Doneralie game at the weekend
Following the death of Jim Moher, last Saturday evening’s scheduled Cavanagh’s of Fermoy Div 2 HL encounter between ourselves and Ballygiblin was postponed. Jim was president of Ballygiblin Hurling Club and a very accomplished hurler with Ballygiblin, and footballer with Mitchelstown in his day.
Araglin GAA extends sympathy to the Moher family on their loss. With the evenings getting longer all the time, it should be possible to reschedule this game in the coming weeks.
LOTTO RESULTS FROM 13TH APRIL
Numbers drawn: 17, 20, 25 and 28 (no winner). Lucky dips to: €50 Emmet Allen, proprietor of Valley Stores, Araglin; €50 Jacqueline Linehan, Liss, Araglin (an online entry); €25 Maureen O’Doherty, Gortnaskehy, Araglin, c/o Araglin bingo and €25 Tim McCormack, Kilworth, c/o The Village Inn, Kilworth.
Next draw for a jackpot of €11,600, tonight, Thursday, 20th April in Christy’s Bar, Araglin at 9.30pm. All welcome.
NEXT REBELS’ BOUNTY DRAW
We’re still waiting for a breakthrough in the monthly Rebels’ Bounty draw. The April draw takes place on Wednesday, 19th April. Results available on the Cork County Board website, corkgaa.ie
GOOD NEWS
There was good news for the club this week, with confirmation that we are to receive a grant of €10,000, which will help develop a walkway in Araglin Community Field. Thanks to Thomas Fitzgerald Jr. for helping process the grant application.
PRODUCTIVE TALKS BETWEEN GAA AND PONY CLUB
The walkway is just one phase of planned development work in Araglin Community Field. Following discussions between Araglin GAA and Araglen Pony Club, it was revealed that following completion of our Astro Turf, Araglen Pony Club will start work on developing another pony arena. We wish them well with that.
IMPROVEMENT WORKS
Local contractor, Tom McCarthy was in the field recently carrying out improvement works, some of which included the relocating of our storage container. This work was carried out in a very neat manner.
MOWER BEING SERVICED
In readiness for the 2023 grass cutting season, our Grasshopper mower is currently being serviced by Geaney & O’Neill Mowers in Tallow. Thanks to Gavin Conway from Ballard for transporting the mower to Tallow.
COMMUNITY COUNCIL ENHANCEMENT WORKS
Members of Araglin Community Council are presently engaged in planting beech tree hedging in the vicinity of Araglin village. This is the lastest in a series of enhancement works carried by this voluntary group.
MIND THE GOOD CHINA
A 100-year-old set of family china is to be used for next Saturday’s Vintage Afternoon Tea in Araglin Hall. This should be a very pleasant event for participants, pre booking is essential for this Araglin Carnival fundaiser.
LIAM LYNCH EVENT IN THE HALL
‘Araglin & Liam Lynch - A Revolutionary Connection’ took place in Araglin Hall last Friday night. There was a fine crowd in attendance, with the highlight being the screening of ‘The Dying Days’, which chronicles the events leading up to the death of Liam Lynch in April 1923. A special word of thanks to Ballyporeen historian, Neil Donovan, for his very informative presentations.
BEST OF LUCK
Best of luck to the Araglin National School teams taking place in this Friday’s blitz final in Mallow.
GET WELL WISHES TO PADDY
GAA correspondent, Paddy Ryan is hospitalised at the moment and will be out of commission for the immediate future. Paddy attends a huge amount of Gaelic Games and always does a very thorough job reporting on matches.
He is well known in Araglin and would have been on Garda duty during many carnivals. He also has Araglin connections and is a cousin of the recently deceased James C. O’Donovan from Barnahown. We hope Paddy goes on to make a full and speedy recovery.
FIXTURE
Sunday, 23rd April in Doneraile at 3pm, Cavanagh’s of Fermoy Div 2 FL, Araglin v Doneraile.
BACK IN ONE PIECE
A delegation from Araglin travelled to Aintree last weekend as part of Stephen O’Donoghue’s stag party. We are glad to report that they all returned to base safe and sound.
BINGO IN THE HALL
Bingo returns to Araglin Hall on Sunday next, 23rd April, commencing at 2.30pm sharp. There are lots of cash prizes to be won, everyone welcome. The bingo is a fundraiser for Araglin Hall.
SPLIT THE POT FUNDRAISER
Plans are ongoing for a new Araglin Carnival fundraiser, ‘Split The Pot’ - a 50/50 draw where proceeds are divided evenly between a monthly winner and the organising committee.