Church News.

There will be Mass in Drumsna on Friday evening at 7pm followed by Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, holy hour duty Teresa Moran and Sarah Gill

9:30am Mass Sunday September 8^th Reader Teasie Mc Loughhlin, Ministers Eileen Lavin and Bernie Daniels.

Church Collectors for September Paddy Guckian and Padraig Dunne

Altar Society, Teresa Moran and Chris Murray.

Bingo

Bingo continues in the Centre Drumsna on Thursday night at 9pm.Last weeks winners included Noel Mc Dermott, Rosemary Casserly. Raffle Maura Mahon, Margaret Butler, Maureen Mc Loughlin. Free  books Francis Conboy; Mona Foley.

Anthony Trollope Summer School

The 3^rd International Anthony Trollope  Summer School will be opened by the Cathaoirleach of Leitrim Co. Council  Councillor Sean Mc Dermott followed by a reception in The Community Centre Drumsna on next Friday evening Sept 6^th at 7pm. Mr Joe Dolan, Carrick, will be presented with a painting of Anthony Trollope by local Artist Sinead Guckian for the Trollope room in the Bush Hotel. Mr Joe Flynn will also be in attendance for the signing of his uncle’s book on Leitrim which will be presented to the guest speakers on Saturday. The Leitrim Rose Edwina Guckian will also be in attendance. Light refreshments will be served. Everyone is welcome and please take this as your invitation.

On Saturday in conjunction with the Carrick 400 Anniversary and the Gathering the lectures will take place on Saturday in the Bush Hotel. There will be a special Trollope themed dinner also in the Bush Hotel on Saturday night with local singer /songwriter/musician Fionnuala Maxwell performing in Irish traditional Fashion and our After Dinner speaker is Mr Howard Gregg.

On Sunday the hardier of us will walk  the Trollope trail from Drumsna out to Ballycloran led Noel Duignan before we say good bye to our fellow Trollopians.

More Information here

Painting Classes.

Adult painting classes with Noreen Gaffney commence in the Centre Drumsna on Tuesday night September 10^th. To Register contact Martina /Roz at 96 25782

Rugby

Carrick-on-Shannon Rugby Club are looking for recruits in the youth and mini section of the club. It is for young boys and girls from Co. Leitrim and it’s environs who wish to take up Rugby. This is a great sport for children who can learn a team sport and keep fit over the Winter months. The club is non profit making and Rugby is not as tough as you might think. So why not come along and give it a try. Check out www.carrickrugbyclub.ie or call 086 3867960 for more info.

Rose Planting Ceremony

The Leitrim Rose Edwina Guckian was welcomed back to her Native village of Drumsna by Councillor Sinead Guckian on Saturday last. A large crowd watched as Edwina planted a Rose bush on the village green . A marble plaque marks the spot for posterity. Thanks is extended to Father John Wall P.P. Annaduff who gave the Blessing,  to Fergal O’ Dowd,  Monumental Stone works for a great job at short notice , to Geraldine and Damien Monaghan Drumsna Garden Centre  for their advice and assistance , to Fred and Damien Gill  and Mollie the horse who brought Edwina along in great style and to everyone who came along to support Edwina’s homecoming. Edwina’s Rose Bush and commemorative plaque is in good company on the green with the Tree and plaque of President Mary Mc Aleese 2007, and our time capsule which was put down on Dec 31 1999 to be lifted by the villagers on December 31^st 2099. More Photos

Well done to all concerned for a lovely ceremony.

Leitrim Sub Aqua Swim/Snorkel.

Our Leitrim Rose Edwina had a busy day on Saturday as she left the Rose planting to open the swim and snorkel day at the Quay side. Fr John Wall also had a busy day as he performed a Baptism at 1pm , the blessing of the Rose tree at 1.30pm and the Blessing of the swimmers at 2pm. all of which gathered momentum as the day went on . We then travelled to Jamestown for the great swim off in which up to 60 swimmers some as young as 6 years swam  from Jamestown weir around the loop and back to Drumsna ,the first swimmer in took just 42 minutes. Every Swimmer got a resounding round of applause as he or she reached the finish at Drumsna where a monster Bar-B-que took place . The Boxty and burgers were a welcome sight after the murky waters of the Shannon. Music was played by John O’ Dowd.

The evening’s entertainment was in Duignan’s lounge with Music by John Cronogue and Veronica. There were Spot prizes galore and a great night was had by all.

G.A.A./Parish Lotto.

There was no winner of the G.A.A. /Parish lotto held in Cox’s Steak House Dromod on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 1 ; 12 ; 17 ; 20. The winner of the 50 Euro was Mary Shanley. The winners of the lucky dip are as follows, Joe Toolan , Jonathon Conroy, Mary Harte, Rose Mc Weeney. The next draw is in Mc Loughlin’s Drumsna with a jackpot of 5,300 Euro.

Wedding Bells.

Congratulations are extended to Julie Lombard and Jurgon Wolensky on their recent marriage. The beautiful bride accompanied by her father Mr. Tom Lombrd arrived on a specially decorated donkey cart driven by a local jarvey. The very moving ceremony took place in the couple’s specially decorated yard .The Bride was dressed in vintage silk  with a hand made head piece. Over 200 guests travelled from all over the world to attend. Neighbours from Annaduff glebe and surrounds came on foot. The food was supplied by Manfred’s Coothall and the beer and wine flowed long after day light. The entertainment was second to none with a disco by Smilie Sweeney and a traditional session in the barn with many singers, story tellers and other entertainment. The likes of this wedding has never been seen before in the glebe and everyone agreed that it was a wonderful experience.

We wish Julie and Jurgon many years of happiness together and hope that they will be in this area for a long time to come.