SPRING CLEAN 

Roundwood Tidy Towns have registered for the National Spring Clean again this year. Saturday the 5th of April is the day designated to spring clean Roundwood village to ensure the village is looking great for the children making their Confirmations in Roundwood the following week. Please meet at Roundwood Parish Hall at 10:30am armed with a shovel, spade, yard brush, wheelbarrow and any such tools that might come in handy. 

 A limited number of litter pickers, HiVis tops and gloves will be available. Please bring your own if you have them. Families with children are especially welcome. For further information please email info@roundwood.ie or call 086 8055040 or 087 2551579. All help will be most welcome.

LOTTO  

Results of the draw held on March 23rd. There was no jackpot winner the numbers drawn were, 2, 9, 21 & 23. There were seven match three winners. Mark Keenan, Graham Mulvey, Nora Power, C. Dunleavy, Jimmy Doyle, Sam Ireland and Orla Fee. Next week’s jackpot will be €17,800.    

ACTIVE RETIREMENT 

Roundwood Active Retirement Group Next Bingo Sunday 13th April (starting at the later time of 4pm just this one time) Annamoe Community Centre. 2025 membership is now due at €16.

Now taking deposits for our Annual holiday (€200) spaces are limited so first come first served basis. Trip to Ballina County Mayo Monday 29th September to the 3rd of Oct 2025. Staying at the Great National Hotel. Cost €550 per person sharing, and €650 for a single room supplement. This cost includes bus pick up and drop off at Roundwood Parish Hall. Breakfast and dinner. Daily excursions on the luxury coach. Entertainment each night in the hotel. Call Mary at 0876595381 for a booking.

BRIDGE RESULTS  

Results for Monday, 17th March 2025, 3 table Mitchell N/S. 1st Rory Egan and Seamus Kennedy. E/W 1st Maria Magee and Rowena Brady. Bridge is held in the Roundwood Community Hall every Monday, commencing at 19:30. New players/members welcomed. Contact Seamus Kennedy 087 2452 903  

PERSONAL ALARMS 

The Roundwood and District Community Council are registered to administer the senior alert scheme which provides grants to elderly people towards the provision of personal alarms through the Senior Alert Scheme. The personal alarm offers reassurance to allow independent living, safe in the knowledge that you can quickly be in contact with a family member or neighbour in the event of an emergency. It provides security and peace of mind. If you would like more information, please call 086 8055040 or email sascontact123@gmail.com 

SOCIAL WHIST  

Results of the whist held on Wednesday March 19th Top Score: Richie Cullen. First Gent: Shay Brady.  Second Gent: Jimmy Molloy. First Lady: Kay Plunkett. Second Lady: Monica Brady. First Half: Catherine Doyle. Second Half: Patrica Byrne. Longest Sitting: May Kenna. Lowest Score Tiny Shortt. Raffle Prizes: Shay Brady, Patrica Byrne and Jimmy Molloy. Next Whist will take place on Wednesday April 2nd starting at 8.00 pm in the Parish Hall. Come along and enjoy a night of cards with us. 

HOLISTIC WELLNESS 

Hummingbird Haven Holistic Wellness. A range of holistic treatments available with appointments to suit your schedule. From Reiki, Indian Head Massage, Sound Healing to Breathwork. Are you looking to improve your sleep, reduce stress & anxiety, find relief from headache’s & congestion, deepen your connection & allow yourself to fully rest & recover? Based in the beautiful surrounds of Annamoe I support you in giving yourself “permission to rest “For more information & bookings please contact Sue 087-2750335 www.hummingbirdhaven.ie 

CARD GAME 

45 Card Game: every Tuesday night in Moneystown Community Centre starting at 8 pm. Teas served. All are welcome 

CANCER SUPPORT  

Roundwood Cancer Support office is open every Monday and Friday from ten to twelve o clock for anyone who needs advice or help when dealing with Cancer.   

