpoint (between Mary White’s and Joe Hennessy’s house - fifty or sixty yards from our house) advancing from the Glenseskin side, with Dreamy’s army approaching from the village end. Dreamy came, armed with a ‘bomb’, the intention being ‘to take out’ Paddy Fong. The bomb was a 2lb jam jar half filled with paraffin oil and cotton wool and a with a candle lighting in the middle of it. As the commanders came within three or four yards of each other, their minions chanting in the background, Dreamy launched his bomb in Fong’s direction but, missing the intended target, met instead with Neddy Cotter’s head. Neddy fell to the ground and the ‘war’ was over before it had even started. My mother and Molly Roche were interested onlookers and, having promptly attended to the injured soldier who had sustained a nasty wound to the side of his head, they caught Dreamy and gave him more than a fair chastising. Han Burke lived in one of White’s houses (White’s is now the home of Patsy and Dora Myers). Han’s son Georgie would have been a member of Fong’s army. Believe it or not, Han announced that there were refreshments in her house and ‘everyone was welcome’. Immediately, the soldiers on both side scaled the wall and made a beeline for Han’s kitchen. For the feuding soldiers who, in the course of fifteen or twenty minutes, were all good friends again, this must have been the happiest ‘war’ that they would ever take part in. Neddy Cotter, complete with a heavily bandaged head, was seen as the real hero of the day - and of course Han for providing the refreshments!