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EASKEY AND DROMORE WEST
DROMORE WEST TREASURE HUNT: Collect your list of clues outside Dromore West Community Centre – Thursday, January 7, between 6pm and 7pm. €10 per family/car. You have until Sunday, January 10, to find the answer. All money raised is going to North West Hospice and Spraoi Glas – Dromore West Organic Vegetable Garden. Prizes for first three answers.
BALLINACARROW
SYMPATHY: Sympathy is extended to husband Thomas, son Fergal, daughters Edel and Aishling, on the death of Myra McNulty (née Gallagher). Sympathy also to her grandchildren and great grandchild, brothers Pádraig, Peter, Robert and Frank.
Myra’s funeral Mass was held at midday in the Church of the Sacred Heart and St Joseph, Rockfield, Coolaney on the Friday, January 1, and burial was in Rockfield cemetery.
Myra will be sadly missed by her family, neighbours and many friends.
MASS: All public Masses held in the Church of St Fechin and St Lassara Ballinacarrow have now been suspended unto further notice due to the increase in Covid-19 cases.
ONLINE DONATIONS: Online donation system has been set up on the diocesan website Website/ achonrydiocese.org for the offertory collection envelopes, special ollections and the priests collection. Anyone who whises to donate using this method can do so, also people can use the weekly offertory collection envelopes if its suitable.
ARE YOU LOOKING TO GET BACK TO WORK: ‘Free Restart Programme in Sligo’ could be for you. Programme takes place in the CMD Training Institute Collooney. It is a Backto-Work Programme for women over 35 who have been out of the workforce for over three years or more. Build your confidence, re-discover your strenghts and abilities, practice interview skills, prepare CV and learn how to job search effectively. Contact Breda at 087 6858550 for dates etc or see ruralenterpriseskillnet.ie/re-start a programme-for-women
LOCAL TRANSPORT: The Tubbercurry Access Bus travels to and from Sligo every Wednesday morning picking up people at their place of residence, travelling via Mullinabreena, Ballinacarrow, Coolaney etc. It arrives at Tescon car in Sligo at approximately 11am and departs from the car park again at 1pm. This is a great service that allows people to avail of their travel pass. To book a seat call Eileen at 071 9185614.
NOTES: Anyone, who has notes and would like to have them included in the Sligo Weekender contact 086 1637834 or email christinaclarke265@ gmail.com.
COOLANEY
SYMPATHY: Sympathy is extended husban Thomas, son Fergal, daughters Edel and Aishling, grandchildren and great grandchild on the death of Myra McNulty (née Gallagher) Meemlough, Coolaney. Myra’s funeral Mass was celebrated in the Church of the Sacred Heart and St Joseph, Rockfield, Coolaney on Friday January 1 at midday and funeral took place in Rockfield cemetery. Myra will be sadly missed by her family, neighbours and her many friends. Rest in peace Myra.
HAPPY NEW YEAR: Happy new year to each and every one of you. Here’s hoping that 2021 will be a better year for everyone.
BIRTHDAYS: Happy belated birthdays to the following: Joe Doudican, Bangor, Co Down, who celebrated a special birthday on January 1, 2021, his brother Matthew Doudican, Wardhouse, Tullaghan, Co Leitrim on his birthday on January 4 and sister (mise) Christina, Ballinacarrow, who celebrated her birthday on January 3.
BIRTHDAY: Belated birthday wishes to Annette McCullough, Ard Laighne, Coolaney, who celebrated her birthday on January 3, from her family, neighbours, many friends and customers in Hair Flair, Main Street, Coolaney..
FARMERS MARKET: Achonry Farmers Market continues every Saturday 10pm to 1pm at Nacee O’Dowd Park. Please support local business.
MASS: Mass from the Church of the Sacred Heart and St Joseph Rockfield Coolaney can be viewed online every morning at 10pm and Sturdays 7pm, Sunday 10.30.
MASS: Public Mass has now been suspended in the Church of the Sacred Heart and St Joseph, Rockfield, Coolaney until further notice due to the increase in
Covid-19 cases.
