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THERE were no shortage of visits from the jolly man in red in east Clare this year as he popped in to see his little friends at lots of venues in the run up to Christmas.
Children were delighted to see him arrive last Sunday by horse and cart to the Wuthering Heights pub. Santa met his littlest friends and checked his list before heading off again to meet and greet more children
He visited the Smith O’Brien club- house last Thursday and in Kilk-
ishen, large numbers of children brought their parent to meet their favourite man.
The Santa clan are so fond of Kil- kishen that Mrs Claus came along as well to the clubhouse to meet the pees Co ae
More than 70 families turned out for the fun day and parents enjoyed a cup of tea or a glass of mulled wine while children enjoyed the bouncy castle, face painting and games. Do- nated items for the cake sale helped to fund the party.
Santa made a dramatic entrance by
chopper in Ballina when he arrived at the Ballina/Boher GAA clubhouse.
Among the other venues which Santa visited was Feakle. The hugely popular visitor was listening to lists at the Feakle community centre, where his visit coincided with the annual Christmas fair to raise funds for the upkeep and improvement of Neem ee Kee
The hall committee will be organ- ising a number of events over the coming weeks to raise cash for the up-keep of the facility.
The next will be tonight, December
29, in Bohans. Teams of four are in- vited to take part in the fund table quiz.
Santa also visited a number of other venues around east Clare before tak- ing off for Lapland and his biggest work day of the year and many of the events he attended raised money for good causes.