Mass –
Sunday 10th Nov, St. Michael’s, 11 am – Months Memory, Sonny McConnon, Sreenty.
First Anniversary Mass, Paddy Keenan, Faraghy.
Sonny Cooney, his wife Kathleen, daughter Helen & deceased members of the Cooney & McCahey families, Carrickartagh.
James & Minnie Marron & deceased members of the Marron & Heirty family Ardragh & U.S.A.
Patrick & Mary Daly, their daughter Teresa Armstrong, Mame Daly & deceased members of the Daly family, Cornasassanagh & Paul Bradley.
Wednesday 13th Nov, St. John’s, 7.30 pm, Novena Mass for the Holy Souls.
Sunday 17th Nov, St. John’s, 11 am – Michael Hand & deceased members of the Hand family, Corvally.
Paddy & Eileen McDermott & deceased members of the McDermott family, Corvally.
Paddy, Kathleen & Mick Culleton & deceased members of the Culleton family, Corcreagh.
For the month of November Mass will be celebrated at 7.30 pm on Wednesday evenings, alternating between St. John’s (13th & 27th) and St. Michael’s (20th).
St. Michael’s Church will close for private prayer at 5 pm each evening for the winter months.
The Annual Service of Remembrance Ceremony – We would like to invite you and family members to join in the annual Service of Remembrance Ceremony, when we as a Faith Community can come together to remember your loved one, who died during the year. This Service will take place on Sunday 24th November 2024 in St. Joseph’s Church, Carrickmacross at 4.00pm. (Please note the change of time.) A candle will be lit in memory of your deceased family member, and this will be available for collection following the Service. You may wish to light this candle in your home on special family occasions, remembering your deceased. A Candle and Bouquet of Flowers will be brought forward representing all our Deceased in our Parish and beyond. “To those who believe in thee, O Lord, Life is changed, not taken away.”
Now Recruiting for the Pope John Paul II Award – The Pope John Paul II Award is committed to helping young people enhance their spiritual, physical, emotional, and social development through participation in school, parish, and community activities. Here in the parish, we are in the process of setting up a new group this year and are now accepting applications from interested young people who have already completed Junior Cert. If you want more information or would like to register to participate, then go to www.clogherdonoige.org or by email: jp2award@clogherdonoige.org
Community Centre Activities – Monday, Pickleball Taster Session 9.30 am – 10.30 am, usual Pickleball from 10.30 am – 12.30 pm. Set Dancing at 8pm. Tuesday, Active Retirement Group meet every second week at 10 am; Pickleball Taster Session 7.00 pm – 8.00 pm. Ceili Dancing at 8.15 pm. Wednesday, Bowls. Heritage Group meeting at 8 pm. Thursday, Pipers at 7 pm.
Pickleball Taster Session – Two Taster Sessions will take place next week for anyone wishing to come along and try out Pickleball. The first session is on Monday morning 11th Nov from 9.30 am to 10.30 am and a second on Tuesday evening, Nov 12th from 7 – 8 pm. Pickleball is a cross between tennis & badminton, with its own unique paddles and soft ball. If you would like more details call Pauline on 087 2977091
Bazzar – The annual Parish Bazaar will take place on Friday 22nd November, starting at 8.30 pm. This is always a wonderful community event, with all funds going to the parish fund. Lots of wonderful prizes on the night. Collectors in each townland will be calling to homes over the next two weeks to collect donations and gifts.
Heritage Group meeting Wednesday 13th November at 8 pm.
Fíor Chéilithe – Corduff Ceili Club hosted a very successful and enjoyable Céilí in the Community Centre on Friday night last with music by Antrim musician Raymond Loney. Over 90 dancers from far and wide kept the floor full for most of the dances, with everyone enjoying themselves. As always beautiful home baked goodies were served during the interval with lots and lots of cups of tea. Thanks to Rosaleen and her team for organising a great night’s entertainment.
Carrickmacross Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann annual class concert in Corduff Raferagh Community Centre on Saturday 23rd November at 7:30pm. This is a great opportunity for students of all ages to show what they’ve learned. Concert will begin at 7:30pm and we hope to have a session afterwards from about 9pm.
Official Launch of the new Lift at Corduff Raferagh Community Centre last Sunday https://corduffraferagh.ie/lift-extension-official-launch-03-11-2024/ Full report to follow.
Field Name Pilot Scheme – Last week, Grace Maloney from the Clogher Historical Society delivered an overview of the Field Name Pilot Scheme which took place in three areas of County Monaghan over the past few months. The final event of the current scheme took place in Doohamlet Community Centre where a large group of participants and interested individuals gathered to hear how the pilot scheme went. The Clogher Historical Society was chosen by Monaghan County Council to coordinate the pilot scheme for County Monaghan and the three areas who participated in this round were Corduff Raferagh, Doohamlet and Tyholland. The Corduff Raferagh group had already started collecting field names a few years ago, but connecting these names to actual fields on maps was the next step. Using 6 inch Ordnance Survey maps which has clearer field boundary lines – each field, garden and haggard was numbered to facilitate connecting field names, with field numbers and with GPS coordinates. Numbering the fields was not an easy task – Raferagh for example has 319 fields, with Cargaghoge having 291 field. Some of the other areas that participated in the scheme had smaller townlands to contend with thus having less fields within the townlands. However it’s done now and the maps can and will be used for future field naming projects. Field name gathering was new to Doohamlet, but an enthusiastic group headed up by John Doran, made wonderful inroads in recording local information. The Tyholland group were completely new to this kind of research, but were equally enthusiastic about the project, learning lots of new skills along the way.
Grace was delighted with the response and enthusiasm from the three areas. Along with Field names, place names were also gathered such as Crossroads, junctions, braes and locations of wells, kilns, Mass paths, Mass rocks and various places of interest. A number of archaeological sites have been recorded which were previously unrecorded on the National Archaeological Inventory. Photographs and videos of fields with unusual features were submitted. Sound bites giving local pronunciations of field or place names, poems, anecdotes, newspaper clippings and much more were submitted, which give a greater explanation of some of the names. The Folklore Commission essays from the 1930s record quite a number of field or place names, many in Irish, but unfortunately they do not identify the townland or farm from which these names belong. Along with that, most of the Irish names are no longer in use, in fact very few Irish names survive.
The pilot project demonstrates how important it is to continue with the collection of this information and record it for posterity. In Tyholland, on one particular farm, 16 fields are now one, and similar combining of fields is prolific across the country. Many field names are named after previous owners, giving a clue to local genealogical heritage.
The Clogher Historical Society continues to analyse the data collected and over the next few weeks, the field and place names will be added to the Loganim website.
We thank sincerely all the property owners who shared their knowledge with us and look forward to collecting more information over the winter months in preparation for the next phase of the scheme.
