This year’s Flower and Vegetable Show is getting nearer and nearer as we speak. There is now under a month to prepare, with the show happening this year on August 14. It will be held at the school in Skeheenarinky and the gates to the show will be open at 2pm. More information is to come shortly.
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The line-up for the Skeheenarinky Gala Weekend 2010 has been announced and is as follows.
Picture above from 2009 Gala Day.
Friday, 18 June
45 card game in Jackson’s Pub starting at 8:30 pm sharp. €10 per head.
Saturday, 19 June
Music in Jackson’s Pub with the popular Tom O Brien. Admission is €5. Raffle on the night.
Sunday, 20 June
Gala day in school grounds. Underage football matches starting at 2:00 pm.Attractions include sports, bouncy castles, wheel of fortune, kiddies play area, bric-a-brac, go-karts, name the celebrity and more. This will be followed by music and craic in Jackson’s Pub.
There will be an important meeting in Skeheenarinky School on Wednesday 5th May at 8.30pm.
There will be a short talk on the “Community Centre Experience” by two guest speakers. The election of the Community Council officers will also take place on the night. This meeting is open to all who wish to voice their opinions so please come along if you are at all interested.
Many individuals and representatives of Skeheenarinky groups and associations were present at a meeting at the school on Friday night, 23rd April. It was good to see several past members of the Community Council there on the night.
The purpose of the meeting was to reconvene the Community Council with the further aim of investigating the possibility of building a Community Centre for the area. The enthusiasm of the gathering was very evident, and it was agreed to have the next meeting at the school (by kind permission) on Wednesday May 5th (8.30 pm), at which time the election of officers will take place. Nominations will be taken on the night. In the event of multiple nominations for any post, the decision will be made by paper ballot.
The meeting had an open agenda and many speakers were heard on a range of topics. From the floor, Sean Crotty wisely exercised caution to those about to be nominated to the various posts. Sean has been one of the greatest advocates of a Community Centre for Skeheenarinky over the years but has no illusions about the task ahead. “It will require a huge commitment from all concerned,” he said, “and this is not a short term project.” The group were reminded that when approaching a project of this nature, it is important to be aware that if a Community Centre is established in the area, it will require continued hard work to run the centre and to generate the funding necessary each year to pay the many expenses associated with such ventures. Given the success of several ambitious events in Skeheenarinky over the past few years, there is no doubting the community spirit in the area or the ability of the residents to achieve whatever goals they should set for themselves.
The meetings of the new Council will be open to all the people in the community and the Council invites anyone who wishes their opinion to be expressed and/or their voice to be heard to come along. This is your Community Council, please tell us what your ideas are.
Speakers from at least two established community centres will be invited to address the May 5th meeting to explain how they started, what problems they faced and what advice they would give us starting out. It is hoped that as many people, or more, turn up on that night as were present at the recent meeting. Please make every effort to attend, and encourage your neighbours and friends to attend as well. In the meantime, everyone is encouraged to discuss with those neighbours and friends their vision for the role of the reconvened Community Council and their vision of how a Community Centre might function to the enrichment of community life.
— Avondhu Newspaper, April 29, 2010.
The latest news from the Skeheenarinky Flower and Vegetable Show is that the first Annual General Meeting is to be held at Skeheenarinky National School at 8 pm on Wednesday 10 March 2010. All are welcome so please come along if you can. Other dates for the diary are for Wednesday 7 April 2010 when a table quiz will be held at Jackson’s Pub, and on Saturday 31 July 2010 is the Social Evening – also to be held at Jackson’s Pub.
Most important of all is the Flower Show, which this year will be on Saturday 14 August 2010. This year’s show will again be held by kind permission at the School.
For more information, visit skeheenarinkyflowershow.blogspot.com.
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Skeheenarinky has done it once again and pulled off one of the highlight ‘summer events’ of the year. Following on from the great success of the 150th Anniversary celebration which brought so much attention and praise to the area last year, with appearances on Nationwide and national press, Skeheenarinky now boasts a Flower and Vegetable Show which, if the inaugural show is anything to go by, is set to become one of the premier annual Flower Shows in the region.
The committee of the “Skeheenarinky Flower and Vegetable Show” are delighted to announce that plans are well underway for their first show which will be held on Saturday, 22 August. The venue for the event will be Skeheenarinky National School (by kind permission).
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