Boolavogue
HOLY WEEK/EASTER CEREMONIES
There was a Penance Service in St Cormac’s yesterday, Monday, April 15. Mass of the Last Supper will be celebrated in St Cormac’s at 8 p.m. and Catherine Whelan and Rosaleen Gahan are the readers on duty with Geraldine Doyle helping distribute Holy Communion.
On Good Friday, the readers at the ceremonies at 3 p.m. are Marie Barne and Kathleen Kehoe with Catherine Gahan helping to distribute Communion. There will also be Stations of the Cross at 8 p.m. on Good Friday evening.
Four Ministers of the Word, Bernie Flood, Mary Gilbride, Catherine Doran and Caroline Farrington are reading at the Vigil Mass at 9 p.m. on Easter Saturday night, with Cormac O’Loughlin acting as Minister of the Eucharist.
At Mass on Easter Sunday which will be celebrated at the earlier time of 10 a.m., Lorraine Dempsey will help distribute Holy Communion and Leila Breen is reader on duty. This Mass is being celebrated at the earlier time as it will be broadcast live on South East Radio and everyone in the community is invited to come along and join in the singing.
TRACTOR RUN
Solsborough Vintage Club in association with Boolavogue Foróige Club are organising a Tractor Run on Sunday, April 28. The convoy will be leaving from Boolavogue Hall at 12.30 p.m. and registration will be open from 11 a.m. All vintage tractors, cars and motorcycles are invited to take part. Entry is only €20 and for further information please contact Bill Rigley 087 2996919. All proceeds will be in aid of the Boolavogue annual senior citizens’ party which is organised by the Foróige club.
CLOTHES COLLECTION
If you have been spring cleaning or intend to, you may have clothes for recycling. Monageer-Boolavogue GAA Club are again raising funds by collecting used clothing and would be delighted to receive them.
They welcome all donations of unwanted clothes, paired shoes, hats scarves, handbags, curtains, clean towels, duvet covers, pillow cases and clean bed linen. However, they don’t want duvets or cushions please. All donations can be left into the old GAA complex in Monageer from Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. till 4.30 p.m. every week.
TIDY VILLAGE
The Boolavogue Tidy Village Group are doing their annual sponsored walk on Sunday, May 5, at 2 p.m. The walk will start at St Cormac’s church, will head towards to Clone crossroads and turn right there. At Dranagh Lane it will turn right again and then back through Ballyorley cross, by St Cormac’s AFC and back to the start. Shorter walks are optional.
Sponsorship cards are available in the local post office or from Paddy O’Dowd and Dorothy Hall. Donations will also be accepted on the day if desired. Your support would be greatly appreciated.
‘BIGGEST LOSER’ WINNER
Niall Finn was the overall winner in the ‘Biggest Loser’ competition with David Breen collecting the prize for the greatest weight loss over the course of the competition. Both were presented with their awards by club chairperson, Peter Mernagh recently. The club would like to thank all those who supported the fundraiser in any way.
POKER CLASSIC
The annual Monageer-Boolavogue Poker Classic will be held in Monageer Hall this Friday, Good Friday, April 19, starting at 9 p.m. As usual, there will be great prizes and refreshments will be served throughout the tournament.
GAA LOTTO
The draw for the €6,200 jackpot in the Monageer-Boolavogue GAA lotto will take place in the New Clubhouse in Monageer tonight Tuesday, April 16 at 9.30 p.m. You can still buy tickets online from clubforce.com.
ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE
Congratulations to Ryan Breen, son of Myles and Joan Breen, who was presented with the prestigous Richard Hale Award in Cork Institute for Technology on Thursday last, April 11.
SOCCER NEWS
The Men’s ‘A’ team had two games recently, losing 0-2 to Kilmore on Sunday the seventh and then on Monday the 10th. winning their last game of the season when they beat New Ross Town away by 4-1. Jamie DempseyDoyle found the net twice and Matthew Dunne and Nathan Dickson added the other goals.
The Youths were at home to a talented Cloughbawn team on Monday the eighth. And a win would have given them promotion next season. The visitors dominated the first half and well deserved their 1-0 lead at the break. The score might have been level but Daire Swords’ penalty was saved and the rebound was scrambled clear by a determined defence. Early in the second half, Nathan Dickson powered down the left side, floated a great cross to the Pádraig Moran, who obliged with a splendid headed goal. A red card for goalie Jack Tyrrell saw Darragh Murphy step between the posts for the resulting penalty. He gave the team great hope by saving a scorcher but the relentless attacking football of Cloughbawn eventually paid off and they grabbed a close-in winner near the end.
SOCCER SHOP
St Cormac’s have launched an online club shop with many items from summer camp kit to training gear and casual gear available. To purchase club gear you can visit oneills.com and follow the links to the ‘clubs and education’ section.
SOCCER SUMMER CAMP
St Cormac’s are hosting a summer soccer camp from July 8 to July 12. Costing €70, participants will get five days of fun, an exclusive summer soccer camp kit, a football and a backpack. There is a €10 discount for siblings and you can book a place by logging on to summersoccerschools.ie.