SCARTAGLEN

AFTERNOON OF PRAYER

Janice and Moss Carrig will be present in Our Lady of Lourdes Church Scartaglin on Sunday next December 16th for the final Afternoon of Prayer for 2018. The Rosary will get thee Afternoon of Prayer underway at 2.30pm followed by Divine Mercy at 3pm all are welcome.

SPLIT THE BUCKET

Scartaglin Ladies Football Club’s Fundraising Venture “Split the Bucket” is ongoing and contributions of €2 can be made by inserting that sum in an envelope with the contributors name and telephone contact number on the envelope and this is then placed in one of the special collection buckets. The Fundraising drive will continue until Saturday December 29th when the Grand Draw will take place in Flemings Bar.

ROAD DEATHS

World Day of Remembrance was observed recently on Sunday November 18th. It was a day when all those who have lost their lives in road accidents were remembered. Recording of fatalities on Irish Roads began in 1959 and since that year, 24,255 people have died on this country’s roads. That’s an alarming, frightening and horrifying statistic. Eight people died on Kerry Roads in 2017.

Thankfully that figure is down to 3 in 2018 but that’s still 3 too