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CAHILL PLAYS FOR MAYO
Congratulations to Kevin Cahill, Ballaghaderreen who played at full back for Mayo against Sligo earlier this month. Mayo were unlucky to be beaten by 0-1 in a game played in Charlestown but Cahill gave a fine performance and did his club proud.
DEATH OF EILEEN GILLERAN The death occurred on January 22nd last at Ballinamore House Nursing Home, Kiltimagh of Eileen Gilleran, Kilcolman, Sligo Road. Mrs Gilleran was a quiet and reserved person and was held in high regard by all who knew her. Her death caused great sadness. Her remains were removed from Kilgarriff's Funeral Home to St Nathy's Cathedral and burial took place to Kilcolman Cemetery after 12 o'clock requiem mass. She was predeceased by her husband Tommie and is survived by her sister Nanon Regan, nephews, nieces, in-laws and other relatives and friends.
ADULT EDUCATION COURSES The Old Vocational School in Ballaghaderreen has a number of interesting courses running at present. These include an Introduction to Computers, Business Application of Computers, yoga/stress, art for adults and Basic English and Maths. Anyone interested in these courses is asked to contact the V.E.C. for more details.
PLAYERS GIVE STAR PERFORMANCE AT PANTO The fifth production by the very talented Ballaghaderreen group was a huge success. The costumes, lighting, choreography and music combined with the talents of the individual actors to make a winning combination. Well done to James Hope who played the role of the spider and gave a great performance as did Lorcan Leavy as Dame Dolly Drinkup and Flip and Flop, played by Mark Davern and Eleanor Doohan. Michael Frain as Jasper also got the audience into the mood and added to their enjoyment. People of all ages were involved in this very ambitious production and all played their part in making it the success that it was. Well done to the producer Gerry Ferguson, musical director, Pauline Northfield and choreographer Leonie McDonagh who all played their part in this great panto. Gerry Ferguson paid tribute to the great community spirit that is so evident in Ballaghaderreen and said he was delighted with the success of the pantomime. The members of the Musical Society have extended their thanks to the priests at St Nathy's College for giving them the use of the College Hall and the priests of the Parish for the use of the Parish Hall for rehearsals.
SPRING PROGRAMME AT THE FAMILY INSTITUTE A number of courses are currently running at the Family Institute in Ballaghaderreen this spring. The first course has already taken place. Entitled self-esteem, it focused on the meaning of self-esteem and gave guidelines to help build a healthy respect for ourselves and to live life with confidence and fulfilment. The presenter was Ethna O'Grady, Family Therapist. A talk on assertiveness was also given on Tuesday February 16th. In this session, people learned to stand up for themselves, deal with criticism and be more confident. Anne Meagher, Dip Counselling Psychology, gave this course. A talk on communication in families was given on Tuesday February 23rd. Many problems in families are due to lack of communication. This course examined how our skills of listening and speaking can be examined more effectively in our families. Martina Barren, Psychotherapist, gave it. A number of other interesting courses will also take place during the month of March. More details on these later.
BAND PREPARE FOR ST. PATRICK'S DAY The newly reformed Carracastle Fife and Drum band will perform on St Patrick's Day and practice has commenced every Monday night in Carracastle Community Centre from 8.30 to 9.30 p.m. The band are in urgent need of more fife, drum and cymbal players as well as banner carriers. They would appreciate the return of as many past members as possible and are appealing to the parents of children and young adults, not already involved in school bands and who are interested in music to get involved with the band and come along to practices. The band is part of our rich heritage and it is up to us to nurture and restore it to its former glory and pass it on to future generations.
PLANS TO DEVELOP COMMUNITY PARK A number of sporting bodies in the Ballaghaderreen area met recently with a view to developing the old Sport’s Field into a Community Park. The following committee was formed to proceed further with this initiative: Chairperson, James Holton; Vice-Chairperson, Pat Brown; Secretary, Margaret Linnane; assistant secretary, Margaret Muldoon; Treasurer, Michael Cunningham; Assistant Treasurer, Tony Gilligan and P.R.O., Pat Higgins. The committee members elected were Breege Duffy, Marion Geever, Tom Griffin, Andy Hanley, Maureen Higgins, Margaret Towey and Pat Towey.
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