Stamullen

WHAT EVENT?

I met a lady last week who was just about to place a Stamullen community event notice in my post-box; she was going around the village delivering leaflets about the forthcoming event which was due to take place over the following weekend. When I informed her that I could have included the notice of the event within the column of the Stamullen Notes in the regional Drogheda Independent, she was completely unaware that such a service existed.

This particular lady, originally from Dublin, has been residing in Stamullen village for the past number of years.

By the time I had seen her putting the notice into my letterbox it was too late for inclusion in the Drogheda Independent as the event she was advertising was due to take place before the next edition of the newspaper was published. She thanked me for informing her that, whenever her organization would be holding a similar event in the future she would make contact with me so that the event could be placed within the Stamullen Notes and thus circulated amongst all regions of the North-East.

So, any Organisations, Associations, Societies, Community & Recreational Groups etc. who wish to avail of announcing forthcoming events in the village and parish of Stamullen are being asked to contact me, Brendan Matthews, at 01-8413033, Mobile 086-2260158 or by e mail to brennersm@eircom.net Please note that any items for inclusion within the pages of the Drogheda Independent should reach me by Friday lunchtime so that it may be included in the following Tuesday`s edition of the newspaper.

The Drogheda Independent Newspaper has been running since the year 1884 and retains a wide readership over a huge area of East Meath, South Louth and North Co. Dublin; it is the People`s Paper and has kept many, many folk in the `loop` for many, many years. So, all `newcomers`, Residents Associations within the new Housing Estates etc. etc. spread the word. If you want it read, announce it in the Stamullen Notes.

GORMANSTON COLLEGE

Since the students at Gormanston College received their summer holidays back in May this year, the entrance and exit route into and out of the grounds have been changed.

The entrance for parents dropping off children to school was formerly off the Gormanston village main road where you entered the grounds of the college and former Gormanston Estate. However, since the summer holidays, the entrance has now been changed to the Stamullen Road and exit onto the Gormanston village road; in other words, the entrance and exit routes to and from the college have been reversed. Just a note of warning, particularly to parents who will be dropping off their children to the complex in the coming weeks; early-morning rush with vehicles, buses, cars, suv`s, cyclists and pedestrians coming and going in all directions; take extreme care and drive slowly to avoid meeting your classmates and their parents by accident!

RUBBISH BAGS.

Congratulations to the `rubbishgenius` who placed grass-cuttings and other garden weed into large black refuse bags, tied the bags at the neck and then proceeded to dump them all, on the Giblockstown and Ballestrand Roads. Had you the brains to perhaps empty the bag`s contents, the weeds and grass would have eventually decayed into a type of compost along the hedgerows and would not have been any potential danger to the environment. However, by placing the vegetation matter into large plastic bags and then sealing the bags will result in an unsightly mess with the bags of course never to decay for perhaps many a long year. If you can`t take your grass-cuttings and garden weeds to the local recycling centre, based at Mell in Drogheda, and where the charge is but a mere €2!

HERITAGE WEEK WALK.

Community Historian Brendan Matthews will present a special Walk n Talk Historical & Archaeological Tour of the Dale Valley area of Drogheda this coming Sunday August 20th from 2 until 4pm. The Dale area of Drogheda is a real hidden gem of both the built and natural heritage of this fascinating place; like a rural setting within an urban town, the Dale lies with the townland of Lagavooreen in the Parish of St. Marys and contains a wealth of the hidden gems that is part of Droghedas heritage and historical past. Meeting at the Cenotaph (Celtic Cross) monument at the bottom of Mary St. at 2pm, the tour will take about 1 ½ hours and suitable clothing and footwear should be worn on the day The tour will end in the grounds of the former St. Mary`s Church of Ireland grounds.This event is part of the National Heritage Week and is run in association with the heritage Council of Ireland and the Old Drogheda Society and is free of charge.