Patrickswell news for w/e July 9th

CHURCH NOTICES

Listed readers for this weekend, July 10-11, The Fifthteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time are as follows; Saturday at 7pm Lena Mary Houlihan, Sunday at 10am Michael Woulfe, Sunday at 12noon Angela O’Donnell. Eucharistic Ministers, Saturday at 7pm M.Houlihan, J.Collopy, M.Bucke. Sunday at 10am, K.Enright, R.Kelliher. Sunday at 12noon M.McDermott, E.O’Shea, R.Fitzgerald. Please arrange a replacement if you are unable to fulfill any duty allocated to you. Weekday masses are at 9-30 am Monday to Friday. The weekly prayer meeting takes place on Monday at 8pm and all are welcome. The rota for Eucharistic Ministers for the months of July and August is now available from the sacristy.



TIDY TOWNS

We have been notified that judging for this year’s Limerick in Bloom Competition will take place between Tuesday July20 and Friday July 23, so we still have a few weeks left to ensure the village is presented well, and looking its best. The windy conditions last week didn’t do us any favours however and the contents of some of the hanging baskets were tossed and damaged. Our watering schedule is in full swing, and the flowers at the roundabout are maturing well. The rear of the Post Office apartments approaching Main Street from Marian Park is a riot of colour where a range of hanging baskets, tubs and window boxes have been planted. Well done to all concerned there. All in the group would like to wish Angela Kirby a happy and healthy retirement as she has parked up the Mungret school bus for the last time, after thirty six years in the driving seat. Angela turned off the ignition for the last time last week, when school finished up for the summer holidays. Marian Park will not look quite the same again without Angela’s bus parked there anymore.



COMMUNITY COUNCIL

The Community Council is undertaking a major fundraising day at Limerick Racecourse on Sunday week July18.The event will consist of a National Tractor Pulling Competition, vintage car and tractor rally, sheepdog trials, trade stands, market stalls, and family attractions. All proceeds from the event will be going towards a new community development in Patrickswell. Admission to the event is €10, with children under 10 free.

Attractions for the children will include bouncing castle, slides, roundabouts, a laser game (where the adults will want to become children again), and face painting.

The market stalls will provide home produce, arts and crafts, gardening items, and that great feeling we all get from strolling and browsing around a market on a summers day.

With such a spectacular venue, and so many items of interest, a very enjoyable day is expected to be had by all.



GOLF SOCIETY RESULTS

Members enjoyed some wonderful sunshine for our June outing which was played in Killorglan. The recent trend of good attendances was kept up with a fine turnout of 38 golfers taking part in the competition. The results on the day were as follows; 1st Dessie Foley 40points, 2nd Diarmud Bucke 39points. Category A, 1st Mark O’Connor 38 points(B9), 2nd Mark Leahy 38points.Category B, 1st Ian Kelleher 38points, 2nd Davy Moran 36points. Front 9 Richie Bennis, Back 9 Gerry Ryan.

Last weekend in the beautiful surroundings of Adare Manor Golf Club we held our July outing. The course was playing at its most difficult, with fast greens and tight fairways making pars and birdies hard to come by. But as usual someone comes out of the pack to tame the course and that man this time out was Bryan Murray. The results were as follows, 1st Bryan Murray 43points, 2nd Mick Barry 38points. Category A,1st Tom Dundon 35points, 2nd Mark Leahy 34points. Category B,1st D.O’Grady 38points, 2nd Dessie Foley 34points. Front 9, Trevor Griffin 23points, Back 9, Gerry Molyneaux 20 points .The society’s next outing will be in Gort on Saturday August 7.



BLOOD DONORS

The Irish Blood Transfusion Service requires three thousand donations every week, and a donor clinic is being held at the Community Centre, Caherconlish on Monday July 12 from 6 to 9pm..You can visit any blood donor clinic as long as ninety days have elapsed since you last gave blood, please give regularly. For more information contact the Donor Information Line on 1850 731137, or www.ibts.ie



WORLD DAYS

World Population Day is an annual event, observed on July 11, which seeks to raise awareness of global population issues. The event was established by the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme in 1989. It was inspired by the public interest in Five Billion Day on July 11, 1987, approximately the date on which the world's population reached five billion people.The world population on the 20th anniversary of Five Billion Day, July 11, 2007, was estimated to have been 6,727,551,263.