Enniskerry
POWERSCOURT/KILBRIDE
Services of Worship in Powerscourt for Sunday, September 10 – Trinity 13: 8.30 a.m. – Holy Communion One (Said); 11.30 a.m. – Family Service.
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.
Services of Worship in Kilbride for Sunday, September 10 – Trinity 13: 10 a.m. – Family Service.
Kilbride Parish Supper Dance: Will be held on Friday, October 20, in Greystones Rugby Club with supper served at 9 p.m. Tickets €25 are available from Georgina Masterson at 087 6716745. Your support for this major fundraising event in the church calendar would be very welcome.
Hollywood Church – Sunday, September 10: Glendalough Camino Pilgrim’s Blessing Service in Holywood Church, at 9 a.m. Closing Service at Glendalough Upper Lake at 6 p.m.
Harvest Festival: Sunday, October 1, in Kilbride Church at 10 a.m. – Preacher: Canon George Butler. Sunday, October 8, in Powerscourt Church, Family Harvest at 11.30 a.m., Preacher: Rev Gary Dowd.
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.
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 Pastoral 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 coming up which may be of interest to members include next Tuesday night’s 8 p.m. lecture on ‘Residents of the Killarney Road, Bray’ by Brian White to the Genealogical Society of Ireland in Dun Laoghaire Further Education Institute, Cumberland Street Dun Laoghaire – all welcome;
The Wednesday, September 13, 6 p.m. lecture by Professor Frank Barry on ‘The Leading Dublin Manufacturing Films of the 1920s’ to the Old Dublin Society in the Conference Room of Dublin City Library and Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street, Dublin two – all welcome, admission free;
The Tuesday, September 19, 8 p.m. talk by Michael O’Flaherty on ‘Roman influences in our area’ to the Foxrock Local History Club in the Foxrock Parish Pastoral Centre at the rere of Foxrock RC Church, at which Éanna de Búrca will give a short talk on ‘Newgrange – additional information’ – all welcome, admission €5;
The Wednesday, September 20, 8 p.m. lecture by Rod Goodbody on ‘The Martello Towers of the Dublin Coastline’ to the Dun Laoghaire Borough Historical Society in the Royal Marine Hotel, Marine Road, Dun Laoghaire – all welcome, admission €3.50;
And the Thursday, September 21, 8 p.m. lecture by Neale Doherty on ‘The Streets of Dublin’ to the Bray Cualann Historical Society in the Royal Hotel, Main Street, Bray – all welcome, visitors/non-members €5.
Further information on the Enniskerry History Society and its activities available from John Callan at 01 2867853.
ENNISKERRY LIBRARY
Opening hours have changed and are now 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. New members to the Library are always very welcome. Please phone 01 2864339 for further information or to renew books.
FRIENDS OF BEN MELIA
The friends of Ben Melia in conjunction with Enniskerry YC AFC are holding a Monster Raffle + Music and Craic in the Powerscourt Arms and Country House Hotel this Friday night. If you are interested in donating a prize for the raffle please contact Stephen Barry at 086 3725183, Dessie Doran at 087 2568366 or Alan King at 086 1724212. All help and support welcome. Thank you. Field day.
The Enniskerry field day takes place this Sunday 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.
GLENCREE PEACE WALK
On Sunday, September 24, the inaugural Glencree Peace Walk will take place to coincide with International Day of Peace. A group of friends of the Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation will be walking from Glencullen to Glencree to raise much needed funds to support our peacebuilding work and to highlight the need for alternatives to violence to resolve conflict. The walk will take place between midday and 5 p.m.
The walk will consist of a 10km stretch of the well-marked Wicklow Way from Glencullen to Glencree, shortened by a bus transfer at the end to the Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation. Walkers will gather at the Boranaraltry Bridge 3km west of Glencullen village off the R116. After the walk, there will be refreshments at the Glencree Centre, and a bus transfer back to Glencullen. You can support this initiative in three ways. 1) Volunteer to walk. Please sign up by emailing peacewalk@glencree. ie. The Glencree Peace Walk (facebook.com/Glencree
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Walk/) Facebook page will also signpost you to the everydayhero.ie charity fundraising website where you can set up a fundraising page. You can search for Glencree or click here: nfp.everydayhero.com/ie/glencree-centre-for-peace-and-reconciliation. This is the easiest method to secure donations to support your.
Glencree Peace Walk efforts. 2) Encourage friends and family to also volunteer to walk and raise funds. 3) You can donate to people you know who are doing the Glencree Peace Walk through the nfp.everydayhero.com/ie/glencree-centre-for-peace-and-reconciliation charity fundraising website.
So please volunteer to walk, encourage others to walk and/ or donate to those walking. For further details, please contact Aisling O’Callaghan at 01 2829711.
HORSE SHOW THANKS
On behalf of the Kilmacanogue and District Horse Show Committee, Georgina Masterson, Chair, would like to thank everyone who supported the show this year on July 22. Many thanks to the land owners Syl Bourke and Mary Fenelon-Bourke for all their help and assistance; to those who helped set up the field; the car park and horse field parking personnel, the men on the gate, the safety stewards, ring stewards, judges, all the people who helped with entries in the horse, pony, dog show, sheep and photography classes and the ladies who helped in the catering marquee.
Thank you also to all our sponsors. The committee will be meeting in the near future to decide what charities will benefit from the proceeds of this year’s show with the presentation of cheques to charities to take place on Friday, September 22, at 7.30 p.m. in the Powerscourt Arms and Country House Hotel.
WALKING ASSOCIATION
The Enniskerry Walking Association was formed in 2004 to protect traditional walking routes in the area and to promote walking for recreation, for health, as a safe alternative to car use, and to help us all to learn more about our locality.
Our popular Tuesday evening walks usually meet at the Spar in Enniskerry at 7 p.m. Saturday walks meet at 1.30 p.m. All, who are interested, adults or children, are most welcome. Walks vary in length but most last between one-and-a half and two-and-ahalf hours; some (but not all) involve a bit of climbing.
Please wear appropriate warm and rain-proof clothing, and proper walking boots for the occasional muddy or rocky track. In the interests of walker’s comfort and safety participants are asked to respect the directions of the walk leader and stay between the leader and the anchor person.
Tuesday, September 12,: Billy’s Glen from County Brook to Killegar. Two hours – meet outside Spar at 7 p.m. or County Brook/ Ballyman Road at 7.15 p.m. Tuesday, September 19: Knocksink Woods and Bog Meadow. 1.5hrs Meet outside Spar at 7 p.m.
Saturday walks will be announced shortly. If you would like to be on the mailing list for walks please email the address below. Feel free just to turn up (sharp.) on any of the Saturday or Tuesday walks.
However, if you want any further information, phone Niall Lenoach, EWA chairperson (087 9284934) or Noel Barry, EWA secretary (286 0043) – email enniskerrywalking@gmail.com.
Please note that this is a community activity organised by volunteers who accept no liability for injuries or loss caused to participants in any of the above walks.