HANDBALL DRAW
Murphy’s bar on Friday next, February 8, at 9.30 p.m. Teams of four cost €40.
Boherbue handball club are presently promoting the GAA national draw which has a host of prizes including a Renault Clio car, €2,000 travel voucher, all-Ireland football and hurling tickets including overnight accommodation of the famous Croke Park hotel.
Tickets cost just €10 each and the draw takes place on Wednesday march sixth. Ticket sellers including club officials will be calling so make sure your door bell is working.
COMMUNITY GAMES
Boherbue Kiskeam Community Games are planning to regroup and get organised for the year ahead when they hold a meeting on wed night next in the Pearse memorial hall in Boherbue at 8 p.m. It is inviting parents/ guardians and anyone interested to come along and get involved. Those games cater for children aged eight – 16 years with something for every child such as handwriting, draughts, arts, athletics, football etc. all welcome to this meeting. Do go along and get involved. Saturday night’s table quiz in Barry’s Bar. The Badminton Smashers were the brightest sparks in the room but win or lose there was great fun had by all. Paddy Collins came up trumps again with a mix of knowledge to suit everyone, and MC Emer again played a blinder in delivering the questions. Community Alert appreciates Barry’s Bar support and all who donated spot prizes. Anyone needing to renew Text Alert fees €10 to Margaret asap please. Thank You again.
ART CLASSES
The weekly Art class will commence in The Heritage Centre on Tuesday night February 12th from 8pm to 10pm. Make sure you have all your gear ready for the night ,brushes clean and paints ready.
GAA LOTTO
Results For January 20th. The numbers drawn last week-end were:-1-7-24-32. There was no Jackpot winner. Lucky Dip winners were:-1 Johnny Browne (jnr) Kiltane, Freemount. 2 David Hassett, L.M.Motor Factors ,Charleville.3 Paudi Collins, Glounicommane, Freemount..4 Sean O’Mullane, Ballybahallow ,Freemount.. Betty and P.J.O’Sullivan, Concealment,Freemount. Jackpot this week €1650
MACRA NEWS
Our first games night took place on Thursday night last in the hall. Our members enjoyed different card games on the night. Our social Thursdays continue this week with bowling in Cork.
Well done to Ciara O Sullivan and Danny Lane who participated in the Avondhu Titles night in the White Country Inn Banteer on Friday night. A special congratulations to Ciara who will go on to represent Avondhu at the Miss Macra festival in August.
Congratulations to our debating team who defeated Awbeg in the second round of debating on Saturday night. They now go forward to the quarterfinals against Portlaoise on February 9th in Donoughmore
Freemount Macra will host the next Avondhu regional meeting on February 4th next in the heritage centre at 8.30pm. New members always welcome. Contact us on 087 0969654 or message us on facebook.
YOUR NEWS
Items for these notes should be with the correspondent each Monday night before 8pm .E-Mail osullivanpj38@gmail.com Sadlier c/o Tom O Reilly, Ann Marie Clifford Knockalohert, Noreen Barrett Kilbrin and Pat Drumm Clash.
Jackpot for next draw is €7500. Please support.The lotto will be made available to play online in the coming weeks, more details to follow
45 DRIVE
45 drive continues every Wednesday night at 9pm. Please come along and enjoy the evening. Just turn up on the night and you we will make sure everyone is sorted with a playing partner.
POKER NIGHT
The social club host a poker night every Friday night at 9pm. A league table is also starting which adds another element. Very enjoyable evening to be had and the local bus is running so call Anthony Ahern if you are interested.
COFFEE MORNING
A coffee morning will be held in the community centre from 10am until 2pm this Sunday 3rd February. We would ask that people support this most great cause.
Local girl Aoidhe Sheill, Siobhan O’Flynn, Katie O’Connor & Isabelle Taylor will be travelling to Belarus to volunteer with the Burren Chernobyl project where they will work in the orphanages. They need to fundraise to get there and in that respect they are holding the coffee morning. This will be an immense experience for the girls involved and a good opportunity for the rest of us to support those less fortunate through no fault of their own. So we would plead with one and all to support this most worthy cause on Sunday morning whilst also enjoying a cup of coffee.
TÍR NA NÓG
The Tir na nÓg group is back and a large group met this Monday. They have many activities lined up again for this year. Anyone interested please contact the secretary, chairperson or indeed any member for further details. Big crowd. All welcome.
CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations to Ben O’Dea, Lackaroo, Liscarroll on the launch of his children’s book ‘The Weeping Willow’. This book was launched in Liscarroll last Friday evening and is available on amazon in paperback and eBook format. Great achievement from Ben and happy reading to all that get to enjoy it.
CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations to John Joe and Mary Corkery on their golden wedding anniversary. We wish them every happiness as they face the next 50.
CONGRATULATIONS
To Lismire community on their variety show last weekend. It was a very enjoyable evening for the full houses that attended.
DR CROKE HOUSE
In mid-February there will be a history night in Dr Croke house where there will be a special guest speaker. Once details are finalised we will let you know in this column. We have interest from some schools in visiting Dr Croke House in the coming months. We are looking for volunteers to act as tour guides for these visits which will take place on weekdays.
Information on the facility will be provided as well as a DVD that is in place at the house.
If anyone is interested in this , and has some spare time please contact a member of the community council committee or leave your name in the social club. This should only take an hour a month so no big commitment is required. We would also like to thank the Corkery family and Niall O’Sullivan for the furniture they provided for Dr Croke house.
If anyone has old pictures that they feel would enhance the house and are willing to donate them please contact the Kilbrin Community Council PRO on the below contact details.
TRAFFIC-CALMING MEASURES
In the coming weeks work will commence on the traffic calming measures through the village. We would ask that everyone show due care and patience while this work is ongoing. This will be of great benefit to the village once complete and make it much safer for residents and especially the school children.
RENOVATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY CENTRE
Work is continuing on the roof of the social club. When this is finished the centre will have been totally refurbished from start to finish. A huge thanks to everyone that contributed to this and the general support from the whole community is greatly appreciated.
GROTTO CROSS
As you may have noticed the wall has been erected and we are looking to put features on it. As usual we are looking to the public for ideas so if anyone has ideas for features please contact the Kilbrin Community Council PRO on the below details.
SPRING CLEAN-UP
In the coming weeks we will be organising spring clean-up days in the locality. We would ask that people start whenever they can. You can leave bags at the roadside. For anyone going on a family walk this is a great way to educate children on the problem of litter. More details will follow on this column when the dates for the pickup trucks are organised.
CONDOLENCES
The Kilbrin community council would like to offer our sincere condolences to the family of Ellen (Nellie) Pierce, Main Street, Ballyclough. Nellie was a great friend of Kilbrin bingo for many years and will be sadly missed. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam.
CONTACT DETAILS
The community council can be contacted at kilbrincc@gmail. com if you have any queries. Also the PRO can be contacted directly at Bennymick1968@gmail.com if you have anything of interest for this column. Whether you are at home or abroad we would be delighted to hear from you if you have anything that you would like to share with the community at large.