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Dance night to support Mary’s mission of mercy
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Mary O'Leary who is organising a fundraising evening in The Gleneagle on January 8 as part of her campaign in aid of Nepal's earthquake victims.
GET ready to dance the night away in January in aid of a very good cause. Mary O’Leary, Killarney, is to travel to Nepal next summer to volunteer as part of the Umbrella Foundation project to help schools recover from the devastating earthquake that struck in April.
Mary, pre-school leader at Naionra Faithleann, honeymooned in the country over two decades ago and will return to spend six weeks working in communities there. “After news of the earthquake broke last April, I decided I had to do something to help,” she said.
Nepal’s most vulnerable people were left struggling to rebuild their lives last April and Mary will help in the education sector there when she travels there in July.
She has decided to use her upcoming birthday (which has a zero in it) to raise funds for the schools in Nepal.
“No presents, just please come and support the cause,” she said.
All are invited to the night of nostalgia in aid of Nepal Earthquake Relief, with music by local bands and musicians. “Jiving, waltzing, polka and pop – all tastes will be catered for – we’re telling everyone to start off their New Year by going back in time!” said Mary.
The event takes place in the Gleneagle Ballroom on Friday, January 8, at 8.30pm.
Tickets, €10, are available at the door, as well as at O’Leary’s Expert Electrical, Plunkett, Street, and from Mary, 086-0628461.
Two young local girls showed great business initiative on Saturday ahead of the Kerry v Donegal match at Fitzgerald Stadium.
Erin McSweeney and Jessie Doolin set up a sweet stall outside a house on Lewis Road, catching the thousands of football fans walking towards the grounds.
The enterprising pair did a busy trade selling soft drinks, sweets, and chocolates to the passing crowds before throw-in.
Their match-day venture also caught the attention of the national sports media, with a photograph of the girls at their stall captured by Sportsfile photographer Stephen McCarthy ahead of the game.
Noel O’Neill has claimed first place in the Unrestricted category of the latest Killarney Camera Club competition, which focused on the theme of the ‘Kerry Landscape’.
His winning photograph, titled ‘Conor Pass Lake and the Three Sisters’, features a detailed study of Mullaghveal located beneath the Conor Pass.
The image captures the wide sweep of the valley, utilizing an elevated viewpoint that allows the glacial landscape to unfold toward the Atlantic horizon. The composition highlights the quiet lakes in the foreground against the dark, rocky slopes of the valley, with the distant outline of the Three Sisters adding further depth and scale to the scene.
The judges praised the photograph as an outstanding example of landscape work, noting its effective balance of composition, light, and perspective to capture the vastness of the West Kerry terrain.
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