Croagh Patrick
Bagenalstown Parish Pilgrimage to Croagh Patrick takes place on Saturday September 4 and Sunday 5. Bus will leave outside Parish Church at 5.00am on Saturday morning and climb Croagh Patrick, with Mass celebrated at the top with Fr Paddy Byrne. Overnight in the Park Hotel, Kiltimagh, Co. Mayo and evening meal there. The group will leave after breakfast on Sunday and visit Knock Shrine for Mass, leaving for home early afternoon. Total cost €100. For bookings contact Kathleen Cox—9727303/087-4140747 or Parish Office 9721154. €50 deposit is now required to secure a place.
Bagenalstown August Festival
Just two weeks to go before Festival week-end on Fri. Aug.6,
Sat. Aug.8 and Sun. Aug 9. The organising committee has now
worked out the programme of events for the week-end. The Festival will highlight the town as a lively and entertaining place to visit and it is great to see the town join the growing number of towns and villages around the country who promote community spirit and involvement and showcase their place to visitors through festivals.
Friday
4-8pm. Mullins Fun Fair: 6pm. Half Mile Swim, Chicago Cup for members of Bagenalstown Swimming Club only; 8pm.
Opening of the Festival followed by annual Talent Competition The Festival Factor.
Saturday
9am – 12 noon Country Markets in St. Mary’s School: 10am French Market in Bachelors Walk: 11am – 5pm. Photograph Exhibition in the Estoria Restaurant: 12noon – 6pm Barge trips on the river Barrow (€2): 3pm Children’s karting: 3pm-6pm Vintage Car Display: 3.30pm Walk for Autism: 6.30pm – 8pm Live Entertainment (featuring Michael Joseph from “Fame”);
Sunday
10am. French Market: 11am-3pm R.D.F. Weapons Display:
12noon-6pm. Barge Trips: 12noon-6pm Photographic Exhibition Estoria Restaurant: 12 noon till late Mullins Fun Fair; 12 noon onwards Mechanical Rodeo Bull: 2pm-5pm Open Day Fire Station: 2pm-4pm Puppet Show: 3pm-5pm Children’s Story Telling Caravan: 2pm – 3.30pm Ray Lynam: 3.30pm – 5pm Richie Kavanagh: 4pm Duck Race: 5pm-7pm, Local rock bands: 6pm. Bagenalstown’s Got Talent Junior Factor Talent Competition.
If you are under 16 years and would like to enter the Junior Talent Competition, you can enter by registering before July 31. Contact Dean at 085 1039100.
The success of the Photographic Exhibition will depend on your generosity in lending photographs. You may leave your photographs in an envelope, with your name on the back, into the Library on Main Street to Bernie or Breda. Alternatively you can ring Willie Bambrick at 97 20966, who will arrange to have them collected. This year, thanks to sponsorship from Healy’s Pharmacy, your photos will be copied onto a computer and printed, and the originals will be returned to you immediately.
The format for the Festival Factor will remain the same as previous years with each contestant representing their favoured club or organisation, who will receive the prize money. This year Festival Factor will give three prizes, so three charities will benefit from extra prizes. Anybody can enter, no entry fee, just give your name to Michael or Colette Lakes, Dermot O’Shaughnessy or Hughie Hickey.
Outings
Bagenalstown and District Active Retirement Association is organising two one-day outings during the Summer: Monday August 9 – Rathwood, Monday August 23 – Powerscourt.
Pick up time at 11.30am from the McGrath Hall. Cost €10. Details from Kate on 059-9722903. All are welcome.
Bereaved
Sincere sympathy to Mrs. Betty Lillis, St. Brigid’s Crescent whose sister Kate Kelly, New Road, Leighlinbridge, died
recently.
Killoughternane Mass
The Annual Mass will take place at St. Fortchern’s Well in Killoughternane on Friday, July 30 at 8pm.
