MERVILLE YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE

ASTRO PITCH: We now have daytime weekend availability on our outdoor astro facility at Merville Community Centre. This pitch is ideal for a range of fun and Sporting uses. Call 071 9150029 for further information. CONDOLENCES: The management committee, staff and the wider Merville community express our condolences to the families and many friends of Andrew (Andy) Flynn, Maugheraboy Estate, Gerard (Gerry) Fallon, Ardee Drive, Ballydoogan, and Michael

Cryan, Treacy Avenue, who have passed away recently. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a n-anamacha

Register for North West Simon Community Dip and Donate Challenge

from June 18 to June 21, to help raise vital funds for homeless prevention services in the North West. The first 50 participants who sign up will be posted out a free Dip and Donate t shirt. Sign up on northwestsimon. ie/dip-donate-challenge/or by contacting the organiser at mary@ northwestsimon.ie If you can’t make it to the beach, you can always take a dip in a local lake or river, or even your back garden paddling pool.

You can set up an online fundraiser on Facebook or idonate and make a difference to those less fortunate. NOTES: Local voluntary and community groups are reminded that any notices for publication can be emailed to mervilleycc@ gmail.com or hard copy left into the Merville Centre for inclusion in our Local Notes.

BALLINTOGHER

SYMPATHY: Sympathy is extended to Pauline Murphy and family on the death of her sister Mary Galvin in England.

Blood Donation Week and people are asked to either keep up their donation routine or become a donor for the first time. This is an essential service but it depends on donors. Demand for blood is up 10% in Ireland in recent times. Many Covid-19 safeguards are in place so donors can call up and make an appointment without any fear or risk.

JUNIOR CERT IRISH: There will be Junior Cert Irish Course July 27 to July 30, 2021, and a Leaving Cert Irish Course August 3 to August 6 in the Hilary Room, Banada Abbey. To register or for further information please call or text Siobhán at 087 6151581.

FIRST AID TRAINING: Anyone interested in First Aid might be interested in doing this training. Claremorris Safety Training Centre (Haran Group) is hosting First

Aid Responder Training (Phecc Certified) training. Completed over either three consecutive Saturdays June 26, third July 10 or three consecutive days, Monday the 21st Tuesday the 22nd and Wednesday, June 23. These will be full days 9.30am to 4.30pm at a cost of €290.

NOTES: Please ensure that your notes are sent to cloonacoolnotes@ gmail.com before midday on Mondays.

MAUGHEROW

MASS ROTA: St Patrick’s church, Maugherow arrangements for Sunday Mass during covid restrictions.

Group A Ballinfull/Lissadell/ Doonowney/Rahelly/ Cloonaghbawn/Cloonacrin.

Group B Ballyconnell West/Ballyconnell East/Ballyconnell More/Cloonagh.

Group C Cloughboley,/Doonfore/ Carnagark/Ballinvoley/Ardtrasna. Group D.carrigans/ Kilmancannon/Raughley/ Ballymulderry/Liggan.

Group B June 20.

Group C June 27.

Group D July 4.

Group A July 11.

Group B July 18.

Group C July 25.

Group D August 1.

Group A August 8.

Group B August 15.

Group C August 22

Group D August 29

The number of parishioners attending Mass is currently limited to 50.

Masses will continue to be streamed online at drumcliffe/ Maugherow. grandchild, his sister Mary Young, brother Tommy and their families on their sad bereavement. May he rest in peace.

RECENT DEATH: The death took place on June 4 of Shane Gillmoure, Dublin, partner to Jacinta Tighe. Sympathy to Jacinta and her parents Molly and Terry Tighe and family Cloonloo and to his brothers Rob and Neil in UK. May he rest in peace.

RECENT DEATH: The death took place on June 2 of Aiden McManamy (ex Garda Síochána), Ashbourne, Co. Meath, and a native of Kilavill, he was brother-in-law of Beatie McManamy. Kilavill. Sympathy is extended to Beatie and family and to Aiden’s wife Mai and family on their bereavement. May he rest in peace.

