Marshalstown-Castledockrell

PARISH NIGHT

This year our parish night will be in the Riverside Park Hotel, Enniscorthy on Next Sunday, July 9. The night will begin at 8.30 p.m. with Teresa and the Stars followed by Shawn Cuddy and his band. Tickets are on sale at €10 each. All proceeds will be shared with both Parish Churches.

CASTLEDOCKRELL PATRON

The annual patron and blessing of graves will take place in Castledockrell on Friday, July 7, with Prayers at the church cemetery at 7.45 p.m. followed by Prayers in the Present Cemetery at 8 p.m.

CRIOSHUE

Prayers in Crioshue cemetery, Tombrick will be held on Saturday next, July 8, at 4 p.m.

STORYTELLING

The next session of storytelling is in Castledockrell Hall on Thursday, July 20, at 8 p.m. All are welcome to attend this night of entertainment. Tea served and a raffle held on the night.

GET WELL

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

CASTLEDOCKRELL NS

Congratulations to the children of sixth class who graduated from Castledockrell NS this week at a special Mass on Tuesday morning. We wish them well as they continue on their journey into the local secondary schools.

Congratulations to all the children who participated in the school’s Active Week, which included Hockey, Gaelic Football, Tennis, Rounders, Dance Zumba and of course the highlight was Sports Day.

We are delighted to announce that the school has been successful in attaining their first Active Flag. So well done to everybody and a special word of thanks to the Active School Committee.

The school is closed for the summer holidays and reopens on Tuesday, August 29. We take this opportunity to wish all of our families a happy and safe holiday. For further information on all school activities, please visit the school website castledockrellns.weebly.com.

SYMPATHY

Sympathy is extended to the families of the late Breda Roche, the late Sister Maura Foley and the late Seán O’Rourke. May they rest in peace.

CASTLEDOCKRELL CEMETERY

Following new regulations by Wexford County Council these are the guidelines for burials in Castledockrell Cemetery (and all other cemeteries owned by Wexford County Council). No burials can take place on a Sunday.

Burials on the other days – Funerals must arrive at cemetery gate by 2 p.m. which means the latest time a Funeral Mass may be celebrated is midday. For further information or any queries please contact Wexford County Council. Please note these rules do not apply to Marshalstown Cemetery.

SCHOOL PROJECT

Folklore and local history material from Counties Wexford, Wicklow and Carlow have been uploaded to the 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.

GAA LOTTO

Marshalstown-Castledockrell lotto results for Thursday, June 29. Winning numbers, four. 9, 10, 32. No winner, Match-three winners, LKDK c/o Kevin Murphy, Gimont Avenue, wins €100. Next week’s draw will be held in the community centre on Thursday, July 6. Next week’s jackpot will be €4,750.