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Murroe / Boher Newsletter 11th Feb 2018

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Parish Clergy: Fr Loughlin Brennan Fr. Tom Ryan

Tel. 386227 Mobile 087 9814051 Tel. 352223 Mobile 087 6291557

Anniversaries: Murroe

Edward Ryan and

John O’Brien and

Tom and Nan O’Malley and

Chrissy O’Gorman and

Joe McInerney and

Pat Davis and

Ann and Jim Jamel 7pm this Saturday

Maurice and Peggy Hassett 9am this Sunday

Helen Allis (Née Delee) Months Mind and

Jim Berkery and

Esther and Dan Barry 11.30am this Sunday

Kitty and Tom Lynch 7pm next Saturday

Maureen Kenny Months Mind and

Michael Humphreys and

Florence Byrnes and

Ned O’Malley 11.30am next Sunday

Boher

Agnes Smith 10am next Sunday

May They Rest in Peace

Eucharistic Ministers Next Weekend: Boher: Helen Hickey

Murroe: Breda Fitzpatrick 7pm. Josie Meade 9am Kathryn Buckley 11.30am.

Masses for coming Week: Boher – No Mass on Monday.

Weekly Envelopes are now ready and will be delivered shortly. Can the Distributors please collect them in the Sacristy.

Community Houses for the elderly in Gilmartin Park: A house is now vacant. Applications in writing please to – Community Housing, C/O Kathleen Cummins, Gilmartin Park, Murroe, Co Limerick. Note: you must be over 60 to apply. Closing date 23^rd February.

Sincere Thanks to all who contributed to recent Homeless Collection. Amount raised was €455.

Church Windows Fundraising: Jimmy Buckley will perform in concert in Murroe Church on Sunday 4^th March 2018. Tickets cost €20 each and are currently available in Post Office and Local shops in Murroe, and O’Neill’s and Pa McGrath’s in Boher.

Darkness into Light 2018 in aid of Pieta House will be held 4am Saturday 12^th May. Following the success of last year’s walk, the event will be held in Murroe again this year. Registration will open in early February.

Murroe/Boher Lourdes Committee are offering a place to a 5^th year student to travel to Lourdes on this year’s pilgrimage as a youth helper, which takes place from 16^th to 21^st June. Anyone interested are asked to give their names to Liz Barron, Boher ASAP. Draw will take place after 11.30am Mass in Murroe on Sunday next 16^th February.

Painting art classes resuming in Murroe hall on Thursday the 22^nd Feb from 7-9pm. No experience is needed. Absolute beginners are very welcome. 8 weeks. €15 Euro pay as you go weekly. Some materials and refreshments supplied, just please bring your own acrylic paints and brushes. Please text Jenny on 085-7237256, email jenny28111987@gmail.com or look for Jennifer Lynch artist on Facebook to book a place.

Life of Light Holistic, Buffanoka, Cappamore, Co. Limerick. – Offering Reiki, – Reflexology, – Indian Head Massage, – Hot Stones Massage, – Neck, Shoulder and Back massage. * Open Monday – Saturday – evening appointments available. Contact Grace Gleeson – 087-8177611

Boher Parish Social will take place on Saturday 17 February, in the Millennium Centre, Caherconlish. This social promises to be a very enjoyable night with music by Johnny Skehan, dancing and an auction of timber and a variety of surprise items held during the night to help raise funds for the upkeep of our Community Centre. Tickets cost €10. Donations of Spot prizes will be gratefully received by Committee members.

A Coffee Morning will be held in Boher Community Centre after 10am Mass on Sunday 4^th March. The funds raised will be used to send a number of students and teachers from St. Clement’s College to Zambia to participate in volunteer work for two weeks in March. This work will involve building, farming and community projects for the poor. We are raising funds to provide equipment to help these communities. Please help this worthy cause.

Kettlebells for Beginners in Murroe Community Hall. Swing, Sweat and See Results. 4 weeks for €30. Tuesday Feb 6^th @6.45pm. Booking essential. Contact Michelle 086 2007898

Experienced Teacher offering grinds in Leaving Cert. Biology all levels, Maths pass level & Junior Cert. Maths and Science all levels. Exam focused. One-to One in person or on SKYPE. Free trial lesson. Call Christina 087 243 5154.