RESTRICTIONS LIFTED: Public

Masses have returned. The Sunday Mass in Gurteen Church will be at the usual time of 11.30am and the vigil Mass will be in Cloonloo Church on Saturday evening at 7pm. Mass in Killaraght will be at 9.30am on Sunday morning. An additional feature on churchtv.ie/gurteen is recordings of all Masses now available – if you click on ‘Previous Recordings’ then at bottom – on the grid icon it opens up the list from which to select – so you can view Mass at a later date.

FIRST COMMUNION: First Holy Communion will be in Gurteen Church on next Saturday, June 19. There are sixteen children for the Sacrament and the First confessions was held on Thursday, May 27.

CONFIRMATION: The Sacrament of Confirmation will be held in Gurteen Church on Saturday, September 18, with Bishop Paul Dempsey of Achonry.

COLEMAN CENTRE OPENS: Coleman Music Centre Exhibition Area and music store open Monday – Saturday 10am to 5.30pm. For any enquiries please call 071 9182599 or visit the website at colemanirishmusic.com.

EASTERN HARPS: Eastern Harps 50/50 draw held every Monday night – €621 was the prize on

Monday night, June 7. Winner was Brendan Sherlock, Gurteen. Support for the club is greatly appreciated.

GURTEEN CELTIC: The winner of the €50 prize in the Gurteen Celtic lotto draw on Sunday night, June 6, was Kathleen Scully, the numbers drawn were 8, 15, 19 and 20. The jackpot now stands at €4,300. The club is very appreciative of your support.

BINGO: Gurteen’s drive in bingo continues every Friday night at

8pm. Gates open at 7pm. Jackpot is €1,200 and the lotto game is €400.

The committee greatly appreciate all support.

CARRAROE

CONTACT: To have events/news items included in Carraroe section contact 087 2222835 or email carraroesligonews@gmail.com not later than Monday each week.

Happy second birthday to Alannah Clancy,

for the year is €50. If you have any questions contact Marina at 086 8589048.

GAELIC FOR MOTHERS AND OTHERS: Gaelic for mothers and others takes place at 8pm on Monday evenings in Riverstown Park. No experience needed and craic is definitely guaranteed. Shamrock Gaels social membership also takes in Gaelic for mothers’ and others. So go to www. foireann.ie to register.

MUSIC CENTRE OPEN: Coleman Music Visitors Centre and shop are now open. For any enquires please call 071 9182599 or visit our website colemanirishmusic.com. Looking forward to seeing everyone return.

NOTES: All are welcome have their news items included in the Riverstown community notes so please email carrowcashel@eircom. net or text or call Iris at 086 8258525.

CURRY

NOTES: Send your Curry notes to Cyril Feehily at 087 2566657 or cyrilfeehily@gmail.com.

CONDOLENCES: Sympathy on the death of John Patrick Cafferty, Hingham, Massachusetts (formerly of Sargura),veteran of the United States Army, to his daughters, Mary Lou, Susann, sons Seán and Albert, his sisters Margaret, Bridget, and Eileen, his brothers, Padraic, Sutton, Dublin, and James Sargura and extended family.

Sympathy on the death of Mark Muldowney, Coolaney, to his wife Christina, his sons Jayden, Aran, Ciaran, his mother Loretta, father Johnny, sisters Majella, Martina, Louise, Ailish, his uncles Gerry and Peter McIntyre, Rathmagurry, and aunt Carmel McDonagh, Ballincurry, relatives and friends. Sympathy on the death of Seán McGowan, Chicago (formerly of Leitrim South), to his sister-in-law Breegie McGowan, his nieces and nephews, Leitrim South.

May they rest in peace

APPOINTED PEACE COMMISSIONER: Martin Connolly, Powellsborough, has been appointed by the Minister of Justice to act as a Peace Commissioner.

