FREEMOUNT ST MICHAEL’S CHURCH

45 DRIVE

The weekly 45 Drive in Freemount Community Centre has been cancelled until further notice.

AROUND THE FIRESIDE

The next programme of Around the Fireside will be broadcast on C103 Local Radio on Monday night next July 6th at 10.06pm. Next week Jimmy will look back over the past 30 years of Around The Fireside to produce a programme from the archives each week while the present restrictions continue.. Make sure you tune in on Monday night next.

COMHALTAS

All music and singing classes in Freemount Heritage Centre have been cancelled until further notice. All meetings etc.have also been cancelled. The Heritage Centre will remain closed until further notice. If you would like to log onto our Comhaltas website go to Cois Alla and log in and enjoy all the young musicians and singers.

MARYMOUNT HOSPICE

As all Comhaltas activities and music and singing classes are cancelled due to covid -19,one person who couldn’t stay idle is Alan Finn. During the shutdown Alan has been busy making a solo DVD entitled “The Road to Crossfields”. This DVD is available at Casey’s shop in Freemount . All proceeds of this venture will go to Marymount Hospice who are badly in need of funds. The contribution is €20 and everything goes to the Hospice.

OLD PHOTOGRAPHS?

Just a thought ,while you are confined to your home why don’t you look up your supply of old photographs and send them to us with a caption . We can send them to the weekly paper or we can put them on our parish website for posterity . The e-mail address is freemountarchive@gmail.com. Start searching!

NEW RULES AND NEW VISITORS

We are now emerging from lockdown and it is great that we can now start using our local amenities again. Please note that all current social distancing guidelines must be obeyed in any public places at all times.

The playground is now open and we are grateful to the County Council and to the locals who cleaned and weeded the playground before it was opened. As with all County Council supported playgrounds, children using the playground must be supervised by an adult and all current social distancing guidelines must be strictly adhered to.

The walkway, adult exercise equipment, are open and a multi use sports area can be used for small groups for exercise. Social distancing must be obeyed at all times. Sports areas can be booked by contacting (083) 458 9222 and the key can be collected in the shop.

We are looking forward to Freemount Playschool, Cherry Blossoms Afterschool, Freemount badminton, GAA, and Bootcamp classes that will hopefully resume in September, new groups are also welcome to book hall, as soon as social distancing allows. Contact 083-4589222.

If isolated people need support in any way they can contact (083) 4589222, the community group is still active.

Please continue to support all our local shops and all local businesses in our nearby village and towns. Every euro spent near home has huge benefits to our local economy.

As always Casey’s were such an invaluable support to Freemount village,especially in recent times. Truly many people would have been lost without them. Lockdown would have been very difficult without a shop in the village.

Now in these difficult times it is lovely to see new visitors to the area. Lately when Freemount’s Tidy Towns were adding some fabulous flowers around the village they heard that some fairies were in urgent need of a place to stay while working locally. So Freemount’s Tidy Towns contacted the very talented Michael & Theresa O Connor who consulted with Marcus & Christian for advice and between them some fantastic fairy houses were built. Freemount village now proudly hosts a magical fairy village at the back of the 1916 Remembrance Garden. Please pay them a socially distant visit and have a peek at these gorgeous fairy houses. But please remember, no touching as the fairies wouldn’t like that.

Sincere thanks to Tidy Towns and the O’ Connors for such wonderful, ongoing commitment for our village.

As soon as it’s allowed a Village Clean and Tidy Up will be organised and the Tidy Towns committee look forward to all your help and support.

The new flowers are lovely, thank you tidy towns, and the village is really showing the benefits of having Ger Farrisey’s team of Fas workers back in action again. We are very lucky and grateful to have them. Go raibh maith agaibh.

Mass will commence on this Sunday morning at 10.30am. As usual. Mass on Monday evening July 6th. at 8pm. And Mass on Tuesday morning July 7th. at 9.30am. The weekly Holy Hour will commence at a later date.

Parish Pastoral Council – Due to the ongoing restrictions because of Covid 19 ,regular Masses cannot go ahead as scheduled. Offerings for the Spring Stations and Easter Dues may be handed in to the Parochial House, Milford; at Casey’s Shop, Freemount; or to Mike Larkin ,Tullylease.

Mass Broadcasts – Mass is broadcast every weekday at 10.30 am on the R.T.E. News Now Channel on television. On Sundays there is a Mass on R.T.E. 1 television at 11 am on every second week. On the other Sundays there is a Service at this time but there is a Mass on those Sundays on R.T.E. News Now Channel at 2 pm. If you go to the website,www.churchservices.tv any day , you will have a choice of several Masses that you can follow on computer, laptop or other device.

COMMUNITY ALERT

Thank you to those who are currently part of the network, and receive regular updates from an Gardaí, you will have received a text during the week. We would be very grateful to receive your renewal fee of €10 asap please. See attached for ways of payment.

For anyone who would like to join the network complete the short form and return by email. Alternatively pick up a form and self addressed envelope at Casey’s shop. Online renewal is also an option

THURSDAY CLUB

The Thursday Club activities have been cancelled until further notice, due to the spread of the coronavirus.

GAA LOTTO

Freemount GAA lotto is recommencing this Sunday 5th July. Please sanitize your hands after signing your ticket,or you can text your 4 numbers to 087 24797 84 on Saturday night and pay at Casey’s shop. Jackpot €2350. It will be possible to purchase tickets in the normal locations with new procedures in place or alternatively you may purchase an annual lotto ticket for the coming year for €100 from any club member. With GAA activity re-commencing, your support would be greatly appreciated.

YOUR NEWS .

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