Bunclody Beat
BUNCLODY DAY CARE
The annual Bring and Buy Sale in aid of Bunclody Day Care will take place on this Thursday, Holy Thursday, March 29, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Bunclody Daycare is open every Tuesday and Thursday new members welcome. Please contact the Day Care for information.
GAA CLUB HISTORY
Half-Way-House \ Bunclody GAA Club has started to collect photographs, memories, newspaper clippings and so on to compile a comprehensive history of the club. If you have any such information that you can share with the club please email hwhbungaahistory@gmail.com or Facebook at fb.com/hwhbungaahistory or contact Liam Kelly 087 2440702 or Mick Mahon 087 6680150.
All photos, newspaper clippings and stories, no matter how small will be most appreciated.
BUNCLODY BRIDGE CLUB
Recent winners at Bunclody Bridge Club on March 14 were: First Barbara Gahan and Liz Whelan; second Ann O’Leary and Jim Shannon; third (Joint) Betty Roberts and Eileen Gray and Aideen Breen and Phil Kinsella. And winners on March 21 were: first Phil Kinsella and Liz Whelan; second Ann Steemers and Aideen Breen; third Mary Buckley and Maureen Moorehead.
OPEN MIC NIGHT
ArtBank Bunclody Presents an Open Mic Night on Friday, March 30, from 7.30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Singers, musicians, Storytellers, Poets, Actors, Comedians, Spoken Word are welcome to bring your voice and a bottle.To contact us for a place on the running order ring 089 4972664 or email Curator@ artbank.bunclody.eu
This event is free to attend, so come and have some fun.
BUNCLODY VOCATIONAL COLLEGE
The next Bunclody Vocational College split-the-pot draw is Friday, March 23, Envelopes available in Bunclody Credit Union, Bunclody VC, Eurospar, Ken Rothwell, O’Reillys SuperValu and Steemers Newsagents. Thank you for your continued support.
THE MONDAY CLUB
The Monday Club meets at St Mary’s Centre, Ryland Road, Bunclody on Mondays. Come and join us and brighten up your Monday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Throughout the year there will be information sharing, entertainment, arts and crafts, guest speakers and many more topics. Entrance Fee is €4 which includes tea or coffee and Light Lunch. This Club will suit the 60+ age group. Transport not provided.
WHIST
Recent winners at Bunclody Whist were: First lady T Walsh; second lady D Hanlon; first gent D O’Neill; second gent N Carter; Other winners: Thomas Walsh, Danny O’Neill and Angela O’Neill. Whist is on Monday evenings in Bunclody Day Care Centre, Ryland Road. First deal 9 p.m. New players welcome.
BUNCLODY ICA
Bunclody ICA Guild held their March meeting on March 12 Ten members were in attendance. Catherine O’Neill, president opened they meeting with a prayer and the singing of ‘My Land’.
Sympathy was extended to Helen O’Brien on the death of her brother and to Mary Stamp on the death of her aunt.
Audriel Byrne was welcomed back following her recent illness.
After the usual business was conducted, a lovely tea was served by hostesses Mary Kehoe and Mary Cullen.
The competition winner was Nan Kelly and Maureen Behan won the raffle.
The next meeting is the AGM and will take place on Monday, April 9, New members welcome. It was agreed to invite Federation president Mary Fitzgerald to oversee the AGM Bunclody Market.
Bunclody Market is open for business every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in St Aidan’s Hall, Bunclody. Tea and coffee served beside the comfort and warmth of our lovely stove. Get your fresh baking, organic vegetables, jams, chutneys, plants, crafts, clothes and lots more. There is space for more crafters and bakers (certain rules apply) if you would like to join us please ring 087 7788467.
WALKING TRACK
The Walking Track at HalfWay-House/Bunclody GAA Club Grounds at Church Road, Bunclody will be lit from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday to Friday for the next few months. Everyone is welcome to use the facility but please remember that for health and safety reasons, dogs, even on a lead, are not allowed. This is a wonderful facility open to the community and provided by our local GAA Club so your support for the club’s various fundraisers throughout the year will be appreciated to help defray costs involved in providing and maintaining the track. For information, contact club secretary James Doyle or chairman Gabriel Wade.
DAFFODIL DAY
Daffodil Day is on Friday, March 23, If you have an hour to give and help sell our products for this worthy cause, it would be much appreciated. Please Contact Martha at 087 9799175.
ST PATRICK’S DAY PARADE
Winners in the Bunclody St Patrick’s Day parade for 2018 are: First Art bank. Second O’Reilly’s SuperValu. Third Bunclody Golf Club. Shop Window Competition winners were first NCBI shop for the blind. Second Steemers O’Leary.
BUNCLODY LIBRARY.
Coming up in Bunclody Library in April.
On Wednesday, April 4 – Arts and crafts for kids with Maeve Hunter: Come make a wonderful and colourful African inspired textile collage necklace with Artist Maeve Hunter. Suitable for seven to 12 years. Booking essential.
On Thursday, April 5, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Irish Heart Foundation Mobile Health Unit will visit Bunclody Library. Free Blood Pressure Checks and Heart Health information with Irish Heart Foundation Mobile Unit. On the day two nurses will be available on the Irish Heart Foundation mobile health unit to provide Free Blood Pressure Checks and Heart Health information. The one to one advice offered by the nurse is a vital part of this check. Contact Bunclody Library for further details.
Thursday, April 5, at 7 p.m. there will be A Lecture with Dermot Mulligan from Carlow County Museum. Dermot will give a lecture on St Willibrord, Patron Saint of Luxembourg and his County Carlow Connection. St Willibrord, was trained and ordained in county Carlow in the seventh century at the most important Anglo-Saxon ecclesiastical settlement in Ireland, Rath Melsigi (near Milford). He is one of Europe’s most important saints, embarked on a mission to the continent from Carlow in AD 690 and has enormous impact on the Netherlands, Germany and Luxembourg. St Willibrord’s own hand writing is the oldest datable signature of an English person, written on a book from county Carlow. Regular Adult Events Toddler Story Time
Join us on Friday mornings at 11 a.m. Come along with your toddler or preschooler for stories, rhymes and songs.
Knitting Club takes place on Wednesdays at 10.30 a.m.
Booking is essential for all eve.nts. Tel: 053 9375466.