PARISH OF THE
ASSUMPTION BALLINGARRY
Date: 25th December 2011 Christmas
Day
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The Church of the Assumption
Mass times during the week:
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Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
Sat |
Sun |
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Eucharistic Service |
9.30am |
9.30am |
9.30am |
9.30am |
7pm |
10.30am |
Sacristy Phone 052-9154114 – Please use this No. to
book anniversaries, Baptisms, Weddings etc. It is best to ring before or after
Mass times.
New Graveyard Queries 052- 9154006 &
086-2416963
Fr. QuirkeÕs mobile: 086 8171758
V
In Memoriam V
We remember our deceased relatives and
friends
Sat 24th
Dec Dick Mulhall,
Garrynagree,
J
J White, Crohane
Sat 31st
Dec Anastatia,
David & Janey Keating,
Gragaugh
Dick
Keogh, The Commons
John
OÕConnell, Ballincurry
Sarah
Maher, Gotnahoe & Copper M.M
Sun 1st
Jan Martin
& Catherine Pollard, Copper
May they rest in peace
Christmas
Message
Dear Friends,
May I wish you all a very happy and safe Christmas with your families. To all
who are mourning a loved one may the good Lord comfort you and to all who have
family unable to be home for Christmas may you take joy in the memories of
former ChristmasÕs together. Congratulations to all who have committed to
marriage and welcome to all new babies.
Thanks to all for your faith and practice during the year. Thanks to our Readers, Eucharistic
Ministers, Collectors, Church Cleaners, Sacristan, Choir, Servers, Flower
Arrangers, Newsletter Personnel for volunteering your time and gifts during the
year. Special thanks to all for your generosity to parish
finances and to all the external collections. ÒMay the Baby Born in a stable continue to Bless and care
for all of us in the year aheadÓ
Holy Water
We have purchased a new Holy Water Barrel. It has a tap to make it easy
to fill your water bottles. It is
placed in the side porch (Church Lane Side). You can get to it from the main body of the Church anytime
the Church is open. Please bring
your own bottle. Holy Water renews the grace of our Baptism.
Accord Pre Marriage Course
Dates are available
for the pre marriage course for 2012 in the porch. Please book early as you are aware all couples are obliged
to attend the course prior to marriage.
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Important upcoming dates
Ballingarry
Parish Journal
The 16th production of the Ballingarry
Parish Journal for 2011, is now available to purchase. It is once again packed with great
articles, reports from many of our clubs, groups, schools, societies, colour
photograph section, picture parade, poetry, sporting achievement-wedding &
graduation photos, list of weddings, births & deaths along with some lovely
obituariesÕ dedicated to those who passed away over the last twelve
months.
We sincerely hope you enjoy this years volume &
many thanks to your for sending through many articles, reports &
photographs, itÕs amazing how much keeps coming in every year. HereÕs looking forward to working on
2012 volume next year.
HereÕs a taste of some of the articles in this
years Journal:
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Reports
from The Church of the Assumption & Kilcooley/Fertagh Group of Parishes
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Presentation
to Fr. Tom Breen
á
The
Ballingarry International Softball Player – Julie Walsh-Trundle
á
ObituariesÕ
for Evelyn Cantwell, William McGrath, Mary B. Vaughan, Ellen (Nellie) Brady,
Denis Tobin, Richie Tobin, Alice Stapleton, James (Jimmy) Cormack, Thomas
Dunne, Dick Grant, Eileen Murphy, Bridie Fitzpatrick, Tom Croke, Bill
Fitzgerald, Dick Brennan, Michael Corcoran, Michael Butler & Nancy Doheny -
R.I.P.
á
Retirement
of Mr. Tom Fennessey, Presentation Secondary School,
Principal
á
Thomas
Herbert-Wall Letter from the Past
á
All
Ireland Skittle Success
á
Dinny
Cleary looks backÉ..
á
History
of Ballingarry Schools
á
Mrs.
Bridie Meagher, Main St. celebrates 100 years 1911-2011
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Saluting
a Centenarian – Sr. Aloysius
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Cousin
Billy by Declan OÕ Shea
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Josie
Ivors – Visits America
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Births,
Deaths & Marriages
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Snippets
á
Gaelic
4 mothers
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Killaloe
Coast Guard Rescue Craft – ÒDaltonÓ
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Ballincurry
PriestÕs contribution to local history by Martin Maher
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Presentation
to Fr. Tom Breen P.P. by Ballingarry G.A.A. Club
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Ballingarry
G.A.A. Club Hosts Tipperary G.A.A. Lotto
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Everything
and the Kitchen Sink
á
A
little Lifetime Foundation by James & Carmel Croke, Mohober
á
Matt
Alexander – Proud to represent Ireland
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The
smiling face of Africa by Sarah Casey
á
Reports
from sporting clubs – Ballingarry Senior G.A.A, Juvenile G.A.A, Friends
of Ballingarry G.A.A., Ballingarry Albion F.C.,
Coolquill A.C., Crohane Gun Club, Crohane Coursing Club, Ballingarry Gun Club,
World Taekwondo Association, Glengoole/Gortnahoe Ladies Football (Ballingarry
involvement), Jessfield Harriers, Ballingarry Community Games & Ballingarry
Camogie Club
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Reports
from Schools – Presentation Secondary School, St. JosephÕs N.S., Mohober N.S., Lisnamrock N.S., Slieveardagh N.S.,
Brightsparks Childcare & Slieveardagh Community Childcare Centre.
