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Plenty of Easter fun at Spa GAA Club

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Rian and Ella Moynihan pictured having fun at the Spa GAA Club Easter egg hunt on Saturday. Photo: Anne Holland

Blaithín and Ailbhe Claffey with Aoife Foley at the Easter egg Hunt at Spa GAA Club after finding some of the hidden eggs. Photo: Anne Holland

Ella Foley Mairead O'Sullivan and Grace O'Leary took some time out for a photo on Saturday at the Spa GAA Easter egg hunt. Photo: Anne Holland

Ollie Kelly and Clodagh Coughlan at the Spa GAA Club Easter egg hunt. Photo: Anne Holland

Sean Roisin and Áine O'Brien with the Easter bunny at Spa GAA Club's Easter egg hunt. Photo: Anne Holland

Ukrainians pictured with members of the ABC Academy visited the Spa GAA for the Easter egg hunt on Saturday. Photo: Anne Holland

Jeremiah Eve and Daye Buckley at the Spa GAA Club Easter egg hunt. Photo: Anne Holland

The Easter bunny in Spa GAA with Nikki Sullivan Aoife O'Sullivan Sheolagh Daly and Sam Sullivan. Photo: Anne Holland

Leo Rose and Nancy O'Riordan with Aine O'Brien had a great time finding the Easter eggs at Spa GAA on Saturday. Photo: Anne Holland

By Michelle Crean 

It definitely was a day of fun for the kids (and also for some of the adults) on Saturday last as they got stuck into an Easter egg hunt.

There were squeals of delight as the youngsters ran to try to gather as many of the hidden eggs around Spa GAA Club.

Some of the local Ukrainian children were invited to participate and between them everyone had a great time.

"Thank you to Pa Murphy, Anne Holland and Paul Casey for organising the Easter egg hunt at the club on Saturday, it was great to see everyone having fun again at our first Easter Egg hunt since 2019," PRO of the club, Deirdre O'Sullivan Darcy, told the Killarney Advertiser.

"We were also delighted to have some of the Ukrainian community joining us on the day and especially to see the younger children playing together and enjoy some fun for the Easter weekend."

 

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Ireland’s oldest citizen has Killarney connections

Ireland’s oldest woman met with President Michael D. Higgins at Áras an Uachtaráin this week. Máirín Hughes, who turned 109 on May 22 has strong Killarney connections. The previous record […]

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Ireland’s oldest woman met with President Michael D. Higgins at Áras an Uachtaráin this week.

Máirín Hughes, who turned 109 on May 22 has strong Killarney connections.

The previous record was held by 107-year-old Nancy Stewart who died on September 10 2021.

Although born in Belfast, Máirín went to school in the Mercy Convent. Her father was a customs and excise officer and the family moved around a lot eventually coming to Killarney after spells in County Down and Dublin.

Her mother came from the Rathmore area and her father was from Newmarket in County Cork.

She attended the Mercy Convent and has, in previous interviews, recalled growing up on the shores of Lough Lein.

“Neighbours who had three children were given the job of taking me to school,” she said. “They were annoyed because the children were going to school for two or three years but I was put in to the same class as them – my mother had taught me.”

In 2021 she featured in the book ‘Independence Memories: A People’s Portrait of the Early Days of the Irish Nation’, sharing stories of being kept in school in Killarney during an attack on the RIC barracks down the road.

In 1924 she started a degree in science and a diploma in education at University College Cork, before working in the pathology lab in University College Cork’s Department of Medicine for 16 years.

last year she recalled her story on the podcast: ‘Living History – Irish Life and Lore’.

During the broadcast she talked about her parents’ membership of the Gaelic League in 1910; the Spanish Flu in Ireland in 1918; The Black and Tans in Killarney in 1921; the early days of the new Free State; Eucharistic Congress in Dublin in 1932, visiting the Basket Islands in 1929; and working in the UCC medical laboratory from 1932 until 1948.

This week President Michael D. Higgins hosted an afternoon tea event to celebrate the important role that a variety of people have and can play in different communities and Máirín was among the guests of honour.

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Philip is running over 100kms for Cancer charity

Local runner and charity fundraiser Philip Kissane is set for the biggest challenge of his career as he lines up for the Cork City Marathon on Sunday. Phillip has already […]

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Local runner and charity fundraiser Philip Kissane is set for the biggest challenge of his career as he lines up for the Cork City Marathon on Sunday.

Phillip has already completed four half marathons at various locations around Killarney – all in aid of Kerry Cancer Support Group – or the Cancer Bus as it popularly called.

This is the second time that Phillip has run four half marathon and an official race for the charity.

Back in 2021 he finished with 5km Run Killarney event but his finishing race this time around is over eight times the distance at 42kms.

“We are delighted with Philip’s continued fundraising support but also with his awareness raising for the charity,” Breda Dyland, Service Manager Kerry Cancer Support Trust.

“We are getting busier all the time and still get no statutory funding so are dependent on fundraisers like Philip’s to keep us on the road. We have just put our new wheelchair accessible bus on the Cork route so Philip’s funding will be going towards the operation of this vehicle.”

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