Boherbue
GAA MEMBERSHIP
Boherbue GAA Club are presently promoting Club Membership which costs €20 per adult. This is the final week to join as the closing date is Saturday, June 30. Contact any of the following: Alan Lynch 086 3816403; Aidan Buckley 087 2748706; Con Breen 086 3500054; Sarah Linehan 083 8494671; Eileen Casey O’Connor 087 9800102.
COLLECTION
Millstreet Community Hospital Fund annual church gate collection takes place before Masses in Boherbue and Kiskeam this weekend. Your support will be greatly appreciated.
LOTTO
The numbers were 14, 19, 25, 26. Lucky dip: €50 Donal Breen, Ruhill. €20 each: Johnny Byrne, the Beeches; Ann Casey, Banteer; Fiona Ankettell, Gneeveguilla. Seller’s prize: Larrants Bar.
CEMETERY
The annual Cemetery Mass in Boherbue takes place on Friday, June 29, at 7.30 p.m.
PILGRIMAGE
The Parish Pilgrimage to Knock Shrine takes place on Wednesday, June 27. Contact Philomena at 029 716116 or Maura 029 716217.
DUCON CUP
Boherbue Junior A footballers have again reached the Ducon Cup Final by way of a big victory over Cullen at Knocknagree on Saturday evening last. Boherbue are the title holders and this year will be hoping for five – in – a – row, something not easily achieved. See sports pages for full match report.
45 DRIVE
First: Johnny Kearney/Christy Duggan; Joan O’Callaghan/Lena Healy. Ladies: Betty Biggane/ Marie Murphy. Gents: Paudie O’Keeffe/Seán O’Callaghan. Mixed: Patrick Murphy/Mary O’Sullivan.
POPE VISIT
Tickets for the final Mass in the Phoenix Park during the Pope’s visit will be available online from Monday, June 25. See Western Duhallow notes in this paper for full details. following won Raffle prizes :-1 Kate O’Brien, Newmarket.2 Rita Geary, Milford. 3 Ben O’Sullivan, Freemount,4 Jack Murphy, Freemount. .5 Michael O’Callaghan, Freemount.
The next 45 drive will be on this Sunday night June 24th at 8.30. pm. See you all on Sunday night and bring a friend..You can be on the road home at 10.30pm. Don’t forget the new starting time of 8.30pm.
AROUND THE FIRESIDE
The next programme of Around the Fireside will be broadcast on C103 Local Radio on Monday night next June 25th,.2018 at 9.50pm. On Monday night we have groups from Rambling Houses and Seisiún Groups in the area, back again, who have come together to pay tribute to the late Sean Clifford ,Newmarket who died this year. This is another great programme of Around the Fireside not to be missed. Make sure you tune in on Monday night next.
ST MICHAEL’S CHURCH
Mass on Sunday Morning . at 10.30am as usual. Holy Hour and Mass on Monday Evening at 7pm. Mass on Tuesday evening Deliga Cemetery at 8pm.
Mass and all devotions at St. Michael’s Church in Freemount are now available on the internet. The web address is http://www. myipstream.com/freemount. html. This will be especially welcome for all people who are housebound or away from home. Please pass the details onto your friends.
St. Michael’s Room is now available to parents who would like to bring young children to Sunday Mass.
GRAMOPHONE CIRCLE
The next Gramophone night will be held in Cois Abhann Centre on Wednesday night June 27th. At 8pm. Presented by Jerry O’Callaghan. Everybody welcome.
ART AND DRAMA
A fun-filled Art and Drama camp will run from the 23rd to the 27th of July this Summer in the Freemount Heritage Centre.
The camp runs from 10am to 1pm daily at a cost of €65 per child. The camp is run by Mike Guerin who teaches drama classes locally and has been writing, acting and directing for over twenty years. Bríd Moynahan, who designs all the arts and crafts, has been a practicing artist for fifteen years and has run several art camps over the years.
The camp is open to national school children and there is a limited number of spaces to ensure a high adult:child ratio so book your place with Mike on 087 4124741 to avoid disappointment
CHARITY CYCLE
Brú Columbanus at Wilton, Cork City,provides accommodation free of charge for relatives of seriously ill patients in Cork Hospitals or in The Hospice.
D.D. Nagle our local cycling enthusiast will cycle The Ring of Kerry on July 7th.to help raise funds for this worthy charity thereby ensuring that relatives can be helped if ever they are faced with the trauma of having somebody seriously ill in hospital . You can help by sponsoring D.D.on his journey around The Ring of Kerry. Sponsorship Cards are in Casey’s Shop and in Barry’s Bar.
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TIDY TOWNS
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Freemount Tidy Towns COMMITTEE meet in the village on Tuesday and Thursday nights from 7 o’clock , painting, planting flowers etc., New members are always welcome to lend a hand. Everybody welcome.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
For booking the Community Hall, meeting rooms, new Sports Area or to join the Community Development contact list: phone 083/4589222 or email freemountcd@
Our compliments to the hard working Tidy Towns team, they have Freemount looking beautiful this summer. In the recent sunshine the tasteful touches all around the place are evident as you drive through the village. We thank those who meet Tuesday and Thursday nights at 7pm, all the scrubbing, painting, brushing, weeding and planting flowers is paying off. More help is always welcome though so get in touch if you can join in. Míle Buíochas!
Thank you to everyone who helped out for Fr Keogh’s Months Mind mass in any way last Friday night. The choir, and church and the beautiful food at the community hall after. To the FAS team and Ger for helping to get the hall ready during the week. The Keogh family were very appreciative and we hope the Freemount people showed exactly how much we thought of and respected Father Padraig. They like us will miss him. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílish.
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