Friday June 22nd will be recorded in the history of the school as the date that it’s first ever green flag was raised. The ceremony was attended by parents and students of theschool along with their teachers. Also present on the evening was parish priest Fr. Padraig Corbett along with two of the oldest past pupils of Castleiney NS, Continue reading →

The monthly irish music and song gathering takes place this Sunday evening in Nolans Castleiney between 6pm and 8 30pm. Anyone interested in ngetting involved are encouraged to come along. 

On Friday 29^th June at 8.30pm in Loughmore Parish Centre the launch of the parish defibrillator will take place.  All are welcome to this most necessary venture where a lot of hard work had gone into fundraising etc. to get this programme on the road.  We expect that our club will be strongly represented on the night.

The Loughmore Community Shop & Tearooms group are holding a Public Information Night in Loughmore Community Centre on  this Wednesday 27th at 8.00pm. We welcome all parishioners and any interested parties to what will be a very informative presentation and talk on this innovative and exciting project which will be opening very soon at The Cottage, Loughmore. We will have a number of guest speakers on the night and will also be announcing the winner of our primary school competition “Name a Sandwich”.  Looking forward to seeing you all on the night.

12 games : Margaret Bourke and Tim Tierney, John Maher and Tom Maher.

9 games : Mary jo Ryan and Sean Moynihan, John Butler and Paddy Joyce.

20th game: Michael Grimes and Sean Gleeson.

Raffle: Sean Gleeson, John Kelly, Bidddy Gleeson, and Philomena McGrath.

Game as ususal Sunday night @ 8.45pm.  All are welcome.

Due to the bereavement in the Gleeson family the Cake Sale will not take place this weekend.

It will now be held next weekend 23^rd/24^th June. Proceeds will go towards the Book Rental Scheme. Donations of confectionery will be welcome.  Please come along to support this occasion. Tea and coffee will be served.

Great progress is been made by the work of the tidy village committee over the past number of weeks despite the bad weather.  The work continues on this Monday evening at 8.00pm.  Please come along and give a helping hand, bring along appropriate garden tools. 

A ceremony to raise Castleiney national school’s first Green Flag will be held this Friday 22^nd at 8.00pm in the school grounds. All parishioners are invited and refreshments will be served. Meanwhile the students of the school are having an art exhibition In Castleiney Hall from this Wednesday 20^th June to Sunday 24^th June. Key at Nolan’s shop. All are welcome.

The Legion of Mary in conjunction with Monsignor Dooley, Fr. J.J. O’Rourke, former Legionaries & friends celebrated the Legion’s Golden Jubilee on Wednesday 30th May. Mass was concelebrated & afterwards everyone enjoyed the get-together in the hall. The Legion would like to thank very sincerely Fr. O’Rourke for his attendance & also to congratulate him on his own Golden Jubilee. We thank Monsignor Dooley for as always, being so accommodating & helpful. And lastly we extend a big thank you to the many that helped in various ways on the night. Anyone who received the Legion Tessera & would be willing to become an Auxiliary member, please contact Caitriona on 086 2228623 / Margaret on 087 6732211. For a fuller report please see the Tipperary Star.