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Community,
Societies, Clubs, Services & Farming – Ballingarry Community Centre,
St. Vincent de Paul, Ballingarry Bridge Club, Larry Wall-Fitzpatrick,
Ballingarry I.C.M.S.A., Famine 1848 Walk, The
Slieveardagh Cultural & Enterprise Centre, Killenaule, Ballingarry Parish
B—thar Committee, Chernobyl 2011 Thurles & district news & Ballingarry
Civil Defence.
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Photos
– Weddings, Achievements, Graduations, Picture Parade (old & new)
& colour section
Available to buy
in the following locations:
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TobinÕs
Foodstore, Ballingarry
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Daybreak,
Ballingarry
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Ballingarry
Post Office
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RyanÕs
ÒThe Miners RestÓ, Ballingarry
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AmbyÕs,
Ballingarry
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Pollards,
Ballingarry
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WebsterÕs,
The Commons
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MaireadÕs,
OÕ SullivanÕs Cross, Ballingarry
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Centra,
Killenaule
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CahillÕs,
Gortnahoe
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KerwickÕs,
Callan
Also available
from any Committee Member: Murt Duggan, Margaret Maher, Kitty Norton, Eileen
Heaphy, Martin Maher, Dan OÕ Connell, Matt Alexander, Declan OÕ Shea, Margaret
Bergin & MaryAnne Maher
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Community & Society
Christmas
Lights 2011 – a FIRST
A huge crowd turned out for our
first ever
Christmas Lights in the village
of Ballingarry
being turned on following Mass
at 7 pm on
Saturday 3rd December
2011. First of all, the
Church Choir entertained us with
their singing,
and Fr. Quirke PP blessed the
lights from the
steps of the Church, while the
honour of turning on the lights went to the oldest person in Ballingarry
Parish, Bridie Maher, who turned 100 on the 3rd
Sept. last. Right on cue,
following a countdown
from 10, the beautiful lights
came on when the remote control button was pressed. Well done
once again to Imelda and her
team of helpers
who brought this project to
fruition, and organised
the refreshments afterwards at
ÒJimmyÕsÓ.
Old School House The Commons
The Old School Committee would
like to thank everyone who supported them since they opened the school door by
attending their cards, book club, step dancing, guitar lessons, youth club,
mining
nights and Christmas Fair. If anyone would like to find out about upcoming
events in the school
or would like more information on the mining archives or school
archives/reunion please email your queries to oldschoolcommons@gmail.com
We wish all our past pupils and everyone in the Parish a Happy and Peaceful
Christmas.
Thanking you and wishing you the
season's greetings.
Mining Archive DVD
Second edition of Wally MackeyÕs photographic mining
archive DVD is currently on sale in the following centres at a charge of Û10,
with all donations going to the Old School Restoration Fund. Slieveardagh CITE, Slieveardagh
Heritage Centre, Killenaule & MFRC, Glengoole.
Slieveardagh C.I.T.E
Preparation for Work &
Customer care workshop; this is for employed/unemployed professionals.
It will prepare participants for future employment, preparing CV and interview
preparation. Also, customer care focuses on customer service and working in
direct customer contact.
This workshop will run Mon –
Fri each morning for 2 weeks. For further details contact Angela:052-9154896
Ext1
or Sylvia 01-5227051
Training
at Slieveardagh C.I.T.E., Ballingarry-
Internet for Farmers, Risk
assessment for
farmers, Horticultural tools
training, Safe Pass, Manual Handling, Computers, ECDL,Water
Meter Installation, Rain Water
Harvesting, First
Aid, Occupational First Aid,
Paediatric First Aid.
All courses due to start in the
next few weeks.
Limited places available contact
Angela/Rita
052 9154896 Ext 1.
If I take up employment, how
will it affect my social welfare payments? How will going back to
education affect my social
welfare payments? Do
you have the facts? Do you have
the right information? What supports are there? Come to
our ÔWelfare to WorkÕ Information
Morning. Monday, 12th December, 2011, 10am-12pm, Slieveardagh Cite,
Ballingarry.ALL ARE WELCOME. For further details contact South Tipperary
Development Company at 052 7442652.
