Shannonbridge Fishing Report Dated 28^th May 2007

Windy weather was again in favour this week.

-Gerrie Brands from The Netherlands party were pike fishing from a cruiser for three days on the River Suck. On May 24^th they caught 21 pike while using Rapala plugs.

Next day they caught 13 pike to 75 Cm, and on their last day they caught 14 pike to 70 Cm. All fish were returned alive.

- George Stokes from Walsall fished at Shannonharbour on 22^nd May in the sunshine and had an 18 lbs mixed bag using caster and maggot. Next day he fished the Shannon at Meelick and struggled to catch 10 lbs on worm and caster. Back to his swim on the canal the next day on a windy day, using black caster and worm George had a 35 lbs bag that included 12 tench to 4 lbs and six eels. He lost 11 other tench. On his last day he fished at Clonmacnois in rough windy weather and used maggot and caster to catch a fair bag of good roach. He was getting home sick but has already booked for next year when he will be celebrating his 40^th visit to Shannonbridge and his 70^th birthday on May 22^nd.

- Steve Norton from Dudley fished a Backwater on May 20^th on a fine and windy day using maggot caster and worm to catch roach and perch. Hard going he says.

- Dave Willetts from Dudley fished six different locations in the week and used maggot caster and worm to record a best bag of 55 lbs of perch and roach.

- Peter Howes party of twelve from Basingstoke fished in wind for the most part.

Nick Hillier used worm in a Backwater on May 23rd to catch 96 lbs of bream with two bream over 6 lbs. Next day on a Backwater he used worm and red maggot to catch 52 roach and hybrids weighing 40 lbs.

- Richard Burford fished a Backwater on the same days and used worm and caster to catch seven tench each day with three fish over the 6 lbs mark

- .Trevor Tarrant from Basingstoke fished a Shannon Backwater on May 23^rd and used worm and caster to catch 15 bream and 3 tench for a bag weighing 81 lbs. On May 26^th on the Shannon he caught over 25 lbs of roach. His tally for the week was 175 lbs.

- Graham Shadwell from Basingstoke also fished and had a 25 lbs bag of roach from the Shannon River and 35 lbs of hybrids from a Shannon Backwater.

- Dave Fenning chose to fish on the River Suck in fast water and used caster to catch 50 lbs of hybrids and roach for a great days sport.

- Jim Broadbent from Basingstoke fished the Cloghan lake with fly and caught 15 trout.

Then he fished on Pallas Lake and caught four trout on fly. He tried coarse fishing at Devenish Island and used maggot to catch 18 lbs of bits. On his last day he tried the fast water on the River Suck with his pal Dave and caught 16 lbs of bits using maggot and caster.

- Local angler Darren Finn fished on the Shannon on 25^th May and used maggot on a Size 14 hook to catch 40 roach and perch and two small pike.

- George Mackley from Nottingham fished on the River Suck on May 27^th and used red maggot and a feeder for a 10 lbs mixed bag.

Thanks to CT hopefully the way to the internet has been found. Sorry about the break and the little notes in the pockets are a bit out of date.

Some more recent news includes –

The N6 motorway from Dublin to Galway had the Kinnegad – Kilbeggan stretch opened

last week.

Election Day is fixed for next Thursday 24^th May. Hopefully all the posters will be removed fast.

Gracefield beat Shannonbridge in the first round of this year’s Offaly football championship on Saturday. The Shannonbridge second string was beaten today.

Padraig Harrington won the Irish Open golf at Adare today. He is the first winner since 1982 and it went to a playoff with Bradley Drage.

Oliver Darcy tells us that Galway footballers beat Mayo. Meath footballers beat Kildare.

Tyrone footballers beat Fermanagh. Louth and Wicklow footballers drew.

Down beat Cavan in a replay.

Chelsea beat Man United in the English Cup Final.

Roger Van don Berg from Vokselaar in Belgium told us that they have been having a Nar Fir Bolg Festival in Belgium at the end of June each year for the past ten years.