Cycling Club
Leisure Cycling Club meets every Sunday morning at 10am at the Fire Station. If you are interested in doing a long or short cycle contact Jamesy Salter at the BEAM Centre, Regent Street, Bagenalstown.
Whist Drive
A whist drive will be held in St. Mary’s Hall, Church Road, Bagenalstown on Friday July 30. Your support would be very much appreciated.
Golden Jubilee
Sr. Clement (Bridie)Murphy, a native of Ratheadon, Bagenalstown, celebrated her Golden Jubilee recently in
the Presentation Convent, in Rawalpindi, in the North Western Frontier Region of Pakistan.
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Educated by the Presentation Sisters in their secondary school in Bagenalstown Sr. Clement joined the Novitiate at the
young age of 17 years She was professed in Rawalpindi in l960 After her Profession she attended Punjab University and graduated with an M.A. in English. Her first assignments were to schools near Rawalpindi and Peshawer (the capital) in the North West Frontier Province where the students were both Muslim and Christian. This province of Pakistan is bordered on the north and west by Afghanistan and the two countries are separated by a large tribal area with regular incursions into Pakistan by the Taliban.
Some years later she returned to study for her H.Dip in Education in Cork University following which she returned to the Swat Valley in the North West Frontier Province to teach
in a Presentation Convent school there for boys and girls. Today the Swat Valley is under severe pressure as the Taliban strike regularly and among other atrocities they have imposed a ban on the education of girls and hundreds of schools for girls have been shut down.
Sr. Clement has taught in many schools in the North West Frontier Province since going to Pakistan and while she lives and works in a very troubled and dangerous part of the country she has spent fifty happy years in the service of the welcoming and hospitable people of Pakistan.
Youth Service for Bagenalstown
A feasibility study was carried out in Bagenalstown by Carlow County Development Partnership in collaboration with Carlow Regional Youth Services, Bagenalstown Family Resource Centre and Carlow VEC to establish the need for a youth service in Bagenalstown. The results of the study“Determining Sustainable Options forYouth Work Programmes in
Bagenalstown” will take place on Tuesday next July 27 at
7.30pm – 8.30pm in Bagenalstown Family Resource Centre, Royal Oak Rd, Bagenalstown. Ann Eustace, the researcher who
completed the study will present the findings and Marita Brennan, Carlow Regional Youth Services, will give an
overview of some of the work happening in Bagenalstown as a result of the research findings. If you need any more information please contact Joanne Donohoe CCDP 059-9172116.
Bagenalstown Youth Project has recently begun working in Bagenalstown with young people aged 13-18. A number of key agencies are involved in the project, including Carlow Regional Youth Services, County Carlow VEC, Bagenalstown Family Resource Centre, Carlow County Development Partnership, Respond Housing, 1st Bagenalstown Baden-Powell Scouts Troop, Muine Bheag Vocational School and Presentation
De La Salle College. The project is based in the McGrath Hall and runs a range of different programmes, including Hip Hop Classes Tuesdays 4-5pm in the VEC Hall; Boxing Classes Tuesdays 5-6pm St. Mary’s Hall, Church Road; Civic Link Exchange Programme on Thursdays 4-6pm in the McGrath Hall; Youth Photography Group “Pixel Partners” on Fridays
4-5.30pm in the Family Resource Centre. The project is also looking for young people aged 13-18 to join this Youth Committee and have a say in their community. Anyone who wishes to get involved in any of the activities, and is aged 13-16 can contact the Youth Worker Marita on 086-0583993,
Craft Workshops
If you are interested in training. Bagenalstown Family Resource Centre is organising craft workshops in woodwork, ceramics and organic gardening. Contact 059-9722028.
Rounders Club
Bagenalstown Rounders Club is providing training for U13 boys and girls on Thursday evenings in the McGrath Park at 6pm and Saturday mornings at 11am. Boys and girls from 10 to 13 are welcome.
087 994 8505