Lotto Results for 04/02/18 -1,7,13,29- No Jackpot Winner. €20 Lucky dips Kathleen & Biddy, Billy Keay’s, Eugene Taffee(Snr) & Gerry Lynch. Next week’s Jackpot 5,100. Draw in Crokers

Murroe Boher Bord na nOg are delighted to announce that we are playing our first competitive Hurling match versus Southside Gaels at 16.00pm on Sunday 11^th February on the new Astro Turf facility in Murroe Wood Park. This is our u14’s in a Feile competition, and all local support would be greatly appreciated. We are also delighted to announce that we have secured the services of Martin Fogarty (ex Kilkenny selector) for a coaching session at the ball wall in Newport (under lights) on Monday evening February 12^th from 19.30 to 21.00. All interested parties are invited to attend.

Community First Responder Boher is recruiting Volunteers

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Community First Responder Boher has been running for almost 2 years, and we have answered approximately one call per month during that time. We cover the area south Barrington’s bridge-Farnane-Rath within Murroe-Boher parish, as shown in the attached map.

There are currently 11 active trained volunteers. Volunteers carry an Automated External Defibrillator (AED), and are called out by the National Ambulance Service when an emergency call is made for heart attack, chest pain, stroke and choking.

CFR Boher is recruiting Volunteers – requirements Over 18, Full Driving Licence. Training will be organised for volunteers to be PHECC qualified (Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council) www.phecit.ie. If anyone is interested in becoming a volunteer e-mail to CFRBoher@gmail.com. For those who want to support this group or who have an interest and want to keep in touch, please send an email to CFRBoher@gmail.com.

BEE BLOGS – January 2018

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INTRODUCTION

February is often considered to be the dullest, of the year – tough to get through for bees and humans! However the days are getting longer and when the sun shines there is a feeling of spring in the air. There was one such day last week when the sun shone and the bees came out in force collecting nectar and pollen from snowdrops and crocus. There is gorse flowering, as it seems to all year round, and that too yields pollen. The gathering of pollen is a good sign; it means that there is brood and also a queen present.

I am busy assessing my equipment and my needs for the coming year. I ordered wax and frames this week and a friend of mine ordered two nucs to be delivered in May.

February is the time when we could lose colonies from starvation. It is important to heft the hives from behind and also from the sides to check for stores – if a colony feels light, give them some fondant. We might remind ourselves that, for the most part bees are pretty self sufficient. The four things they need are water, propolis, nectar and pollen. Water they use during the summer to cool the hive and during the spring to dissolve old granulated honey, to clean and free up comb so the queen can lay in it. Propolis is used to fill in cracks and crevices, and to line the inside of the cells prior to the Queen laying eggs. Propolis has antibiotic and anti-microbial properties and is used to clean and protect the nest.

FAKE HONEY!

I read recently that Ireland is on the list of European countries which ‘trans-ship foreign honey’ and re-lable it as Irish honey. We all know about the bizarre fact that sales of Manuka honey way exceed the volume of Manuka honey produced each year! This practice is often described as ‘stretching’ honey with sugar syrup and has been going on for a long time. Professor Garcia notes; ‘Honey is amongst the sadly select group of foods with most reported cases of economically motivated adulteration” Honey is third in the world for adulteration after milk and olive oil.

BEES WITH SWEATY FEET!

Apparently bees also have sweaty feet. They have glands on their feet which leave chemical footprints on the flowers they visit. These footprints tell other bees that these flowers have been visited and it is not worth visiting again. The chemical footprint wears off so that the indicator “there is no nectar available here” only remains for a short time. By the time the supply of nectar has been replenished the footprints indicating the flower has been visited have gone.

THE IMPORTANCE OF POLLEN ONCE AGAIN

An interesting report by Heather Mattila (Wellesley College, Mass. USA) is suggesting the far reaching consequences of poor nutrition in the life of the colony. The study showed that when larva were raised with a limited pollen supply as could happen during periods of bad weather or following habitat loss, there were multiple negative consequences. The pollen stressed bees were lighter and died younger then well fed bees, fewer of them learned to forage and those which did forage began earlier and were likely to die after just one day foraging. Pollen stressed workers were less likely to perform waggle dances than well fed larvae and when they danced they gave less accurate info about the location of food sources but their dances were often visibly inconsistent and almost disorientated in the worst cases compared with those of better nourished bees.