George Stokes from Walsall and his friends have arrived for a week fishing and singing ‘The Fields of Athenry’.

Shannonbridge Fishing Report … dated May 21^st 2007.

The river level at Shannonbridge is 2.3 metres. Again there was lots of wind and occasional showers early in the week with sunshine yesterday and today. If you are fishing please record your catch in the Log Book.

On Sunday a local angler used his mobile phone to tell me that a non national had just caught a good tench at the Hot Water and had thrown it in a bucket. I reported it to the Fishery Inspector who promised to come along within 30 minutes.

Four Manchester anglers fished a Backwater on May 16^th in windy conditions and used maggot and feeder. Gordon Barrett had good fishing catching 20 lbs of rudd tench and bream. Best tench was 4.5 lbs.

Dave Evans caught also caught a mixed bag of roach, tench, rudd, perch, bream and an eel. His best fish was a 4.75 lbs tench.

Paul and Bob Critchley had similar catches and Bob lost a good tench.

Steve Murphy and Malcolm Greaning from Actold, England used a boat to go pike fishing upstream of Shannonbridge using lures and spinners. They found that the stretch from Devenish Island to Clonmacnois was most productive with best pike of 10 lbs.

Austrian Marc Lungbauer from Feldkirch fished the Shannon from a cruiser and caught and released 21 pike. He is coming again next year.

Edwin Mulles from Speyes, Germany fished at Clonmacnois on 17^th May in wind and rain using a dead fish to catch a pike 85 cm. Eaten for lunch same day.

Leith Maximilian from Alling on the same day fished the Shannon using wobblers to catch pike of 80 cm and 65 cm. Comment ‘perfect dinner’.

Chris Malton and Kevin Ord from Scarborough went fishing on a Backwater on May 17^th. Chris used maggots to catch a 6 lb tench which was a personal best. Kevin used dead bait to land a good fighting 12 lbs pike.

Reusser Hanspeter from Switzerland fished from a cruiser on the Shannon and caught 20 pike in the week with best measuring 93 cm, and 87 cm .Using wobbler.

Joig Herdtle from Germany on May 14^th caught four pike between 50 cm and 80 cm fishing with dead bait in the wind and rain. Total for week was 50 pike.

Giuy Petg from Switzerland fished the Shannon on a sunny May 20^th and used a spinner to catch seven small pike from 9.00 am to 11.00 am.

George Stokes and friends from Walsall have arrived. On 20^th May they fished a warm up on the Grand Canal. George used maggot to catch about 60 fish – roach, rudd and perch. His pal Moss Tindeslay caught 50 rudd while fishing on maggot. Today George fished on the Brosna in the sun and used casters with an open end feeder to catch hybrids to 1.5 lbs and roach to ¾ lb. No doubt he sang The Fields of Athenry to lure his fish.

Ralph Howard and three friends from Bambury are fishing a bay on the Shannon and on a sunny May 21^st they used red maggot with a feeder to catch some lovely rudd and roach and hybrids. Paul Mills had a 35 lb bag that included eight rudd all over a pound and skimmers to a pound. Bill Lammill had a 27 lbs of the same while Ralph Howard caught 24 lbs and Tony Chard had a 29 lbs total. This was their second day on the same swims and they plan to continue there tomorrow.Where ?. On a bay on the Shannon.

Clonmacnois Parish Newsletter
Sunday 27th May 2007 - Pentecost Sun C
Tel (090) 9674125
Fax (090) 9674267


Shannonbridge
Masses: Each day @ 10am. Adoration on First Fri until 6pm
Last Sunday's Offertory collection: €508. Many Thanks
Church Cleaners: K.Price, C.Curley, P.Anderson
Eucharistic ministers: Group 4
Readers for next Weekend:
Altar Servers for this week: Ciara, Dylan

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Clonfanlough
Mass for the Fist Fri @ 7pm
Last Sunday's Offertory collection: €210. Many Thanks
Church Cleaners: B.Kenny, M.Lantry
Readers for next Sunday: C.Norton
Altar Servers for next Sunday: Group A
Eucharistic minister for next Sunday: D.McEvoy

