JUNE
1999
Special
News
Best wishes
to Tom McKenna, Summerfield Bar, for a full recovery after his recent
illness. Looking forward to seeing you behind the bar soon.
Birthday
greetings to Shane Brennan, Loughgeorge and to Patrick Farrell, Cregboy,
who will both be 11 on the 22nd and 24th June respectively. (Enjoy your
Spanish birthday Patrick)
Welcome to
baby Shauna McMahon and congratulations to her parents Peter and Peggy,
Cahergowan.
Welcome also
to baby Shawn Gilmartin and best wishes to his parents Paul and Olivia,
Loughgeorge.
Congratulations
to Tommy and Geraldine Callinan, Cregboy, on the birth of their daughter
Emma.
Golden
Wedding Anniversary
Congratulations and Best Wishes to Martin and Bridgie Feeney, Loughgeorge
on the occasion of their 50th Wedding Anniversary, which they are celebrating
around this time.
Congratulations to Tom and Bridie Reilly, Cloon, who celebrated the Golden
Jubilee of their wedding on 2nd June.
Ruby Wedding Anniversary
John Joe and Nellie Duggan Liscaninane have recently celebrated their
40th Wedding Anniversary. Congratulations and Best Wishes.
Hopefully both of these couples will share many more years of health and
happiness.
Happy Birthday
to Ciaran Hartigan, Lakeview, who celebrated his 21st Birthday on 7th
June.
21st Birthday Greetings also to Maeve Cullinan, who will be celebrating
on Friday 11th June. Hope you have a terrific night Maeve.
Welcome to Mary and Bernard Griffin and family who have recently moved
into their new house at Clogher.
In last issue's
Special Greetings, an error was made in our mention of the Keating triplets,
and for this we would like to apologise. The babies are two little girls,
Caoilfhionn and Fionnuala, and their brother Iarla Tomas, and their Mum,
Maura assures me that they all are doing extremely well.
Continued
success to the Sawdoctors on their tour of America. You can check the
site at http://www.enterprise.net/sawdoctors/.
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RECENT
ORDINATIONS
Bishop of Galway, James McLoughlin ordained four priests at a unique ceremony
in the Galway Cathedral on Sunday 30th May. Olan Rynn, whose family are
now parishioners of Claregalway (recently moved from Renmore), was one
of the newly ordained. It is usual now for ordination to take place in
the priest's own parish. However, these young men had studied together
for seven years, and it was their wish to be ordained together in the
Cathedral. What a happy day for them, and their families.
Anyone who was lucky enough to attend 9.30 a.m. mass in Claregalwayon
Tuesday 1st, had the unexpected privilege of attending Fr. Olan's first
mass in Claregalway. Fr. Olan's gave an
individual blessing after mass to all present, and there was a sense of
occasion given to this very ordinary weekday, morning mass. On behalf
of the parish, may we of the Nuacht Chláir wish Fr. Rynn every
blessing in his future work.
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LOCAL
BOY - "SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR"
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Congratulations
to Kevin Kenny, Clogher, who was recently nominated Sportsman of
the Year in Moneenageisha Community College. Kevin,who has excelled
locally on the Badminton and Basketball scene for many years, has
continued to do so throughout his years in Secondary
School. Anyone who has watched Kevin compete, cannot fail to be
impressed by his skill, determination and enthusiasm.
Kevin's
participation and excellence in Gaelic Football, Soccer, Badminton,
Basketball and Athletics in Moneenageisha College has earned him
this well-deserved honour. Well done Kevin, your Parish is proud
of you!
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THE APOSTOLIC
SOCIETY
The Claregalway
Branch of the Apostolic Society meets on the second and fourth Tuesday
of each month at 8.00 p.m. in the Sacristy.
The members
and their many helpers are working away knitting and sewing and making
vestments for the Missions. We are very grateful to all the people who
help us, to the many honorary members who pay their yearly subscription,
to all the people who collect used stamps etc.
Members take
a break from meetings during July and August, but still work quietly at
home.
Church Gate
Collection On the 3rd and 4th July, we have our Annual Church Gate Collection
and we are confident that the people will be as generous this year as
they were in the years
gone by. The money collected will help to buy wool and material for our
work and some of it will go to help priests and religious in buying tape-recorders
Mass Kits and many other things needed on the mission field.