BEE KEEPING IN ETHIOPIA

In Ethiopia honey is regarded as having healing, even spiritual qualities. Folklore says that bees constructed hives – chewing wax until soft, then bonding it to create honeycomb cells – in the windows of Ethiopia’s earliest churches before the first congregation in 488AD. They still produce ‘holy honey’ or mar, reserved only for healing.

In the Bale Mountains of Ethiopia, honey is part of daily life and a symbol of social status. Families with larger numbers of hives and a higher yield of honey are held in high regard. Ownership is sacred, and theft of other beekeepers’ honey or hives is rare: if caught, the culprit is shunned by his neighbours.

Spoonfuls are taken in the morning, the antibiotic properties believed to ward off illness and soothe the soul. Bees pollinate up to 20 different plants, resulting in a complex, perfumed honey.

SPRING BEEKEEPING INSPECTION

Spring is a busy time for bees and beekeepers. The Spring build up requires us to pay close attention to our colonies and to check the following. In March after Saint Patrick’s day I will pick the first mild sunny day with little or no wind to inspect the bees (50 degrees Fahrenheit [10 degrees Celsius] or warmer)

First: Observe the hive entrance. You can always tell a lot by watching the entrance. Are there many dead bees around the entrance? A few dead bees are normal, but finding more casualties than that may indicate a problem.

Second: Lightly smoke and open the hive. Do you see the cluster of bees? Can you hear the cluster?

Third: Look through a few combs – check for brood. If you see no eggs or brood, consider ordering a new queen from your supplier.

Fourth: Does the colony have honey? If not, or if it’s getting low, immediately begin feeding fondant to the bees. Maybe give the colony a pollen substitute to boost brood production.

Fifth: Use a screened bottom board or the powdered-sugar-shake method to determine Varroa mite population. Take corrective action if the population of mites is heavy.

Happy Beekeeping – be ready and let’s be ready for that first inspection!

Thought for the Week – No Ordinary Moments

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Someone told me about a disciple of a Taoist master. The disciple said of the master: “He does not speak; it is enough to watch him sweep.”

The way this master conducted himself in his daily tasks was itself a lesson. The way we conduct ourselves can also be a lesson. Be present to each task – treating every moment as special -then there are no ‘ordinary moments’. Giving advice to oneself or to another is rarely works. W.B. Yeats put this way….

Only that which does not teach

which does not cry out

which does not persuade

which does not condescend

which does not explain

is irresistible.

Let ones life be a form of instruction without being conscious of the fact. The Italians have a great word: sprezzatura, the apparent effortlessness of an artist in full control of his or her work.

Murroe/Boher Newsletter 4 Feb 2018

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Parish Clergy: Fr Loughlin Brennan Fr. Tom Ryan

Tel. 386227 Mobile 087 9814051 Tel. 352223 Mobile 087 6291557

Recent Deaths: Alexandria Louise Barrett

Fr. Tom Ryan, Knockeen, Funeral arrangements later

Mary Cooke (Née Meehan), Annagh. Funeral arrangements later

Anniversaries: Murroe

Helen Hackett and

Jimmy Power 7pm this Saturday

Willie and Kathy Noonan and

Paddy and Mary Power, their daughter Maura and

Gerard Mullane and

Bridie and Jerry Taaffe 11.30am this Sunday

Edward Ryan and

John O’Brien and

Tom and Nan O’Malley and

Chrissy O’Gorman and

Joe McInerney and

Pat Davis and

Ann and Jim Jamel 7pm next Saturday

Maurice and Peggy Hassett 9am next Sunday

Helen Allis (Née Delee) Months Mind and

Jim Berkery and

Esther and Dan Barry 11.30am next Sunday

Boher

Mary and Ted O’Connell 10am this Sunday

May They Rest in Peace

Eucharistic Ministers Next Weekend: Boher: Pat Madigan

Murroe: Bridget Hayes 7pm. Mary O’Brien 9am Margaret Holmes 11.30am.

