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New Year’s Lunch

Around eighty of our members attended our New Year lunch in Armagh City Hotel on Wednesday, 21st January 2015. Everyone enjoyed the new venue, food and the atmosphere was buzzing! It was a great start to our New Year and gave us all an opportunity to catch up on the news from over the festive season. Hopefully we caught up with old friends and met some new ones.

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Well done to Eleanor for organising the event.

Some of our cyclists were modelling our new U3A tee shirts. No excuse for getting lost now!

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You don’t need to be a cyclist to wear one. The shirts are obtainable from Alan Turtle at a cost of £11. ( 38870494)

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Christmas Entertainment 2014

This year instead of Christmas dinner a morning of entertainment was arranged comprising songs, sketches and readings. The committee of Monaghan U3A were invited and turned up to find the largest attendance we have had at any of our events .

The morning began with mince pies and punch and then when…..

The choir were ready…..

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The “talent” were ready…..

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and the audience were ready….

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the entertainment began…

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After the show we took the opportunity to get a photo of both committees…

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Some more photos of the event can be viewed by clicking on the smaller photos below.

Groups, Outings, Photos

Walking Tour of Belfast

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Over thirty of our members set off for Belfast on November,14th to discover some hidden gems of Belfast . We had organised two Blue Badge Tourist Board guides to lead the way. It proved a very informative and enjoyable two hours. We all realised we had walked past some very important historic sights in Belfast over the years with our eyes closed! We started off at the City Hall,down Royal Avenue, through the Cathedral Quarter and finished at St George’s Market. The highlights of the tour were a visit to First Presbyterian Church (1783) in Rosemary Street, the War Memorial Museum and a walk through the historic Half Bap area where we saw the new murals of some famous people of Belfast. We hope to return and explore more of the City.

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Groups, Outings, Photos

Ballywalter Park – Photos

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On Thursday, 4th September thirty four of our members set off to visit Ballywalter Park in Strangford Lough. Lord and Lady Dunleath proved to be wonderful guides round the Mansion House which has been in their family for 170 years. We were all very impressed how the home had been carefully restored to its former splendour with a few modern twists. This was followed by refreshments in the wonderful conservatory which was reopened in 2009. Some of us then enjoyed a stroll around the gardens accompanied by Lady Dunleath who shared her gardening knowledge with us.

It was a splendid visit  and the sun shone all day!

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Outing – Ballywalter Park

The outing to Ballywalter Park will take place on Thursday, 4th September. The bus will leave the City Hotel, Armagh at 10:00 a.m. arriving there at approximately 12:00 p.m.  On arrival Lord and Lady Dunleith will take us on a tour of the house. This will be followed by tea/coffee in the Conservatory.  Lord Dunleith will then take those who have booked on a tour of the garden. We hope to return home by late afternoon.

For further details contact Margaret Oakes on 028 37522126.

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