Millennium Family Resource
Centre
Will be having a bag pack in
Dunnes Stores in Thurles on Thursday & Friday the 15th & 16th December.
It would be greatly appreciated if people could spare a couple of hours to help
raise as much money as possible for the centre. If you can help please contact
Pauline on 052 9157 992.
Thurles Flower and Garden Club
Christmas Flower Demonstration by Enda Thompson
Phelan will be held in the Anner Hotel, Thurles on Tuesday 29th November at
8.15pm. Û12 entrance fee, non members welcome.
Flu vaccine now available in Health Centre
by appointment with practice nurse. The HSE recommends Flu vaccine for
all those over 65 years as well as all pregnant women and for younger people
with chronic illnesses. It is also recommended for people with close
regular contact with pigs or poultry."
Urlingford
Library – open Tues 10 – 8, Wed 10
– 5, Thurs 10 – 5, Fri 10 – 1, Sat 10 – 1.30, closed
Sun and Monday. Knitting group
starts Sept 1st 10 – 12pm. DVDs & Magazines available to borrow also.
Ballingarry Website
Anyone interested in including news regarding sport updates,
achievements, graduations, christenings, weddings, obituaries etc for inclusion
on the weekly website newsletter can do so by emailing ballingarryparishjournal@gmail.com by 9pm on a Friday evening. Photographs can also be emailed. The website is a great means of keeping
people far and wide from the parish updated on the weekly happenings and it
would be great to include more weekly events. Don't forget to check out the Ballingarry website, some of
the articles from the 1996 & 1997 Journal are now updated online.
www.ballingarry.net. The links for each townland in Ballingarry is now linked
through on the 1901 & 1911 Census.
Hopefully making it easier for those all looking to find their family
ties during that time. The link is
under the Genealogy section on the left-hand side of the homepage of the
website. Hopefully these links
will be of great benefit to people.
Credit Union
Ballingarry Credit Union open every
Friday night from 7.30pm to 9pm. New members welcome
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Schools – Pre-school, Primary & Post Primary
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Sporting Clubs
Ballingarry G.A.A. Club
Lotto NoÕs 6-13-15-28 No Winner Û40 each:
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1. |
Michael Burke, Gortnahoe |
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2. |
Ger Fitzgerald, Foyle |
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3. |
John & Elizabeth Hennessy, Coalbrook |
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4. |
Billy & Nora McGrath, Lr. Ballingarry |
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5. |
John Walsh, The Commons |
Jackpot next week Û11,500
Ballingarry GAA Hamper Draw Winners
1. Teresa
Lawlor, The Commons,
2. Finola Byrne, Courtnaboulea,
Callan
Coolquill A.C.
The County Senior cross country was
held last Sunday near Goolds Cross, hosted by Dundrum
A/c. On a dry but cold day, it was perfect for cross country
running
on a testing course.
We had seven men on the start line for the 10k event. We saw a great run from
Ross Alexander, who put in a determined effort as he fought hard for sixth
place. Our second man home for us was John Russell, who stayed on well for
25th, followed closely by Michael Carey in 27th who also had a strong run. Our
fourth man was Matt Alexander who as usual stayed on strongly for 31st. Our
second team were led by Andrew Smyth in 32nd, and then came Tadhg Vaughan in
38th which was a big improvement on last year and our latest member Gordon
Cooke made up the squad in 42nd, when making his debut over the sod and
hopefully keeping it going into the New Year. These lads claimed the bronze
medals in the B section. This just leaves us to wish all our supporters and friends
a happy Christmas and a healthy New Year.
Fab Fitness
Fab Fitness would like to wish
all my customers
a very healthy and happy
Christmas and new
year. Thank you for your support
during the year
and look forward to seeing you
back in 2012. New Year's resolution
class on in
Mullinahone Hall Tues 3rd Jan at 10 am. This is a once off class. Regular
classes back after Christmas break on Monday 9th Jan and every mon and wed
morning in Mullinahone community hall, 9.30. Also Ballingarry Community hall on
Thurs evenings 8-9pm class resumes Thurs 5th Jan These are fun circuit training
classes, using light weights for ultimate toning, aerobic excercises for
overall aerobic fitness and help with weight loss, followed by 'ab burn' and
stretches. These classes are suitable for all levels of fitness as each works
within there own range, so come along have fun
get fit and even make a few new
friends.
Contact Biddy O'Dwyer NCEF Fitness Instructor
087 641 0352 or 052 9152001
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Newsletter
deadline: 8pm Wed.
E-mail all items
for January to: Ballintaggart@gmail.com
Details for
inclusion on website please email ballingarryparishjournal@gmail.com, deadline
Friday at 9pm.
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