Mayo Online Launched in Turlough

Mayo County Council’s new online initiative, www.mayo.ie , a new website for the world wide Mayo family groups was launched by an Taoiseach Enda Kenny, at Turlough Park and run with the support of the Western Development Commission.

The new website will bring together a wide range of Mayo interests online and have news from the Mayo front available to all Mayo people in foreign lands and have the happenings of the Mayo groups around the world available on the website.

This website will provide an avenue for the Mayo communities in foreign parts to share information of their activities and link with home communities and other Mayo communities worldwide.

This will bring Mayo people together with a click of a P.C. button and be an opportunity for Mayo to have a valuable network to link business both at home and abroad and develop valuable contacts that will help with extra employment. This Mayo website can also be a valuable tool for young people planning to travel for work abroad to set up contacts with Mayo folk in Europe and the USA before they set sail.

Online shopping is now a major new development in Irish trade and we will see Mayo products become available for sale all over the world, items like small the packets of Irish shamrock seed that is now available from Turlough, by mail all over the world.

The holiday marketing of exiles homecoming for annual festivals in Mayo is an area that can be developed by the use of www.mayo.ie and will bring great benefit to both visitors and the local festivals.

The website launch is aimed at the three million people worldwide who originated from Mayo who want the story of happenings in Mayo, from business to information on social interaction, genealogy and local history and to share with the Mayo communities the news of what our fellow Mayo folk are doing in New York, London, Melbourne, Rome and all the places that the wider Mayo family have put down roots.

Turlough Community Development Association will be keeping in close contact with www.mayo.ie to have the news of happenings in Turlough’s Heritage Village available worldwide, each week on the Mayo Website.

A recent visit to the Dublin National Museum of Ireland indicated how fortunate we are in Mayo, having our share of exhibitions of National Treasures on display here at Turlough Park.

The display at Collins Barrack National Museum of replicas of our national treasures reproduction, as part of the Irish High Crosses exhibition there, included a replica of the Cross of Cong.

Our recent exhibition in Turlough Park, in the National Museum of Country Life exhibition from our National Treasures, had the original Cross of Cong in Turlough Park.

The reproduction of the Book of Kells on display at Collins Barracks National Museum is the same as the facsimile Book of Kells, which was on display for a number of years at Turlough Park House and which was recently taken to Dublin.

To see the original Cross of Cong, visitors to Dublin have now to go to the Archaeology Museum at Kildare where it is a star attraction at a new exhibition of National Treasures in association of the new opening of the Kildare Street museum, following the cross visit back to Mayo and Turlough Park for over a year..

The weekly old time dancing classes at Parke Community Centre continue each Wednesday night at 7-30p.m.

The Zumba dancing classes take place in the same venue on Thursday night at 7p.m., the Zumba dancing gives dancers the beat of Latin American music.

So for a evening of exercise and dancing make Wednesday of Thursday in Parke your dancing date.

The success of the Parke Arts and Drama Croup’s production of ‘Cupid Wore Skirts’ at the Parke Community Centre last March has resulted in the group selecting Enable Ireland as one of the groups to benefit from the proceeds of the drama’s production in Parke.

The drama group presented a cheque for €1,000 to their chosen charity.

Local Pioneers are invited to join the annual Pioneer and friends outing to Inis Mor, Aran Islands on Sunday July 3, local contact for booking and information is Michael o’ Connor at 087 2369356.

The local committee for the of the history book on the Parke/Turlough area have announced the publication date for November 5 of what will be a record of the happening in the parish in the past hundred years. All information and photos collected will now give the editorial team a huge task in the final selection of material for the publication of this important history of the area. The committee have express a big Thank You to all who have helped out with the supply of articles and photographs that are important for the success of the history book.

The times for Hurling and Camogie training on the Astro Pitch and the Community Pitch are as follows:

Hurling for the, Under 8/U10on Monday from 6-39 to 7-30 on the Astro Pitch.

The U 12/U14 on Tuesdays from 8 to 9 on the Community Pitch

The U 16/U18 on Wednesday 8 to 9P.M. on the Community Pitch.

Camogie for all age groups on Tuesday from 6-30 to 7-30p.m. on the Astro Pitch and new members are welcome.

The Young at Heart Club had a break last week and this Thursday the members will be making arrangements for the club’s summer outing to Cork.

Reports of the club’s recent trip to Fr. Peyton’s Centre at Attymass tell of a great outing that was enjoyed by all the members who made the trip.

Parke GAA Club has arranged for the famous summer Cul Camp for the Parke football grounds, starting on Monday July 11 and continuing each day until Friday July 15 and entries are now being accepted for this great sports training Camp. The Cul Camp is for boys and girls from age 6 to 13 who can register now on line on www.gaa.ie

Parke Club training continues each Sunday at 12 noon for the 4 – 10 age groups and the under 14 and 16 teams have a break for the next couple of weeks

New members to Parke GAA club are always welcome.

Winners at Turlough 25 Card Drive were:

First, Martin Mc Donagh and Bea Nevin.

Second, Bridie Mc Donagh and Jimmy Coffey.

Third, Sean Hopkins and Ann Mc Nicholas.

Sean Keans and Joe Moffatt, Willie Davis and John Durkan.

Best Last Ten, Mary Gavin and Ann Heneghan.

Raffle:

Ger. Kelly and Sean Lyden, Maura Mc Nicholas and Sean Hopkins, Jimmey Staunton and Michael Durkan.

Quiz, Danny Patten.

The Wednesday night game at Turlough Community Centre starts at 9-15p.m.sharp and all are welcome.

The Rockfield 2 community has conveyed through Martin Mc Loughlin, David Parson and Jim Doherty the appreciation and thanks to councillor Eugene McCormack and the Mayo County Council staff for the great job and the quality work undertaken on the Rockfield 2 road.