Ballymurn
CHURCH NOTES
Mass Times: Tuesday 7.30 p.m. Thursday 9.30 a.m. Saturday 9.30 a.m. and 8.15 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m.
Dates for your Diary: Ballymurn Parish Gathering will take place on Sunday, December 3, in Ballymurn Hall. Bingo Bingo every Monday night in the Anvil Ballymurn at 9 p.m.
CAMOGIE CLUB NEWS
The club AGM will take place on Saturday, December 2, at 7.30 p.m. in Oylegate Community Centre. All players and parents of underage players are encouraged to attend.
Club Gear for sale – The camogie club has a limited amount of half zips available, skorts and training tops. They would make ideal Christmas presents. Please contact Margaret O’Connor or Christine Martin for more information.
LADIES’ FOOTBALL
Crossabeg-Ballymurn Ladies’ Gaelic Football Club will hold their annual general meeting in Oylegate Community Centre on Friday, November 24, at 8 p.m. All players and parents of underage are encouraged to attend.
GAA CLUB NOTES
Club Gear – Anyone interested in club gear or half zips for Christmas etc, contact John Cummins for any orders in the next two weeks.
PENNY BANK
Penny bank collections continue every Saturday and Sunday in the hall after Masses.
KNITTERS KNATTERS
Ballymurn Knitters would like to invite you to a Christmas craft demonstration by Anne Doran on Wednesday, November 15, in the club room of Ballymurn hall at 11 a.m. Everyone welcome. For more information please contact 087 274027.
PIONEER NEWS
The Pioneer social dinner is on November 24 in the Riverside Park Hotel, This will be preceded by Mass for deceased members at 6.15 in the same venue. For more information or tickets contact 053 9138190. nights from eight till 9.30 p.m. approximately and have been running for the past few weeks and will continue to run at least till the end of the year and possibly longer, depending on attendance. This course is suitable for those who wish to brush up on their Irish and would not be suitable for absolute beginners.
CAMOGIE CLUB AGM
The annual general meeting of Oylegate-Glenbrien camogie club will take place on Saturday, December 2, at 7.30 p.m in Oylegate community centre. All players and parents of underage players are encouraged to attend. The camogie club has a limited amount of half zips available, skirts and training tops. They would make ideal Christmas presents. Please contact Margaret O’Connor or Christine Martin for further information.
TEXT ALERT NEWS
For all who ordered and signed up for Fire Alarms at the last meeting of Crossabeg Text Alert, a reminder to please call to Kyle Forge to collect same on Saturday next, November 18, between midday and 1 p.m. There will be a fire safety talk by Ray Murphy at midday.
JUVENILE ATHLETICS
A reminder to all parents and guardians that training for the juvenile members of St Killian’s AC has relocated to Crossabeg national school hall. Please note the change of times. Training every Monday evening (only) from 6.30-7.30 p.m for boys and girls aged seven years and up to and including third class pupils. Training every Monday and Thursday evening from 7.30-8.30 p.m for boys and girls from fourth classes and upwards.
YOUTH CLUB
There will be no Youth club meeting this Friday in the school as the Youth Soccer competition is taking place in the Astro Centre in Enniscorthy. Good luck to all involved. Youth Club will be back as normal on November 24.
SENIOR CITIZENS PARTY
The annual Christmas party for the senior citizens of the parish will be held in Ferrycarrig hotel on Sunday, December 9.Members of the organising committee will be calling on all householders in the coming weeks for their generous support for the event. Invitations are also being issued to our senior citizens. Coffee morning.
A reminder that if you wish to pre-order Christmas cakes, puddings, tarts etc from Annis Kehoe, before she holds her annual coffee morning on Saturday, December 9, please call her at 087 2426146.
The event will be held at Kyle Forge from 10 a.m. till 2 p.m. Refreshments will be served and there will also be a raffle with many great prizes on hand. There will also be many mouth watering goodies on offer, tarts, puds, cakes, bracks, jams, chutneys, vegetables, potatoes etc.
PARISH FACEBOOK PAGE
Glenbrien Parish has its own Facebook page. nd its members are growing by the day.
This is a Notice Board for all events and inforrmation regarding all the community we look forward to having lots of likes in the next few weeks and will be posting on it regularly.
CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Can your child sing, dance play a musical instrument or have any other talents?
Would they like to part in the Glenbrien Christmas concert?
If so please contact Charlene Breen at 087 9668411 for more information.
CAMOGIE CLUB NEWS
The club AGM will take place on Saturday, December 2, at 7.30 p.m. in Oylegate Community Centre. All players and parents of underage players are encouraged to attend.
