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Ballybrown/Clarina Community Games sports evening will take place in Breska Rovers Soccer Field on Tuesday evening 12th May at 7.00pm. Please be there for 6.30pm all welcome.
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Leave a Comment (0) →Milford Care Centre: The Annual Service of Remembrance and Thanksgiving for the lives of those people who have died during 2014 while under our care takes place on Sunday 17th May at 3pm in Our Lady Help of Christians Church, Castletroy. All welcome.
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Leave a Comment (0) →STUDENTS SITTING EXAMS: All 3rd Level, Leaving & Junior Certificate students and any other students who will be sitting exams over the coming weeks are invited to the 8.00pm mass on Saturday 16th May in Ballybrown Church and the 6.30pm Mass in Patrickswell church. There will be special prayers for all preparing for exams, a book will be available in both Churches and you are asked to write in the names of those you would like to remember. This book will be placed on the Altar for the duration of the exams.
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Leave a Comment (0) →FIRST HOLY COMMUNION
The First Holy Communion Ceremony for pupils attending Ballybrown N.S. will take place in St. Joseph’s Church, Ballybrown on Saturday 16th May at 11.00am. This is not just a special family day but a celebration day for the parish.
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Leave a Comment (0) →Clarina Tidy Towns: We will be conducting a clean up around the village next Tuesday evening from 7.30 to 8pm meeting as always outside Croc’s Hairdressers. We are preparing for judging which begins in early June. Unfortunately due to our small numbers we are not as prepared as we should be. We really need some extra volunteers for the next few weeks. If you are free for those 90 minutes please come out and help us improve our village.
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Leave a Comment (0) →COBH OUTING: Thomond Archaeological & Historical Society will have a full day outing to Cobh and Spike Island on Sunday June 28 leaving Limerick city at 8.00am. This should prove to be a most memorable visit which will give us an opportunity to view one of the world’s largest cruise liner ‘The Royal Princess’ which is 19 decks high and will be berthed in Cobh that day and will depart at 6pm. The visit will include Cobh’s famous Cathedral St. Colman’s, the Titanic Memorial, Lusitania Victims burial plot, Jack Doyle the Gorgeous Gael’s grave. We will also visit Spike Island with a viewing of the home of ‘Little Nellie of Holy God’. The trip includes guided tours throughout. As seats are limited early booking is advisable. Contact Pat O’Donovan PRO 087 9977340.
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Leave a Comment (0) →PILGRIMAGE TO MEDJUGORJE: September 9-16. Departing from Shannon. Half board accomodation €689 includes airport transfers, taxes, and Spiritual Guide. Accomodation 2 minutes from church. Contact John O’Brien 061-380614.
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Leave a Comment (0) →45 DRIVE: The weekly 45 card drive in aid of the Ballybrown Community Resource Centre continues each Thursday night at 8.45pm and your support would be greatly appreciated. Last weeks winners were as follows: 1st and 2nd prize was shared between Marie Cregan with Ann O’Brien and Margaret O’Brien with Eithne Ryan on 9 games. They divided the €160 equally. The table prize went to Normy Long and Anthony McGann. Raffle prizes were as follows; 1/ €30, Billy Sheerin, 2/ €20, Margaret O’Brien, 3/ €20, Leonard Coughlan, 4/ €10, Mary Kenny, 5/ €10, Noreen Cusack, 6/ €10, Junior Hogan. The league is now in its final two weeks so just May 7 and 14 to go, the best twelve scores out of fifteen with a 1st prize of €150, 2nd prize of €80 and 3rd prize of €50 at stake, it’s all down to the wire. On May 21, our final night before the summer recess, there will be a big payout for some lucky punters. Billy Sheerin is leading on 75 games with Donie Lane and Pat Mulqueen on 74, Bobby O’Connell on 69, Anthony McGann on 67, Junior Hogan and Jimmy McNamara on 66, and Eithne Ryan, John Kiely and John Long on 65. it’s still wide open. See you all on May 7. Thank you.
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Leave a Comment (0) →BALLYBROWN/CLARINA COMMUNITY GAMES:
Athletics Track & Field Sports Evening: Tuesday May 12 has been set for our sports evening. It will be held in Breska Soccer Field. Registration will take place at 6.30pm and event will start at 7pm sharp. We will have events for all children from U5 to U100+. Children can take part in 1 track and 1 field event. The first 3 in each event can go forward to represent us in the County Finals which will be held in Mungret on the June 20-21. The cost is €3 per child. This is always a very enjoyable evening and great fun is had by all, we would love to see as many children as possible on the night.
Rounders :Training is taking place on Mondays after school and Saturday (time varies so check with Damien or Deirdre) in Breska Soccer Field. New members welcome, this is a team event for U13’s. We hope to enter a Boys and Girls team.
Skittles: Training is up and running for our skittles teams. We have entered teams in U12, U14 & U16’s. If you are interested please check with Michael O’Brien.
Gaelic Football: Our U10 football team along with their coach Frank O’Sullivan are training very hard for the start their county campaign which is starting soon.
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Leave a Comment (0) →COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTRE ARE GOING TO THE DOGS: Fundraising night at Limerick Greyhound Stadium on Saturday May 9. Gates open 6.30pm. First race 7.45pm. Tickets, including free raffle entry, are €10 and are available from the Resource Centre office or your local Community Council members. We’d love to see you there!
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