Community notes July 3rd

Ibane Ladies Football

The new season kicked off on Sunday week last with the first league fixture of the season taking place featuring the Junior Ladies team taking on Kilworth in Kilworth.

In what was a thrilling game, the Juniors were defeated by 4 points after an intense second half. Both sides gave a great display of football, team spirit and determination and the game was a most enjoyable day out for all who travelled to support. Well done to the Junior Ladies and their management team!

The Junior Ladies bounced back to winning ways when they defeated Shamrocks in their league fixture on a sunny Sunday evening away to Shamrocks. It was wonderful to see not one, not two but THREE Mother and Daughter pairings on the pitch for that game, well done to Teresa and Grace Tobin, Tracy And Tara Fleming, and Elaine and Ali McCarthy!

A full list of upcoming fixtures is available on our club Facebook page. There are some exciting games coming up in the next two weeks across all age categories. Please come out and support the girls (adhering to social distancing rules)!

It is wonderful to see the high number of players attending training at all age categories this season!

100 Years Ago

On the 22^nd. of June, The Coastguard Station at Howe’s Strand was attacked and severe destruction was caused to the building. William Foley of Timoleague who was brigade lieutenant of engineering of the Cork 111 Brigade was severely burned in the face and hands during this operation. He was attended to by Dr.Dorothy Stopford of Kilbrittain and remained under her care for several weeks. It should be noted that Dr. Stopford was of enormous help to the volunteers in the area who were in need of her medical expertise at this time. While convalescing he was involved in attending to brigade correspondence, arranging the collection of dispatches from Bandon each day and forwarding them on to Brigade O/C Liam Deasy.

Three volunteers from the Clonakilty Company were arrested and sentenced to death at this time also. This called for drastic action and it was decided to kidnap Lord Bandon of Castle Bernard. His stately residence was burned and Lord Bandon was taken prisoner. Seven members of the Timoleague company, all armed, were among the raiding party.He was taken to Clogagh where he was detained at Deasy’s near the graveyard. He was then taken to Hennessy’s of Skeaf House and he also spent some time at Murphy’s of Skeaf which was the headquarters of the 1^st. Battalion (Bandon) throughout the campaign. It is remarkable that British intelligence never discovered its existance. Members of the Clogagh and Timoleague Companies kept guard over the prisoner.

It was then decided to transfer Lord Bandon out of the Clogagh area and he was taken to Barryroe. Fourteen members of the Timoleague Company were involved in his transfer, four of whom were armed. Scouts and sentries were organised round the clock to keep guard and also to keep track of British troops who were searching the countryside for him. Among the houses that he was detained in were Jerh. Whelton’s of Currihy; Denis O’Driscoll’s of Dunworley and Dan O’Leary’s of Currihevern. The reason for the constant movement was to avoid the possibility of British raiding parties. Lord Bandon had been warned that if there was a danger of the British finding him, he would be shot. It seems from reports of his detention that he and his captors got on very well. They spent a lot of the time playing cards and he was given some of his favourite tipple also.

A communication signed by Lord Bandon was sent to the British Prime Minister, Lloyd George, asking to have the lives of the three IRA prisoners spared. It was dispatched by the Battalion O/C Sean Hales.

Sealy King, a Magistrate and Justice of the Peace was also kidnapped at this time and his residence in Bandon was also burned. Sealy King was held in the Newcestown area and William Foley was one of his “minders”

A truce was called on July 11^th. and on the following day Lord Bandon was driven by car to Castle Bernard and left at the gate of his ruined home.