Tarbert Notes - Week Ending 1st May       THERE  was no winner of the €8,600 jackpot in the GAA lottery draw, held at a packed Swanky Bar on Friday night. The numbers drawn were 5, 6, 9, 12. Lucky dip winners of €30 each were Daniel F Kiely, Catherine Carrig, John Branagan, Darragh Lanigan. Bar prize winners were envelope draw, Mary O’Connell €30, €15 each, Joan O’Connell, Sean Egan, Cathriona Ryan. Promoters prize €15 John Diggins. The club would like to thank everybody for supporting the lottery each week, and also thank the promoters and the bars for hosting the draws and their sponsorship. The next jackpot will be €8,700 and the draw will be held at Coolahans Bar on this Friday night, May 2. All are welcome.       TABLE QUIZ: Also at the Swanky Bar on Friday night a most enjoyable and well supported table quiz was held in aid of Meningitis Foundation, with 18 teams taking part. At the end of eight rounds of questions, excellently presented by quiz master, Fr Mossy Brick, PP, just one point separated the top two teams. The winning team who had a total of 62 points out of a possible 64 were Brendan O’Connell, John O’Dowd, James Henchey and Joe Langan, Jnr. The runners up were Olly and Patricia Keenaghan, Eileen Farrelly, Mary Bridgeman and Ita Gormely. The winner of the jacket, sponsored by the Swanky Bar, in the raffle held at the end of the quiz, was Christy Moore, Tarmons.       ST MARYS CHURCH: The special Diocesan collection to be taken up at the masses this weekend is for the Kerry Mission to Kenya. This Friday is the first Friday and mass will be celebrated at 7.30pm. Two important dates are coming up in the month of May for boys and girls from Tarbert NS. On May 10, the communion class will receive their First Holy communion in St Marys Church at 11am, and on Tuesday, May 13, the pupils of 5th and 6th class will receive the Sacrament of Confirmation at 11am.       THANKS: Tarbert NS Parents Association which held its annual Church gate collection recently would like to thank all who contributed. €575 was collected.       KERRY CHAMBER CHOIR: The Kerry Chamber Choir were recent visitors to St Marys Church, where they sang at the Palm Sunday vigil and gave a short recital afterwards. The choir, which was formed by Aidan O’Carroll in 1992, and is made up of about 20 singers, was making its first visit to Tarbert. One of its members is Kathleen Lehane from Tarbert, who has been singing with the choir for the last four years. She has been involved in all of the choirs concerts, including Handel’s “Messiah”, The Merry Widow” and most recently the famous Strauss Operatta “Die Fledermaus” in Siamsa Tire last March. Their next major production is the Haydn Creation, which will be performed later in the year. The choir members were particularly appreciative of the warm welcome they received from Fr Mossy Brick PP and the congregation and hope it will not be too long before they are invited back.       CO LEAGUE: Our senior team play Duagh in the Co league in Shannon Park on this Saturday, May 3 at 7pm. This is an important game for the team, who will have to show a big improvement in their play, to have any chance of victory.       U10 GAME: Tarbert u10 football team have their first game of the season on this Thursday evening, when they play Glin in Shannon Park at 6.30pm in a challenge game.     SYMPATHY: Of the community is extended to the members of the Finucane family of Kilcolgan on their recent bereavement on the death of Mr Art Boland, Smerwick, Ballyferriter, and late of Ballylongford. Art Boland was husband of Maire (nee Finucane) formerly of Kilcolgan, Tarbert, and is also survived by his daughter Frances, brother in law, Denis Finucane, Kilcolgan and numerous relatives and friends, from many parts. Sympathy is also extended to Mrs Eileen Lavelle, Doonard Lower, on the death of her sister in law, Elizabeth Jones, Shandon Park, Dublin.               back to notes index