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BIG BREAKFAST: - in Streete Parish Park took place last Sunday and was organized by the Chairman and committee of the park. We wish to thank all who supported and helped selling tickets etc. for the event which was an outstanding success. Full report will be included in these notes next week.
SOCIAL DANCE: - on Friday night last was once again a very enjoyable night in Streete Parish Park Centre when music was provided by Philip English from County Kildare. It was heartening to see an increase in numbers and we enjoyed meeting up with a group of tourists from Holland who were brought along by well known and popular music entrepreneur, Ray Dolan from Mullingar. These people were anxious to see what social dancing was, so Kevin Brady was in contact with Ray and as they say the rest is history. We received much appreciation from the tourists and we thank Ray for including us on Face book. Keep an eye on these notes for future dates, the next of which is Friday night, 16th November when as always Mary O’Connor and Pat Kelly will supply their renowned style of tunes to guarantee you stay on the dance floor all night. On admission each night everyone receives a free raffle ticket and supper is served compliments of the organisers. We thank the ladies from the office, Anne Creamer and Mary McBrien with help from caretaker, Gerry O’Neill who made fresh sandwiches, cakes, tea, coffee etc. Admission to dance is only €10 and all are welcome. If any group would like to come along just contact Kevin 087 1375222 in advance, so we can be organised or let Mary or Anne know in the office 043 6685926. Dates and names for future dances available on request. Boherquill Ramblers The Ramblers had a splendid walk in Deerpark forest on the outskirts of Virginia, County Cavan and beside Lough Ramor on Sunday 14 October 2018. The beautiful calm weather tempted a few yachts and anglers boats out onto the Lough with swans at the waters' edge. There was even birdsong as the group followed the trails through the forest where many of the trees were clad in autumn colours. Many thanks to Joe Masterson who researched and led the walk. On Sunday 28 October the Ramblers will sample autumn in Mullaghmeen Forest on a walk led by Joe Masterson. Cars will leave Boherquill at 1.30pm and pause outside the Town and Country pub in Castlepollard at 1.40pm before moving on to start the walk at 2pm in Mullaghmeen. New members are always welcome. For details phone Philip at 087 7753612 or Nini at 086 8754411 See boherquillramblers.ie STREETE BOWLS: - All our teams were in action this week. At the Streete Complex, Streete A and B had Athlone and Ardagh A as their opponents on Tuesday night. Streete A won their first two games but unfortunately lost their second games and the bonus point. Streete B played brilliant bowls on the night and managed to draw two and a half points against last year's League winners Ardagh A. Streete C travelled to Ballymore where they had a comprehensive win on the night. Streete B Team 1 :Thomas Sullivan, Tom Connell and Eamon Carty (skip).Team 2: Pat Purcell, Phyllis Martin and Sam Donaghy (skip). New members welcome. COMMUNITY ALERT: - meeting took place last week with a fairly good attendance from the parish as well as an excellent attendance by Garda from surrounding areas including the Chief Superintendent, Inspector, Sergeants and Garda - in total nine members of the force. It is most important to support your local Community Alert Group who, don’t forget, are all volunteers. Chairman of our group is Kevin Brady 0871375222.
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BIG BREAKFAST: - Members of Streete Parish Park have called to homes in the parish selling tickets for Streete Parish Park’s Big Breakfast which takes place this year on Sunday next, 21st October between 9a.m. and 1p.m. Many houses had people at work or out when called to, so tickets are on sale at €10 each and can be purchased from Mary or Anne in the Parish Park office upstairs in the Centre or if this is not convenient tickets will be available at the door on the morning. For further details please phone The Parish Park on 043 6685926, Declan 086 8123514. or James 086 3125876. Free Face painting for young people on the day.
