CHURCH NOTICES: Listed readers for this weekend July 23-24, The Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, are as follows, Saturday at 7pm Ellen Foley, Sunday at 10am Niall Sheehy, Sunday at 12noon Julie Darcy. Eucharistic Ministers, Saturday at 7pm, Michael Houlihan, John Collopy, Maria Bucke. Sunday at 10am, Kathleen Enright, Sam Milburn, Joanne Tierney. Sunday at 12noon, Michael McDermott, Eileen O’Shea, Louise Carey. Please arrange a replacement if you are unable to fulfill any duty allocated to you. Weekday masses are at the usual time of 9-30 am Monday to Friday. The weekly prayer meeting takes place at 8 pm on Monday and all are welcome.
PARISH NEWSLETTER: There will be no publication of the weekly newsletter during July and August.
BLOOD DONORS: The Irish Blood Transfusion Service requires three thousand donations of blood every week, and donor clinics are being held at Scoil Mhuire and Ide, Newcastlewest, on Monday and Tuesday July 25-26 from 6 to 9pm, St.John’s Pavilion, Mulgrave Street, Limerick, on Wednesday July 27 from 5 to 8pm, and at Ceol Corbrai Hall, Glyn, on Thursday July 2 from 6 to 9pm. You can visit any blood donor clinic as long as ninety days have elapsed since you last gave blood, and you are urged to please give regularly. There will be a donor clinic in Croom the following week. For more information contact the Donor Information Line on 1850 731137, or their website.
TIDY TOWNS: The troops were out at cockcrow on Monday morning of last week, picking litter prior to the arrival of the Limerick in Bloom judges, had they been already or had they not? Who knows, but we were ready for them. We use the word troops, because as every one knows, the war against litter is never won. It is an ongoing battle, not just for us in Patrickswell, but in every parish, village, town and city in Ireland. It would be a travesty, for any organisation, no matter how big or small, after investing so much time, effort, and hard fought for financial resources, if any competition was won or lost on the appearance of a carelessly or deliberately disgarded cigarette packet, sweet wrapper or takeaway container, no matter who was responsible for it. We covered the area from the Limerick side of the roundabout from Mrs O’Brien’s house, up to the bridge on the Croom Road, ensuring that even the approaches to the village would present a cared for appearance to the judges. Considering that a clean up had taken place the previous Friday, the amount of litter gathered from just these few areas in the course of a few hours, could only lead to the conclusion, that the passing motorist has a lot to answer for.
The recently sown grass adjacent to the new tiered bed and wall has established itself well, is a fine shade of green and has had its first trim. The wet weather of late has reduced the labour of the watering crews, but thankfully the hanging baskets survived the windy conditions of last weekend.
GOLF SOCIETY: The office of Vice Captaincy seems to be sitting well on the shoulders of Ger Considine as he took on all comers to win our July outing, which was held last Saturday at Woodstock Golf Club in Ennis. This course was a fine test of golf with a swirling wind and some tough pin positions being the order of the day. The weather was very kind to us with a mild day and just a few squally showers. All the long days and nights of hard practice have finally paid off for Ger, as this is his first win of his society golfing career. The results were as follows, 1st Ger Considine 39points, 2nd Liam Quinlan 36points, 3rd Brian Geoghan 34points, 4th Natal O’Grady 34points, 5th Gerry Mc.Dermott 34points, 6th Seamus Enright 33points.
Front 9 Keith Murray, Back 9 Donal Geoghan. The next outing will be the first of our two majors with our President’s Prize being held in Galway Bay Golf Club on Saturday August 20, with tee off times from 10-30am until 12noon. Our President Benny Nolan is looking forward to seeing you all there. Patrickswell golfers are keeping up the good form of late on the club competition scene with Mike Fitzgerald winning the Abbey Challenge trophy in Adare Manor Golf Club with a fine score of 61 net. Ian Kelleher was second with a score of 63 net.
FINE GAEL: Apologies for the omission of this item in last week’s edition, which for some reason found its way into the Crecora notes. The local Fine Gael Organisation would like to thank all those who contributed to their Annual Church Gate Collection, on the weekend of July 9-10. Your support is very much appreciated.
SCHOOLS PHOTOGRAHY COMPETITION: West Limerick Tourism in conjunction with Super-Valu, is currently running a schools photography competition for students of secondary schools based in the West Limerick area. There are five entry categories, History and Heritage, Landscape, Natural and Built, Music and Culture, Sport and Outdoor Activities, Tidy Towns and Villages. Maximum of two entries per category per student allowed. Overall prize of an iPad with category prizes of an iPod Nano and Schools Prize also on offer. Entry to the competition is free. Please note that all entry forms and photographs will be collected through the schools in September. Terms and conditions apply. For more information and entry form see:http://www.wlr.ie/schools-
NEWCASTLE WEST JOBSEEKERS GROUP: The Newcastle West Jobseekers group was set up over six months ago to provide peer support to people who are burnt out from the whole job seeking process. Over the past few months the members have taken part in horticulture and personal development classes. Over the summer months, a fitness “Bootcamp” is planned as well as a day trip to a local organic smallholding. If you are interested in joining the group or would like more information, please contact Finn Fitzgerald from West Limerick Resources on 069 6131 or 087 759 1951
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