The Ballagh
RECENT BIRTHS
Congratulations and best wishes to new parents Danielle O’Connor, The Ballagh and Pa O’Rourke on the birth of their baby girl, Layla, in Wexford General Hospital on November 14. The beautiful new arrival weighed-in at 6 lbs 3 oz. A first grand-child for Linda O’Connor, ‘The Village Chipper’, Blackwater.
Congratulations and best wishes also to Sharon (née Kehoe) and Johnny Wynne and their delighted families on the birth of their son Luca on November 7.
SCOUTS’ CAKE SALE
A Church Gate cake sale, to raise funds for the 22nd Wexford Oulart Scout Group, will take place, in Oulart and the Ballagh this coming weekend, November 24/25. Your support would be greatly appreciated and donations of baked goods would be very welcome. Please contact Siobhán at 086 0792160.
RACE TO BE MAYOR
The GAA Mayoral Election Campaign is well under way and the next few weeks will see lots of fundraising activities organised for the candidates.
On Saturday, November 24, Phil’s team will hold a Variety Show in Oulart Hill Bar, beginning at 9 p.m. and on the following day, Sunday the 25th they will host Lunch in Oulart Community Centre, midday to 2 p.m. Later that night, bingo will take place in Oulart Community Centre.
On December 1 Martin ‘Sponger’ Fortune’s team will hold ‘Come Dine with me’ in the Ballagh Community Centre while on December 2, 9 and 16 Phil’s team will hold bingo. As this year is the 25th Anniversary of Oulart-The Ballagh winning their first Senior Hurling Title (1994) Phil’s team will launch a Souvenir Calendar in Oulart Community Centre on Saturday, December 15. And if you want to buy a real Christmas Tree to support Sponger’s Mayoral campaign, please place your order with Declan at 087 3456523.
The two candidates’ teams also have raffle tickets circulating, with valuable prizes on offer. We would encourage as many as possible to support the events as all the proceeds go to Oulart-The Ballagh GAA Club. Please follow the Facebook page for more details.
LOCAL PLACE NAME PROJECT
Some 22nd Wexford Cub Scouts have been working on a community project on local place names, called Meitheal Logainm. It’s an online project inviting people to enter local names of fields, lanes, crossroads etc. into a national database, as an opportunity to preserve and share the minor placenames in their native areas.
We are inviting the community to come along any time between 4.30 p.m. and 7 p.m. next Wednesday, November 21, at the Bygone Days house in Lower Oulart, where they can share their local knowledge of place names with us. We are looking for anything that would not be found on a normal map eg. the name that a field or lane may have been called locally. We lookforward to seeing you on Wednesday and anyone looking for more information can contact Trisha Wiltshire at 086 3080403 or check out Meitheal.logainm.ie.
NOTES
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BOXING CLUB
Training resumes in the Ballagh on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 6.30 p.m. to 8 p.m. and from 6.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. for underage boxers and beginners. Congratulations to Ryan Cullen, who recently won Silver in a Tournament in Lithuania with the Leinster squad,
SPLIT-THE-POT
It costs just €2 to play and entry envelopes can be found in all local businesses: Tim’s Chipper, Caroline’s Hairdressing, Bob’s Bar, Lounge, Shop and Takeaway, The Sawdust, Barry Walsh’s Car Servicing, The Unyoke Cafe, The Trading Post, Angelo’s Takeaway, The post office, The School Office and Boland’s XL Thanks to everyone who support this fundraiser.
CFR
The Oulart-The Ballagh Unit of Community First Responders is live, seven nights a week and all day at weekends, assisting the National Ambulance Service, on a totally voluntary basis.
BOOK FAIR
The Book Fair will take place in the school from Monday, November 19, to Wednesday, November 21, Pupils will have the opportunity to buy books on Monday and Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. The book fair will also be open to parents and pupils on Tuesday from 2.40 to 3.30 p.m. and from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. The book fair is a wonderful opportunity to buy popular and recent publications and the school earns many new books through the book fair sales. Your support as always is much appreciated.
COLÁISTE AN ÁTHA
Coláiste an Átha, Kilmuckridge will hold its Enrolment Evening for students entering First year in September 2019, on Tuesday, November 20, from 4.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. Please contact the school if you have any questions or queries about enrolling your child. (087 7857331).