CARERS ASSOCIATION: - are holding a Table Quiz in Burke’s Bar Coole on Saturday 27th October, followed by Cheque Presentation to the Longford/ Westmeath Family Carers unit. This is a very worthy cause and we ask anyone from the parish who can make up a table or two to please attend. Questions, I am told will be suitable to most age groups. Your support would be very welcome. SOCIAL DANCING CLASSES: - every Sunday night in Streete Parish Park 8p.m.-9.30p.m. Learn to dance in a Fun and Friendly atmosphere with James & Bernie. Beginners welcome. Call 086 2003739 SOCIAL DANCING: - Our next Social Dancing is on Friday next, 19th October in Streete Parish Park. Music by the ever popular Philip English. Dancing 10p.m. to 12.30. Free supper and raffle on the night. Tell your friends to come along and enjoy a good night’s entertainment. a CAKE SALE: - please note the parents group from St.Fintan’s School, Lismacaffrey will hold their cake sale in the Centre during the Big Breakfast, so you can buy a treat to bring home and also help the School. WALKING: it is worth while taking a trip around Streete Parish Park to see the great job done with diggers by Seamus Sullivan which cleaned up the triangle piece of land at the bottom corner of the walkway – a great improvement to the Park, so why not go for a walk and see the improvement yourself. BOHERQUILL RAMBLERS: - The Ramblers travelled to Dublin on Sunday 7 October 2018 for a walk round the Glenasmole Reservoirs near Bohernabreena. The low level of water in the reservoirs was immediately noticeable with large stony and grassy areas which would normally be covered now above the water level. There was no shortage of 'mellow fruitfulness' on the bushes beside the trail, though, with lots of blackberries, rose hips and hazel nuts ready to be gathered. Unfortunately there was also a lot of invasive Japanese knotweed in many places. Thank you to Mary McHugh and her brother Francis who organised the day, to Salmon's Coaches of Castlepollard and their driver Martin Fagan and to the staff in the wonderful clubhouse at the Thomas Davis GAA Club who served tasty warm scones, tea and coffee before the walk. Next weekend the Ramblers will meet in the Talbot Hotel in Carlow for their weekend away from Friday 19 October to Monday 22 October 2018. New members are always welcome. For details phone Philip at 087 7753612 or Nini at 086 8754411. See boherquillramblers.ie STREETE BOWLS: - All of our teams had home games last week. Streete B had a hard fought win against Tyrrellspass B winning out on the bonus point. In the other match at the Streete Complex, Streete A and Streete C went head to head. In a surprise result Streete C came out on top, playing brilliant bowls on the night. Streete C Team 1: Paul Holdroyd, Francis Butler and Enda Murphy. Team 2: Marie Delamere, Martin Gaynor and Micheál Gillen. New and lapsed members are always welcome on Tuesday nights Streete Wildlife club would like to offer its sincere sympathy to Fionnuala Denning Lisryan on the recent death of her mother. May she rest in peace. Any member who won a cup or plaque at last year's club shoot or pheasant competition could you drop them in to Seamus ASAP. DEATH: - we send our sincere sympathy to the Farrell family, Rathowen on the death of Marcella Farrell, formerly of Petitswood, Mullingar, who died peacefully, after a short illness at Mullingar Regional Hospital. Predeceased by Rosamund, Hubert, Joe, Tom and Kitty. She is survived by her husband, Luke, son Edward, daughters Mary, Anita and Elizabeth, grandchildren and her extended family neighbours and friends. Removal took place to St. Mary's Church, Rathowen, on Wednesday, October 3rd, followed by Funeral Mass on Thursday, October 4th, at 12 noon, with burial afterwards in Abbeyshrule Cemetery. May she rest in peace.
