Dunkineely/Killaghtee/Bruckless local notes
WALKING GROUP – meets every Tuesday morning at 10:00 am for a walk or stroll of about 30-40 minutes with a cuppa afterwards if you want. All are welcome to join this group. Contact Marie Hutchinson or the DCL office if you are interested: 087 3421922.
DUNKINEELY IN BLOOM – Dunkineely Community Ltd are having run a Dunkineely in Bloom competition in May, to brighten up the town and surrounding area.
We’ll be looking for winners of categories such as: Best Business, Best mall town garden, Best Church, Best school, Best vegetable plot, Best large garden, Best container garden etc.
But the main winners will be the community of Dunkineely, Bruckless and Killaghtee area. We will be having workshops on planting up containers/hanging baskets and vegetable growing plus a few freebies to get going. So start thinking now and start sowing as soon as the good weather is with us. If you are interested contact DCL office 087 3421922 if you’d like to help organise it, or be involved. Entry forms are now available from the DCL office. “A great Community event!”
BUS TOUR EXCURSION – Conneely Travel and JIW Tours have organised a one day excursion to North Leitrim and Sligo on Saturday 24th May. This is a fun, social bus tour outing, with some gentle strolls and visits to Glencar Waterfall, the Lake Isle of Innisfree and Sligo.
For further info, cost and bookings ring Keith on: 087-9213200 or email journeyinwonder@gmail.com
You can also look up their webpage by clicking on this link: http://www.jiw-tours.com/
FLORA MINI MARATHON – is Taking place on Bank Holiday Monday, 2nd June 2014. We ask you to please support Alison, Carmel, Majella, Sharon & Jacinta who are running in this Marathon for a great cause. Details of how to donate are on the DCL facebook page.
CASTLE MURRAY HOUSE HOTEL – is having a coffee morning on Saturday 7th June from 12 – 2pm. All “donations” on the day will be going to the services provided by Cancer Care West and their Co. Donegal residential home “Inis Aoibhinn”. The team at Castle Murray House will be all volunteering their time & services on the day. For more information please contact Castle Murray House Hotel 087 3421922.
THE POINT 10k CHARITY FUN/RUN/WALK – Taking place in Dunkineely on Saturday 16th August 2014 at 11:00am (Same route as last year). The chosen charities for this year’s event are Billy’s World Ireland and Clara House Killybegs – (Day Centre for Intellectual Disabilities). Everyone welcome! Contact Pauric McNern for further information.
DCL has a library of over 500 books from Children’s Literature. (Roald Dhal’s Matilda, James and the Giant Peach, The BFG to J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone & The Goblet of Fire), Classics (J.R.R. Tolkien to Marian Keyes), Horror, Comedy, Booker-Prize etc. Rent a book from just 20c or perhaps DVD’s, Lego Batman or The Patience Stone from just 50c per night.
Come into the office weekday mornings from 9:30-12:30 pm and use the Internet (20c per half hour) or Print Documents (20c per page).
Please note that the DCL office has changed it’s number to 087 3421922.
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