Local Notes: Celebration for Claremorris store manager
Eilish Mulvilhill, store manager, Aldi, Claremorris, celebrates with colleagues after she marked 20 years with the company, 17 of them in Claremorris.
Congratulations are extended to Eilish Mulvihill, the manager of the Aldi store in Claremorris, who celebrated 20 years with the company last week.
Eilish, who is originally from Ballincrossig, Causeway, Co Kerry, initially worked for three years at the Castlebar store before moving to Claremorris, and has been manager since the local branch opened in 2007.
Staff describe Eilish as a very friendly and kind manager and a pleasure to work with. Customers know Eilish for her politeness, smile and helpfulness, which is the hallmark of the staff at the store. Eilish is obviously setting the example, which is carried through by all the staff.
Eilish originally arrived in Mayo to study at the then GMIT campus in Castlebar. When she successfully completed her degree in heritage studies, Eilish took a job with Aldi. She instantly liked the company and has stayed with them ever since.
There was a presentation to mark Eilish’s commitment and 20 years of service at the Claremorris store last week, with Donald MacKay, Managing Director, Aldi Ireland and UK and Mark Johnson, Store Operations Director, in attendance.
Eilish lives in Westport and welcomes the opening of the new road which has significantly shortened her commute time.
The community wishes Eilish and all the Aldi team the best for the future.
Claremorris GAA club had a fine win in the opening round of the Mayo Senior Championship when they overcame Belmullet by 0-21 to 2-13 last week.
The team has generated a new excitement with the quality of the younger players coming through, and they didn’t disappoint the huge local crowd. The youngest player on the field, 17-year old Darragh Beirne, put on an outstanding display scoring seven points – five of them from open play. Beirne was unmarkable, especially in the second half and put in a man-of-the-match performance.
The other scorers were Niall Hurley 0-5, Paul Gilmore 0-2, James Shaughnessy, Conor McGuinness, David O’Reilly, Darragh Fallon, Cathal Joyce, Padraig Cummins and Rio Mortimer, all of whom scored a point each. The team face another tough challenge when they travel to Knockmore on Saturday to meet the locals in round two of their Group Three campaign. Knockmore surprisingly lost their opening match to Ballaghaderreen by a point.
The town was saddened to hear of the passing of John Fitzpatrick, of Barr na Haille, last week.
John died peacefully at Mayo University Hospital, surrounded by his family. He was predeceased by his parents Michael and Mary, his brothers Michael and Martin Tim, and will be sadly missed by his wife Dympna, son Alan, brother James, sisters in the United Kingdom Chris, Rita, Anna, Kathleen, Teresa and Patricia (Donegal), brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces and nephews.
John was laid to rest in St Colman’s Cemetery following Funeral Mass on Monday, August 19th.
The winner of last week’s GAA 50/50 was Sarah Heaney who won €802, with the winning entry sold in PJ Byrne's.
Sarah comes from a family of 50/50 winners in Meelickmore. Her brother Donal won €2,141 on the August bank holiday draw and another brother, Seán, won €866 in April. Their mother, Carmel, won the draw a few years ago.
The 50/50 draw means there are winners every week, with the club knowing exactly what its income from the draw is, and the winnings usually going back into the community, or in this case the same family. The club uses the funds to part-finance the running of their pitches and many teams across all age groups.
The community is saddened to hear of the passing of Mary Kate Maughan, Barr na Haille.
Mary Kate, who was a popular woman in the town, died peacefully in the Claremount Nursing Home and was surrounded by her family at the time of her passing.
Mary Kate was predeceased by her husband Owen and sons Tom and Willie. She will be sadly missed by her daughters Anne, Mary and Margaret, sons Pat, Owen, John, Martin, Michael Paul, Terry and James, daughters-in-law, sons-in-law, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, relatives, neighbours and her many friends in the community.
Mary Kate was laid to rest in St Colman’s Cemetery following Requiem Mass on Wednesday, August 21st.
Rehearsals are underway for Claremorris Drama Group’s next play, ‘Home is the Hero’ which they plan to stage in February.
The play was written by Walter Macken and is set in Galway in the 1930s. It was first performed in The Abbey in 1952. The play has a cast of ten.
The play will be directed by Pat Doyle and its selection is a departure from the group’s traditional production of all-out comedies. The group produces plays for the benefit of local charities and has traditionally performed in Claremorris, Garrymore and Ballyhaunis.
