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Horse & Jockey Concert In Aid Of Thurles Order Of Malta

Horse and Jockey Singers support Thurles Order of Malta

No break for the Horse and Jockey Singers – Having presented their highly successful and widely acclaimed Tipperary Echoes of 1916, they are now putting the final touches to their Summer Variety Concert.

The full cast of Horse & Jockey Singers, pictured here during rehearsals for their previous sell-out concert; “Tipperary Echoes of 1916”.

The concert will be staged in the ‘Derrynaflan Theatre’ at the Horse and Jockey Hotel on Friday June 3rd next.

This year’s concert proceeds will go to support the work of Thurles Order of Malta. The Order of Malta is a major provider of first-aid training, ambulance transport, community and elderly care services. Locally, the Thurles Order of Malta is well organised and highly motivated. Members are a regular presence at major games at Semple Stadium and other sporting and community occasions.

Indeed the opening, back in 2014, of their new state-of-the-art Unit Headquarters and Training Centre at Bohervaroon, Thurles, truly signified the vibrancy of the Order, locally.

A great night’s entertainment is guaranteed with many local performers featured, including:- The Doran Family, Michael Molumby, Derrynaflan Male Voice Choir, Comhaltas Cashel, Horse and Jockey Singers, John O’Sullivan, Lorraine Treacy, Jockey Quartet, Margaret Kennedy, Noel Joyce and the Two-Mile-Borris Set Dancers.

The concert starts at 8.00 pm and tickets costing €15 are available from the hotel reception or from Connie O’Keeffe Tel: 087-6667988. Please do book early to avoid disappointment.

Thurles Order Of Malta Scrap Metal Collection

Local Councillor Gerard Fogarty reports:

Thurles Order of Malta will be holding a scrap metal collection as part of their fund raising campaign for the final phase of their current new building project.

The collection will take place this weekend, Friday 24th and Saturday 25th May from 12pm-6pm. The drop-off point is at the Order of Malta headquarters, situated at Bohernavroom, Borroway, Thurles.

If you want scrap collected please contact: Joe at Telephone – 0864137272 or Pierce at Telephone – 0872024517, or simply email thurles@orderofmalta.ie.

All scrap metal welcome including: copper, old gates, old doors, aluminium etc.
Please remember no electrical items, i.e. Fridges, Washing Machines etc, as latter are not acceptable for this project.

All proceeds from this fund raising event will go to finance the final phase of the Thurles Order of Malta building project.

So please do support this very important and worthy local project and make a little extra space in that garden shed or garage.

Thurles Order of Malta Table Quiz Skehan’s Bar

Local Councillor Gerard Fogarty Reports.

A table quiz in aid of Thurles Order of Malta Lourdes Fund will be held in Skehan’s Bar, Liberty Square, Thurles on Holy Thursday next, March 28th 2013 at 9.00pm.

Each May, members of the Order of Malta from all over the world travel to Lourdes to learn first hand what belonging to the Order of Malta really means – devotion, service, and fellowship.

Ministering to the sick and disabled, the members of the Order form an international community of faith and service.

Making the pilgrimage can be a profound religious experience. Linked as it is with hands-on service, the pilgrimage offers unique spiritual gifts to all.

Please come and support this great cause. There will be a raffle for a wide selection of spot prizes on the night.