A new Saint for Ireland
Fr Charles of Mt Argus, a Passionist priest, will be canonised on next Sun, 3rd June.
Parish Pastoral Council
Meeting on Mon eve @ 8pm in Shannonbridge.
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Cause of Bishop Fulton Sheen
This weekend we welcome Martin Shaw, who will speak at the weekend Masses on the Cause for Canonisation of Bishop Fulton Sheen. Bishop Sheen was a pioneer of the use of the mass media in communicating gospel values & the truths of the Catholic Church in the 1950s & 60s. Those who have SKY TV may have seen him on EWTN.
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Share - a - Break
Would you like to give a holiday / respite in your home to a person with a learning disability?
Share - a - Break is a family based respite scheme, which provides breaks for children and adults with a learning disability with other families in the community. Host families are urgently needed. If interested, please contact Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary at 044-9340980.
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Co Offaly Childminding Initiative
Will host a Seminar for childminders in the Clonamore House Hotel, Tullamore on Sat 9th June from 9.30am - 2pm. The seminar aims to provide valuable information to childminders, which will assist them to develop and run their own Childminding Service. Information will be provided on Childminder's Tax Relief, the National Guidelines for Childminders, and on Early Years' Development. The cost of the seminar is €15, which includes lunch. Further details may be obtained by calling Fiona on 057-9328109.
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Questions people ask: (Fr O'Flynn - Intercom)
Q. The Holy Spirit is called the Advocate and the Paraclete.
What do these names mean?
A. Actually the two names are really the same, except that Paraclete is a Greek word, and Advocate is its Latin translation.
Advocatus literally means one called to your side. In the legal world an advocate is one who pleads your case. St John applied these names to both Jesus and the Holy Spirit. These lovely names express the presence of God at our side in times of trouble.

Clonmacnois Parish Newsletter
Sunday 20th May 2007 - Ascension C
Tel (090) 9674125
Fax (090) 9674267


Shannonbridge
Masses:
Last Sunday's Offertory collection: €532. Many Thanks
Church Cleaners: M.McManus, C.Slattery, A.Corbett
Eucharistic ministers: Group 3
Readers for next Weekend: C.Mannion, C.Doolan
Altar Servers for this week: Ailbhe, Aoife

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Clonfanlough
Last Sunday's Offertory collection: €340. Many Thanks
Church Cleaners: J.Egan, B.Dolan
Readers for next Sunday: A.Coughlan
Altar Servers for next Sunday: Group E
Eucharistic minister for next Sunday: B.Coughlan

Station Mass on next Thurs @ 8pm in the home of E. & N. Kilduff
Summer Party in Clonfanlough Hall
On Fri 25th May, starting with Mass @ 7pm
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Novena to the Holy Spirit - in Ferbane Church, @ 7.45pm, every Wed until 20th June, with a guest speaker & Mass.
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Questions people ask
Q. If the triumph of Jesus was complete at the Resurrection, what does the Ascension add to it?
A. The 40 days between Easter Sunday & Ascension Day represent a period of readjustment for the disciples. They needed time to let go of the daily, physical presence of the Lord. It was a period of further instruction when the Risen Lord appeared to them to show them how to recognise his presence in ways such as the breaking of bread (Eucharist), in the forgiveness of sins, and in the leadership of Peter.
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Lough Derg One day Retreats for 2007
May: 21, 22, 26, 27, 28, and 29.
August: 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, and 29
September: 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, and 23.
Cost: €27. - Includes boat fare, coffee & light lunch.

Three day Pilgrimage
Fri 1st June to Mon 13th August
Cost: €45. - Includes boat fare and accommodation.
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Cause of Bishop Fulton Sheen
Next weekend we welcome Martin Shaw, who will speak at the weekend Masses on the Cause for Canonisation of Bishop Fulton Sheen. Bishop Sheen was a pioneer of the use of the mass media in communicating gospel values & the truths of the Catholic Church in the 1950s & 60s. Those who have SKY TV may have seen him on EWTN.
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Shannonbridge Fishing Report .. Dated 14^th May 2007 .

