MARIAN celebrates Special Birthday:

CHURCH MATTERS:

Last Sunday, anniversary Mass was celebrated for Mary & Willie Biggane. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a nAnamnacha dilís.

Graveyard Masses:

Thur 25th, Granagh graveyard. Friday 26th, Shanabhotha, all starting at 7pm. If the weather is very bad, the Mass will move to the Church. On Wed 31st Jul, Castletown graveyard at 7.30pm. Tue 6th Aug, Kilmacow at 7pm.

CELEBRATIONS:

Congratulations to Marianne Kelly, Kilmore & Gerard Cronin, Newcastle West, who were married last week in Granagh by Canon Willie Fitzmaurice. The weather held up and ice cream was even enjoyed after. Wishing them many years of Good Luck, Health & Happiness.

Happy birthday wishes to Marian Noonan who celebrated a lovely roundy birthday with family & friends. What made it more special was, her four sisters, nephew & brother-in-law arrived from the US to surprise her. Her 95yr old uncle Pat made the trip from Ballingarry to enjoy the celebrations also.

Starting at the other end of the scale, happy first birthday to Cian & Louise O'Regan's twins, Holly & Lauren. Their grandad Mike and uncle Eimhin were also included in the celebrations.

Happy first anniversary to Charlotte (Twomey) & Brian Fitzgerald, Dromin.

DID YOU KNOW:

20th Jul, 1998 - Seven-year old Adele Chapman from Derry leaves hospital; 12 weeks earlier, she became the first triple-organ transplant child, after undergoing a pioneering liver, pancreas and small bowel transplant. She passed away suddenly in Jan '24.

21st Jul, 1928 - John B. Keane, playwright, novelist and poet, was born in Listowel

22nd Jul, 2007 - Dubliner Padraig Harrington became the first Irish golfer to win the British Open in 60 years.

23rd Jul,1982 - International Whaling Commission votes for total ban on commercial whaling starting 1985.

24th Jul, 2002 - Census figures showed that the population was just over 3.9 million - the highest since 1871.

25th Jul,1993 - "Sleepless in Seattle '' directed by Nora Ephron, is released.