AROUND THE DISTRICTS
Ballycanew FIRST HOLY COMMUNION
Due to the current lockdown the pupils of Ballycanew NS who were due to make their First Holy Communion this month will have to wait till a later date to make their First Holy Communion.
COVID-19 SUPPORT HELPLINE
Ballycanew Ballyoughter Community Development Association are working in conjunction with Wexford county council support helpline 053 9196000 for anyone cocooning or a vulnerable person you can contact Aislinn at 087 2127614 if you require help with shopping or medical supplies.
PERVICALS DAYBREAK
Percival’s new opening hours are as follows. Monday to Friday 7 a.m. till 8 p.m.; Saturday 8 a.m. till 8 p.m.; Sunday 9 a.m. till 8 p.m. This may change in the coming weeks.
A delivery service or call and collect service is available for the elderly and at risk. Please ring 053 9427125 with your order. We would ask that only one member per family enters the shop Please adhere to social distancing. We thank you all for your continued support and encourage everyone to STAY SAFE.
BROOKS
Customers wishing to order groceries for collection may either telephone 053 9482331 or email their order to ballycanew@ brooks.ie.
As part of our #covid19 response, we have increased our #contactless payment limit to €50 If possible please pay for your groceries using contactless card payment to minimise human contact during this pandemic. Thank you.
LIST OF SERVICES
List of services in the area during COVID-19: O’Connors Garage will collect and deliver your car (087 91494876); Sizzles Takeaway is offering a ring in service and will drop your order to your car. (053 9427488); Percival’s are offering a delivery service for vulnerable members of the community ring (053 9427125); Brooks customers wishing to order groceries for collection may either telephone 053 9482331 or email their order to ballycanew@ brooks.ie. payments by card for all above; Bernard Crosbie Hackney is still operating, contact 087 1420803.
TEXT ALERT
Please report any suspicious activity to Gorey Garda Station. For our vital system to work it is important that members of the public to report directly to the local garda station to ensure our system works effectively. It is imperative that anything you feel is worth reporting goes directly to 053 9430690 so that it can be sent out on our text alert system. Let’s continue to make our community a safer place.
NOTES
Any items to be included in the local notes have to be sent to me by Thursday evening by 5 p.m. Please contact Ann at 087 7433684 or email annkehoe@ yahoo.ie.
Ballygarrett LOCAL NOTES CONTACT
If you have any items to be included in the Ballygarrett notes please email ballygarrettnotes@ gmail.com before 5 p.m. on Thursday or phone 087 7433684.
COMMUNITY FOOD STATION
As the weeks go on, the lockdowns continue, and people lose their income, there may be people out there who simply cannot afford the day to day necessities. We have put food stuffs into the free library in the hall. Please pass the word around.
RÉALT NA MARA GAA
If you or anybody in the community is in need of assistance, please contact the club through our Facebook page, or be contacting club chairperson Murt Fleming 087 9471903, secretary Aideen Egan 086 2319798, or Evelyn Quinn 087 8123979 and we will do our best to help as much as possible going to shops and chemist or helping anyone who feels isolated or needs anything.
A reminder that the GAA pitch remains closed for all activities. Please stay off the grounds.
Blotto postponed till further notice Any tickets sold will added to next draw.
BRIDGE CLUB CLOSURE
Seán Óg’s Bridge Club have suspended their bridge playing at the Upton Court Hotel for the foreseeable future. The committee will update all members by text and they thank everyone for their understanding.
ClonegalKildavin EMILY’S ‘MARATHON IN MAY’
Inspired by the Kildavin-Clonegal Juvenile GAA Club’s initiative a ‘Marathon in May’ Emily is hoping to complete her 42km in her carrier with Dad Daithi and raise some much needed money for the Jack and Jill Children’s Foundation.
Emily is three years old and has been supported by the Jack and Jill Foundation since she was born. Her family would love to help give something back. Emily is currently supported by fabulous nurses who she has not seen since early March as they are frontline hero’s and she is missing them terribly.
Every €16 is an hour of nursing care for a child like Emily but whether you donate a lot or a little everything helps. You can donate on the following link https://www.facebook.com/donate/3556557791026383/. Thank you for your support.
COMMUNITY GROUP – VOLUNTEERS
A 24-hour phone line will be answered by volunteers from the parish of Clonegal and Kildavin. Don’t be alone. Done be isolated. If there is something you need, medication pick up, groceries or just need someone to talk too, we are hear for you. All contact will be kept confidential. All of our volunteers will follow the HSE guidelines to keep everybody safe. Please phone 087 7181850, please share this number with your neighbours who may be living on their own.
