The recent Roundwood & Moneystown Parish Sale of Work was a fantastic success Many thanks to everyone who contributed in any way to a very enjoyable community day. The winners of the Grand Raffle prizes were:-

1st Prize €1000 – Pauline (Ashtown Lane), 2nd Prize Price’s Garage Service Voucher – Breda Synnott, 3rd Prize €150 Keith Grant Master Butchers Voucher – Lily Connolly, 4th Prize Butcher Ready Lamb – Anne & Rory Wolohan, 5th Prize €100 Roundwood Stores Voucher – Peggy Tobin, 6th Prize – €100 KSE Firewood Voucher – Maria O’Neill, 7th Prize Biking.ie Voucher– Lee Timmons, 8th Prize An Tochar Boiler Service – Mary Curran, 9th Prize €50 Mountain Breeze Voucher – Caleb Kenna, 10th Prize Smelly Nelly Hamper – Tim Cronin, 11th Prize €25 Byrne & Woods Voucher – Pat Timmons, 12th Prize Keeley’s Hardware Hamper – Noel Kelly, 13th Prize €50 Bracken Fern Florist Voucher – K & A Halligan,14th Prize Wicklow Way Christmas Tree Voucher – David Hayes, 15th Prize Roundwood Pharmacy Hamper – H & T Pierce, 16th Prize €50 Sugar Mountain Café voucher – Ailbhe Fagan, 17th Prize €50 Wok-U-Like Voucher – Fanning Boys, Sleamaine, 18th Roundwood Veterinary Practise Cat/Dog Health Check – Peggy Ferguson,19th Prize €50 Restaurant Voucher – Marie Kavanagh, 20th Prize €50 Ashley’s Barber Shop Voucher – Oisín Roberts, 21st Prize Wicklow Way Christmas Tree Voucher– Rhona Kavanagh and 22nd Prize Bottle of Whiskey (donated by Centra Roundwood) – Breda Murphy.

Congratulations to all the winners, especially Pauline on the winning of the top prize. A big thanks to our local businesses and individuals who donated prizes or gave money towards the cash prize and the cost of printing the tickets.

The winners of the smaller raffles were as follows – Chocolate Biscuit Christmas Cake – Patricia Byrne, €100 cash – Cecilia Byrne, Turkey Voucher – Breda Synnott, Ham Voucher– Catherine Fagan, Dunnes Stores Voucher – Edel Conalty & Guess the Weight of the Cake (11lb 8½ oz) – John Malone. The fabulous Moneystown hampers were won by Pauline Heatly, Michael Kenna and Rose Gaffney. Flower Arrangement prize winners were Christine Price and Finn Shaughnessey.

The prize for the most festively dressed children went to Grace, Tess and Anna Donohoe.

There is no final tally on the amount fundraised as yet but an update will follow in the coming weeks. To the people of Roundwood, Moneystown and beyond, you never cease to amaze, thank you for your generosity and continued support.

The Roundwood and District Community Council would like to thank the great crowd who hit the streets of Roundwood to witness the turning on of the Christmas tree and village lights recently. Many thanks to Luggala Estate for again donating the wonderful tree, to Joe Synnott Roofing and team for getting the tree in place and organising a lot of the necessary logistics. Thanks to Robert Power Electrician & his staff for doing the needful on the Christmas lights all around the village. A big, big thanks to our Champion Ladies An Tochar GAA team, who had the mighty task to officially turn on the Christmas tree lights. The hot refreshments in the Parish Hall afterwards went down a treat. Thanks to Santa for the treats for the kids and for taking time out of his busy schedule to come to Roundwood. Thanks also to the great carol singers including Roundwood Folk Group and the Children’s Choir and talented Ukulele and guitar players, under the expert guidance of Linda Ferguson, who most definitely got us all into the festive spirit. As ever, we are greatly indebted to our local Gardaí, and particularly Garda Michael O’Rourke, for ensuring the safety of all throughout the evening.

The work on the Christmas lights in the village is coordinated and funded through the Roundwood & District Community Council with some very welcome financial support this year from Wicklow Co Council, Greg Kavanagh from Beakonshaw and Richie Doyle from M&N Civil Engineering. Thanks to Dunne Stores Newtown, local businesses and volunteers who helped out with the teas and goodies on the night. The village looks absolutely fantastic – well done to all.

Results for the 2nd December 2024

6 table Mitchell

 N/S

1st Rory Egan and Seamus Kennedy

2nd Rowena Brady and Maria Magee

3rd Kay Plunkett and John Loscher

 E/W

1st Bridie Nolan and Brid Clancy

2nd Phil Power and Gertie Fee

2nd Pamela Byrne and Clare Salley

The Community Youth Choir & Let’s Sing Together Choir are hosting an upcoming Christmas Charity Concert titled “Songs & Sleigh Bells” The concert will be held in St. Laurence O’Toole Church Roundwood on Sunday 15th December at 3pm and will have stunning performances from local musicians & singers. There will be refreshments afterwards in Kavanagh’s Pub Roundwood, where there will also be a wonderful Raffle with some fabulous prizes to be won. This is a family friendly event and everyone is welcome. All proceeds to Roundwood Cancer Support & local causes. The event is donations based and there will be donation buckets on the door. We are also gratefully accepting raffle prizes if any businesses might be in a position to donate cychoir24@gmail.com

The candlelight Carol Service at Calary Church will take place at 7.30 pm on Friday 20 December and will be followed by mulled wine and mince pies in the Church Room. We look forward to welcoming our friends and neighbours. It will be an evening of lessons and carols for everyone to enjoy and take part in and we will be joined by members of the Stedfast Band and Marie Gorman (soprano).

Also, the star will once again shine from Calary Church tower to lighten the darkness and bring some festive cheer to the area.

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