Ballygar Banter

A wonderful piece written by James Fogarty, Roscommon Hearld, captures our much loved Mum and Friend so beautifully.

Murrays Amusements ,The Bumpers, The Rifle Range, The Ticket Stall, The Rings Stall, Roulette Table, The Swinging Boats, The Slot Machines. The front of the National School fenced off. Tickets for the dance sold from the ticket box at the entrance. The blue caravan parked to the left side inside the wire was the “Office” … BALLYGAR CARNIVAL A CHILDHOOD MEMORY – Peter Daly

Pandemic, lockdown, restriction, A short journey, Standing on the cusp, camera in hand, Hearing the soft whispers in the wind, Seeing the colours, life, waterscape, landscape, Touching, heaven, calmness & peace, Breathing, fresh, crisp, untainted air, Tasting sweet, spiritual freedom, Savouring , intoxicating, aroma of mother nature, My soul is consumed, enveloped beauty, I sit, … This is the West of Ireland. Peter Daly

LIVE ENCOUNTERS IS A WORLD WIDE PUBLICATION, EDITED BY Mr Mark Ulyseas. I was delighted and privileged to be included as one of the contributors for the month of March. My idea was to give a little flavour of the beautiful environs that we live in, The West of Ireland. A real escape from the … LIVE ENCOUNTERS MAGAZINE PUBLISHES WEST OF IRELAND & PHOTOGRAPHS by Peter Daly

LIVE ONLINE https://churchtv.ie/ballygar.html & LIVE ON RADIO 106.5FM FROM Saturday 6th March at 7.30pm Sunday 7th March at 10.30am. Every Saturday & Sunday until further notice.

Thursday, March 12th. 6.00pmNext batch of Vaccines were delivered today, Thursday, March 12th.All patients (80-84yrs) will be contacted this evening and Friday morning with their appointed times for Saturday.Vaccinations will take place between 10am-2.00pm, Saturday, March 14th.The Health Centre Team.

Business as usual commenced twenty four hours after devastating fire at the Health Centre, thanks to the great efforts from the team, the HSE, and our wonderful community. Three days later, we vaccinated 130 of our elderly patients over the age of 85yrs.

16.50, Tuesday, February 23rd. No one injured, thank God.All records backed up in cloud.Front of building badly damaged and the building at the rear has suffered smoke damage.The building is now secured.Huge appreciation to the Emergency Services and the HSE, for their speed of action and professionalism.Thank you to everyone for all the text messages, … Ballygar Health Centre Fire