ROSSLARE HARBOUR
ENVIRONMENT GROUP NOTES
Following consultation with the District Engineer the group intends to upgrade the Viewing Point at the car park opposite the Garage in the coming days. The fence that currently restricts visibility to the Harbour and up along the Coast will be taken out and replaced by low level stone gabions with suitable landscaping. This will make it a more attractive to our visitors and will reduce ongoing maintenance issues for the Environment Group.
The groups activities can be monitored on their Facebook page ‘Rosslare Harbour-Kilrane Environment Group’
Reminder: A WEEE (Waste Electric and Electronic Equipment) cage for SMALL Household electrical goods only such as toasters, kettles, DVD players, hairdryers, electric drills, Christmas tree lights etc. situated at the back of the Railway Social Club and is open on Saturday mornings between 10.00 and 11.30 a.m., weather permitting.
ACTIVE RETIREMENT GROUP
We will be advised by the middle of July whether or not our holiday trip to Westport in August will still take place.
Meanwhile would members who are still interested in going on the holiday please contact Mairead at 089 4403731 or Jim at 053 9133291.
This year the Holiday will be to the Castle Court Hotel, Westport, Co Mayo on Monday, August 31. Prices will be in the order of €385 per person, sharing, for five days, four nights. Day trips to Kylemore Abbey, Cong and Achill (subject to weather conditions) are part of the package. There is a singles supplement of €80 total. A deposit of €50 each is required to secure a place.
BEREAVEMENT
It was with great sadness, we learned of the death of Peter Doyle, St Patrick’s Park, Rosslare Harbour who passed away on Sunday June 14.
He was a native of the Liberties, Dublin and made many friends in our community when he came to live here. Peter was very sociable and was an avid Liverpool supporter.
We extend sympathy to his sons Mark, Eddie, Noel and Peter, his daughter Evelyn, grandchildren, greatgrandchildren and extended family. May he rest in peace.
ST MARY’S GAA
We are back in our fields and training again. Anybody wanting to come back must go to https://learning.gaa.ie/covid19 to find out all the information they need and to go onto the online course which needs to be done by all parents/guardians/players etc. At the end of it you need to print the cert to give to our Covid supervisor on the 1st night of training. Everybody will have to fill out a health app on the GAA app before the 1st training.
As with all aspect of Life the GAA needs to adapt to live with the virus. We will try to keep all informed as things are changing day to day.
Our Lotto finally started back on Tuesday June 30 . There was no jackpot winner for €11,350. There was one match 3 winner Tony Kehoe. The numbers were 5, 7, 23 and 27. Next week jackpot will be €11,500 on July 7 .
Hopefully you will have received a letter in your post about our future plans for the club. With this letter is a standing order form to buy a lotto ticket for the year. With the Virus it is very hard to sell tickets and we are hoping as many people as possible would sign up for the lotto. So far your response has being god and we appreciate your support.
This helps us run our club and our hope to put in a walking track this year for all the community to use. Anybody wishing to fill in let us know Conor Roche 087-2027202 or Niall Mc Donald on 087-2672108. You can buy tickets off all adult players/ Coaches/Committee members and in various outlets in the parish. Your support wold be much appreciate.
HISTORY OF ST MARYS GAA CLUB - A book recording the history of St Marys Club Rosslare, is being currently compiled. We are grateful to those of you who have contacted us to-date with your contributions. So far we have over 30 contributors, but wed still very much like to hear from anyone who may have information, stories or pictures relevant to the life of the Club from 1886 to modern times. Feel free to contact either Gerry Byrne on 087 9709887 or Larry Byrne on 086 2537539 anytime.