SCOIL BHREAC CHLUAIN

Introduction Welcome to the first issue of the Annascaul Newsletter. We are the senior pupils of Scoil Bhreac Chluain. You can imagine how exited we are to be the first pupils to produce the school Newsletter for our school. It will contain; short stories, interviews with exciting and interesting people. There will be plenty of jokes & puzzles to entertain you. Hopefully you ll find it interesting, informative and exciting to read! Bernard Sheehy Births & Deaths Mary O Connor, the back road Timmy Murphy, the village Jack O Connor, Slieve Mary Hartnett, the village Bridie Flynn, Inch Helen Ashe, Ballintermon Mim Kennedy Ballinclare Mary Nagle, Inch Ar dheis De go raibh a n-anam. On a happier note we also welcome with great joy newborn arrivals to our parish. Camp United U11s played nine games this season and won every single one. This means they went through the league with a 100% record. They only played nine games because Windmill forfitted and gave them the points. At the end of the season they ended with thirty points. Camp United are the first team from Camp to win an under 11s title and also one of the first teams to go through the league unbeaten. Their managers are Aidan Smith and Lol O Leary. Two members of Scoil Bhreac Chluain were in the team.they were Seán Kennedy and Eoghan McCarthy. Their top scorer is James Crean with a total of seventeen goals for under 11s and their captain is David Smith. To celebrate the managers took the team to UL in Limerick for a day. Camp s largest win was seven-nil Eoghan McCarthy / Sean Kennedy Aine Hannifin to Mike & Teresa Tomás Ashe to Tomas & Eileen Twins Brid & Áine Foley to John & Fidelus Ella Sheehy to Janine Alice Ferriter Bobby and Dolores Shona O Brien to Donna & Barry Abbie Moriarty to Sean and Aine Mary Rose Casey to Eamonn & Teresa John Forde Hello - Goodbye 2005-06 Junior Infants 6th Class

INTERVEIW WITH MRS.PHILOMENA CURRAN. FULL NAME: Mrs. Philomena Ann Curran ADDRESS: The Mall, Annascaul. WHERE WERE YOU BORN? Milltown WHAT IS YOUR HUSBANDS NAME? John WHAT ARE THE NAMES OF YOUR CHILDREN AND WHAT ARE THEIR AGES? Lisa and Sarah (26 and 22) WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE SUBJECT TO TEACH? English WHEN DID YOU START TEACHING? 1973 WHERE WAS YOUR FIRST SCHOOL? Ballyhack N.S in Wexford. HOW MANY SCHOOLS HAVE YOU TAUGHT AT? 3 schools plus 7 schools in the Dingle Peninsula. HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN TEACHING AT ANNASCAUL NATIONAL SCHOOL? Since 1984 IF YOU WERE NOT A TEACHER, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE AND WHY? A cook because I like baking. WHO IS YOUR FAVOURITE SINGER? Nial Diamond. WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE TELEVISION PROGRAMME? E.R WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE SPORT? Rugby INTERVEIW WITH MR. PAT CLIFFORD. FULL NAME: Patrick Joseph Clifford ADDRESS: Lackabane, Fossa Co. Kerry WHERE WERE YOU BORN? Caherciveen hospital Co. Kerry WHAT IS YOUR WIFES NAME? Cathriona WHAT ARE THE NAMES OF YOUR CHILDREN AND WHAT ARE THEIR AGES? Ellen, Mick aged 5 Anna aged 3 and a half Jack 1 and a half. WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE SUBJECT TO TEACH? Maths WHEN DID YOU START TEACHING? 1984 WHERE WAS YOUR FIRST SCHOOL? St. Catherine s N.S Rush. Co. Dublin HOW MANY SCHOOLS HAVE YOU TAUGHT AT? Three School 1. St. Catherine s N.S Rush. Co. Dublin 2. St. Colmans N.S. Macroom Co. Cork and 3. Scoil Bhreac Chluain Annascaul Co. Kerry. HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN TEACHING AT ANNASCAUL NATIONAL SCHOOL? 3 yrs IF YOU WERE NOT A TEACHER, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE AND WHY? A carpenter, because I ve always enjoyed working with wood. WHO IS YOUR FAVOURITE SINGER? Luke Kelly WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE TELEVISION PROGRAMME? Any sports programme WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE SPORT? Gaelic Football Children from Scoil Bhreac Chluain who represented Annascaul/Camp at the County Community Games in Tralee. Names front from left Brian Kennedy, Aoife Falvey, Second row Alan Falvey, Niamh Kennedy, Lily Kennedy, Jack O'Connor, Hannah McCarthy, Back row John Joe Landers and Cian Kennedy.

