Murroe Community Park Field Project Update

February 7, 2017 E H , , , No comments
Murroe Community Park Field Project Update

A quick update on the Murroe Community Park Project:

The Field Project is progressing very well and we are now close to going for tender for the Astro Turf Pitch. It is planned to build both the astro pitch and the walking track together, as part of Phase 1 of the overall project.We hope to have contractors on site at the beginning of May and have this stage of the project completed by August.

We wish to acknowledge and thank Limerick City & County Council and the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, who have made this possible through the provision of €500,000 in Hinterland funding. We also thank IPB Insurance who have awarded us €10,000 towards completion of the walking trail through the  2016 Community Engagement Fund. And, of course, thank you to everyone who has organised and supported our ongoing fundraising events to get this massive project off the ground. Hope to see you all at ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ in April!

 

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Bee Blog – February 2017

February 6, 2017 Murroe Website Editor , No comments
Bee Blog – February 2017
A story about disguise 
Once upon a time there was a bee who discovered that wasps didn’t know how to make honey. She thought she would go and tell them, but a wise bee said to her, “wasps do not like bees, and they will not listen to you if you approach them directly since they are convinced that bees are opposed to wasps”.
The bee thought about the problem for a long time and then realised that if he covered himself up with yellow pollen eh would look so much like a wasp that they would accept her as one of them.
Now, disguised as a wasp who had made this great discovery the bee started to teach the wasps about making honey. The wasps were delighted and worked hard under her direction.
Then there was a pause for rest and the wasps noticed that in the heat of the activity the disguise had worn off the bee and they recognised her..
With one accord they fell on her and stung her death as an interloper and ancient enemy: and the half made honey was abandoned…for was it not the work of an alien?
The bees have had a gentle winter so far and have managed to get out most days. On mild days they are working on the heather which is still flowering here. If the bees have had a gentle winter it means the varroa have too. There is a new study comparing the ability of two strains of bees to defend themselves against varroa by grooming – this is where bees brush mites from themselves or brush mites from their nest mates. It has been known for sometime that different strains of bee differ in their resistance to varroa. In particular Africanized bees  appear more resistant than European strains. Scientists have found that this resistance is partly due to grooming behaviour. This may be a step forward in the fight against varroa and finding bees resistant to varroa.
I am getting frames ready for the new season – scraping off excess wax and cleaning them up ready for new foundation. I am also scorching brood boxes and supers to try and ensure no disease survives in them.
ANOTHER PEST
There is news that the dreaded Asian Hornet has reached England and Wales. This is a new threat to the bees. We have no native hornets though the wasp is a close relative.
It arrived in Europe from China in 2004. It was first spotted in France and has since spread to Spain (2011) , Portugal and Italy and male hornets observed flying in Belgium in 2011/12.  It has now been found in the UK.
The worrying thing is that one to two thirds of its diet consists of bees.They have already devastated colonies of bees on the continent. They attack the colony by picking off individual bees as they return to the hive. When the colony is weakened a group of them attack and devour the bees and any stores that remain. It is predominantly black and brown with brown abdominal segments that are brokered with a fine yellow band. Only the 4th segment is almost entirely yellow/orange. Its legs are brown with yellow ends and the head is black with orange red face.The queen is about 30mm long and the workers about 25mm and their legs are yellow.

 