Masses for coming Week: Boher – Tuesday and Thursday at 9.30am.

Murroe – Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 10am.

St Vincent’s Centre, Lisnagry will hold their Annual Church Gate Collection next weekend, 10^th and 11^th February. Your generosity is greatly appreciated.

Pilgrimage to Medjuroge: will take place from 20^th May returning on 30^th May. Flights from Shannon. For particulars please contact Ernine McDermott 061 227944.

Social Dance in Millennium Centre Caherconlish, on Saturday 10^th February. Music by Robert Browne. Tea Served. Admission €10. Great night guaranteed.

Boher Community Development Association AGM will take place on Wednesday next, 7 February at 8pm, at Boher Community Centre. Please bring a friend to join us

Progressive 45 every Friday night at 8pm, Boher Community Centre.

Kettlebells for Beginners in Murroe Community Hall. Swing, Sweat and See Results. 4 weeks for €30. Tuesday Feb 6^th @6.45pm. Booking essential. Contact Michelle 086 2007898

Lotto Results for 28/01/18-11,17,24,29-No Jackpot Winner. €20 Lucky dips Philip Collopy, C O’Connell, Biddy & Smirnoff, Mary Holmes(Killonan). Next week’s Jackpot 5,000 Draw in Pa McGraths

LiveLife Holistic Therapies – Would you like a Reflexology or Reiki treatment to relax the body and mind and improve sleep quality. Other benefits include pain relief; alleviate migraine; eliminate digestion problems; boost circulation and immune system – Contact Olivia on 086-8388866, Newport.

Murroe-Boher Historical Society will host its next talk at the Muintir na Tíre Hall, Murroe on Thursday, February 15 at 8.30 p.m. sharp. Our speaker will be John Hassett and he will be discussing: “Ballyvorheen House: A History from Cromwell to Cosgrave.” Admission €5 to non-members – refreshments included. Very little is known of Ballyvorheen House: when it was built, who lived there, etc. Today we know it as the Thomond Scout Centre. However it has been associated with the largest landed families in County Limerick: the Bourkes, Standish O’Gradys and the Lloyds. John will look at the earliest land records, maps and photos associated with the house and townland of Ballyvorheen from before the Cromwellian settlement, right up the foundation of the Free State in the 20th Century.

Murroe Boher Bord na nOg wish to advise that our Second registration night will take place on Friday 07^th February in the Club Pavilion from 19.30 to 21.00pm. All outstanding fees are now due.

Murroe/Boher Newsletter 28th Jan 2018

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Parish Clergy: Fr Loughlin Brennan Fr. Tom Ryan

Tel. 386227 Mobile 087 9814051 Tel. 352223 Mobile 087 6291557

Recent Deaths: Maureen Kenny (Née Martin), Glenstal, Murroe

Peggy Fitzgerald (Née Dunlea), Madaboy, Murroe

Fr Basil Forde OSB, Glenstal

John Finucane, Sandylane, Boher

Anniversaries: Murroe

Willie O’Farrell Months Mind and

Mike Ryan (Sean Moore) 7pm this Saturday

Johnny, David and Margaret Ryan 11.30am this Sunday

Helen Hackett and

Jimmy Power 7pm next Saturday

Willie and Kathy Noonan and

Paddy and Mary Power, their daughter Maura and

Gerard Mullane and

Bridie and Jerry Taaffe 11.30am next Sunday

Boher

John Leahy and

Margaret and Denis Maher and

Mai Tuohey and Michael and Siobhán Cregan 10am this Sunday

Mary and Ted O’Connell 10am next Sunday

May They Rest in Peace

Eucharistic Ministers Next Weekend: Boher: Esther Reilly

Murroe: Elizabeth Power-Lynch 7pm. Michael O’Loughlin 9am Breda White 11.30am.

Masses for coming Week: Boher – No Mass, Monday. Murroe – No Mass Tuesday.

Murroe-Boher GAA Club will hold their Annual 45 Drive in Murroe Hall on this Tuesday 23^rd January at 8pm. €6 to play. Also Raffle. Support greatly appreciated.

Pilgrimage to Medjuroge: will take place from 20^th May returning on 30^th May. Flights from Shannon. For particulars please contact Ernine McDermott 061 227944.

