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Sligo PPN March 2019 Newsletter




Welcome to a special St Patrick's Day edition of the PPN Newsletter

As well as letting you know about key events celebrating our national holiday, we will also take the chance to tell you about a few other things happening around Sligo.
 
St Patrick's Day Activities
Look out for Sligo Tidy Towns group in the parade. Normally it would be hard to miss a truck full of Leprechauns but this year bearded little green dancing (wo)men will be the norm!


Dromore West Village Enhancement Committee are delighted to announce our annual

St. Patrick's Day Parade 2019
Sunday, 17th March commencing at 4.15pm
(parade entrants are asked to gather from 3.30 pm from Dromore West Church).

And if you are not partaking in the parade, we hope to see you on the streets celebrating with us! There will be refreshments and entertainment in the Dromore West Community Centre immediately after the parade.
 
This year our Parade Theme is “Going Green”. We are asking all parade entrants and the businesses to come up with Eco-friendly and sustainable ideas for this year’s parade. We are also asking all businesses to help promote St. Patrick’s Day by helping to decorate their shop fronts and businesses in a sustainable way. We will be awarding prizes for the best “Going Green” idea for parade entrants and also the best decorated business.
 
In conjunction with the Tidy Towns, we will once again be supporting an Environmentally Friendly parade, which means we will be displaying Irish flags across the village, and other environmentally friendly paraphernalia where possible, rather than plastic bunting.

Please check out our Facebook page for further details or contact Dromore West Community Centre Office at 0858697275 or Email communitycentre@dromorewest.ie
 

26th Aclare St Patricks Day Parade 

Floats assembling from 3:30 at Kilmacteige Community Centre.
Free to enter a float. 

Parade starts at 4:30 through the village 
 
St. Patrick's  Day Parade in  Easkey Village  
SUNDAY 17th March at 3pm
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We are hoping that everyone will save the date in their diary and come and join our Annual West Sligo Three village Parade.
 
Kicking-off in Enniscrone at 1pm
Easkey at 3pm
Dromore West at 4.15pm
 
If you think its too daunting to make a float then groups could walk behind a Flag or Banner or simply just walk in the parade with blinged-up buggies, bikes and scooters etc  to give children the thrill of being in a Parade. Children's prams,  buggies, bikes and scooters etc. can be blinged-up with balloons and streamers to add fun to the occasion. All participants  gather from 2pm in St.James's Church Car Park.
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There will be a viewing stand at Pudding Row to announce every group as they pass-by.
After the parade, weather permitting, we will have music playing and singers singing from the viewing stand till 6pm
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If you have any queries please
email:  
 leapprojecteaskey@gmail.com

Carraroe Alcohol Free Event St Patricks Day:
Thanks to the support of North West Regional Drug Alcohol Task Force CADRA is having a number of Alcohol-Free activities in our community after the Sligo St Patricks Day Parade.

This will include a meal, music dance and comedy for our Community Active Retired. We are also having football competition and food for younger people in Cuilbeg Community Sport Field.
 
Keep an eye out for the Maugherow Community Group float this year with the theme Save Maugherow Post Office. They will be in the Sligo and Grange parade
Other Events

Dromore West will be hosting the Regional Launch for
Darkness Into Light
for the County of Sligo! 

The event will be held on Wednesday, 20th March at 7.30pm in The Flying Horse Pub. 

We welcome, Maria Walsh, former Rose of Tralee and Tara Rafter, The Navigation Coach as our guests on the night.  This night marks the official launch of Pieta House's Annual Darkness Into Light walk, which takes place on Saturday, 11th May at 4:15 am at 4 venues across the county of Sligo - Sligo Town, Ballymote, Bananda and Dromore West. 

Last year over €100,000 was raised in County Sligo. 
Registration is now open - please visit www.darknessintolight.ie to register (or contact one of Venues for further information). 

We hope to see you on 11th of May to walk from the Darkness into Light!
 
ACHONRY MULLINABREENA 3rd LITTER PICK
Dates : 15th-24th March
Bags and Pickers will be made available
If you are willing to help this year please let us know asap  

"we are encouraging people to pick litter along the road they live on so every road in the parish will be covered. We welcome young and old to participate in this......the more people willing to help the better."

Contact Ann Marie Gorman - amgorman12@gmail.com
 
Coleman Music Centre, Gurteen
Marcus Hernon and Family  April 21st at 8.30 pm

Marcus Hernon was born and raised in Roisín na Mainíach in Carna, the heart of the Connemara Gaeltacht about 50 miles west of Galway city. It is into this environment Marcus were born and bred. He is a self-taught musician, playing by ear and instinct. 

Music for him is a vocation, not a choice and is as essential to them as breathing. And it is a very particular type of Irish music he play’s, traditional, unadorned, played as he heard it from his elders. Marcus has won seven all-Ireland championships.

Bookings for all events www.colemanirishmusic.com or 071 9182599.


 

COUNTY SLIGO GREAT WAR MEMORIAL

Fundraising for the Great War Memorial Garden at Cleveragh Regional Park is now underway and donations can be made through the Lest Sligo Forgets recently launched website: https://lestsligoforgets.org .  The Memorial Garden will be a permanent memorial to all 605 Sligo men and five civilians who died as a result of the conflict, the name of each engraved on an upright granite panel and grouped according to their town-land of origin. Set within a landscaped setting, the garden will be a peaceful and meditative place for remembering and reflecting upon the loss of so many lives.  The memorial will be publicly accessible 24-hours a day. 

