Enniskerry
HUGE GAME
Enniskerry play their last group game in the group stages on Thursday in Rathnew. The Black and Amber team will want to top the group for the Quarter Final stages. Hopefully a big crowd from the Village will be there to cheer on the team.
BLESSING OF GRAVES
With the blessing of the graves only a couple of weeks away help is needed to make a final effort to finish the Clean Up in Curtlestown Graveyard on the two Remaining Wednesday nights.
WALKERS
Enniskerry Walkers are starting a little earlier now (7 p.m.) a sure sign that the nights are coming earlier. Just meet at Windsor’s Spar in the Village on Tuesday on nights.
CYCLE FUNDRAISER
The ladies and Men’s GAA teams from Enniskerry are organising a day of Cycling to help Pieta on Saturday, August 26. Two options are available a 50k or a 100K. More info on GAA website and next week’s notes.
DANCING
Irish Dancing for young people is back in the Parish Hall on Saturdays. Times etc are shown on railings at parish in Enniskerry Village.
POWERSCOURT/KILBRIDE
Services of Worship in Powerscourt for Sunday, August 20 – Trinity 10: 8.30 a.m. – Holy Communion One (Said); 11.30 a.m. – Holy Communion Two; 1 p.m. – Parish Lunch in the Powerscourt Arms and Country House Hotel.
Daily Prayer and Open Church, midday and 5 p.m. each day: Powerscourt Church has re-opened for daily prayer. This year there will be two times of prayer, midday and 5 p.m. with the church being open between those times for quiet space and personal prayer.
Car boot sales in aid of Powerscourt Parish Funds: These take on the last Saturday of the month in Powerscourt Church – Paddock, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The August one takes place On Saturday, August 26, For further details, contact Robert Allison at 086 3835151.
Services of Worship in Kilbride for Sunday, August 20 – Trinity 10: 10 a.m. – Holy Communion One.
ST MARY’S CHURCH
Mass Times: Enniskerry: Sunday Mass at 11 a.m.; Weekday Morning Mass on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at 10.15 a.m.; Prayer Service on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 10.15 a.m. Holy Days – as announced. Curtlestown: Sunday Mass at 10 a.m.; Glencree: 9 a.m. Mass on the First Sunday of the month; Kilmacanaogue: Sundays and Fridays at 10 a.m. Holy Days – as announced.
Sacrament of Reconciliation – (Confessions): Our Lady Queen of Peace, Putland Road, Bray – Saturday after 10.30 a.m. and 6.30 p.m. Masses; Church of the Most Holy Redeemer, Main Street, Bray – Saturday after 10 a.m. Mass.
The Rosary: The Rosary is recited each morning (before Mass and Prayer Services) at 10 a.m.
Baptisms: Baptisms are now held on the second Saturday of the month in St Mary’s Church, Enniskerry, for parishioners only. Please arrange with parish office. Parishioners are asked to please give two weeks notice if you wish to book a baptism.
St Columcille’s Hospital, Memorial Service. A memorial service to remember those who died in St Columcille’s Hospital, Loughlinstown, Co. Dublin, from its early days as a workhouse in famine times or more recently as a caring hospital, will be held in the hospital cemetery this Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m.
Annual Blessing of Graves: Kilmacanogue this Sunday at 3 p.m.; Curtlestown on Sunday, August 27, at 3 p.m.
Used Postage Stamps Needed: Barnardos Children’s Charity is looking for used stamps. The money raised through the sale of these stamps will go directly towards their work with vulnerable children here in Ireland. If you would like to leave your used stamps in an envelope in the basket at the back of the church we will forward them to Barnardos at regular intervals.
Monthly Rosary Group: Meets on the first Monday of the month at 7 p.m. in the Prayer room in St Mary’s Church.
Legion of Mary – Kilmacanogue Presidium: Meet at 11.30 a.m. every Tuesday in the Sacristy of St Mochonog’s. New members are most welcome. Group recite the Rosary on the first Saturday of each month at midday at the Grotto in the church grounds. Click on the link legionofmary.ie to view website.