They make nests in trees and tructures such as garden sheds and garages. The nests have also been found closer to the ground and in basements. They avoid pure conifer stands and seem to prefer oak, populars and acacia trees.
ASIAN HORNET YEAR
They are active from April-November. In April the queen emerges from hibernation and the colony builds up to average population of 6000 individuals. They begin preying on bee colonies once the brood require animal protein. Drones are produced later in the season and queens mated in September.
Possible routes of it to Ireland
Imported wood and wood products, flowers – overwinter under bark. In soil, freight containers and transport vehicles.
WHAT TO DO? Remember they do sting!
In France traps work well especially in Spring and Autumn.
They use a mixture of dark beer, strawberry syrup and orange liqueur wine – others use set mixtures of wine, sugar and water. At the height of the season you can add high protein foods  such as fish.Notes on building a trap form two plastic litre bottles can be found at the National Bee Unit guidance notes on monitoring for Asian Hornets.
The ApiShiled trap. It is a modified base for the hive with a decoy entrance into a trap as well as the normal entrance for the bees – it works because the invaders choose to enter by the decoy entrance rather than face guard bees – this can also be used for robber bees, and wasps. It works by ‘teaching’ the colony to use the front  entry and then opening the  decoy entrance at the side which fool the predators and trap them below the real floor…
Watch out for it- if it arrives it will have potentially dramatic consequences for changing the structure of insect communities and adding further pressure on our already beleaguered  honey bee population.
If you find one report to the National Biodiversity Data Centre  with a photo. Can kill by placing in a freezer over night.
THE THREE ‘F’s
1. Forage – essential to have pollen source available all year round – need up to 200 pounds per year! 10-12mg per bee. Winter flowering heather useful plant.
2. Feed – whenever needed. As thick as possible 2 kilos to 1 litre or 3 kilos to 2 litres. Apiinvert or ambrosia best type of sugar…check for it online!
Put fondant over cluster in Feb – leave in plastic container or cover with cling film to prevent it drying out. Can cut 2.5 kilo bag in to 3 or 4. Can spray with warm water to melt. Warm moisture from cluster will also help to soften.
3. Frames only use premium wax. Economy wax is a mixture of waxes.
Glue together – tacks corrode and frames can come apart. Evostick weather proof glue. Glue top bar and uprights and also the bottom bar opposite the piece you remove….. and tack as well.
DEAD HIVES
If you find a dead hive in the apiary and it is very possible during the winter, it is best to remove it immediately and scrape off all dead brood. You can fumigate the brood box using  80% glacial acetic acid. 100 ml per brood box. You can put acetic acid glacial in a bowl and soak it up with a cloth and place on brood box.
BIOLOGY LESSON
And now for a biology lesson! I marvel at the number of glands this small creature has in its body –  we should be familiar with at least some of these, especially the Nasonov, wax and sting glands.
Hypopharyngeal glands
One on each side of head. Found in young bees and used to produce brood food and royal jelly.
Nasonov gland
Found on the abdomen and releases a pheromone or ‘come join us’ scent. It This attracts bees to a swarm, marks a water source and foraging sources as well as the hive entrance. It is also used to call the queen back after mating and stragglers back into their hive.
Wax glands
Four pairs found on abdomen. Produce wax for capping cells and making cells.
Tarsal glands (Arnhart)
Six of them on each leg. Produce oily substance which leaves a footprint odour on flowers visited.
Sting scent gland 
Found in the sting chamber in abdomen. Puts bees into attack mode and provokes stinging.
Sting alkaline gland or Dufour gland
Produces alkaline liquid which lubricates the sting mechanism and neutralises excess acid.
Sting acid gland or venom gland 
Produces venom
Mandibular glands
Two each side of head above the mandibles.
In young bee produce 10 hyroxydec -2-enoic acid the principal fatty acid of brood food and royal jelly. In older worker 2-heptonaone – alarm pheromone to warn intruders. 2 -hepatanone is also an anaesthetic delivered on biting.
Post cerebral glands behind the brain and thoracic glands – two of them in thorax.
Together form salivary glands and they produce a liquid to lubricate food in the proboscis and the pharynx. It also contains invertase to convert sucrose to glucose and fructose.
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Thought for the Week – Mind Wandering

