Mass Times

There will be Mass in Drumsna on Friday evening at 7pm followed by Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament . Holy Hour Duty Teresa Mc Nulty ; John Mc Nulty.

9.30am Mass on Sunday Sept18th Reader Colleen Guckian ; Ministers Geraldine Duignan ; Colleen Guckian.

Bingo

Bingo continues in the Community Centre Drumsna on Thursday night at 9pm. Last week;s winners included Rachel Murray ; Lily Duignan. Raffle Mary Moran ; Ann Nichol ; Margaret Mc Guire. Free Books Brendan Gilooly ; Mary Moran.

Tidy Towns .

Congratulations to Drumsna Development Association and all the helpers on gaining a hefty 13 marks in this year’s Tidy Towns Competition. It is a credit to all concerned . Tidy villages and towns just don’t suddenly look good on their own . A lot of voluntary hard work goes into the work of the Association . We are lucky in Drumsna to have the assistance of James and his band of men who together with a number of hard working people keep the place looking spic and span. If you would like to get involved in Drumsna Development Association we will be Holding our first Autumn meeting on the second Tuesday of October . There will be a reminder in these notes. The Association would like to see new people joining .

Congratulations also to Dromod at the other end of the Parish who are now at a massive 303 marks and are once again the tidiest village in the County , and to Jamestown who are also doing well.

Anthony Trollope Summer School.

The second International Anthony Trollope Summer school took place in The Community Centre Drumsna at the weekend with a large crowd attending the opening ceremony by The Council Chairperson, Councillor John Mc Tiernan. Local Councillor Sinead Guckian was M.C. for the evening with Guest, Author and Historian Fr. Liam Kelly who Chaired the sessions on Saturday. The excellent and interesting lectures were given Julian Stray Curator with the British Postal System , Author Teresa Ransom, Professor  Michael Gleeson from Trinity College Dublin, Priscilla Hungerford and last but not least Professor Howard Greg.Grateful thanks is extended to all those who helped  out in the centre on Friday night and also on Saturday. To Duignan’s and staff for the prompt  service of the lunch which enabled the lectures to be held to time, to photographer Willie Donlon , to Sinead Mc Dermott and Phyl Foley of Leitrim Tourism for their help and assistance over the past few months, to the Ramada Hotel Drumshanbo for the excellent dinner on Saturday night and to Mc Manus’s bus service for getting us there and back.The 3^rd Anthony trollope International Summer School takes  place on Saturday, September 1^st 2011.

Golden Age News.

The Golden Age Group will resume meetings on Wednesday next September 21^st in the Community Centre Drumsna at 11am. New members are always welcome to join us.