Greystones Calendar
Greystones Town Council
Community Affairs Committee
Weekly Calendar of Local Events
22 January 2012
Welcome to the Greystones Weekly Calendar of Local Events
Please forward notices to Kathleen Kelleher, 2875327/087 2845465,
Please feel free to forward Calendar to family and friends.
Greystones Chernobyl Childrens Project
Items needed for sale on Sunday, 26 February, 2012.
Details below.
Badminton
Kilian House Family Centre; every Wednesday morning; 11:30 a.m.
For fitness and a good social environment.
All levels welcome.
Coaching for juniors every Wednesday, 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Details from Mary, 089 4132070.
Lions Club Winter Outing to Galway
7/8/9 February 2012
Dinner B+B, Evening Music, Free Raffle and Quiz.
€140 per person sharing; single supplement €20 per night.
Details from Damian Kiernan, 086 4023151.
Greystones Active Retirement: Kilian House Family Centre
Reminder that full details of all activities and contacts can be found on the Greystones Active Retirement website.
Outings + Meetings
Bookings on Tuesdays, Kilian House Family Centre, 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Full details below in Calendar.
Annual Membership is Now Due
Renewal of Membership
Tuesday mornings, 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Get Together Coffee Morning 27 January 2012
10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Speaker, Niamh Murphy + Colleague
ArthritisIreland
25 January 2012
Holy Rosary Parish Soup & Sandwiches
Kilian House Family Centre; 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Good food and a warm welcome.
Greystones Cancer Support Cancer Carers Meeting
La Touche Place; 3:00 p.m.
This meeting is for those who are looking after a person who is having, or who has had, treatment for cancer.
Greystones Cancer Support offers guidance, encouragement and support to cancer patients, their families and their friends.
Can we help you or someone you know?
Greystones Cancer Support Men’s Evening
Greystones Cancer Support Centre, La Touche Place, 8:00 p.m.
Monthly meeting just for men.
Either men who have had cancer or have a relative or friend who has had cancer.
Greystones Cancer Support offers guidance, encouragement and support to cancer patients, their families and their friends.
Can we help you or someone you know?
26 January 2012
Bochelli’s and La Touche Wines FUSION IV: The Italian Job
Wine event to be held at Bochelli’s, Church Road; 7:45 p.m.
Selected Italian wines will be matched to a series of small dishes.
Bookings from Bochelli’s at 2873625.
Cost is €35.00 per person.
Early booking advised as these events are usually a sell out !!
Greystones Toastmasters
Glenview Hotel, Glen of theDowns; 8:00 p.m.
Making a speech strikes fear into the heart of many people.
The thought of doing it for pleasure may seem unthinkable.
Greystones Toastmasters is the public speaking club that welcomes guesta and new Members.
Come along and see for yourself.
You will meet people from all walks of life who are on a programme of self-development that gives them the skills and confidence to speak in public.
You will be most welcome.
Hot Spot Café: A Wicklow Haunting
Do you believe in ghosts? The paranormal?
Are you a sceptic or a true believer.
Local landowner, Mick Kuntz’s, presentation will leave you in no doubt.
InCo.Wicklow, things do go bump in the night.
This is one of the longest, best documented and most terrifying hauntings in Irish history.
Not to be missed by curious minds.
Admission free. 8:00 p.m.
Hot Spot Café, Mill Road, 2016888; www.thehotspot.ie; Facebook.
27 January 2012
Greystones Active Retirement Get Together Coffee Morning
Kilian House Family Centre; 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Speaker will be Ms. Niamh Murphy and colleague from ArthritisIreland.
28 January 2012
Hot Spot Café
Family Funday: Live Puppet Show with Julie-Rose McCormick
Other activities include face painting and arts and crafts.
Regular monthly event. Last Saturday of every month.
Admission free. Starts 2:00 p.m. Puppet show, 3:00 p.m.
Hot Spot Café, Mill Road, 2016888; www.thehotspot.ie; Facebook.