WEDDING BELLS: Congratulations to Lorcan O’Connor, Powellsborough, and Emma Lawrence, Branchfield, Cloonacool, who were married last Friday. The couple are wished lifetimes of good health and happiness.

HALF A CENTURY: Best wishes to Marie Costigan, Powellesborough, who celebrated her 50th birthday recently with a family break. She is wished many more milestone birthdays with good health and happiness.

A NEW DAWNING: Great recognitation for our region receiving the Rising Star award on behalf of ‘Smart Community South Sligo’ at the national digital town awards. The €8,500 prize will go towards our virtual reality and community podcast project in An Chroi. Tubbercurry. Well done Joann Hosey and the Smart Community South Sligo on your achievement. This is the beginning of establishing and exploring so many other opportunities for the region.

INDUSTRY AND ACADEMIA: An interesting initiative was announced last week by Mike Stenson, Drimbane, who is group head of innovation at Kingspan, Cavan/ European Operations, involving this initiative with Technical University Dublin and looking forward to seeing the results of this cooperation between Industry and Academia as we move towards a low carbon future. There is so much to be done in developing new decarbonised material for construction and developing digitalised solution for construction industry. Being able to partner with the university, gives Kingspan the unrivalled opportunity to work with TU Dublin students collaboratively during the course of their studies. This learning period is the ideal timeframe for Kingspan and the students to build a shared understanding, knowledge and curiosity in innovation, digitalisation and sustainability for a better future built environment. The partnership and the Kingspan Lab also enable the opportunity to collaborate in extensive research in each of these areas, offering students exciting, future-focused and comprehensive learning opportunities that will benefit TU Dublin, Kingspan, and the wider construction sector.

YOGA: On Wednesdays, Flow

Yoga at 7.30pm then on Friday mornings Yin, slow stretch at 10am. For further information contact Katerine Yoga with K at 087 7164318.

COFFEE AND BOULES: The Yeats County Inn have a new Boules Court available so if you are young or more mature why not go along and have a go while relaxing with a cup of coffee.

CURRY GAA LOTTO: The jackpot this week was €9,500 and the numbers drawn were 7, 16, 20 and 24. There was no jackpot winner. The luckydip winners were Margaret Gordon, Ian Briscoe and Joey Byrne.

Next week’s jackpot is €9,600.

MOTHERS AND OTHERS: What a great, fun evening at Mothers and Other’s football last evening. The hearts were beating, the faces were red, the laughs were flowing and a few goals were scored. Well done to everyone that attended their first night.

Open to mothers and others aged 25 or older who are not affiliated to a competitive football team, don’t miss out All in the name of fun and a little bit of competitiveness Text/ ring Leonore at 086 1519987 or Rita 085 7603747 to register.

BOOT EXCHANGE: Has your child grown out of football boots but they are still in good condition? Curry GAA is delighted to announce an new initiative ‘Boot xchange.

Drop off your old football boots that are clean and in good condition on a Monday, Wednesday or

Saturday to the ref’s room at your next training session. When we have built up a collection we will open the exchange too all. The more pairs we have the more children will benefit.

GAA CUL CAMPS: Get a jump start on your summer plans by registering your children for Kellogg’s GAA

Cúl Camps and get them ready for a healthy, fun and safe outdoor activity. It’s a great way to make new friends and more camps are being added over the next few weeks. Check out gaa.ie/kelloggsculcamps for more information.

PLAY HURLING: If you want to take up hurling Tourlestrane is your

GAA club who caters for all grades in the code. If you are interested, you can contact Ruairi Brennan at 085 1949360 or Jerome Quinn at 087 8211074.

JUNIOR GOLF: A Junior Golf Programme commencing in Tubbercurry Golf Course on Wednesday evenings (time to be confirmed). Suitable for children aged eight years upwards, if anyone is interested call or whatsapp child’s name, age and Guardian’s contact details to Elaine or Loretta at 087 9399360 Monday to Friday or leave a message and they will get back to you. For more information on the programme contact Paul Durcan at 087 9187426.

