Local Notes: St Anne's Church bi-centenary, Tidy Towns and the local market
A section of the Waterford Greenway which runs close to Stradbally
First Communion Service for the pupils of Our Lady of Mercy NS, Stradbally took place at Holy Cross Church, Stradbally, on Saturday, May 4. Fr Edmond Cullinan officiated. The children to receive their First Communion were: Andrew McKeon, Callum Cass, Donnacha O'Brien, Eabha Casey, Evan Brazil, Sarah Walsh and Sadie Fogarty who joined her friends for a special blessing. Congratulations to all the children, their parents families, and teachers on their special day.
Preparations are in full swing for the bi-centenary celebrations of St. Anne's Church, Baĺlylaneen, which will take place on Friday, July 26.
The tidy up of the community centre and village area continues on Monday nights from 7pm to 9pm and anyone wishing to help is welcome. Repairs of the windows and repainting of the church and community centre will start in the next few weeks . Anyone wishing to contribute towards the cost of painting can do so by donating the price of a bucket of paint on the parish website www.sbfparish.ie
Thanks to all who turned out on Saturday and the previous week, for our An Taisce National Clean-Up events. Thanks to those who cleaned in their own areas including St James NS, Stradbally AFC U13 team and coach, the ladies GAA footballers and our own members. In particular, thanks to Richard Hickey, Cove Bar, who sponsored the refreshments after the event. Our village is looking so much better for all the bags of rubbish collected over two weekends and we are truly grateful. Work in preparation for the Tidy towns competition continues and we shall expect the judges from the end of this month onwards.
The market was a buzz on Saturday with volunteers from the Tidy Towns clean-up dropping in for tea. The producers were busy looking after their customers. There were lots of fresh vegetables and new local strawberries were available for sale. There was also oven fresh brown bread, scones, tarts, Eabha's fancy cakes and buns, jams, marmalade, relish and Colette's cards and prints. You can pre-order any of the above by calling Margaret on 087 6337215 just drop by and pick up.
