Film-makers are seeking local people for a new movie set to be shot around Inishowen. It will feature areas in Malin Head, The Isle of Doagh, Leenan and Buncrana. The film makers are looking for people of all ages for a range of roles in the new film 'A Shine of Rainbows'. Open auditions will take place in the Colgan Hall, Carndonagh, on Monday next, 7th April and Tuesday, 8th from 10am to 7pm. If you are women aged 20-70 women, men from 40-70 and children aged from 7 to 12, get yourself along to the Colgan Hall on Monday or Tuesday.
A trip for a week-end break to Scotland is being organized to visit the Highland shows and a day trip to Edinburgh City. It will take place from 20-22nd June. Price per person sharing is 180 sterling or 250 euro. Children under 11, 110 sterling or 150 euro. 50stg. deposit will secure a seat. Price includes coach, ferry and 2 nights bed and breakfast staying in a hotel on the outskirts of Glasgow approximately 5 miles from the city center. For further details telephone: 9382116 or 0872799269. There will only one coach traveling so places are limited.
Enrolment Forms for Urblereagh National School are now available at the school's temporary location at the GAA Centre, Malin Town. Completed forms should be returned by to-day Friday 4th April.
The grand opening of the GAA Centre in Malin Town has been set for Sunday, 4th May, the Bank holiday week-end. An Inishowen Select side will play the Donegal senior team in honour of the occasion.
Carrowmenagh FC have tickets out now for their first ever Grand Draw. Prizes: first prize – Mitsubishi Colt; second prize - 2,000euro cash; third prize – two nights in one of Donegal's top hotels, Harvey's Point and twelve other fabulous prizes. Tickets are 20euro each or three for 50euro. Contact John McLaughlin (Twin), Club secretary – 086 8060348 / 9381150 or any other Club or committee member.
A Pilgrimage to Medjugorje will take place on June 7th this year. This is a combined tour with 4 nights in Medjugorje and 3 night in Gradac on the Adriatic coast. Flight is from Belfast to Dubrovnik. The cost is 734euro fully inclusive and is on a half board basis (breakfast and evening meal). For further information contact Esther on 074 9374566 or 086
8475971.
Pre-marriage courses will be available in the Pastoral Centre, Carndonagh, on the following dates: 25th/26th April; 30th/31st May. Courses are from 8pm-10pm on Friday nights and from 10am-5pm on the Saturday. Application forms available from the Pastoral Centre on 9374103 between 10.30 am – 12.30 pm.
Donegal County Council has received funding to extend a pilot project for the installation of smoke alarms in vulnerable households nationwide. The Council has identified three target groups, i.e. older persons, persons with disability and lone parents. If you fall into any of the above categories and do not have a smoke alarm in your home, please contact Action Inishowen on 074 9374529 or call into your office in Millbrae, Carndonagh.
The Annual Diocesan Mass for those with special needs and their families and friends will take place in St. Joseph's Gallagh, Derry on Saturday 12th April. Bishop Lagan will celebrate the Mass. If you have a child who wishes to receive the Sacrament of First Holy Communion or Confirmation at the Mass, please contact the Catechetical Centre on 04871264087.
The Carndonagh Feis will take this year on Friday 20th, Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd June. The Feis syllabus will be sent out to all the local schools by mid-march and the closing date for entries will be Friday 2nd May. Could all cups/shields be returned on or by that day to Karen Mc Laughlin, Malin Road, Carndonagh.
Malin Bingo winners for week-ending 30th March, Rita Bradley, Carndonagh, Mary Jo Mc Clenaghan, Culdaff, Jimmy Doherty, Westown, Malin Head, and Karen Brennan, Moville, 130euro. Snowball next week 500euro on 46 no. and 300euro on 48no. Malin Parish Draw winners for week-ending 30th March. 1st Neal Martin Doherty, The Diamond, Carndonagh, 200euro. 2nd Teresa Mc Daid, Bunn, Glengad, 130euro and 3rd Noel Doherty, Westown, Malin Head, 65euro.
Malin GAA :The senior and reserve sides had no competitive fixture this weekend so they played challenge games against Urney from Co Tyrone. The reserves came out on top in their game while the senior side were beaten, the results matter little as the object of the exercise for both clubs was to get up to speed for their respective league campaigns.
This weekend Malin is back in competitive action with a home fixture against Fanad Gaels where the senior side will be striving to claim their first points of the season while the reserves will be hoping to make it two wins out of two so far. The games are set for Saturday evening, April 5th, reserve game at 4-30pm with the senior game at 6pm, all support welcome.
Fixtures; The U-16 side were beaten at home on Sunday by Fanad Gaels. In a high scoring game the visitors secured victory with a late free to win by 1-19 to 4-09.
The Ladies begin their season with an away trip to St Naul's on Sunday, April 13th, game starts at 12 noon. Club membership for 2008 is now due and will be collected in the coming weeks. Membership is 10euro per adult, 2euro per minor and 20euro for family membership and club members will have priority for tickets for Donegal games should they be successful in
the summer. Kevin Farren will collect Malin Head, David Gallagher and Patrick Collins will do the Culdaff area, Patrick and Shaun Houton will do Culkeeny/Glengad and Martin McColgan will cover Malin Town while Shaun Owen will collect players membership.The official opening of the GAA centre has been set for Sunday, 4th May (May Bank Holiday weekend), where an Inishowen select side will meet the Donegal senior team, more details to follow. There was no winner of this week's lotto jackpot. The sequence drawn was 7,2,3,5,6,1,4. Monica Walsh, Malin,
won the 50 euro prize with the 20euro sellers prize going to Naomi McLaughlin, Malin. Next weeks jackpot is 1,100euro and, as always, the club thanks the local community for its continued support of the club.
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