SWIMMING LESSONS: DrumcliffeRathcormac Commmunity Health and wellbeing committee remind non-swimmers of beginner adult swimming lessons available at Charlestown Swimming Pool. The planned opening date for the pool is June 14.

There will be an online booking system available in advance of this date so you can book in for early morning lane swims, afternoon open swims or evening lane swims as well as for lessons.

If you are or know of young swimmers who want to improve their stroke, to swim faster, stronger and longer then complete the following form and we’ll schedule in Youth Lane Stroke Improvement Training. This is also perfect for getting prepared for Water Safety training.

IRELAND WEST AIRPORT: As the government has announced the return of nonessential travel from July 19, Ryanair has announced flights to three UK destinations for essential travellers. from this Friday, June 18, flights to Liverpool, London Luton and London Stansted will operate from Ireland West with services to sun destinations like Malaga, Milan and Faro expected to be available in mid-July. Airport management says news of the EU’s Digital Green Certificate scheme

“is welcome in particular for our diaspora both here and abroad who will be reunited with loved ones after a long period apart the scheme will see all EU countries come off the mandatory hotel quarantine list and allow those who are fully vaccinated, have produced a negative Covid test result from the previous 72 hours, or who have fully recovered from Covid to travel in the EU”.

MUSIC GENERATION: St Joseph’s School, Charlestown, is delighted to be selected as the only hub in

East Mayo for Music Generation Mayo. This will involve after school music classes for primary and secondary school students from the surrounding areas. You can get more information on musicgenerationmayo.ie. Music Generation is currently surveying in preparation for this. Please take a minute to fill it out and pass it on to anyone interested in this.

NO ENTRANCE FEE: After a year long absence, the team at the award winning Knock Museum are excited to welcome have opened on Monday last, May 31.

MOYLOUGH HERITAGE COMMITTEE: The Moylough Heritage Centre Committee are compiling a book (Moyloughdown), on how Covid-19 has effected the community. They invited everyone in the area to submit their individual stories on how the lockdowns have impacted on their lives over the past 14 months. They are delighted with the response, however there are a number who said they require some extra time to get their details together so there is still time to contribute. Did the pandemic affect wedding plans, funerals, school attendance, college, graduations, religious services, junior/leaving cert exams, college exams etc. Everyone has been effected in numerous different ways.

You may submit your stories and photos to either Tom Walsh at tjosephwalsh@gmail.com, Brian Cahill at briancahill2010@gmail. com, Marie Costigan at marie. joecostigan@gmail.com or to any member of the committee as soon as possible.

HERITAGE SOCIETY: Charlestown Heritage Society for information contact Séamus Birmingham at 087 2489246 or email ctown@gmail.com.

TUBBERCURRY HERITAGE: The aim of the Facebook page which is titled Tubbercurry History and Heritage is to recover and revive local history through storytelling, memories photos/image recovery. People, who wish to share and find out local history and heritage of Tubbercurry. Please join if you are interested, it will be appreciated if you share your past photos etc.

KAYAKING FOR TEENAGERS: A threeweek Introduction to Kayaking for Teenagers (ages 13-18) at Temple House starts in June. Choose either a Tuesday or Wednesday 3pm to

5pm. Spaces are limited. Book at eventbrite.ie.

HIKE TO HEAL: Connecting to Nature for Wellbeing events Tubbercurry FRC are offering a number of outdoor wellness events this July. Hike to Heal of Knocknashee will take place Monday, July 5, at 8pm and July 19 at 10am. Hike to Heal is designed to help you overcome daily stress and anxiety by combining connection to our natural environment with mindfulness and a sense of community.

HIDDEN FAIRY FORT: Guided Walks with Nature Inspires will take place on July 12 on Tubbercurry Forest Trail at 10am and July 26 at 8pm in a local bogland with a hidden fairy fort. Come join us for therapeutic hikes and strolls of a difference and gain the benefits nature has to offer. Booking is essential as places are limited. Contact Mary at 071 9186926/086 4092724.