A variety of weather for the week with some showers, wind sun and cloud.

- Jan Gulikers from Holland fished a rainy Shannon on May 3^rd and used a dead roach to catch a pike 105 mm. Returned alive.

- Wigns John from Belgium fished the River Shannon on 10^th May on a clouded day and used trolling plugs to catch seven pike to around 75 Cm.

Wijns John from Belgium fished May 12th the River Shannon on a clouded wet day and used trolling plug bait to catch five pike in four hours. Two days later he again used plug baits to catch 16 pike in four hours.

- Verpoorten Paul, Belgium fished alongside and also used trolling plug baits to catch five pike to 70 Cm. On May 12^th he again used trolling plug baits to catch five pike in four hours. Best was 60 cm.

- V.D. Bergh Roger from Belgium also fished with his pals, using trolling plug baits to catch six baby pike. All returned alive. On May 12^th he fished the River Shannon from a cruiser and using trolling plug baits he caught 11 pike. Best was 73 cm.

- Tony Allen and Tony Williams from Wiltshire fished the River Shannon on a wet and windy 6^th May using a float with maggot and caster to catch 60 roach each on their first day. Best ones 10 ounces.

Next day they tried the River Suck at Correen and used maggot and worm on the leger to catch bream hybrid and roach.

On May 8^th the Two Toney's caught some bits while fishing a Backwater using a waggler for bottom fishing. Then they pre-baited the swims.

On May 9^th they fished the Backwater swims using a waggler and red maggot to catch four tench to over 5 lbs and good hybrids to 1.25 lbs. A tench broke Tony Williams Browning Rod which had been recommended by Bob Nudd. Bob Nudd beware !!!.

On May 10^th they had three tench, hybrid and roach from the same swim. They had wind every day, must be the Guinness.

- A ten man group from Hanover fished the River Shannon on their cruiser on 11^th May using wobblers on a windy day to catch 10 pike to 3.5 Kg.

Shannonbridge angler Aidan Kelly went trolling in his boat on May 2^nd and used a large copper and silver spoon bait to catch 19 pike in four hours. Best was 6 lbs. Two days later he fished the River Shannon once more with his boat and copper and silver spoon baits and landed 14 pike and two perch. All returned alive.

- Ernie Nolan from Ashford in Kent fished a Backwater on a rainy clouded 9^th May and had a 5 lbs 2 oz tench using corn/maggot/ feeder.

- His friend, Tony Sexton also fished the Backwater and used the same tactics to land his first tench.

- Jim Sims from Loughton Essex fished the Backwater on May 9^th and used the corn / maggot / feeder to catch five tench to 4 lbs. Later that day he tried his luck with maggot and feeder in the harbour and caught a brown trout.

-Monfield Amann from Austria used plug baits while fishing from a cruiser on the River Shannon and landed a pike of 73 cm. Ireland the place to be says Monfield.

-Thomas Rupp from Germany fished with a dead fish as bait on 13^th May and hooked and landed a pike that measured 1.11 Metres. Estimated to weigh 23 lbs. Returned alive.

Engelbert Roller his friend caught a 63 cm pike while fishing with a wobbler on 14^th May from the cruiser.

- Michael Burke from Swindon and a Shannonbridge connection went fishing early on 12^th May at the Hot Water with a friend. They used maggot / worm / float / feeder to catch 60 fish. Fine rudd and some perch to 1.5 lbs. They hooked and lost three big tench.

- Tony and Terry from Yorkshire fished a Backwater on a cloudy 12^th May and used maggot and sweetcorn to catch 15 lbs of rudd to a pound. Comment – best rudd they ever caught.

- John Phillips from Wales fished with the Tony and Terry and caught three tench using maggot and sweetcorn. On May 14^th John fished the same Backwater swim and caught a 3.5 lb tench and good rudd to a pound weight each.

Dermot Turley told us that his friends on a cruiser on the previous week caught 24 pike on their return journey to Athlone.