Progressive 45 every Friday night at 8pm, Boher Community Centre.

Lotto Results for 21/01/18 -2,3,7,17- No Jackpot Winner. €20 Lucky dips Willie Fitzgerald, Tom Joe Boyle, Brendan Murnane & Fr Tom Ryan. Next week’s Jackpot 4,900 Draw in Powers

Murroe Playground meeting in Crokers on Monday night at 8:15pm on 29^th January. All are welcome to come. Discussion on maintenance, upkeep and weekly inspections.

Cashel and Emly Lourdes fundraising committee are holding a Social Tea Dance in The Millennium Centre Caherconlish on Saturday 3^rd February 2018 dancing 9.30 to 12.30 music by Dermot Lyons Admission €10.00. Hot finger food served. Tickets available on the door

Murroe Boher Bord na nOg are hosting a Foundation Coaching Course next Friday 2^nd February from 19.00 -22.00 and on Saturday Morning 3^rd February from 09.30 – 13.00. This is for anyone interested in getting involved with underage coaching. The Club will absorb the cost of this course, and if you are interested in getting involved, please contact Rory on 086 3176824 to reserve your place. We are also hosting a Child Welfare Course on Wednesday 07^th February from 19.00 to 22.00. Again to reserve your place on this course, you can contact Rory or Edel on 087 7942454.

Murroe Boher Camogie Club: Murroe/Boher Camogie Club registration for 2018 is now due. We will be in the GAA clubhouse in Murroe from 7.30pm – 9pm on the 9^th February. Membership for the year is €40 for u8 to u18, €50 for students and €60 for adults.

Digital Skills ‘Bring Your Own Device’, Did you receive a new digital device (iPhone, iPad, Tablet, Smart Phone) for Christmas and are unsure how to use it? Would you like to confidently navigate your way around your device? Learn how to search various websites, send and receive emails, download and use various apps e.g. Whatsapp, Viber, RTE Player. How to use social media, upload/download and send photos, as well as learning about online safety and security, all on your device. ‘Bring your own Device’ classes starting in East Limerick Campus, Cappamore on Tuesday 6^th Feb. Morning class starts at 10am and evening class starts at 6pm. Classes are small, are free and run for 2 hours over 5 weeks. Please call Ballyhoura Development on 061 381174 for further details/to book your place.

St Mary’s Secondary School, Newport: Congratulations to our girls “Minor” soccer team who beat Colȃiste Mhuire Askeaton in the Munster Semi Final in blustery conditions. The final result was 2-1 with both of our goals coming from Abbey Lenihan. They will now play Colȃiste Fionnchua Mitchelstown in the Munster Final. North Munster’s Cross Country. Our team of athletes competed in horrific conditions, Amy Hayde came first in the girls 2000M, qualifying for the Munster’s on 23rd of Feb. This is the first of their events for 2018. TY Mini Companies. Are in full flight with ventures including, Filtered Water Bottles, personalised Gear bags and Training kits for sale in the school. Camogie. Currently Junior match is on Monday next vs Castletroy in the 1st round of the league. Senior Camogie are through to the Munster semi-final and will play a team from Waterford. Training continues in the school Gym after school. Pope John Paul II awards Over 20 students are entering the programme, volunteering in the local community. Breakfast Club Continues. The breakfast club is growing from strength to strength with an increasing number of students availing of the service. BT Young Scientist Award Winners and fellow TY students held one of our first primary schools Science demo’s for Newport Convent primary school on Thursday last, it is part of an initiative to promote STEM subjects and promote leadership skills and confidence in our students. Hurlers. Under 15’s are playing on Tuesday 30^th Jan against Nenagh St Marys. In the Munster schools. The boys are training hard and hopeful of a positive result. They are also due to play Castletroy College in the Limerick colleges competition. First year hurlers are making great strides with a number playing on the under 15 team. Our incoming first years for 2018 are looking very strong and will certainly add to our strength. First years will also be competing in the Limerick colleges Blitz.

