On Wednesday, a new walk was completed, linking the lower and upper village.  Voluntary labour provided the skills, muscle and horsepower to provide this wonderful piece of infrastructure.  This long term "Windgap Development" project was finally realised with, entrances at the church car park, and the GAA pitch.  The new looped walk extends the GAA looped walk and now navigates thru the Grotto and back down the road way by the school with a circuit of 2km.

Well done to all involved.

Windgap Senior Camogie play in the all county league match on Sunday 28th june at 11am in Windgap.

The local team play St. Martins. all support welcome thank you very much        

Windgap, Tullahought and Coolagh Community games have captured three more gold medals, this time in Gymnastics in the watershed.  Winners were Ellie and Rachel O'Shea from Kiltallaghan, in the U9 and u13, while Eve Gibbs of Ahenure scooped the U13 event.

All three join the other  local winners at the All Irelands in Athlone later in the year.

Windgap handball feile team of Robert Culleton, Eoin O Brien, Jack Doyle and Pauric Foley got off to a great start today in Gortnamona, Belfast. Jack and Eoin meet a strong team from Claregalway which the lads put up a great show to overcome the Galway team 21-19.
Next up were Robert and Pauric who had a great win over the second team from Claregalway 21-12.
The second game saw the lads come up against St Augustines of Waterford Jack and Eoin overcame their opponents 21-13 and the second game saw Robert and Pauric come out on top 21-8.
Today's wins see the lads through to tomorrows final in Colaiste Feirste at 11am against Claregalway. Best of luck to the lads.
Best of luck to the Galmoy girls handball feile team who also reached their final tomorrow.

Coach Shane Doyle Presenting Windgap feile team with a new set of jerseys kindly sponsored by Glanbia Agribusiness.

WINDGAP PARISH NEWSLETTER   14 JUNE 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.  
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ANNIVERSARIES: Duffy Holohan, Windgap, mass at 10.00 a.m. Sun. 14th.
James & Michael Vaughan, Garryricken, mass at 10.00 a.m. Sun. 21st; Bill & Maggie Burke, Roscon, mass at 10.00 a.m. Sun. 21st.
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PROCESSION for Corpus Christi will take place after the Grotto Mass on 21st June. The children who made their First Holy Communion are invited to participate in the Procession. This mass is the next and final special mass for the children this year.
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40th ANNIVERSERY OF ORDINATION of Rev. Nicholas Flavin P.P. will be marked by the celebration of mass on Friday 19th in St. Nicholas’ Church, Windgap and refreshments later in the Community Hall.
*****************************************************************************************ANNUAL DIOCESAN CORPUS CHRISTI PROCESSION will take place on Sunday 14th June 2015, gathering at St. John’s Church Kilkenny at 2.00pm. The Procession will begin at 2.30 p.m. and process through the City, arriving at St. Mary’s Cathedral for Benediction. We especially invite the children of the parish who made their First Holy Communion and Confirmation this year, to participate in the Procession. All are welcome. Light refreshments in the Chapter Room afterwards.
***************************************************************************************** Windgap Camogie Club are fund raising!  are holding a clothes collection on the 4th July so make space and fill a bag and leave it in the  G.A.A. club rooms any Monday evening from 6pm -  8pm or contact any club member to arrange collection. Your support is very much Appreciated 
*****************************************************************************************Summer Solstice Weekend 20/21st June 2015. Saturday 20th 11am GAA Blitz in Windgap GAA GroundsSaturday 5pm An evening of traditional music, song and dance in Windgap. Display of Fadó Fadó I mBearna na Gaoithe Projects and presentation of prizes in The Parochial House, Windgap.
Sunday 5.05am Watch the sunrise at Knockroe Passage Tomb and enjoy an early morning cuppa..…..walks leaving from historical sites in the Parish 3.30am Killamery; 4.10am Windgap Grotto; 4.10am Tullahought; 4.10am Lamogue Ogham Stone; 4.30am Miner’s Egg, Slatequarries; 4.30am Kiltrassy/Castlejohn. 
Sunday 12.30 p.m. Mass in the Grotto, followed by cup of tea in Parochial House.
Fado fado I mBearna na Gaoithe. To coincide with the Windgap Summer Solstice Weekend, a competition has been organised for primary school and secondary school children. The competition will involve gathering stories or memorabilia about the history and folklore of historical sites in the Parish. The stories or memorabilia can be presented in the form of written, oral, graphic, audio, visual, digital or any combination of these. They will be displayed in the Parochial House, Windgap over the Solstice weekend, prizes for different categories. The idea behind the programme is to offer an intergenerational project for the entire community to become involved. Further details on www.windgap.ie or Noel Smyth 0863845136 or Helen Walsh 087 2774634 
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VILLAGE FORGE TO RETURN: Carlow Kilkenny Education and Training Board are organising a Stone Building Project to do a re-construction of the front wall of the old forge in Windgap. Synonymous for generations with the Walsh family, the iconic photo of John Walsh shoeing a white horse in the unique cut-stone horseshoe shaped doorway helped secure the project from a long list of applications. To re-create the building of the past there are vacancies for eight volunteers who would like to learn the art of a stone mason under the watchful eye of master stone mason Seamus Davis. The project which will commence in three to four weeks will run on ten Saturdays from 9am to 3 or 4pm. To apply for a place call 087 9728344 or 087 7875501 as soon as possible. Thanks are extended to all who have provided sandstone, limestone corners and window sills for the work. Also to those who have offered machinery for clearing the site and excavating the foundations and for providing templates for the arch and windows. Additional limestone corner stones for the arch would be greatly appreciated to complete the project which is being organised by the Windgap Community Development Committee.
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WINDGAP PARISH FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING will take place on Tuesday 23rd June at 8.00 p.m. in the parochial House, Windgap

In their first ever outing at the County Community Games, the local team representing  the Windgap, Tullahought and Coolagh areas, pulled off some impressive individual and team performances. 
The tone was set early in the day, with Luke Power making history as the first athlete from the area to reach  the All Ireland finals, with a convincing win in the Boys U8 80 meters.  Emer Dunphy had the finish of the day, sprinting the last hundred in the U14 800 meters to make third place. Killian Doyle had a very impressive third place in the U12 600M.   Phillip Dunne having won his heat had a great run in his sprint final, achieving a bronze medal.  Kalle Young lead from the start with a brave and impressive run in the U16 1500M, against a very experienced field.  Zak Kennedy took an historic  Javelin Gold in our first ever field event win, while Conor Foley gave serious concern to some slick opposition in the U16 discus. 
In the relays, the local teams stepped up with some gripping displays.  The girls U14 team of Leah Murray, Emer Dunphy, Cíara Smith, Sontae Jackson bringing home bronze.  The boys U16 team will represent kilkenny after today's unmatched performance by taking gold.  The very capable team included Kalle and Oscar Young, Jack Hayes, with Conor Foley bringing home a second medal.   The boys U12 `team of Killian Doyle, Karl McCoy, Evan Doyle and Cian Horgan came in third in a very exciting final.  Killian Doyle also got time to squeeze in another Bronze in the long puck.

Outside of the medal winners, there were great performances in heats and finals, with a few near misses, with Windgap GAA jerseys very much to to the fore all day. 
While the local team were short on experience in their first year, they were never short of the trademark passion and pride, that the area has always been well known for.   
More picture later. Please  keep an eye on Facebook for more pictures and stories.