February 6, 2017 Murroe Website Editor , No comments
Thought for the Week – Mind Wandering
In recent weeks I have come across different views on mind wandering.
Unlike other animals, we have the ability to spend time  thinking about something other than what we are doing – either caught up in the past or wondering about the future.
Research carried out by the psychologists Matthew A Killingworth and Daniel Gilbert of Harvard University, suggest we spend up to 46.9 percent of our time mind-wandering and that this mind-wandering makes us unhappy. They claim that a wandering mind is an unhappy mind – our mental lives are pervaded, to a remarkable degree, by the non-present and this makes us unhappy.
Killingsworth and Gilbert write. “The ability to think about what is not happening is a cognitive achievement that comes at an emotional cost”. They go on to say that, “Mind-wandering is an excellent predictor of people’s happiness,” Killingsworth says. “In fact, how often our minds leave the present and where they tend to go is a better predictor of our happiness than the activities in which we are engaged.”
As we know, many traditions teach us to live in the now and to resist mind wandering.  Killingsworth and Gilbert note in the journal Science. “These traditions suggest that a wandering mind is an unhappy mind.” Their research suggests that these traditions are right.
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Murroe/Boher Newsletter 5th February 2017

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Murroe/Boher Newsletter 5th February 2017

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.

 

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Thought for the Week – tyranny of time

January 30, 2017 Murroe Website Editor , No comments
Thought for the Week – tyranny of time
In his book, Full Catastrophe Living , Jon Kabat Zin outlines four ways to free ourselves from the ‘tyranny of time’ which I find helpful.
1. Remember time is a product of thought – minutes and hours are conventions so we can meet, communicate and work together. How we think about time can make all the difference as to whether we feel we have enough time, too much time or not enough time.
2. Live in the present – stop musing about the past and worrying about the future.  Be present and time will disappear. If you want to reminisce about the past or plan for the future then do that with awareness as well. Remember in the present and plan in the present.
3.   Take some time each day to step out of the flow of time – sit still or meditate – preserve some time each day for just being.
4. Simplify your life – what are you doing with your time? If you fill all your time you won’t have any and you probably won’t even be aware of why you don’t. A useful way to simply your life is to prioritise the things that you have to do, want to do and choose to do. It may also mean having to learn to say no sometimes.
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Murroe/Boher Newsletter 29th Jan 2017

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Murroe/Boher Newsletter 29th Jan 2017

Parish Clergy: Fr Loughlin Brennan                           Fr. Tom Ryan

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

Recent deaths: Johnny Ryan (Luke), Coolbredeen, Murroe

John (Sean) Ryan, Carrigaline, Co. Cork, formerly of Coole, Newport

Anniversaries:                                    Murroe

Michael Humphreys and

Helen Hackett and

Mary Minihan Months Mind and

Rhona Kett-Sheridan Months Mind and

Peggy Fitzgerald Months Mind                                         7pm this Saturday

Willie and Kathy Noonan and

Dan and Esther Barry                                                         11.30am this Sunday

Paddy, Mary and Maura Power and

Gerard Mullane and

Jimmy Power and

Mattie and Maureen Hoyne and

Dermot Fahy                                                                        7pm next Saturday

John O’Malley                                                                     9am next Sunday

Bridie and Jerry Taaffe and

Paddy O’Brien and

Jim Berkery                                                                          11.30am next Sunday

                                                                Boher

John Leahy and

Denis and Margaret Maher and

Mary and Ted O’Connell                                                   10am this Sunday

Kitty Lynch Months Mind                                                 10am next Sunday

May They Rest in Peace

 

Eucharistic Ministers next weekend: Boher: Eilish Bartley 10am.

Murroe: Evelyn Lorigan 7pm. Suzanne Barron 9am, Neville Family 11.30am

Masses for coming week: Boher – Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 9.30am

Murroe – Monday, Wednesday and Friday 10am.

Feast of St Blaise – next Friday. Blessing of throats will take place following 9.30am Mass in Boher and 10am mass in Murroe.

Sum of money found outside Murroe Church after a recent Mass. Please contact the Sacristan.

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.

Boher Community Development Association AGM will take place on Wednesday next, 1 February at 8pm.  New members welcome.

