Local Notes: New running track at Swinford Amenity Park

Deadline

Items for inclusion in the notes can be submitted by email to ryankneafsey@gmail.com or call/text/WhatsApp 087 7694781 (after 6pm). Deadline for receipt of items is 6.30pm Wednesday evening.

KCC Monthly Bingo Night

The next bingo night will be held in the Turf Shed on Wednesday, November 15, at 8pm. Future bingo nights for your diary include December 6.

KCC Indoor Soccer

Weekly Friday night indoor soccer takes place in Killasser Community Centre with 6pm kick-off. €2 per child or €5 per family.

Quiz Night

The Turf Shed, Killasser will host a table quiz on Saturday, November 25, at 8pm. Proceeds from the quiz will go towards the senior parishioner’s Christmas dinner.

Golf Club Card Games

Weekly Card Games in the Golf Club continue every Thursday at 9pm. All welcome.

Killasser Card Games

Monday night card game continues in Killasser Community Centre at 8pm. All welcome including beginners.

Weighbridge

Plans are in place to renovate and refurbish the old Weighbridge building at Lower Brookville Avenue, Swinford. Efforts are being made to find out the history of the weighbridge and any stories about this historic piece of the town’s history would be particularly welcome. For further details contact Joe Mellett.

Coolegrane Lights

Coolegrane Lights will be switched on Friday, December 8, at 7pm. All proceeds this year will go to Mayo/Roscommon Hospice Palliative Care Service.

Fundraising concert in Knock Basilica

A Christmas Spectacular in Knock Basilica on Friday, December 1. An evening of songs of Faith, Hope and Love, and Christmas. Featuring Margo, Philomena Begley, Donna Taggart, John McNicholl and Marc Roberts. Also featuring Una Nolan and Schola Cantorum Basilicae. Tickets €30 available from ticketmaster.ie handling fee may apply. Limited number of tickets available from Mary McNicholas in Victim Assistance Head Office. This special event will raise funds for Victim Assistance, supporting victims of crime and trauma victims in Ireland. Doors open at 6.30pm and the show begins at 8pm.

More information from Victim Assistance Head Office, Kiltimagh. Tel: 094 9000 251/ 1800 277 477.

Swinford Go Getters

Swinford Go Getters host activator pole instruction in the Cultural Centre Swinford each Thursday from 1.30 to 2.30pm and the cost is €4. It is good exercise to keep participants fit. On the first Thursday of each month from 12.30 to 1.30pm there will be a games session e.g. Boccia, Skittles, Parachute etc. Refreshments are served and for more information contact Ann at 087 7459089 or Bridie 087 9049723.

Floral demonstration

Swinford and District Gardening Club and Swinford Camera Club will hold a charity Christmas Floral Demonstration in aid of Irish Cancer Night Nursing Palliative Care Service. It will take place in the Cultural Centre at 8pm on Tuesday, December 5. Further information will be given in the coming weeks.

One Act Drama Festival

Cloonacool Players open Tubbercurry One Act Drama Festival on Thursday, November 16, with their powerful rendering of Malachy McKenna’s ‘The Quiet Land’. An outstanding play with equally outstanding performances from Martin McIntyre and Dennis Ross.

Lotto

The numbers drawn in the Swinford Community lotto draw held last week were 3, 7, 13 and 30. There was no jackpot winner. €70 vouchers were won by Una McInerney, Santa Maria Terrace and Ann Taylor, Killasser; €35 was won by Syndicate, c/o Horkans; P, H, c/o Horkans; Ash, Callum and Fiona, c/o Tara Café; Declan Munnelly, Swinford and Kathryn Gavaghan, Cloonlara. The jackpot is now €8,400.

Sympathy

Sympathy is extended to the families and friends of John McLoughlin, Derryronane, Swinford; Nora (Noreen) Shovlin (nee Peyton), Dromadaduke, Killasser, Swinford; Martin Holleran, Lislackagh, Swinford and formerly of Carrabawn, Aghamore; John Durkan, Newcastle, U.K. and formerly of Ardhoom, Meelick, Swinford; Raymond (Ray) Chuck, Woodlark, Cloonfinish, Swinford and formerly of Gravesend, Kent, England; John Mc Donnell, Cloonaghaboy, Swinford and formerly of Carn, Charlestown and John Foy, Oldcastle, Meelick, Swinford, formerly of Bohomore, Balla and Chicago USA.

May they rest in peace.

GAA 50/50 draw

Congratulations to Michael Walsh who was last week’s winner of the Swinford GAA 50/50 draw held in Moores. Michael won €411.

Christmas Market

The annual two-day Christmas Market will take place on Saturday, December 2 and Sunday, December 3, in the Cultural Centre.

