Longford ICA updates: recent meetings, St Patrick's events and upcoming activities

Federation Meeting
Our Spring federation meeting was held on Tuesday, February 17 and a lovely evening was had by all. The evening began with a delicious supper served by the ladies from the Town guild and we thank them for this. The meeting continued with all business being dealt with swiftly. The competitions were held and the standard of entries were exceptional as always, such talent within the guilds, thanks to all who entered and unfortunately we can only have one winner in each section.

Art winner was Angela McKeon with her Springtime poem, Craft winner was Brid Sweeney with her spring door wreath and Produce winner was Viriginia Quigley with her white griddle bread, congratulations ladies, photos of the winners can be found on our facebook page.Plans are afoot for our float in the St Patrick's Day parade, we will be looking for volunteers to help put this together and I'm sure we will have plenty of offers of help.

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Lotto
Our lotto draw was held on Wednesday, February 18 for a jackpot of €1,250 numbers drawn were 2, 10, 13, 22 and we had no jackpot winner, the three lucky dip winners were Joan Mulvihill, Kathleen Leslie and Eibhlin Reilly, congratulations to all. Our next draw will be held on Wednesday, March 4 when the jackpot will be €1,300, thanks to all who continue to support our lotto and to Lanesborough and Newtowncashel guilds for hosting.

National Competitions
An Grianan is the place to be this coming weekend, the national competitions are being held and Longford have entries in not one but five of the competitions and we wish each and everyone of you the very best of luck and thank you for taking the time to represent your federation. There will be a bus going to An Grianan on Sunday the 1st of March so if anyone would like to travel to support the ladies please contact Annemarie Donohoe on 087 7136550, places are limited so get your seat booked if you'd like to travel.

Ballinamuck St Patrick's Day Parade
The Ballinamuck Parade will take place on Sunday, March 15 at 3pm. The lovely ladies from Ballinamuck guild will be selling teas and treats at Johnny's Cottage from 2pm, so if you're in the area please call to see the ladies and enjoy a treat you won't be disappointed.

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Activities in ICA HQ
Activities in ICA HQ this week, classes are open to all. Wednesday 6 to 6.50pm Pilates. Thursday 12.30 to 1.30pm Chairobics, 8pm to 9pm Line Dancing; Friday 11am to 2pm Craft Morning; Saturday 4pm to 6pm Crochet class with Virginia.