GAA Lotto
Ballyduff Lower GAA club held their recent lotto draw on May 14th and had a jackpot of €9,650 on offer. The numbers drawn were 12, 14, 17 and 19 but there was no lucky winner. There were three lucky dip winners of €50 each and they were Eamon Halley, Eileen Power and Brendan Butler. The next draw will take place on May 28th and there will be a fantastic jackpot of €9,800 up for grabs. Tickets cost just €2 each or three for €5 and what a return you may get for your money. You can purchase your tickets online, from any committee member or volunteer sellers will be at Centra in Kilmeaden on Saturday May 27th. Choose four lucky numbers or close your eyes and choose four random numbers and you could be the lucky winner.
Church News
There will be no Saturday evening mass in Ballyduff or Portlaw for the next four weeks as the priest will be away. However, Sunday morning mass will be offered here in Ballyduff every Sunday morning at 10am. The only weekday mass in Ballyduff will be on Thursday mornings at 11am.
Bridge News
The Ballyduff/ Portlaw Bridge Club held their latest game on Monday May 15th and the results were as follows: 1st Peggy Murphy and Elizabeth Mooney. 2nd Sean Hennessy and Nano Fitzgerald. 3rd Mary Prendergast and Mary Kennedy.
Ballyduff AFC
A big thank you to Seamus and Michelle Dunphy and all at The Sweep Bar and Restaurant who kindly sponsored a set of jerseys for the club’s division 4 team. This was a wonderful, generous gesture and the club is very grateful. We wish the team the very best of luck as they proudly wear their new jerseys in their club colours.
Official Opening
The Kilmeaden Greenway Link was officially opened on Tuesday May 16th, and this also incorporated the launch of the Ballyduff and Kilmeaden Community Garden. On a beautiful sunny morning a large crowd gathered to watch as our Mayor John O Leary officially cut the ribbon on this fantastic facility. He spoke on the importance of The Greenway and its accessibility for all. He thanked all his colleagues in the council, all those involved in the design and construction and local landowners John and Joan Stephenson who were so accommodating with their land.
The Mayor spoke about his enthusiasm for the new community garden project which he said would be a fabulous facility for the whole community to come together and enjoy. He invited the Chairman of the group Peter Jacob to speak to the crowd and explain the project. Peter explained that the group had now received their licence and were looking forward to getting the project started. He told the crowd that this would be a community project, with something for everyone and he said that ideas for design and layout were welcome from anyone, and he encouraged people to become involved in the project.
There was a fantastic, positive air at the opening and the launch with people of all ages attending including a group of children from the local Kiddies Kingdom creche and Montessori, who were able to walk back to the creche safely on the Greenway. Please watch out through Facebook and your community notes for updates to the Community Garden Project.
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