Newsletter 30th August 2014

Community Games:  

Moygownagh Community Games goes from strength to strength.  Following on from the accumulation of 13 county athletic medals and 5 talent show county titles. This year 8 children from the parish went to Athlone last weekend as part of an 80 strong Mayo team to compete in the HSE Community Games National Finals.  Eabha Gallagher and Kevin Murray were part of the Mayo Athletic squad.  Eabha, who was participating out of age, was Mayo’s hopeful for shott putt.  She threw a personal best in a very brave performance against a field of 24 seasoned national athletes.  Kevin wore the green and red vest as part of the Mayo team competing in the 7km marathon.  He finished in a respectable time of 26 minutes and was the first Mayo participant home.  The music group ( Oisin Carolan, Aoife Kelly, Barry Gaughan, Lucy Monaghan & Conor Diamond) competed against 14 very polished music groups from all over the country playing ’Hey brother & 500 miles’ came third.  This was a tremendous achievement and the group are definitely ‘Stars of the future’ as one spectator aptly described them.  Emily Murray competed in the recitation and made a return appearance as ‘Aggie’ in the J.P. McMenamen poem ‘Dancing round my handbag’.  She was awarded 2nd place for her efforts against 18 other competitors.  All these children deserve recognition for this achievement as it takes a lot of courage, commitment and effort to participate at National level.  To date only a handful of children from the area have secured All Ireland Community Games medals and a little bit of history was made this year as we have never had an act competing in the Talent Show at National Level.  Many thanks to all the parents who gave their time to attend practices and make the trek to Athlone.  A special word of thanks to Fiona Watts who prepared the music group and guided them to their success and also to their team manager, Ann Monaghan.  This has been Moygownaghs most successful year with the exciting addition of 6 National medals and we hope to build on this into the future.  A big thank you to everyone who helped out at the training of the track events—Alan Gaughan, James Carolan & Ann Gallagher.  We will be hosting an A.G.M in the coming weeks so we will need parents to attend the meeting to continue the success.

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Newsletter 23rd August 2014

North Mayo Minor C Final Friday 22^nd August Cill Chomain V Ardmoy Mc Hales in Bangor @ 7pm.  Please note that the venue for this game has been changed to Bangor.  All support appreciated.  

 G.A.A. meeting next Saturday , 30^th August in Community Centre @ 9pm.

Cairde Mhaigh Eo - Night out in Dublin

An official Cairde Mhaigh Eo night in “Bad Bobs”, Temple Bar on Sat 23^rd August in advance of the Mayo V Kerry All Ireland Semi Finals.  Two All Ireland tickets for this years Senior Football Final will be up for grabs!  Two Cairde Mhaigh Eo Memberships for 2015 also up for grabs!  Admission €10.  Present your Cairde Mhaigh Eo Card on the door and get 5 free entries into the draw for All Ireland tickets.

All Ireland Semi Final Mayo V Kerry: Bus going to the game, contact Gerry Higgins @ 087 6496551.

Both Mayo Minor and Senior teams will now play the Kerry Minor and Senior teams this Sunday 24^th August in Croke Park. The Minor game kicks off @ 1.30pm and the Senior game kicks off @ 3.30. 

Ticket prices are as follows:

€40 Adults (all stands)

€5 Juveniles (Cusack and Davin stands only)

€25 Terrace​

Student/OAP Concession price is €30 (€10) rebate only available on full price (€40) Cusack and Davin stand tickets.

 Free Service Support Scheme For Senior Citizens

This service under the auspices of the Community Employment Scheme commenced in January.  This FREE service is aimed at supporting family members who may require assistance for a number of hours each day caring for their relatives or elderly persons living alone.  This service is provided by fully trained workers.  For further information please contact Ann, community centre @ 096 31066 or Barbara, community care @ 0868872146.

Macra na Feirme celebrates its 70^th Anniversary this year. To mark this, Mayo Macra are holding a Dinner Dance and Reunion for past and present members on Saturday September 13^th in Hotel Ballina. Music by The Trevor Moyles Band & Disco. Tickets are €30 and are on sale now. To prepare for this, they are looking for any old pictures of Macra dances or field days, newspaper clippings or any promotional material. Please email mayomacra@hotmail.com or contact Sharon on 086-1600395 or the Mayo Macra Facebook page. 

Family History: Anybody interested in family history in North Mayo can check out the following web site: www.goldenlangan.com

Moygownagh Community Council Confined  Draw took place on Sun 17^th August.  Thanks to everyone for buying tickets and supporting this Community Draw.  Well done to all the winners and good luck to everyone in the next Draw which will take place on Sunday 21^st September.

Carn National School will re-open on Monday 1^st Sept  2014.

St. Tiernan’s College Crossmolina re-opens on Tuesday 26^th August for 1^st year students, 27^th Aug for 1^st and 4^th years only and 28^th Aug for all other students.

Last few weeks of history research ! 

Liam Heffron thanks all assisting with his historical collection and all who have submitted photos and contacted him about stories, history and folklore they heard. Please check old drawers, attics or pockets (!) for any other old photos hanging around - not just Moygownagh but surrounding parishes too.

He's now also looking specifically for any taped (video or audio) and photos of any musicians, singers  or storytellers (even part time ones!) that people may have - eg tapes recorded for Scor or Readori or GAA events.

And photos of (1) Byrons as it was as a dancehall or store or latterly a shed (2) any of the sports day in Moygownagh (3) Heffrons old shop or any other shop of the parish (4) photos of priests or religious of the parish and finally (5) any photos at dances in the area. 

Please contact him on 087 9311666 or liamheffron@gmail.com

St Daria’s Daycare Centre

Will re-open on Monday 1^st September @ 9am and will be open from Monday to Friday 9 am to 12:30 pm. This is a community based quality facility  catering for pre-schoolers aged 2½ to 6 years. Please contact Caroline for more information.

Community Education and Training at Moygownagh Learning Forum. Art Classes on-going every Monday in the Learning Forum from 10am to 12 noon.

Moygownagh GAA Development Draw

Moygownagh GAA Development Draw

The third Club Development Draw took place on Monday 18^th August in Moygownagh Community Centre @ 9.30pm.  Prior to the draw, Michael Cummins, Administrator McHale Park distributed Cairde Mhaigh Eo tickets to North Mayo members for Mayo V Kerry game in Croke Park on Sunday.  In attendance on the night were many members of Moygownagh G.A.A. Club, delegates from other North Mayo Clubs, County Secretary Vincent Neary and County Chairman Paddy Mc Nicholas.  Before the draw took place Mr McNicholas thanked Moygownagh for the use of its facilities over the past number of years in support of Mayo football.  The draw took place and as a result Moygownagh won  7^th place receiving  €500.

Community Council Confined Draw Results

Moygownagh Community Council Confined Draw Results (17th August 2014)

1st:  (€135) Hugh Mc Andrew                                                  (Ticket Num:64)

2nd:  (€70)   Karen Egan                                                              (Ticket Num:79)

3rd:  (€35)   Mary & Billy Heffron                                     (Ticket Num:156)

4th:  (€35)   Alan & Caroline Gaughan                                (Ticket Num:137)

5th:  (€35)   Teresa Finnerty (6 Moyvale)              (Ticket Num:41)

6th:  (€35)  Thomas & Mimi Birrane (Ticket Num:134)

Thanks to everyone for buying tickets and supporting this Community Draw. Well done to all the winners & Good Luck to everyone in the next Draw.