In May & June the Parish Hall will be busy with many daily activities still taking place and some special events also. These take place around the daily activities or when they are suspended to facilitate one-off events!

May
As part of their great events, the Bleeding Pig Festival will be holding an Art Exhibition on Sunday 25th May 9am - 6pm, in the Parish Hall.

Donabate & Portrane Dramatic Society will be putting on one of their great plays from Thursday 15th to Sunday 18th May in the Parish Hall, (with rehearsals starting from Saturday 10th).

June

‘Music Fest’
This grew out of a request by FCC, namely Rafe Costigan, to the Parish Hall to have a special event ‘Festival in a Van’ take place in their grounds. (Other options were fully explored but not possible this year).

‘Music Makers’ were already booked to hold a Summer Session and ‘Peninsula Voices’ had sought to hold a charity event in the Parish Hall. Also as ‘Leithinis CCÉ’ regularly hold sessions in the Parish Hall, it made sense to combine them all together along with a few friends!

These will be small, focused events & adults, if attending with children, must keep an eye on them. So, save the days!

Friday 27th June - Evening
Peninsula Voices & Friends - under Áine & Tony, their musical directors - will organise a Charity Concert in aid of UNICEF, a most worthy cause.

Saturday 28th June - Afternoon
‘Music Makers’ will hold a special event for O/15 to play & perform under their leaders, Noel & Sean. ‘Leithinis CCÉ’ will then play a few Irish Traditional tunes. ‘Festival in a Van’ will finally take to their outdoor moving stage, with their own performers from outside the Parish & with some local guests joining them! It should be a great two days of music for a good cause & another chance to display some local talent. There can never be enough opportunities, especially for young people, to participate in Cultural events - eg music, singing, dance, drama, photography, art….!

School is over … so start the holidays with a bit of fun for all! Put the dates in your calendar now, on the phone & or at home.

More details with regards to attending & ticketing will be in the June edition.

July
Camps
1st Drama House Summer Camp from Monday 7th July - Friday 11th July & 2nd Drama House

Summer Camp: Monday 14th July - Friday 18th July

At present there are 2 Camps booked in for over the summer.

If you want to enquire about running a camp or workshops over the summer, please do so ASAP.
If you have any queries with regard to any of the information above please contact Parish Office in the mornings 01-8434574

As included in the last month’s issue, the Parish Office will be in touch with current users in early May re their requests from Sept 2025 - Aug 2026 which must be received back by mid June so that all can be worked on & put in place before end of June.

We wish you a lovely May, as our Summer begins!