Go whale watching at Dunree this Sunday
To celebrate the 18th anniversary of the declaration of Irish waters as a Whale and Dolphin Sanctuary the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group is inviting the public to Dunree Fort at 2 p.m. this Sunday, for a land based whale watch.
This watch will be led by former wildlife ranger, Dermot McLaughlin. If you are planning to attend you should dress appropriately and bring binoculars, spotting scopes and cameras. For further information contact Dermot, telephone 087 7412044.
As part of heritage week there will be a number of guided walks through the village of Fahan. The first walk will take place tomorrow from 11.30 a.m. – 1 p.m. The tour includes St. Mura's Graveyard, Agnes Jones's grave, the graves of 78 Laurentic victims and Cecil F. Alexander's home. The event has been organised by the Fahan Community Council. Meet in the Car Park at St. Mura's old graveyard.
Further walks will be held on Sunday from 2.30 – 4 p.m. on 26th August from 11.30 a.m. – 1 p.m., 28th August from 11.30 a.m. – 1 p.m., 29th August from 11.30 a.m. – 1 p.m. 30th August from 7.30 – 9 p.m. Admission is free for all walks.
'The Wax Auction' - Local Garda, Rugby Players, Football Players and Plasterers ' from Inishowen will brave the pain to help raise vital funds for a local Charity. The event will take place on the 29th August in Tully's Bar, Carndonagh in aid of Inishowen Children's Autism Related Education. What promises to be a great night of great craic and entertainment
Inishowen Children's Autism Related Education will be holding an open day at the Day, Respite and Activity centre (Prefabs) located at Looking Glass Brae, Ballymacarry, Buncrana which have just undergone a revamp making them more child friendly and we have some new playing equipment for our children, we would like to invite members of the public to our opening day at our centre which takes place on Friday 21st August 2009 at 2pm at , we want to give members of our community/Inishowen who support i.C.A.R.E. an opportunity to see were money donated is being spent and to see how happy our children are using our Centre. For more information call Liam Gill on 0863571375.
The Inishowen Country Market has recently made a change to the dates it operates in Buncrana. Instead of operating every other Saturday it now takes place every second and fourth Saturday at the usual time 2 – 3 p.m. This means that the market no longer needs to give out a schedule of dates, a quick look at your calendar will tell you if there's a market on. The upcoming date is tomorrow. The Country Market now offers a wide variety of home made ready cooked meals, breads, jams, cakes, fresh eggs, local and organic vegetables, plants, crafts and greeting cards.
A Cycle Run and Walk will take place this Sunday organised by the North Pole Cycling Club. The cycle starts from the North Pole Bar, Drumfries. Sign on for the cyclists starts at 9.30 a.m. with the first riders off at 10 a.m. There are two cycling routes, one 25 miles and the longer 40 miles. The walk and run starts at 11 a.m. and is over a 10k circuit. Refreshments will be provided afterwards in the North Pole Bar. This is a fundraising event for Karol Doherty from Carndonagh who is representing Ireland in the World Hand Cycling Championships which takes place from 8 – 15 September in Italy.
A Bric-a-Brac sale will take place in Loreto House, Linsfort on Sunday, 30th August from 2 – 5 p.m. All good quality items gratefully received.
Inishowen Partnership has recently become an ECDL accredited test centre and will offer The Inishowen Men's Helpline is now offering a Drop-In service on Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 9.30 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. This is a confidential service providing information and support around issues affecting men living in the Inishowen area. The Drop-In service is based in the Action Inishowen building, Millbrae, Carndonagh. You can also email the service – Inishowen.menshelpline@hotmail.com or you can telephone 9329300
Buncrana Community Leisure Centre - Opening hours, Monday - Friday 7 a.m. - 10.30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. – 9.30 p.m.
New children's swimming lessons are now starting. This is a 6 week course from Saturday 12th September from 10 a.m. – 11a.m. and Monday 14th September 7 p.m. – 8 p.m. Bookings are now being taken €20.00 non refundable deposit secures place
Classes available - Drama Monday and Tuesday 4 p.m. and 5 p.m.; Aqua Aerobics Wednesday 8 p.m.; Irish Dancing Thursday 5 p.m.; Spin Revolution daily classes; Pilates daily classes. Fun sessions in pool for kids every Saturday, inflatable Dinosaurs
New to the Leisure Centre - Slimming World classes on Tuesday night 7.30 p.m., come along for more information. All enquiries telephone 074 9361000.
Buncrana Boxing Club is holding a series of teenage discos in the Plaza Ballroom every Friday night throughout July and August. The discos, under adult supervision will run from 9.30 - 11.30 p.m. and cost 6 euro.
Pneumococcal (pcv) Vaccine Catch-up programme is currently being offered free of charge to children born between 2nd September, 2006 and 30th June, 2008. This programme will finish on 31st October, after this date there will be a charge for the vaccine. Make your appointment now to avoid disappointment. Telephone the Medical Centre, 9363611.
Inishowen Rural Transport/Inishowen Tourism - Explore Inishowen Bus Trail, all in price of 28 euro for a guided tour of the peninsula on either Saturday or Sunday with access to all amenities and lunch. Telephone 9322291 or 087 9861606.
Vivid Performances presents children's speech and drama workshops starting Monday, 7th September from 4 - 6 p.m. for 5 - 12 year olds in the Tullyarvan Mill. Cost is 5 euro per child per session. For further details telephone Emma Porter, 086 3601537.
Also in the Tullyarvan Mill, Simply Music is now under new management and will have music
The Masquerade Stage School drama classes are held in the Leisure Centre every Monday, 4 - 5 p.m. for 4 - 8 years and 5 - 6 p.m. for 9 - 17 years and every Tuesday, 4 - 5 p.m. for 3 - 8 years. Telephone Nicola, 086 3506777.
a raised 648 euro and this amount was sent to Family & Life.
Winners in the Buncrana Parish draw for Sunday, 9th August – 1st prize, 500 – Ciaran McNelis, Slavery, promoter, 30 euro Bernadette Gallagher; 2nd prize, 300 euro – Dean and Pat Lynch, Inch Road, promoter, 20 euro Patricia Gallagher; 3rd prize 150 euro – Sharon and Amy, c/o Edith, promoter, 20 euro Edith Doherty.
A specialised G.A.A. Hurling Cul Camp will take place from Monday - Friday 28th August 10 a.m. - 2 30 p.m. It will be held in the Scarvey and will cost 65 euro for the first child and 50 euro for each child thereafter from the same family. More information to follow in the coming weeks.
Numbers drawn in the GAA Lotto 10,000 euro draw for 11th August – 2, 4, 13, 30 – no winner. Numbers in the Lotto Plus – 6, 8, 21, 30 – no winner. 20 euro winners: Gary Rock, Chelsea Supporter, Mary McGonagle, Trillick, c/o Bingo; Chloe Cuffe, Jason Lynch, Inch Island and Gary Breslin, Ludden.
Lottos for the G.A.A. draw, held every Tuesday night in O'Flaherty's Bar are currently being sold to homes throughout the parish, all sellers are active players and members and will be wearing authorisation cards. The club would like to thank all those who purchased lottos which will help fund various club activities from under eight football and hurling to adult levels.
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