Telegraph Digest - 8 January 1997



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MICHAEL FOR LATE LATE SHOW

Ceramic artist Michael Neary from Rathbawn, Castlebar will have some of his work featured on the Late Late Enterprise Show on Friday night. Michael last appeared with Gay Byrne in January 1993 when he featured some of his hand painted wall tiles. The items which will be featured on Friday night is a new concept and has nothing to do with wall tiles. Michael has submitted 13 pieces for presentation.

WAITS SAY THANKS

Joe Geraghty and Stephen Guthrie who have continued the old Castlebar tradition of the Christmas Waits would like to thank all those who supported them this season.

FLEADH LEAFLET

Tourism and Trade Minister Enda Kenny will officially launch the Fleadh '97 information leaflet at the AIB Bank, Ballina on Friday evening (6p.m.)

PUBLIC LIBRARY ESSAY COMPETITION

A national essay competition for young people on "What the public library means to me" is currently being run in all libraries in mayo. Entries should not be more that 1,000 words and should be original work not previously published and should be submitted to the Mayo County Library headquarters, Castlebar not later than Monday February 3. The winning essays will be published in the Irish Times and a book prize will be presented to each winner in the under-14 and under-18 categories.

EAR TO THE GROUND VISITS LEENANE

The RTE programme "Ear To The Ground visits the O'Neill family in Leenane who have worked the effects of the new land protection legislation to their advantage. The owners of 1,000 acres of rugged mountain, the family has capitalised on the area's natural beauty and now operates a thriving tourist enterprise.

NOW PROJECT LAUNCH

EU Commissioner Padraig Flynn will officially launch the second phase of the NOW project at CRCfm at the Welcome Inn Hotel, Castlebar on Friday evening at 6p.m.

PATCHWORK MEETING

The next meeting of the Irish Patchwork Society, Western Branch will be held in the Arts Centre, Dominick St., Galway on Saturday (10a.m.) Irene MacWilliam from Belfast will give a talk on "My Own Work". This will be followed on Sunday by a workshop on Japanese Folded Patchwork.

CONNACHT SCOR NA NOG

The Connacht Scor na nOg finals have been put back a week and will now be staged in Claremorris Town hall on Saturday evening week ( January 18), starting at 6p.m. The organisers had to defer the finals for a week because the Galway and Roscommon finals could not be staged last week because of the bad weather.

KNOCK SOCIAL FOR GOAL

A SPECIAL fund raising social for the relief agency Goal will be held in the Belmont Hotel, Knock on Saturday night. Ann Costello from Belmont, Milltown, a sister of Pat and Billy Costello of the Belmont Hotel, is preparing top head out to Tanzania in Africa as a volunteer with Goal. Music for the function will be supplied by Matt's Lads and all support is welcome.

CLAREMORRIS ATHLETIC CLUB MEETING

The annual general meeting of the Claremorris Athletic Club will be held in the Dalton Inn this Wednesday night (January 8) at 9p.m. All members are asked to attend and new members are especially welcome.

GYPSY IS 'SET' FOR PANTO DEBUT

GYPSY the setter is about to storm the stage when the curtain goes up on the Castlebar Pantomime production of "Cinderella" at the Town Hall on Sunday. This will be the first time that a dog has joined the cast since the seasonal presentation was revived by the present company twelve years ago. Gypsy, who is owned by Pantomime director Clare Kenny, has had the distinction of having the best attendance record of the 80 cast members at rehearsals for the past few months. Twice nightly, Gypsy will go on stage for the eight shows. Said Panto PRO Ann Melvin: "Gypsy has really fitted in well and adds to the scenes in which he is cast. I'm sure he will go down well with all the audiences." The Panto kicks off with a matinee on Sunday at 3p.m.

DOUBLE CELEBRATION FOR MICHAEL

AUTHOR Michael Mullen had cause for a double celebration with the publication of two of his works over the Christmas period. Both books, "Flight from Toledo" and "The Darkest Years" have proven popular with readers over the festive season. "The Darkest Years" chronicles the horrors of the Great Famine as recorded by the pens of reporters attached to the Connaught Telegraph during the 1840's. Mullen, right, is pictured above by FRANK DOLAN with Wayne Harlow, Westport in Duffy's Book Shop Westport. The Minister for Tourism and Trade Enda Kenny will officially launch "The Darkest Years" at the Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar on Friday evening January 17 at 7p.m.

FIRST ARRIVAL OF '97

The first baby of the New Year was born at the Mayo General Hospital, Castlebar at 7 minutes past midnight on January 1. The 8 lb girl is the first child for Kieran and Rosaleen Moylan from the Elms, Westport.