Bridge News.
The results of the latest couple of games played by the Ballyduff/Portlaw Bridge Club.
27/04/2015
1st: Kate Hayes and Sean Hennessy.
2nd: Kathleen Collins and Patsy Roche.
3rd: Aileen Stephenson and Mary Kennedy.
4th:Ann and William Tobin.
05/05/2015
1st: Nano Fitzgerald and Sean Hennessy.
2nd: Mary Flynn and Michael O Donovan.
3rd: Ann Marie Brown and Noreen Tubbritt
4th: Anna Harney and John Fitzpatrick.
Eyes Down For Bingo.
The next game of community bingo will be played in Ballyduff Community Centre on Tuesday 26th of May at 7.30pm. For just €5 you can enjoy a sociable game of bingo and some light refreshments. All profits go towards the hall redevelopment fund. Come along and bring a friend.
Tidy Towns News.
Ballyduff/ Kilmeaden Tidy Towns Committee would like to say a big thank you to all who helped to tidy up th green area opposite Centra. There has been a huge transformation and once the flowers are set there it will look even nicer. The next event lined up is a litter pick. This will start from Ballyduff N.S school carpark from 12 noon. Hi-vis vests and pickers will be supplied.
Special Mass.
Our new bishop Bishop Cullinan has requested all parishes to organise one hour of adoration next week to implore Gods wisdom on the country. There will be a special mass in Ballyduff church on Wednesday May 20th at 7.30pm followed by a short time of quiet prayer.
Great Success.
We send huge congratulations to 17 year old Niamh Keegan from the Lacka Road who was the recent winner of the Sean Dunne Young Poet Award. Niamh attends the Waterford Youth Arts creative writing class where her tutor Eimear Cheasty encouraged her to enter the competition. Her success gets her a prize of some poetry mentoring and €500. Congratulations Niamh and I’m sure your parents and brothers and indeed all your family and friends are very proud of you.
Coffee Morning.
I had such a great time at the last coffee morning I went to that I’m off to another one. On Thursday May 21st from 9.30am to 12 noon in Ballyduff Community Centre my friends and I will host a coffee morning in aid of our local Lourdes fund. Each year our parish like to send two people from our parish to Lourdes as part of the invalid section of the Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes.
Come along and join us next Thursday for a relaxed cuppa, a chat and some delicious treats. We will even have a raffle for some lovely prizes. See you there, I’ll be the one with the teapot!!!
What A Day!!!!
Every poor child of Prague was hunted out into the rainy weather last weekend in the hopes of a good day for our First Holy Communion and boy did we get it. After a washout on Friday we pulled back our curtains on Saturday morning to the sun beaming through the trees and the Lord smiled on us for the rest of the day. 25 boys and girls from Ballyduff N.S lit up the room as the entered the church to the sounds of their schoolmates singing This Is The Day. We were delighted on the day to see Fr. Mick joined by our very own Fr. John Harris whose little niece Aislinn was making her Holy Communion. The children treated us to a very special ceremony carrying out their little jobs to perfection from reading, singing, prayers of the faithful, offertory gifts,actions to the Our Father.
Our church looked beautiful with the gorgeous artwork and the splendid floral designs which were created by church florist Joan Cheasty. We say a huge thank to Sherlock Foley who donated all the flowers needed we appreciate his kindness and generosity.
After mass we were all invited over to the school hall where tea and cake were laid on for all to enjoy. Everyone then went their seperate ways to enjoy individual celebrations but they took with them beautiful memories to be treasured forever.