Ballymote
ANGLING SKILLS CLASS
An Angling Skills Class is being held in the Pastoral Centre on Friday, April 7, at 8 p. m. for novice and beginners. Anyone attending please contact Keith at 086 8612225 with your name and how many will be attending.
DAFFODIL DAY
Our Daffodil Day in Ballymote took place on Friday, March 24, and it was a wonderful success with € 3219.68 raised on the day. Thank you to Henry’s Service Station, SuperValu and our local Post Office for the use of their surrounds as collection points. Thank you to all those who donated fresh daffodils and those who came out on the day to support us. We appreciate and extend a big thank to our volunteer collectors, who did such Trojan work on the day to make it such a successful event.
UNDERAGE GAA
Ballymote under- 8 and under- 10 girls and boys training is on at the Gaelic pitch on Wednesday evenings from 7 p. m. to 8 p. m.
DARKNESS INTO LIGHT
Registration is now open for Darkness into Light Ballymote 2017. Participants can register online at dil. pieta. ie and early registration with reduced rates has been extended to Friday, April 7. Please keep an eye on our Facebook page ‘ Darkness into Light Ballymote’ and the Coláiste Mhuire website cmbm. ie for updates in relation to registration, car parking, etc. Please contact Gerri at 087 6698418 or Michelle at 071 9183086 for further information or if you would like to volunteer to assist in the preparations of the event.
COLÁISTE MHUIRE
Congratulations to Coláiste Mhuire student Eimear Conlon, who won the Western Ireland Schools Debating competition on Thursday, March 23, in Galway. Eimear will now represent Coláiste Mhuire in the all- Ireland finals in Cork during Easter break.
Congratulations and thanks also to students and staff who raised € 600 for the Irish Cancer Society on Daffodil Day March 24.
Best of luck to all third and sixth years who undergo their oral and practical exams for junior and Leaving Cert exams this week. Transition Year students are completing a Genealogy course with local historians this week.
CORRAN PLAYERS
Don’t forget the Corran Players Drama Group’s hilarious performance of Michael J Ginnelly’s ‘ A Wake in the West’ in the Art Deco Theatre Ballymote on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, April 7, 8 and 9 at 8 p. m. Admission € 12. Concession € 10 on the door. A great nights entertainment guaranteed.
BAPTISED
Congratulations to the parents of Seán Andrew Brehony, Tower Hill, who was baptised recently.
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