FALLS PREVENTION SERVICE: Do you have a fear of falling, Have you had a fall. The HSE has commenced a New Falls Prevention Service in Sligo, Leitrim and South Donegal. For further information contact 071 9820479.
BONUS BALL DRAW: The draw continues every Wednesday and Saturday nights, the balls can be purchased in O’Grady’s shop and PK Meats Main Street Coolaney.
LOCAL TRANSPORT: The Tubbercurry Access Bus travels to and from Sligo every Wednesday morning picking up people at their place of residence travelling via Mullinabreena, Ballinacarrow, Coolaney etc. It arrives at Tesco car park approximately 11am and departs from the car park again at 1pm. This is a great service that allows people to avail of their travel pass. To book a seat call Eileen at 071 9185614.
NOTES: Anyone, who has notes and would like to include them in the Sligo Weekender please call 086 1637834 or email christinaclarke265@ gmail.com.
BUNNINADDEN
THANK YOU: Thanks to all who have contributed to the Bunninadden
Tidy Towns Go Fund Me to date. Bunninadden Tidy Towns has been awarded a grant from Sligo County Council as part of our community enhancement project. Proposed works for our Community Enhancement project will include the following: Landscaping of church garden and grounds. This will also include further works at our community centre. – Enhance the approach roads to the village. – Create an amenity area for all community to enjoy. – Add to village Christmas lights for Christmas
2021. In order to draw down the substantial grant awarded our community will have to raise €5,000. Please continue to support. Thanks again Bunninadden Tidy Towns. gofund.me/531ff2b0.
For those who have no social media and would like to donate cash, please donate to the committee members Pauline Rogers, Frank O’Dowd or Sharon Amber.
BALLYMOTE
BALLYMOTE COMMUNITY LOTTO: congratulations to winners Sarah Jane Martin, Fergal Sexton and Stephen and Seán Flannery, who won €40 each by matching three numbers. The numbers drawn were 9, 11, 16 and 18. No jackpot winner this week. Next draw takes place on Saturday, January 16, and the jackpot stands at €13,800. Please see our Facebook page for details on how to play. Your support is appreciated.
BAPTISM: Congratulations to parents and godparents of Niamh Orla 0’Kane Kelly, Achonry and Castleburn, who was baptised recently in Ballymote.
BEREAVEMENT: Sympathy is extended to relatives and friends of Rita King (sister of Patsy Meehan, Keenaghan, Ballymote) who died recently. May she rest in peace.
COMMUNITY EMPLOYMENT VACANCY: Ballymote Area Development Group are seeking to recruit participants to join their CE scheme. Usual CE rules apply. Applications and CV’s to baggltd@gmail.com or telephone 071 9197577.
ALTAR SOCIETY: A new rota for the coming year is now required. We ask all existing and new members to put their name down on the sheet on the table at the back of the church. Sincere thanks to everyone who is able to help out in looking after our church in Ballymote.
COVID-19 SUPPORT LINE: The line is open seven days a week from 8am to 8pm. Telephone 0818 222024. This helpline is available to everyone and especially older and more vunnerable people.
COMMUNITY LIBRARY: Register
online for Sligo Libraries for free. Your Sligo Library membership gives you free access to ebooks, audio books, online magazines, newspapers plus online courses all for free. It will also save you time at the library counter when you visit any library nationwide. Telephone 071 9111669 or email ballymotelibrary@Sligococo.ie.
TUBBERCURRY
ENGAGEMENT: Congratulations to Shane Walsh and Laura McGarry who announced their engagement in Melbourne, Australia, last week. Also to Dennis Coffey and Linda Mellett, who announced their engagement last week.
RAFF RETIRES: Best wishes for a happy retirement to Raff Cretaro, who announced his retirement from football.
WEDDING BELLS: Congratulations to Alan and Ciara Dunne, who celebrated their marriage last week.
BABY GIRL: Congratulations to Ruairí Brennan and Aoife Marren on the birth of their baby girl Maisie Kay.
