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Parish Clergy: Fr Loughlin Brennan Fr. Tom Ryan
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Anniversaries: Murroe
James McNamara 7pm this Saturday
Jimmy Rabbitte and
James Corbett 11.30am this Sunday
Nora Coleman Months Mind and
Carol McKie Months Mind 7pm next Saturday
John Quigley and John O’Connell 9am next Sunday
Niall O’Riordan 11.30am next Sunday
Boher
Lily Fenton and
Pat Tobin 10am this Sunday
May They Rest in Peace
Eucharistic Ministers Next Weekend: Boher: Esther Reilly.
Murroe: Breda Fitzpatrick 7pm, Suzanne Barron 9am, Margaret Holmes 11.30am.
Masses for coming week: Boher – Tuesday and Thursday at 9.30am.
Murroe – Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 10am.
Divine Mercy Sunday is this Sunday 8th April. Ceremonies will commence at 2.30pm with Mass followed by Confessions, Adoration and Chaplet of Divine Mercy.
Church Windows Fundraising: Jimmy Buckley concert takes place on Sunday April 29th. Some Tickets are available for this. A lot of work has had to be done in both Church’s recently, so any funds raised will be gratefully received.
The Irish Blood Transfusion Service will be holding a Blood Donor Clinic in the Community centre Newport, on this Sunday 8th April. Time: 12noon to 3pm.
Coffee Morning for Cancer Research at Madaboy House (close to Abington Creamery) will take place this year on Saturday 21st April from 10.30 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. Please consider supporting this worthy cause in an effort to fund new and innovative breakthrough therapies and treatments for many types of cancer. Prepare to be pampered with the best in home baking treats and entertainment by the popular Ukealadies ensemble, following on last year’s success! Make it a date for your diary.
An Opportunity for Insight, Ideas and Inspiration at the Ballyhoura North East District Forum. The Ballyhoura North East District Forum will take place on Tuesday April 10th at 7.30pm at the Community Centre in Pallasgreen. The Main focus on the Night will be on the upcoming funding opportunities available to Communities in the coming months. This District Forum meeting will give the opportunity to look at the local issues in common across local enterprise, your community, environment and social inclusion matters, and then agree on actions to progress onward towards innovative solutions. It’s also your chance to meet the Ballyhoura Development staff and gain insight on various projects and initiatives delivered and see how these ideas could inspire your local Community. For further information contact John Hassett Development Officer, Ballyhoura Development CLG, LCFE East limerick campus, Cappamore, Co. Limerick, Tel: 061-387040 jhassett@ballyhoura.org
Lotto Results for 02/04/18 -1,12,22,30- No Jackpot Winner. €50 Lucky dips. Amy Shaw, Saoirse Kennedy, Stephen Keogh. €20 Lucky Dips Coimhe Fitzpatrick, C. O’Connell, Tom Joe Boyle & Rose Flemming. Next week’s Jackpot 5,900. Draw in Powers.
Boher Clean Up: Sincere thank you to everybody who helped on Friday with our Clean Up. Approximately 90 people participated. It was a great opportunity for neighbours to work together and lovely to see the green roadsides later in the day. Over 400 bags of rubbish were collected along with some large items. Well done everybody!
June Bank Holiday Weekend: The Boher Community Development Association Charity Cycle in aid of Cliona’s Foundation in memory of Ciara McCarthy, has been rescheduled to Friday evening, 1st June and the Boher Family Fun Day will take place on Sunday 3rd June. More details on these events later.
At the CFR Boher Annual General meeting held recently, we reported that we are getting approximately 1 call out per month, covering 70% of time supporting the National Ambulance Service in the area. Training is held on a regular basis, and members of the community are invited to learn CPR techniques at drop-in sessions for their personal benefit, while volunteers are trained to Pre-Hospital Emergence Care Council (PHECC) standards. If anyone is interested in finding out more about the scheme, joining the committee, helping with fundraising or volunteering, please contact us at cfrboher@gmail.com. We would like to thank everyone who has helped with CFR Boher.
Murroe AFC Notes: Our 50th anniversary Dinner Dance Tickets are now available from any committee member. The event takes place in the Castletroy Park Hotel on Friday May 4th at 7-30pm. A great night celebrating the clubs 1st 50 years with music by local band TRAFFIC and DJ till late. Tickets are €30 and can be got from Jimmy Quinn 087-2334561 Noel Regan 086-8109682 or ANY committee member.
Blind Date: Murroe/Boher will run a fundraiser on April 14th which promises to be a night of laughs and possibly a few romances! Blind Date takes place on Saturday 14th April at 8.30pm in Crokers Bar, Murroe with DJ, Live Band and raffle on the night with the ever-entertaining Paul Coffey as MC. It will be a night not to be missed, with plenty of familiar faces taking to the stage. Tickets €5 and available from any member of the camogie committee or intermediate team or Lisa Ryan (0868623310) or John Buckley (0872058563).
Murroe Boher Bord na nOg had a very busy Easter. We had 92 boys and Girls who attended our 3-day Easter Camp on the Astro Turf last week. Most Campers received new Windcheater’s and Club Socks. On the Final day of the camp, all of our campers took part in TLC4, which helped to keep our pitch and its environs very tidy. On Friday 30th March and Saturday 31st March, we held our annual bag pack in Dunnes Stores on Childers Road. We collected nearly €3,100, and the Bord na nOg are very thankful to all who supported and helped out over the weekend. On Friday 06th April, our u11’s & u12’s played 3 games in Croke Park, as well as a Museum Tour, and a trip to Supermacs on the way home. Finally, the Bord na nOg, would like to wish Harry Clohessy the best of luck, representing the Club in the POC Fada in the Greyhound stadium on Saturday evening.
Murroe/Boher Camogie Club Best of luck to our U16 and intermediate teams who line out in the second rounds of their respective leagues. On Friday (6th April) the U16 team took on Crecora while on Sunday at 2.30pm in Na Piarsaigh our intermediate team play last year’s county champions in what promises to be a cracking game. Next weekend our intermediate team will take on Ballybrown in their final league group game in Ballybrown. Well done to our intermediates who beat Patrickswell in their opening group game last weekend. Hard luck to our U16s who lost to Galbally. Please get out and support our girls and keep up to date with fixtures on our Facebook page.