WALKING GROUP: Buggy Buddies Walking Group now can meet outdoors the Tubbercurry FRC will be running a walking group for Parents/Carers and their babies/ young toddlers on Monday Mornings meeting in FRC car park at 9.30am. Places are limited, you may book by contacting Mary at 086 4092724 with your name, number and email address.

MENTAL HEALTH: Tubbercurry

FRC Social Prescribing for health and wellbeing is about supporting the health and wellbeing of people by connecting them to communitybased activities, supports and

Online resources. This service is suitable for anyone over 18 years.

It is especially supportive to those who need some support to mind their mental health and well-being, those recently retired, those who are feeling isolated, stressed, or anxious, those suffering from low mode or mild-moderate depression or those new to the area. People can be self-referring or can be referred by their GP or other Clinicians or community organisations. This is a free service. If you would like more information Contact Mary Kilroy at 071 9186926/086 4092724 Wed/ Thurs, or email socialprescribing@ tubbercurryfrc.com.

DAILY MASS CURRY: The two churches in the parish have returned to normal service with regard to attendance at Masses in our parish. Public attendance at morning

Mass 10am Entrance to church is via the back door of the church; all the usual protocols will be in place such as the wearing of face masks and social distancing. There also will be a register at the sanitisation station for attendees at weekday morning Mass to sign as they enter church. Daily Mass will continue to be livestreamed.

WEEKEND MASSES: There are three-weekend Masses Saturday evening at 8pm in Curry; 10am on Sunday morning in Moylough; 11.30am on Sunday morning in

Curry (this Mass will continue to be live streamed). It is still necessary, in order to maintain all protocols, that, those who wish to attend weekend Masses, phone the parish office between 10am and midday on parish office: 094 9254508. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and request to be placed on the new Rota System. It is anticipated that with this new arrangement everyone will be able to attend weekend Mass every second weekend. Rota for this coming weekend Rota for June.19 and 20 Saturday 8pm Curry – Rota three. Sunday 10am Moylough – Rota two. Sunday 11.30am Curry – Rota four. SUNDAY CHURCH SERVICE: There is a service at 11.30am service on Sunday in St George’s Church, Tubbercurry.

TUBBERCURY

DEATHS: The following deaths have occurred

Kathleen Shaw (née Cawley), Mullingar, and originally Aclare. Sister to the late Joe Cawley. Sympathy to the Cawley families and to her extended family relatives and friends.

Hughie McGowan, Baldoyle, Dublin, and formerly of Banada. Sympathy to his brothers Michael, Tom, John and Oliver, sisters Marie, Geraldine, Dolores and Cathy and to his extended family relatives and friends.

Charlie Ward, Hempstead, UK. Sympathy to his brother John and family, Ballina Road and to his extended family relatives and friends.

Bridie Marren, Tourlestrane, who died in Chicago. Sympathy to the Marren and Henry families and to her extended family relatives and friends.

BIRTHDAY WISHES: Best wishes to Sr Anne of the Marist Sisters, who celebrated her birthday last week. Also to Jimmy Reidy, Carrowreagh Cooper, who celebrated his birthday last weekend.

BABY GIRL: Congratulations to Pakie McIntyre and Sarah Maye, Cloonacool, on the birth of their baby girl.

Also to Stephen Towey and Kim Tran, who are living in Sydney, on the birth of their baby girl.

WEDDING BELLS: Congratulations to Emma Lawrence, Loughill, and Lorcan O’Connor, Powellsboro, who celebrated their marriage last weekend.

NEW PARISH PRIEST: Best wishes to Fr Vincent Sherlock on his appointment as new parish priest of Tubbercurry-Cloonacool parish.

BABY BOY: Congratulations to

Liam Cariss and Aisling McGowan, Tourlestrane, on the birth of their baby boy Cillian.

BIRTHDAY WISHES: Best wishes to Annie Cawley, Cloonbarry, Aclare, who celebrated her birthday last weekend.