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

A community literacy festival

The aim of this project is to encourage family reading and to motivate the whole community to become excited about literacy. ‘A community literacy festival’

Overview
This festival will run for a period of 4-6 weeks during April and May. It will include all schools in the community; Salesian’s Secondary, St Nessan’s CC, St Munchin’s CBS, St Munchin’s GNS, St Lelia’s and Corpus as well as various community groups and after schools clubs.

It is hoped that Roald Dahl’s book ‘The Twits’ will be distributed to each household in the community including Moyross, Ballynanty, Kileely and Thomondgate. It is estimated that there will be approx 1500 books in circulation. An activity book corresponding with the book will be designed and distributed also.

Over the 4-6 weeks, each pupil will be completing their workbook both at home and at school. In school, they will be doing art projects, colouring competitions, poster designing competitions, games and other creative activities which relate to the book. In addition, it is envisaged that there will be family table quizzes, family reading sessions and story telling groups. All those who return their workbooks will be entered into a draw for prizes at the end of the project.
The six weeks will culminate in an art exhibition and play/show, bringing the project to a close.

The project is being supported by Munster rugby and it is hoped that some players will take part in family reading sessions and other events.