Friday evening in Clonmacnois turned out to be soething special with Mass in the new cemetery with rosary and the blessing of the graves before the Mass. The crowd of cars using the hearse route seemed to go on and on until all the parking spots were taken. No problem as some kind neighbour just opened an inlet into his hayfield which was soon full. Even more people might have turned up if they had known about it.
This evening there is an open air Mass in Cloiffeen graveyard at 7pm. The access road is on the Cloghan side of the railway turning in right about a mile from Shannonbridge. Road to the fishing at the Hot Water outlet from the power plant.
Noticed Colin last night after last orders take his guitar and play and sing a song for four girls and two men. There is method in his madness as they turned out to be Polish people visiting friends at the power plant and after the song the four Lassies volunteered to help with the clean up.
The Library on Thursday evening 7 to 9pm had a nice surprize when Mary Bermingham from Dublin and Aughnacabe wheeled in a suitcase full of books. Mary and her friend were somewhat surprized at the range of books on offer. Why dont you surprize the Library people by coming along and making use of the books.
The bishops suggest that if you want to help the Sudan Crisis you should put whatever you can in an envelope marked Sudan and place it in the collection at Mass before 22nd August.