Local Notes: Claremorris students pay tribute to retiring teacher
Members of the Student Council at Mount St Michael Secondary School presented Ms Nora Power with flowers on the occasion of her retirement. Picture: Trish Forde
There is a lot of disappointment in Claremorris that local Fine Gael councillor Tom Connolly failed to be elected to one of the six seats in the Claremorris Electoral Area of Mayo County Council.
Tom was first elected to the council in 2004 and successfully returned in the elections of 2009, 2014 and 2019. He lost out narrowly to Aontú's Paul Lawless.
Tom was a very hard-working public representative who put his heart and soul into his work. He can be very proud of his legacy, having diligently represented Claremorris over the last 20 years and the town is certainly all the better for Tom's outstanding contribution to public life.
The Parish Cemetery Masses are scheduled for the first three Wednesday evenings in July. All Masses will be at 7.30pm.
The Masses are as follows: July 3 – Barnacarroll Cemetery; July 10 – St Colman’s Cemetery; July 17 – Ballinasmalla Cemetery.
Congratulations to the six candidates who were elected for the Claremorris electoral area - Cllr Patsy O’Brien (Independent), Cllr Richard Finn (Independent), Cllr Damien Ryan (Fianna Fáil), Cllr Alma Gallagher (Fine Gael), Cllr Paul Lawless (Aontú) and Cllr Michael Burke (Fine Gael).
In particular, we extend congratulations to Alma Gallagher and Paul Lawless who are both first-time councillors.
Entries for the Residents’ Estates Tidy Towns Competition must be submitted by Wednesday, June 19. The winner will be announced by the end of September 2024 with a trophy and prizes for the winner. See the Tidy Towns Facebook page for more details.
Claremorris AC is running a summer camp from July 8th to 12th from 10am to 2pm daily. Hurdles, sprints, relays, long jump, high jump and throws – there will be so much included in a fun-packed week. Book now on www.athleticsireland.ie or call 087-6484633.
The No Name Club is a charity dedicated to supporting teenagers aged 15 to 18. They are currently looking for enthusiastic individuals who are interested in volunteering to make a positive impact on the youth in their community and interested in enabling a youth club for young people. If interested, contact Ehtan by email at ejordan@nonameclub.ie.
Claremorris Tidy Towns have appealed to all local and European candidates to remove all posters and cable ties as soon as possible before the Tidy Towns adjudication.
The Claremorris Tidy Towns also cleaned the town last week. There were bins washed, pay stations/poles cleaned, weeding and sweeping. New faces are always welcome - weekly updates on their Facebook page.
The Claremorris Agricultural Show 2024 is now taking bookings for trade stands. Contact Maureen at 087-9241450 as soon as possible as spaces are limited.
It has been announced that Muire Gan Smál Primary School will amalgamate with Claremorris Boys School and become known as ‘Claremorris National School’ this coming September.
Muire Gan Smál Primary School said in a statement: “The name may be changing but the love and care we have for the pupils who pass through our doors will remain the same.”
A mid-summer night’s walk will take place in Claremorris to raise funds for Cancer Fund for Children. The walk is on Friday, June 21, from 6 to 9.30pm in Clare Lake, Claremorris.
A great day was had at the Men’s Health Day in Claremorris last Wednesday. Thanks to all for attending!
Huge congratulations to the Claremorris Boys NS who won the Cumann na mBunscol Mayo Final in MacHale Park.
Well done to the Claremorris swimmers who competed and won medals at the recent All-Ireland Community Games in Kilkenny, including a gold for the girls under-16 relay team.
Huge well done to Claremorris AFC players Sive Flanagan, Lucy McDermott, and Caoimhe Kitching for representing the Mayo Gaynor Cup Squad.
Mayo had a 3-0 win over Longford and a penalty shootout win over Wexford to see them finish fifth out of 27 teams.
Congratulations to Jacqueline Killeen who was the winner of Claremorris Leisure Centre’s Summer Activities competition.
Jacqueline has won a place in any one of their Summer Activities classes.
Mayo Athletics Club said that last week’s Claremorris 5k was a “magnificent finale to the 2024 Intersport Elverys Mayo AC 5k Series".
The runners were blessed with a wonderful sunny evening - there was an atmosphere of excitement and anticipation as over 200 runners gathered at the start line. Well done to all!
Congratulations to Emmet Byrne who won the recent Claremorris GAA 50/50 Lotto.
Emmett picked up his prize of €800 - the winning ticket was sold in Daily’s Newsagent.
Claremorris will have a First Aid Responder course starting on June 18th. The public will have a reduced rate of €50 per person - down from €225. Message Claremorris Red Cross if you are interested.
It has been announced that there will be a Roleplaying Game Club in Claremorris - if interested, contact Claremorris Family Resource Centre for further details at info@claremorrisfrc.ie or phone 094-9377838.
Auditions take place tonight (June 18) to be part of Claremorris Town Hall Theatre’s Panto Family for 2024. Best of luck to all taking part!
Congratulations to Catherine Cosgrove who was the latest spot-prize winner in St Colman's College Lotto. Her son David, a first-year student in the college, accepted her prize from principal Roy Hession.
Congratulations are also extended to Ruairi Staunton and Eoghan O'Hare who were joint recipients of this year's Junior Woodwork Project at the annual Awards Day. They received their awards from Sean Foody and Gareth Duggan.
Well done to Patrick Sweeney Jnr who defeated Jason McGann in the Week 3 final of Claremorris Darts Summer Singles to make it back-to-back weekly wins. Sweeney threw an 11-dart leg in the semi-final and a 156 checkout in the final.
Women’s Collective Ireland is hosting a cancer awareness event with The Marie Keating Foundation on Thursday, June 27th.
The event will commence with a presentation from a specialist nurse from the Marie Keating Foundation starting at 10.15am in Cúram.
The topics covered will include skin cancer and lung cancer, signs and symptoms, awareness etc.
Following on from the information session, the Marie Keating Mobile Information Unit will be at Curam from 11am to 2pm for people to speak in private about any concerns that they may have about cancer.