Facebook Page: Enniskerry, Curtlestown, Glencree and Kilmacanogue are part of the Bray and Enniskerry Pastoral Area. A Facebook page has been created to coordinate any and all activities common to all parishes in the area. So please link in with it and like our page. To find: type Bray and Enniskerry Pasto- ral Area on your own Facebook page and like it please.
HISTORY SOCIETY
The Enniskerry History Society is on summer Recess till meetings resume in the autumn. Events this week which may be of interest to members are the Rathmichael Historical Society’s 43rd summer series of Evening Lectures which began last Monday and continues in Rathmichael School, Stonebridge Road, Shankill, Co. Dublin (Junction of Dublin Road and Stonebridge Road, Shankill) nightly at 8 p.m. till Friday.
The programme is tonight (Wednesday): The Leo Swan Memorial Lecture – ‘Rath Melsig: The Anglo-Saxons in Ireland’ by An tOllamh Dáibhí Ó Cróiní; tomorrow (Thursday): ‘The Murder of a Tomb: Recent Discoveries at the Hellfire Club’ by Neil Jackman; concluding on Friday with: ‘St Mary’s Abbey and its Medieval Grange farms, Co. Dublin’ by Geraldine Stout. Enquiries: Richard Ryan, email – rmjryan@ gmail.com or call 01 2853960;
Saturdays free Heritage Week Talk by James Scannell, Bray Cualann Historical Society, at 11.30 a.m. in Bray Library looking back at ‘August 19 to August 26, 1917, in Bray, Co. Wicklow’. Three Heritage Week events next week are Wednesdays (August 23) 11 a.m. ‘ Killarney Road Walking Tour’, led by Brian White, Bray Cualann Historical Society, starting from Bray Town – all welcome, free, the 6 p.m. Old Dublin Society talk ‘So Many Sweet Flowers: From Clontarf to Killiney – Watson’s Nurseries, 1884-1967’ presented by Ms Bernardine Ruddy, president of the Old Dublin Society, in the Conference Room of Dublin City Library and Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street, Dublin two. Admission is free but booking required – call 01 6744999 or email dublinstudies@dublincity.ie; and the 7 p.m. ‘Dalkey Town and Coastal Walk’ led by Ms Alice Cullen, Dun Laoghaire Borough Historical Society, starting from the car park of the Church of the Assumption, Castle Street, Dalkey, Co. Dublin – all welcome – free. Further information on the Enniskerry History Society and its activities available from John Callan at 01 2867853.
ENNISKERRY LIBRARY
Please note – Opening hours have changed and are as follows: 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 6.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday; 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, and 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday.
GOLF CLASSIC
The friends of Ben Melia in conjunction with Enniskerry YC AFC are holding a golf classic in Powerscourt Golf Club on Sunday, September 3, The format will be a team of four (any combination). The cost is €280 per team including dinner. We are also holding a Monster Raffle + Music and Craic in the Powerscourt Arms Country House Hotel on Friday, September 8, sponsorship – If you are interested in entering a Team/Sponsoring a Tee Box/Green/Golf Prize or a prize for the raffle contact Stephen Barry at 086 3725183, Dessie Doran at 087 2568366 or Alan King at 086 1724212. All help and support welcome.
FIELD DAY
The Enniskerry field day takes place on Sunday, September 10, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Join up to 10,000 others for a wonderful day of family fun. Fairground, pony rides, pet farm, games, traditional sports, dog show, competitions, art and crafts, music and dancing and much more. Tickets at venue, kids free, Just €5. Preceded by Event in the Tent on Friday, September 8, from 8 p.m. to 1.30 a.m. A fantastic night of live music, dancing, food, drink and merriment. Pig-on-a-spit, Wicklow Wolf beer, Live entertainment by Bunty and the Bristlehounds. DJ till 1.30 a.m. Fantastic raffle.
Tickets €25 including food and first drink – see enniskerryfestival. ie for further details.
ENNISKERRY BRIDGE CLUB
We meet in the Parochial Hall, Enniskerry Village. Bridge club open to new members on September 5 All non-members are welcome on the second Tuesday of the month. For any queries, please contact Patricia at 086 2345462.