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Roundstone news April 19th 2010 |
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Tuesday, 27 April 2010 07:44 |
We have all been following the fall out of the Iceland Volcano and the disruption and chaos it has caused
In Roundstone alone four people I know off has had to postpone their trip to the states. I myself was due to go to Nice on Wednesday and still don’t know if this is possible or not. A friend of mine is stuck in Romania he was on a business trip and cannot get out. It goes on and on I suppose all of us know somebody or other that has been affected. But at least everyone is safe and well at any rate.
Beach Clean Up
78 bags collected
9 National school children were part of the cleanup group
Thanks to Patch Mc Donagh ,Greg from Eldon’s for lending his van, Pius deLapp for lending his truck, Oliver Coyne and Neill McKay for their help working with the kids. The Shamrock bar for providing all the sandwiches after the clean up and to Richard for providing the refreshments. A special thanks to the Community Warden Tommy Sullivan for providing all the black sacks, gloves and pinchers.
Flower Beds
The new flower bed at the Tennis Courts have been completed and planted also the flower bed at Richards corner also at Bill Whelan’s has been replanted all the beds are looking superb
The building work was carried out by the FAS lads and over the week-end Landscapers from Athenry did all the planting and re-planted two other beds on the out skirts of the village which lost a lot of plants due to the winters Frost. The Roundstone Lotto Committee donated €2,500.00 and the Tidy Towns committee €1000.towards this project. It will add to the enhancement of the village for this year’s tidy town’s competition.
Roundstone Bingo Club;
The Roundstone Bingo club Committee would like to
Thanks for all your support. Next game will be on Friday next at 8.30pm sharp.
Jackpot of 200 euro and lots more prizes on the night. A tuck shop with minerals is now available.
Numbers of attendance were up on the previous week despite the fact that A Station Mass & House Blessing was taking place in her newly renovated home of Martina Conneely keeping a lot of the local participants from the bingo game.
Diocesan Youth Council Initiative:
This will take place on the Sunday may 9th in the form of a pilgrimage to Croagh Patrick Mass will be celebrated at the summit of the mountain at 12 noon and the day will finish with a barbeque in Murrisk
Last year 400 young people took part with about 12 from our parish This year a bus will be provided again so if you would like to be part of this call Richard at 086 8215153
Monty Halls Great Escape
For the next 6 months we will have the production team of this
Programme staying in the area while they are filming the newest series. Lorna Hill daughter of Lynn Hill of Anglers return is part of the production team and her along with director Martin Pailthorpe
Will be arriving in Roundstone to meet with some locals and explain what it is all about and to show a DVD of the first programme which is a BBC production. The will be interacting with life in Roundstone during the next few months so it should all be very exciting.
Birthdays:
Richard hosted a lovely lunch on Saturday to 30 guests, family and friends of his Aunt Iris who was celebrating her 90 birthday. Iris who lives in Oughterard is a regular visitor to Errisbeg & still drives around the place. She is a wonderful gardener and has some lovely old fashioned Shrubs and flowers in her huge garden and makes wonderful chocolate cake.
In St Anne’s The Watt’s Family gathered to celebrate the 97 birthday of Vera. Vera is a very special person and is remembered with fond memories of all the different times she attended local functions and was the life and soul of the party. She will go down in memory for her ditty Cinderella which always had us in stitches.
Very happy birthday to you Vera and Iris too and all the other 90 year olds we have out there and we have quiet a few So long life and good health to you all.
Rosie’s hair salon which is such a great asset to the village will be staying open right through the week as from now for the summer.
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