Feels like that high has being coming for an age but it will finally move over us for a nice weekend🙌
Some patchy light rain today, heaviest in North and odd shower tomorrow but very low rainfall totals for next 7 days as weather finally improves.
Franciszek Gajowniczek who was saved from starvation death by the sacrifice of Fr. Maximilian Kolbe survived. He was a soldier & a prisoner of #Auschwitz (no. 5659). Gajowniczek passed away in March of 1995 at the age of 94.
8 January 1894 | Fr. Maximilian Kolbe, OFM, was born in Zduńska Wola.
As a prisoner of #Auschwitz at the end of July 1941, he sacrificed his life to save a person selected for starvation death after an escape. On 14 August 1941, he was murdered with a phenol injection.
THREAD 1/8: Many of us are watching Ukraine & asking 'why is this happening? We've made a series of videos to try and help - on Ukraine's history (below), the troop build-up, NATO, Russia's denials, sanctions, Putin's world view and Putin's justification.
According to the CSO, cattle numbers (Republic of Ireland) in Dec 2020 were c. 6.5m head. Irish cattle numbers have fallen by 150,000 head, in the last three years. Cattle numbers in 1973 were 6.9 M or 400,000 higher. How much have car numbers increased by since 1973?
This Saturday, the 30th of October, in the New Inns at 2pm, our U15 Boys are hosting a Football Blitz in honour of their teammate and captain Sean Reilly.
Castlerahan, Crosserlough, Knockbride and Lavey will take part in what promises to be a very enjoyable day of football.