Ballincollig Newsletter

31/08/2025

17/08/2025

Blarney and District Historical Society presents

‘A Heritage Walk Around Blarney Village’
- Thursday 21st August 2025 at 7pm SHARP

Assemble: Church of Ireland gates - all welcome
Speaker: Historian & Author Richard Forrest

Explore Blarney’s rich heritage with talks, tours, journals & archives. Join the Blarney & District Historical Society in preserving local history.

11/08/2025

It is with great sadness that our beloved Catherine passed away peacefully this morning, surrounded by family and love. She will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved her. 💔❤️

11/08/2025

From a follower:

Our friends’ house in Ballincollig burnt down last Friday night. 3 generations lived in that house. All family members made it out thankfully. We would appreciate if you could share this on your page to try and build up some donations to help them get some money together to try and get there lives back on track. Thank you.

Hi, our names are Louise Aherne and Laura Hogan and we are fundraising for our… Louise Aherne needs your support for House Fire Devastates Family Home in Cork

10/08/2025

We have managed to source a number of oxygen bottles and are sorted for now. Thank you to everyone who commented. If further need arises, we will reopen the comments.

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We urgently need a replacement medical oxygen cylinder for one of our admin’s immediate family members in Cork.

Their current supply has run out, and due to suppliers operating from the UK, there is no out-of-hours emergency service available in Ireland. The earliest they can deliver is during normal working hours.

This is for Catherine O’Leary, whose story you may have seen us post about in the past, and you can read at https://catherineoleary.com

If you have a medical oxygen cylinder available or know where we can source immediately, please:

• Call 1800 938 106 and leave a voicemail with your number.

• Send us a direct message

This is a time critical and urgent request. Thank you for any assistance you can provide.

03/01/2025

Blarney and District Historical Society Presents an Illustrated Lecture entitled
'The Murder of Bessie Mullane – Blarney 1854’
on Thursday, 9th January 2025 at 8pm in Scoil Mhuire Gan Smál (Blarney Secondary School)
Speaker: Historian and Author Richard Forrest.
www.blarneyhistory.ie