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The festival takes place over this August Bank Holiday weekend. To start off the festivities there will be a family fun evening today. Saturday will start with a fun 7K walk/run. An Taoiseach Enda Kenny will open the rural heritage day and there will also be a fun table-quiz, boat trips organised on Bilberry Lake after the Cemetery Mass, and an action packed sports day in the GAA grounds. The festival finale will be a traditional music night in Jacks Old Cottage.

Raheens Wood which is located just outside Castlebar on the scenic Castlebar to Achill road, could be in line for a major revamp which would attract tourists and recreational users to the area.

The annual parish outing will take place on August 12, leaving the Church car park at noon and on to the Sligo Park Hotel for dinner.

“Castlebar has a lot to offer,” according to Minister for Tourism and Sport Michael Ring TD who officially opened the county town’s Tourist Information Office this week. Having identified tourism as a growth area since entering government, Minister Ring said it was imperative that all Mayo’s towns work together to achieve the aim of making Mayo the walking capital of Ireland.

“Castlebar has a lot to offer,” according to Minister for Tourism and Sport Michael Ring TD who officially opened the county town’s Tourist Information Office this week. Having identified tourism as a growth area since entering government, Minister Ring said it was imperative that all Mayo’s towns work together to achieve the aim of making Mayo the walking capital of Ireland.

Mass will be celebrated in Islandeady Cemetery on Sunday August 5 at 11 am. Mass will be celebrated in Glenisland Cemetery on August 6 at noon.

Sinn Féin Councillor and chairperson of Smart Travel Castlebar, Thérèse Ruane, has welcomed the news that funding has been secured for the cycle route linking Castlebar to the National Museum of Country Life in Turlough House.

The Harlequin Hotel will house the current collection of work "Fortress" by local artist Vivianne Maloney over the summer months. Vivianne, from Islandeady, Castlebar, graduated in Fashion Design from Limerick School of Art and Design and has since worked in the fashion industry in Ireland.

Plans are at an advanced stage for the 2012 summer festival in Islandeady, which proved to be a great success last year and will take place over the August bank holiday weekend (August 3 to 5) Celebrations will commence on Friday evening with a family evening and barbecue at the Key West. Saturday morning there will be a fun walk in the centre of the parish, a heritage day in the afternoon at Jack’s Cottage followed by a table quiz in the Halfway House on Saturday night. Sunday morning at 11am mass will be celebrated in the graveyard, followed by boat trips on the beautiful Bilberry Lake and Sunday afternoon there will be a big family sports day at the GAA pitch (fun for all the family). To close the weekend there will be a Barn Dance held in Jacks Cottage.

Junior and Leaving Cert students in the parish are wished continued success with their on-going exams. Mass was celebrated last week for all the students. Sympathies are extended to the families of Mary Bourke, Kilbree, Myles Burke Knockbrack and John Sadler (brother of Liam Sadler).