STREETE BOWLS CLUB: The Westmeath League is up and running. All teams were in action last week. At the Streete Complex Streete A and C hosted Tyrrellspass A and B. The Streete A team had a hard fought win over Tyrrellspass B. whilst Streete C, despite playing well were beaten by Tyrrellspass A. The following night Streete B were in Castlepollard . However, despite drawing by two games all, lost out on the bonus point. Streete A -Team1: Catherine Costello, Seamus Moran and Liam Connaughton. Team 2: Mick Turner, Sean Flood and Jimmy Leavy. Come along to the Streete complex any Tuesday night if you would like to get involved in bowling. A night of fun is guaranteed. SOCIAL DANCING: - Our next Social Dancing is on Friday, 19th October in Streete Parish Park. Music by the ever popular Philip English. Dancing 10p.m. to 12.30. Free supper and raffle on the night. Tell your friends to come along and enjoy a good night’s entertainment. SOCIAL DANCING CLASSES: - every Sunday night in Streete Parish Park 8p.m.-9.30p.m. Learn to dance in a Fun and Friendly atmosphere with James & Bernie. Beginners welcome. Call 086 2003739 BOHERQUILL RAMBLERS: - ; - The abandoned branch of the Royal Canal in Longford which leads out south-west from near the town centre to the open countryside was the route for the Ramblers walk on Sunday 30 September 2018. Near the town the towpath was lined with oak and beautiful old beech trees which were starting to show their autumn colours with contrasting evergreen blocks of laurel on one stretch. The occupiers of the bat boxes in the trees were not to be seen but there were many ducks and moorhens grouped beside the footpath. The Ramblers will explore a walk new to them in Deerpark, Virginia, County Cavan on Sunday 14 October 2018. Joe Masterson will lead the 10km road and forest track walk beside Lough Ramor. Cars will leave Boherquill at 1pm and pause outside the Town and Country pub in Castlepollard at 1.10pm before moving on to meet in the Lidl car park in Virginia to start the walk at 2pm. Please take note of the early start. New members are always welcome. For details phone Philip at 087 7753612 or Nini at 086 8754411. See boherquillramblers.ie CARERS ASSOCIATION: - are holding a Table Quiz in Burke’s Bar Coole on Saturday 27th October, followed by Cheque Presentation to the Longford Westmeath Family Carers unit. This is a very worthy cause and we ask anyone from the parish who can make up a table or two to please attend. Your support would be very welcome. COMMUNITY ALERT: - meeting was held in the Parish Park last Wednesday night, a good turn out on the night although, in fairness it could have been better. A new working committee was elected and I am glad to report the group are working on a new plan at the moment. Next community alert meeting will be held on Wednesday 17th at 8.30 in the Parish Park. This is an important meeting with members of the special crime unit and community Garda on hand to answer questions on all your safety concerns, both on home security and farmyard theft. A new crackdown called operation Thor which has now commenced throughout the Midlands has been welcomed. It is also sad to hear the news that in recent weeks a number of brake inns have occurred in our neighbouring parishes and one attempted theft at a farm yard locally. This goes to prove we must come together as a community and be vigilant at all times. If you see any suspicious activity please report it as soon as possible to 044 9384000. If you would like to become involved, call 087 1375222. More next week. BIG BREAKFAST: - as mentioned last week we all look forward to Streete Parish Park Big Breakfast which takes place this year on Sunday, 21st October between 9a.m. and 1p.m. Food will be cooked this year thanks to Sheila Reilly and Catriona Carthy with the help of Feericks Hotel, Rathowen. Tickets are on sale from this weekend at €10 each and can be purchased from the office upstairs in the Centre and members of the committee will also be calling door to door. Last year’s event was a wonderful success and we trust you can support us by attending. Friends and relations are welcome to attend, which will make it more enjoyable. The Parish Park phone number is 043 6685926 or Declan’s number 086 8123514. WEDDING: - a very pretty wedding took place in St. Mary’s Church, Boherquill pm Friday last when Cathy Baxter, Clonconnell in this parish, daughter of Colin and Margaret married Patrick Owens from Ballon, Co. Carlow. The reception was held in the Park Hotel, Virginia, Co. Cavan. We congratulate the happy couple and wish them every success in the future.
