Church News

There will be  Mass and Exposition in Drumsna on Friday November 27th at 7pm. Holy Hour duty Maureen Quigley , Mary Khaleel.

9.30am Mass Sunday November 15th Reader Thomas Duignan , Ministers Margaret Collum, Thomas Duignan.

Church Collectors for November, Micheal O’ Dowd , John Mc Nulty.

Chhurch Collectors for December William Guckian, Sonny Moran

Altar Society For November  Maureen Quigley, Eimear Quigley.

Altar society for December, Ella Gannon , Colleen Guckian.

Christmas Nativity Play.

There will be a practice for the Annual Christmas Nativity play at Christmas Eve Mass in Drumsna on this Sunday November 29^th immediately after the 9.30am Mass .

Heart Testing.

Heart testing at The Nature  Trail Health shop in Mohill tales place on this Saturday November 28^th and in Ballinamore on Saturday December 5^th. This test could save your life. Bookingg is essential. Contact 087

9766738 or 071 96 31818.

Social Dancing

There will be dancing  in  Duignan’s Lounge  Drumsna on Friday November 27th   with music by ‘’The Drifting Cowboy’’ , and music on Sunday night November 29th in Fitzpatrick’s Lounge Mohill with music by Con Kelly.

Bingo.

Bingo continues in the Centre Drumsna on this Thursday November 25th  at  8.30pm. Last week’s winners include Eileen O’ Brien.Gerry Rynn . Raffle  Marie Meehan, Catherine O’ Dowd, Michael Mahon, Free voucher for Bingo in Boyle Marian Casserly.  Free books , Kathleen Moran, Majella Reynolds.

Golden Age Meeting.

The next Golden age meeting is on to-day Wednesday November 25th . Please bring your scripts for the  Christmas play. The Shannonside broadcast from the Drumsna Community and Resource  Centre on Wednesday last was a great success. An early breakfast was enjoyed by all and presenters Rachel Hardiman and James King really enjoyed themselves chatting to everyone. Lorraine Mulvey, Manager of the Resource Centre gave a brief run down on the many activities and services provided by the centre daily, Councillor Sinead Guckian spoke of the founding of the centre and the history of the many ups and downs on the way to securing the site initially, the funding, and eventually the building of a very unique Community Centre, members of The Golden Age group i.e Ella Gannon  spoke about the Famous ‘’Maggies Golden Brack’’ which got us on to the radio in the first place, Colleen Guckian P.R. O. Went through many of the various activities , outings etc that the group have been involved in over the past thirteen years, Chairperson  John Waller spoke of his happiness and contentment of living and putting down roots in this area after travelling around the World and living in many different exotic places, the tidy Towns  Chairperson Geraldine Monaghan outlined the history of the committee and the many historical links that the village has, Christine Early called in on her way to school and requested that all her pals in Annaduff national school be remembered.

Maggie Reilly the oldest member of the golden Age group sang in a very strong voice’’ If I were a blackbird’’ while everyone joined in the Chorus,  Ray Gannon from Gannon’s Eggs presented Ella, representing the group, with a cheque for one hundred Euro for the best barm brack in the Shannonside region, He also presented everyone in the audience with some Gannon’s Fresh eggs.There were plenty of requests played and the atmosphere was happy and lively even though some of us  on breakfasts were up at 5am. Thank you to Rachel Hardiman and James King from Shannonside to their technician John and to everyone who turned up on Wednesday last. God only knows what we’ll get up to next!

Annaduff G.A.A. Strictly come Dancing.

Annaduff does strictly come dancing- We are nearly there and after many weeks of laughter sweat and tears our strictly team are good to go!1 On the stage at  The Landmark Hotel Carrick on this Friday November 27^th, 16 couples will dazzle in front of a huge audience.  Tickets for this spectacular show are like gold dust!! There will be a number of 10 Euro tickets for club 360 available to the public . These tickets include entry into 360 where the Gala will be shown live on the big screen, entry to the after party with live band and a D.J. so you can dance into the early hours. Wishing all of the dancers the best of luck. Brilliant entertainment promised. See feature for more details.

Adult painting.

Adult painting in oils and acrylics with Noreen Gaffney will commence in Drumsna community centre on Tuesday November 10^th from 7pm until 9pm.. To Register or for further information contact 96 25782.

 Golden Age Christmas Party.

The Annual Golden Age Christmas Party for the senior members of the Parish and surrounds will be held in the Bush hotel Carrick-on-Shannon on Sunday December 6th at 2.30pm. with 4 course meal, Dancing to ‘’The Drifting cowboy’’, Raffles , spot prizes and of course  the usual piece of drama’’ Beware of Safety’’ by the Golden age Group. A very merry day is assured .All Welcome.