Enniskerry
1916 REMEMBERED
The Ceremony goes ahead on this Saturday starting from Bog Meadow at 5.15 p.m. to the Town Clock. The proclamation will be read, and there will be Musical and Flag Honours to those who gave their lives in 1916. Schoolchildren from three Schools will also participate. More Information can be had by contacting Liam at 086 8185944.
GAA NEWS
Enniskerry Junior Footballers received a walkover from Baltinglass in their League game on Sunday last. Footballers will travel to Hollywood on Friday Night for a game at 8 p.m. Hurlers are out at on Wednesday Night in Shillegagh in their first match of the League.
HEARTSAVERS
Training to save lives takes place every Thursday night in Powerscourt National School at 8 p.m. Anyone can join no cost involved phone or text 086 2564468.
DARTS
Good Luck to Joe Walsh and the Powerscourt Arms darts team when they play in the semi-final of the Cup in Sallynoggin on this Thursday night – support would be welcome.
COMMUNITY GAMES
Numbers seem to be getting higher for the athletics training which takes place on Tuesday evenings between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m.– all children are welcome.
POWERSCOURT/KILBRIDE
Services of Worship in Powerscourt for Sunday, May 1, – Rogation Sunday: 8.30 a.m. – Holy Communion (said); 11.30 a.m. – Open Air Rogation Service in Church Paddock followed by family picnic. Every Monday in Powerscourt: Open Church and Daily Prayer at 10 a.m., midday, and 5 p.m. Every Thursday in Powerscourt: 10 a.m.– Holy Communion and Prayer for the Sick.
St Mary’s Church annual St Vincent de Paul Clothing Collection: Bags distributed last weekend will be collected this weekend. The Appeal is for clean, good-quality clothes, bedclothes, curtains, shoes etc. The Society is very conscious of the tremendous support given by the Parishioners of this Parish for their charitable works over the years. They would like to thank you all most sincerely on behalf of those you have helped. annual Blessing of Graves: Killegar on Thursday, June 30, at 7.30 p.m.; Kilmacanogue on Sunday, August 21, at 3 p.m.; Curtlestown on Sunday, August 28, at 3 p.m.; and Glencree on Sunday, September 4, after 9 a.m. Mass.
Alzheimer’s Society of Ireland: The annual Church Gate Collection for Alzheimer’s will be held after all Masses at St Mary’s and services in St Patrick’s on Saturday / Sunday, May 7, / eighth. As all proceeds from this collection will benefit only Co. Wicklow patients your support will be much appreciated. annual Pilgrimage To Our Lady’s Island on Monday, August 15: Bus will leave village at 11 a.m., and will return at approx 9.30 p.m. We arrive in time for light refreshments and to at- tend Mass. Dinner will be booked for 6 p.m. in Queen’s Quarter, Newcastle on way home. Please book your place by phoning Lily Kavanagh on 2867192. Bus deposit of €10 must be paid on booking.
Helpers Wanted: God’s Housekeepers are looking for help on Monday mornings for half an hour from 10.45 a.m. to 11.15 a.m. to clean St Mary’s Church, even if you cannot commit to every week, every second week, once a month, all help appreciated.
Legion of Mary – Kilmacanogue Presidium: Meet at 3.30 p.m. every Tuesday in the Sacristy of St Mochonog’s. New members are most welcome. Group recite the Rosary on the first Saturday of each month at midday at the Grotto in the Church grounds. Click on the link legionofmary.ie to view website.
Parish Shop: St Mary’s Church Shop (at rear of Church on the left) opens after all Masses. All occasion cards, prayers, statues available plus items, for Baptisms, Weddings and other Special Occasions.
Facebook Page: Enniskerry, Curtlestown, Glencree and Kilmacanogue are part of the Bray and Enniskerry Pastoral Area. A Facebook page has been created to coordinate any and all activities common to all parishes in the area. So please link in with it and like our page. To find: type Bray and
BARN DANCE
Start looking for your Stilettos and Stetsons and save the date as St Mary’s and St Gerard’s National School, Enniskerry, are holding a Barn Dance on Friday, May 27, at 8 p.m. in the Powerscourt Arms Hotel to raise funds for their school. This event was a lot of fun last year so don’t miss out! Tickets can be purchased directly from the school or at the Powerscourt Arms and Country House Hotel. Tickets are now on sale.
HISTORY SOCIETY
James Scannell, Vice-Chairperson of the Bray Cualann Historical and PRO of the Old Dublin Society, will be the guest speaker for the Thursday, May 12, 8.30 p.m. meeting of the Enniskerry History Society in the Powerscourt Arms and Country House Hotel, at which he will present his lecture ‘Some County Wicklow Railway Mishaps’ – all welcome, contribution €4. Further information on the Enniskerry History Society and its activities available from John Callan on 01-2867853.
In the meantime members are invited to tonight’s (Wednesday) 6.30 p.m. of the Old Dublin Society at which when Ken Ferguson will present his lecture ‘Lives, Letters, Liberty: Dublin’s GPO’in the Conference Room of Dublin City Library and Archive, 138 – 144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2. All welcome to attend – admission free; and to Friday’s 2 p.m. 60-minute talk in Bray Library by James Scannell on ‘An Overview of Transport in Bray and Co.Wicklow – Rail and Bus’. All welcome. Admission free.
1916 PATRIOT
This Saturday a gathering has been organised by IMPACT trade union to remember Harry Nicholls in Powerscourt graveyard at 11 a.m. when there will be a prayer service at the grave followed by the laying of a wreath on his grave followed by a short oration.
Then in St Patrick’s Church a speaker from IMPACT will give a short address about Harry Nicholls. This will be followed by refreshments in Powerscourt School Hall. Harry Nicholls is unique by being the only graduate of Trinity College Dublin who was an active republican rebel in 1916. When he was released from Frongoch in 1917, his ‘guarantors’ were his father and the Rector of Rathmines, the Revd. EH Lewis-Crosby. Later Harry Nicholls blamedPJ Hernon, the Dublin city manager, and a network of Knights of Columbanus, for the fact that he was never appointed City Engineer, despite his ability and all because he was a member of the Church of Ireland.
Harry Nicholls married Kathleen Emerson in 1919 and lived out their final years in Portmarnock, Co. Dublin, and then in Grafton Street, Dublin. Buried in Powerscourt Churchyard in Enniskerry, Co Wicklow, his gravestone records that he was a ‘1916 patriot and founder of the ILGOU’, the trade union for local government officials.