Teddies
- Last year, the children in Claregalway School collected bags of teddies.
These teddies were sent abroad to Africa and the Philippines and other
places. Here is an extract from a letter received from Fr. McLoughlin
in the Philippines.
"It
was marvellous that the teddy bears arrived in time for Christmas.
I gave a few teddies to Sr. Kathleen Gearey - a Columban Sister
(Native of Nenagh) to share with some of the Muslim children who hav
become her friends. According to Kathleen, their joy was un-
bounded. So whoever sent in these teddy bears, on behalf of all who
received the, I say this - if I could, I'd comb and sky and collect the
stars, quickly pile them into a basket until it overflowed with
silvery light, and then I'd give the basket to you, because all things
precious and beautiful should be yours today and everyday to thank
you for sharing your love with so many poor children here in the
Philippines and making them happy during the Christmas season.
I will offer Mass for all their intentions to say thank you."
(Baggio City, Philippines).
From the
members of the branch we say many many thanks to all the children who
were so kind and generous in giving all these teddies to brighten the
lives of so many children in faraway
places. All the priests and religious abroad remember you in their daily
masses and prayers.
Beannacht
Dé agus na Maighdine oraibh I gcónaí.
Sarah McCallen
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CARNMORE HURLING CLUB
Our new sponsor
for this year is Harry's Cycles and Garden Machinery. We are indebted
to them for their very generous sponsorship and look forward to a challenging
year knowing that our finances are stable. Thanks to Greaney Glass who
has sponsored the Club for so long. It is heartening to see new faces
willing to taken on such an enormous task and thanks to the many individuals
who have offered financial assistance also.
Seniors
John Mannion, Manager of the Senior Team, together with his selectors
Fergus Madden and Jimmy Noone, have advanced to the latter stages of the
City League and also have reached the Semi-Final Stage of the Open Draw.
The Seniors
have two games played in the Championship. The first game was against
Craughwell and won on a scoreline of Carnmore 2.12 to Craughwell 1.10.
Goals by Noel Walsh, and Damian Fahy left Craughwell playing catch-up
all through the game.
In the second
game, Carnmore played Clarenbridge in Ballinderreen and were defeated
on a score of Clarenbridge 1.18 to Carnmore 0.10. This game had all the
makings of a thriller but ended with an easy win for Clarinbridge with
Carnmore fading completely after being level at the interval. Carnmore
, on the day, were missing some key players through injury and the young
players on this year's panel are tasting for the first time what championship
Hurling is all about. This was the first defeat for the Seniors since
the new management took over. It's still all to play for, with remaining
games against Portumna and Gort.
Junior
A.
Bertie Linnane and his Junior A Team are enjoying a successful run. They
have a strong team together with some players from last year's Senior
Team opting to play Junior. They are two games up in the Championship
with wins over Liam Mellows and Ballinderreen and are looking good to
go one step
further this year.
The Minor
team have had no great success this year. They have a young team and exam
time is now on top of a lot of these young players. Indeed we wish them
all well as they prepare for D Day - 9th June.
Golf AM
AM
The Club will be hosting its annual Golf AM AM on 9th, 10th July in Tuam
Golf Club. We hope all golfers will support us as it is always a very
enjoyable two-day event
Lotto
The Lotto, sponsored by All Star Oil is currently running at £2.000.
Good luck and thanks to all who purchase tickets.
Mary Hanley
P.R.O.
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Claregalway Festival of Drama
The Claregalway
Festival of Drama Committee held their AGM on Thursday night, 27th May.
All present were in agreement that it was a very successful with large
attendances most nights. The mixture of some new plays along with some
of the old reliables running over the nine nights went down very well
with the audience. The winners of both the open and confined sections
of the festival went on to qualify for the All Irelands, with Garrymore
Drama Group and their production of The Playboy of the Western Wqorld
going on to win the All Ireland Confined Finals in Derry.
The following
officers were elected for the coming year:
Hon. President: Mrs. Mary Moran, Snr.
Festival Director: Hugh Farrell
Secretary: Mary Kelly
Treasurer: John Brennan
Asst. Treasurer: Tom Lenihan
P.R.O.: Mary McCarthy
Anyone interested
in joining the festival committee or helping in any way during the festival
should contact any of the above, where you will receive a very warm welcome.
Until next year, Slán.
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