Progressive 25 Card Drive in aid of Windgap Hurling Club will take place in Guinans in Windgap on Fri. 30th Jan. at 9.00pm.  All are welcome

JJ Kavanagh 2015 Junior Hurling Champ Group B: Piltown,  Glenmore, Windgap, Cloneen, Slieverue, Blacks&Whites. 1st round app.. 11, 12th April 

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 WINDGAP PARISH NEWSLETTER   25  JANUARY 2015
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MASSES DURING THE WEEK
Monday & Friday: Dunamaggan: 9.30 a.m.; First Friday mass in Windgap at 7.30 p.m. 
Tuesday: Windgap at 9.30 a.m.
Wednesday & Thursday: mass at 12.10 p.m. in St. Joseph’s Home, Kilmoganny. 
Saturday:  Kilmoganny at 7.00 p.m.; 
Sunday: Tullahought at 9.00 a.m.; Windgap at 10.00 a.m.; Dunamaggan at 11.00 a.m.
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament in St. Nicholas’s Church, Windgap each Monday from 10.00 a.m. – 8.00 p.m.
Holy Hour each Wednesday from 3.00 - 4.00 p.m. St. Leonard’s Church, Dunamaggan. 
***************************************************************************************** ANNIVERSARIES: James & Ellen Cody, Coolhill, mass at 10.00 a.m. Sun. 25th; Mary lee, Coolhill, mass at 10.00 a.m. Sun. 25th.
Val Lanigan, mass at 10.00 a.m. Sun. 1st Feb; John & Jane Downey mass at 10.00 a.m. Sun. 1st Feb.
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ANNIVERSARY MASSES: When more than one anniversary is included at a weekend mass, those prayed for will be included in masses during the following week.
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BLESSING OF THROATS will take place on week end Saturday/Sunday 31st January/1st February before/and after masses.
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VACANCIES for two Care Assistants with FETAC Level 5 in St. Joseph’s Home, Kilmoganny for general duties. Work is part-time. Applications to the Manager on or before 30th January 2015.
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PROGRESSIVE 25’S (1) The weekly progressive 25’s takes place in St. Eoghan’s Centre, Kilmoganny each Sunday at 8.30 p.m. All are welcome (2) The monthly Progressive Twenty Five Card Drive in aid of Windgap Hurling Club will take place in Guinan’s in Windgap on Friday 30th January at 9.00 p.m. All are welcome. 
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CLOTHING COLLE CTION: We need Old Clothes, Bed Linen, Towels, Curtains and Old Shoes. Please return all bags on Monday 26th January between 9.00 a.m. and 9.30 a.m. to the school. If you cannot make the collection day please contact any member of the Parents Association below to arrange collection before Monday 26th. Marie O’Shea 087-2368848; Dermot O’Shea 087-4193229; Cathriona Freaney 087-1928536; Tom Egan 087-9573193; Micheal Moloney 087-6412653; Barbara Kelly 086-1712150. 
There is no limit on the amount of bags you wish to recycle. Please feel free to use normal black refuse sacks if the pack provided is not enough! Thank you for your support. Windgap Parents’ Association
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WINDGAP YOUTH CLUB A.G.M. will be held on Wed Feb. 4th at 8.00 p.m. in the Parochial House. All are welcome to attend. At the AGM a new management will be elected. This is open to anyone in the community and nominations for these positions can be sent to [email protected] by Friday 30th January. *****************************************************************************************
A FASHION SHOW will be held in the Springhill Hotel on Friday February 20th in association with Windgap Development. It promises to be a fun night for all the Community, with some well-known faces modelling !! Tickets available from any committee member and from Cronin’s Shop Nine mile house. ****************************************************************************************
SHRUGHAWADDA PLAYERS will present their new play ‘The Cripple of Inishmaan’ in St. Eoghan`s Centre, Kilmoganny from Tuesday 17th February to Friday 20th February at 8.15 p.m. nightly. Tickets will be on sale next week at usual outlets.
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A YOUTH PILGRIMAGE TO TAIZÉ in France organised by Ossory Youth will take place from 16th to 23th August 2015. This is the 3rd consecutive year that Ossory Youth has organised the pilgrimage and a maximum number of 25 young people from the Diocese accompanied by four leaders from Ossory Youth will depart on Sunday 16th August. About 3,000 other young people from throughout most countries in Europe will also spend that weekend travelling to Taizé to spend the week together. Over 100,000 young people from around the world make a pilgrimage to Taizé each year. The pilgrimage is open to Transition year, 5th year and Leaving Cert students and the closing date for applications is Fri 13th Feb 2015. The overall pilgrimage programme will run from February to August with regular group meetings at two to three weekly intervals. The cost is €500 with the young people also expected to participate in group fundraising initiatives. This cost includes flights and coach transfers to/from Taizé. It also includes all accommodation and meals in Taizé. If you have any queries, contact, Patrick Bookle, Ossory Youth at (056) 7761200, (087) 2129006 or [email protected]  or Joseph Mguni, Ossory Youth at (056) 7761200 (087) 9379546 and [email protected]

Windgap Parish Priest - Fr Nioclas Flavin hits the headlines of the Kilkenny people with the latest  George Clooney instalment !

The official record of the link between Kilkenny and the world’s most handsome man is under lock and key, at an undisclosed location.

There are fears that unscrupulous traders in memorabilia or others will attempt to steal the baptismal record of George Clooney’s direct ancestor, Nicholas Clooney who was born at Knockeen, Windgap in 1829 and went to America shortly after the Famine.

Parish priest of Windgap and Dunnamaggin, Fr Nicholas Flavin has it secured in a secret location and not even the Bishop of Ossory, Dr Seamus Freeman knows where it now lies.

And he has promised to show it to Mr Clooney when he comes to Kilkenny this summer with his new wife Amal.

Last week, history and heritage company, Eneclann, claimed, using newly available court records available on www.findmypast.ie, that George Clooney’s Irish ancestors were forced out of the country and not as was reported last year because of the famine.

Nicholas Clooney (George’s great great grandfather) was one of many cottiers (small land owners) in Windgap during the 1850s who fell foul of “middlemen” who tried to force farmers off the land so they could amalgamate small holdings into bigger farms. This situation often tipped-over into violence. New court records prove that in 1852 Nicholas Clooney was violently assaulted and for months was harassed through the court-system by these middle-men.

“Nicholas Clooney decided shortly after this to leave Ireland and settle in Kentucky,” Fiona Fitzsimons on Eneclann claimed in a Sunday paper. Research showed that Nicholas’ widowed mother (George Clooney’s great great great grandmother) remained behind in Ireland.

Windgap Youth Club are now up and running over one year. The Youth Club has been a huge success, with 40 members enjoying various activities on club nights. Our members have also shown great enthusiasm and initiative in fundraising for their club during the year.
The Youth Club AGM will take place on Wed February 4th at 8 pm in the Parochial House. All are welcome to attend. Youth Club management positions will be elected on the night. These positions are open to everyone in the community who would like to get involved in the running of the club.  Nominations for these positions can be forwarded to [email protected] by Fri 30th January.

Windgap Camogie Club Tea Party and Auction  in community Hall Kilmoganny on 6th Feb. 7.30pm. 

All Support welcome call Ann 0863699542 Mary 085661878.