SCARTAGLEN

CHRISTMAS CAKE SALE

Scartaglen Childcare Centre’s Annual Fundraising Christmas Cake Sale will be on Sunday 9th of December 11am to 1pm 2018 in the Childcare Centre. Homemade Christmas Cakes, Puddings, Mince Pies, Porter Cakes and lots more festive treats. Locally sourced Christmas Trees and grave wreaths will also be on sale. Ring the Centre on 066 7147962 to book.

HERITAGE CENTRE AGM

The Annual General Meeting of The Sliabh Luachra Cultural and Heritage Centre Committee in Scartaglin will be held in the centre on Tuesday night next , December 11th at 7pm Everyone Welcome.

HANDED DOWN

Programme 3 in the latest series of Handed Down shows will take place in The Heritage Centre on this Saturday night December 8th from 8pm 10.30pm. The title of the presentation is “Did you hear that before?” the musical legacy of Maurice O Keeffe and the presenter is Maire O Keeffe. An accomplished player and teacher with some fine CDs to her credit . This year she will look back on her time spent with the fiddle player Maurice O Keeffe R.I.P from Kiskeam . A man known for his generosity in sharing his vast repertoire of tunes as well as humour and good company. John Coakley will be Máire’s guest on the night. Also on the night the 2018 Dan O Connell Memorial Award will be awarded to “The Rising” a young exciting traditional band from the Killarney area. After the award they will play for a half set and honour the late Timmy the Brit with their choice of tunes .

Special guests on the night are Diarmuid O Brien and Clodagh Buckley , Singer John Walsh and two groups of young musicians Olwyn and Ewan Evans from Kilcummin and from Co Cork Rachael O Connor , Ciara Hartnett and Leah Murphy . The friends of Maurice O Keeffe Group led by Mick Culloty, Paul De Grae , Sean Abeyta , Mike Rice ,Dee O Sullivan and Mary Lawless will bring the night to a close after the presentation.

RAMBLING HOUSE

The Christmas Rambling House session in Scartaglen Heritage Centre will take place on Monday night ext December 10th , starting time 8.30pm. There will be a Christmas flavour to the proceedings and as always it should be a very enjoyable night. Admission is free with a raffle and refreshments on the night. All are welcome.

GAA ANNUAL MEETING

Sunday next December 9th is the date set aside for the Annual General Meeting of Scartaglin GAA Club which will be held in the Clubhouse with a starting time of 4pm. All involved and interested are requested to attend.

PARISH CALENDER

Castleisland Parish Calendar for 2019 is now available in each of the Churches or in The Parish Office.

The calendar contains times of Masses, Baptisms, Confessions, Funerals etc. Dates and times for Confirmation and First Communion. Contact telephone numbers for schools in The Parish, and mobile telephone numbers for Priests on The Daily Duty Rota in case of emergencies.

COUNTY COUNCIL MASS

The Annual Kerry County Council Christmas Mass for retired and serving staff and County Council Members will be celebrated by Fr Sean Jones at The Church of the Immaculate Conception, Rathass, Tralee at 10am on this Friday December 7th.

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL COLLECTION

The Annual St Vincent De Paul Church Gate Collection will be taken up at Masses on weekend of December 8th/9th.