Local notes: Walkers to benefit from Foxford funding
Local music teacher Tommy Doherty with some of his youngest students who entertained the crowds at this year's St Patrick's Day parade in Foxford.
€262,500 in funding has just been allocated to nine outdoor recreation trails/walking projects in Mayo, with the Cullonaughton section of the Foxford Way Looped Walk among them. A total of €30,000 has been awarded to the Mayo North East Leader Partnership under the Outdoor Recreation Small Grants for the purpose of improvement works to the popular looped walk which attracts numerous visitors daily.
“I am delighted that this funding has been allocated to upgrade these walks and trails,” said Michael Ring TD who confirmed the news.
“Mayo has an abundance of natural amenities and established walking trails. The enhancement and upgrade works being funded will provide a boost to these local economies by attracting visitors and furthering Mayo’s reputation as a destination for adventure tourism.
“I would encourage everyone to make the most of what our county has to offer,” concluded Deputy Ring.
Freya Connolly, Peatland and Paludiculture Officer with The Rivers Trust, is seeking out any farmers or landowners in the Foxford area who might be interested in having a chat about a new form of agriculture on peatlands called Paludiculture. The Rivers Trust is looking to work with a farmer or landowner around the River Moy with some bogland which they may have drained in the past and now don't know what to do with, or who maybe are looking to diversify and create a new source of income for the farm.
If it sounds like something you could be interested in or if you want to learn more, Freya can be contacted at 087-7405181 or at freya.connolly@theriverstrust.org.
A commemorative Mass to celebrate 50 years of Moy Davitts GAA Club has been confirmed as taking place at 7.30pm on Friday, April 19 in St Michael’s Church, Foxford. All club members invited.
If you would like to be involved in the Mass itself, please contact Teresa at 087-2069083.
The best of luck to the under-11 footballers of Moy Davitts GAA Club who, very excitingly, have been invited to participate in games at Croke Park this Wednesday, April 3.
The funeral Mass took place in Foxford last Wednesday of John Gaughan. Originally of Market Square, John was a popular and widely-known former employee of Eircom. He resided with his wife Mary in Gorse Grove and passed peacefully last week, surrounded by his family, at The Mayo Hospice in Castlebar.
Predeceased by his parents John and Bridgie, John will be dearly missed by his wife Mary, his daughters Niamh and Finola, brother Martin, sisters Mary, Ann and Martina, granddaughter Saoirse, his sons in-law Andy and Cathal, his nephews, nieces, in-laws, relatives, neighbours, a large circle of friends and by his loyal dog Alfie.
Huge crowds turned up to pay their respects as John lay in repose at Clarke’s Funeral Home, Foxford last Tuesday evening. His burial after funeral Mass at St Michael’s Church last Wednesday was at Craggagh Cemetery.
May he rest in peace.
The death occurred in the loving care of the staff of the Blackrocks Nursing Home, Foxford last week of Emily Hanahoe from Barrack Road, Foxford.
Emily, who was predeceased by her parents Bertie and Mary and her sister Mary, will be forever loved and sadly missed by her brothers and sisters John, Mairead, Pauline and Bert, her many nieces and nephews, sisters in-law Sue and Attracta, brother in-law Tom, her neighbours and friends.
Emily lay in repose at the residence of her brother and sister in-law Bert and Attracta Hanahoe, Belgarrow, last Tuesday evening while her funeral Mass was celebrated at St Michael’s Church on Wednesday afternoon with burial afterwards at Craggagh Cemetery.
May she rest in peace.
Anyone who wants to know how to grow their own vegetables might like to avail of a free six-week practical organic horticulture course that is soon to get underway at the North Mayo Heritage Centre in Enniscoe, near Crossmolina.
You will learn how to sow, plant and grow your own veg and herbs using organic principles in the centre’s two acre garden. You will even take home what you grow!
The course is being funded through the Community Education Programme of the Mayo Sligo Leitrim ETB and participants will gain knowledge of how to successfully sow seeds and grow in whatever type of space you have, how to choose the best veg varieties and how to grow them as a beginner, the importance of soil and how to improve, fix or feed it, composting, pest and weed identification, starting out tools and equipment, and about polytunnel and glasshouse growing.
The start date is Saturday, April 20 and the course will run from 10am to 2pm over six consecutive Saturdays.
For further details contact 096-31809. The course is open to over 18s only.
Congratulations to Mairead Gallagher, Foxford who won a jackpot of €413 on the Moy Davitts 50/50 lotto draw.
The draws for the 2024 Mayo GAA Club Championships were held last Wednesday night.
Moy Davitts have been drawn in Group 1 of the intermediate championship alongside Louisburgh, against whom they will open their campaign at home against, Crossmolina Deel Rovers, who they will travel to play in Round 2 while the final group game will be against last season’s Connacht junior champions Lahardane MacHales, on neutral turf.
Meanwhile, Moy Davitts ‘B’ have been drawn against the ‘B’ teams of Claremorris, Aghamore and Westport in Group A of the Primary Junior ‘A’ Championship, with their opening game being away to Claremorris.
Moy Davitts recorded an impressive 5-11 to 4-09 victory at home to Hollymount-Carramore in the County U16 Division 4 League last Thursday evening.
Extra help is being sought for the cleaning of St Michael’s Church. If you think you could join the current group of volunteers and give a couple of hours every few months, Fr Padraig would love to hear from you.
The latest winners of S&F United’s weekly 50/50 draws are Margaret Herrera, Foxford (€115) and former player Anthony Deacy, Sydney (€100). Congratulations to both.
Fox-rot, a 5k and 10k run, will go ahead in Foxford on Sunday, April 28. Pencilled in as a replacement to the ‘Run for Boylo’, the 10k event will offer cash prizes to the winners while both that and the 5k will be held over a flat, chip-timed course.
It is planned to get the racing underway at 12.30pm.