Scoil Mhuire Murroe – Pupil Enrolment 2017: Enrolments for September 2017 are now being accepted.  Enrolment forms are available from the school. Tel. 061. 386116

Energy Project 2017: An important meeting will be held by the Energy Communities Tipperary Co-op in the Cappamore Community Hall at 8pm sharp on Wednesday February 1st. The meeting concerns the availability of retrofitting grants for energy measures in your home, business or community facility. This project has been rolled out successfully in Tipperary parishes over the last 4 years and it is to be hoped that it will extend to Limerick.

 Many thanks to all who contributed to last weekend’s Homeless collection. A total of €576 was raised.

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.

 Childminder Required: Qualified Garda vetted childminder needed for 6 year old boy. Flexible hours, sometimes early mornings, with drop/pick up from school. Contact number 087 7866280.

 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.

 Knockainey Historical & Cons. Society continue their talks on Fridays 3rd 10th 17th February @ 8.00pm tickets only €5 on door. Topics; Life in Limerick 1916 and impact of WW1. War of Independence in Limerick 1919-21 and Civil War in Limerick.

 Lotto Results 22/1/17 – 4,8,10,18 – No Jackpot Winner. €20 Lucky dips Mary Maher, Caitriona Laffan, Liz Power & Tadhg Roche. Next Week’s Jackpot €8400 in the Powers

 Murroe Boher Camogie Club will hold a second night of registration on Friday February 3rd from 7-8pm in Murroe Clubhouse. All members are asked to attend to register for the coming year and all new members are welcome also.

Murroe Boher Bord na nÓg will hold their 2017 registration night this Friday 3rd February from 19:00 to 20:00 at Harty Park.  We look forward to seeing all our existing and new players there

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TLC 2017

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TLC 2017

It’s that time of the year again.

Registration has opened for this year’s Team Limerick Clean-up, which will take place on Good Friday, April 14th.

Murroe has had the largest turnout of any area in Limerick for the past two years and we hope 2017 will be no different as we come together to help keep our community clean.

Individuals and groups interested in taking part can register via this link and will receive their free TLC packs shortly before the event.

Hope to see you all on April 14th!

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Thought for the Week – simple gesture

January 26, 2017 Murroe Website Editor , No comments
Thought for the Week – simple gesture
Where you put your phone makes a difference.
Studies show that just the appearance of a smart phone on the table during a meal or conversation,makes a difference to the quality of meeting and the level of intimacy. If a phone is left on the table (it doesn’t have to ring!) people report that the conversation is less close, and they feel less nourished by it.
This simple gesture – placing a phone on the table between you – subtly suggests that something more important may happen  – something else might come in which is more interesting than us, something about us is not enough.
Magical things can happen when two people show up and are not distracted – the presence of a phone and the possibility of interruption means it is harder for this to happen. The moment, is to some extent, being controlled by the device sitting there promising  something else.
Let us agree to turn off our phones or at least put them out of sight when we are with someone.
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Murroe/Boher Newsletter 22 Jan 2017

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Murroe/Boher Newsletter 22 Jan 2017

Parish Clergy: Fr Loughlin Brennan                           Fr. Tom Ryan

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

Recent deaths: Josie Crowe (nee Richardson) The Rock, Cappamore

Teresa (Tess) Heffernan (nee O’Connor) Lattin, Co. Tipperary

Denis O’Malley, Ballinasloe, formerly Cappamore

Jack Hanly, Cork Rd, Newport, formerly Red House, Barringtons Bridge

Fr. David Conlon, O.S.B, Glenstal

Anniversaries:                                    Murroe

John Dundon and

Margaret Cahir and

Jimmy and Dolly O’Sullivan                                             11.30am this Sunday

Michael Humphreys and

Helen Hackett and

Mary Minihan Months Mind and

Rhona Kett-Sheridan Months Mind and

Peggy Fitzgerald Months Mind                                         7pm next Saturday

Willie and Kathy Noonan and

Dan and Esther Barry                                                         11.30am next Sunday

                                                                Boher

John Leahy and

Denis and Margaret Maher and

Mary and Ted O’Connell                                                   10am next Sunday

May They Rest in Peace

Eucharistic Ministers next weekend: Boher: Des Duffy 10am.

