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IRELAND LIGHTS UP
Cloughbawn GAA Club is coming on board with Operation Transformation and the GAA for this year’s Ireland Lights Up initiative. Every Thursday from January 9 to February 27 our club walking track will be open and lit up for you, your family and friends to come and walk between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. We want everyone to come and join us for Ireland Lights Up 2020 on Thursday nights.
The aim is to make exercise more accessible on these dark winter nights and to offer our community an opportunity to get together and socialise in a healthy way. Both members and non-members are welcome to come to this event.
CLOUGHBAWN GAA
The club dinner dance will take place on Saturday, January 25, in the Riverside Park Hotel at 7.30, followed by music from American Heart, Tickets €35 from committee members
Lotto – There was no winner of the recent lotto, numbers drawn were 8, 19, 23 and 27. There was two winners of match-three numbers, Trish McDonald Poulpeasty and Zoey Kennedy Palace, Next draw will take place on Friday, January 17, in the Cloch Ban.
SPLIT-THE-POT
The winner of this week’s splitthe-pot drawn in the Boro Inn, was Alan Culleton Ballywilliam, the pot was €266, Remember by supporting Splitting the pot, you are supporting the village. Thank You.
SYMPATHY
We extend our sympathy to the Greene and Nolan families on the recent death of Kathleen Greene, who passed away peacefully at Knockeen Nursing Home. Beloved wife of Jack and much loved mother of Mary, Kathleen, Seán,
GRAIG NOTES
To submit news items, club events, announcements etc for the notes email graignotes@outlook.com. Deadline is Thursday 6 p.m.
LOTTO
The numbers drawn were 18, 26, 27 and 30 and there was no winner. Next week’s jackpot stands at €10,300, Reserve jackpot €10,000. Consolation winners winners of €30 each were Martin Grennan – Keenans, Jim Costello, Seán and Tom Malone, Murray Kids c/o Woodlands, Fenlon Children. Tickets available from all local outlets or from any committee member.
CITIZEN’S INFORMATION
The Citizen’s Information office in main street Graiguenamanagh is open Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays 10;30 a.m. to 12;30 p.m., Providing a free private and confidently information service available to all.
TIDY TOWNS JACKPOT
This week’s results are first prize – Kitty Doyle – €340, second prize – Breda and Adrian – €50, third prize – Kay Doyle – €25. Money raised through the jackpot will be used to keep the town looking well all year round. Draw takes place every Thursday in the CE Office at between 4 p.m. and 4.30 p.m.
GRAIGUENAMANAGH LIBRARY
Support your local library now, it will cost you nothing, keep our membership numbers up and this enables us to acquire more funding for events, projects and books to stock your library. If joining the library is something you have always meant to do, call in and do it now. It only takes a few mins, bring photo ID and proof of address and we’ll sort you out. Did you know your membership only lasts for a year so now is the time to re-join too.
GRAIG BINGO
Due to the passing of Nellie Grace, who was a great supporter of the Bingo It was decided to postpone the bingo untill January 18. All our thoughts are with the family at this time. May she rest in peace.
GRAIG/SKEOUGH TEXT ALERT SCHEME.
Fee of €10 is now due for 2020. Existing members will be covered till December 2019. Their Co-ordinators will be calling door to door in the next few weeks. The fee can also be paid into the Abbey Centre.
WELL DONE DANNY
Well done to local jockey Danny Sheehy who rode and won on Red Cymbal at Dundalk on Friday January 3, for trainer TM McCann at 33/1 and also paid €70 on the Tote for a €1 each way bet. Well done to all involved.
Nomads in the Church of the Assumption on Saturday, February 15, at 8 p.m. The concert has been organised to raise funds for the renovations to the Parish Hall at Albatros which is much appreciated. Tickets which cost €5 each will go on sale this week and your kind support for what should be a fun-filled evening will be very welcome.
PLOUGHING MATCH
The Tullogher/Glenmore annual Ploughing Match will take place at Rathinure Glenmore by kind permission of the Kelly family on Saturday, January 25, All the usual classes feature and there are some great prizes to be won. Entries must be in by 8 p.m. on Wednesday, January 22, to any of the following committee members, Nicholas Kelly, 087 2567866, Edward Forristal, 087 9240019, or Philly Hartley, 087 2506337. Spectators are most welcome to come along and see the champion ploughmen in action.
GAA DEVELOPMENT DRAW
In the Tullogher-Rosbercon GAA Development Draw for December, Brendan Grace from Rosbercon took the top prize of €250. Prizes of €100 each went to Ger Mullaly from Cappagh and Paddy Heffernan of Ballyneale. Cheques for €50 went to Pat and Bernadette O’Neill, Brownstown, Kevin Murphy, Brownsford, Brendan Lawlor, Ballymagill and John Kent from Ballyreddy. The January Draw takes place in the club house on January 28 at 8 p.m.
DOWN MEMORY LANE
The recent death of Tom Stephenson severed another link from the great Tullogher team who won the Kilkenny Senior Football Final of 1962. Having disposed of Clara and Glenmore in the earlier rounds they faced hot favourites, Muckalee in the County Final.
A great GAA writer of the time, Eugene Rellis, of the Waterford News and Star aptly summed up that famous victory. ‘Playing excellent football reminiscent of the club’s halcyon days in the long ago 1930s, Tullogher had a convincing 1-7 to 0-2 over their vaunted rivals when they captured the clubs eighth Kilkenny Senior Title. Taking the game to their opponents from the throw-in the result was never in doubt for the longer the game went on the more pronounced was Tullogher’s superiority’.
The line-out on that memorable day some 58 years ago was, Mick Rellis (RIP, Tinneranny,) Jimmy Cummins (Cooleen), Philly Murphy (Ballyreddy), Phil Murphy (Ballyfoyle), Paddy Cummins (RIP Cooleen), Billy Murphy Capt (Brownsford), John Hamilton (Ballyneale), Simon Kennedy RIP (Ballymagill, Andy Lee (Kilbrahan, John McCarthy (RIP) (Rosbercon), Tom Stephenson (RIP) (Rosbercon) Ollie Terry (Rosbercon), Paddy Grace (Rosbercon), Jamesie Murphy (Glensensaw, Con O’Neill (Rosbercon). Scorers were, John McCarthy, 1-4, Con O’Neill, 0-1, Paddy Grace, 0-1, and Jamesie Murphy 0-1. The referee was Seán O’hUginn NT from the Rower, who won praise from both victors and vanquished for his handling of the game.