Manorhamilton

CHOIR’S PAPAL INVITE

The North Leitrim based choir of Ages have been invited to sing for Pope Francis when he officiates at the festival of Families Mass in Croke Park on Saturday, August 25.

Choir members were informed of the Papal Mass invitation when they turned up for Thursday afternoon’s practice session in Rossinver’s Ballagh Centre by a Tyrone Productions TV Company representative.

Last summer Tyrone Productions were involved with the choir of Ages in the making of a number of RTÉ television programmes. RTÉ Concert Orchestra Conductor, David Brophy took the baton for the choir of Ages television performances.

Brophy also was the conductor for the choir of Ages performances at the 2017 Stoneywood’s Festival in Kiltyclogher, as well as two other shows in the Ballroom of Romance Glenfarne and the RDS Dublin.

For the Glenfarne and Dublin shows, as well as for television programmes, the North Leitrim Choir of Ages was joined by a similar Dublin Choir from the Walksinstown and Crumlin areas.

The choir of Ages performed at Saturday night’s Stoneywood’s Festival in Kiltyclogher Community Centre.

LOCAL HISTORY

A Manorhamilton Historical Society talk on ‘Local History and Heritage’ will be given on Wednesday night, August 22, from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Church of Ireland Manorhamilton.

Among the items which the ‘Local History and Heritage’ talk will cover is star fort fortification on which 1783 built Manorhamilton Church of Ireland stands. Admission to the ‘Local History and Heritage’ talk is free and refreshments will be served afterwards. Lunchtime Recital

A lunchtime organ recital will take place in Manorhamilton Church of Ireland on Saturday afternoon, August 25, from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

The lunchtime organ recital will be played without any sense of compromise – not because it represents a conglomeration of styles but because it has its own character, strength and musical logic.

Admission is free to the lunchtime organ recital. Refreshments will be served afterwards. Please email manorhamiltongroup@ gmail.com for further information on the organ recital or phone 083 4239485.

MARTIN RETIRES

Popular Manorhamilton man, Martin McDermott has recently retired from the Lurganboy Development Association community employment scheme after many years of excellent service on a number of the scheme’s projects.

The association extends best wishes to Martin on his retirement and in his future. Meantime following Martin’s retirement a vacancy now exists on the Lurganboy Development Association community employment scheme.

VOLUNTEER DRIVERS

The Irish Cancer Society is seeking trustworthy reliable volunteers in the Sligo and North Leitrim areas who have free weekday time to provide cancer patients with safe, comfortable and confidential transport to and from Sligo Regional Hospital.

Anyone, who is interested in volunteering to assist in this most worthy project is invited to call Gail at 01 2310566 or email gflinter@irishcancer.ie for further information, etc.

NEW DVDS AT THE LIBRARY

Manorhamilton library has a new stock of DVDs, which includes many new box sets. Everyone is invited to drop into the library and to browse its new stock of DVDs on any day between Monday and Saturday.

DISTRICT NEWS

Please send items for the Manorhamilton District News by 8 a.m. at the latest on Friday morning to me, PJ Leddy at pjleddy@yahoo.com.