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Mass Times
There will be mass in Drumsna on Friday evening at 7pm followed by Exposition of The Blessed Sacrament. Holy hour duty Teresa Mc Nulty; John Mc Nulty.
Mass on Sunday at 9.30am Reader / Minister Grainne Fagan.
Church collectors for Feb John Gill; Damian Moylan. Altar Society Cissie Reynolds ; Patricia Farrell. The Collection for Haiti at Masses in the Parish amounted to 3,461 Euro and 13 cent. Thanks are extended to all who gave so generously .
Mission for Parish.
There will be a Mission in the Parish of Annaduff given by St. Patrick’s Missionary Group, Gowel from the 14th of March until the 21st March 2010. Further details at a later date.
Bingo
Bingo continues in the Community Centre Drumsna on Thursday night with first call at 8.30pm.The winners of the big money last week were Jack McKeon and Kyle Farrell. The winners of the raffle were Michael John Faughnan and Helen Toolan. Free books, Elsie Taylor and Bernie Daniels. Thanks again to all of our patrons for making the Bingo a success.
Golden Age Meeting
There is a Golden Age meeting in the community centre Drumsna on Wednesday, 10th at 11 am. Margaret Mc Cartin Will give a talk on entitlements and activities to the group. A trip to the Dock in Carrick to see ‘’Beezie ‘’ is also proposed for next Wednesday February 17th.
Club Player of the year
Congratulations To Dromod’s Rachel O Connor who was presented with an Award of ‘’Ladies Club Player of the Year’ at the recent Annaduff G.A.A. annual Dinner Dance in Cox’s steak house .
Retirement
Good luck and many years of happy leisure is wished for Peter Beirne, Gortinty, his wife Ann and family on his retirement from forty years of working with the ESB in Carrick-on-Shannon. Peter celebrated his retirement with family, friends and colleagues .
Dressmaking Course
A beginner’s dressmaking course will commence in the Community Centre Drumsna on Monday March 1st 2010. Limited number of places. For further information contact the Centre 96 25782 between 9.30am and 4pm.
Young Scientists
Congratulations to Paul Mc Nulty, Aaron Duignan and Joe O Rourke on their initiative on their development of a simple way of weighing beef and dairy cattle. Paul Mc Nulty from Lavagh Drumsna explained that he believes the measuring tape is very accurate and at most it would be out only one or two kilos. The cost of a weighing scales for livestock can cost up to 2,000 Euro where as the tape is approx., 20 Euro. Well done to the boys Aaron Duignan is from Annaduff and all three are fourth year students at The Community School Carrick-on-Shannon.
Drumsna/ Ardlogher on T.V.
Don’t forget to watch Nationwide on RTE1 on Wednesday Feb 10th at 7pm. Featuring local resident and Architect Peter Cowman who runs the living Architecture Centre.
Annaduff I.C.A. Monster Sale
Annaduff I.C.A. are holding their Annual Sale of Home Made Produce including jam, cakes, buns, tarts, turf, books, toys, clothes, jewelry and much much more. The sale takes place in Annaduff National School after 11 o’clock Mass, Approx 11:30 am on Sunday, February 28th. All of the proceeds of this year’s sale is going to Haiti. Please come along and support this worthy cause and if you have anything suitable to donate to the sale you can give items to any I.C.A. member before the 26th Feb.
Practicing for The Celebrity Sean Nós Dancing Contest in the run up to the Connaught Fleadh, Liam Taylor with his Mentors and Coach Liam and Tommy Taylor and Edwina Guckian.
Brothers; Sonny, John and Noel Moran pictured during John's visit home to Drumsna from Columbia County, New York, USA, January 2010.
Happy Christmas From all in Drumsna. Special Greetings sent to The Hartigans in Boston, The Morgans, North Haven, Rita Hagans, Fredricksburg, Paddy Mc Manus, San Francisco, The Drell family Los Angeles, Jean Mc Guire New Haven, Sean Mc Kenna New York, John and Rose Frost Va., Dermott, Amy, Shona and Katie Moran, New Jersey, Mary and Christy Mc Loughlin, New York, Sister Elizabeth Hartigan, Rome.
Sean Nos Dancers and Musicians from Drumsna took part in a Ceoltas Fundraiser at Carrick on Shannon - 19 Decemeber 2009.
The Wedding of The Year of Gobnaith McLoopy and Facthna O Magoteen was witnessed by a large turnout of Invited Guests, 21st November 2009. Goodbye Magazine Coverage
The Shannon bursts its banks in Drumsna after several days of heavy rain, Novemebr 2009. More Photos
Drumsna's newest landmark, a €5.5 million railway bridge arrives along with one of Europes largest Cranes. Photos
Edwina Guckian's Sean Nós Dancing Class Celebrate Halloween with a fancy Dress Party Larger Photo
Congratulations to The Annaduff Team on winning the Junior B Football Championship. View Video Match Highlight on the Annaduff GAA Website Here