LOCAL NOTES    

If you have an item or news that you would like to include in the Roundwood Notes contact Margaret Bolger the email address is mgtbolger@gmail.com. Items for the notes must be emailed by Sunday night to be in time for paper. the     

LOTTO

Results of the draw held on Monday March 17th. There was no jackpot winner the numbers drawn were 4, 15, 19 & 22. There were eight match three winners, Chris, Carole Stacey, John Byrne, C & P Grant, Naomi Steele, Sean Kennedy, Jackie Keogh and Deirdre Kane. Next week’s jackpot will be € 17,500.

MENS SHED 

Roundwood Men’s Shed: The Shed meeting of Tuesday the 25th,will be held in the Roundwood Parish Hall. Commencing at 11.00
we will have a lesson on saving lives and the use of defibrillators. All will be welcome to attend.

HISTORICAL TALK 

Roundwood Historical Society. Roundwood Parish Hall, Tuesday 25th March at 8.00 pm. Dr Paulo Virtuani “The Knights Hospitaller and Medieval Wicklow: War, Murder and the odd Crusade” 

The religious-military order of the Knights of St John of Jerusalem (also known as “Knights Hospitaller”), an offspring of the Crusades, are perhaps less known than their more famous counterpart, the Knights Templar. 

Yet they were arguably just as successful, and for a longer timespan: indeed, they survive today in their modern guise, as the Order of Malta. In this talk Paulo Virtuani will describe the Knights presence in medieval Ireland and how it was linked to the establishment of the Lordship of Ireland, after the Anglo-Norman invasion, and the need to set up a network of properties, aimed at raising revenue to fund their brethren’s military effort in the Holy Land.  

This talk will also explore the brief and tense interactions between this crusading Order and the Irish of Wicklow, in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The area of Wicklow was outside the Pale, and became a zone of unrest and turmoil throughout the Middle Ages (and well beyond), making it difficult for the Knights to create a presence there. 

Dr Paolo Virtuani, now resident in Roundwood, is from Milan, where he obtained his BA in Medieval History. After coming to Ireland (2007), he completed his PhD in Medieval History in UCD (2014), with a thesis on The Knights of St John of Jerusalem in Medieval Ireland (c.1169 – 1378) 

Existing and New Members are Welcome.

PERSONAL ALARMS 

The Roundwood and District Community Council are registered to administer the senior alert scheme which provides grants to elderly people towards the provision of personal alarms through the Senior Alert Scheme. The personal alarm offers reassurance to allow independent living, safe in the knowledge that you can quickly be in contact with a family member or neighbour in the event of an emergency. It provides security and peace of mind. If you would like more information, please call 086 8055040 or email sascontact123@gmail.com 

SOCIAL WHIST  

Next Whist will take place on Wednesday March 19th starting at 8.00 pm in the Parish Hall. Come along and enjoy a night of cards with us. 

CARD GAME 

45 Card Game: every Tuesday night in Moneystown Community Centre starting at 8 pm. Teas served. All are welcome 

CANCER SUPPORT  

Roundwood Cancer Support office is open every Monday and Friday from ten to twelve o clock for anyone who needs advice or help when dealing with Cancer.   

LOCAL NOTES    

If you have an item or news that you would like to include in the Roundwood Notes contact Margaret Bolger the email address is mgtbolger@gmail.com. Items for the notes must be emailed by Sunday night to be in time for paper. the     

Roundwood Historical Society. Roundwood Parish Hall, Tuesday 25th March at 8.00 pm. Dr Paulo Virtuani “The Knights Hospitaller and Medieval Wicklow: War, Murder and the odd Crusade”

The religious-military order of the Knights of St John of Jerusalem (also known as “Knights Hospitaller”), an offspring of the Crusades, are perhaps less known thantheir more famous counterpart, the Knights Templar.

