GAOL MILE
GOAL MILE: Once again the Goal Mile will be taking place at 12 noon on Christmas Day from the Community Resource Centre. Run, walk, jog and donate to Goal.
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CHRISTMAS MASS TIMES
CHRISTMAS MASSES IN PATRICKSWELL/BALLYBROWN PARISH:
CHRISTMAS EVE: Patrickswell 8.00pm
Ballybrown 8.00pm
CHRISTMAS DAY: Patrickswell 11.30am
Ballybrown 10.00am
ST. STEPHEN’S DAY: Patrickswell 6.30pm
Ballybrown 8.00pm
SUNDAY 27TH: as normal
Midweek from Monday 28th to Friday 1st January:
Patrickswell 11.00am
Ballybrown 11.00am
Saturday 2nd & Sunday 3rd January – As normal.
Eve of Feast of the Epiphany Tuesday 5th January.
Patrickswell 6.30pm
Ballybrown 8.00pm
Feast of the Epiphany Wednesday 6th January:
Patrickswell 11.30am
Ballybrown 10.00am
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Leave a Comment (0) →AFTERNOON TEA
AFTERNOON TEA, A PERFECT CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR SOMEONE SPECIAL. This extra special event with hot punch reception, a selection of sweet and savory delights and an afternoon of entertainment will take place on Sunday Feb 7 at the Community Resource Centre – Tickets are €15 each. We have limited availability and tickets are in huge demand. Gift cards available. In order to avoid disappointment contact Eithne at 087 6487807 to book your place.
BALLYBROWN N.S. NEWS
BALLYBROWN N.S. NEWS: Officers of Ballybrown NS Parents Association paid a visit to the school last week to present a cheque for €1220 to Principal Joe Lyons and Deputy Principal Sheila Hayes. ‘The money will be put to good use,’ said Joe. ‘We have purchased a very special Educational set of Lego which be enjoyed by children for years to come. We have also used the money to pay for bus trips for Junior and Senior Infants classes to see a production of “Cinderella” in the Lime Tree Theatre while children from First to Fourth classes visited the Concert Hall in UL to attend a performance by the Cork Pops Orchestra.’
‘Children love to attend live performances’, said Ms Hayes, ‘but the cost of a bus in addition to tickets for the event can be expensive for parents. The Parents Association in the school has been very supportive for many years.’
The Parents Association also organised teams of parents to coordinate sales when the Annual Book Fair took place last Thursday and Friday, thus allowing children and parents to do some early Christmas shopping while also adding to the school’s store of books.
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BALLYBROWN/CLARINA COMMUNITY GAMES:
ART COMPETITION – this competition will take place on FRIDAY DECEMBER 11 in Ballybrown Resource Centre from 3-5pm. This competition is open to Boys/Girls from U8’s – U16’s. A4 paper will be provided but children must bring whatever colouring media and accessories they want to do the competition with (crayons, markers, paints, charcoal etc.) No visual aids or pictures will be allowed. The theme is ‘A Community Games based activity’. Kids get practising. There is a small charge of €1.00 per child. If there are older kids that can’t make this time because of secondary school please contact Pauline Lowe directly and she can give you details of how to enter.
DRAUGHTS is up and running on Wednesday nights from 7.00 to 7.50 pm in the Community Centre we have over 20 children most evenings which is great. If your child would like to come along it’s not too late for them to join.
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SANTA will be arriving at Ballybrown GAA Club, Clarina on Sunday 13th December at 3.00pm. Looking forward to seeing you all there. Ho Ho Ho!
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Leave a Comment (0) →SVP ANNUAL CHRISTMAS COLLECTION
SVP ANNUAL CHRISTMAS COLLECTION: The annual collection of non perishable foods will take place on Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th December at Patrickswell and Ballybrown Churches and the Resource Centre in Ballybrown. Boxes will be placed at the back of both churches and in Reception of Resource Centre. The SVP (Raheen conference) are very grateful for your help in the past. Those less fortunate will appreciate all donations of food which will be distributed before the Christmas.
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Leave a Comment (0) →BALLYBROWN JOURNAL
BALLYBROWN JOURNAL: The fifteenth edition of the Ballybrown Parish Journal is now on the shelf for sale at €10 with over 170 pages we would think it is great value for money and a great Christmas present to send to any of our exiles overseas or away from home. The Journal was launched on Monday November 30 in the Ballybrown GAA Clubhouse by Fr. Eamonn Fitzgibbon. In front of a very large attendance of over eighty people Fr. Eamonn recounted some of the many items of interest in the Journal. Being a Fedamore man himself, he understands the work and effort that goes into a publication of this nature, they have a parish magazine on the go for over forty years He congratulated the Editorial Committee led by Tom Donovan and he stated that these Journals play a very important part in the history of any parish. Births, deaths, graduations, marriages etc are recorded in the Journal and the collection of past and present photographs make the Ballybrown Journal a must have for any person with Ballybrown / Clarina connections. He stated that he was delighted to be asked by the Ballybrown Pioneer Association to launch the Journal and that he considered it a great honour. The Journal can be purchased at Martin Hayes’s shop in Tervoe or from the Centra Store in Clarina. The proceeds from the sale of the Journal go in full toward the Pioneer Lourdes Fund.
Willie Ryan, on behalf of the Pioneers thanked all who had helped in any way with the publication of the Journal but mainly the sponsors without whose generous financial assistance the Journal would not be viable. He urged readers of the Journal to support all these local business people where possible. On the night the Pioneer President Pat Gallagher presented Monsignor Michael Lane with a family crest to mark his sixty years in the priesthood. We wish Mons. Lane many more years of health and happiness. The Journal is a steal at €10 so make sure you get your copy now before they are all gone, we guarantee you will find many items of interest between the covers and a good read over the Christmas holidays. Thank you.
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Leave a Comment (0) →45 DRIVE
45 DRIVE: The weekly 45 card drive in aid of the Ballybrown Community Resource Centre continues each Thursday night at 8.45pm and your support would be greatly appreciated. The winners for Thursday December 3 were as follows: 1st prize , €100, went to Michael Holland and Seamus Breen with 11 games, while Pauline Culhane and George Mulcahy took 2nd prize, €60, with 10 games. The table prize went to Pauline Culhane and George Mulcahy. The raffle prizes were : 1/ €30, Dan McDaid, 2/ €20, Helen Kennedy, 3/ €20, Bridget Lynch, 4/ €10, John O’Gorman, 5/ €10, Malachy Cusack, 6/ €10, Noreen Cusack. Why not grab yourself a partner and come along next Thursday night and we guarantee a great night out for just €5. Make some new friends during these long winters nights and enjoy a cup of tea and a scone afterwards. Thursday December 17th will be our Christmas break up night and we will have prizes galore, so don’t miss out be sure and come along. The cards will resume again after Christmas on January 7 2016, and the league will be starting on January 14. If you’re not in you can’t win. Thank you.
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