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Colaiste Bhride students Sammie O'Neill and Deirdre O'Toole in Mc Crea's before heading off to their Grad in the Red Cow, Dublin.

CARNEW

21ST BIRTHDAY: Happy 21st birthday to Joseph Bollard, Beechmount. INDOOR MARKET The next indoor market will take place on this Saturday 28th August from 10 am to 2 pm with all home baking, jams, veg, desserts, salads, jewellery, cards, books, teas and much more all under the one roof, please come along and give them your support.

Christine Kavanagh, Annette Graham and Jacinta Stynes, staff at the Ferns Castle visitor centre, get into the spirit of Heritage Week celebrations at the centre last week.

BALLYDUFF

SCHOOL NEWS: Ballyduff NS will re-open for pupils on Tuesday, August 31st at 9.20 am. This year we will welcome twelve new Junior Infants. Junior Infants will go home at 12.30 until Monday, September 13th. The school building has undergone big changes over the holidays and is very much on track to be ready for the return to school. Ballyduff NS Homework Journals will be on sale in the school in September.

CLONEGAL/ KILDAVIN

CONGRATULATIONS: Congratulations to Charlotte Redmond who was selected to play in an Exhibition Camogie game at half time of the All Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Semi Finals in Croke Park recently. It was part of the INTO/GAA Mini Sevens GAA Go Games. Charlotte was selected by her team mates and teachers in Clonegal NS to represent the school at a skills display earlier in the year and there was great rejoicing in June when the school was informed that Charlotte had been selected to play in Croke Park.

FERNS

COMMUNITY BINGO: Bingo takes place in the Community Centre every Monday night from 8.30pm to 10.15pm. Along with three snowballs and the parish draw there is a weekly payout in prize money of over €2000.00. On average one person in four wins money every week. If you would like to sign up to our weekly free text service, giving details of the snowballs and prize money for the week ahead, and a chance to win a Euro Million ticket, please text your full name to 0862401328.

KILANERIN/ BALLYFAD

GAA NEWS: Lotto Results: the winning numbers drawn at the lottor draw on Monday16th August were 3,9,21,24 There was no winner so the jackpot next draw 30th August willbe €10,000. Match three winners each received €35 and these included: Mary O'Toole, Ballythomas; Calvin O'Toole, Monaseed; Riain Stephens, The Tobin Family, The Gap; Felix Byrne, Tinnock and Betty Moorehouse, 5 Allenwood Drive, Gorey.

COOLGREANY/INCH

BROADBAND:As part of the National Broadband Scheme, 3 Broadband is now available in Inch. To find out more call 1800 949 541. GYMKHANA The AGM of the Gymkhana Committee will take place in the Woodenbridge Hotel on tomorrow night Thursday 26th August at 9pm.

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