All About Cork: Olympic gold medallist visits Douglas Gymnastics Club
Olympic gold medalist Rhys McClenaghan meeting the young athletes during his courtesy visit to Douglas Gymnastics Club. Picture Dan Linehan
Cllr Kieran McCarthy continues his series of summer historical walking tours for July with tours of Tramore Valley Park, City Centre and Sunday’s Well. He will conduct a walk across the area of Tramore Valley Park, formerly the Black Ash, on Saturday afternoon, 13 July. The meeting point is the Halfmoon Lane gate, 1pm. The tour is free with a duration of 90 minutes. There is no booking required.
The Tramore Valley Park tour will explore the development of the area from being a swamp through to being a landfill and then onto being an artificial mound to enable the development of a park. Cllr McCarthy noted:
“Cork’s Tramore Valley Park is an exciting heritage site. What is great is the rich historical archive of documents and maps, which reveal not only historical development of the immediate area, but also the surrounds of the southern suburbs.
“Historically William Petty’s 1655 map of the city and its environs marks the site of Tramore Valley Park as Ballyphehane townland, a reference to the original local environment and the backing up of the Trabeg and Tramore tributary rivers as they enter the Douglas River channel. We are lucky that there are also really interesting perspectives on the area recorded through the ages, which have been great to research. This is a site where the city’s environment has also been a regular topic of debate across local newspapers and in the city’s council political chamber”, concluded Cllr McCarthy.
Kieran’s historical walking tours for July 2025 (all free, 2 hours, no booking required) Sunday 13 July 2025, Views from a Park – The Black Ash and Tramore Valley Park historical walking tour; meet at Half Moon Lane gate, 1pm.
Wednesday 16 July 2025, Cork Through the Ages, An Introduction to the Historical Development of Cork City; meet at the National Monument, Grand Parade, 6.30pm.
Thursday 17 July 2025, Sunday’s Well historical walking tour; discover the original well and the eighteenth century origins of the suburb, meet at St Vincent’s Bridge, North Mall end, 6.30pm.
Douglas GAA Club’s annual golf classic will be held on Thursday next, June 26 and Friday, June 27, this year, at Douglas Golf Club.
One of the organisers said: “Huge thanks again to MSL Engineering for sponsoring this event, which is the main fundraiser for our club.” To enter the student competition see: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdOM2B-12frfTKpqukgWYCoLbPQ67_Fckl5EaUcOorR4HUGgA/viewform. To enter a four person team in the main event or sponsor a tee-box, contact a club member or see: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfli9liJNUUsWySfL1uELDhsO1mAdZbVFDIPGA2rDe--g-RPQ/viewform.
The club also said a special thanks to everyone “who supported our street leagues finals day last Saturday. As always our Street Leagues is full of smiles, plenty of skills and some ‘gymnastics’.
“Big thank you to everyone involved, including all the organisers, mentors, players, parents, and a huge thank you to the new sponsors Ryan’s SuperValu.
“The day also featured camogie and hurling underage striking competitions and the presentation of Gabriel Doherty’s inaugural memorial cup.
“A special thanks to Patrick O’Sullivan for organising this memorial competition, and to Gabriel’s brothers who made the trip to Douglas on the day to present the cup to the U11 winning team.”
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