Bunclody Beat
CHRISTMAS TREE RECYCLING
Christmas Trees can be left for shredding at the Recycling Area, Bunclody AFC from Wednesday, January 3, to Saturday, January 12.
Opening hours 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Saturday.
BUNCLODY LIBRARY
Coming up in Bunclody Library – Saturday, January 12, at 2.30 p.m. – Yoga for adults with Croi Yoga – For a Bright New Beginning in 2019. A yoga practice with Catherine from Croi Yoga. Join Catherine for an hour of gentle but effective yoga practice designed to shake off those Christmas Cobwebs. Catherine will guide you through an hour long practice to help gently stretch out those muscles, move those joints and breathe some vigour and vitality back into those lungs. Catherine will work at a pace suitable for complete beginners while the more advanced yogis will also find something to please them during this hour. – Booking essential.
Thursday, January 17, at 7 p.m. Captain Phil Murphy, Senior Marine Officer will present a talk and presentation in Bunclody Library. Details about his upcoming talk will be confirmed later. Booking essential.
Thursday, January 24, at 7 p.m. – Join Aodhain Scallan for a talk on interior design and get some ideas and inspiration on home improvements for the New Year. Aodhain is the artistic inspiration behind Inside Design, Interior Designers Wexford. She has established a reputation for her professional, detailed and thorough approach. She also teaches Interior Design in her spare time. Her background is in business with a follow on diploma in Interior Design. Booking essential.
Thursday January31st at 7 p.m. – Poetry reading with Joe Neal. Award-winning actor and poet Joe Neal will share his ‘ tuned thoughts’ on the night. He says of writing poetry: ‘Putting a poem together is a very strange exercise of thought: an idea drifts into the mind and grabs your attention. It chases after words, setting them into a kind of melody. I would call this ‘ tuned thoughts’ – and that may be a good definition of a poem.’ Joe, who lives near Castlebridge, will be introducing poems from his newly published sixth collection – Rossetti’s Wombat. He recently returned from an arts council bursary tour of New England and last year won the Anthony Cronin International Poetry Award for his poem Allegheny Man which, he says, was prompted by a visit to the Allegheny Mountains in West Virginia where he discovered a ruined cabin and tried to imagine the life of the person who once lived there. Booking essential.
Would you like to receive a text message or email message about all our upcoming events? Please contact Bunclody Library at 053 9375466 and give us your contact details.
Adult Reading Circle – New members are always welcome. Join us any time, just drop in. Regular Children’s Events Toddler Story Time
Join us on Friday mornings at 11 a.m. Come along with your toddler or pre-schooler for stories, rhymes and songs. Junior Book Club – Booking essential for all events. Tel: 053 9375466.
GAA CLUB WALKING TRACK
Halfway House Bunclody GAA Club will light the walking track at the club grounds three nights a week, Monday, Wednesday and Friday, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. till March. Walkers must pay membership to cover insurance and the cost of electricity. annual Walking Membership is Adults €10 and OAPs €5 for the year.
If people are interested. Please contact James at 087 9594639 for more information. Thank you.
GAA BOOK
Half-Way-House/Bunclody GAA Club are currently compiling a History of the club from the foundation of the GAA. If you have any old photos or newspaper cuttings, please contact Liam Kelly or Mick Mahon, who will be delighted to hear from you.
LIVESTREAMING FROM THE CHURCH OF THE MOST HOLY TRINITY.
Mass from the Church of the Most Holy Trinity is available to watch online by livestream. To access the livestream go to mcnmedia.tv and search for Bunclody.
All weekly and weekend Masses will be available to view. For details, please contact the parish office 053 9376190.
BUNCLODY MARKET
Bunclody Market will reopen on Saturday, February 9.
VACANT COMMERCIAL PROPERTY
If you have a vacant retail or manufacturing premises in Bunclody town or in the greater Bunclody area please contact Barbara-Anne Murphy at 087 6736966 or bambunclody@ gmail.com.
Working in conjunction with Enniscorthy and District Chamber of Commerce, we are receiving ongoing enquiries looking for various premises so if you have a property to let we will be glad to hear from you.
WHIST
Winners at the recent whist drives in Bunclody were: Christmas Whist – Top Score Peggy McDonald. First Lady: Theresa Byrne second lady: Eileen Furlong. Third lady: Mary Lee half time lady: Una Kehoe Hatcher: Ann Cowman, Eamon Hayes, Georgina Power, Kitty Mahon. First gent: Noel Carter. Second gent: Michael Murphy third gent (tie) Colin Levingstone/Mary McCarthy Hatcher: Beta Gahan half time gent: Sadie Mordant Lowest Score gent: Michael Byrne lady: Mairéad Redmond. Whist takes place every Monday in St Mary’s Day Care Centre, Ryland Road, Bunclody. First deal at 8.45 p.m. New players always welcome.
VTOS BUNCLODY
Bunclody VTOS, Ryland Road is enrolling for QQI courses. If you are aged 21 or over and in receipt of a social welfare payment please call in to the centre or phone 086 3837645.
THE MONDAY CLUB
The Monday Club meets at St Mary’s Day Centre, Ryland Road on Mondays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Come along-enjoy a social and informative gathering. They will resume on Monday, January 14, with Welcome Back – Movie Monday Keeping Up Appearances.
On Monday, January 21, it’s Modern Technology and on Monday, January 28, it will be the Monthly Quiz.
Throughout the year there is entertainment, information sharing, arts and crafts, guest speakers, bingo and card playing.
This club would suit 60+ age group.
Entrance Fee: €4 which includes tea and light lunch. Come along-enjoy a social and informative gathering.
BRIDGE
Bridge will resume on this Wednesday, January 9, in Redmond’s, Main Street.
BUNCLODY VOCATIONAL COLLEGE
The next Bunclody Vocational College split-the-pot takes place in January.
Envelopes available in Bunclody Credit Union, Bunclody VC, Eurospar, Ken Rothwell, O’Reilly’s SuperValu and Steemers Newsagents.
We thank you for your continued support.
ARTS ACT GRANTS 2019.
Carlow Arts Office are pleased to announce that applications are now open for Arts Organisations and Community Groups Grants and Individual Arts Grants for 2019. To download the application forms, head to Carlow.ie, under ‘Arts Documents and Forms’ or email kmooney@carlowcoco.ie Facebook: ‘Carlow Arts Office’.
Closing date for submission of completed application forms is Friday, February 15, at 4 p.m.