26th June, 2022

Adamstown Parish Newsletter

Weekend of Sat 25th & Sun  26th June 2022 

ADAMSTOWN LOTTO

The next draw in the Adamstown Lotto takes place this Monday night in the Community Centre for a huge Jackpot of €14,000. Make sure to buy a ticket and be in with a chance.

ADAMSTOWN TIDY TOWNS

Adamstown Tidy Towns would like to thank Wexford County Council for funds received through the Community Activities Fund 2021. Adamstown now has its own Outdoor Free Little Library positioned in the Community Garden. The concept of the library is to promote reading for all ages, bring a book / share a book. There are also games, which interact with the bug signs, which are positioned on the surrounding fence. The two original benches, which were positioned on the green area, have been restored, one has been positioned adjacent to the library and the second will be installed in a suitable place shortly. We would like to thank Mick Delahunty and Pat who did a great job of sandblasting the bench frames free gratis. Thanks also to John, Robert and Mark Furlong for their help with the galvanising, varnishing and installing the new teak boards. Pawel and Ian who installed the Library and Bench and Paddy O’Shea for sourcing the Teak boards. We are very fortunate to have so many people willing to give their time for free, however, we need more help with the general cleaning up of the village.

Please contact 087 7631442 if you have spare time it would be wonderful to see people avail of this space during the summer months ahead. Bring a book to swap or spend some quality time reading to your children or they can plant some seeds at the children’s planting table to nurture at home. Free horticultural classes are held on Wednesday afternoon and Thursday mornings, all ages welcome.

We have entered Tidy Towns again this year, so fingers crossed we will receive a positive response.

COMMUNITY CENTRE NOTICE

Walking Track Membership:

Walking Track Membership for 2022 is still being collected. We would ask that any person using the track to pay their membership as soon as possible. Envelopes are available in Cullen’s Gala, or money can be given to Shane Walsh, Geraldine O’Shea or Ann Marie Dunphy.

Membership:  Individual Membership €25

Buddy Membership:  (2 adults) €40

Family (2 adults & 2 children U-16) €40

The Committee would like to thank all those who have paid membership to date. This money helps with the upkeep and upgrading of the Community Centre and the walking track, both of which are an integral part of our community.

CHILDMINDER ROLE

A childminder required to take care of a 9 – month old girl from September in child’s own home. Weekdays. Raheen area. Non-smoker. Please call or text  087 – 2822644.

ADAMSTOWN GAA CLUB NEWS

It’s a tremendous honour for Adamstown GAA to have five starting players on Wexford Ladies Minor Football in a Leinster Fiinal this weekend against Dublin. A very proud day for the club and one, which is testament to the work of many people and families within our area. We wish the girls the very best of luck. The players are: Niamh English, Isobel English, Katie English, Leah Furlong and Ellen Duggan.

Our deepest sympathy: Adamstown GAA Club would like to extend our deepest sympathy to the family of Damian Casey, his friends and all his team mates at Eoghan Ruadh Hurling Club. Damian and his friends from Eoghan Ruadh visited Adamstown for a weekend in 2007 and played a number of matches. A fabulously talented hurler, he went on to have an amazing career with Tyrone – his scoring prowess even only recently on show in Croke Park when scoring 12 points against Roscommon in The Nicky Rackard Cup.

ADAMSTOWN ATHLETIC CLUB 

Leinster Championships:

Well done to Bobby O’Shea, 7th in the U-12 turbo javelin, 8th in hurdles. Well done also to Donny McDonald – 2nd in the

U-18 Leinster steeplechase and Ciara Mooney – 2nd in the

U-18 Leinster 3k walk.  Senior Mens: 10,000m -Joe Mooney 1st (competing as a guest – 47.50.45)

Well done also to all our athletes at the B County championships – medals galore: Hayleigh 2nd long jump; Sarah & Holly 1st & 2nd turbo jav; Eoin 1st turbo jav & 3rd long jump. Sean 1st 60m, 3rd long jump; Emily 2nd long jump. Charlie 2nd 300m. Relay medals: Anna, Conor, Patrick, Sarah, Holly.

ADAMSTOWN SOCCER CLUB

Defeat in the final game but still a great achievement for Wexford at the U-14 Kennedy Cup. 32 teams started out and Wexford placed 4th overall. Well done to the management and players. Everyone at Adamstown AFC is very proud to have been represented by James Furlong. Well done James.

U-18 Ladies Win:

Great game in Ferns on 18th June in the U-18 Cup Final against Aughrim Rangers. Two evenly matched teams, had to go to extra time to decide a winner. Adamstown came out on top in a thrilling 6 – 5 score line. Great effort from all the girls a thoroughly deserved win. The team was: Caoimhe Breen, Leah Furlong, Caoimhe Curtis, Chloe O’Toole, Chloe Monaghan, Catherine Hayes, Chloe Doyle, Cora Banville, Megan Martin, Ellen Duggan, Hannah Kehoe. Subs: Eilis Roche, Ella Furlong & Gemma Monaghan.

COLAISTE ABBAIN, ALL VEHICLE ROAD RUN

Takes place this Sunday 26th June.  Reg from 11.30am – 12.30pm. €20 per Vehicle – includes Dinner and Dessert.

Proceeds in aid of Coláiste Abbáin Walking Track in Association with Shamrock Vintage Club & Colaiste Abbáin Parents’ Association. Your support would be very much appreciated.

