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SENIOR SCOR FINALS
The cream of Kerry’s talent was very much on display at the Estuary Print and Trophies, Ballylongford, Sponsored County Senior Scor Finals held in the Mhuire Gan Small, Primary School Castleisland on Saturday evening last where another wonderful evening of entertainment was thoroughly enjoyed by the good sized attendance who showed their appreciation of all Clubs. Bean a Ti was Suzanne No Laoire, Secretary of Coiste Scor Chiarrai who kept everything running smoothly.
There was a good spread of winners from the District Boards involved; from the Tralee/St. Brendans, Board there was success for both Austin Stacks in Set Dancing and Ballymacelligott in Ballad Group, East Kerry Board did likewise with Fossa in Instrumental Music and Glenflesk in Figure Dancing. Not to be outdone Crotto O Neills from the North Kerry Hurling Board with Sonny Egan at the helm who went through in both Solo Singing and Recitation. The remaining discpline; Leiriu was won by Asdee from the North Kerry Football Board.
It was an extra special occasion at the end of the competition for the Crotto O Neills Club when they were awarded the overall Club of the night which was presented to their Club Cultural Officer, Thomas Breen. Prior to the main event Churchill were successful in the Quiz by a one point margin after a ding dong struggle over last years All Ireland finalists Rathmore and due to a change in this catagory the County final winners will go directly through to the All Ireland final.
All those winners who were presented with their medals by Christy Kileen, Oifigeach Cultura Chiarrai go through to the Munster Finals which will be staged in the Community Centre, Cappamore, County Limerick on Saturday March 10th commencing at 6pm.
The following
Figure Dancing. Glenflesk, East Kerry Board - Aoife Cronin, Áine O Sullivan, Mary O Sullivan, Rose Kelliher, Orla Kelliher, Aoife Kelliher, Katelynn O’ Keeffe, Juliet O’ Shea ( Substitute - Kate Logan).
Solo Singing . Crotto O Neills, Sonny Egan
Recitation
Sonny Egan
Ballad Group Ballymacelligott, Tralee/St. Brendans Board - John Scanlon, Lei Zhang, Ciara Moriarty, Amanda Mannix, Anna Maria Brosnan.
Leiriu . Asdee, North Kerry Football. - Kathleen Carmody, Mairead Doyle, Ann Maria Tydings, Barry Francis, Gerdie O Carroll, Jack Hennessy.
Instrumental Music. Fossa, East Kerry Football. - Amy Moriarty, Mary Kelliher, Sean Kelliher, Cian O Sullivan, Mike Kelliher.
Set Dancing. Austin Stacks, Tralee/St. Brendans Board - John Flynn, Bernie Mannix,Eamon O Reilly, Tracey Williams, Mike Hurley, Helen Enright, Tadhg Meehan, Joan Casey.
QUIZ. Churchill. Tralee/St. Brendans Board - Michael Gaynor, Paul Culloty, John Flaherty, Alex O Donnell. were the Crotto O winners; Neills, Thursday March 1 from 10am to 1pm. If you wish to make an appointment you can contact Michelle at 083 4074256 or Tarbert Bridewell at 068 36500
PRAYER AND REFLECTION
Parishioners are invited to a day of prayer and reflection, Mass and the Sacraments at Ardfert Retreat Centre on Sunday March 4 .Contact Mary Coolahan at 087 2672619.
TARBERT ROAD RUN
Tarbert will host a set of 3 road races on 29 April. Races will start and finish at Tarbert Comprehensive School. Event A; 10 mile run (over 18s) Event B; 10 km run (over 16s) Event C; 5 km run or walk(no age limit). There are entry fees and trophies for the winners. To-date there are over 150 registered participants and you can register on tarbert. ie/tarbert-run/
PARENT/TODDLER GROUP
The Parent and Toddler group are urgently seeking new members. They meet at the Community Centre every Friday morning from 10am to 12noon. Fáilte roimh gach éinne.
PARISH MISSION
The most important item up for discussion at the recent meeting of the Parish Pastoral Council was the decision to hold a parish mission in Tarbert. The Mission will open on Monday May 21 and close on Saturday May 26. There will be a 7.30pm Mass each evening followed by a Talk. In this the designated Year of the Family, Fr.Pádraig suggested that the theme of the Mission should be the family and issues concerning the family, such as relationships, parenting, addiction, despair and healing, etc. Speakers with a specialist knowledge on these and related topics would be sourced for the evening talks. If you have any ideas you wish to discuss regarding the proposed parish mission or any other topic feel free to discuss with any of the Council members listed below. There will be further discussion at the next meeting fixed for Wednesday March 14.
PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL
The current members of the Pastoral Council are -; Joseph Coolahan, Chairperson, Michelle Woods , Secretary, Joan Murphy , delegate to Area PPC. Gabriel McNamara, James Lavery, Kathleen Bunce, Mary Coolahan, Denis Dineen, Pat and Kay Higgins, Danny Finucane, Mary Lavery Carrig, Declan Downey and Patrick Lynch.
DEVELOPMENT AGM
A reminder that the AGM of Tarbert Development Association will take place on Monday March 5 at 8pm in the Community Centre. If you want to play your part in shaping your community please come and make your views known.
TARBERT ON THE MAP
Tarbert Historical Society was recently gifted a copy of Survey Map of the River Shannon and Tarbert for 1837. The map was part of the Second Report of the Commission for the improvement of the River Shannon and illustrates how important and