Cabaret Night … Swann Goes Speakeasy
St. Patrick’s Parish Concert with Dara MacMahon & Gerry Noonan
St.Patrick’s Church, Swann Hall, Church Road; 8:00 p.m.
Special cabaret-style evening featuring songs by George Gershwin and Cole Porter, Ivor Novello and Noel Coward.
Along with the popular music hall songs accompanied by Pauline Cooper.
Bring your own bottle and enjoy cabaret style evening and singalong.
Tickets €15.00 each.
Available from Mrs. Mooney’s Shop or St. Patrick’sNationalSchool.
Details from Aislinn, 087 2205544.
Proceeds in aid of St. Patrick’s National School Music Committee which has introduced a new music programme into the school, which includes a range of in-school and after-school tuition and initiatives such as music technology, recorder, violin, flute, clarinet, saxophone and infant music classes.
All welcome.
Hot Spot Café
An Evening with Pat Coldrick, Classical Guitarist Virtuoso
Well able to express himself through his music, Pat Coldrick can not only play the guitar, but is able to connect with the instrument. No matter what music genre Coldrick is playing, whether it be flamenco or classical, you can distinctively hear his different styles of guitar playing.
“His recital was as refreshing an evening’s music as I had in months, he brings freshness and immediacy to what he plays.” The Irish Times. As heard on RTE Radio 1 and Lyric FM.
Tickets, €10.00. Doors 8:00 p.m.
Advance ticket purchase advised.
Hot Spot Café, Mill Road, 2016888; www.thehotspot.ie; Facebook.
31 January 2012
Greystones Town Council Joint Policing Committee Meeting
Council Chambers, Mill Road; 6:00 p.m.
Greystones Town Council Monthly Meeting
Council Chambers, Mill Road; 7:30 p.m.
1 February 2012
Wicklow Volunteering Centre Community Expo
“Put a Spring in Your Step !!”
Shoreline Leisure Centre, Mill Road; 11:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Are you fed up hearing about the recession?
Have you had enough of doom and gloom?
Do you want to do and feel something positive for a change?
Come along to “Put a Spring in Your Step !!”
You will find out more about learning opportunities, information services,
clubs, groups and societies. You will be most welcome.
Full details from Leah, County Wicklow Volunteer Centre, 2040885 or
3 February 2012
Fianna Fáil Pub Quiz
Beach House, GreystonesHarbour; 8:30 p.m.
Admission €10.00 per person.
To include Free Raffle and Free Finger Food.
Come along for an enjoyable night out.
Lots of fun and a warm welcome to supporters, past + present.
4/5 February 2012
Hot Spot Café Monthly Local Crafts Market Plus Specialty Books
Regular event, first weekend of every month.
All enquiries to participate to Hot Spot Café.
Hot Spot Café, Mill Road, 2016888; www.thehotspot.ie; Facebook.
7/8/9 February 2012
Lions Club Winter Outing to Galway
Dinner B+B, Evening Music, Free Raffle and Quiz.
€140 per person sharing; single supplement €20 per night.
Details from Damian Kiernan, 086 4023151.
8 February 2012
St. Patrick’s Parish Oriental Feast
St.Patrick’s Church, Swann Hall, Church Road; 8:00 p.m.
Tickets €20.00. In aid of Parish Funds.
Celebrating Chinese New Year !!
Cookery demonstration of Satay, Fried Rice, Fried Noodles, Spring Rolls, Curry, Sushi, Black Bean Sauce Chicken and Tempura Prawns.
All welcome. Come hungry !!
15 February 2012
Greystones Cancer Support Bereaved Meeting
La Touche Place; 3:00 p.m.
This special group is for those who have been bereaved through cancer in the last few years.
Greystones Cancer Support offers guidance, encouragement and support to cancer patients, their families and their friends.
Can we help you or someone you know?