GURTEEN
COMMUNITY CARE: Gurteen Community Care committee members would like to inform people who need any assistance of any kind during this severe Covid-19 pandemic to feel free to call any of the following members: Carmel Lennon 086 0621913: Paddy Coleman 087 7870013: Mary O’Hara 087 9082352: Madeline O’Donoghue 086 3315713: or Veronica Regan 086 8679173.
RECENT BIRTH: Congratulations to Paula (Hannon) and husband David Dolan on the birth in Sydney, Australia, of their daughter Holly Mary on December 22. Paula is a native of Kilfree, Gurteen.
RECENT WEDDING: Congratulations and best wishes to Martin Keeley, son of Dermot and Kathleen, Rathmadder, Gurteen, and Ciara
Egan, Athlone, who married in the Church of the Nativity of Our Lady, Kilmeesan, Meath, on December 31.
GURTEEN CELTIC:Congratulations to Gavin Gardiner, Gurteen, who won the Gurteen Celtic lotto of €7,200 on Sunday night, December 28. Well done, Gavin.
CHURCH ONLINE: Gurteen Church Masses can now be viewed live via webcam on churchtv/gurteen or another way connect through achonrydiocese.org. Mass can also be heard on Radio on 106.5 FM.
ALONE: Alone manages a national support line and additional supports for older people who have concerns or are facing difficulties relating to Covid-19. Professional staff are available to answer queries and give advice and reassurance as necessary. The support line is open seven days a week from 8am to 8pm by calling 0818 222024 and they will remain open over the Christmas period.
CLOONACOOL
CLOTHES COLLECTION: The Cloonacool GAA Club together with the Community Park Committee are currently organising a clothes collection as a much-need fundraiser for both organisations. Note that this is a clothes collection and should not be seen as an opportunity to dump additional unwanted household items. Clothes, packed in black plastic bags, can be left in the sheltered area at the front of the dressing room building at the Community Park. The collection is open until January 13.
LITTER PICK: Well done to Cloonacool GAA Club for organising a recent litter pick on the roads in the vicinity of the Community Park. Best of luck to the local men’s team as they begin to prepare for the new season.
LEVEL 5: The reintroduction of level five restrictions in an effort to halt the spread of Covid-19 will keep many people close to home in the coming weeks. The walking circuit at the Community Park is ideally situated to provide socially distanced walking for many people in the parish. The circuit is a real gift at this time. It has become the place in the community where people get to meet and have a brief chat – much like the opportunity once provided by the Community Café.
PARK LOTTO: The Community Park Committee are always happy to take new monthly or yearly subscriptions for their monthly lotto fundraiser. The growing jackpot is a great attraction and in addition to that, various prizes, including a SuperValu shopping voucher, are on offer. Contact Martin McIntyre if you would like to get involved. VILLAGE ENHANCEMENT: Despite restrictions and winter weather, work on the village enhancement taking place in Cloonacool village continues. Both side of the road will be incorporated in the project that will create a small park in the village itself. The old mill wheel, kindly donated in recent times by John Doyle, will form a centre piece within the development. A 6km road walk via the Stirabout bridge and Kilcummin graveyard is another aspect of the project. This quiet route should prove popular with the arrival of spring. Signage along the route will inform local walkers and visitors of points of interest along the way.
CALENDAR THANKS: Special thanks to all who managed to get their hands on the 2021 Sheep festival calendar in the run-up to Christmas. The supply sold out, raising some funds for the 2021 Cloonacool Sheep Festival. It is hoped that the festival will resume in 2021, with midSeptember being the likely date for the event to take place.
NOTES: Please ensure that your notes are sent to cloonacoolnotes@ gmail.com before midday on Mondays.
SLIGO VOLUNTEER CENTRE
HAPPY NEW YEAR: Sligo Volunteer Centre would like to wish you all a very happy and healthy New Year. As you know, we are at level five lockdown measures so there are not many voluntary opportunities at the moment. Check our website to see what is available.
