Castleconnor
SENIOR CITIZENS PARTY
Castleconnor Community Council will hold the senior citizens Christmas party on Sunday, December 10, at 3 p.m. in our community centre. Bookings can be made by calling Sharon at 087 2785584 before Friday, December 1, Sufficient numbers are essential for the party to proceed. There will be a cover charge of €5.
GAA CLUB NEWS
GAA WEEKLY LOTTO – €12,400 numbers drawn were 16, 18, 27 and 31.No jackpot winner for November 11 consolation winners. Emily Stenson, David O’Regan and John Rouse.
CLUB AGM – The club AGM will take place on Sunday, November 26, at 3 p.m. in the centre. All members are encouraged to attend.
SUPERVALU – Thanks to John and Edel Moloney, and all at Moloneys SuperValu, Ballina for nominating the club earlier in the year as one of the clubs to benefit from the SuperValu sponsorship of GAA clubs. Last weekend we were presented with training gear and balls for our Bord na nÓg.
CONGRATS – A big congratulations to Barry Judge, who last week was promoted to the National Referees panel for 2018. Barry is the youngest on the panel which will see him referring national football league games in the New Year. Well done to Liam Donegan, who was away in midterm in Kerry with the Sligo under-15 squad for training sessions with the Star and other Kerry footballers. Also Ronan Wilson, who was part of the Sligo under-16 squad who lost the Manning cup semi-final to Offaly. And finally congratulations to Seán Carrabine, who has been called into the county senior panel with Kevin Mcfor 2018.
GAELIC4 MOTHERS and OTHERS – There was a great turnout for the inaugural night last Tuesday with 38 ladies in attendance. They meet again this Thursday night and if you were unable to make it last week, don’t be shy, all are welcome.
Underage hurling – It was a busy weekend for the young hurlers in the club. On Sunday morning we had the last morning of this year’s weekly coaching sessions. Thanks to all the players, parents and coaches who continue to make this a great success. Regularly there is over 20 boys and girls out there every Sunday hail or sunshine playing hurling.
A number of our under-12 hurlers took part in an all county blitz in Scarden Chef Adrian fundraiser Thanks to all who supported the fundraiser last Thursday night in the Diamond Coast. It was again a great nights entertainment with Chef Adrian Martin getting the audience very involved in the proceedings. Thanks to Pascal Gillard and Jinny Bakery and Dozios Cheesemongers from Carracastle for attending on the night. Also to our own members who made up a number of nice treats for all.
KILLANLEY CEMETERY
Killanley Cemetery was surveyed by Irish Graveyards Surveyors recently. They provide a data recording and mapping service, recording and plotting the details of every grave within the graveyard. The data will be displayed on a sign at the graveyard and also online.
A draft sign was to be erected in the graveyard on November 14, and parishioners are invited to check the sign for errors and omissions. Please notify the committee if any errors and omissions are identified also it would be appreciated if unmarked graves could be identified. It is hoped to have all this information online within the next few days and parishioners can also check for errors and omissions on the website irishgraveyards.ie. Members of the committee can be contacted for further information.