See on the Parish Newsletter that next Saturday night there is an Anniversary Mass for the late Tom Donegan who died on 3rd September 1999. Kathleen was telling last night that Tom first came to Shannonbridge in July 1953 and she came to live here in 1954. Kathleen will be 50years in Shannonbridge on next Friday. See where The Priory Institute are offering a 14 week course, Introduction to Theology starting this September. If interested call 01-4048124 or visit their website:www.prioryinstitute.com
The 'Months Mind' Mass for Jimmy Mooney is on next Sunday.
On Thursday evening in the Library one of the best supporters Bridgie Kitt arrived and we persuaded her to sit a while and got her mind working on who lived where in the different houses from the Church to Nugents Butcher on that side of the street. Very interesting.
To crown it off Declan Ryan read a poem written by our former schoolteacher Michael Donegan.
Wondered what mark we will get in this years Tidy Town competiton as I went around the village collecting some Walk For Kate sponsorship cards. There are still some cards to be returned but the results so far look good and you can see Kates latest letter and accounts under the main page of the Shannonbridge Website. Thought that there was a lot of careless litter around the village. Was glad to see Oliver Hilliard and Joe Kenny houses having trees lawns hedges and overhangs getting a trim. See that the Council have laid down a new concrete top on part of the wide footpath area opposite Darcy's house.
Plenty of rain and broken weather over the weekend but more ble skies are overhead at this time.
Picked up an old book called Awareness written by Mary O Neill and Martina Hogan some years ago that tells lots of County Roscommon history, houses, castles, people, land, bog, hills, eskers, animals,forests,rivers,lakes, fish,insects, birds etc. One part that caught my eye was the date 1111 given as the year when the Irish Catholic Dioceses areas were agreed. Somebody went to Rome at that time and had to walk a hell of a way overland. Lorraine in Pottstown would be delighted with it as many of the castles and old houses mentioned had a connection with The O'Connor clan and that is Lorraine's maiden name.