Thursday, December 24, 2015

Update 24th December

Boyle Free €1500 Christmas Draw

Christmas Draw Winners

Mervyn wrote: Winners of the Boyle Free Christmas Draw €1500 Fund, sponsored by the newly formed Boyle Town Team. There were 15 winners each receiving Boyle Money to the value of €100. The €20 vouchers can be redeemed in any Boyle business before 31st March 2016. The draw took place to a full house in Mattimoes Bar, Boyle. There was over 10,000 tickets given out by 74 Boyle businesses. Thanks to All involved
No. 1 Mary Hanney
No. 2 Mena Beirne
No. 3 Nuala Casey, Cloonloo, Boyle
No. 4 Gwen Acheson. Cavan
No. 5 Angela Evans. c/o Marians, Boyle
No. 6 Evan Scully, Ballymote
No. 7 Fr. John Coughlan, St. Joseph's Church, Boyle
No. 8 Johanne Kelly, Knockvicar, Boyle
No. 9 Rory, Martin, 5 The Marina, Boyle
No. 10 Grace Flanagan, Grangebeg, Boyle
No. 11 Henry Rowan
No. 12 Rosaleen Cryan, Frenchpark, Boyle
No. 13 Dolores Higgins, Deerpark, Boyle
No. 14 Maureen Geelan, 9 Hanley Ave, Boyle
No. 15 Catriona Casey, 5 Warren Way, Boyle

Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh

Nativity

Gold ... well we know what that is, but the others? Both Frankincense and Myrrh are prized for their alluring fragrances and are derived from tree sap. Magi, or wise men, followed a bright star in the east to Bethlehem where Jesus had been born:
"And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh"