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Welcome Home Festival FINAL Programme of Events

Thursday 2nd Friday 3rd Saturday 4th Sunday 5th Monday 6th
7pm
Mass to celebrate Festival Opening
(Belfarsad Church)
Aifreann 		9am
Currane Society
Golf
(Mulranny Golf Links)
Gailf 

Currane Golf Society Competition – open to members and friends of the Society. Book in advance with Denis Gallagher (087-6491849)

 10.30am- 1.00pm
Family Treasure
Hunt
(Starting Point – Glór na dTonn)
Tóraíocht Taisce
Hunt around Currane and gather the clues to lead your team to the treasure. Family treasure hunt with teams of four which must include at least one adult and one under 13 year old. Dress for the weather as this is an outdoor event. Two legged transport only permitted! Team Registration 10.30am sharp. 

 9.30am
50th Anniversary Mass
with Archbishop
(Currane Church)
Aifreann Cheiliúradh leis an Ard Easpaig 

A special mass celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Currane church. Mass will be celebrated by Archbishop Micheal Neary.

 2pm
Sports Day (incl. adult races)
(Griffin Park)
La Spóirt 

Currane Sports Day (with special adult races).
8pm- 9pm
Opening Reception
(Glór na dTonn)
Oscailt Oifigiúil 

The Official Opening of the Festival will be performed by Mary Henry from Belfarsad who will represent Ireland at the Special Olympics World Games in Beijing later this year. A cheese and wine reception will follow the opening.

 11am-4pm
Children’s Workshop
(Glór na dTonn)
Ceardlann don aos óg 

Children’s Art Workshop with activities from 11am – 1pm for ages 5- 8 years and from 2pm – 4pm for children aged 9 – 13 years.

 1-3pm
Barbecue &
Trad Session
(School Pitch)
Barbecue & seisiún ceol 

‘Bring your Own Bites’ Barbecue & Traditional Session! Join us for an al fresco feast at the football pitch beside Glór na dTonn. Bring your own picnic blanket and whatever you want to cook. We’ll have the barbecue fired and ready to go; we’ll supply cutlery and plates and a bouncy castle for under 12’s. There will be an outdoor traditional music session (weather permitting) with special guests. Musicians are welcome to bring their instruments and join in the craic, ceol agus bia! Finally, as a special treat, home made boxty will be available to sample.

 10.30-11.30am
Heritage Display
(Glór na dTonn)
Taispeántas Oidhreachta 

Tea & Coffee Morning with a special Heritage Display.

 9pm
Festival Dinner
(Óstán Oileáin Acla)
Dinnéar an Fhéile 

Join us for this Buffet & Social evening to mark the close of the 2007 Fáilte Abhaile Festival with music by ‘Cheers’. Food served at 9pm.

Tickets €20 available at the Photo Exhibition. Tickets must be purchased in advance. No tickets available at the door. Strictly Over 18’s only.
10pm- 2.am
Social Evening – Ceol & Craic
Music by The D-Team
(Glór na dTonn)
Óiche Shóisialta 

‘American Tea Party’ style social (bring your own alcohol) with music by ‘The D-Team’ followed by disco.
Strictly Over 18’s

 2.00pm- 6.00pm Teaspántas Griangrafanna & Video
Casadh an Taoile 

Step back in time and see how many faces you recognise! The Exhibition features videos and photos of Currane, Belfarsad and Polranny through the years.

Tickets for Slán Abhaile Buffet available – €20 each.

 12.00am- 4.00pm Teaspántas Griangrafanna & Video
Casadh an Taoile 

Step back in time and see how many faces you recognise! The Exhibition features videos and photos of Currane, Belfarsad and Polranny through the years.

Tickets for Slán Abhaile Buffet available – €20 each.

 

 11.00am- 5.00pm Teaspántas Griangrafanna & Video
Casadh an Taoile 

Step back in time and see how many faces you recognise! The Exhibition features videos and photos of Currane, Belfarsad and Polranny through the years.

Tickets for Slán Abhaile Buffet available – €20 each.

 12.00am- 4.00pm Teaspántas Griangrafanna & Video
Casadh an Taoile 

Step back in time and see how many faces you recognise! The Exhibition features videos and photos of Currane, Belfarsad and Polranny through the years.

Tickets for Slán Abhaile Buffet available – €20 each
5.30pm- 7.30pm Comórtas Tallann agus Dioscó don Aos Óg
(Glór na dTonn) 

See the stars of the future showcase their talents in the world famous competition ‘The Currane Factor’. Talent Competition & Disco open to children under 13 years.

 4pm
Yawl Race
(Achillbeg Start)
Rás Yawl 

John F Patten Memorial Cup Yawl Race

 12-6pm
Football Tournament
(Griffin Park)
Cluichí peile 

8 men’s teams, including visiting clubs, will take part in this all-day seven-a-side football blitz with a Ladies Challenge match taking place before the Men’s final.
9.30pm- 11.30pm
Dioscó Speisialta do Dhéagóirí
(Glór na dTonn) 

Fancy dress disco with lots of spot prizes. Open to second level school students only.
Admission €5.00.

 10pm
Presentation of Prizes
(The Compass Bar)
Bronnadh na duaiseanna
Presentation of yawl race prizes including the Fáilte Abhaile trophy.		 7.30-9.30pm
Monster Bingo
(Glor na dTonn)
Bingo Ollmhór
Monster Bingo with €500 jackpot. Single book €7; double €12.
10pm
Presentation of Golf prizes
(The Compass Bar)
Bronnadh na duaiseanna
Presentation of Golf prizes including the Fáilte Abhaile trophy. 

 10pm
Céili Mór le ‘Swallows Tail’
(Glór na dTonn)

Welcome Home News: A message from Sinéad Ní Mháille

Fáilte Abhaile Festival – Three weeks and counting!

Hi all,

I’m dropping a note to remind everyone that the Fáilte Abhaile Festival 2007 is just about three weeks away now and the clock is certainly ticking. Most of the main events have been organised at this stage and the final programme will be completed and circulated within the next week.

As you probably know, events include golf, yawl racing, family sports day, family barbecue and trad session, photo exhibition, ceili and a special mass to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the church.

The closing buffet will take place on Monday night 6th August in Ostán Oileáin Acla (Alice’s to you and me!) and tickets are now on sale at €20 per person. There is a limited number of tickets available for this night and you can arrange to book tickets now with Helen Gallagher (086-4063675). Some tickets will be for sale over the Festival weekend but none on the door on the night.

You can also now buy or place orders for the souvenir polo shirts which have a special 2007 logo designed by the kids in Currane National School and the Ógras group. Shirts are €25 and you can contact Michéal Ruddy at (086-4077666) for yours. Kids shirts are available too for €5.

Finally and most importantly, we really, really need volunteers to help out with events throughout the weekend. We have kids art workshops on Friday, a teen disco on Friday night, family treasure hunt on Saturday, barby on Saturday afternoon and football on Sunday. There’s also a clean up of the village the weekend before the Festival, not to mention traffic management and stewarding for the sport events in particular.

If you are willing to help out with any of these events please let any of the Committee know or reply by email. We also have a meeting scheduled after mass on every Sunday between now and the Festival so please come along.

If everyone helps out a little bit, even for an hour or two over the whole weekend, we can make sure that the Festival is a great success and a great weekend for everyone.

Looking forward to seeing you all in Currane in a few weeks. Please feel free to anyone with Currane connections or affections.

Sinéad.

Last chance for the Welcome Home Festival?

There is still some interest in the idea of another Welcome Home Festival for Currane in 2007. There will probably be a meeting either over St Patrick’s Weekend or Easter. Details of the meeting will be posted here. In the meantime, if you are in favour of another festival, or indeed have anything to say on the subject, please let us know.

Time for another Welcome Home Festival?

We all enjoyed the Welcome Home Festival in 2003 didn’t we? It will be etched in the memories of many Currane people for a long time to come. Now it’s time to start planning another one.
Planning for the 2003 Festival was started way in advance of the occasion and the Festival was such a success because of the careful planning and hard work of the committee. If there is to be another Welcome Home Festival in 2007, planning will need to start shortly.
There will be a meeting at our Community Centre, Glór na dTonn on December 27th at 3.00pm. If you enjoyed the last Festival, please try to attend and show support for the next one. Attendance at the meeting does not mean you will be forced onto a committee!