ENNISCORTHY & DISTRICT NEWS ROUND-UP
Fashion Show for Camogie
A fundraising fashion show will take place in D Bar, Treacy’s Hotel on Good Friday at 8 p.m.
The event is being held in aid of Wexford Camogie and will feature a range of fashion from boutiques in Enniscorthy, Gorey and Wexford.
Participants include: Ruby Rouge, Put a Bow On It, The Yellow Rose, Vila, Runaway Bride and Murt Walsh.
Tickets are €20 and include prosecco and cheese on arrival. Tickets are available from Treacy’s Hotel, who are sponors of the event, and also from Senior Camogie Players.
Soccer Camp
A soccer camp will be held in Gaelscoil Drumgould from April 3 to 6, from 10.30 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. for children aged five up to 13. The cost is €30 per child. For more information, contact Cllr John O’Rourke on 086 842 0609 or Craig Dwyer on 087 1355 182 for details and booking.
Enniscorthy Retirment Association
A members meeting will take place on the first Tuesday of each month at the Riverside Hotel at 2.30 p.m.
Ongoing activites are as follows: Monday - Line dancing at 11 a.m. at Astro Active Centre; Indoor bowls at 1 p.m. at Astro Active Centre; Pitch & Putt at 10:30 a.m. at St Patricks Pitch and Putt course. Wednesday - Walk at 11 a.m. from Riverside Hotel; Table quiz at 2.30 p.m. every second Wednesday at Loreto Village. Thursday - Ramblers’ walk at 9 a.m. from LIDL car park; Scrabble at 10 a.m. at Astro Active Centre; Crafts at 2 p.m. at Astro Active Centre.
Alive Church, Abbey Centre, Enniscorthy.
The Alive Church in Abbey Centre will host services on Good Friday at 7 p.m. and on Easter Sunday at 11 a.m. All are welcome.
Gardening Workshop
Keith Rothwell from Beechdale Garden Centre, Clonroche will present a gardening workshop at Enniscorthy Library on March 29 at 7 p.m. He will focus on combining seasonal shrubs and plants to produce an array of colour at this time of year. Admission is free and all are welcome. If you require additional support to fully participate, contact the librarian on 053 92 36055.
Fundraising Concert
A Gala fundraising concert will take place at St Mary’s Church on Sunday, April 8 at 7.30 p.m. Organised by the Lions Club, the event aims to raise funds to restore the organ in St Mary’s Church, one of the oldest in the Diocese of Ferns and Ossory. A host of Wexford’s best entertainers will take part. Tickets are €10 and are available from St Aidan’s Parish Office.
Gala concert
St Mary’s Church is to host a special Gala Fundraising Concert on Sunday, April 8, at 7.30 p.m. to raise money for an extensive refurbishment of the church organ – one of the oldest in the diocese of Ferns and Ossory. Organised by Enniscorthy Lions Club, the evening is to feature some of the county’s best-known and loved entertainers. Tickets are priced at €10 each and are available from Eric Baron Menswear, Creane and Creane Insurance, Eddie Watchorn’s on the Old Dublin Road, O’Leary Travel, PE Kelly Insurance, Barry Sutton Dry Cleaners and the parish office at St Aidan’s Cathedral. All support is greatly appreciated.
Easter Hop
The South East Rock’n’ Roll Club are hosting an Easter Hop at the IFA Centre on Sunday, April 1, at 8.30 p.m. The evening will feature a fantastic programme of music with the Run awayz and the Revolutionaires performing on the night, followed by DJ Lew Boogie, who will keep things going till the wee hours. Tickets are priced at €12 on the door or €10 for members and it promises to be a real rockin’ night.
Community Watch
Moran Park, Bellefield and St Aidan’s Community Watch are continuing on patrols around the area despite the cold nights. The service is said to be a great help to local people and they are looking to recruit one or two volunteers to help out. Anyone, who would be willing to help is asked to contact chairman Bernard O’Leary at 085 1088163.
Camino walk
The St Senan’s Parish Camino Walk 2018 will take place from Saturday, May 26, to Sunday, June 3, at a price of €899 sharing/€155 single supplement. The walk will follow the John Brierley guide book stages which are mainly designed for individual walkers who are quite happy to stay in hostel type accommodation in some of the more remote places. Bookings are now being taken by Liam O’Leary of O’Leary Travel, three Main Street, Enniscorthy. You can contact Liam at 053 9233178 or email at liam.oleary@olta.ie.
St Senan’s
Applications are currently being accepted for enrolment of new junior infants for September 2018 at St Senan’s PS Application forms are available from the school office or alternatively you can give them a call at 053 9234169.
Pilgrimage
The St Aidan’s Parish Pilgrim- age to the Holy Land will take place from October 17 to October 25. Places are filling up fast. To book yours, contact O’Leary Travel, Main Street, Enniscorthy, at 053 9233178.
Grow
Are you feeling Depressed, Anxious or Isolated? – GROW can help: Meeting in Enniscorthy at the Presentation Centre every Monday evening at 7.30 p.m.
People are invited to come along to this free service funded by the HSE For further information call Ellen at 087 2291718 or email – ellenryle@grow.ie / website: grow.ie
Succession seminar
A special seminar on succession planning featuring a number of local experts will take place at the Riverside Park Hotel on Tuesday, April 10, at 7.30 p.m.
Speakers on the night will be solicitor John Burke O’Leary, accountant Eugene Doyle, Myles Roban of Roban Financial and economist Jim Power, who will discuss topics such as Brexit and the financial forecast.
For more details on the event, you can contact the offices of any of the speakers.
All are welcome on the night.
St Mary’s NS
Enrolment forms for junior infants and upwards for the 2018/19 school year are now available from St Mary’s NS in Parnell Avenue.
Please contact either the School secretary at 053 9235728 or email principal1stmarys@gmail.com for further information.