Marshalstown/ Castledockrell
NOTES
Wishing all readers of and contributors to these notes a very happy, healthy New Year. Please note that items must reach me by 6 p.m. on a Sunday for inclusion in the following week’s edition of the paper. Late items may be held over till the following week if still in date. Thank you for your co-operation in this matter.
CLOTHING COLLECTION
There will be an NCBI collection in Castledockrell NS in January. So if you have any clothing etc to get rid of we would be delighted to receive it her in the school from Monday, 16th to Friday, January 20. Thank you.
SYMPATHY
Sympathy is extended to the family of the late Seán Fox. May he rest in peace.
STORYTELLING
The next session of Storytelling in Castledockrell Hall is on Thursday, January 19, at 8 p.m. There will be a raffle on the night. Teas served. Wishing all who attend the house of stories regularly during the year every good wish for the coming year.
MONTH’S MIND
Month’s mind Mass for Philomena Morris, Ballywilliamroe is on Friday, December 30, at 7.30 p.m. in St Joseph’s Church, Marshalstown. May she rest in peace.
CHRISTMAS DRAW
Congratulations to the following winners in the Christmas Draw held in aid of Castledockrell NS: 1st Seán Kelly – €100, 2nd Daniel Byrne – Delux Hamper, 3rd Clodagh Doyle – Fuel Voucher (Foley’s Shop), 4th Mia Dreelan – Fuel Voucher (Applegreen), 5th Eugene Murteigh – Hamper, 6th Jack Saunders – Hamper, 7th James Foley – Hamper, 9th Molly Byrne – Hamper. Thanks to all who supported the draw.
GET WELL
Get well wishes to all from the parish who are ill in hospitals, nursing homes, or at home at present. Wishing you all a very Happy New Year.
IMPORTANT DATES
Wednesday, March 8: First Confessions in Castledockrell. Thursday, March 9: First Confessions in Marshalstown. Thursday, March 30: Confirmation in Castledockrell. Saturday, May 13: First Holy Communion in Marshalstown. Sunday, May 14: First Holy Communion in Castledockrell.
SCHOOL PROJECT
Folklore and local history material from Counties Wexford, Wicklow and Carlow have been uploaded to the National Folklore Collections free website duchas. ie the material is from schools collections which contains folklore material recorded by pupils between 1937 and 1939. It consists of more than half a million pages of handwritten stories and reports noted by some 50,000 primary school children across the 26 counties.
Included in this material are many gems of local interest written by pupils from 11 to 14 years from Castledockrell NS, Marshalstown NS and Monart NS. It gives an interesting insight of the parish in times past and has the names of the children who wrote the stories and their teachers. The website is duchas.ie.