On behalf of Derry.

Clonmacnois Parish Newsletter
Sunday 13th May 2007 - 6th Sun Easter C
Tel (090) 9674125
Fax (090) 9674267



Shannonbridge
Masses: Each day @ 10am
Last Sunday's Offertory collection: €501. Many Thanks
Church Cleaners: J.Kelly, M.Killeen, A.Keena
Eucharistic ministers: Group 2
Readers for next Weekend: S.Grennan, P.Duffy
Altar Servers for this week: Brian, Caitríona
Mass on next Sun for the late Dessie & Sonny Keena
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Clonfanlough
Last Sunday's Offertory collection: €252. Many Thanks
Church Cleaners: K.Kenny, A.Kearns
Readers for next Sunday: I.Maleney
Altar Servers for next Sunday: Group D
Eucharistic minister for next Sunday: A.Rohan

We celebrate the Feast of the Ascension on next Sun.

Novena to the Holy Spirit - in Ferbane Church, @ 7.45pm, every Wed until 20th June, with a guest speaker & Mass.







We welcome to the table of the Lord the children who received Jesus, the Bread of life, in their First Holy Communion this Sat.

Ronan Devery, Ethan Mulrooney, Jack Darcy,
Barry Rohan, Athene Hynes, Lorna Kelly, Lauren Daly

The Lord has come to be our life’s companion,
A banquet for his friends he shall provide.
Unless you eat the food of life eternal,
With Christ the Lord you cannot long abide.
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Summer Party in Clonfanlough Hall
We hope to have this annual party on Fri 25th May, starting with Mass @ 7pm; so please keep this date free.
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Shannonbridge Active Retirement Association
'Many thanks to all who supported our Cake Sale and Art Display on last Sun. We raised €668.29 for the Nairobi street children.'
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Prayer Centre Clonmacnois: Mass every Wed @ 8pm.
Youth 2000 will have a Vigil Service from 11pm to 4am on 18 -19th May in the Centre, starting with Mass. Info, Helen on 086-1678027.
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Irish Wheelchair Association will have their annual Church Gate Collection next weekend.

Shannonbridge Fishing Report dated 9^th May 2007

The river level at Shannonbridge is 2.25 Metres after a five week dry spell. The promised forecast rain started today. Anglers may wish to know that the Corncrake bird has returned from Africa and Shannonbridge heard its call last night from the island opposite the mouth of the River Suck. Apologies for no report in recent week due to a computer hitch.

- Sean Keneghan from Tullamore fishing from the jetty using dead roach caught 9 pike to 6 lbs. Later in the day he caught 5 pike to 7.25 lbs when fishing on the River Suck.

- Dave Kemp from Bradford fished on the River Suck and used a dead hybrid to catch a pike that weighed 19 lbs. Dave fished on the Grand Canal at Shannonharbour and caught two tench and one skimmer that weighed a total of 11.5 lbs. Dave fished for coarse fish for two days on the River Suck. On day 1 he used caster and maggot for 11 lbs mixed bag. Next day he used maggot and feeder to catch 13.75 lbs that included one bream, skimmers and hybrids.

- Joe Coleman from Duleek used dead roach as bait on the River Shannon to catch 11 pike up to 9 lbs best.

- Neville Hayes and Chris Butler from Drumalga fished the Hot Water using worm and maggot with float and leger to catch 20 fish. Bream to 2 lbs and roach to 0.5 lbs.

- Ralph Edwards and his son Robert from Wexford fished on the River Shannon downstream of Clonmacnois and used a strike pro lure to catch 7 pike. The best weighed 13 lbs and was caught by 13 year old Robert.

- Christopher Lantry from Clonmacnois fished from the jetty at Clonmacnois and using a worm he caught a 2 lbs perch.

- B Peels from Zostere NL used a dead roach when fishing near the mouth of the River Suck to catch a pike 1.05 Metres that weighed 22 lbs. Returned alive.

- Jan Peels from Zostere using a dead roach caught a pike 86 Cm from the same location.

