Dromahair
DROMAHAIR LIBRARY
Christmas Opening Hours are as follows: Open Friday, December 22, from 2.30 p.m. to 4 p.m. (early closing); Closed Tuesday, December 26, and open Friday, December 29, from 2.30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wishing all our borrowers a happy Christmas and best wishes for 2018.
BLACK DRESS LADIES LUNCH
North West Simon Women’s Little Christmas Black Dress Ladies Lunch in Kilronan Castle on Sunday, January 7, at 1 p.m., Tickets €45 to include pre-dinner drink, three course meal with wine Ideal Christmas Gift. Contact Mary at 087 7708865. New Charity Shop open at JFK Parade, Sligo – donations of ladies clothes welcome. Thanks for your support in 2017.
A BIG THANK YOU
Dromahair Development Association/Tidy Towns would like to thank everyone who has helped out in any way over the past year. To those who join us on the clean-ups, help with flower planting, weeding and contributes in any way to keeping our village looking good.
Thank you to all the businesses who help us with the blotto draw by selling tickets and allowing us to run the draws without which we wouldn’t be able to continue. Thank you to everyone who buys a blotto ticket, we really appreciate it as it helps us to buy flowers and shrubs for our Tidy Towns work. Thank you to Dromahair Foróige and their leaders for all the help with our Tidy Towns Projects.
Thank you to Joe in Centra and Ann in Ann’s Cutting Corner for selling our Keep Cups, to hopefully reduce the amount of disposable cups being used. By reusing these cups people are reducing Landfill. In case you didn’t know it disposable coffee cups are not recyclable. We have still some of these Keep Cups for sale in the office.
To all who gave us sponsorship in our fundraising events Míle buíochas.
To the Rural Social Scheme team Seán, Micheál, Tony, Donal and Martina, thank you for all your hard work and dedication. It is much appreciated. To Pauric, who left us after 10 years. We wish you all the best and thank you so much for all your hard work and ideas over the years. You are greatly missed. Thanks also to their supervisor Margaret for all her hard work and support.
Thanks also to Theresa, CE worker in the Depot office for all her hard work and dedication and Michael CE worker, our caretaker, who keeps the Depot in pristine condition. Thanks to Gerry their supervisor for all his support.
Thanks also to Leitrim County Council for their continued support in all our projects.
To everyone who runs a class in the Depot. Thank you for your continued support and co-operation. Thanks also to the tutors who were kind enough to come and run courses for us Carol, Ros and Tracey. Also big thanks to all who attended the courses. We hope you got something out of them. To everyone who supports us in using the Depot for your event, it is very much appreciated.
MERRY CHRISTMAS
We would like to wish everyone a happy Christmas and a peaceful New Year and we look forward to working with you all again in 2018.
The Depot Office is now closed till Monday, January 8. Wishing everyone a peaceful and happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year. one lucky winner. Michael Kerrigan, Ballyfarnon had the four lucky numbers. The next draw for a jackpot of €1,000 will be held on Saturday, December 23, in Des McDonagh’s Bar.
TABLE QUIZ THANKS
Highwood Community Centre committee would like to thank all who helped organise, participated in and donated towards their recent table quiz. A new heating system has been installed in the hall which is available for meetings or events. Please contact any of the committee members or their Facebook page.
SVP COLLECTION
The annual St Vincent de Paul collection was taken up at both churches in the parish recently. The amount raised in Geevagh was €901.60 and in Highwood €230.90 bringing the total amount to €1132.50. Thanks to all who contributed so generously.
WEDDING BELLS
Congratulations to Ciaran Walsh, Kilmactranny and Rosie Maughan, Boyle, who were married recently.
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Wishing all readers and contributors everything good for the New Year ahead. the monthly evening meeting in the Dartry Centre, Kinlough.
The group is most thankful to the many that supported its annual ‘Carers Week’ Manorhamilton fundraiser. Many thanks are expressed to Gilbert’s Pharmacy, Martin McGowan, E. S. B. meter reader as well as Michael McGoldrick, Mary Bradley, Linda Gilligan and Annie McGuinness who gave wonderful prizes for the raffle during the recent performance of ‘Nobody’s Talking to Me’ in the Glens Centre.
The group is most grateful to outgoing chairperson, Olivia Mitchell for all her hard work and the many projects she has overseen during the past two years. The North Leitrim 24/7 Family Carer Support Group welcomes Michael McGoldrick Dromahair, as its new chairperson, while sincerely thanking Annie McGuinness Rossinver, for continuing to take on the role of secretary and Marie McGowan Manorhamilton, treasurer.
The Support Group welcomes Jean Campbell as its new Events Co-ordinator and also greatly appreciates all the work that Anthony Rooney has put into the Kinlough meetings over the past three years and continues to do so.
The group had its last meeting of the year on Thursday, December 14, and will get back together on Thursday, January 18. Christmas and New Year is a very difficult time for tired carers as a lot of regular services are on a Christmas break.
All members and friends are wished a Peaceful Christmas and New Year when it is hoped to see more people at the Group’s regular Thursday ‘cuppa and chat’ get-togethers.
ROSSINVER SWIM
Rossinver’s first ever Christmas Swim takes place on this Sunday, December 30, at 3 p.m. in Lough Melvin. The Christmas Swim is being promoted as a fundraiser to gather some essential money to provide amenities for the annual Irish Water Safety classes that will take place next July in Lough Melvin and in future years.
Hot drinks will be provided by the organisers of Rossinver’s Christmas Swim after the event is over on Sunday in the community centre to all participating.
A presentation of last summer’s Irish Water Safety classes certificates to all who undertook them in Lough Melvin will also take place in Rossinver Community Centre.
All participating in Sunday Christmas Swim in Lough Melvin are reminded not to forget to wear ‘your Santa hats.’ The entry fee for the Christmas Swim is €10 per person or €20 per family.
IFA TRACTORCADE
The annual Manorhamilton IFA tractorcade takes place on New Year’s Day, starting from Manor Mart at 2 p.m. on this Monday, January 1.
The chosen charity from which all funds raised during the tractorcade event will go is the North West Hospice. The North West Hospice is now running for 31 years and it requires a million euro annually in voluntary contributions to operate its services.