CHURCH NOTICES

IN MEMORIAM

Sat 25th – Mary Thorpe, Newtown (A)

Sun 26th – People of the Parish

Sat 2nd July – Robert Barron, (Jnr), The Leap & Kildare (A)

Sun 3rd – People of the Parish.

May they rest in peace.

First Friday 1st July  – Mass at 9.30am

First Saturday – 2nd July Mass at 9.30am

Visitation of the Sick on Friday & Saturday

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament each Thursday from 10.00am – 3.00pm.

Friday 1st July – Feast Day of St. Oliver Plunkett.

READERS OF THE LITURGY

Sat 25th – Liam Whelan.   Sun 26th – Sheelagh Delaney

Sat 2nd July – T. J. McDonald. Sun 3rd  – Neasa Cloney

Sat 9th – Anthony McGee.     Sun 10th – Kathleen O’Connor

Sat 16th — Annette English.   Sun 17th – Callie Doyle

RALLY FOR LIFE

The Rally for Life is back!  2nd July 2022 Dublin city centre,

(Garden of Remembrance). Bus from Wexford / Oylegate / Enniscorthy / Gorey, Adults €10, Children free.

Phone John 086 2608454.

‘Stand for Life’

 ADAMSTOWN NATIONAL SCHOOL- CLASS OF 2022

6th Class in Adamstown National School graduated last week. They had their End of Year Mass on Tuesday last with a lovely ceremony. Principal Ms. Kickham in her message to the boys & girls said:

“Girls and Boys – The day you thought would never come, has arrived! You’re leaving primary school for the last time. You have learned so much in this school and we have all learned from you too. I am so proud of the wonderful young people you have become. Always remember to be kind to others and most importantly to take care of yourselves.

Best of luck with your future adventures. You will be missed so make sure and give us a wave when you’re passing”

We wish them the very best as they begin a new chapter in their lives, we hope they enjoy their transition into second level education and take with them the values they have learned over their 8 years in Adamstown N.S.

So best wishes to: Abi Hurley, Alanna O’Shea, Ava Kelly Brody Whelan, Cian Murphy, Emma Whelan, Katie Rochford, Kerina Whitty, Leon Martin, Louise Mahon, Megan Grace Cawthorne, Orlaith Nic Gabhann.

May the future be bright for all of you.

ADAMSTOWN SHOW

All roads lead to Adamstown on Saturday next 2nd July as Adamstown Show Society hold their 73rd Agricultural, Horticultural, Trade & Vintage Show in the village.

Please come out and support your local Show Society and enjoy a great family day, with lots of interest for young and old alike.

A BIT OF HISTORY – ‘Operation Shamrock’

One of my closest friends is a German, Helmut Sundermann. It was he who introduced me to a story that I had never heard of. Since the controversy about Brexit began this story has often returned to me as a metaphor for the importance of building bridges, not walls.

On March 23rd, 1997 the German President, Dr. Roman Herzog, visited Ireland as a thank you to the country for giving safety and shelter to German refugees after the Second World War. Until recently, ‘Operation Shamrock’ was a forgotten chapter of Irish and European History. In 1945 over 300 people attended the founding meeting of Save the German Children Society in the Shelburne Hotel. On 27th July, 1946 eighty-eight German children emerged from a passenger ferry and tentatively set foot on Dun Laoghaire pier. Waiting for them were a host of Red Cross workers with parcels of food, keeping up a stream of conversation, chattering excitedly and laughing. They were accompanied by groups of nervous families who were seeking out the girl and boy who would eventually become their temporary child for the next three years. The German children stared in awe at the treasure trove of cakes and fresh fruit as the organisers began the introductions. For some, the memory of the horrors of war could never be erased. Protestant and Catholic relief agencies in Germany selected children between the ages of five and fifteen who were brought here in 1946 and 1947 first to Glencree and later to their temporary homes. Five hundred Christian children were fostered in this way. In the heart of Ireland some would learn first hand the bitter truth of Chekov’s observations: “For the lonely man the desert is everywhere”

Some of them would go on to become more Irish than the Irish. Initially the plan was that these children would remain in Ireland for three years, but such intense bonds were formed that the final departure of refugees led to heart-breaking scenes at Dun Laoghaire and the Government decided that the children could stay as long as both the Irish foster parents and their German parents agreed. Those who remained here got married and raised Irish families of their own. Fifty children who came from Germany in 1946 and stayed in Ireland were reunited with those who returned home to Germany during President Herzog’s visit in 1997, in all 160 of the original 500 foster children and 180 foster families attended. They watched the German president place a commerative plaque and lead a delegation to Glencree, where it all began.

Operation Shamrock is one of the earliest examples of the close ties that began to form between Europe and Ireland after the war, and is an example of the Irish people at their best.  (John Scally – Beautiful Thoughts For Beautiful Minds)

Who would have though that today in 2022, we would see the same thing happening as Ireland opens its door to refugees from Ukraine as they escape a savage war in their own country.

PRAYER FOR THE WEEK  (Sacred Heart Novena 2022)

Lord Jesus, you sought out quiet places where you could be alone with your Father.

In this busy world, I often find it difficult to find time to share with God my intimate thoughts and feelings.

Help me to seek an opportunity each day to spend even a short time with you in the Father’s presence. Amen.