Church News

Masses in Drumsna each Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs 9am. Monday, Friday and Sat 7pm. Sunday 9.30am. with 11am Mass in Annaduff N. School Exposition after Mass on Monday and Friday.  Mar 15^th  Kathleen Reynolds ; Bernie Gill.

9.30am  Mass Sunday March 17^th Reader Tamara Mc Loughlin. Ministers Patricia O’Reilly ; Colleen Guckian.

This is the Annual traditional St. Patrick’s day Mass for deceased members of Drumsna Comhaltas.

Golden Age Meeting

Golden Age meeting on to-day Wednesday March 13^th at 11am in the Centre Drumsna. Practise for the Bealtaine commences . Also please bring the money for the Annual Holiday in Westport.

Dancers or Chancers

Congratulations to Edwina Guckian and all involved in the fantastic night’s entertainment in Lough Rynn Castle hotel on Friday night last. To Fionnuala Maxwell who is up there with the best of them as M.C. for the night and to the judges Eleanor Shanley, Alan Devine and John Mc Cartin who had an un-enviable task.  Fair play to ‘’Moone  Boy’’ for also taking part with the Guards team . On a local note The Bingo buddies Geraldine Monaghan, Maura Bohan , Patricia O Reilly, Ann Marie O Reilly, Charles Brown, Bernie Daniels, Declan Gill, Amy Keane, Chloe Daniels and Orla Mc Gowan were wonderful ! All of them. Also to the Mammies who included Mrs Brown aka Gerry Gilroy in their act also Fionnuala and Liam Taylor Jnr, and Jack Hughes. The Mammies won the Chancers award . In my book they were all winners at the end of the night and well done to them for taking part in this fundraiser for the Connaught Fleadh in Carrick-on-Shannon. D.V.Ds of the night are now available and can be got from Edwina,086 1649989

Mick Hanley Concert.

The long awaited Mick Hanly Concert which took place in the Community Centre on Saturday night last was a wonderful treat of music song and story Earlier in the day Mick Hanly led a group of hardy walkers on the Trollope Trail together with Noel Duignan who also gave a brief History of the village and surrounds. The walkers were met at Ballycloran by Anthony Trollope and his wife Rose who were on a nostalgic trip back to where Trollope wrote his first Novel. After a warm greeting the walkers finished the trail and were well rested in time for the concert. Mick enjoyed his visit and promised to come back again soon.

St Patrick’s Night.

Drumsna C.C.E. are holding their Annual St. Patrick’s night fundraiser in Mc Loughlins Drumsna with a host of Traditional musicians including Brian and Mary Mostyn , Fionnuala Maxwell, Edwina Guckian Clare and Brendan Bohan,Conor Ward and a host of other musicians ,singers and dancers. There will be brush dancing and barrel dancing .St. Patrick will be there with a jar full of snakes that he has captured. You can guess the number of snakes in the jar and win a  hamper kindly sponsored by Maureen Quigley. Refreshments will be served including Drumsna boxty .Come along on St Patrick’s night for a great night’s entertainment and support your local branch of Comhaltas.Admission optional.

Drumsna Garden Centre.

The Drumsna Garden Centre is now open for Spring planting . If you need any advice on planting, cutting etc just call in and either Geraldine or Damien will be there to help you.

G.A.A./ Parish Lotto

There was no winner of the G.A.A. /Parish Lotto held in Mc Loughlins Drumsna on Sunday night last . The winner of the 50 Euro prize was Tamsin Mc Loughlin.The winners of the lucky dip are as follows Angels and Ciaran Loughnane, Helen Toolan, Thomas Faughnan ( Aughamore ) Helen Dowling. The next draw is in Duignan’s Drumsna with a jackpot of  4,100 Euro.

Carrick Historical Society.

Local man Alf Monaghan is back by popular demand to talk on Monastic Ireland- A gift of the Nile. on Wednesday March 20^th in the Bush Hotel at 8.30pm. His illustrated presentation looks at the early History of Irish Christianity from a Mediterranean perspective. It provides a tantalizing glimpse under the veil of History. It asks many questions and confounds some of the accepted theories about the History of early Christianity. It traces links with ancient Egypt, connects Irish Monasticism with the Desert Fathers and the early Irish Church with the Egyptian Coptic Church. His talk will also look   at the ‘’back story ‘’ to these links, with expanded information on Eastern and North African influences which made Ireland the’’ Insula Sacra’’ of the ancients.

Annaduff G.A.A.

Registration for all male underage players will take place on Sunday next March 17^th from 11 30am until 1pm in the club house Annaduff. Please bring 5Euro reg., fee per player along with date of birth and contact number ( parents number for u6 to u 14 ) for training and text alerts.