W/E 9th May 2010

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MassTimes .

There will be Mass in Drumsna on Friday evening at 7pm. followed by Exposition of the Exposition. Holy hour duty Teresa Moran ; Sarah Gill .

Mass on Sunday at 9.30am Reader/Minister Barry Guckian .

Church collectors for the Month of May Niall Daniels ; Barry Guckian . Altar Society Helen Cronogue ; Eithne Sheeran.

Lose one stone in 6 weeks.

Lighter weight loss classes commencing in Dangan Community Centre commencing on Monday night may 10th at 7pm until 8pm.to run for 6 weeks subject to interest . Registration is on the night and the course consists of weekly weigh in, recepies , motovational talk , group support. Everyone is welcome.

Congratulations.

Congratulations to the Mulvihill- Farrell School of motoring on their revamped school of Motoring . Bernie and Brendan have been the leading lights in this business for along number of years and its great to see Bernie back from her stint as a driving Tester / Supervisor in many parts of  the Country to run the school with her husband Brendan.

Congratulations also to Liam Mc Namee Archway Products Ltd ., Jamestown on his New system of repairing potholes and road surfaces with the Roadmaster velocity  patcher which was designed and developed by Liam at his factory in Jamestown .Well done to all concerned . Its great to hear of two success stories in these rather troubled times.

An Grianan Trip.

There will be a one day  Bus trip to An Grianan instigated by Annaduff I.C.A. on Saturday July 17th.  There will be a cookery demonstration on the day and the full fee is 55 Euro . Everyone is welcome .

Bingo.

Bingo continues in The Community centre Drumsna every Thursday night with first call at 9pm sharp.The winners of last weeks big money were Elizabeth Carroll Kilmore ; Colm Murray Annaduff . the winners of the raffle , Jean O Brien Drumsna ; Margaret Goff Furnace ; Kitty Storey Drumsna . the winners of the free books Ann Beirne Gortinty  Helen Toolan Aughamore .

Scor .

Congratulations to the Bornacoola quiz team of Liam Rabbite, Aiden Dockery and Louise Staunton on their phenomenal result of full marks at Scor in Killarney recently .

Well done to all concerned .

Entente Florale.

Good luck .to our  neighbouring  town of Carrick-on-Shannon with their entry in the Entente Florale competition . Judging takes place on the 16th of July and already things are hotting up             in the County Town which is the only entry in Co. Leitrim .

Engagement.

Heartiest congratulations to Eamonn Gill Curraghmartin on his recent engagement to Sinead Brady , Dundalk Co. Louth from all the friends and neighbours  .

Money found.

A small sum of money was found at the Quayside in Drumsna recently . Contact Colleen Guckian at 087 7670788.

May Floweras

It was lovely to see the old tradition of placing May flowers at the door step continued  in Drumsna on Friday evening ( May Eve ) Our Lady Blesses them during the night to keep all within safe and well during the coming year   The old custom is one of many including the May Altar in the home that has done well to last into the twenty first century .These lovely traditions are all to do with the Month of the Blessed virgin.

Sean Nos Classes

The Golden Age group are commencing Sean Nos Dancing classes with Edwina Guckian on Friday may 7th at 8pm. in the community Centre Drumsna  until Friday June 11th. Everyone is welcome to come along . Sean nos is a wonderful old traditional style of Irish dancing and having Edwina who is twice world champion as our teacher makes it extra special .

Birthdays .

Special Birthday Greetings are sent to the following;

Kevin Mc Kenna Jamestown ; John Waller Corry ; Teresa O Reilly mohill ; Courtney Farrell Lisduff ; Jean O Brien Quay Street ;

Best wishes to one and all from Family and friends .

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