Thought for the Week – A Christian cannot be a Christian alone

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Bishop Kallistos claims that a Christian cannot be a Christian alone, for to be a person is by definition to be internally related to other persons as the persons of the Trinity are internally related to each other…

Community life often brings a painful revelation of our limitations weaknesses and darkness; the unexpected discovery of the monsters within us is hard to accept – the temptation is to try and destroy them or hide them pretend they don’t exist or to flee the community life and relationships with others or to find that the monsters are theirs not ours.

As Vanier puts it, “while we are alone we could believe we loved everyone. Now that we are with others, we realise how incapable of loving, how much we deny life to others.”

Today spiritual practice is often done alone – it has become a private affair taking place behind closed doors in the privacy of our homes or bedrooms or our minds, shut off from the community or other people. Tension between individual prayer and community prayer reflects the tension between the unfolding of a personal call within the life of the community or outside it. There is a danger that private spirituality can isolate us from others and the wider community. Spiritual growth is growth in the sense of the other – growth outwards – you can always test the effectiveness of your spiritual practice against this criteria.

Thought for the Week – Cloud Appreciation Society

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There is a Cloud Appreciation Society! They promote the beauty of clouds. They want to balance the the negative associations clouds attract – someone who is depressed is under a cloud – we speak of a cloud on the horizon if if bad news is in the offing. We criticise people who live with their head in the clouds rather than with their feet on the ground.

Like most things that are over familiar, we don’t notice them unless that annoy us or obstruct the sun or dump lots of rain on us l

But if you think back to your childhood, when you allowed yourself the time to day dream – most of us were fond of clouds and found shapes in the clouds – two cats doing the salsa….giants fighting.

Engaging in this aimless activity, watching the clouds move gracefully across the sky, helps me to slow down, even calms my agitated body. And I don’t have to rush across the world to find exotic clouds. All I need to do is step outside my home or office and pay attention to what is above – feel the connection to the world around me – experience our beautiful world directly rather than on a screen.

Murroe / Boher Newsletter 21st Jan 2018

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Parish Clergy: Fr Loughlin Brennan Fr. Tom Ryan

Tel. 386227 Mobile 087 9814051 Tel. 352223 Mobile 087 6291557

Recent Deaths: Helen Allis (Née Delee) Dooradoyle and Rath, Murroe

Jim Casey, Beaumont, Dublin

Anniversaries: Murroe

Michael and Mai McKeogh 7pm this Saturday

John Dundon 11.30am this Sunday

Willie O’Farrell Months Mind 7pm next Saturday

Johnny, David and Margaret Ryan 11.30am next Sunday

Boher

Margaret Cahir 10am this Sunday

John Leahy and

Margaret and Denis Maher and

Mary and Ted O’Connell 10am next Sunday

May They Rest in Peace

Eucharistic Ministers Next Weekend: Boher: Eamon Tuohey

Murroe: Nora Lonergan 7pm. Suzanne Barron 9am Breda Byrnes 11.30am.

Masses for coming Week: Boher – No Mass, Monday and Wednesday

Murroe – No Mass Tuesday

Murroe-Boher GAA Club will hold their Annual 45 Drive in Murroe Hall on Tuesday next 23^rd January at 8pm. €6 to play. Also Raffle. Support greatly appreciated.

Scoil Mhuire Murroe – Pupil Enrolment 2018: Enrolments Applications for September 2018 are now being accepted. The closing date for the receipt of completed applications is January 31^st. Enrolment Application forms are available to download from the school website (www.murroens.ie) or from the school. Tel. 061 386116.

Boher Community Development Association: Diary Date: Boher Parish Social, Saturday 17 February at the Millennium Centre, Caherconlish.

Lotto Results for 14/1/18 -7,11,12,31- No Jackpot Winner. €20 Lucky dips Eimear & Grace, Liz Power Lynch, Ann Cunningham and Mary Quigley. Next week’s Jackpot 4,800 Draw in the Valley Inn

BACKSTAGE-IRELAND DRAMA WORKSHOP. The Drama workshop for 7-13 year olds organised by Backstage-Ireland begins with an Open Day at Boher Community Centre on Friday, 26^th Jan. Entry to the Open Day is free of charge. It will run every Friday from 4.50pm-5.50pm. For information contact Backstage on 091-375381 or e-mail backstageireland@eircom.net. or just come along during session time.