Fr Brendan Walsh By Amy Barrett and Cara Kennedy 19th November 2004 Our new parish priest Fr. Brendan Walsh came to Annascaul in Autumn 2004. He was born on the 12th of May 1959 and is 46 years old. He has 1 brother and 3 sisters and was the second eldest. He was born in Tralee and grew up in Ballylongford. He went to Ballylongford Primary School. His favourite subject at school was history and least favourite subject was maths. He has always wanted to be a priest and knew he was going to be one. He left Ballylongford in 1977 at the age of 28. The first church where he was priest was Killorglin. He then went on from there to be priest in Beaufort, Castletownbere, Killarney, Tralee and finally Annascaul. He liked all the parishes and had no favourite in particular. He prefers to be called Fr. Brendan rather than Father Walsh and his favourite Bible story is The Prodigal Son. He has always visited the parish schools regularly as he does now and likes it here in Annascaul. He goes back to Ballylongford every Sunday. That was our interview with Fr. Brendan Walsh and we hope he will be with us for a long time. Short Story Once there was a young man who lived with his poor mother and father and his little brother. One day he decided to set out to seek his fortune. He had just returned from the army when he set out. He went to the market and sold his uniform and his service revolver. Altogether it came to just enough for his fare to New York and some food. He got on the big steamboat and off he went. When he arrived in New York he was welcomed by a mugger who was disappointed to find he was in no way wealthy and a group of kids who threw stones at him. He got a job in a market and a flat nearby. One day when he was working at the market he saw a shifty looking character standing around waiting. A young man spoke to him briefly and then casually strolled up to him and filled his pockets from the cash register. He resisted and managed to trip the robber and took him to the police. He later became a policeman and helped catch several big time criminals. He eventually returned to Ireland and got married. He died of bad cause pneumonia in his family home. By Joe O Shea Pupils from Scoil Bhreac Chluain who play with Camp Junior Soccer Club. Names: Front row from left Shane Ferriter, Daniel Flannery, Alan Falvey, Cian Campion Second row from left Patrick J O'Shea, John Joe Landers, Cian Kennedy and Paddy McCarthy.

Children from Scoil Bhreac Chluain who won medals and trophies for dancing during the year Interview with Mrs. Maloney Mrs. Maloney lives in Camp. Her husband s name is Dan. She has three children. One is a dentist and the two other children are students. Her favourite subjects to teach are religion and gaeilge. She has taught in two other schools. Her favourite food is fish. The news is her favourite television programme. She would like to be a dentist because she likes to help people. Parents are the biggest influence in her life. Communion The communion of Scoíl Bhreac Chluain 2nd class included, top row left to right: Darren Dineen, Annascaul, Alan Falvey, Annascaul, Cian Campion, Annascaul, Peter Mc Goveren, Annascaul, Seán Brosnan, Annascaul, Seán O Connor, Inch, Jerry Foley, Inch, second row left to right: Danny Rigg, Annascaul, Michael Ward, Annascaul, Niamh Kennedy, Annascaul, Katie Ferriter, Annascaul, Keelyn O Brien, Lougher, Lily Kennedy, Inch, Ciara Kennedy, Inch. The children received their first Holy Communion in Inch church on the 7th May. All the teachers were great and very supportive. Lily Kennedy sang My shepherd is the Lord, Katie Ferriter and SeanO Connor did readings. Darren Dineen, Alan Falvey and Danny Rigg dressed the alter. Alan Falvey, Sean Brosnan, Darren Dineen and Keelyn O Brien brought up the gifts. Niamh Kennedy, Cian Campion, Peter McGovern, Micheal Ward and Ciara Kennedy said the Prayers of the Faithful. The children who said the Penitential rite were Sean Brosnan,Jerry Foley and Keelyn O Brien. By Shauna Dineen

