Around the Districts: Banteer, Lismire and Mourneabbey
A reunion for the winning 1995 Banteer Junior Hurlers takes place on Friday 29th August at 8.30pm at the Glen Theatre.
The Banteer team won the Duhallow hurling title after an absence of 38 years with the previous title being won in 1957 when Banteer hurlers won the 3 in a row.
It is hoped that all of the 1995 team will attend on the night and tickets are available now at 10e each for anyone who wishes to attend and tickets must be bought beforehand. Light refreshments will be provided on the night and old videos will also be shown of the match and social from that year.
Sportsfield appeal rates decision
Taillte Ireland has proposed property rates on the new Sportsfield facility which has a community café, community museum and a community digital hub/meeting room. The local community group is contesting this proposal with the support of local public representatives and have requested that no rates be applied.
This facility is community built, community owned and community operated.
Any extra income is put back into additional community facilities at the centre.
The community has had to raise over 650k via local fundraising, a bank loan, company sponsorship, selling tickets etc to complete the recent 2.2M community project.
Over 300k of this total 2.2M expenditure alone was also paid in Vat payments to our Government for the construction of this project.
This project also helps to improve the social isolation for our community as it's now a meeting point since we now have no shop or post office left in Banteer village.
The whole facility is run with the assistance of volunteers from our community
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Any excess income generated is poured back into paying off our loan and into the maintenance of the existing facilities as well as development of additional facilities for our community.
The Valuation Act maintains the long-standing position that all properties of occupiers that operate with the intention of making a profit are ratable, so the opposite should then apply in our case i.e. all properties of occupiers that operate as not for profit should not be ratable.
In the Sportsfield the community café, community museum and community digital hub/meeting room activities and all the other facilities are all not for profit and are conducted to fund the rate exempt activity on land developed for sport and recreation including outdoor surfaces, football pitches,walks,playgrounds etc.
The community not-for-profit sector plays a vital role in Irish society and community facilities such as ours are a very important element of a sustainable Rural Ireland.
To reinforce our appeal all our activities are purely not for profit and the group have also surveyed many other similar community facilities in Cork County and ALL of these are not paying rates.
Lyre Junior A Football
Lyre enjoyed a well deserved win at the start of their 2025 Junior Football C'ship campaign with a victory over Lismire at Tullylease on Saturday evening last.
Played in ideal conditions Lyre were disappointingly slow to get out of the scoring traps trailing 0-3 to 0-0 after 10 minutes.
Eventually the men in white & black found their scoring range though hitting four points without reply through the boots of Alan Coughlan (3) & Cathal O' Donoghue to lead 0-4 to 0-3 after 18 minutes.
Both teams exchanged pointed frees before an excellent move in the 23rd minute involving Ruairi O' Connell, Liam O' Brien & O' Donoghue saw the latter under pressure curl the ball into the top left hand corner of the Lismire goal to give Lyre a 1-5 to 0-4 double scores lead.
Lismire narrowed the divide with a brace of points before two more Coughlan frees saw Lyre out in front 1-7 to 0-6 at the short whistle.
The second half saw Lyre continue where they left off scoring four points without reply through Coughlan (3) & an O' Connell effort from distance.
Such was the dominance of the Lyre defense Lismire failed to score until the 48th minute of the second half.
However an O' Donoghue two pointer along with points from Coughlan & substitute Jack Finnegan boosted the Lyre cause.
Lyre were also grateful to net minder Luke Philpott on making a point blank save on 55 minutes to deny Lismire a certain goal.
However the men in yellow & black did receive a lifeline on 59 minutes with an excellently converted penalty reducing the divide between the sides, the score now 1-15 to 1-7.
Both teams again exchanged points one last time but it was always going to be Lyres day & a victory with a margin of eight points, 1-16 to 1-8, did not flatter the winners.
Team: L Philpott, J McAuliffe, N Twomey, C O' Neill, C Crowley, K Tarrant, E O' Brien, R O' Connell, B Murphy, Oisín Twomey, M Twomey, Conor O' Keeffe, A Coughlan, C O' Donoghue & L O' Brien.
