Stamullen
DULEEK CARDIAC FIRST RESPONSE GROUP
Duleek Cardiac First Response Group fundraising table quiz & Easter raffle will take place on Thursday 29th March in The Carranstown Lodge at 9pm. Table of 4 for €20. Tickets for the Easter raffle are now on sale from all our responders & in The Village Barber, Xtra Clean dry cleaners & Haven Pharmacy Duleek. Tickets cost €2 each or book of 6 for €10. Some fantastic prizes to be won including a €300 hotel voucher, €200 voucher for House of Tiles Duleek plus many more prizes. Draw will take place on Thursday 29th March.
DULEEK DRAMA PLAYERS
Duleek Drama Players presents a famous comedy by Maurice McLoughlin “Brush with a Body” in the Droichead Arts Centre Drogheda from 20th to 24th of March. Admission costs €15, contact 041-9833946 to book your tickets to this hilarious production.
DULEEK/BELLEWSTOWN ARA
Please note the date of the next meeting is Wednesday 14th March at 2pm in the Parish Hall. Bowls also takes place every Tuesday 2-4pm in Parish Centre. New members always welcome.
IRISH BOOK LAUNCH
Irish Book Launch of Pure Mental by local writer Eamon Shanley takes place at 7pm on Tuesday 27th March 2018 in Duleek Public Library. Positively acclaimed as ‘…heart breaking, funny and uplifting! fast paced and Immensely readable, easy to read and hard to put down, rave reviews from around the world. Please join us to support this great achievement by Eamon Shanley.
BLOOD PRESSURE CHECK
Don’t miss your chance for a FREE Blood pressure check with an Irish Heart Foundation Nurse when the mobile health unit visits Duleek Library on Friday 16th of March from 10am to 4pm.
DULEEK/BELLEWSTOWN GFC
NOT TO BE MISSED - Duleek-Bellewstown GFC will hold their first Drive in Bingo for 2018 on Sunday 25th March at 3.00pm in Bellewstown Racecourse. Over €3,000 in Prize Money to be won on the day. Complimentary Tea and Coffee will be served at the interval.
IN MEMORY
Sympathy is extended to the family and friends of Eamon (Richard) Whelan, Bridgefoot, Gormanston. Following Funeral Mass at the Church of Assumption in Balscadden on Wednesday morning, March 7th, Mr Whelan was laid to rest in Flemingtown Cemetery Balscadden.
DATE FOR YOUR DIARY
The Briarleas and Mosney Road Street party will take place this year on Saturday June 16th. Great craic and entertainment on the day and a
COMMUNITY WALKING
The Meath Local Sports Partnership; get down to your Local Walking Group at St. Patrick`s GFC Centre at Cock Hill Stamullen on Mondays and Wednesdays at 7pm and also on Saturdays at 10am and enjoy some healthy spring walking among friends. For more information contact Linda at 087-6503124.
SNOW STORM
The recent snow storm left many local roads impassable across the parish of Stamullen. Amongst the worst hit were the hills and valleys around Tullog, Herbertstown, Giblockstown, Greenanstown, Damselstown, Lacystown, Saddlestown, Clinstown, Whiteleas and Ballestran. The road to Drogheda via Lisdornan, Dardistown and Cooperhill was also impassable for a number of days following the heavy snow storm and particularly as a result of the heavy drifts that affected most areas of the parish.
The Tobertown road out of Stamullen village into Fingal was also badly affected. However, unlike the heavy snow storm of 1982, the snow appeared to get cleared by machinery a lot faster this time around and most roads were passable by Monday morning March 5th.
The snow which had been cleared to the sides of the narrow country roads however remained for several days later into the weekend of March 10th & 11th; the large drifts presenting an unusual scene of banks of ice/snow some measuring almost two metres in height against the backdrop of green fields and hedgerows reflecting the rays of some lovely spring sunshine. The snows of 1982 also arrived during the first week in January of that year and not on March 1st as they have done in 2018.
PEDESTRIAN LIGHTS
The new set of pedestrian lights has at last been switched on in the vicinity of the shops in the centre of Stamullen village.