9th July, 2023

Adamstown Parish Newsletter

Weekend of Sat 8th & Sun 9th July 2023  

Volume 23.   Number 25

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ADAMSTOWN LOTT0

The next draw in the Adamstown Lotto takes place this Monday 10th July in the Community Centre for a Jackpot of  €15,000. Do buy a ticket and be in with a chance.

ADAMSTOWN GAA NEWS

Junior Camogie League Final 2023

Adamstown 3-12  Oylegate 2-05  Winners!!

Our ladies have collected silverware in their first season back in camogie after a rip roaring final at Killurin last weekend in front of a large group of loyal supporters. Anecdotally, we believe it could be 2010 since the club last held any camogie title and massive credit must go to those who rekindled the spark to ensure we put a team on the field for this season. Well done ladies. The team was: Joanne Kavanagh, Sandra White, Róisin O’Neill, Mairéad Boyle, Áine Shannon, Cora Flood, Róisin Barden (0-1); Elaine Dunleavy, Ella English

(0-1); Jenny McGuinness, Cathy O’Brien (1-4); Tara Somers (1-6); Samantha McDonald. Subs Caoimhe Curtis (1-0); Fiona Furlong, Emma Murphy, Muireann Stafford, Geraldine O’Shea)

VERY SUCCESSFUL 74th ADAMSTOWN SHOW

On Saturday last the 74th Adamstown Show took place.

Thankfully the weather cleared up and it was a lovely afternoon. There was a wonderful attendance, numbers way up on previous years. Entries in all sections of the show were also up and the Marquee with Home Produce, Baking, Flowers, Veg, Craft, Art, etc., was a sight to behold, every space filled with fabulous entries. Horses, Sheep, Loveable Goats, Dogs – wonderful turnout of animals in all sections. There was many Trade Stands with options for all sorts of goods on offer, Vintage machinery; South East Radio was present courtesy of Centra, Balllinaboola.

Dancing with Declan went down very well. But like every other event – these things don’t happen by themselves, there is a hard working, voluntary group of men and women who work tirelessly over many months to organise the show every year. A very well done to everyone who gave freely of their time, committee, stewards, ladies/gents in the marquees, car parking stewards, all involved in the jumping & horse & dog show events. Judges, ladies committee who provided lunches in Coláiste Abbáin, those who erected the jumps and set up the field for the show on several evenings last week.  A sincere thanks to landowners and local schools for the use of their facilities.

Thanks to all exhibitors and winners in all categories, without your input the show wouldn’t go ahead each year.

Congratulations to Adamstown I.C.A. ladies on winning the ‘Best Stand of the Show’.

Sympathy:

The Show Committee extends deepest sympathy to the Power family on the sad death of Vinny Power. Vinny was an integral part of the Adamstown Show jumping ring, giving up his time so generously. May Vinny rest in peace.

ADAMSTOWN I.C.A. NEWS

The past week has been a busy and successful one for our guild. On Thursday 29th we hosted the ‘Special Occasions’ Competitons in Coláiste Abbáin.

Approximately 150 women attended the event. There was five items per guild to be judged and an overall prize. While the judging was taking place, the ladies sat into a lovely salad supper supplied by Pauline Kavanagh and her assistant Nadia. The I.C.A. ladies served up some lovely confectionery and as much tea as one could consume. After everyone was fed the results were announced. Dympna Rochford got joint 1st place with Ballyanne for her entry of an up-cycled flip-flop turned into a door sign. There was a lot of excitement as the rest of the results were announced.  Overall results were:

 3rd place – Bree.    2nd place – Oylegate

Joint 1st place – Adamstown and our near neighbours Camross. Well done to all the participants.

We couldn’t have done it without the help of Coláiste Abbáin for the use of their premises, Wexford Federation Committee, Tom with the parking, Pauline and Nadia with the food. Eve, Eunan and Mary J for their help erecting the banners and most of all our hard working guild members who worked tirelessly on the night to make sure everyone was looked after. Well done everyone.

Adamstown Show:

On Saturday we entered a stand at the Adamstown Show and the icing on the cake was when we were awarded the Terry McDonald Perpetual Cup for the Best Stand.

That was a great privilege as Terry’s wife Ann is one of our members.

Summer Outing:

On Tuesday July 18th our summer outing takes place.

We are heading to Ardmore for a visit to Ireland’s oldest Christian settlement, taking in St. Declan’s Cathedral and Round Tower, followed by some retail therapy in Dungarvan, finishing up with a meal in the Park Hotel.

If anyone would like to join us, please contact any I.C.A. member. You would be more than welcome.

ANCCR Area Development CLG (C.E. Programme)

ANCCR, Raheen, have vacancies in the following areas:

Raheen, Cushinstown, Terrerath, Carroreigh, Newbawn for;

Community Employment General Operatives.

Community Employment Childcare Assistant.

Learn a new skill on the job and get an opportunity of re-train with a professional qualification. In order to be eligible the following applies:

Over 21 years (in special circumstances 18 years) and in receipt of a qualifying social welfare payment for 12 months.

Ukrainians in receipt of jobseekers payment for 9 months.

Dependant Qualifying Adults on Jobseekers.

If interested in any of those positions, please contact your local Intreo Office, New Ross 051 440910,

Wexford 053 9165400 or phone Kay, CE Supervisor at ANCCR on 087 4144313. We would love to hear from you.