Sammy s Stores Patrick Daly Sammy's Stores was opened on the 7th of May 2005. It is open seven days a week. The café is open but the bar will be open at a later date. It has three bedrooms upstairs and it is going to have a canteen for the staff members. It has tiles all around the outside. It has a lot of staff. I go their every Sunday for the paper. They have really nice staff members and it is right in front of the beach. The owner of the Strand Bar and Sammy's Stores has a lot of holiday homes on the beach too. Jokes! Evan O Brien 1.Doctor, I keep thinking I m a bridge. What s come over you? Four cars, two lorries and five buses Credit Union Quiz - Congratulations to the Scoil Bhreac under 11 team who won the West Kerry Credit Union table quiz. After all eight rounds they finished on the same number of points as Lispole. They then had a tie breaker before eventually emerging victorious. Scoil Bhreac Chuain under 11 s team went to Killarney and represented West Kerry in the county final Joanne Finn 2..Why do donkeys eat thistles? Because he s a ass 3.What s grey has four legs and a trunk? A mouse going on holiday. 4.What did one eye saw to the other eye? Something s come between us, and it smells. Annascaul GAA Annascaul have had a mixed year so far in the County League. Their most recent match came last Saturday against Kerins O Rahilly s where they won by a point. There was a thrilling climax to the game with Annascaul winning by 0-13 to 1-9. It was their first victory in the league this year. They have already had draws with St Mary s and Dingle. Annascaul are now in ninth and steadily pulling away from the relegation zone. They now have four points and they may need two more wins to stay safe. That win against Strand Road is a major boost for the team. Annascaul now play Milltown-Castlemaine who are mid table in the league. It will be a tough game but with home advantage Annascaul should edge it. In other competitions Annascaul were knocked out of the intermediate championship by Castleisland Desmonds. It was a poor match and Desmonds won by 1-12 to 0-13. The Annascaul b team have done very well this year winning most of their games. Annascaul also have a good representation on the West Kerry team this year. At underage level it has been an average year. The minors did very well this year in the County league. This year Annascaul have a Kerry minor playing with them. Eamon Hickson of the Annascaul minor and senior teams lined out at centre-back against Limerick. They won that match comfortably. Annascaul only have the league left but they should survive. Later in the year the West Kerry championship will be on. Until then all focus on the league. Chess Champions Annascaul Chess Masters are Unbeatable Scoil Bhreac Chluain s chess team remained unbeaten throughout the Kerry heats of the scholastic Irish Chess competition. They then represented Kerry in the All Ireland Chess championships in Limerick. The four team members were Cara Kennedy, Cian Kennedy, Daniel O Connell and Kate O Donnell. A special thanks is extended to Eileen Kennedy who trained the chess team, and runs an after school chess club in the school every Thursday.