You can browse all vacancies and apply/register at volunteersligo.ie or call 071 9111042.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ADVOCACY SERVICE: DVAS is looking for a volunteer to help them with the online promotion of DVAS (Domestic Violence Advocacy Service, Sligo. Leitrim and West Cavan), with the aim of ensuring that the general public in Counties Sligo. Leitrim and West Cavan are aware of the vital service and are aware of coercive control. If you are very familiar with
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc. And have time to give to this cause, this is ideal for you.
DOWN SYNDROME SLIGO BRANCH: Due to the current Covid-19 restrictions, all branch activities have now gone online where we are providing opportunities for members to socialise and participate in various activities. Could you help out online as a moderator of these online activities? Each group has a ‘moderator’ to ensure that the group runs smoothly and also to ensure a safe and enjoyable experience for all the participants. More information on our website.
FOROIGE SLIGO: Foróige is still looking for people to help set up new Foróige Youth clubs around Co. Sligo and Leitrim. These volunteers will liaise with the Foróige Regional Youth Officer to provide the local links into the community, enabling meetings with interested adults and young people who would like to help set up a local Foróige Youth Club. They are also looking for leaders and mentors around the county. Get in touch if you are interested. Roles will be online for the foreseeable future.
HELPLINE: The Sligo Covid Community Response helpline is here for you if you need practical supports or assistance around everyday matters or befriending needs.
A dedicated community support freephone number 1800 292 765 and online service will be available seven days a week from 8am to 8p.m during the Covid-19 Level 5 public health emergency.
CURRY
WEDDING BELLS: Congratulations to Sue Basler, Rathmagurry, and John Patrick Harrington, Sonnagh, Charlestown, who were married recently. They are wished lifetimes of heath and happiness. CONGRATUALTIONS: Congrats to proud parents Aoife Marren and Ruairi Brennan, Drimbane, of a baby daughter Masie Kay, sister for Noah. They are all wished lifetimes of good health and happiness.
BAPTISM: Welcomed into the faith community is Eire Jane Groake, Sandyhill. Congratulations to her parents, godparents and families.
CELEBRATIONS: Celebrating their 54th anniversary of their wedding recently were Ollie and Mary Durcan, Fule. Congratulations from their family, neighbours, friends and all who know them and they are wish many more milestones in their wedded life with good health and happiness.
BEST WISHES: After 11 seasons with Mayo GAA’s senior squad, Tom Parsons, Bellaghy, has announced his inter-county retirement. He is wished all the best in the future.
PARISH NOTICE: As the parish begins another lockdown we would like to thank our ladies who cleaned and sanitised our churches to keep them as safe as possible and our stewards for their guidance over the past few months. Our church ceremonies will once again go online on YouTube at Curry Parish Church Monday to Friday at 10am and Sunday at 11.30am. Curry Church will remain open for private prayer and crib visitation from 9am to 6pm. Moylough Church will be open each day from midday till 2pm. Let us continue to pray for each other and those who are in a special need of our prayers at this time. May the Infant Saviour bless you.
CURRY GAA LOTTO: The jackpot this week was €9,000 and the numbers drawn were 4, 24, 25 and 27. There was no jackpot winner. The luckydip winners were Ciaran McIntyre, Mary Loftus and Tommie Gallagher (snr)
Next week’s jackpot is €9,100.
The GAA club look forward to your support for the lotto during 2021 as you have done in the past.
MEALS ON WHEELS: Banada Housing Association, supply meals-onwheels to the eldery, the sick and others unable to prepare meals for themselves. To avail of this service call 071 9181562.
DOING A 5K: Have you ever thought about completing a 5km? Make it a reality by signing up to the Feel Good 5k. SSRP have launched their
Feel Good 5k podcast and training plans. This free podcast is designed for all age groups to get you moving, build fitness and stamina from couch to 5km in six weeks.
Find out more online by visiting sligosportandrecreation.ie/2020/ feel-good-5k/
COVID-19 SUPPORT: Alone manages a national support line and additional supports for older people who have concerns or are facing difficulties relating to the outbreak of Covid-19 (Coronavirus). Professional staff are available to answer queries and give advice and reassurance where necessary. The support line is open seven days a week, 8am to 8pm, by calling 0818
222 024.