- Paul Edwards from Nottingham fished on the River Suck at Correen Ford and using a feeder with single maggot on a size 14 hook he caught 25 lbs of skimmers and roach.

- Jim King from Clonburren fished the Clonburren Back River and used spinner lures to catch 9 pike between 4 lb and 10 lbs.

- Harry and Steve Johnson from the Yorkshire Dales fished the Hot Water and using sweetcorn they caught 4 tench with the largest weighing 5 lbs. Strong fighters.

- Local youngsters Shane O Rourke and Alan Scott fished the Hot Water using maggots and dead bait. They caught 35 roach and a pike that weighed 10 lbs.

- Gerda Van Poll from Holland fished on the River Shannon and using dead bait he caught 11 pike with the best measuring 99 Cm.

- Local angler Dermot Turley fished the River Shannon at Woodbank and using a copper / silver spoon he caught 11 pike and 3 perch.

- Mary ud Brok from Veldhoson in Holland fished on the River Shannon using a blinker to catch a brown trout that weighed over 3 lbs.

- Many coarse anglers are finding it hard to catch fish. The fish must be finding it hard to catch anglers as they change their position every day and often twice a day.

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Clonmacnois Parish Newsletter
Sunday 6th May 2007 - 5th Sun Easter C
Tel (090) 9674125
Fax (090) 9674267
G-mail. cpnewsl@gmail.com

Shannonbridge
Masses: Each day @ 10am
Last Sunday's Offertory collection: €513. Many Thanks
Church Cleaners: G.Brennan, D.Deeley, C.Quinn
Eucharistic ministers: Group 1
Readers for next Weekend: M.Killeen, O.Costello
Altar Servers for this week: Megan, Michaela
Mass on next Sun for the late Mary Kate Higgins

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Clonfanlough
Last Sunday's Offertory collection: €202. Many Thanks
Church Cleaners: E.Egan, A.McEvoy
Readers for next Sunday: D.Boland
Altar Servers for next Sunday: Group C
Eucharistic minister for next Sunday: K.Kelly
'Months Mind' Mass for Michael J. Molloy on next Sun

First Holy Communion on next Sat @ 12 noon, in Clonfanlough Church.

Clonfert Pilgrimage to Medjugorje - 13th - 20th Oct.
Group Leaders, Eddie & Lucy Stones. Cost per person - €589.00
Early booking is essential.
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Fatima 2007 - 90th Anniversary of Apparitions
Depart 27th Sep, including 2-Day Tour of Shrines of Northern Portugal, visiting Balazar, Sameiro, and Braga.
5 Nights FB in Hotel Avenida, Fatima; 2 Nights HB in 4* Hotel Braga. Cost €759. (Plus Insurance €25 if required.)
Spiritual Director is Fr John Naughton, Eyrecourt.
For details contact Nuala on 090-9675148.
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Summer Party in Clonfanlough Hall
We hope to have this annual party on Fri 25th May, starting with Mass @ 7pm; so please keep this date free.
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Novena to the Holy Spirit - in Ferbane Church, @ 7.45pm, every Wed until 20th June, with a guest speaker & Mass.
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St Joseph's Services for the Visually Impaired
'If you are running in the Flora Women's Mini Marathon, will you run on our behalf? We are catering for the specific needs of 100 blind & visually impaired pre-school children under the age of 4,some of whom have additional learning or physical disabilities.
Call 01-8373635 for T-shirts & sponsor Cards.
Visit our website: www.stjosephsvi.ie
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Art Display & Cake Sale - Shannonbridge Hall, Sun 6th May
after the 12 noon Mass in aid of Street children of Nairobi.
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Ballinasloe Flower & Garden Club
Floral Demo by Olwyn Sherlock in Haydens Hotel on Wed 9th May, @ 8pm. Adm for non-members €5.
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Addiction Treatment & Intervention
ATI (Longford) provide a Free Service to Families & Friends of people struggling with addictions; - one evening a week - Practical Support, Information, Informal Discussion. Call: 043-31773