BROWNE RETURNS TO ROOTS, BURTON ON THE WAY

BY BRENDAN MEEHAN

TV show host Vincent Browne was seen admiring the Community Garden yesterday and Minister Joan Burton will visit on July 10th.

The Minister for Social Protection is coming to officially open the garden which is fast becoming a beacon of hard work and solidarity as residents continue their work on the project.

The garden currently has eight seed-beds and it’s located at the rear of the community centre.

“It’s open to all. Don’t hesitate to come along any Monday or Wednesday from 2pm,” says Paddy Flannery, Community Enterprise Centre manager. “All are welcome.”

Working hard:Community workers readying garden for Grand Opening.

Regeneration and parish history book delayed

Have you seen this book?

BY BRENDAN MEEHAN

Which came first? The chicken or the egg? While that conundrum may have passed its sell by date long ago, we may soon be asking “Which will come first - the parish history book of Moyross or the houses regeneration planned?”
Almost 12 months after we told you of the forthcoming book chronicling the parish’s history, we are none the wiser. According to Tony O’Gorman, “talks about the launch of the book are off, pending the return of Fr. Frank O’Dea”.  

He’s due to return in a matter of weeks.

Local resident Tony Lynch referred to the book at last week’s Moyross Partners community meeting, “I asked about the book almost 14 months ago and I was told they were putting names to the photographs”.

The history book began life as a parish project, overseen by a local committee, while Northside Regeneration funded a researcher to prepare the bulk of the text.

Another one hits the deck

Meanwhile, house-building in Moyross has been postponed due to difficulties encountered by the first bidder for the contract. Demolitons continue without interruption.

MOYROSS PLAYGROUND IN CONTENTION FOR PRIZE

How about a makeover?

The Millenium playground could be in line for a makeover valued at €7,000 courtesy of Brennans Bread.

The Moyross playground has made it onto a nationwide shortlist of 10 potential recipients. It is the sole representative from Limerick, so here’s hoping the rest of this great city will get behind us. Help spread the word to our neighbours in other parts of the county!

MOYROSS FOR TIDY TOWNS

BY BRENDAN MEEHAN

Winning the coveted Tidy Towns competition bestows the victor with a new lease of life, a place on the map, and a stamp of cleanliness and excellence.

This is precisely what the people of Moyross will be striving to achieve in the coming months. For hard working, environmentally minded residents, it is their moment to shine.

“Tidy Towns is built on the back of volunteerism,” Paddy Flannery told a local community meeting yesterday.
So, it is over to you, the good people of Moyross, to get this estate spic and span, so that it sparkles from Delmege to Cosgrove Park. Get volunteering and let’s get Moyross in the news for the right reasons!

WHO SAID THERE AREN’T ANY JOBS IN LIMERICK?

Group 4 Security are currently looking for part-time casual cleaners to work 15-20 hours approx to cover holidays etc. If interested, or know of anyone over 18 and interested, please email a CV to their Manager: sean.ocarroll@ie.g4s.com  ASAP!

Eileen Sheehan's story on the RTE Player

If you missed seeing the RTE 1 show featuring Eileen Sheehan last Monday, you can watch it on the RTE Player here: http://www.rte.ie/player/#v=1098494
Apart from the programme being a tribute to Eileen's "courage" as author Alice Leahy put it, the programme showed Moyross in a positive light. 
As one local put it, "They had only one shot with a horse in it and every house you saw had its windows in."
Our congratulations to Eileen who told her story honestly. She also corrected Alice when she misspelt Moyross which was funny because Alice was supposed to be helping Eileen with her writing.
As Alice said, everyone is learning.

- A. Meagher

NO CHANGE IN FIRST COMMUNIONS IN MOYROSS FOR 2012

BRENDAN MEEHAN REPORTS

Rumours were circulating the communities of Limerick like wildfire, amid fears that the holy sacrament of Communion may be abandoned next year. However the devout parents and children of Moyross have nothing to worry about, according to Fr. Tony O’Riordan, who told ‘Moyross.ie’ that there will be “no change” in this parish.

The worries of parents were offloaded to others through Facebook and other social networking sites as mothers in particular vented about the prospect of their would-be first Communicant not getting their day in the sun. One mother posted: “my little girls heart is gonna be broken she was so looking 4ward to making her communion.”

Just be glad you live in Moyross and not other less fortunate areas where there are changes afoot.

15 First Communion Children in May Procession

BY BRENDAN MEEHAN

There was both reverence and celebration at the Marion Shrine this morning as parents and Corpus Christi’s Communion group paid tribute to the fallen children of Moyross.

This year 15 children from Moyross made their First Communion and they brought out the sunshine and numerous well-wishers as they paraded down past homes and businesses in Hartigan Villas and Sarsfield Gardens.

The First Communion children came with flowers as part of the May Procession.

The Shrine, which is located in Castlepark, was erected in 1997, when a band of locals took the initiative to fill the void left by demolished houses with a picturesque shrine.

However, today was the turn of the kids to take centre stage, as they sported their beautifully flamboyant outfits and sung harmonious hymns.

“It’s a beautiful ceremony and it’s now part of the school calender,” said Tracy McElligott, estate management worker. She helped revive the May Procession which had been abandoned for the last number of years.

There are two ceremonies each year, the other one taking place on the 8th December specifically to remember every young adult and child who has died.

“Its very hard for parents to come to that one, the 8th of December, for obvious reasons,” said Tracy.

“The residents done most of the work, and the shrine honours all of the children that have passed away in the area,” she said. “There is huge respect for the shrine, the community enterprise workers keep the grass cut and the residents safeguard it.”

Fourteen years after its inception, the shrine looks as pristine as ever, as last year participants from the local youth project repainted the statue of Holy Mary.

PHOTOS (COPYLEFT) BY: ALLEN MEAGHER, 'CHANGING IRELAND'.

TONIGHT: MOYROSS WOMAN ON RTE 1 AT 7.30PM

BY BRENDAN MEEHAN

Tune in to RTE tonight at 7.30pm to see a Moyross native grace your television screens, for all the right reasons.

The new TV series called “A story with me in it”, will feature our very own Eileen Sheehan, who has overcome adversity to learn to read and write.

She concealed her literacy problems for years, but now she has scaled new heights to be top of the class at Corpus Christi National School.

Eileen told the Limerick Chronicle last week: “One of the tutors said to me that they were looking for people to do a documentary, and she said, ‘You’d be perfect for it."

Eileen is now a frequent reader of books and is “engrossed” in her friend Alice Taylor’s “To school through the fields.”

So don’t forget to set your reminders for tonight, and watch Eileen's life-changing story unfold.

CAPTION: Eileen Sheehan (right) with author Alice Taylor