LIVING WELL PROGRAMME: Free Living Well Programme, 2021 Courses starting on the following dates: Tuesday, January 12,
Monday, January 18, and Thursday, February 18. If you are living with a long term heath condition you may be interested in doing the ‘Living Well’ formally known as the ‘Self Care to Wellness Programme’. This is a six-week programme delivered in 2.5 hour weekly sessions online where you will learn new skills to manage your health condition on a day to day basis. You must register in advance as places are limited to 10/12 participants. Please note you do not have to disclose your health condition on the programme. Please contact Olga at 086 6078950 or email olga.maguire@mayocil.ie You can find out more information on the programme on HSE website: hse.ie/ livingwell.
SHOP LOCAL: Over many decades our local businesses have supported our community through thick and thin. Let’s now do our part to support them, in what are extremely challenging times.
SENIOR ALERT SCHEME: Anyone eligible who wishes to apply for a grant from Pobal to install a Monitoring System should contact Winnie Maloney at 086 3894265 Last year, €5.4 million euro was spent on the scheme with almost 20,000 new participants from around the country being approved for the personal security device.
TEXT ALERT: Please remember, your local text alert system is available to all of us to send a message which we feel may be of importance to members of our local Parish Community.
At this time of concern it is important that we keep a lookout for each other and in particular for our senior citizens. Should you notice any suspicious activity it is important to contact the Gardaí or any of the people listed below to have a text issued. Curry-Moylough Text Alert is offering community support, assistance, information, provisions, as maybe required at any given time you can contact Gerald Coleman, 087 6391331,
Martin Connolly, 087 2054930, Marie Costigan, 087 7883868, Séamus Durcan, 086 3617445, James Giblin 087 9061833, Tom Howley, 087
2200058, and Paul Walsh, 087 8171548.
ACHONRY AND MULLINABREENA
ARCHAEOLOGICAL PUBLICATION:
A report on the 2017 excavation at Knocknashee has been published in Volume 25 of the archaeological journal of Emania. Emania is a premier interdisciplinary journal that publishes original research on Ireland’s ancient past. In
2017 archaeologist from Queen’s University, Belfast, Dr Dirk Brandherm and Cormac McSparron, carried out an excavation on three of the round house foundations on the Knocknashee plateau. This publication details the Late Bronze Age date for the roundhouse occupation on the summit plateau and includes details on the three roundhouses excavated during that campaign. It is fantastic to see Knocknashee mentioned among some of Ireland’s important ancient ritual sites, such as the ancient royal site of Rathcroghan. Knocknashee has previously been featured in
Vol 24 of Emania.
ST NATHY’S LADIES SENIOR TEAM: George Leetch has been appointed as the manager of the ladies senior team for the upcoming 2021 season.
ACHONRY FARMERS MARKET: Achonry Farmers Market will return to Nace O’Dowd Park this Saturday, January 9, 10am to 1pm. Follow their Facebook page for details on the selection of stalls.
COOLANEY-MULLINABREENA
GAACLUB AGM: Coolaney-Mullinabreena GAA Club AGM will take place on
Sunday, January 10, at 6pm. Due to restrictions, it will take place online. Contact Club chairperson Ollie Lee or secretary Eugene Henry for the link before Saturday, January 9, if you would like to join the AGM.
COMMUNITY CALL LINE: Sligo
County Council has established a Vommunity Care Line to offer supports and help to older and vulnerable people during this lockdown. These services include – shopping for groceries/essential items, collection/delivery of medication, meals on wheels or a simple chat. For more details contact 1800 292 765.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES: Due to the latest lockdown religious services will once more move online. Places of worship will remain open for private prayer. Please adhere to regulations.
COMMUNITY NOTES: Please send any news items or announcements you wish to include in the community notes to elaineconroy08@gmail.com or 087 8822302. Thank you.