BEST WISHES: - this week go to Marian Denning who has been so much part of the Parish Park staff over the past year, and now that the scheme she was on has run its course she has had to retire and will be greatly missed by all who know her. The only good news is that she has agreed to stay as a volunteer to help with bingo and lotto in the Centre on Monday nights, as she has done in the past. BIG BREAKFAST: - as mentioned last week we all look forward to Streete Parish Park Big Breakfast which takes place this year on Sunday, 21st October between 9a.m. and 1p.m. Food will be cooked this year thanks to Sheila Reilly and Catriona Carthy with the help of Feericks Hotel, Rathowen. Tickets are on sale from this weekend at €10 each and can be purchased from the office upstairs in the Centre and members of the committee will also be calling door to door. Last years event was a wonderful success and we trust you can support us by attending. Friends and relations are welcome to attend, which will make it more enjoyable. The Parish Park phone number is 043 6685926 or Declan’s number 086 8123514. COMMUNITY ALERT: - meeting will be held in Streete Parish Park on Wednesday, 3rd October at 8.30p.m. Garda representatives from Mullingar and Delvin regional division will attend. This is a very important meeting for all residents and property owners in the locality and the Gardai warn of the likely increase in house break ins and farm yard thefts now that the long nights approach and ask that we become more active again to set up our Community Alert Group to inform them of any suspicious activities in our area. We are always asked to be more vigilant and to attend this meeting and learn what services are available to us. All welcome to attend, young and old which means it’s for you! GOLDEN WEDDING: - congratulations and very best wishes go to Lily and Ted Cassidy, Coolnagun who celebrated fifty years of marriage on their Golden Wedding Anniversary with family and friends on Friday, 28th September. We wish themselves and family many happy and healthy years ahead. BOHERQUILL RAMBLERS: - On Sunday 23 September 2018 Oliver Usher led the Ramblers on a walk in Girley Bog near Kells. Oliver passed on some of his extensive knowledge of the bog and its history up to today when work is continuing to conserve the bog. During the walk Oliver took the group to an area where sphagnum moss is being actively encouraged to spread across the bog Many thanks to Oliver for leading the walk and to Aideen and family for the wonderful food at Drewstown House during the walk. Thanks also to Drewstown for the use of the house. The Ramblers will travel to Dublin for their walk on Sunday 7 October 2018 for a 12km loop walk around the Bohernabreena Reservoirs. A bus will leave the car park beside the Fire Station in Mullingar at 11am. The walk will begin at 12.30pm at the Thomas Davis GAA Club on the Kiltipper Road in Tallaght. Please bring a packed lunch and bus fare for the trip. To book a place text Alice Nerney at 086 8130780 asap. Please take special note of the early start. A weekend away is planned for Friday, 19 October 2018 in Carlow. The price is €230 p.p. sharing for 3 nights B & B, 2 evening meals and 2 packed lunches. Closing date for booking and payment is Sunday 7 October 2018 - contact Patricia Bruton at 087 9812801 asap. See boherquillramblers.ie STREETE WILDLIFE CLUB: - Street wildlife club reached yet another milestone during the past few weeks when eleven of its members and wives /partners celebrated its 40th anniversary with a weekend away in Abbeyleix. First stop was a meeting with Ray Dolan in Mullingar to make a live video then all back on the bus and onwards to Munshells restaurant, Tullamore for breakfast. We then proceeded onto Owen’s classic car collection Abbyleix, and with some very classy cars on show, Pat Denning got his chance to test drive a 1930 Porsche. Next it was onto the Irish fishing and shooting museum Durrow and after some tea and sandwiches the ladies left for Kilkenny city. Walter Phelan gave a very informative talk and then brought us on a guided tour of the museum. Ireland's oldest pub Morrissey's of Abbeyleix was our next port of call where a “few pints of plain” went down a treat. Our final stop of the evening was Abbeyleix Manor Hotel for dinner and overnight stay. After a very enjoyable dinner Chairman Joe Kelly said a few words and made presentations to our three founder members. Brendan Mulligan, Pat Denning and Seamus Denning for their service to the club over the past 40 years. He also presented Mary Mulligan and Peggy Denning with a Bouquet of flowers for all their cookery skills displayed each Thursday night during night shoots. - Speaking of cookery skills, I must mention the excellent job that Denise Tighe made of the birthday cake, all staff in the hotel wanted to know how she made the duck? as the saying goes - "some can do it, but you know how" great job Denise well done. A special word of thanks to Christy Salmon from Salmon bus hire Castlepollard - a great bit of banter with that man, and would highly recommend him for future trips away. On my own behalf and I know I speak of the rest of the crew that travelled, a special word of thanks to our Secretary, Seamus for organising a great weekend from start to finish. - Happy 40th Streete Wildlife club!! |
Streete and DistrictIf you would like to remind us of an upcoming event or would like to have something mentioned in the Streete and District notes, please email kbrady1964@gmail.com or call Kevin 087 1375222 before 5pm Saturday at the latest. 
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