Brass and Reed Band

Foxford Brass and Reed Band will host an open night for youth aged between 9 and 18 years in the Band Room (the former County Courthouse) Main Street, Foxford on Thursday, November 16, at 5pm. This is a great opportunity to try an instrument and maybe take up a new hobby.

Light of Love

The Butterfly Garden is organising the Light of Love this year in the lead up to Christmas. It will be possible to sponsor a Light of Love in memory of someone who has passed away or in honour of someone going through a tough time due to illness, bereavement etc. All names for which lights are sponsored are entered into a Special Register and will be remembered at the Light of Love Mass on December 22, at 10am in Swinford Church. The Light of Love Christmas Tree will be lit up in early December on a date to be confirmed.

All proceeds in aid of The Butterfly Garden Maintenance Fund.

Payment for a Light of Love can be made via Revolut, PayPal or cash on delivery for local deliveries. To order a Light, you can private message The Butterfly Garden Facebook page or call/text Anita McNicholas O’Sullivan 087 9794338, Natasha Durkan Ginty 086 3622522 or Emma Kirrane 083 1229823.

Rosary

The rosary will be recited in the following locations on Sunday, November 19; Workhouse Cemetery at 1pm, Midfield Cemetery at 3.30pm and Kinaffe Cemetery at 4.15pm.

KCC 50/50 draw

Congratulations to Euan O’Grady who was the October winner of the Killasser Community Centre 50/50 draw winning €600. €20 spot prizes were won by Frank Heaney and Beatrice Goldrick. The November Draw will be held on Saturday, December 2.

Meelick Card results

Results of the games played in Meelick on Tuesday, November 7. Card winners were; Brian McNulty, Mary Higgins, Dette Ryder, Charlie Murphy, Aidan Horkan, Helen Gallogly, Peter Geraghty and Margaret Waters. Raffle prizes were won by Virginia Heeran, Jimmy Lynskey, John Gallagher, Michael Ward and Matt Duggan. Games continue in Meelick Community Centre every Tuesday at 9pm. All welcome.

Bohola

Mayo People of the Year Award 2023

Congratulations to the committee of the Bohola Post Commemorative Edition on being selected for a Mayo People of the Year Award 2023. This prestigious Award will be presented to them at a gala banquet on Friday, November 17, in Breaffy House Hotel, Castlebar. Well done to all concerned.

Annual General Meeting

The 2023 Bohola Moy Davitts annual general meeting will be held on Sunday, November 26, at 5pm in Straide Hall.

Raffle

The Durkan Bohola Community Park are holding a raffle: 1st prize 2 tickets to Manchester United v Bayern Munich Champions League in Old Trafford on Wednesday, December 12, at 8pm. €250 cash to go towards flights, hospitality opens at 5 and includes a free bar, 3 course dinner, match day programmes, 2 x top class seats to watch a must win match for United to qualify for the next round of the champions league. Tickets are €10 each or 3 for €20 and are available from Clarkes shop, The Village Inn or any committee member. The draw will take place in The Village Inn, Bohola on November 18, at 9pm. Money raised goes directly into the development of the park. Lots of other prizes on the night, including prizes from Corduff Travel and Westport house.

Social Bingo

Social bingo continues in The Sheridan Memorial Community Centre Bohola every Monday night commencing at 9pm. Books are €5 each. Tea and sandwiches available on the night.

Christmas Market

Bohola Christmas Market will be held on Sunday, December 3, in The Sheridan Memorial Community Centre from 6-8pm. Stallholders wanted email sheridanmccbohola@gmail.com. Tables €20.

Income Tax Rebate

Income Tax Rebate Forms are available in the church. The church as a charitable organisation can claim back the tax you have already paid on church donations. So if you are a PAYE or self-employed worker and have paid €250 or more to the church in the tax year, fill in one of the forms and return it to the Parochial House at your earliest convenience. From our records we will fill in the amount donated. It will cost you nothing but will add to parish funds. The relevant form, CHY3, is an Enduring Certificate for a period of 5 years. It can also be downloaded from the revenue.ie website. Thanks in anticipation.

Cemetery Rosaries

Cemetery Rosaries for all our dead will be recited in St Joseph’s Cemetery after Mass next Sunday, November 19, and in the old graveyard after Mass on Sunday, November 26. As always the weather will have the final say.

Moy Davitts draw

Congratulations to Brian Reape who won a jackpot of €352 in the Moy Davitts 50/50 draw on Saturday, November 4. A huge thank you to everyone who supported the draw, it is greatly appreciated. Tickets are available in the usual retail outlets and by clicking https://smartlotto.ie/Bohola-moy-davitts.

Bohola sports

A soccer and basketball registration and information evening (1st-6th class) will be held in Bohola Community Centre, on Sunday, November 12, at 6.30pm. Games will commence on Thursday, November 30, from 6.30pm - 8.30pm and will continue every Thursday and Friday thereafter.