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Parish Clergy: Fr Loughlin Brennan Fr. Tom Ryan
Tel. 386227 Mobile 087 9814051 Tel. 352223 Mobile 087 6291557
Anniversaries: Murroe
Paddy, Mary and Maura Power and
Gerard Mullane and
Jimmy Power and
Mattie and Maureen Hoyne and
Dermot Fahy 7pm this Saturday
John O’Malley 9am this Sunday
Jim Berkery and
Bridie and Jerry Taaffe and
Paddy O’Brien 11.30am this Sunday
Tom and Nan O’Malley and
Pat Davis and
Joe McInerney 7pm next Saturday
Maurice and Peggy Hassett 9am next Sunday
Boher
Kitty Lynch Months Mind 10am this Sunday
May They Rest in Peace
Eucharistic Ministers next weekend: Boher: Kathleen Walters 10am.
Murroe: Breda Fitzpatrick 7pm. Michael O’Loughlin 9am, Bridget McLoughlin 11.30am
Masses for coming week: Boher – Tuesday and Thursday 9.30am
Murroe – Monday, Wednesday and Friday 10am.
St Vincent’s Centre, Lisnagry will hold their Annual Church Gate Collection next weekend, 11th and 12th February. Your generosity is greatly appreciated.
Killinure National School (Boher) – Pupil Enrolment 2017: Enrolments for September 2017 are now being accepted. Enrolment forms are available from the school. Tel. 061 351377.
Scoil Mhuire Murroe – Pupil Enrolment 2017: Enrolments for September 2017 are now being accepted. Enrolment forms are available from the school. Tel. 061 386116
Boher Community Development Association wishes to thank all those who supported our recent Parish social. It was a very enjoyable night and a great success. The Committee would like to thank sincerely, those who attended the event, bought tickets to support the event and supplied items for auction – Paudie Laffan and the Egan family who supplied trees for blocks, the volunteers who cut timber for the auction, Roches Feeds, Liffey Mills Nenagh, John O’Connell Crecora Mills, Rearcross Quarries and Kerry Agribusiness, Herbertstown. Sincere thanks also to the staff of the Millennium Centre, Caherconlish and all who donated spot prizes. €3,300 was raised through this event for the upkeep of our community centre.
Boher Community Development Association AGM took place recently. Chairman, Pat O Connell outlined the activities which took place throughout the year to highlight the work being done within the community by this committee. He thanked the Officers, committee and the community for their support throughout the year. Elected Officers for 2017: President, Canon Tom Ryan; Chairperson, Pat O Connell; Secretary, Sarah Fitzgerald; Treasurer, Helena Hickey; PRO, Mary Finucane-Ryan.
The Irish Blood Transfusion Service will be holding a Blood Donor Clinic in the Community Centre, Caherconlish, on Monday 13th February. Time: 5pm to 8pm.
Pieta House Darkness into Light walk will be held in Murroe on Saturday 6th May at 4.30am. On-line registration will open in March. For further information, please contact Ita Richardson 087-6886536 or Tony Breen 086-1004862.
Social Dance in Millennium Centre Caherconlish, on Saturday 11th February. Music by Chris Dallat. Tea Served. Admission €10. Great night guaranteed.
Ballyhoura Development CLG has been awarded funding from the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment, to provide basic digital skills training to people under the Department’s new Digital Skills for Citizens Grant Scheme. In a ‘connected’ society, digital skills for everyone are absolutely essential, in order to realise the full social and economic potential of the digital world. Helping individuals, communities and businesses acquire them is a priority of this scheme. The training aims to give people the confidence, motivation and skills to take their first steps online. Having digital skills can enrich the lives of people by giving them better access to information, culture, entertainment, social networking, eGovernment services, as well as online goods and services. Training is delivered over five two hour sessions and is FREE. Training will be available throughout the Ballyhoura area. For further information or to book a place on this Digital Skills for Citizens training, please contact Ballyhoura Development in the Cappamore office on 061 061 381174.
A date for your diary! Murroe Community Council is holding a Strictly Come Dancing extravaganza in the South Court Hotel, Raheen on Saturday April 29th. This event is in aid of the new Park development and promises to be an occasion not to be missed. We have, among others, lined up one or two well-known personalities! The development is due to start in March and funds are badly needed. Tickets will be on sale shortly and priced at €20 each.
Please see www.murroe.net, Facebook and local press for update.
Murroe-Boher Historical Society will hold a talk by John Hassett on Thursday, 9 February 2017 at 8.30p.m. sharp at the Muintir na Tíre Hall, Murroe. The talk is entitled “Were you ever up in Vaucluse?“ and traces the long-overlooked history of the Vaucluse Hunting Lodge from its beginnings as a playground of the gentry, to a farmer’s pleasure garden, to now forlorn ruin. Part of the talk will examine the origins of a local family who lived in rural Toorlougher in the early 1800s. Admission €5 to non-members (includes refreshments). All welcome.
Murroe-Boher Historical Society wishes to thank all those who supported its recent successful and highly enjoyable table quiz. Special thanks go to all those who participated on the night; those who donated spot prizes; the proprietors of the venue, Darragh, Tom and Mary Ryan of the Valley Inn; Frank Ryan who supplied questions and answers; and Sean and Paddy for the sound system. The victorious four were Eric and Anne Laumenech and Jason and Siobhán Clohessy. A donation will be made to the Jack & Jill Foundation from the proceeds of the quiz. All three prize-winning teams donated their prize money to the charity.
Lotto Results 29/1/17 – 3,8,20,27 – No Jackpot Winner. €20 Lucky dips Seamus Minihan, William Reale, Helen Regan & Mary Ryan. Next Week’s Jackpot €8500 in Pa McGraths
Murroe-Boher Community Games: Well done to the U 13 Boys Indoor Soccer Team who are now through to the semi-finals. They won 8-3 v Regional and 5-4 v Caherdavin B. A great team effort from the all: Jamie Kirby, Mikey Walsh, Nathan O’Shea, Joe Shanahan, James Judge, Jeffrey O’Rourke, David Moloney & Michael Kinsella. Nathan O’ Shea scoring the goals. Thank you: Many thanks to the kind lady who returned the red school jacket to Newport Boys National School. It is much appreciated.
Murroe Boher Camogie Club will hold their 3rd and final night of registration on Friday 10th February in the GAA clubhouse in Murroe from 7-8pm. New players are welcome.