CLUB GEAR FOR SALE – The camogie club has a limited amount of half zips available, skorts and training tops. They would make ideal Christmas presents. Please contact Margaret O’Connor or Christine Martin for more information.
Cards 45 started recently in Furlongs, Road House, Curracloe. The first weeks winners were Simon Donohoe and Helen Larkin. 45 continues every Sunday at 6 p.m for hampers and new players welcome.
The final of the Richard Furlong Memorial pool tournament takes place in Furlongs pub on Sunday, December 2, at three o’clock. The event is kindly sponsored by Bones Furlong digger hire and ST civil engineering, Ballina. Date for the diary. Tommy Doyle’s 50th will take place in Furlongs on Saturday night, December 8, Instead of presents, Tommy wishes people to make donations to the Wexford Hospice Home Care.
OVER-40S SOCCER
The Bridge Rovers Football club are actively looking for new members. They play on Monday nights at 8.30 p.m. onwards and Friday nights at 8 p.m. and you need to pay €5 for the lights per night.
So if you are looking to get fit or just to stay active and would be interested in a good game of football and some fun, then why not join in with the group. For further queries, please call Denis at 086 3420160.
DEVELOPMENT LOTTO
Results of the Curracloe United lotto draw for Sunday, November 5, The numbers drawn were 4, 12, 20 and 27. There was no jackpot winner with two matchthree winners who each received €75, Ciara Connor, c/o Curracloe Tavern and Mason, Connor, c/o Darragh Connor.
CHRISTMAS FAIR
A reminder that a Christmas Fair will be held in Castlebridge hall on Sunday, November 26, All proceeds to the Tracie Lawlor Trust for Cystic Fibrosis. Contact 087 3341344 for further details.
CARDS
Weekly winners of the Cards at Hotel Curracloe were Mag Griffith and Gerry Doran. Last week’s winners were Kathleen Leacy and Denis Kelly. Cards continue every Thursday night at 9 p.m. There is an open draw and all are welcome.
CURRACLOE SCHOOL NEWS
Congratulations to Liz Curran, recent winner of €151 in the split-the-pot draw. Well done to George Kehoe winner of the Primary one section of the Talbot hotel Artist of the Year competition.
CAMOGIE CLUB NEWS
The club AGM will take place on Saturday, December 2, at 7.30 p.m. in Oylegate Community Centre. All players and parents of underage players are encouraged to attend.
Club Gear for sale – The camogie club has a limited amount of half zips available, skorts and training tops. They would make ideal Christmas presents. Please contact Margaret O’Connor or Christine Martin for more information.
GAA CLUB NOTES
Oylegate-Glenbrien GAA Club will hold its AGM for adult and underage sections on Sunday, November 19, at 5.30 p.m. in the community centre – your attendance would be much appreciated.
Lotto – in the draw held on November 1, numbers drawn were 1, 9, 14 and 19 bonus 16. Lucky-dip winners were Anna Mai Conroy, Eamonn Mernagh, Carol Heffernan, Marie Rowley, Joan Murphy, Dan Doran, Kevin Murphy, Brian Doyle. Next draw will be held on November 15 In the Slaney Inn. Tickets available locally.
On Friday, November 24, there will be a concert in Glenbrien church with the Wexford Male Voice Choir and the children of Holy Family NS taking part, this concert is a fundraiser for the parish funds. Tickets at €10 each.
LADIES’ FOOTBALL
Crossabeg-Ballymurn Ladies’ Gaelic Football Club will hold their annual general meeting in Oylegate Community Centre on Friday, November 24, at 8 p.m. All players and parents of underage are encouraged to attend.
GLENBRIEN TEXT ALERT
A general meeting of Glenbrien Text Alert will be held in the Old School Centre on Tuesday, November 7, at 8 p.m. Please attend as important issues will be discussed such as the purchase of a defibrillator, security within the parish, possibly running a first aid training course and the Garda involvement in the text alert scheme. A divisional meeting of the text alert groups is being held in November so if you would like any item to be raised then please attend this general meeting.
CHURCH BINGO
bingo will be held in Mernagh’s lounge every Thursday for the next few weeks. All proceeds will go to Oylegate church Repairs Fund. Please support.
LOCAL LINK WEXFORD
Local Link Wexford provides secure, reliable and affordable transport for the rural communities of County Wexford. Services are open to everyone and all ages. The services will accommodate those attending appointments, shopping etc. Where possible they will collect passengers from their homes. An information booklet together with timetable is available at the back of the church.
MASS TIMES
Please note Mass times in Oylegate: Saturday vigil Mass is at 6.30 p.m.; Sunday morning Mass is at 10.30 a.m.