Barbecue for Barretstown on Sunday

If the weather is right, the hot place to be next Sunday afternoon is Bardon's Roof Garden. That's where a special fundraising barbecue for Barretstown Castle Foundation will be sizzling along.

Running from 4pm-11pm, the event will include live music from Beefy Minehan & Friends, and all the proceeds will go to the charity set up by the late Paul Newman for seriously ill children.

The event is the brainchild of Bardons regular Stan Clarke, and proprietor Eddie Cross and his colleagues Linda Price and Ellen O’Driscoll got wholeheartedly behind the idea, and arranged for sponsorship of the food and spot prizes.

In 1994, Paul Newman's Hole in the Wall Camps founded its first camp in Europe, at Barrestown. Children from more than 20 European countries with serious health conditions come there each year.

The passing of John Walsh

The Diary records the death of John (Mansie) Walsh, Brigade Lodge.

John is reposing at Hughes Funeral Home, Kilcullen Road, Naas.

Removal will take place on Friday morning, arriving at the Church of the Sacred Heart and St Brigid for Requiem Mass at 12 noon. Burial will take place immediately afterwards in St Conleth's Cemetery, Newbridge.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.

'Thanks' from new councillor

The new FG Councillor for the Athy Area, Martin Heydon, held a ‘thank you’ evening recently in The Priory, Kilgowan, for those who had helped with his election campaign.



There was a strong turnout from among those who had helped in many different ways towards getting Martin elected. Pictured at the event are Jim Hannon, Reggie Lawlor, Martin himself, Rainsford Hendy, and Tom Walsh.