 

The memorial garden site has been provided by Sligo County Council, a project partner, and is being part-funded by PEACE IV, however additional fundraising is required to complete the project.  Lest Sligo Forgets is providing an opportunity for members of the public to support the County Sligo Great War Memorial Garden by becoming a Name Benefactor and make a contribution directly associated with someone from County Sligo lost the Great War.  This could be someone known to the donor such as an ancestral family member or someone chosen for you.  Our target is for each of 610 individuals from County Sligo to have an individual memorial benefactor remembering them through their contribution towards the realisation of the Memorial Garden.  Donations by Name Benefactors will be clearly acknowledged on our website’s Benefactors page and donors will receive an invitation to attend the unveiling of the Memorial Garden as a sponsor of the name you have supported.

 

Please help us make the County Sligo Great War Memorial Garden a reality in 2019, more than a century after the end of the war, by sponsoring the name of one of those who died: https://lestsligoforgets.org/name-sponsor/adopt-a-name

Sligo County  Fleadh -   Riverstown 2019  
Sligo County  Fleadh takes place in Riverstown on the June bank holiday weekend  2019
The closing date for Sligo Fleadh entries is Saturday 6th April 2019. 
Please note that entries cannot be accepted after this date. 
Entry forms available from Music Teachers and on webpage: sligocountyfleadh.ie

Entries to your Branch secretary on or before this date.  
County Secretary Tim Mulcahy at 0876296899 /   email  sligocce.secretary@gmail.com
 
Ceili in Ballintogher Community Centre 
Friday 15th March’19 at  9.30pm
Music by Duntally Ceili Band. Refreshments served.
 
Rambling House in No. I  Enterprise Centre 
Friday 29th March’19 ,  9pm 
Come  - tell a story, play music, sing a song, lilt, dance a step, or  just come-  listen, chat,
 bring a friend & enjoy a cuppa 
Enq.087 6645509

Social Dance in Ballintogher Community Centre
Friday 12th April ’19 , 9.30pm
Music by Michael Wash & Friends.  Fáilte Roimh gach einne.
 
Ballintogher 22nd Annual Festival - Dates 2019  :  
from Tuesday 15th Oct to Sun. 27th Oct ‘19
Tue 15th - Irish Night
Fri. 18th  - Official Opening & Concert
Sat 19th - Ceili
Sun 20th - Aifreann  11.30am  /  Music session
Sun. 27th - 42nd Annual Feis - Competitions:-   Dancing CLRG/  Music/   Story /  Singing,
Sean Nos Dancing
 
Further details &  final programme later-  contact  Teresa .  email teresamccorm@hotmail.com
On 7th February Sligo PPN Heritage Linkage Group hosted the event:
Promoting Sligo’s Heritage – An Information & Networking Opportunity

This event offered a report on the implementation of the County Sligo Heritage Plan during 2018, as well as highlighting the priorities for the year ahead and how local communities can become more involved in local heritage projects.  

The event featured presentations from our three PPN Heritage Reps as well as guest speakers including; Sharon Eastwood (Woodrow Sustainable Solutions )  on learning from the Sligo Community Biodiversity Project, Tamlyn McHugh (Fado Archaeology)  talked about the Development of the Sligo Community Archaeology Project and Siobhan Ryan (Heritage Officer, Sligo County Council) gave an overview of Heritage Ireland 2030 – the new  National Heritage Plan for Ireland and how local communities can have a voice on the future heritage priorities for Ireland and Sligo's natural and built heritage.

There was a great crowd on the night, highlighting the importance that the people of Sligo place on the protection of their heritage, environment and biodiversity.

 
 
Training and Information
COPD Coping with Lung Disease Seminar 
Sligo Southern Hotel 
April 1st,  11am - 4pm 
 
Do you or someone you know suffer shortness of breath on small exertion?
You could be one of many in the region suffering from COPD.
  
Benbulben COPD Support Group, in association with Sligo Lend a Hand and friends of Timmy Newell, are hosting an information seminar to raise awareness of Lung disease COPD, one of the most common respiratory diseases in Ireland. Around 110,000 people have been diagnosed with the disease and as many more living with the disease who have not yet been diagnosed. COPD is a disease which makes it hard to empty air out of your lungs resulting in shortness of breath. COPD can be caused by exposure to dust smoke or fumes or be an inherited condition called ALPHA-1 ANTITRYPSIN deficiency,which is quite rare. Dr Tomas Carroll Chief Scientist at Alpha  1 Foundation will present on the day.

There is no cure for COPD but there are many ways by which symptoms can be treated and managed. Knowledge is key to improving the quality of your life once diagnosed. Know your medicines. Can exercise help? Need help to stop smoking? Do you panic if you have a flare up? All of these questions and many more will be addressed.    Professor Tim McDonnell specialist in Respiratory medicine at St Vincent's Hospital and HSE Clinical lead will deliver the keynote address.
The seminar will be of interest to members of the public, diagnosed persons, family members of sufferers, carers and healthcare professionals.    

The event is free to attend while a contribution toward lunch would be welcomed.
Register on EVENTBRITE   
email to veeceeze@hotmail.com  or   michael@copdsupport.ie   
Tel or text 086 6000757    
Follow updates on Facebook    Benbulben COPD Support and Sligo LEND A HAND   
Sligo lawn Bowls Club held a presentation night in the Riverside hotel on February 18th.  This was to present cups and prizes to winners and runners-up at the big Winter competitions.  They want us to pass on Congrats to all involved.  They will also have coaching sessions in April for beginners. The date has yet to be announced.

Anyone interested can contact Dympna on 087 2418119.

They also have a number of members getting involved in assistant coaching sessions in March provided by SSRP and Bowling League of Ireland
All Things Festival
For all things festival check out the fantastic information on Sligo Hub. A comprehensive list of all the festivals happening in Sligo across 2019

https://www.sligohub.com/sligo-festivals-2019/
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