Boherbue
LOTTO
The numbers were 15 – 21 – 29 – 31. Lucky dip €50 – Marie O’Connor, Main Street. €20 each – Holly Breen, Main Street; Maura O’Mahony, SuperValu; Séamus O’Keeffe, Drominagle. Seller’s prize – Dan O’Rahilly.
CEMETERY MASS
The annual Mass in Boherbue Cemetery takes place this on Friday evening 7.30 p.m.
OUTING
The local Active Retirement Group outing to West Cork takes place on Wednesday next, July 4. Contact Ned at 087 9228151 or Noreen 087 6914968.
CARDS
First: Eileen Ankettell/Sheila Fallon. Ladies: Marie Murphy/ Betty Biggane; Mary Gardiner/ Patsy Fitzgerald. Gents: Denis Hickey/Denis Fitzpatrick. Mixed: Lena Healy/Michael O’Callaghan.
GAA MEMBERSHIP
This is the final weekend for GAA Club membership. Adults €20. 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. 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.
ST. JOSEPH’S CHURCH, LISMIRE–Monthly Mass in honour of St Pio in St Joseph’s Church, Lismire on Wednesday next July 4th at 8 p m. Everyone 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.
Your support would be much appreciated for this very worthy cause.
COMHALTAS
The weekly Seisiún will commence in The Heritage Centre on Wednesday night July 18th.at 8.30pm. As usual we have music singing dancing and storytelling and craic.
This year as usual we will have a guest each week. On Wednesday night July 18th. We have Sean Ó Sé. Make a note of the date and come early.
THURSDAY CLUB OUTING
The Thursday Club outing will be on Thursday July 26th. This year’s outing is to The Ring of Kerry,.The bus will leave The Community Centre at 9am. Names please to Mary at 0876327965 or Eileen at 0863657599 as soon as possible.
FREEMOUNT TIDY TOWNS
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!
FREE SMOKE ALARMS
The Cork Fire Service are again distributing free smoke alarms to the elderly and vulnerable in our community. If you would like to receive your free alarm please pick up a blank form atThursday Club gatherings or by contacting Freemount Community Alert on 083/4589222 or emailingfreemountca@gmail.com.
CEMETERY MASSES
Mass will be celebrated in Knawhill Cemetery on Tuesday night next July 3rd at 8pm. You might pass the word around to those who might want to attend.
USED POSTAGE STAMPS
If you have used stamps you can hand them into The Heritage Centre any morning
HISTORY WEBSITE
If you would like to keep up with the progress of our History website,please log on to www. freemountvillage.com.You might see your own photo. We would also like to hear from you.
G.A.A LOTTO DRAW
The numbers drawn last weekend were 13-17-19-35 There was no Jackpot winner. Lucky Dip winners were: 1 Pat O’Mullane, Ballybahallow 2 Ellen Hannigan, Freemount 3 Kieran Lynch, Cavan. 4 Margaret Collins, Glounicommane ,Freemount. 5 John Cronin, Kiskeam. Jackpot this week €1350. You can join the weekly lotto for an annual cost of €90.Please contact any club member to do so. The lotto is our main source of income We would appreciate your support
MACRA
Freemount Macra made a cheque presentation recently to Temple Streets Children Hospital and Marymount Hospice. Each charity received €2750 which was raised during The Freemount Tractor Run which was held Sunday 8th April. We would like to thank all those involved.
Freemount Macra were announced winners of Avondhu Club of the Year at the Avondhu Awards night on Monday 11th June.Well done to club members Ann Fitzgerald, Thomas Stritch, Sinead Guiney and Brid Ann O’ Donoghue who represented the club in interviews.
Our AGM was held Thursday 31st May in Freemount Hall. Thanks to all those who attended. Would like to thank our outgoing officers for all their hard work and wish our new officers the best for year ahead.On the night our Chairperson Eileen Murphy makes a presentation to Mary Ann Murphy for all her commitment and dedication as her role of National Council Representative.
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