Football at Scoil Bhreac Chluain First the skill competition. In the boy s competition Patrick O Shea, Conor Guilfoyle and Gary Counihan went to Dingle to compete. They came a credible 4th out of 9 teams. In the girls event, Karen O Connor, Kate O Donnell and Kayrena Fitzgerald went to Dingle to compete. They came out slightly better, they came 2nd, losing 2 points to Castlegregory who won the competition. 7- a side Both Annascaul teams came 2nd in the 7-a side football tournament held in Castlegregory. Both teams beating Cloghane and lost in the final to Castlegregory. Here is a picture of both teams. Our senior football team beat Ballyferriter in the quarter final of the Corn Mhic Churtain Cup to reach a semi-final place against Castlegregory by a score of 8 goals 8 points to 2 goals and 15 points. The team was 1 Jamie Finn 2 Kate O Donnell 3 Conor Guilfoyle 4 Evan O Brien (Capt) 5 Eoghan McCarthy 6 Patrick O Shea 7 Daniel O Connell 8 Karen O Connor 9 Maurice O Donnell 10 Patrick Daly 11 Gary Counihan 12 Sean Kennedy 13 Bernard Sheehy 14 Kayrena Fitzgerald 15 Colleen McCarthy. Subs. Amy Barrett, Noirín Landers, Cara Kennedy, Shauna Dineen, Lena Veltin and Anna Veltin. Ribena Soccer John Knightly, Patrick O Shea and Maurice O Donnell pictured with Kerry Stars, Colm Cooper and Donal Daly Our school has been taking part in Ribena Soccer has been going in our school for three years. This year the girls and boys of 4th, 5th and 6th went to listowel. Unfortunatly the boys didn t win but the girls won the tournament. We played our First match against Listowel. We played Lixnaw in our second match. We won the two of them. We were then in the semi final. We played Listellic. We beat them and got through to the finals playing against Caherlehean. It was a draw, it went into penatly shoot out. We had Kayrena Fitzgerald in goals. Karen O Connor, Kate O Donnell, Colleen Mc Carthy, Kayrena Fitzgerald and Shauna Dineen took the penalties. We won that and represented Kerry in Limerick. We each got a medal. In Limerick we played two matches one against Waterford and the other against Cork. Unfortunately we did not win but we were proud to represent Kerry. Karen O Connor

Main School Tour On the 16th of June 1st to 5th classes went on our school tour. We had a choice of going mountain climbing, kayaking and orienteering. I chose to go kayaking and orienteering. When I went kayaking I fell off twice. The first time I fell off on purpose and the second time I was pushed off. When I went orienteering we had to go off finding boards and print little holes on to a sheet and then we had to answer questions. Most people wanted to go rock climbing, those who did had great fun and found it much scarier than they imagined. Overall we had a great day out. Sean Kennedy School Tours 6th Class It is a tradition for every sixth class to go to Dublin on their tour as a farewell gesture. We travel up on the train and the Parents Committee very kindly pay for a private bus around the city. The bus will carry us wherever we want to go. This year we went on the Viking Splash Tour, Croke Park and the Wax Museum. The Viking Splash is a very interesting tour of Dublin city. The tour guide shows us important buildings in Dublin and at the end we plunge into the Grand Canal and float around. After that it was off to Croke Park where we got the full tour of the stadium. We all agreed what a marvellous building it is. We then went to the wax museum. The main exhibition there was very impressive. In the chamber of horrors the models are so real it makes it very scary. We then went shopping in Grafton Street for a half an hour. It was then time to get back on the train. We all agreed it was the best tour we had been on. Conor Guilfoyle Congratulations to all of the children in Scoil Bhreac Chluain who paticipated in the Keel Athletics Competition. The children who received medals were Kayrena Fitzgerald, Patrick O Shea, Daniel O Connell, Alan Falvey, Jerry Foley, Jack O Conner, Danny Rigg, Niamh Kennedy, Lilly Kennedy, Ciara Kennedy, Hannah McCarthy, Aoife Falvey, Brian Kennedy and Chloe Kennedy Quiz Sports Day John, Maurice & Gary Q1.Who was the leader of Germany in World War 1? Q2.What was the capital of Crimea? Q3.What was Germany formerly known as? Q4.How many altogether on a soccer team (not including referee)? Answers: Sports Day Wheelbarrow 1. Kaizer Willhelm 2. Sevestapol 3. Prussia 4. 22 players Evan O Brien