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Killarney receives over €120k Community Support Fund
FUNDING ANNOUNCED: Kerry County Council Community Support Fund 2020 has been announced. Pictured are: Cathaoirleach Killarney Municipal District, Cllr Michael Gleeson, and Angela McAllen (Manager, Killarney Municipal District). The overall aim of the funding scheme is to provide flexible financial support to community groups and local organisations in Kerry who wish to undertake projects which will improve the range and quality of community projects and facilities within their areas. Photo: Valerie O’Sullivan
By Michelle Crean
52 groups across the Killarney area and surrounds received a total of €121,000 in the latest round of the Community Support Fund.
This week, Kerry County Council announced details of the allocation of €750,000 in funding support for community groups and projects across the county under the Community Support Fund for 2020.
A total of 287 groups and projects received grant aid worth €485,000 this year while a proportion of the fund, totalling €265,000, is being retained to leverage funding from other funding streams for strategic projects at Municipal District level.
The fund, which is in its sixth year, has now supported 1,500 projects since 2015 to the value of €4.5m since its establishment.
Councillors in the four Municipal Districts met last week to decide on the allocations and unanimously welcomed the provision of support to the recipients. Councillors congratulated all the community groups and acknowledged the tremendous voluntary work that they do.
“The Community Support Fund has targeted funding towards a very wide range of community-based projects and has provided support to community councils, chamber alliances, tidy towns groups and other organisations in a very progressive and structured way,” Cathaoirleach of Kerry County Council, Cllr Niall Kelleher, said. “The retention of part of the fund to help to leverage funding from other sources and to co-fund projects with other funding streams has proven to be an enormous success in recent years and will be successful again, I hope, in 2020.”
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Approved funding for Killarney Municipal District
Barradubh Men's Shed €500
Barraduff Cardiac Response Unit €900
Barraduff Tidy Village Group €1,300
Fossa Active Retirement Association €750
Irish National Sheepdog Trial 2020 Fossa €500
MEK Galaxy FC €500
Owneycree Angling Club Headford €500
Kilcummin Looking Good €1,300
Ballydribeen Resident Association €500
Ballyspillane Family Resource Centre €1,700
Ballyspillane Residents Association €1,000
Christmas in Killarney €8,000
Destination Killarney Ltd t/a Ireland Bikefest Killarney €2,500
Flesk Valley Rowing Club €700
Ireland Women's Basketball Team €500
KASI (Killarney Immigrant Support Centre) €1,200
Kerry Diocesan Youth Service Killarney €800
Kilcoolaght Residents Association €500
Killarney & District Canine Club €750
Killarney 4th July Festival €4,500
Killarney Access Group €500
Killarney Arts Working Group €1,500
Killarney Athletic AFC €500
Killarney Cardiac Response Unit €900
Killarney Celtic Football Club €500
Killarney Chamber of Tourism & Commerce Ltd €54,500
Killarney Cycling Club €500
Killarney London Reunion Committee €1,500
Killarney Looking Good Committee €6,000
Killarney Men's Shed €500
Killarney Musical Society €1,000
Killarney Town Twinning & Sister City Association €1,500
Killarney Valley AC €500
Killarney Water Rescue €500
Killarney Young Filmmakers €500
Lissivigeen & District Community Alert €500
Mountain Biking Kerry €1,000
Muckross Rowing Club €700
Muckross Youth Club €700
Purple Flag Killarney Working Group €1,500
Spraoi Chiarrai €1,000
St Patrick's Festival Killarney €8,000
St. Paul's Basketball Club Killarney €500
Listry Community Council €900
Listry GAA €700
Rathmore Community Council €2,000
Rathmore Community Council St Patrick's Day Parade €500
Sliabh Luachra Cycling Club €500
Social Action Group Rathmore CLG €2,000
SPA Killarney GAA Club €700
Killarney Legion GAA Club’s set dancers recently claimed the County Final title in Set Dancing at Scór na bPáistí, held in the Tinteán, Ballybunion.
The winning group includes Diarmuid and Hannah O’Regan, Aoibheann and Cliona Hegarty, Sadie and Grace Brosnan, and Mark and Anne Marie O’Sullivan. Also pictured is their dance teacher, Hanna Majella O’Donoghue. The club was also represented at the finals by Abbey O’Leary, who performed in the solo dancing category.
The “trilogy” between Kerry and Meath ended in triumph for the Kingdom on Saturday, as the Kerry Intermediate Camogie team secured the Division 2 league title in Banagher.
In a match dominated by a fierce breeze and relentless defending, Kerry edged out their rivals by 1-07 to 0-08. While the scoreboard remained low, the impact of the Killarney-area players was a decisive factor in securing Division 1B status for next season.
Kate Lynch of Glenflesk, a mainstay of the attack this season, started in the forward line and contributed to an offensive effort that gradually wore down the Meath backline. However, it was the second-half introduction of Rathmore dual star Danielle O’Leary that helped shift the momentum.
Entering the game in the 43rd minute, O’Leary sharpened the Kerry attack during the intense midfield battles of the final quarter. Her impact was most evident when she combined with fellow substitute Shannon Collins to set up Patrice Diggin’s only score from play, providing the platform for the game’s decisive moment.
In the 55th minute, Collins fired a low shot into the net to nudge Kerry ahead. Despite a late Meath rally, Patrice Diggin held her nerve to slot over two late dead-ball scores to seal the win.
While Kathryn Ryan, Áine Devlin, and Tiarna Dineen were part of the matchday panel and have played key roles throughout this unbeaten campaign, they were not called upon from the bench on this occasion.
Scorers for Kerry: P Diggin 0-07 (4fs, 2 45s); S Collins 1-00
Kerry: A Fitzgerald, T McCarthy, S Murphy, M Costello, R Quinn, N Leen, E O’Donoghue, P Diggin, C Spillane, A O’Sullivan, J Horgan, K Lynch, R O’Connor, L Collins, E Conway. Subs: D O’Leary for Conway, S Collins for Lynch (43); A Behan for Quinn (43)
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