A ‘winning streak’ seemed to be sweeping through the area - as reported last week, Edmond O’Sullivan from Glenroe was drawn to appear on ‘Spin The Wheel’, where he ended up winning £7,500 in cash and a Mitsubishi Colt car; Tom Sheehan from Glenahulla, Mitchelstown, a maintenance fitter at the Clonmel Road creamery, was subsequently drawn to attend the RTE studios for another round of the National Lottery game show. Elsewhere in the locality, Rachel O’Farrell from Shanballymore was one of the lucky winners drawn in a Quinnsworth competition to attend the 1994 World Cup in the United States; while local winners in the County Sound 103/96 FM competition ‘Sun, Sea and Sounds’ would see Mary Caplice from James St., Mitchelstown travelling to Florida, with Doneraile’s Deirdre Kelleher set to soak up the sun in Cyprus.

There were threats from motorists in South Limerick and surrounding area to boycott the 1994 Euro elections, following a public meeting held in Gallaghue’s Central Lounge in Ballylanders. ‘A huge, angry crowd’, estimated in excess of 500, turned up to voice their dismay at the condition of roads in the area, described as ‘a pot-hole crisis’. Those in attendance were adamant that the ‘£9 million in road tax revenue generated by Limerick County Council should be withheld from the coffers of the central exchequer and spent at home on roads’. Such was the crowd in attendance, that several people who turned up were unable to get into the hall. Lists of complaints were produced at the meeting, ‘along with cut tyres and motoring bills’ to emphasise what motorists had to contend with. Another option being considered was for motorists to withhold paying their car tax.

Theatre-goers were already looking forward to the West Waterford Drama Festival, due to get under way in St Michael’s Hall, Ballyduff on March 3rd, 1994. The final touches were being put to the festival programme, which featured several local groups. Amongst those competing in the confined section, Tallow were staging ‘The Year Of The Hiker’, while Fermoy’s Palace Players would stage ‘One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest’. The home group, Ballyduff, were the only local group competing in the open section, with their presentation of the farce, ‘Run For Your Wife’.

Some more whopping eggs were presented for inspection at The Avondhu office in Mitchelstown - following on from the large egg presented by Mitchelstown’s Martin Roche some weeks previous. Kathleen Fitzgerald, Anglesboro along with her sons James Michael and Tommy, proudly displayed some oversized eggs produced by their free range hens - the largest measured 3” in height, 2.25” diameter with a circumference of 7”.

The ongoing saga regarding the Mill Hill intersection with the N8 on to the Cork to Dublin Road, outside Kilworth, saw a proposal put forward at the Mallow Area Roads meeting by Cork County Council engineer, Brendan Devlin. Having looked at several options, costing from £125,000 to anything between £800,000 and £1.2m, it was felt these options would still lead to ‘a sub-standard junction’. The council therefore proposed for a new junction located 60 metres to the north, costing in the region of £250,000 and taking “roughly 6 months to complete”. However this would depend on the acquisition of land and the application to the NRA for a grant. Mr Devlin then proposed that the existing junction should close for 9 months. While various comments came from the floor of the meeting, it was agreed by all that details should immediately be forwarded to Kilworth Community Council.

In brief - The Blackwater Lodge Hotel in Upper Ballyduff was nominated in the Business to Consumer - Service Category of the Irish Direct Marketing Association/An Post Direct Marketing Awards for Excellence. Kildorrery junior A footballers qualified for the 1993 North Cork League final, recording a ‘heart-warming’ victory over Doneraile at Shanballymore, on a scoreline of 4-5 to 1-7; Kildorrery led 1-3 to 0-4 at the break, the goal from corner forward Joe Spillane, while three second half goals from Pat Murphy secured the outcome. Finally, following several ‘acts of vandalism’, Telecom Eireann moved to install a new pay phone in Ballyduff - a card type phone, the hope was this would deter thieves who were after the coins in the phone’s cash box.

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