Our Christmas cards and calendars 2020 are out now!
We are very proud of our 2020 calendar, which features the photos and stories of some of the cats we have trapped during the year. It costs €7 and would make an ideal stocking filler or gift to send abroad.
The stories featured are:
- Back on Known Grounds in Medieval Youghal
- Milking Time in Kilbrittain
- The Ginger Dynasty (Cashel)
- One Big Happy Family (Shanagarry)
- The Longest Trapping (Clonmel)
- A Busy Farm in Ballyhooly
- The Numbers Game (White’s Cross)
- Handsome Charlie from Tallow
- Part of The Solution (Castlelyons)
- Part of The Solution (Clonmel)
- The Garden Assistants in Midleton
- Hiding in the Straw (Burnfort)
- In Memoriam featuring a gorgeous cat from Little Island
We would like to thank the following businesses who kindly sponsored it and helped us to make it possible:
- Acorn Vets, Mallow
- Animal Care Hospital Douglas
- Blue Coast Veterinary Clinic, Youghal
- Cloyne Veterinary Clinic
- Duntahane Veterinary Clinic, Fermoy
- Glasslyn Vets, Bandon
- Glen Veterinary Clinic, Ballylanders & Tipperary Town
- Midleton Veterinary Hospital
- Riverview Veterinary Group
- Southview Veterinary Hospital, Clonmel
- The Cat Hospital, Glanmire
Also to be thanked are the Friends of Community Cats Network who sponsored the months of December and January 2021:
- Breda O’Mahony from Cobh
- Carrie & Darren Whitty from Carrigtwohill
- Cruelty Free Attitude: http://www.crueltyfreeattitude.com
- Cork Recycling Company Ltd, Togher, Cork – 021 4311892
- Kilshanna Music, Arts & Drama Studio, Mitchelstown – 086 854 8331
- Margaret Fitzgerald from Fermoy
- Maureen Roe – Portraits & Landscapes
- Maureen Whelehan from Cobh
- Pat & David: “For Kiwi, missed and loved beyond words”
- Peggy Biessmann – Author
- The Pizza House, Mitchelstown – 025 24960
- The Trawl Door, Artisan Deli & Bakery, Ballycotton – 0214646832
- Tom Quirke Tyres, Cork – 087 2983643
- Youghal Honey, at Mahon Point Market, 1st Thursday of the month – 087 6547034
We are very grateful to Katie McGroarty from Cobh who designed this gorgeous calendar and to Anna and Steph for helping with proofreading.
Our Christmas cards also feature cats and kittens that CCN have been involved with during the year. You can find the story of each cat inside the card.
The pack of cards costs €5 and contains 6 cards with a different design on each. There are three models to choose from.
Model 5 contains cards that were kindly designed by Katie McGroarty and feature the stories of of Daisy the little traveller from Cloyne, some new tenants in Killavullen, the Blarney cats who were spoilt by the lads, a large colony in Cappoquin helped with good will, a colony on a carpark in Clonmel and the petshop pussyfooter from Ballincollig.
Model 4 contains cards that were kindly designed by Katie McGroarty and feature the stories of Little Miss Greedy Guts (Clonmel), the Summer of Love (Waterfall), a large colony in Dungarvan, Bluebell and Sunflower from Charleville, a Carer with a Big Heart in Mallow and a Colony in Ballinacurra. **LIMITED AVAILABILITY**
Model 3 contains cards that were kindly designed by Axelle Rychembusch and feature the stories of a colony in Ardmore, Major Tom from Kilady, a large TNR project in Youghal, a young and beautiful Cork city cat, a well-cared for colony in Midleton and of some unusual customers in Mitchelstown. **LIMITED AVAILABILITY**
We will be happy to mail them to you (p&p to be added). Contact us at communitycatsnetwork@gmail.com with your order and we will let you know how to proceed. Don’t forget to visit our online shop for more gift ideas!
Alternatively, you can find them at the following businesses:
If you would like to help us by taking a box of cards and calendars in your business or at your office, please email communitycatsnetwork@gmail.com.
East Cork:
- Midleton Veterinary Hospital (Midleton)
- The Vet Clinic (Midleton)
- Day’s Eurospar (Whitegate)
- Cloyne Veterinary Clinic (Cloyne, near Midleton)
- Ballymaloe Shop (Cloyne)
- Broderick’s Shop (Shanagarry)
- The Trawl Door, Artisan Deli & Bakery, Ballycotton
- The Village Greengrocer (Castlemartyr)
- Carewswood Garden Centre (Castlemartyr)
- Blue Coast Vets (Youghal)
- Read and Write (Youghal)
- Spar Kilcohan (Youghal)
- Pet Plus (Cobh)
- Sunbeam Vets (Cobh)
- Motor Mart (Cobh)
City and suburbs
- Green Note (City Centre)
- Lush (City Centre)
- Westside Veterinary Clinic (Model Farm Road)
- Riverview Vets (Ballincollig)
- Pet Plus (North Point, Blackpool)
- The Cat Hospital (Glanmire)
- Glanmire Pet Shop
- Animal Care Hospital (Douglas)
- Pet Stop (Kinsale Roundabout)
- Sunbeam Vets (Kinsale Roundabout)
West Cork
- Riverview Vets (Bandon)
- Glasslyn Vets (Bandon)
- Milina Dry-Cleaners (By-Pass, Bandon)
- The Potty Fish Shop (Bandon)
- Barryroe Co-op (Ballinspittle)
North Cork
- Duntahane Veterinary Clinic (Fermoy)
- Fermoy Books (Fermoy)
- Bermingham’s Gift Gallery (Fermoy)
- Horan’s Health Store (Fermoy)
- Slinky’s Pet Shop (Mitchelstown)
- Horan’s Health Store (Mitchelstown)
- Circle K (Mitchelstown)
- Glen Vets (Ballylanders, co Limerick)
- Acorn Vets (Mallow)
- Blackwater Vets (Mallow)
Waterford
- Ardmore Pharmacy (Ardmore)
- The Country Store (Kinsalebeg)
- Blasta Wholefoods (Dungarvan)
- Pharmacy (Cappoquin)
- Vets (Lismore)
- Credit Union (Tallow)
Tipperary
- Southview Vets (Clonmel)
- Glen Vets (Tipperary Town)
Christmas Stalls
- 24/11: Mitchelstown Christmas Magic Market (Saint George’s Arts and Heritage Centre, Mitchelstown, North Cork)
- 30/11: Christmas stall in Maxi Zoo Midleton
- 1/12: Aghada Christmas Fair (East Cork)
- 7/12: Christmas stall in Supervalu, Mitchelstown
- 8/12: Christmas Market at Greywood Arts, Killeagh
- 8/12: Kilbehenny Christmas Fair
- 21/12: Christmas stall in Maxi Zoo Midleton
- 22/12: Christmas stall in Maxi Zoo Midleton
- 23/12: Christmas stall in Maxi Zoo Midleton