 Yet they were arguably just as successful, and for a longer timespan: indeed, they survive today in their modern guise, as the Order of Malta. In this talk Paulo Virtuaniwill describe the Knights presence in medieval Ireland and how it was linked to the establishment of the Lordship of Ireland, after the Anglo-Norman invasion, and the need to set up a network of properties, aimed at raising revenue to fund their brethren’s military effort in the Holy Land.

 This talk will also explore the brief and tense interactions between this crusadingOrder and the Irish of Wicklow, in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The area ofWicklow was outside the Pale, and became a zone of unrest and turmoil throughoutthe Middle Ages (and well beyond), making it difficult for the Knights to create apresence there.

 Dr Paolo Virtuani, now resident in Roundwood, is from Milan, where he obtained hisBA in Medieval History. After coming to Ireland (2007), he completed his PhD inMedieval History in UCD (2014), with a thesis on The Knights of St John of Jerusalem in Medieval Ireland (c.1169 – 1378)

Existing and New Members are Welcome.

LOTTO  

Results of the draw held on March 9th. There was no jackpot winner the numbers drawn were, 24, 25, 26 & 29. There were no match three winners. Next week’s jackpot will be €17,200.    

MEN’S SHED 

Roundwood Men’s Shed: The Shed continues to meet every Tuesday between 10 and 12 at Pat Carr’s place in Knockraheen. You are sure of a welcome if you want to drop in. On Tuesday, the 18th of March we will have visiting experts to answer any questions related to the use of mobile devices. So make a note of that in your diary. You may know someone who could do with some help. The question-and-answersession is due to start at 11 am.

ANNAMOE STORY NIGHT 

The next Rambling House/Storynight in the Annamoe Centre will be on Friday March 14th at 8pm. All are welcome.

PERSONAL ALARMS 

The Roundwood and District Community Council are registered to administer the senior alert scheme which provides grants to elderly people towards the provision of personal alarms through the Senior Alert Scheme. The personal alarm offers reassurance to allow independent living, safe in the knowledge that you can quickly be in contact with a family member or neighbour in the event of an emergency. It provides security and peace of mind. If you would like more information, please call 086 8055040 or email sascontact123@gmail.com 

BRIDGE RESULTS 

Results for Monday, 3rd March 2025, 5.5 table Howell. 1st Teresa Leahy and Marion Davis. 2nd Pamela Byrne and Clare Salley. 3rd Gertie Fee and Brid Clancy.  

Bridge is held in the Roundwood Community Hall every Monday, commencing at 19:30. New players/members welcomed. Contact Seamus Kennedy 087 2452 903

SOCIAL WHIST  

Results of whist held on March 5th. Top Score: May Kenna. First Gent: Shay Brady. Second Gent: Mick Whelan. First Lady: Mary Pierce. Second Lady: Maura McHugh. First Half: Jimmy Molloy. Second Half: Marie Magee. Longest Sitting: Margaret Kennedy. Lowest Score: Catherine Doyle. Raffle: Catherine Doyle, Margaret Kennedy, Marie Magee and Maura McHugh.

Next Whist will take place on Wednesday March 19th starting at 8.00 pm in the Parish Hall. Come along and enjoy a night of cards with us.

FATIMA  

There will be a Pilgrimage to Fatima from the 11th – 15th June 2025.Cost €749.00 pp Sharing / €200.00 extra Single room. Names + €200.00 Deposit before 28th February 2025.Contact Susan at 087-6273032 

CARD GAME 

45 Card Game: every Tuesday night in Moneystown Community Centre starting at 8 pm. Teas served. All are welcome 

CANCER SUPPORT  

Roundwood Cancer Support office is open every Monday and Friday from ten to twelve o clock for anyone who needs advice or help when dealing with Cancer.   

LOCAL NOTES    

If you have an item or news that you would like to include in the Roundwood Notes contact Margaret Bolger the email address is mgtbolger@gmail.com. Items for the notes must be emailed by Sunday night to be in time for paper. the