Enniskerry

POWERSCOURT/KILBRIDE

Powerscourt Tomorrow (Thursday): 10.30 a.m. – Holy Communion in Powerscourt Church.

Services of Worship in Powerscourt for this Sunday – Trinity 16: 8.30 a.m. – Holy Communion One (Said); 11.30 a.m. – Holy Communion Two.

Services of Worship in Kilbride for this Sunday – Trinity 16: 10 a.m. – Holy Communion One.

ST MARY’S CHURCH

Sacrament of Reconciliation – Confessions are held in St Mary’s after 10.15 a.m. Mass on Saturday morning.

Exposition of Blessed Sacrament: Takes place after the 10.15 a.m. Prayer Service each Friday morning in St Mary’s.

Important Notice: St Mary’s Church will be painted during this month. Sunday Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. in St Mary’s and St Gerard’s NS Weekday Masses as follows: Monday/Tuesday/ Wednesday – Mass in church of Ireland, Church Hill at 10.15 a.m.; Friday/Saturday – Mass in St Mochonog’s, Kilmacanogue 10 a.m.

HISTORY SOCIETY

Meetings of the Enniskerry History Society resume in October when the autumn 2018 programme will commence and details will be announced shortly.

The next events of interest for members are tonight’s (Wednesday) s 6 p.m. lecture by Dr Leeann Lane on ‘Dorothy Macardle: unlikely republican’ to the Old Dublin Society in Dublin City Library and Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street, Dublin two – admission free; tomorrow night’s (Thursday) 8 p.m. lecture by Trevor White on ‘The Life and Times of Alfie Byrne’ to the Kilmacud-Stillorgan History Society in the Glenalybn Centre, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin – admission €3; Saturdays 2.30 p.m. talk by Michael Carragher on ‘Tanks in WWI’ to the Western Front Association (Dublin Branch) in the lecture theatre the Museum of Decorative Arts and History, Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin seven – admission €3; next Wednesdays 8 p.m. lecture by Cormac Lowth on ‘The Sinking of the Leinster’ to the Dun Laoghaire Borough History Society in the Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire – admission €3; and next Thursday night’s 8 p.m. lecture by Ms Bernardine Ruddy on ‘Watson’s Nurseries: From Clontarf to Killiney’ to the Bray Cualann Society in the Royal Hotel, Bray – admission €5.

Members and supporters are asked to note that details of the Final Mail Boat Leinster Centenary Event programme organised by the Mail Boat Leinster Centenary Committee can now be down be downloaded from leinster2018.com.

Also now out is the programme of events for the Dublin Festival of History 2018, organised by Dublin City Council and managed by Dublin City Libraries, which will run from Monday, September 24, to Sunday, October 7 – details from dublinfestivalofhistory.ie.

Further Information on the Enniskerry History Society available from John Callan at 01 2867853.

ENNISKERRY LIBRARY

Opening hours for the library which is located on Church Road, Enniskerry, are – Tuesday and Friday: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.; Wednesday: 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 6.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m., and Saturday: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. New members to the library are always very welcome. Please phone 01 2864339 for further information or to renew books.

MEALS ON WHEELS

The Meals on Wheels service which operates in Enniskerry and Kilmacanogue, delivers hot meals every Tuesday and Thursday to older people in their homes. It’s an opportunity to connect with the community and provide a hot meal and social contact call to older people in the area. We are looking for volunteer drivers who can give up two or three hours twice a month to facilitate this much needed service. Interested volunteers should contact Maoiliosa Kelly at 086 8322466 for further information.