Subs: T Sexton, J Finnegan, A O' Shea, S Kelleher, K Barry, J Archdeacon, D O' Donoghue, Cian O' Keeffe, C Coughlan, Naglis Vaivada & R Kiely.
Sportsfield Draw winners
First draw winners in Banteer Sportsfield draw were: €1500 JJ of JJ Appliances. €500 Paudie Ryan. €100 each to Katryn Canty; Margaret Barrett; Shane O'Riordan; Mike McAuliffe, Lyre; Susan Corrigan.
The annual draw for the ongoing operation, maintenance and development of the facility for 2025 – please support same as your support helps us make it better for all users.
Improvement plans for 2025 include upgrade of old dressing rooms, goal posts replacement, sanding/aeration works ,new pitch mower, solar PV installation. Work will start on these projects in the next month.
Banteer Bingo
Bingo is played at Banteer Community Centre on Tuesday night at 8.30pm, playing for jackpot of €3,000. Looking forward to seeing everyone.
EV charging at Sportsfield/Park
Banteer Community Sportsfield/Park have submitted a grant application for the installation of a 150kw fast EV charger in the carpark across from the Park. This entender grant scheme by TLI is to provide 6 fast chargers on or within 3km of the N72 Fermoy to Killarney road.
Lismire
Football Championship
Lismire footballers went under to Lyre in the first round of the Ashgrove Renewables Junior Football Championship last Saturday evening in Tullylease.
Their inability to fully grasp the new rules with the ball being advanced on numerous occasions to point scoring opportunities for the opposition was a key factor in their downfall. That coupled with inaccurate shooting led Lyre to a 1.16 to 1.08 victory. Match report in sports pages.
Lismire lined out as follows: Cathal Field, Jeremy Lawlor, Stephen Kiely, Stephen Bourke, Daragh O'Keeffe, Conor Sheahan, Eamon Hayes, Michael McSweeney (0.1), Sean McSweeney, Rory Sheahan (0.2), Patrick Buckley, Cian O'Sullivan (0.1), Damien Finn (1.4), Jack Sheahan, Jack Enright. Subs: Paddy Duggan for J Lawlor, Conan Walsh for P Buckley.
Scrap Metal
A load of scrap metal is being prepared for collection on 9th August. If you have any unwanted scrap metal, please bring it to the GAA Grounds and leave it at the designated scrap metal area.
Please be reminded that only scrap metal and batteries are suitable for recycling e.g., farm machinery, old cars, engines & parts, gates, corrugated iron, wheelbarrows, trailer chassis, cement mixers, transport boxes, electric motors, batteries, milk cans, slurry tanks, electric cookers, dishwashers, washing machines, radiators, food mixers, lead, bicycles, solid fuel cookers, barrels and any old iron.
Please do not bring fridges, freezers, plastics, tiles, tyres or electrical goods like TVs and microwaves.
Donations
Newmarket Post Office has a drop off box for charity–they are now ONLY taking old stamps and cards for charity–they are NO longer taking old glasses and as always NO remotes/old phones etc. The collector wishes to thank you all for your donations over the years and hope you will continue to donate the old stamps and cards.
Mourneabbey
Clyda Rovers GAA
Lotto - Results 27th July, Week 30. Numbers drawn 5, 11, 27, 28. €20 Donnacha Barrett; €20 Tadhg O'Mullane, Island; €20 Jimmy McGlinchey, Douglas; €20 Maeve O'Connor, Toureen; €20 Johnny O'Sullivan, Ballynockin.
Recent Results - Senior A Football Championship Round 1: Clyda Rovers 3-11 Fermoy 1-11. Junior A Football Championship Round 1: Kilshannig 4-12 Clyda Rovers 2-11.
Upcoming Fixtures - Junior A Hurling Championship Round 1: Clyda Rovers vs Araglen Sunday 3rd August in Glanworth at 4pm.
Congratulations to Mourneabbey Ladies Footballers Laura Walsh, Éimear Walsh and Rachel Breen who were members of the victorious Cork Minor Team who won the All Ireland Final in Birr on Saturday 26th July.
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