Marshalstown/ Castledockrell

SOCIAL

Our next social in Marshalstown Community Centre takes place on Friday, February 17, when we welcome back the Images, who always make for a great nights dancing. Doors open 9.30 p.m., dancing starts at 10 p.m.

Come and enjoy a lovely night out with tea, dancing and a great relaxed atmosphere. Admission is €7 including tea.

CASTLEDOCKRELL NS

Castledockrell NS are now taking enrolments for September 2017. For further information please contact the school at 053 9388892 or visit our website castledockrellns.weebly.com.

As part of our Active School Flag the children have commenced Zumba dance classes every week in the school and on Friday, February 10, we participated in the Operation Transformation ‘10 at 10’ initiative. We are all enjoying being more active and look forward to further activities in the coming months.

This week we are celebrating Amnesty International Friendship week in the school. Children can purchase friendship bracelets in aid of Amnesty and special friendship activities will be organised daily in the school.

DANCE CLASSES

Adult Social Dance classes continue in Marshalstown Community centre on Wednesdays at 9 p.m. For further information contact Alan at 087 2617446.

CONGRATULATIONS

Congratulations to Ava Byrne a recent prize winner in the Christmas Colouring Competition at Kilcannon Garden Centre. Well done.

OFFICIAL OPENING

The board of management of Scoil Iósaf Naofa, Marshalstown NS would like to extend an open invitation to all our pupils, parents, staff and friends to the Official Opening and Blessing of our new extension by Bishop Denis Brennan on Friday, February 17, at 7 p.m. Enrolments for next year 2017 – 2018 will also be taken on the night.

BAPTISMS

We welcome into the Christian family babies Amber Lily Blackburn O’Brien, Dennis Groszyk, Aleks Mullins and Lillie Mary Murphy, who were baptised recently and we congratulate their parents.

PILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES

Application forms for both Sections of the pilgrimage which takes place from May 17 to May 22 are now available from Fr McDonald. Application forms for Invalid section must be returned by March 1.

STORYTELLING

The next session of Storytelling in Castledockrell Hall is on Thursday, February 16, at 8 p.m. There will be a raffle on the night. Teas served. Looking forward to seeing friends old and new.

SYMPATHY

Sympathy is extended to the families of the late Dermot McGuckin and the late Kathleen O’Connell. May they rest in peace.

CONFIRMATION

Confirmation for the children from Marshalstown and Castledockrell takes place in the Church of All Saints, Castledockrell on Thursday, March 30.

GET WELL

Get well wishes to all from the parish who are ill in hospitals, nursing homes, or at home at present.

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION

First Holy Communion is in St Joseph’s Church, Marshalstown on Saturday, May 13, and in the Church of All Saints, Castledockrell on Sunday, May 14.

LOTTO

Marshalstown-Castledockrell lotto results for Thursday, February 9, are winning numbers 6, 13, 22 and 28. No jackpot winner. Match-three winner Declan Earle wins €100. Next draw is in Marshalstown Community Centre on Thursday, February 16, when the jackpot is €2,800.

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.