CHURCH NOTICES

IN MEMORIAM

Sat 8th – Eamonn & Martin Furlong, Greenview (A)

Sun 9th – Tom Walsh, Coonogue (A)

Also –      Jay Roche, Ballyshannon (A)

Sat 15th – People of the Parish

Sun 16th – Margaret Walsh, Coolnagree (A) also Betty McGrath Adamstown (A)

Pray for John Sinnott, Coolamurray, Davidstown who died during the week. Our sympathy to all his family at this time.

May they rest in peace.

READERS OF THE LITURGY

Sat 8th – Liam Whelan.        Sun 9th – Callie Doyle

Sat 15th – Anthony McGee.  Sun 16th – Kathleen O’Connor

Sat 22nd – Cáit Bradley.  Sun 23rd – Kay Whelan

Sat 29th – T.J. McDonald.  Sun 30th – Sheelagh Delaney

Morning Mass each week day at 9.30am

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament every Thursday from 10.00am – 1.00pm

POPE’S INTENTIONS FOR JULY

For a Eucharistic life

We pray that Catholics may place the celebration of the Eucharist at the heart of their lives, transforming human relationships in very deep way and opening to the encounter with God and all their brothers and sisters.

A THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK

A car ahead was moving like a turtle and not giving me way in spite of my continuous honking! I was on the brink of losing my cool when I noticed the small sticker on the cars rear.

 It reads….. “Physically challenged; Please be patient”

And that changed everything!! I immediately went calm and slowed down!!    In fact I got a little protective of the car and the driver. I reached work a few minutes late, but it was ok!

And then it struck me. Would I have been patient if there was no sticker?   Why do we need stickers to be patient with people?   Would we be more patient and kind with others if people had labels pasted on their foreheads?

Label like this:  Lost my job   …Fighting cancer…Going through a bad divorce…Suffering Emotional abuse…Lost a loved one ….Feeling worthless…Financially messed up ……  

and more like these.  Everyone is fighting a battle we know nothing about.   The least we can do is be patient and kind.  We don’t have to put people through the pressures of explaining over times before, we understand their pains and offer our very best.  As you go through each passing day always remember there’s an invisible label on everyone. 

A simple virtue of patience may just be the respect you’re according that invisible label. (Author unknown)

PRAYER FOR THE WEEK

Let us pray;

Grant that we thy servants, Lord, may enjoy unfailing health of mind and body, and through the prayers of the ever blessed Virgin Mary in her glory, free us from our sorrows in this world an give us eternal happiness in the next.

Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

OUR HONEYBEES

Pollinators in Ireland

Bees are the most important pollinating insect because they visit flowers to collect food for their larvae, as well as feeding on floral resources as adults. In Ireland crops such as apples, clover, strawberries and oilseed rape all benefit from pollination and a recent study from the Department of the Environment valued this ‘ecosystem service’ that bees provide at €85m a year to the economy.

2013: Worldwide study shows the decline of wild bees and other pollinators may be an even more alarming threat to crop yields than the loss of honeybees, revealing the irreplaceable contribution of wild insects to global food production. In Ireland there are 101 species of bee, including the familiar honeybee (One species) and 20 bumblebee species. The remaining species are solitary, meaning they do not form colonies. Amongst the most well-known services performed by a healthy biodiversity is pollination. Bees are the keystone pollinator species making more flower visits than any other insect. There is a need, however, for urgent action as our wild bees are facing an unprecedented crisis in declining populations, due to agricultural intensification, habitat degradation, disease and parasite spread, and climate change. Pollinators play a crucial role in our farms, gardens and countryside – we cannot afford to take them for granted.  Gardening for Bees Gardens are extremely important for bees, and vice versa. Bees need flowers for sustenance, and flowers need bees for pollination. But it’s important the flowers you grow provide the food bees need. So Let’s Bee Friendly by turning part of your garden into a bumblebee haven!

As a rule of thumb your garden should provide bee-friendly flowers, open cup shaped flowers are the bees’ favourite, such as foxgloves, that are rich in pollen and nectar which bees can easily access from spring until late summer. This will ensure that there is a good supply of pollen at all of the crucial times.  Flowers clustered into clumps of one species will attract more pollinators than individual plants scattered through the habitat patch.

Plants like Pussy Willow and Bluebell are excellent early-year food sources. Mahonia and Hebe are good non-native options. In early summer Honeysuckle and Thyme are ideal, and in late summer Heathers, Knapweed, Scabious, and non-native species like Sunflowers, Sweet pea and Lavender will provide plenty for bees to forage on.

If you can, leave an area of your lawn uncut during summer to allow Clovers and Birds-foot-Trefoil to flower. Leaving uncut verges or planting wildflower meadows will greatly benefit bees.  Many solitary species nest in south facing banks, so leaving exposed areas of soil at the edges of lawns or creating south facing banks of sandy or clay soil will attract ground nesting species. Other species will nest in dead wood or in south facing stonewalls. 

‘If we all do a little – it will help a lot’

(Thanks to Robert Delaney – a beekeeper for many years)

DIVINE MERCY DEVOTIONS

1st Tuesday of every month at 7.00pm in the Friary Church, Wexford including Mass and blessing with the relic of Saint Faustina.  All welcome.