AchonryMullinabreena
LOTTO 2020
Coolaney-Mullinabreena GAA Supporter’s lotto was launched during the first week in February. Your support is greatly appreciated for this crucial fundraiser. All funds go towards day to day expenses and Nace O’Dowd Park maintenance costs. Ticket sellers will be making their visits in the coming weeks. It is also possible to subscribe via our website coolaneymullinabreena.com. Contact any committee members to subscribe.
COMMUNITY GROUP
Achonry Mullinabreena Community Enhancement group, AMCE have decided to proceed with a 25-year lease on Carrowmore school to ensure that it remains in use by the entire community.
This building has played a pivotal role in so many of our lives and we would love generations to come to have Carrowmore School as part of theirs. In order to do this, we are asking for your help in covering the initial costs of €5,000 which we will incur including conveyance fees, stamp duty costs and getting a conservation study carried out.
There is a GoFundMe page set up for donations or donations can be made through the following bank account: BIC BOFIIE2D and IBAN IE88BOFI9054 9138522058. As a community, we would like to ensure the longevity of this listed building, built in 1834, as a social hub for the community as a whole therefore re-establishing its place within the community it once served. The school would increase social capital to enhance the enrichment of our community when combined with other amenities eg Knocknashee walkway and the future greenway that is planned on the railway.
Our vision is that it will become a heritage/visitor centre and offer meeting rooms to the community in addition to St Nathy’s Hall. With the long-term lease in place, we can apply for public funding to assist with the internal remedial works needed to progress the project further.
It is hoped that past pupils of the school, the local community and the diaspora of Achonry Mullinabreena abroad will support this project to ensure that this beautiful stone building at the foot of Knocknashee which has stood well with the passage of time continues to serve our community. Please spread the message to your family and friends.
All donations no matter how big or small will be gratefully appreciated and all funds raised will be utilized in the school refurbishment. We are also hoping to organise a book swap/sale in CARROWMORE SCHOOL at the end of Feb.
CLOONACOOL PLAYERS
On stage for St Valentine’s weekend are Cloonacool Players in Sam Cree’s ‘Don’t Tell the Wife’. Set in 1960s Belfast in the Willis household, Mrs Willis is convinced her plumber husband is chasing other women.
The hilarious comedy leads to crazy misunderstandings, involving a French lodger, a male escort, a corporation officer and a long-legged female named Bridget. Among the cast in their latest production are Peadar Conway, John McIntyre and Regina Henry. Make sure to see this great comedy at Cloonacool Community Centre February 14 to February 16 at 8 p.m.
SCHOOL FUNDRAISER
The Cloonacool Players bring their new play ‘Don’t Tell the Wife’ by Sam Cree to St Brigid’s Hall on Sunday, February 23, at 8 p.m. This is a fundraiser for the Achonry National School parents’ association. Tickets available from Lollipop Lane Creche and Montessori Tubbercurry, Martin Coleman 087 6196591, Mary McAleer 087 7636668 or any member of the parents’ association. Refreshments at the interval and raffle on the night. All support appreciated. Great night of comedy guaranteed.
BLOOD DONATION
Blood Donation Clinic will be held in St Brigid’s Hall, Tubbercurry on Wednesday, February 19, from 4.30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Restriction on those who lived in Britain from donating blood has been lifted. As always, the demand for blood continues and every possible donation is desperately needed. Injured and sick people live because other people give. Blood is life and giving some is one of the greatest gesture of love and care that most people will ever have chance to avail of.
COMMUNITY GAMES
Art competition takes place in St Nathy’s Hall on Friday, February 14, at 6 p.m. The track and field athletics finals take place at Nace O’Dowd Park on Monday, May 4.
CHURCH VOLUNTEERS
The Mullinabreena Church Altar Society are looking for volunteers from the parish to help with the upkeep of the parish church. If you feel that you could help, please contact Róisín Healy 087 9807416 .
RSS SCHEME
A second position is available at Nace O’Dowd Park under the Sligo Leader Rural Social Scheme. Contact Gerard Mullaney on 086 8221995 or Ollie Lee 087 7981827 for details on criteria and eligibility.
LOCAL 25 CARDS
The local 25 card game continues in St Nathy’s Hall every Friday at 8.30 p.m.
PARK SIGN SPONSORS
Coolaney-Mullinabreena GAA are continuing their appeal for new pitch side sign sponsors at Nace O’Dowd Park in 2020. There has been an incredible response so far from businesses wishing to support the facility. The park offers an excellent promotional site for businesses due to its location on the N17 and as a result of the high footfall through the facility. Contact Ollie Lee at 087 7981827 for details.
CONTACT
We continue our appeal for new contributors to this weekly column. All correspondence can be sent to ollielee@hotmail.com