Manorhamilton

FESTIVAL CANCELLED

Manorhamilton’s Golden Jubilee International Wild Rose Festival scheduled to take place from Sunday, July 18, to Sunday, July 26, has been cancelled due to Coronavirus COVID-19 restrictions.

The Festival’s cancellation is major disappointment for the hard working Festival Committee and for everyone in the Manorhamilton area, especially since the highly popular local event first took place in the North Leitrim town some 50 years ago in 1970.

The Coronavirus COVID-19 restrictions also caused the cancellation of this year’s St Patrick’s Day parade for which a number of groups and individuals had created floats on the Parade’s green environmental theme of ‘Cycle Recycle.’

Following the cancellation of the St Patrick’s Day parade it was planned to highlight theses floats in the Wild Rose Festival parade on Sunday, July 18, but that has now fallen by the wayside with the Festival’s abandonment.

Announcing the recent cancellation decision the Festival Committee stated ‘it is with great sadness that the Wild Rose Festival Committee have made the decision that the festival will not take place this year due to COVID-19 restrictions, but please God next year we will be back bigger and better in 2021.

‘Look after yourself and each other till then’ the Festival Committee added as they look forward having Manorhamilton buzzing again in July 2021.

MABS COVID-19 MESSAGE

The Money Advice and Budgeting Service’s Mary Holahan, who is the Service’s Ballinamore based Money Advice Coordinator and Approved Intermediary for the North Connacht and Ulster MABS CLG, has issued a message on how the service is operating for all who are using it currently or who wish to avail of it at this time.

‘During the current COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic,’ Mary says ‘ MABS have suspended all face-to-face appointments (and) this includes our outreach appointments in the Bee Park Community Centre. However, we are still here working on files and progressing cases. If anyone is worried as a result of Covid-19 about their finances or just worried about money, they can contact (phone) 0761-072630 or email ballinamore@mabs.ie, if you need to speak to a money adviser. We will continue to update our COVID-19 (coronavirus) information on the MABS website mabs.ie and on the MABS – The Money Advice and Budgeting Service Facebook page.

‘MABS is a free, confidential, independent and non-judgmental service for anyone who is in debt or in danger of getting into debt, including mortgage debt – (all are invited to please contact) Leitrim MABS, Ballinamore – covering all of Co. Leitrim.

WORLD BOOK DAY 2020.

Manorhamilton’s Masterson NS students had fun when dressing up as their favourite character on World Book Day. Senior pupils visited the Junior Room so all the pupils could show off their costumes. Children enjoyed telling others about their favourite books and characters. The junior pupils made beautiful bookmarks while the seniors enjoyed a quiz all about the great author Roald Dahl.

DISTRICT NEWS

Please send items for the Manorhamilton District News by 8 a.m. at the latest on this Friday morning, May 22, to PJ Leddy atpjleddy@yahoo.com).