Swinford Notes 20th April 2016
Turn Mayo Pink! Mayo Pink Ribbon Charity Cycle takes place on April 30th, and we have people coming from all four corners of Ireland together with people from England, Scotland and US taking part in this event for breast cancer research. The cycle will be stopping for a fruit and water stop in Swinford . We are asking that Swinford and parish will ‘turn pink’ and show their support, solidarity and welcome....
Swinford Notes 13th April 2016
Siamsa Seipeil 2016 Siamsa Seipeil 2016 are very happy to announce that Our Lady Help of Christians Church will host from Aclare,County Sligo Tommy Fleming. Tommy has toured both home and worldwide for the past 20 years to packed audiences and started his career off in Swinford where he spent summers busking at Siamsa Sraide and playing in many of the pubs as he set out on the road to success. In 2004 he played the...
“Swinford Celebrates 1916”
1916 Historical Talk As part of “Swinford Celebrates 1916” NUIG Special Collections Librarian and Callow native Marie Bohan will deliver a talk entitled “1916: The View From The West – Evidence from the Military Archives” on Monday April 18th in the Gateway Hotel at 8pm. This will be a great start to Swinford’s 1916 Commemoration. Memory & Music Swinford Comholtas will host an evening of...
Swinford Notes April 6th 2016
Calling all Bakers The Great Irish Bake for Temple Street Children’s Hospital is taking place in Swinford on Friday April 15th. Thanks to all of who supported to date. This event was a huge success last year and the organisers want to make it even better this year. They would greatly appreciate any donations of cakes, buns, tarts etc. Money raised will be used to buy pumps for the administration of pain relief to the...
Swinford Notes 30th March 2016
Swinford prepares to commemorate 1916 A meeting of community groups was held recently to discuss Swinford’s Commemoration of The 1916 Rising on Saturday April 23rd. Members of the Michael Davitt Branch of Comhaltas have plans in place for an evening of song, dance & poetry at 8pm in the Cultural Centre on the night. Arising from the Comhaltas planned event the possibility of scheduling additional commemorative...
