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FIELD DAY
Craanford field day and vintage rally takes place on Sunday, July 16, The Great Pavlova Bake off will take place this year in memory of the late Ann Whitty, full details to follow.
Donations for bottle stall, brica-brac and cake stall can be left into Cooney communication any time between now and field day; into the hall on Saturday the 15th from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., that evening after mass or on the morning of the field day or into parish office Wednesday and Thursday before field day.
Tickets for the raffle are currently on sale, anyone able to help sell tickets is asked to contact Liz Furlong.
The next meeting takes place on Tuesday, June 27, at 9 p.m. in Craanford Community Centre. Please come along and help us to improve on last year’s wonderful event. We look forward to seeing you there.
SUMMER CAMP
The Craanford-Monaseed Playschool summer camp will take place on July 17 to July 21 (€50) and August 8 to August 11 (€40)
FAMILY FUN
Come take part in the family fun run/walk 5km with Ray on Sunday, July 9 – get in some fitness now to prepare for a great fun event, all proceeds in aid of the Craanford Underpass.
SPLIT-THE-POT
On June 16 the prize of €151 was won by George Doyle, Ballydarragh, a regular patron of the bingo. Congratulations, George. The co-ordinating team for Friday, June 30, is Team 8: Claire Hyland and Fionnula Kinsella.
CHURCH NEWS
Mass Intentions – 9.15 a.m. Wednesday, June 28: Denis and Jane Hempenstall, Island. 6 p.m. Saturday, July 1: James and Susan Kavanagh, Ballygullen.
Craanford Daily Masses – Monday to Thursday at 9.15 a.m. Adoration will be in St Patrick’s Church, Craanford on Monday from 9.45 a.m. to 12.45 p.m.
Pilgrimage to Knock – The annual Askamore pilgrimage to Knock takes place this year on Monday, July 3 – Tuesday, July 4. There are still a few seats available. For more details contact Mary Kenny, Ballyconran at 053 9426358 or 086 1541948. Bus for above pilgrimage leaving Ferns 6.30 a.m., Askamore 7 a.m., Carnew 7.15 a.m. and Bunclody 7.30 a.m.
Church gate collection – Friends of Local people with Multiple Sclerosis would like to thank all of those who contributed to their church gate collection €157.59 was collected in Monaseed and €233.59 in Craanford this money will be used to help people living with Multiple Sclerosis in the area.
GAA CLUB NEWS
LOTTO – jackpot €11,000. Numbers drawn were 2, 15, 18 and 19. No winner. Lucky-dip winners Caoimhe Kenny, Aoibhinn Doyle, P & B Fox, Sellers prize Michael Shortall. Next week’s jackpot is €11,100. Many thanks for your continued support. Lotto tickets available in Cooney Communications, Craanford, Donal’s, Main Street, Gorey, or from any club member.
FÉILE – Our club played host to visitors from Clonkill camogie club from Westmeath and Céide Lámh Dhearg Hurling Club from Armagh last weekend as part of Féile Na nGael 2017. Our visitors arrived early on Friday afternoon in time for a scrumptious hot meal and then some down time to get to know each other before hurling matches in Craanford and camogie matches in Gorey.
Craanford hurlers played Mungret St Paul’s and Rathnure, with defeat to the Limerick side and a draw against Rathnure while in Gorey the girls played Naomh Mhuire, Portmore form Armagh and Naomh Eanna, Gorey. Both these matches ended with impressive wins for our camogie girls. A Féile parade held in Gorey on Friday evening was very colourful and lively. Matches against our host visitors were both played in Craanford on Saturday morning, with the hurlers being defeated and the camogie girls keeping a clean sheet winning all three games.
With some free time all players were able to spend quality time with their host families before the hurlers headed to Ferns and the camogie contingent travelled to Clara in Kilkenny. The Q/F stage of Féile saw both the hurlers and camogie players end their journey for 2017, despite both teams putting in impressive displays. Our visitors also exited the competition at this stage.
Thanks to Fr Richard for a lovely mass, this was followed by a parade through the village to Cooney’s for a great barbecue and entertainment. A lively sing song also took place in Mary Anne’s. Our visiting players each received a gift of a club jersey from their host families as well as both clubs taking home a magnificent wooden plaque inscribed with club crests and the Hurler’s prayer.
To all the players from both camogie and hurling teams, team mentors, the parents and host families, to our generous sponsors, John Bass Tyres, Stephen in P& H Doyle’s, John O’Brien, K & K Windows, Michael and Eileen Doyle in Cooney’s, Raymond Byrne, Kevin Byrne, John O’Rourke, Craanford Hall committee, Craanford Community Field committee, Craanford Fr O’Regan’s GAA and Craanford-Monaseed camogie club, Redmond Hotel Group, Edel Redmond, Liz Byrne, Brendan Tobin, Sharon, Geraldine and John Redmond-thank you, for making Féile 2017 so memorable.
Our visitors have sent numerous messages to say what an amazing community we have and how impressed they were with their time spent among us, thank you to one and all for playing your part.
Dressing Rooms – A community meeting was held on Wednesday, June 21, to make a decision about ‘the dressing rooms’. Attendance at this meeting was approximately 30 people. Details of the meeting can be found on the Craanford Parish Newsletter.