16/17/18/19 February, 2012
Hot Spot Café
Valentine Blues Festival: All Week End
A weekend of workshops, jams and performance with the best blues bands and musicians in town, featuring The Business, Parchment Farm, The Brian Meakin Band, Nigel Mooney, Dermot Byrne and many more.
Also Acoustic Country Blues, ChicagoBlues, Blues Rock and Jazzy Blues.
Plus workshops in blues singing with Susan Tomelty and blues guitar playing with Pat Farrell, Brian Meakin and Dermot Byrne.
All enquires and/or to support: email info@thehotspot.ie.
Hot Spot Café, Mill Road, 2016888; www.thehotspot.ie; Facebook.
21 February 2012
St. Patrick’s Soup and Sandwiches
St.Patrick’s Worship + Recreation Centre, Church Road.
12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Superb freshly made sandwiches and home made soup, plus a warm welcome.
Donation €5.00.
All welcome to come along.
22 February 2012
Ash Wednesday
23 February 2012
Hot Spot Café: Spring Awakening Seminers
Series of Spring Awakening Seminars covering Eckhart Tolle’s book, A New Earth.
Weekly meetings will incorporate a book club type format.
Plus Eckhart Tolle webcast, followed by group discussion.
The series will run through to April.
Fee, €80. Deposit of €40 reserves a place. Balance due tonight.
Details from Hot Spot Café, Mill Road, 2016888; www.thehotspot.ie; Facebook.
25 February 2012
Hot Spot Café Big Screen presents Cinema Paradiso
Escape to rural Sicilyand enjoy one of the best known foreign language films of its era, Cinema Paradiso, renowned for its ability to touch the hearts of its audience and reawaken their love and appreciation of the movies. Italy is the theme for the night.
Hot Spot Café, Mill Road, 2016888; www.thehotspot.ie; Facebook.
Greystones Chernobyl Childrens Project Sale
Kilian House Family Centre
Unwanted Christmas gifts, handbags, jewellery are very much needed for the sale.
Details from Rita Byrne, 086 8644145.
1 March 2012
Vino Pasta and La Touche Wines Dinner Event
Vino Pasta Restaurant, Church Road; 7:45 p.m.
Bordeaux Wine Dinner with a very special guest.
Bookings can be made directly with Vino Pasta, 2874807.
€60 per person, 2 people for €100.
17 March 2012
St. Patrick’s Day
Parade leaves South Beach Car Park at 12:00 p.m.
Proceeds upChurch Roadthrough Greystones village.
To reviewing stand at St. Patrick’s Church.
All groups and clubs welcome to participate.
20 March 2012
St. Patrick’s Soup and Sandwiches
St.Patrick’s Worship + Recreation Centre, Church Road.
12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Superb freshly made sandwiches and home made soup, plus a warm welcome.
Donation €5.00.
All welcome to come along.
6 April 2012
Good Friday
8 April 2012
Easter Sunday
9 April 2012
Easter Monday
17 April 2012
St. Patrick’s Soup and Sandwiches
St.Patrick’s Worship + Recreation Centre, Church Road.
12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Superb freshly made sandwiches and home made soup, plus a warm welcome.
Donation €5.00.
All welcome to come along.
15 May 2012
St. Patrick’s Soup and Sandwiches
St.Patrick’s Worship + Recreation Centre, Church Road.
12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Superb freshly made sandwiches and home made soup, plus a warm welcome.
Donation €5.00.
All welcome to come along.
Last soup and sandwiches of the season.
21 July 2012
Wicklow County Council Household Hazardous Waste Collection 2012
GreystonesParkand Ride,
9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Much of what we throw in our bins is actually hazardous waste. Please do not throw out any of the following and safely store them for the hazardous waste collection.
Paints and solvents; batteries; fluorescent tubes; fertilizers; pesticides, herbicides & poisons; waste medicines; adhesives, inks and resins; caustic soda and waste oils; drain cleaners, cleaning agents and detergents; photographic chemicals; oven cleaners; shoe polishes.