Social Dance in Millennium Centre Caherconlish, on Saturday 27^th January. Music by Chris Dallat. Tea Served. Admission €10. Great night guaranteed.

The Cappamore Primary Care Team will hold a health screening clinic at Cappamore Primary Care Centre on Wednesday 24^th January from 2.30 to 5.30pm. This clinic will include a walk-in service for screening of blood pressure, blood sugar levels, body mass index and activity level. The team can also provide health promotion advice on exercise, smoking cessation, diet, vaccinations, breastfeeding and dental entitlements. All age groups are welcome. For further information please contact Cappamore Primary Care Health Centre on 061 381371.

Milford Hospice 10km Walk/Jog/Run will take place on Sunday, January 28^th at the University of Limerick with a new route and new start time of 11.00 a.m. The 10km is open to runners and walkers of all levels and ability with all of the proceeds going directly to Milford Hospice. The starting location for the 10km route will be at the UL Arena with the warm up taking place beforehand as always at the UL Plaza. Participants will then progress along the new route, which will be well marshalled, before reaching the finishing point on the UL track. To register online visit www.milfordcarecentre.ie or you can register on Saturday 27th from 12 noon to 3pm in the Reception of the UL Arena. Any queries contact the Fundraising Department, Milford Hospice on 061 485859/485860. Your support is gratefully appreciated.

Murroe Boher community games: Well done to all our players who participated in Round 1 of the Limerick Community Games Draughts in Mungret on Sunday 14^th January. The u10 team of Killian O’Neill, Conor McCabe, Peter Ashe, Joseph O’Brien, Luke O’Brien, Cillian Holmes & Will Stockill have qualified for the County Final. Unfortunately the u14 team of John O’Brien, Emmet Crowe, Joe Shanahan, Dannan O’Rourke, David Kemp & Evan O’Dwyer did not progress. Thank you to all the parents and mentors and to the organisers.

Murroe Boher Bord na nOg wish to advise that we are holding our annual registration night on Friday 26^th January from 19.30 to 21.00 in the Club Pavilion in Harty Park. Registration this year cost €50 for the first child, €40 for the second child and €30 for the third child, with family membership of €150 also available.

Murroe Boher Camogie Club: The camogie club will hold an EGM on Friday 19^th January at 8pm in Murroe Clubhouse to discuss management teams for the coming year. This is a vital meeting for ALL age groups in the club, so we encourage all players, parents and members to attend as all our teams require a management team for the coming year. Our intermediate team will meet on Sunday (14^th January) at 11am in Murroe Clubhouse to mark the start of the season. All interested players are asked to attend. Thanks to everyone who contributed to our recent Churchgate collection, your continued support is greatly appreciated and will assist in the smooth running of our club.

Murroe Boher Ladies Gaelic Football Club, would like to congratulate Sarah Jane Flynn, Ciara Oliver and Emma Kett on a wonderful achievement in qualifying for the new Under 14 Limerick County Panel 2018. The girls will proudly represent their club and county in Munster, as Limerick line out against Waterford (on February 17 Cappamore GAA pitch), against Clare on February 24 (Cappamore GAA pitch) and finally in Round 3 versus Tipperary (Limerick venue TBC) before Munster knockout finals later in April. Limerick will also face up to Roscommon and Galway in pre Championship challenges away in February and March. We are extremely proud of all of our club and our players and we wish the girls every success for county season ahead. Murroe Boher Ladies Gaelic Football training has resumed and we wish all of our players a very successful season ahead.

Murroe AFC: Fixtures: This is the main fixture this coming weekend, but it’s a big one. The clubs first time getting into the 4^th round, “out of town” stage of The Munster Junior Cup. We’re hoping there’ll be a huge crowd in Tubber in Sunday to cheer on the lads. Munster Junior Cup 2018 4^th Round – Murroe AFC Club Grounds, Tubber, this Sunday 21^st January at 2pm. Murroe AFC v Grattan Utd (Cork). All support welcome. Teas Coffees and light refreshments available from club shop on the day also.

Darkness into Light – 2018 Update

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Darkness into Light 2018 in aid of Pieta House will be held 4am Saturday 12th May.

Following the success of last year’s walk, the event will be held in Murroe again this year.

Registration will open in early-February.