NOTES - 19th & 20th Jan

GRANAGH  PLAYERS:

All roads lead to the Community Centre this weekend as we stage our production of  ' The Shaughraun ', a romantic comedy, by Dion Boucicault.

Producer, Jimmy Sheehy is delighted with the results after the last number of months rehearsing.   He has a big cast of

seventeen to try and control but at this stage they are fairly well behaved.     The set is fabulous - it was built by Kevin and 

Michael Clifford  and our artist in residence, Grace McCarthy, had the full stage as her canvas.    She made a fantastic job of it

and when you see it, take note of the old manor house - the design of which she based on her father Joe's homestead  in County Clare. 

We have hugely talented people in the parish - this year we had our dressmaker Mary who gave up a huge amount of her time to make the

ladies costumes and we had Emer Power, first year college student, who spent a few nights with us taking photographs which we used for

the papers.   Our violinist Sophie Butler came on board in the last week and Denis Noonan was called on for some electrical work at the

last minute.   

Of course our actors and actresses' are second to none and are a most dedicated group of people.   Along with our core group we have

nine new faces appearing on stage this year - Carmel Clifford, Liam Houlihan, Theresa Noonan, Emma Chawke, Tony Fitzgibbon, 

Tony Sheahan, Eamon McMahon, John English and Liam Kelly.   It is always fantastic to have new faces and it makes for a great 

atmosphere.

Patrick C. Fitzgerald called to the rehearsals and took some beautiful photos which he has up on the Granagh web site -

www.ballingarrynews.blogspot.com .    Pass on to family and friends who are away at present, so they can keep up to date with whets 

happening at home.  New York and England have already logged onto the site.

DATES :  -   Friday 21st, Saturday 22nd, Sunday 23rd and the following weekend Friday 28th, Saturday 29th, Sunday 30th at 8.00pm nightly.

Adm. Adults € 10.    Shop and Raffle each night. 

 GRANAGH UTD. F.C:

Lotto  Result:    No Winner in the Lotto Draw at the weekend. .  Numbers drawn 2. 9. 14. 15.

Lucky Dips Winners of € 20. each :-   Christina Daffy, Croom, Anne Leahy Granagh, Mike O'Regan Granagh.

Next weeks draw takes place in Bennis' Bar Ballyagran,  for a Jackpot of € 8,750. 

Tickets available at O` Gorman's Foodstore Granagh, Hickeys Bar Croom, The Rock Bar Granagh, & Bennis'  Bar Ballyagran.

U14 Cup -  Sat 15th Jan.
 Bally Rovers 0 -  Granagh Utd 3
Scorers were Stephen Hickey 2 & Edward Sheehy 1.

Junior League - Sun 16th Jan.
Breska Rovers 1 -  Granagh Utd 0.

YOUTH  CHOIR:
We wish the very best of luck to the members of the youth choir and leaders Noelle Dunworth and Susie Butler for their big performance

next Sunday 23rd in University Concert Hall.    They came through the semi-finals of the Limerick Live 95Fm Talent show,  on the audience vote,                       and must now perform in the final, along with eleven other acts.    The cream of talent will be on show Sunday night so it is a marvelous

opportunity and a great experience.    Well done and enjoy the night.

COMMUNITY GAMES: 

Draughts:
Next Saturday is a big day for our U/10 and U/12 draughts teams as they take part in the county final which will be held in Rathkeale commencing at 2pm. These boys and girls have put in tremendous effort both in training and in their competitions and all of us wish them the best of luck on Saturday. Training continues as usual this Thursday evening from 7-8pm.
Handwriting CompetitionThe hand writing competition will take place next Friday evening January 21^st at 6pm in the Supper Room Ballingarry. It is an U/10 competition open to boys and girls, participants must be over eight years of age and they will be given one hour to copy exactly a piece which will be given to them at the start of the competition. Paper will be provided on the day but children must bring their own pens. Adjudication will be based on correct letter formation, neatness, legibility and fluency.
Primary School QuizJust a reminder that the primary school quiz takes place in the Hall in Ballingarry next Sunday January 23^rd commencing at 1.30pm.
Merit AwardsAt Christmas due to the inclement weather our Merit awards night was postponed. It is now hoped that it will be rescheduled for early February and the results of our art competition will be announced on the night.
Talent ResultsLast Sunday we held our local talent competition in the hall in Ballingarry and we had a fantastic turnout of singer’s dancers and musicians.
Winners in the U/10 Solo music were 1^st Mark Sheahan, 2^nd Michael Sheahan and 3^rd Niall Sheahan, Michael and Mark also took 1^st place in group music. The following girls won the U/10 group dance category and also the group singing, Molly Cagney, Ciara O Connor, Aimee Tangney, Ava Reid and Ellen McMahon. In U/10 solo singing, 1^st Jacob Butler, 2^nd Darren Curtis and 3^rd Aoife Kavanagh. Finally in the U/10 section Michael Sheahan took 1^st for his recitation.
In the U14 category for solo singing 1^st Rachel Anderson, 2^nd Eve Butler, 3^rd Athene Storey Cosgrave. For group singing 1^st Eve and Jacob Butler 2^nd Brenda and Dylan O Keeffe and 3^rdOlivia Bennett, Aislinn Herlihy Ellen Murphy and Sarah Condon.
The U14 group dance winners were Chloe Tangney Shauna Lynch and Yvonne Shelton, and in solo music 1^st Sean English, 2^nd Athene Storey Cosgrave and joint 3^rd Eoin Sheahan and Aislinn Herlihy. Finally we had the comedy section and the winners were with a most enjoyable sketch were, Chloe Tangney, Shauna Lynch, Yvonne Sheltan, Cormac Snow, Jordan Madigan, Mark Shelton with back stage help from Roisin O Sullivan and Athene Storey Cosgrave.