BALLON CHURCH WEBCAM
Masses for the coming week via the webcam at St Peter and Paul’s Church, Ballon are as follows: Monday to Friday at 10 a.m., Saturday Vigil at 6 p.m. and Sunday Morning at 11.30 a.m.
Link to webcam – mcnmedia. tv/cameras/st-peter-and-paulschurchballon
VETERAN PLAYERS GROUP
Clonegal/Kildavin Veteran Players next project is a book of historical photos connected to the community, people and places. Now that the world is quite waiting for the end of this crisis, we are asking you to look up your old photographs, so we can consider publishing them. It is also an opportunity to remind ourselves of the generations who endured much more than is being asked of us. If you have old photographs let someone on committee know, we can arrange to scan them and return immediately. Photos can be scanned and emailed to maggie1980@ live.ie.
WEBSITE
Would you like to share your stories or achievements in our local area on the website clonegalkildavin.ie? Whatever is local is of interest to us. We are delighted to share your.
achievements and plans with all. Send your information to info@clonegalkildavin.ie.
Kilmuckridge MEALS ON WHEELS
If you can spare a couple of hours to deliver meals on wheels once a month, please contact 053 9130393. Areas covered are Kilmuckridge, Ballygarrett, Blackwater, Monamolin and The Ballagh.
TIDY TOWNS
In an ongoing effort to keep our village looking nice, Tidy Towns volunteers are asking for support from the community to help us along. This can be done by keeping the area around your homes litter free, or picking up rubbish when out walking whilst adhering to the the 5km rule at all times. Any offers of help are most welcome.
Marshalstown- Castledockrell CHURCH SERVICES
Marshalstown Church now has a webcam. Mass on Sunday mornings will be celebrated at 10 a.m.
Masses during the week will be announced each day after Mass. Website is churchmedia.ie. Select Churches and then St Joseph’s Marshalstown.
GET WELL
Get well wishes are extended to those from the parish, who are ill at the moment.
STORYTELLING
Story House in Castledockrell has been cancelled till further notice due to Covid-19. Thank you to all our supporters.
SYMPATHY
Sympathy is extended to the family of the late Joe Mahon. May he rest in peace.
BINGO
We wish to inform everyone that the bingo in Marshalstown Community Centre has been cancelled till further notice due to Covid-19. Apologies for any inconvenience caused and thank you for your support in the past.
NEW BABIES
Congratulations to parents in the parish on the safe arrival of their new babies.
SOCIAL DANCING
social dancing that usually takes place in Marshalstown Community Centre has been cancelled till further notice due to Covid-19. Looking forward to seeing all soon again.
NOTES DEADLINE
Please note due to an earlier deadline items for the notes should reach me by 6 p.m. on the Thursday before each issue including on bank holiday weekends.
Also only not for profit items should be included in the notes. Thank you for your co-operation.
Monamolin WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Congratulations and best wishes to Alice and David Farrell, who celebrated their second wedding Anniversary on May 5.
NEW ARRIVAL
Congratulations to Claire and Paul Tompkins, Curratubbin on the birth of a baby boy.
BIRTHDAY WISHES
Happy Birthday wishes go to Leo Burke and to Philip Tompkins, who celebrated their birthdays during the week.
Oylegate WALK, RUN OR CYCLE FOR PIETA HOUSE.
Oylegate-Glenbrien GAA club are happy to support Pieta House on Friday/Saturday May 22/23, by taking part in their national 24hour marathon while following all HSE Covid 19 guidelines.
Members and anyone in the wider community can support Pieta by doing a walk, run or cycle in the safety of your local area, garden etc. Use the link on our club Facebook page to make a donation to Pieta House.
If you wish to take a slot from 7.30 p.m. Friday to 7.30 p.m. Saturday contact Majella at 087 2845220 – let’s see how many kilometres we can do for this worthy charity. Stay safe and adhere to all HSE recommendations.
CHURCH NOTICE
Due to the current restrictions on gatherings, all public Masses are suspended. Both Churches are open every day for private individual visits.
The parish office remains closed for the moment.
As parishioners cannot attend Masses at present, parish envelope donations in support of the church funds can be returned when public Masses resume. You can also support your local church fund through a new initiative by visiting ferns.ie. When you go to the website, simply click on DONATE and follow the instructions allow you to donate to Oylegate or Glenbrien Church. Thank you for your continued support.
Gardens in Church Grounds: Please NO litter, NO smoking, NO alcohol, NO drug use and NO loitering after dark.