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| 7pm Mass to celebrate Festival Opening (Belfarsad Church) Aifreann |
9am Currane Society Golf (Mulranny Golf Links) Gailf Currane Golf Society Competition – open to members and friends of the Society. Book in advance with Denis Gallagher (087-6491849) |
10.30am- 1.00pm Family Treasure Hunt (Starting Point – Glór na dTonn) Tóraíocht Taisce Hunt around Currane and gather the clues to lead your team to the treasure. Family treasure hunt with teams of four which must include at least one adult and one under 13 year old. Dress for the weather as this is an outdoor event. Two legged transport only permitted! Team Registration 10.30am sharp.
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9.30am 50th Anniversary Mass with Archbishop (Currane Church) Aifreann Cheiliúradh leis an Ard Easpaig A special mass celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Currane church. Mass will be celebrated by Archbishop Micheal Neary. |
2pm Sports Day (incl. adult races) (Griffin Park) La Spóirt Currane Sports Day (with special adult races). |
| 8pm- 9pm Opening Reception (Glór na dTonn) Oscailt Oifigiúil The Official Opening of the Festival will be performed by Mary Henry from Belfarsad who will represent Ireland at the Special Olympics World Games in Beijing later this year. A cheese and wine reception will follow the opening.
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11am-4pm Children’s Workshop (Glór na dTonn) Ceardlann don aos óg Children’s Art Workshop with activities from 11am – 1pm for ages 5- 8 years and from 2pm – 4pm for children aged 9 – 13 years. |
1-3pm Barbecue & Trad Session (School Pitch) Barbecue & seisiún ceol ‘Bring your Own Bites’ Barbecue & Traditional Session! Join us for an al fresco feast at the football pitch beside Glór na dTonn. Bring your own picnic blanket and whatever you want to cook. We’ll have the barbecue fired and ready to go; we’ll supply cutlery and plates and a bouncy castle for under 12’s. There will be an outdoor traditional music session (weather permitting) with special guests. Musicians are welcome to bring their instruments and join in the craic, ceol agus bia! Finally, as a special treat, home made boxty will be available to sample.
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10.30-11.30am Heritage Display (Glór na dTonn) Taispeántas Oidhreachta Tea & Coffee Morning with a special Heritage Display. |
9pm Festival Dinner (Óstán Oileáin Acla) Dinnéar an Fhéile Join us for this Buffet & Social evening to mark the close of the 2007 Fáilte Abhaile Festival with music by ‘Cheers’. Food served at 9pm. Tickets €20 available at the Photo Exhibition. Tickets must be purchased in advance. No tickets available at the door. Strictly Over 18’s only. |
| 10pm- 2.am Social Evening – Ceol & Craic Music by The D-Team (Glór na dTonn) Óiche Shóisialta ‘American Tea Party’ style social (bring your own alcohol) with music by ‘The D-Team’ followed by disco. |
2.00pm- 6.00pm Teaspántas Griangrafanna & Video Casadh an Taoile Step back in time and see how many faces you recognise! The Exhibition features videos and photos of Currane, Belfarsad and Polranny through the years. Tickets for Slán Abhaile Buffet available – €20 each. |
12.00am- 4.00pm Teaspántas Griangrafanna & Video Casadh an Taoile Step back in time and see how many faces you recognise! The Exhibition features videos and photos of Currane, Belfarsad and Polranny through the years. Tickets for Slán Abhaile Buffet available – €20 each.
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11.00am- 5.00pm Teaspántas Griangrafanna & Video Casadh an Taoile Step back in time and see how many faces you recognise! The Exhibition features videos and photos of Currane, Belfarsad and Polranny through the years. Tickets for Slán Abhaile Buffet available – €20 each. |
12.00am- 4.00pm Teaspántas Griangrafanna & Video Casadh an Taoile Step back in time and see how many faces you recognise! The Exhibition features videos and photos of Currane, Belfarsad and Polranny through the years. Tickets for Slán Abhaile Buffet available – €20 each |
| 5.30pm- 7.30pm Comórtas Tallann agus Dioscó don Aos Óg (Glór na dTonn) See the stars of the future showcase their talents in the world famous competition ‘The Currane Factor’. Talent Competition & Disco open to children under 13 years. |
4pm Yawl Race (Achillbeg Start) Rás Yawl John F Patten Memorial Cup Yawl Race |
12-6pm Football Tournament (Griffin Park) Cluichí peile 8 men’s teams, including visiting clubs, will take part in this all-day seven-a-side football blitz with a Ladies Challenge match taking place before the Men’s final. |
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| 9.30pm- 11.30pm Dioscó Speisialta do Dhéagóirí (Glór na dTonn) Fancy dress disco with lots of spot prizes. Open to second level school students only. |
10pm Presentation of Prizes (The Compass Bar) Bronnadh na duaiseanna Presentation of yawl race prizes including the Fáilte Abhaile trophy. |
7.30-9.30pm Monster Bingo (Glor na dTonn) Bingo Ollmhór Monster Bingo with €500 jackpot. Single book €7; double €12. |
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| 10pm Presentation of Golf prizes (The Compass Bar) Bronnadh na duaiseanna Presentation of Golf prizes including the Fáilte Abhaile trophy.
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10pm Céili Mór le ‘Swallows Tail’ (Glór na dTonn) |
Month: July 2007
Welcome Home News: A message from Sinéad Ní Mháille
Fáilte Abhaile Festival – Three weeks and counting!
Hi all,
I’m dropping a note to remind everyone that the Fáilte Abhaile Festival 2007 is just about three weeks away now and the clock is certainly ticking. Most of the main events have been organised at this stage and the final programme will be completed and circulated within the next week.
As you probably know, events include golf, yawl racing, family sports day, family barbecue and trad session, photo exhibition, ceili and a special mass to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the church.
The closing buffet will take place on Monday night 6th August in Ostán Oileáin Acla (Alice’s to you and me!) and tickets are now on sale at €20 per person. There is a limited number of tickets available for this night and you can arrange to book tickets now with Helen Gallagher (086-4063675). Some tickets will be for sale over the Festival weekend but none on the door on the night.
You can also now buy or place orders for the souvenir polo shirts which have a special 2007 logo designed by the kids in Currane National School and the Ógras group. Shirts are €25 and you can contact Michéal Ruddy at (086-4077666) for yours. Kids shirts are available too for €5.
Finally and most importantly, we really, really need volunteers to help out with events throughout the weekend. We have kids art workshops on Friday, a teen disco on Friday night, family treasure hunt on Saturday, barby on Saturday afternoon and football on Sunday. There’s also a clean up of the village the weekend before the Festival, not to mention traffic management and stewarding for the sport events in particular.
If you are willing to help out with any of these events please let any of the Committee know or reply by email. We also have a meeting scheduled after mass on every Sunday between now and the Festival so please come along.
If everyone helps out a little bit, even for an hour or two over the whole weekend, we can make sure that the Festival is a great success and a great weekend for everyone.
Looking forward to seeing you all in Currane in a few weeks. Please feel free to anyone with Currane connections or affections.
Sinéad.