EaskeyDromore West
SENIOR SCOR
Well done to the competitors from St Farnan’s who captured four county titles and third place in the quiz at the Sligo senior Scor competition. Solo Singing: Siobhán Foy,
Recitation: Frances Hanley, Music Group: Jason McGuinness, Deirdre Kilgannon, Laura Flatley, Siobhán Foy, Novelty act: Seán Kilgannon, Kenny Sheridan, Joe Burns, Deirdre Kilgannon, Frances Hanley, Siobhán Foy, Laura Flatley, Jason McGuinness.
Quiz (third place): Seán Kilgannon, Frances Hanley, Kenny Sheridan, and Kieran O’Connor. All focus now is on the Connacht final which will be held on Monday, March 19, in Lecarrow, Roscommon.
CE SCHEME VACANCIES
Sligo Social Services have CE Scheme vacancies for individuals recovering from substance abuse. Based near Enniscrone. 19.5 hours per week. CE rates of pay apply. Please call Catherine Young at 071 9149895.
HANDYMAN SERVICE
Tireragh Community Support’s handyman service is available to people in the West Sligo area who are in receipt of social welfare. Small repair jobs carried out. Call 083 4461322 for more information.
EOGHAN RUA LADIES
Registration of members for Eoghan Rua Ladies’ football club for 2018 is currently taking place. If anyone is interested in joining the ladies’ club to play football from under-10 to adult please contact one of the following: Sheila 087 2533585, Ann 086 1938778 or Noreen 086 8510625 for details on registration.
MAE CONNOLLY R.I.P.
The death has taken place of Mae Connolly née Hannon Ballinahowna, Dromore West. Her remains were removed from Sweeney’s Funeral Home to the Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Dromore West for Requiem Mass and burial took place in Churchill Cemetry. Sympathy is extended to her sons, daughters, sisters, brother, grandchildren, nephews, nieces, relatives and friends.
LEAP IN THE DEEP
The Easkey ‘Leap in the DEEP’ fundraiser will take place at Pool Gorm on Easter Sunday at 1 p.m. Please sponsor the brave swimmers who will be leaping into the Atlantic. There will be a special prize this year for the swimmer who collects the most sponsorship money: a full day of Surfing lessons for a family kindly donated by West Coast Surfing School.
DANGERS OF THE INTERNET
There is a very informative and important talk on this Thursday night, March 22 in the Jesus and Mary Secondary School, Enniscrone at 7.30 p.m.
It’s to educate representatives of the dangers of the internet for our kids and how to safeguard your technology at home to avoid any unsafe websites and also looking out for and dealing with cyberbullying.
This information evening is free of charge is given by renowned speaker Trisha O’Sullivan and is open to everyone irrespective of whether you have a child going to the school or not.
SCHOOL MUSICAL
St Mary’s College, Ballisodare presents ‘Seussical the Musical’ in Skreen-Dromard Community centre on Friday, March 23, and Saturday 24 at 8 p.m. Tickets cost €12 for an adult and €8 for student/child. Family concessions also available. Tickets are available from St Mary’s 071 – 9167579, Collery’s Beltra 087 – 6612134, Skreen-Dromard Community Centre 087 – 6649635.
ST PATRICK’S DAY PARADE
Easkey’s St Patrick’s Day parade is on Saturday, March 17, starting at 3 p.m. All Floats, groups and walkers, will meet at St James’ Church car park. There will be a viewing stand at Pudding Row to announce every group as they pass by. Entry is free of charge; please register your float/business so you can get a plug from the viewing stand. To register please email leapprojecteaskey@gmail.com.
DROMORE WEST PARADE
The Dromore West St Patrick’s Day parade will be taking place on Saturday, March 17, commencing at 4 p.m. parade entrants are asked gather from 3.30 p.m. at Dromore West Church. There will be refreshments and entertainment in the community centre immediately after the parade.
Dromore West is feeling ‘Clean and Green’ this St Patrick’s Day by working in conjunction with the Tidy Towns to keep our village litter-free and environmentally friendly. In order to support this, we will be opting for a Environmentally Friendly parade this year, which means we will be displaying Irish flags across the village, and other environmentally friendly equipment where possible, rather than plastic bunting.
We are also asking all businesses with shop fronts to join in the festivities, by decorating their shop fronts for the parade. Whether it be a flag outside the door or a full on window display all is welcome. For further details, please contact Kirsty Murphy or Geraldine McCloat.
ADVENTURE CAMP
Ox Mountain Adventure Camp are running a fun Easter camps this year on March 27 and 28 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. each day. Cost is €30 per child. Aged seven years approx. Children’s birthday parties also catered for, email: oxmountaincamp@gmail.com, or call 071 9181920 or 087 1362703.
CAKE/BRIC-À-BRAC SALE
Rathlee Tidy Towns hope to run a cake and bric-à-brac sale at Easter. bric-à-brac can be accepted from now on and can be left at the Parish House in Rathlee.
SPRING FEST 2018
Dromore West Village Enhancement will be holding ‘Spring Fest 2018’ Easter Weekend, running from Friday, March 31, to Monday, April, two with various events and activities in the community.
On Good Friday, Dromore West Tidy Towns will be hosting a Community Spring Clean in the village. We are asking that all members of the community, old and young, come out to help kick start the Tidy Town season and get Dromore West started on the right foot. We will have refreshments after for all involved.
Easter Saturday will see a ‘Biodiversity Day’ taking place in the community centre, where there will be various activities for all people in the community. There will be guests on the day speaking about nature, recycling and waste management and also people are invited to help the members of the Tidy Towns start planting seeds for the coming summer.
On Easter Monday, we will have first ever ‘Little Fairies and Farmers’ Tractor run taking place around the grounds of the community centre followed by a kids’ disco for all who take part.
All proceeds from this weekend’s event will go towards Dromore West Tidy Towns to help support their projects for 2018.
More details will follow, but check out the Dromore West Village Enhancement Group Facebook page for updates.
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