Murroe: Nora Lonergan 7pm. Josie Meade 9am, Breda White 11.30am

Masses for coming week: Boher – Tuesday and Thursday 9.30am

Murroe – Monday, Wednesday and Friday 10am.

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.

Irish Red Cross – Practical First Aid Course: Registration on Monday 23rd January from 8-8.30pm at the following locations: – Fire Station in Doon and Cappamore, Scoil Mhuire Primary School, Murroe. Would you know what to do? All welcome, no experience required.

Mulcair Men’s Shed, Social Night out:

One of Conrad P. Slater’s (RIP) last wishes, was for the men of Mulcair Men’s Shed to continue with the bimonthly social night out. So the next one is scheduled for Friday 27th January in Power’s Pub, Abington (down the road from the shed) from 9:00pm until late. All members are invited, as well as their families. Non-members are more than welcome to join us too, if you want to meet with us and see what we are all about, when we let our hair down.

Social Dance in Millennium Centre Caherconlish, on Saturday 28th January. Music by Donie Walsh. Tea Served. Admission €10. Great night guaranteed.

 Childminder Required: Qualified Garda vetted childminder needed for 6 year old boy. Flexible hours, sometimes early mornings, with drop/pick up from school. Contact number 087 7866280.

 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.

 Kettlebells continues in Murroe Community Hall each week on Tues @ 6.45 and Saturdays @ 10am. Beginner classes commencing this week. Excellent for weight loss/toning/flexibility/mobility/strength. Call Noreen 087 0987355 Swing, Sweat and See Results!

 Knockainey Historical & Cons. Society are pleased to launch the 2017 Lecture Series.  1st of 4 lectures begins with Kevin Myers – journalist, writer & historian.  “The Irish in the Great War focusing on mid county Limerick”. Friday 27th January 2017 @ 8.00pm. St. John’s Church, Knockainey. Tickets €10.  Booking essential – contact Angela 0871277468. Further talks on Fridays 3rd 10th 17th February @ 8.00pm tickets only €5 on door. Topics; Life in Limerick 1916 and impact of WW1. War of Independence in Limerick 1919-21 and Civil War in Limerick.

 Lotto Results 5/1/17 -2,7,12,14- No Jackpot Winner. €20 Lucky dips Tom Ryan, Joanne Kennedy, Thomas Holmes & Majella Dunlea. Next Week’s Jackpot €8300 in the Valley Inn

 Murroe Boher Camogie: The camogie club’s registration night will be taking place on Friday 27th January 7pm to 8pm in Murroe Clubhouse. All members are asked to attend on the night to register and new members are always welcome for all age groups.

 Murroe Boher Bord na nÓg hold their 2017 registration night this Friday 27th Jan from 7pm to 8pm in Murroe Clubhouse. We look forward to seeing all our existing and new players there.

The AGM of Murroe Boher GAA club will be held this Monday, January 23rd, in the clubhouse Murroe at 8.30pm. All members asked to attend.

Bilboa AC ‘Juvenile Registration & Training’ 2017: Juvenile Registration with Bilboa AC is currently taking place. Any parents or guardians wishing to register children born between the years 1999 and 2009, can register with Brendan Laffan at Friday nights indoor training in the sports hall in Cappamore for the next number of weeks, or complete the club registration form & leave details at the club reception desk on Monday night’s etc. The cost per child for registration for the calendar year 2017, is €25 per child, €50 for two children, with a maximum of €60 for a family of 3 or more. A photocopied Birth Certificate (not an original) is required for NEW Juveniles, which is sent off to Athletics Ireland. Bilboa AC Juvenile training has resumed on Friday nights in the Indoor Sports Hall in Cappamore, 7 to 8pm, with a Hall charge of €2 per child. Our outdoor training is on Mondays nights at the Bilboa AC grounds, again at 7 to 8pm.

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