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There is a new, outdoor notice board in the village, next to Staunton’s Pub, for local notices and general information. Contact any member of the Community Centre committee if you wish to post anything, no cost involved.

Congratulations to Padraic Walsh, Culleen, and Louise Scott, Louisburgh, who got married recently. Good luck in your new life together in Culleen.

Good luck to everyone sitting Leaving and Junior Certificate exams, thoughts and prayers of everyone in the area will be with you over the next couple of weeks.

The closing date for applications for connection to the new water scheme is 30th June, please ensure you return all necessary forms before the deadline.

Louisburgh u-14 girls beat Cill Chomain last week in their semi final encounter, and are through to the county final for the second year in a row. A number of girls from the area are part of the team and Eamon Gill, Bertra, is manager.

We hope to be starting Speech and Drama classes with Aoife Creaby Westport Drama School in September. Keep an eye here and on social media for further details.

Congratulations to those that received their First Holy Communion recently. Fr Charlie McDonnell was celebrant on the day, making the children feel so special, on what was a very enjoyable day. Thanks to the teachers and staff of Lecanvey National School for helping prepare the children for the day, they all looked amazing and were

Lotto draw for a jackpot of €7,700 was held recently. Numbers drawn 2, 10, 14 & 18. No winner. Consolation prize winners as follows: William & Orla McDonnell Furrigal. Seamus & Ciara Nicholson, Bunowen. Barry Staunton, Lecanvey.

Pickleball continues through the summer on Mondays and Fridays from 12-1.30pm. Come along anytime for a demonstration of this quickly growing sport, a cross between badminton and tennis, but less severe on the body.

2022 marks 40 years since the official opening of the centre. 43 years ago,  in 1979, Archbishop Joseph Cunnane, on behalf of the Diocese of Tuam, donated a site on the grounds of St Patrick’s Church Lecanvey for the purpose of building a Community Centre. The Chairman of the Committee formed to oversee the successful