The death has occurred of Patrick Joseph Keown, better known as Pat, of Ballyhaunis Road, Claremorris.
Pat was an extremely popular retired garda who joined the force in 1963 and served in Ballycroy, Charlestown and Kilkelly, before being stationed in Claremorris in 1966. He retired 30 years later.
Pat was a man for the people and went about his work in a very caring, sympathetic and simple way, and was a great community man.
He was formerly of Erne Street, Ballyshannon, Co Donegal and died peacefully surrounded by his family on August 19th at his home, following a short illness.
Pat will be sadly missed by his wife Frances, adored daughter Cathy, sons Desmond (Castlebar,) and Nigel (Letterkenny), daughters-in-law Mary and Cecelia, son-in-law Brian and six grandchildren, his sister Mary, brothers-in-law Brendan, Michael and Freddie, sisters-in-law Carmel, Betty and Ann.
He will be missed too by wider family, friends, neighbours and former colleagues of An Garda Síochána, who formed a guard of honour on Pat’s journey to his final resting place, St Colman’s Cemetery.
Claremorris Camera Club’s next meeting is on Tuesday, September 3rd, in Claremorris Town Hall.
The club meets on the first and third Tuesday of each month at 8pm, and the annual general meeting will be held on September 17th.
The club caters for photographers of all levels and new members are welcome. The club arranges events for its members and sets a photographic challenge at meetings. The photographs captured are viewed at the following meetings and it all happens in a relaxed atmosphere with tea and coffee.
Anyone interested in joining or just popping for a look are welcome.
Sympathy is extended to Catherine Goulding, Árd Rua and her partner, Michael Staid, on the passing of her father, Noel Goulding of Currisloustia, Ballinlough, Co Roscommon.
Noel died peacefully at Mayo University Hospital on August 16th surrounded by his family. Noel was predeceased by his son Patrick (2010) twin brother John Joe, mother Kate and father John. He will be sadly missed by his wife Ann, daughters Ann Marie, Catherine and Margaret, sons John Paul and Michael, sons-in-law Dylan Trindle and Michael Staid, daughters-in-law Andrea and Marta and 13 grandchildren, his sisters Kathleen Raftery (Ballinlough), Peggy Goulding (Manchester), Mary Foulds (Manchester), brothers Jimmy (Ballyhaunis), Michael and Kevin (Birmingham), brother-in-law and sisters-in-law, nieces and nephews, relatives and friends.
Noel was laid to rest at Granlahan Cemetery after Funeral Mass in St Patrick’s Church.
Infinity Photo Group, a not-for-profit organisation which specialises in photographic events and education, will be holding classes at the Infinity Photo Studio, Lakeside Retail Park, commencing in mid-September.
The courses on offer are Introduction to Photography, Photography for Improvers and Introduction to Adobe Photoshop for Photographers. The courses will run one session per week, for 12 weeks. The environment includes a mixture of theory and practice in a fun atmosphere and participants should build a nice body of work over the 12 weeks. Contact for the group is through their website or Facebook page.
The community extends it sympathies and condolences to Cora Judge, Rooskeybeg, and the Judge family, on the recent passing of Cora’s father, Martin Fleming of Brackloon, Charlestown. Martin was in 98th year and was surrounded by his family at his time of death.
Martin was predeceased by his wife Bernadine and daughters Marion (Marren) and Gabrielle (Mason). He will be sadly missed and remembered by his daughters Cora, Geraldine Gossard (Heuston), Bernie Heraty (Westport), Paula O'Connell (Cork), sons Tom (Ballintubber) and Martin (Brackloon) 33 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren, sons-in-law, daughter-in-law, large circle of relations, friends and neighbours.
Martin was laid to rest in Charlestown Cemetery.
Claremorris Golf Club is inviting anyone interested to join them in the grand opening of their new Practice Area, on Friday next, August 30th at the course.
The club is hosting a champagne reception and finger food will be available. The club will also hold a Mega Scramble on the day with €10 fee, which covers the Scramble entry fee, and burger and chips from their chef Caelainn afterwards, when, no doubt, they will have worked up an appetite.
The Scramble is open to members and guests. The new practice area will give people who might be thinking of taking up the game an opportunity to have a go in a relaxed environment and will also give existing golfers a chance to work on various aspects of their game.
John Corless is the Western People's new correspondent in Claremorris. He can be contacted by email at johncorless100@gmail.com or by telephone/WhatsApp at 087-9843900.
